"Give it a shot!"
"Haaaaaaaaaaaah!"
*BAMM*
"...Not even a dent."
"Drats!"
Those were the voices of Aoi and Sakura, who were above the stairs of the gym. The Ultimate Martial Artist tried to use her force to at least bend the iron plate, but it didn't do shit.
Meanwhile, the rest were down below, Mondo and Leon were investigating the stand were Monokuma disappear, while the others were checking out a present given by the bear, a small device call 'e-Handbook'. They have several features, including the school's regulation, which follows:
Rule 1: Students may reside only within the school. Leaving campus is an unacceptable use of time.
Rule 2: "Nighttime" is from 10p.m. to 7a.m. Some areas are off-limits at night, so please exercise caution.
Rule 3: Sleeping anywhere other that the dormitory will be seen as sleeping in class and punished accordingly.
Rule 4: With minimal restrictions, you are free to explore Hope's Peak Academy at your discretion.
Rule 5: Violence against Headmaster Monokuma is strictly prohibited, as is the destruction of surveillance cameras.
Rule 6: Anyone who kills a fellow student and becomes "blackened" will graduate, unless they are discovered.
Rule 7: Additional school regulations may be added as necessary.
"Hey! Hey! Not going to lie. This thing is awesome!" Hagakure shout, tapping on the handbook.
"Is no used, the iron plates are too thick." the Ultimate Swimmer says, walking down off the stairs.
"Same here!" Mondo shouts, kicking the stand while Kuwata looks around it.
"Do not lose hope my friends! We must keep searching, the exit will definitely appear before us!" Ishimaru yell.
"Captain Pep-Talk is right, let's keep searching." The Ultimate Baseball Player says.
Byakuya however, didn't agree with this, "I'll go alone." he surprises everyone with his statement.
"Hey! Is that really smart?" Junko asks the Ultimate Heir.
"It is, I would prefer not to have someone coming with me, they might have already planned to kill me," he says, walking away. Maizono tries to object, but he responds back, saying that only a fool would stop him.
"Woah! Woah!" The Ultimate Biker runs up and stands on his way, "You can just leave like that!"
The heir's eyes glow as he looks at him with no fear, "Out of the way, plankton."
"What did you say?!"
"What you are, a meaningful plankton, swimming in the ocean."
Something snap inside the biker leader, "Ooh boy, you're asking for pain aren't you?!" he cracks his knuckles.
Makoto, being the most reasonable one, went next to them. "H-Hold up! We can't start fighting against each other," he says, trying to calm them down.
Mondo looks at him with anger, "Huh? You're on his side now?!" he says, shaking his fist at him. "You're trying to lecture me?!"
Naegi cringes at his voice and waves his hand on defense, "N-no, I-"
"Shut up!" The pompadour yell, as he throws his punch at him, going directly to his face.
Makoto closes his eyes and waits for the punch to hit, but luck came to his side. He felt something pushing him away with force.
*POW*
Mondo's fist hit right on the cheek, not in Makoto, but in Ragna. The punch was super strong, enough to send someone flying into the air and knocking them out….. But not today.
Oowada's eyes widened at what he did, but more importantly….. What it didn't do….. Ragna took the punch in the face, left cheek, but he didn't move one bit or even flinch at it. The white haired look at him with seriousness on his face.
"Anger can make a perfect killer…. I suggest you take care of that if you want to survive," he says.
A few moments passed before the biker retracts his fist and slowly walk away with gritted teeth. Byakuya stood still for a moment, looking at the white haired who, walk back to his brother.
Ragna looks down at Makoto, only to make a deadpanned face, "Really? You pass out?" he asks. That's right, Makoto Naegi was unconscious. "I barely did anything." he bends down as he grabs his brother by the shirt.
Just then, the Ultimate Daredevil received a bonk to the head, he looks up to see the Ultimate Idol looking at him with worried eyes.
"You idiot! What were you doing?!" she shouts at him, mother style.
"What? I didn't think he would pass out," he says.
Before they could continue, another voice spoke up. "That was impressive." they turn to see Sakura walking up to them and bending down to her knees, followed by several more students like Yamada, Leon, Hagakure, Chihiro, Aoi, and Celestia.
"He pass out by a simple push and you withstand Owada fist, you must be well trained for that to happen." the martial artist says.
"...I really don't know how to answer that right now." the white haired tells her.
"Man, he really didn't read the atmosphere." Leon comments, "He should have let them be."
The blue haired idol looks down at him, "But, if he didn't do it, something terrible might happen…." she says.
"Well," Ragna says, "I'll take him to a room, can't leave him sleeping here." he says as he was about to pick him up, but Sayaka bops his head again.
"No, sir! You are going to the infirmary right now," she says.
"Huh?"
"Don't 'Huh?' me! I know you too well, now go and heal yourself!" she says, pointing to the exit like a mother telling his son to go to bed.
The Daredevil looks at her before slowly starting to chuckle, a small trail of blood coming out of his mouth, surprising the other students a little.
"Heh…. You know me too well…." he says, standing up.
"Arms raised up until you're gone!" the idol says and he follows her instructions. "I'll better see that you're in there and completely heal when I get there!"
The white haired slowly started walking away, once he reached the gym doors, he quickly disappears on the corner.
"Wow, he literally followed your instructions without a word." the red-haired says, very surprised for what he just witnessed.
"I-Is he re-really the Daredevil?" the Programmer ask.
"At any rate, we can't leave Makoto here," Sakura says, picking the lucky student in bridal style. "We must take him to a room."
"That's…. weird coming from you Sakura." Hagakure and Yamada say at the same time.
Makoto commenced to regain his consciousness, when he did, the first thing he saw was that he was in a bed, a simple, normal, average room.
"W….where am I?" he groggily says.
"Your room."
The brunette turns to the side to see Ragna, sitting on a chair, a patch on his left cheek.
"Yo."
"Gah!" Naegi jumps on the bed in surprise.
"Really? You became this scared?" Ragna asks his brother.
"Well, maybe you should stop appearing out of nowhere!" Makoto answers back.
"Right, sorry," Ragna says, scratching his hair.
"...You did it again." the brunette says as his brother looks at him, "You took the hit for me, didn't you?"
"...You really need to stop doing that."
"You of all people should know, I won't." Ragna says, looking at him, "I refused to let you've hit by anything."
The brunette made a small smirk, "You're too overprotective."
"Family and friends come first before anything else'….. Those words were planted on me." the daredevil says.
At that moment, the door open up, revealing our favorite idol, "Oh Makoto, you're finally awake!" she says.
"H-hey, Maizono." the brunette greets her back.
"Maizono took care of you while I patch myself up." the white haired says to his brother, surprising him.
"Really?... Thanks, Maizono." he says, ('She went a bit too far for me.')
"No worry, besides, I would have gone even more to help you," she replies with her trademark smile.
"Eh?! I said that out loud?" he asks.
"No, she's/I'm an esper." both the Daredevil and Idol said. They look at each other, and then to Naegi, moments later, they broke out in laughter. After they finish, Maizono spoke up.
"Anyway, I came to get the two of you." she says.
"Huh? Why?" Makoto ask.
"Well, everybody decided to investigate around the place and we all agree to reunite at the dining hall."
"...Wait, you're saying that is already time?" Ragna asks, in which she nods. ('What time is it?'), he asks himself.
"Then, let's get going." the brunette jumps out of his bed, almost tripping on the ground, but Ragna caught him by the hoodie. "Thanks."
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Moments later they were in the dining room, only they were there.
"I thought you say we were supposed to reunite here." Makoto looks at the idol.
"We are, is just that we are the first ones," she says, putting her hand under her chin. "Anyway, how about we catch up with each other?" she asks, giving a smile that could melt one's, heart.
"S-sure! I would love to Maizono!" the luckster quickly replies.
"Yeah, we can do that," Ragna says, sitting on a chair. "So, Maizono, how it's been for you?" he says as the Ultimate Idol made a plain expression.
"...Uhh, s-something wrong Maizono?" the brunette calls the blue haired.
"Sayaka."
"Huh?" both brothers said.
"You two call by my first name, so why aren't you now?" she asks, almost in a demanding sound.
"H-huh? W-well…" Makoto sheepishly rubs his hair, while Ragna stood silent for a few moments before bumping his fist on his face and doing a stupid expression.
"Your right looks like I forgot, hahaha!" he lets out a small laugh.
"Y-yeah, looks like I did too, sorry Sayaka." the brunette gives her a weak smile.
Maizono only gives them a soft smile, "Don't worry now, I'm glad that you guys at least remember now."
They started to catch up with each other, Maizono spoke about her new song and her team, Makoto spoke about the day before her received the invitation to Hope's Academy, and Ragna spoke about where he was when they send him the invitation, which is a surprise since the white haired never stay in the same place twice.
Just then, the dining hall doors were thrown open, revealing the Ultimate Moral Compass coming in.
"Ah, Naegi! Maizono!Sparda! You three got here first, huh?" he says, walking up to them. "How unfortunate.… I was sure I'd beat everyone here."
"I'm surprised that you wanted to get here first, Ishimaru." the Daredevil says, putting his hand behind his head.
"Well, I am the Moral Compass, is very important for me to be on time. Oh, and I would like for you guys call by Taka."
"Huh? Why?" the Luckster asks.
"Is short, and I feel better been called by that." he answered, in which they nod at him.
Right on cue, everybody started to gather, and they took their seats where they wanted.
"Okay! Looks like everybody is here." Taka says as he stands up, "Let's start the meeting!"
"Wait a sec!" the Ultimate Fashionista talks.
"What is it?" Taka asks.
"What about…..what's her name again? You know, the silver-haired girl," she says, having trouble remembering the name of the missing member of their group. "Oh yeah, Kyoko!"
"What about her?" the red eye soldier asks.
"She's not here."
"What?!"
Some of the students started to look around the room, and sure enough, the Ultimate ? was not in sight.
Some people started to get worried, but Ragna spoke up. "Stop worry about it," he says, catching the attention. "If she doesn't appear as the meeting continues, someone can look for her later."
"But aren't you worry? What if something happens-" Aoi was about to say, but she got interrupted by the gothic next to her.
"That's why he says he isn't worried, is not like she won't appear." she says.
And as if it was destiny, the silver-haired walk inside the dining room. "Sorry I'm late," she says as she takes a seat.
"Kyoko! How dare you be late like this in the first?! Punctuality is important! Ishimaru shouts to her.
('Jeez, this guy is a total jackass.') some of the student's thought.
"Now then, I hereby declared the first session of Hope's Peak Academy briefing meeting opens!"
The first one to give their report were Ishimaru, Byakuya, and Kyoko since they investigate alone.
Byakuya tries to find who was responsible for their kidnapping but was unsuccessful.
Taka investigates the rooms, reporting that each of them has a room for themselves. In which, several other reports about all of them having beds to sleep, soundproofing since the user could scream all he or she wanted no one would hear them, cameras watching them, a key for their rooms and a bathroom, however, the girl's bathroom had a lock on them. Also, all the boys have a toolkit on their rooms and all the girls have a sewing kit on their rooms.
Kyoko found a piece of paper that had blueprints of the first floor. Investigating the rooms and angles, she came to a conclusion: they were trapped inside Hope's Peak Academy.
Next to report were Oowada and Celestia, they found a giant iron door that looks like the exit, the Biker tried to kick it, but it didn't work, saying that it was strong as iron. In which the Ultimate Gambler comments that it was made out of iron.
Next, Aoi and Sakura, they encounter some stairs that led all the way to a second floor, but they were blocked off.
Enoshima, Hagakure, and Leon try to remove the iron plates on the windows but were unsuccessful as well.
Finally, Fujisaki and Maizono, they check the kitchen, it was fully stock and is enough to feed the seventeen of them. Yamada asks of it really okay since the food would not last long, but the Programmer said that the kitchen gets re-stock every day, that's what Monokuma said to them.
"Okay! Anything else?" Taka ask.
"Anything else? We are s-stuck in h-ere, we d-don't know who p-put us here! A-And we didn't find a w-way out! We can't do a-anything!" Touko says, biting her nail.
"Is obvious, someone will need to kill to get out," Byakuya says, remembering again the dark scapegoat.
"Don't joke with that!" Junko shouts at him for bringing that up.
"Come on man! What can we do?!" Kuwata was losing it.
"We can adapt," Celestia spoke up. "Adapt to live our lives here from now on," she says with a smile that didn't suit the mood.
"Live here….? Are you saying we should just accept this?" Fujisaki asks tears on his eyes.
"A lack of adaptability is a lack of survivability," she says looking at everyone. "The one who survives is not the one who is stronger or smarter, but the one who adapts."
"The Lolita is right." Ragna spoke up as everybody looks at him, "As someone who experience it, is best that we adapt our surrounding, make sure we know what we must do in here."
"Hehehe, as expected from the Ultimate Daredevil," she says, standing up from her chair, "Which is why I would like to make a suggestion."
She takes out her e-handbook as everybody pays attention. "You all notice the rule regarding nighttime, right?" she says, showing the second and third rule. "Since this rule must be followed, why not make our own rules with this?"
"Huh? What do you mean with that?" Mondo asks, resting his legs on the table.
"At night, let's all stay in our rooms." she simply stated.
"Huh? What's the point on that?" the Bookworm ask her.
"Night hours are more than just sleep you know," she replied, making everyone understand her reasoning. "Besides everyone would start to get worried and anxious every night."
"So you're suggesting we limit our activity through the night," Sakura says, receiving a nod from the Gambler.
"However, unlike the other rules, this rule is not to be forced to follow, we all must agree to follow it."
After a few moments, everybody complies to follow this specific rule. "Good. Then, if you excuse me…." Celestia started to walk away.
"Wait, where are you going?" the programmer ask her.
"Is almost nighttime, and I would love to take a shower before it arrives." she says as she elegantly said goodbye and walks away.
After she says that, Ishimaru agreed that Celestia was right, they all agreed that tomorrow they all separate and search again, and with that said, the meeting end.
Makoto went to his room, Sayaka went to hers and Ragna went to his. They all took a bath and the moment they landed on the bed, they instantly fell asleep.
Day One
The next morning, he felt his eye's opening. He wipes his eyes as he groggy stood up from the bed and slowly walks inside the bathroom. He opens the bath pen and pours water on his face. He blinks several times as his vision came to his face as he looks in the mirror, showing Ragna's face.
('Jeez, what time is it?') he thought as he grabs a towel and cleans his face. Once he did, he left his room, walking down the hall as he went to the dining hall, when he got there, he saw that the hall was completely empty. He quickly looks at the clock, only to be surprised. ('8:30?! How the hell did I didn't hear the announcement?!') he asks himself as he walks into the kitchen.
"Anyway, can start the day with an empty stomach," he says as he enters the kitchen. Moments later, he comes out with a bowl full of ramen.
Taking a seat, he prays for his food before going in. As he eats, Mondo Oowada walked inside the room. He came to get a drink for his sour throat and was surprised to see the Daredevil there, eating without a care in the world. The Biker stood still, Ragna hasn't seen him yet. What happened yesterday came to his head, he hadn't apologized to him for the fist, that was unnecessary of him, and now, it looks to be a great chance to do that.
He walks up to the table Ragna was, "Hey, Red." he calls.
Ragna looks up to see the Ultimate Biker, "….Yes? Can I help you?" he asks.
"No…. I'm just…. Look, I'm sorry for what happened yesterday," he says while bowing his head at him.
"...Oh! The fist, right?" he says, remembering. He simply waves his hand at him, "Don't worry about it, you were in pressure, besides," he points at the claw scar on his face, "I pass through worse."
The Biker lets a sigh out, looks like things when okay, "Yeah, I noticed that when you didn't flinch at my punch."
Ragna stood up from his chair, "Look, we may have started on the wrong foot, how about we start again?" he suggests.
Mondo stood silently before smirking, "Yeah, let's start again," he extends his arm. "I'm Mondo Oowada, Ultimate Biker."
Ragna took his extended arm and shake it, "Ragna Sparda, Ultimate Daredevil, hope we can be friends Oowada."
Once that was done, Ragna continues eating his ramen while Mondo went to grab a drink. He returns and took a chair in front of Ragna. They both stood silent, but the Biker kept looking at the white haired scar.
"You want to know how I got this scar?" the white haired asks, noticing the look he was receiving.
Oowada looks surprised that he noticed him staring, so he decides to ask away, "I'll be honest with you, just how the hell isn't your left eye blind? That scar is really nasty….. And cool, to be honest."
Ragna finishes his breakfast and looks at him, "Well, it all started…."
And so, Ragan explains that he received the scar from an Ussuri Brown Bear, which can weight up to 1500 pounds, in the mountains of Russia, saying that he wanted to try piledrive one while being inside a cyclone. He managed to do it, but the bear's back paw managed to scratch him. He couldn't open his eye for a month, but when he did open it, he was surprised to see that it was fine, only that his pupil turn red.
Oowada has winded eyes, this kid piledrive a fucking bear while spinning in a cyclone, screw guts, you need to have real balls of steel to do that, let alone been in front of one with a weapon.
"Shit…. Your one, crazy, son of a bitch, you know that." the Biker says, throwing his finished drink into the trash can.
"Meh, what can I say? Danger is my game….. Anyway, what about you, mister Biker? It must be hard-boiled to be the leader of the biggest biker gang in the world." Ragna ask.
Mondo puts a smirk on his face, "Damn right it is!"
Now it was Mondo turn to talk, he spoke about "The Diamonds Dogs" the gang created by his brother, Daiya. How they took their streets, riding their bikes. How he loves his bike, which is one that has no muffler. How they call him and Daiya, the Diamond Brothers
"And then, I got caught by the police, so I pull over and when they came up…. Well, a massacre just happens," he says.
"Damn! You must be strong for that to happen." Ragna comments, very surprised.
"Fucking right I am! You can't wave the banner of the gang without strength!" he shouts to the most obvious thing in the world. "In a fight, they will go for the leader."
"Kill the leader and the pack breaks, right?"
"Right, that's why I have to be one tough motherfucker!" he says giving the thumbs up. "So, what's your type of ride?"
"My ride? Well….. I would say a Kawasaki model." Ragna says.
"What?! You like them too?!" Mondo asks in surprise.
"Yeah! To me, that's what a real man drives!" he says to the biker.
"Agreed! That's why I love them! Especially when they don't have a muffler!" the Biker says with excitement.
After the two spoke about the kind of motorcycle they ride and like, Ragna finished eating and went to clean the bowl.
"Hey Red!" Mondo call him, "When we get out of here, how about you drive with us? I'm sure my friends would like to ride with someone like you."
"Really?" the Daredevil ask, "Then, it will be an honor to drive with you guys!"
"Hahahaha! I promised you that you will not regret it!" Mondo says, standing up and walking out of the dining room while waving his hand.
('To ride with the biggest biker gang in the world?' I am lucky to be invited!') the white haired says.
After coming out of the kitchen, Ragna started his investigation. He looks first inside the trash room, it had a hatch on the floor, but it was locked, same goes for the room since the inside was close to the gate. The bathroom if the boys had a fish tank, The laundry room had several washing machines, a vending machine and several magazines to kill time, and there was another room, but there was tape saying that is prohibited to go in. Normally, a Daredevil would never let this bother of course, but not now.
After looking in the dorm, he moves to the first floor of the academy. When he got there, he saw how Asahina, Oogami, and Fukawa had a discussion, he didn't pay mind and went to look. First, the infirmary, several displays of medicines and a bed to rest. Nothing, that could look like an escape route. Both of the classrooms are like the one he and Makoto woke up in, all windows shut. The record room had several computers, but no place for an exit.
Finally, the room before the gym, checking the placed, it was decorated with several trophies.
('Nothing here as well…..') he thought as he was about to walk inside the gym when something caught his attention on the corner of his eye. There was something sticking out from behind the podium of trophies. Moving it a little, a stick falls off. Ragna grabs it with both hands and starts to pull it, and what came out was a shock.
It was a hammer, to be pressies, a sledgehammer, it appears that the mallet can be extended to be long. The metal head was colored red-blood like.
('What the heck?') Ragna thought he looks at it, before founding an envelope behind it. He opens it up and inside was a letter and a gold coin with Monokuma's face.
The letter said: "Congratulations! You have found my favorite hammer! As a prize for it, here is a Monokuma coin, there are hidden around this school so good luck finding them!
Sincerely, Principal Monokuma
Ps: Use it wisely when you go to murder someone!
At that moment, the Daredevil crumpled the piece of paper and shove it in his pocket, a tick mark on his head, this bear really wants someone to die. ('His persistent, I'll give him that much.') he says to himself.
He then slams the hammer on his hand, surely it was real. Ragna decide to take it with him, leaving it here would be found by someone and that person would possibly use it to kill another one. He puts the hammer away and walks out of the gym. Looking at the golden coin, he heard about using it on a machine in the Prize Room.
Looking at the map, he went to the Prize Room. As he walks, he saw the Ultimate Swimmer there, not with the Martial Artist or the Writing Prodigy.
"Hey there Ragna! What's up?" she greets.
"Nothing much, thanks for asking Ashina." he responds back.
"There no need to call me that, call me Hina, all my friends call me that." she says with her happy looking smile.
"OK then, I'm fine, thanks for asking Hina." he says.
"Good! Then, I'm going to call you Ragny from now on!"
A sweat appears on the white haired face, ('Ragny? I just talk to you now, don't you think is a little early to call by nicknames?….') He then asks, "So, where's Oogami and Fukawa? I saw them with you when I came down."
"Oh, Sakura went to take some protein drinks and Fukawa….. Well, let's just that she couldn't stay here with…. 'Meatheads'." she says, puffing her cheeks and crossing her arms under her breast. "And after all that trouble I went to invite her…."
"Well…. She is the Ultimate Bookworm, so she must feel safer inside her room then here." Ragna suggest.
"*sigh*...Maybe you're right…." she then looks at him in curiosity, "So what are you doing here?"
"Oh well, just investigating since yesterday I couldn't do shit." he says.
"Oh yeah, Owada punch you hard and blood came out from your mouth, how's it going?" the Swimming Pro asks in concern.
"It's OK, in fact, I'm glad Oowada punch me." he responds, surprising Hina.
"Huh? Why are you glad? That's not normal." Hina says.
"I know, but thanks to it, it reminds me that I'm not going over the top," Ragna says.
"Eh?" Hina looks at him as if she would actually hear something familiar.
"Ever since little, I always love challenges, it gets me pumped up just to hear one, it means the fight and struggle that I would have to do." he says, placing his hand on his bandage, "I don't fight to just get to the top, I fight to give everything I got because the fear of receiving a painful loss is not something we all want."
Hina's eyes widened slowly…. The fight and struggle to the top…. To give everything you got…... the fear of losing….. He was acting like…
"Because at the end-"
"You will feel loneliness because it's lonely at the top." Hina says, surprising Ragna, "You're the Daredevil, someone who is tough in everything, that's why you always break your limits….. because it shows you how much really can do. Having Oowada punch and make you bleed….means that you're still learning."
"...Yeah...Exactly!" Ragna says in excitement, "How do you know that?!"
"Because I do the same thing!" Hina shouts, excitement getting into her head, "I always give everything, I don't want to lose at anything! I want to keep getting challenges!" she says.
"I know right?!" Ragna started to get excitement, "It doesn't matter what it is, if it is a challenge, I'll take it!"
"Even if it means my bones will break!"
"Even if it's something I'm not great at!"
"Even if there's danger of it!"
"Even if my body is at the end of the line!"
"I want to keep pushing myself as hard as possible, reach the highest mountaintop!" they both said at the same time. Their excitement reaching the hard-boiled moment, a few moments before noticing how closed their face were, almost kissing.
Both of them blush madly, as they took two steps away, looking away for a moment, "Umm….So yeah, that's why I'm glad Oowada hit me." They quickly change the subject.
"Y-yeah, I really understand you." she says, placing her hand on her chest.
"A-Anyway, I should go, I want to try the Monomachine." he says.
"S-sure….." she says as Ragna walks past her, "Hey!" she calls back to him. "M-maybe, we could go, and have a race together one of this day? I know for being the fastest on my Running team," she suggests.
Ragna stood still for a moment before turning to her with a soft smile and blushing. "Sure, I would like that."
Aoi smiles at it, "Then you better prepared yourself, 'cause I won't go easy on you!" she points at him.
Ragna gives her a cocky smirk, "You better don't." he says before walking away.
When he was gone, Aoi lets out a sigh, she places her hand on her chest, her heart was beating fast. Just what is happening? At that moment, she felt someone behind her.
"Asahina?" she turns around to see Sakura Oogami with two drink on her hands. "I brought you some drink."
"Ah, thanks, Sakura," she grabs the drinks and starts to drink it.
Sakura notice something on her, "Is something the matter?" she asked in concern.
"Huh?"
"You're breathing heavily, and I can feel the heat from here," Sakura says.
Hina puts a hand on her forehead, she felt a little hot and her breathing was heavy. She began to think, ('Should I tell Sakura about what happened?') she ask herself, she kept thinking and thinking before nodding to herself, ('I'll tell her later, at least, until I understand this….feeling.')
She looks at the Martial Artist with a smile, "I was just doing some push-ups, I suddenly got this fire on me that I had to take out!" she says with her chirpy sound.
The Ogre nods, "Yes, a warrior must release the fire inside them, is not good to let that fire grow inside you until you burst….." Sakura commences her speech of how one must release their inner power. Hina smiles at her friend, glad that she took the bait, and she was glad that she got to know someone else than just Oogami.
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Ragna enters inside the Prize Room, in there, he lets out a long sigh, just what the hell happened back there? He places his hand on his chest, feeling his heartbeat. After, like, three minutes of breathing, he managed to calm himself and look around the shop.
It was full of several kinds of stuff, from vending machines to snacks, but the most strange thing is the round prize machine, full of small size prize capsules.
"What is this?" he asked as he looks at the machine.
"Upupupupu! Looks like someone needs an explanation!" Monokuma appears out of nowhere.
"..." No comment.
"Oh come! Act surprised about my appearance!" says the angry robot.
He got no response. "...Well, whatever, you ask about the Monomono Machine?" he jumps up into the stand where the machine was. "Is really easy, all you need is a Monokuma coin and you will get a prize, so I suggest you collect a lot of my coins!~" the robot says, caressing the machine like a puppy.
"...Okay, so what are the prizes? Is there like a list of prizes?" Ragna asks, trying to not look creepy at what he just saw.
"Nope! The prizes are random!" he says before moving away, "Now, why don't you try it. I mean, that's why you're here." it says, placing his hand on his mouth.
The white haired just roll his eyes. He takes out the coin and places it on it. Twisting the handle, a small green capsule pop out. Ragna picks it up and opens it, revealing a small piece of paper.
"Upupupu! Looks like today is your lucky day, Ragny!" the robot bear says.
"Don't you fucking call me that," Ragna says, giving him a death stare.
"Huh? Why not? Aoi calls you that." the bear twists his head to the side.
"That's why; you're not her," he says, "And what do you mean I'm lucky?"
"Hehehe…. Read the paper, then you'll see." the bear says before disappearing.
The white haired raised an eyebrow. He reads the piece of paper.
"Congratulations! You won a gaming device! It would be in your room right away!"
"...Huh?" was all that Ragna says, ('The fuck? Does he really think I will actually fall for this?') he thought.
Make no mistake, Ragna knows that this bear will make sure to make everyone's life be terrible. Seeing the waste of time he did, he shove the paper in his pocket and leave the Prize Room. When he got out, he saw that Hina had left, meaning that she went away. Feeling that he investigated everything on the school, he went to the living room.
Right as he was going to turn a corner, he bumped into someone, causing both of them to fall. Ragna quickly stands up and look up to see the person he bumped, the Ultimate .…(Detective)...
"Oh, sorry there, I wasn't looking where I was walking," he quickly extended his hand to her, "Are you okay Kirigiri?"
The lavender haired looks at the hand before grabbing it. Ragna pulls her up to her feet, "...Thanks." she says.
"Yeah, no problem," he says as he walks past her, "I'll be sure to be careful when I walk around." he was about to walk away, when-
"Wait," he gets called by the mysterious girl, "Could I ask you something?"
"Hmm?"
"...Are you scared?" she asks.
He looks at her in confusion, telling Kyouko that he doesn't know what she's talking about, she clarifies the question, "We are trapped inside this insane place, we have been told that we must kill someone to get out of here….. Doesn't that make you scared?"
Ragna thought about her questions, he closes his eyes in thought, after doing some thinking about it, he nods before giving an answer.
"Yes, it does."
Kirigiri looks at him, "Really? You, the Ultimate Daredevil, scared?" she would be lying if she said that she wasn't surprised to hear that.
"Heh," he says as he caresses his hair, "I might be a Daredevil, but I'm still human."
"Hmmm, true." she says.
"Besides, been scared is important in life."
"Hmm? Why is that?" she asks, her curiosity.
"Because it shows you that the next action you do, will decide if you live or not."
At hearing that, Kirigiri almost lost her composure as everything around her stop, only Ragna move.
"Fear is a part of a human being, it shows that I'm alive….as to why I don't show it….. I just hide it."
"..." the Ultimate ? stood silently on it.
"...I'm just like you Kirigiri." That statement caught her attention.
"What?" she asks him.
"Don't play dumb….. You are hiding your true emotions." her eyes lost composure, "You're like everyone here; scared of what might happen…. Scared of this Headmaster's motive…." he turns to look at her in the eyes. "Or…. Is there a reason for you to be more scared than the rest of us?"
She looks at him with her normal expression, "Why should I be more scared than anyone else? I'm like all of you, a prisoner trying to find a way out of here." she says.
"Even though this place was built for you?"
"...What….did you say?" she asks with a serious tone.
Ragna looks away from and looks up into a camera in the hall, "I did my homework you know, I know your connection in here." he looks at her again. "Just because we don't know the Ultimates, doesn't mean it hides anything about the Headmaster."
Now, this time, Kyoko couldn't control her eyes for getting widened, her profile was well hidden from anyone, even from the Byakuya Family, so how in the world did this man know?! Before she could ask more, the Daredevil put his palm in front of him.
"Don't, as far as I know, this isn't my business, so I'll stop there. I'm just letting you what I know," he says as she just looks at him.
"...Why are you telling me this?" she asks.
"Hmm?"
"If….you do know my connection, why are telling me this? I could be in cahoots with whoever is in charge in here. You telling me could cause your life, so why are you telling me this?" she finishes.
He stood silent for a few moments before giving her a stupid expression, "Because I wanted to."
"..." the mysterious Ultimate would have slap herself, he just told him because he wanted too?!
"Besides, you're not in cahoots with them." he tells her.
"...How so?" she asks. He looks at her with a smile that she hasn't seen in a while.
"Because I believe in that, and in you."
"...And if you're wrong?"
"That's a dare I'll take."
Kirigiri stops talking as he looks at this boy, after having this conversation with him, she concluded one thing: his was trusting blindly.
"Your trust to someone is too weak, you should be careful with that habit of that." she says, crossing her arms.
"Yeah, I have been told that….Good thing it hasn't happened yet," he says as he started to walk away, he stood in front of his room. Before he could put the key inside the doorknob, he looks at Kyoko one more time.
"Kirigiri."
"Yes?"
"...If you ever need help or someone to hear you out, my door is always open…. And on this last part, I'm just following my gut," he looks at her with a small smile.
"Is better to tell about what you're afraid of."
Kirigiri looks at him, no matter what she does, this man became an enigma the moment he asked her that question on the gym.
"...I'll consider the offer…." she then turns around to leave, "Good afternoon, Sparda."
"...Same to you, Kirigiri," he says as he opens the door to his room and enters in it.
Kirigiri hear the door close and looks behind her one more time, ('...Ragna Sparda…..To say all that even though I could be the enemy…. And taking it as a chance…..') she thought as she turns back to walk, a small smile appearing on her face, ('He really is the Ultimate Daredevil.')
The moment Ragna enter his room and close the door….. He was surprised to find something unexpected in there.
Right next to his bed was a black device, the size of a medium box, next to it were two controls connect with a wire, one for the two. And on top of the device was a note saying: "ENJOY!"
"...OK, what's the catch?" he says with a serious expression, he looks around the device, "There must be some sort of prank in here." he picks it up and starts to shake it, he checks the controls, disconnects the wires, checks everything. He remembers about the toolkit, he went to check on it, but none of them, fit the screws on the device. After looking at it for a long time, he places it on the stand against the wall.
('...Okay, let's just say that this is real, how do I know it works, I don't have a fucking TV to try on it!') he thought, caressing his temple.
With that said, Ragna stretches his arms, "Is getting late…. I'll continue tomorrow." he takes off his red coat and placed it on the chair, putting the sledgehammer under his bed, before he entered the bathroom to take a bath.
The moment he comes out, the nighttime announcement went off, "Ehem! This is an announcement, is now 10 pm, meaning that is nighttime. Soon the dining hall will be locked. Good Night!~"
Letting out a yawn, he makes sure that his door is locked, went to his bed, lift the cover up and got inside. After a few seconds, he fell asleep. Tomorrow will be another day.
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Upupupupu!...Rest while you can my dear Ultimates… Soon, Despair will destroy that Hope of yours! Upupupupu!"
-Ragna's File of Friendship-
Makoto Naegi - Brothers/Friends
Sayaka Maizono - Friends
Byakuya Togami - Strangers
Kyoko Kirigiri - Acquaintance
Leon Kuwata - Strangers
Toko Fukawa - Strangers
Junko Enoshima - Strangers
Kiyotaka Ishimaru - Strangers
Mondo Oowada - Acquaintance
Sakura Oogami - Strangers
Aoi Asahina - Acquaintance
Chihiro Fujisaki - Strangers
Celestia Ludenberg - Strangers
Hifumi Yamada - Strangers
Yasuhiro Hagakure - Strangers
The shadow of the sixteen students appears on the screen.
(Remaining Students: 16)