-Chapter 1-

When my eyes blinked open, I heard just the end of the morning announcement. Oh great...now I get to listen to Ishimaru babble about how late I am. For all I care the bastard can wait a minute or two. Yawning as I stood and took a quick shower, changing for the day, and leaving my Mastermind garb behind of course, I placed the keys carefully under my skirt, hooking them to a small holster on my leg. It was barely noticeable, unless someone decided to take a look under. Only in that case would I be able to break the guilty party's nose. The hallways were quite silent, which made the scenario we were all in quite more suspicious. Surely the others wished for escape? Ergh...looks like that motive might have to come early. I would've assumed there'd be a murder by now! Mumbling under my breath, I put on a nervous expression as I walked into the cafeteria. "Fujisaki-san! You have kept as waiting, do you have any excuse as to why?" It was difficult to hold back a grimace, but with an innocent tone I barely murmured, "I...overslept, that's all." As to be expected from the Hall Monitor, I received quite the lecture. "Have you forgotten the rule we had agreed to? We have agreed to meet each morning at exactly 8am! It is now 8:05am! This is not what I expected from you Fujisaki-san. I am ashamed. How could you do this to us?" What I wouldn't do to knock that brat's lights out...luckily, if you could even call it luck, Celestia spoke up. "Ishimaru-kun, if you will leave the girl alone for a few moments, I believe we were all discussing how to escape this school facility?" That was a good distraction...might leave you alive a few months longer. Or a few months less seeing the other's reactions towards what you said. Taking a deep breath in, I walked over to the table and pulled out a chair, sitting between Sayaka Maizono and Aoi Asahina. This is when the discussion began.

Celes stood from her seat, holding her hands in front of her as she gazed among the students with her. "Now...due to our search, have we found anything out?" I nearly scoffed at the answers that were received. Aoi piped up from beside me, looking over towards the ogre, Sakura. "Me and Oogami-san checked the gates, even we couldn't lift them! It seems that they lead to a different floor." Mondo Oowada-kun spoke up next, explaining that the entrance and plates were hard as metal. It took quite a lot of will to not insult any of the idiotic responses. Who wouldn't take the chance to call out? Sadly if one was to do that, it would be hell on my part, having to act like a defenseless little child. Naegi started to speak now. "What should we do about the situation...? It doesn't seem like there is a wa-" Just as he started to finish his sentence, Celestia took the time to interrupt. "We adapt." As to be expected, there were plenty of gasps. Kirigiri finally spoke from her silent form on the other end of the table. "Please do explain further." Narrowing her eyes, Celes simply nodded, continuing her little speech. "Why...of course I will. It's simple really. We should just accept our situation and adapt. If we don't...won't we just get killed off much faster?" She did have a point, one as sharp as the tip of a knife. Speaking of knives...there were plenty around, why wasn't anyone even trying yet? These types of thoughts crowded my mind, but in order to ignore them, I started to excuse myself from the table. I say 'started' due to the fact Monobear requested, more of an order actually, us all to go to the gym for a special announcement.

It took a few moments, but eventually we all stood in the middle of the gymnasium, standing in front of us on the stage's podium was none other than Monobear himself. "Upupu~ So you bastards finally showed! I grew tired of waiting for you all to kill...so I came up with a motive! Go on up to the A/V room, you should find a CD with your name written upon it. I'm sure this will cause beary interesting reactions~" While my expression stayed blank, out of mere curiosity, I looked around to see the others' faces. Some seemed scared, some confused, some calm. Of course the motive was a simple one, but as we left one by one to the A/V room and took our seats, the reactions were all too pleasing. While the richer remained calm, hearing Maizono scream was practically...it was rich. I loved it! After she fled with Naegi hot on her tail, I waited til the others left, taking a moment to replay the sound in my mind. Smiling to myself for a short few seconds, I followed after everyone else, seeing Naegi comforting the girl in his arms. The look in her eyes said it all: I want to leave! But who would the first victim be? I tastefully awaited the moment.

Though it was far too early for NightTime, I might as well make some sort of 'friendly' actions towards the others...but who should I talk to first?

((Free time chapters will be much longer! Pick THREE characters for Chihiro to visit, the ones with the most votes will be the first free-time!))