Last introduction chapter!

In this chapter, there are reference to IB and Dangan Ronpa.

I'll update next chapter tomorrow, as it is already written. Lost inspiration with this one, went to make another... Hehe...

Sorry for the time it took. I wanted to finish it yesterday, for it to be a birthday gift from me to myself, but no. Still had no inspiration. Even there, I had pretty much none, I just kicked my ass to get it done, as I lost my inspiration for it after had been obligate to stop writting after I began to go eat at my grandma house. Therefore, it might not be the best chapter ever.

NOTE: for the wrong ends, some may drabble-ish and other longer. Just warning you guys!

Anyway, enjoy!

MIRAI GEIJUTSU MUSEUM– Around 7:15 PM

Rei Miyamoto was staring at a painting, called KIBOU – ZETSUBOU, translated to HOPE – DESPAIR. A white-haired man was tied in rope, a knife through one of his hands, a spear piercing his stomach, while a pink-haired woman, her puffy hair tied into twin tails, was holding a weird half-black half-white teddy bear. A giant block of metal was above her, ready to crush her.

Rei shook her head, looking at the glass right beside the weird painting. She had large, round, bright blue eyes magnified by oval, light purple glasses. Rei had long, flowing violet hair pulled altogether into a large braid held by a white ribbon. She also had simple red orbed earrings on the lobes of her ears. Her uniform was the same, she only add four pins, one of Tokunaga from Tales of the Abyss, one of Rena from Higurashi, one of Konata from of Luck Star and the last one of Card Captor Sakura. She also had her student ID tied with a ribbon laced with the fragrance of flowers.

Rei then looked toward her fellow classmates of Igarashi High School. The school had organized a trip to a nearby art museum and Rei's class was apart of that activity.

She stared at Kozakura Fushimi, someone who interested her for a while. He had striking blue eyes and messy black hair, longer on the back, the longer strands brushing against his neck. He didn't wear the usual jacket, and left unbuttoned the first buttons of his white button-down shirt, his red tie loosely tied around his neck.

Kozakura was talking to his friend, Hitoshi. This one had grey eyes and strawberry blond hair. He also kept the uniform as the dress code wanted it.

Rei's blue eyes wandered toward Seji Moraki, who had spiked white hair and angry-looking red-pink eyes. He also wore a leather wristband given to him by his pen pal from USA.

The albino was staring mindlessly at Dana Know, another of Rei's classmates. Dana, noticing it, went to confront Seji about it, who simply responds he hadn't realized it, as always.

Dana had a pale pink skin and curly, chestnut brown her falling mid back. She had wide, big honey-colored eyes circled by long, dark eyelashes. She wore an unbuttoned light blazer. Her skirt fell mid-thigh and her socks finished just below her knees. She also had a necklace, with a small decorative key attached to it.

Ritsu Itoh was looking at a strange sculpture, her brown eyes strangely staring at it. Ritsu had dyed bright pink hair, tied in puffy twin tails, similar to the girl in the painting, but a darker pink. Her jacket was open, showing a white tie on her black button-down shirt. Her skirt was a bit short and her socks were at mid-thighs.

Machiko Enemoto had dyed silver hair, tied into a long braid that went to her waist. Her icy blue eyes mindlessly stared at a painting while her friend, Riru Murakami, talked to her. This one had amber eyes and short black hair, stopping a bit before her shoulder. She wore a white headband and the normal uniform.

The last person was their teacher, Yukari Tsutsui. She had short brown hair and grey eyes. She wore a white button-down shirt under a black blazer and a black skirt. She was looking at the painting of a blond girl, named 'Mary'.

"Hmfph. I'm booooooored!" whined Ritsu.

"What do you want us to do about that?" asked Seji quite harshly.

"Well, I had a kind of charm I wanted to try out…" said Rei, looking down at the floor.

"What is it?" asked Kozakura, who also looked bored. Rei's eyes lit up at black-haired boy interest.

"Uhm… It is Sachiko Ever After." She mumbled, blushing as she rummaged through her backpack, getting out a paper doll. "It's pretty simple. We say 'Sachiko, we beg of you', the same number of time then the number of participants. Then, we rip it in pieces, one for each who participates."

"Why not?" said Kozakura, staring at the paper she held.

One by one, they accept to participate in the simple charm, even Yukari, the teacher.

"So, how many times we have to say this thing yet?" asked Ritsu, uninterested in the charm. She only accepted because of her love interest in one of the participant who was right beside Rei, named Kozakura Fushimi.

"Nine time." answered Seji, after had mentally count the number of participant. Rei nodded, happy that someone counts at her place.

"Grab the paper doll." She said, as everyone obeyed. "Now, let's begin to chant 'Sachiko, we beg of you', nine times. Go!"

"Sachiko, we beg of you!"

"Sachiko, we beg of you!"

"Sachiko, we beg of you!"

"Sachiko, we beg of you!"

"Sachiko, we beg of you!"

"Sachiko, we beg of you!"

"Sachiko, we beg of you!"

"Sachiko, we beg of you!"

"Sachiko, we beg of you!"

"Did everyone say it nine times?" asked Rei, looking at each faces.

"Yup." Said Dana, imitated by the others.

"Good. Now, let's pull on the doll until it tears apart in nine pieces, at the count of three. One… Two… Three!" continued Rei.

A sound of ripped paper echoed as they tore apart the doll, a piece of paper resting in their palms.

"Well, it's finished."

"It was quite simple!"

"Yeah… but what is it supposed to do?"

"Yeah, what are the charm effects?"

"I've already seen it somewhere… Isn't meant to seal everlasting friendship?"

A chaos of voices appeared as the charm finished, with everyone talking at the same time, which was abruptly interrupted by the ground violently shaking, sending most of them to the ground.

"What's happening?" screamed Hitoshi while Ritsu screeched loudly.

"An earthquake, idiot!" respond Seji, as light bulbs fell down, along with the painting unhooking and the sculpture hitting the ground

"What are we supposed to do?" shouted Machiko to their teacher.

"Get out of the museum! Hurry!" she respond, also shouting. Unsteadily standing up, they followed their teacher towards the exit.

"Gah!"

They all bumped into the teacher, who quickly screamed while backing "A hole opened in the floor! Let's find an alternative exit!"

Quickly, they turn and headed toward the opposite direction of the growing gap.

"There's no other exit…" mumbled Kozakura, after had looking at the room they were trapped in. There were no windows or doors. The only way to get out of the small room was by the small alley, which had disappeared in darkness.

"No, no, no, NO!" screamed Ritsu, clutching her hair, drowned in pure panic.

The gap kept coming closer while Ritsu kept denying the simple fact they were all going to die.

It was so clear in Kozakura's mind; none of them would get out of here alive. The chances were too slim. Lying was completely useless. For him, the one who never want to admit defeat, to say such a thing, it was truly hopeless, wasn't it?

Machiko was the first engulfed by the darkness. Everyone went to the farthest corner of the room, while he stayed right in the middle, the gap really close to him.

"Kozakura-kun! Don't stay there!" whined Rei, while he shook his head, smiling sadly.

"It's the end. We can't get away from it. Sooner or later, what's the difference? We can't escape it…." It was his last words before the floor opened under him. No scream, no sound was heard as he fell into the abyss.

"Kozakura…" whispered Rei, her eyes widening. How could he have so easily gave up? It wasn't the Kozakura she knew!

Then, everything went incredibly fast. Everyone around her fell, devoured by the darkness. Rei's hands clutched her head, as she tried to make sense of what was happening, why it was happening.

"Gkh!" she tightly shut her eyes, awaiting her demise, terrified, unlike Kozakura. He was so calm, even during is fall… He truly had accepted his death.

But she wouldn't give up.

Opening her eyes, she looked to her right, seeing the painting with the two people on the verge of dying, to see a small shelf. She climbed on it, trying to figure a way to stay alive while looking around. She was completely circled by the gap, which seemed to have no end.

The shelf made a cracking noise under her weight. It wouldn't last long.

She gasped as she felt the shelf slowly breaking.

Crack

The shelf gave up under her weight and she fell, grabbing the KIBOU – ZETSUBOU painting in search of something to avoid her falling.

"Aaaaah!" she screamed as she fell, looking at the painting. The painted white-haired boy seemed to smile at her, as if he was saying….

Never give up on hope.

EDIT (Kind of..): Someone asked me to put a list of the characters, so here it is. (Sorry it took long, I completely forgot.) The name are put in order of alphabet.

MEGURU ACADEMY

AOKI, Kano

AOKI, Usaji

FURUKAWA, Tsubaki

HAYASHI, Takeshi

KOBOYASHI, Miyaki

MIYAZAKI, Reon

TSUBAKI, Masuto

MOCHIZUKI ACADEMY

EGUCHI, Akasuki

ISHIBASHI, Hisaka

KUROSAWA, Mamoru

SHIMABUKURO, Tetsuya

SMITH, Shawn

WARAE-SAKURAI, Mikku

YOKOMAKI, Sumiko

IGARASHI HIGH SCHOOL

ENEMOTO, Machiko

FUSHIMI, Kozakura

IKEDA, HItoshi

ITOH, Ritsu

KWON, Dana

MIYAMOTO, Rei

MORAKI, Seji

MURAKAMI, Riru

TSUTSUI, Yukari (Teacher)

Here's all the characters, for now!