A/N: Thank you to everyone who submitted a character! I sent out a PM to everyone got in letting them know, so if you got one or didn't get one, you know if your character got in. It was a close call with a lot of applications, since I really liked them all and wanted to use them, but I couldn't use ALL of them. I did go over the 16-student limit that most Dangan Ronpa affiliated things use, but oh well, we can be different. The more the merrier, or in this case, the more the more despair? Anyways, I hope you enjoy this! Here are your first five students! (Beware I'm really bad at writing prologue things like this. Hopefully the rest will be better..)

-Xenoxa

I used to be a happy kid, having parents and a little sister. Due to some family matters about ten years ago, I threw myself into the world of videogames. Not very surprising, I became quite good at them, usually winning against other players. This continued on for years; I was always buried in my bedroom if I wasn't at school. What did surprise me, though, was when I came home one day to a black letter with a gold seal. Adressed to me, I ripped it open, to find the invitation that started the end of my life.

Dear Tristan Gorman,

This letter has been sent from Virtue Academy, located in Japan, to inform you that you have been selected to attend our school. You have proven to us that you have extreme potential and talent, and we wish to make that potential grow at our school, and have you graduate and head off to extreme success. With your success with your talent, we would like you to attend our school as a Super High School Videogame Player. Please consider this opportunity, and we hope to see you when the new school year comes!

Sincerely,

Virtue Academy.

Virtue Academy was well renowned for being filled with nothing but the besthaving people from all over the world being invited. They sure do try their best to look the best, don't they? Scouting out people with unbelievable talents, they invite them here, in hopes that they will make it grow, and send them off to extreme success in life. One main reason for this is probably bragging rights, but I'm sure nobody is complaining. Neither am I, since I accepted the invitation to come.

Tristan Gorman: SHSL Videogame Player

Standing in front of Virtue Academy, I fiddled with the letter in my hands. I still don't understand why this place invited me of all people. Looking around, the place was huge. A huge wall separated it from the rest of the world, the only way in or out being a tunnel that goes underground, starting here. With a suitcase by my side, I continued down through the tunnel, clutching the letter now with a death grip. I will admit that I was a bit nervous about going in. Pulling up my hood, I continued through the tunnel until the school stood before me. I noticed my vision starting to get fuzzy, but I paid no mind to it.

The school, like I had said, was huge. Buildings were everywhere, the place was bustling with activity. It almost looked like a small town. I walked deeper in, completely lost by this point. The only thing I had related to the school was my invitation, since I never even thought to find a map of the place. One of the reasons I came to this school in the first place was to hopefully change my extremely pessimistic outlook on life. Walking around aimlessly wasn't really helping. My vision started to get worse, and I found it extremely hard just to stand. What was wrong with me? Before I got a chance to answer that, I blacked out.

Introduction Chapter 1: Sweet and Sour

Finally able to squint my eyes open, I discovered myself in a hallway. After coming to my senses, I decided to take a look at my situation. It was dimly lit, and the windows were blocked by large steel plates. They were bolted to the wall, so there was no point in wasting my energy on them. I noticed the vast amount of cameras all over the place; this place must be pretty big on security. I started to aimlessly walk around, once again completely lost. I started to take in more of the atmosphere: the heavy, humid air, the musky smell, the cracked stone walls. Was I in Virtue Academy? Was this an entrance exam? Some voices snapped me out of my daze, and I attempted to follow it, but it seemed to be all around me. Continuing to walk, I didn't even notice her, but I ended up running right into some girl, causing her to fall.

"Sorry." I didn't really care that much, she seemed okay. Despite that, I offered her my hand, helping her up. Coming to this school was supposed to help my outlook on life. How was I going to accomplish that without doing my part? "Thank you.." The girl said, readjusting her yellow glasses. I had to better my hearing, since she barely spoke above a whisper. I continued to examine her character. She had strawberry blonde hair that was really, really long with pink highlights. It probably took a lifetime to grow it out. Wearing a pink and white stripped sweater that looked way too big for her and demin blue shorts, she finished it off with brown platform shoes. She hasn't let go of my hand yet. Instead, she shook it, and instantly let go. "I'm Raspberry Himiko, Super High School Level Mathematician.. Who are you?"

Raspberry Himiko: SHSL Mathematician

I could barely hear her, but I tried my best to. Starting to shift her weight from one foot to the other, it was obvious that she was uncomfortable around me. She popped a bubble with her gum, which I knew was going to irritate me for many days to come. Hopefully this place didn't have it laying around anywhere. "Tristan Gorman. I'm a videogame player." There wasn't really anything else to say, so I stood there for a bit. "Do you know where we are?" She seemed extremely anxious, but there wasn't really anything I could do to calm her. "Probably Virtue Academy." She must have had the same experience that I did. Not waiting for a reply, I continued walking on, leaving her to her thoughts. Making friends isn't my main priority here. I need to find out what is going on. Turning what seemed a thousand corners, I finally came to a hallway with some open classrooms. Maybe there would be a teacher or something in one of them.

Instead of a teacher, I walked into some other girl. "Watch where you're going." I could already tell that there would be a lot of girls around here. At least I didn't bump into this one, since she looked like she would snap my neck if I did. There wasn't really anything special about this girl either. She had on a maroon varsity jacket with white stripes, her white button-up shirt had a brown ribbon around the collar, and she had on high-waisted khaki shorts that were a bit too short, white stockings, and brown boots. Her dark brownish red hair that hardly reached her shoulders, she had large black eyes, which were a tad unsettling, and she had a long brown pouch glued to her waist. "Who are you?" She really seemed impatient with me. "Tristan Gorman. Who are you?" She clicked her tongue. "Kiari Sato. Percussionist."

Kiari Sato: SHSL Percussionist

This girl I have heard of, surprisingly. She has helped on some of the OSTs for a few of my favorite games, the ones I stuck around for credits for, anyway. Some of my favorite ones are ones that she has helped with, so her name is quite familiar to me. She seemed like she had nothing else to say, so I stepped out of the classroom and continued on my adventure, only to hear footsteps behind me. I figured she was probably as lost as I was, and decided to follow me. Probably one of the most stupid things you could do in a situation like this is trust someone, but then again, not trusting anyone can also lead to downfall. So, I didn't object to her following me and continued on through the maze of hallways. I wonder what building we were in. The campus was extremely large, so there was no telling where we ended up. I came upon another classroom that was actually open, and slowed my pace to get a peek in. Kiari, who had followed me this entire time, also peeked in.

Sitting at desks, just waking up, were two kids, a boy and a girl. They looked almost exactly alike, and were pretty short. Almost like twins? They both stood up, looking at each other, then looked at me. Finally getting the energy to walk, they came over to me and looked me over, looking quite confused. "Where are we?" The boy of the two asked. "Virtue Academy, most likely. Who are you guys?" Kiari stepped into the room, holding her hand out. She must have a soft spot for kids. After shaking her hand, they both decided to introduce themselves. "I'm Miine Motonobu! Nice to meet you." The girl said, giving a small bow. Her light brown hair was about shoulder length, and had cute yet menacing yellow eyes. She had on a typical light blue sailor uniform, with black shoes and knee-high socks with a blue stripe at the top, and a white stripe on her blue skirt. Looking at the boy, his style was pretty similar, except his uniform was a much darker blue, and he had shorts instead of a skirt. His hair, the same color as Miine's, was pulled up into a short ponytail, and had green eyes. "I'm Mura Motonobu nice to meet you." He seemed more serious than his sister, but was still pretty happy-go-lucky seeming. "Oh, so you're siblings, that's neat. What are you two here for?" Kiari seemed pretty interested in the two. Hearing footsteps behind me, I turned around to see that Raspberry had also followed me, and was just now arriving. She probably didn't want to be alone. Giving her a small nod, I turned back to the Motonobu duo. "We are twins! That is why we are here!" Miine had spoken up, raising her hand gleefully.

Motonobu Miine / Motonobu Mura: SHSL Twins

I felt my eyebrow twitch. How exactly is that a talent? I decided not to question it, since the academy must have had SOME reason to invite a couple people just for the fact that they were twins. A reason that I was really curious about, as well. Hopefully I would find it out in the near future. While the twins decided to ramble on about something to Kiari, mostly Miine doing the talking, I decided not to listen, and turned back to Raspberry. "Did you see anyone else on your way here?" She slowly nodded, and stepped aside, and yet another girl stepped up, who was quite short as well. Then again, I'm only around average height, so I shouldn't really say much. How many girls did this place have? "I found this girl wandering in the hallways. She seems to have a pretty good idea about where we are." The new girl came up to me and bowed a bit, introducing herself."I'm Ayaka Suzuki. Hopefully you have heard of me, I'm a Ballet Dancer!"

Ayaka Suzuki: SHSL Ballet Dancer

"No, I haven't heard of you." This caused a small dent in her attitude, but I didn't pay much mind to it. It's hard to hear about these people when you're shut up in a room playing videogames. That's besides the point, Ayaka had long, light pink hair that reached about halfway down her back. What is with all of these girls and their long hair? It would be such a bother. She also had golden eyes that shot fluff-covered daggers around the room. She wore a pink blazer, a bit darker than the rest of her attire, and a white buttoned shirt with a light pink bow, and a light pleated skirt that is trimmed in pink. She looked up at me, and raised an eyebrow. "Who are you all?" She didn't say it to anyone specific, but everyone introduced themselves anyway once they were aware of her presence. "Did you see anyone else?" Ayaka nodded, and told us that there were some more students gathered in the lobby, and that she went looking for more students, which was when Raspberry had ran into her and lead her to the rest of us.

Deciding that it would be best to track down the rest of the students, we all headed out as a group and followed Ayaka, since she was the only one aware of where the lobby was. After going through a twist of hallways, we ended up at a huge door. Ayaka opened it, going inside first. We all got in, and I felt cold sweat fall down the back of my neck. There was a large steel door, which looked like it could survive a nuclear bomb or something. Trying not to pay attention to it, my eyes wandered to the other students gathered in the room. There was around 14 more? Not really planning on saying anything, I'll just wait until they decide to come at me. With that, I found a secluded spot in the room and stood, waiting to see what would become of us.

A/N: Gosh, sorry that you had to read that. There will be a few more introduction chapters, and after that the mutual killing will begin, so I hope that the first chapter hasn't drove you away yet. Hopefully the other chapters will be a bit quicker at being posted.. Thank you for taking interest in this, and I hope you enjoy the ride!

-Xenoxa