HELLO! Welcome to chapter 2! Thank you so much for the support! Remember, this is an AU or rather an UA (Universe Altercation) meaning that this will NOT follow canon. So some(maybe all) of the trials will not be canon.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Dangan Ronpa! I only own this story and my oc, Akari

Nove Etsuko belongs to FireDusk

(I will only accept 1-2 more OCs. They have to make sense of WHY they attend Hope's Peak Academy in Japan.)

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"Hello?..." "Are you still sleeping? ….." "...Please wake up!" "...Wait!... You're waking up!..." "...Thank God!..."

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"It's nice to finally see you're awake!" A feminine voice was the first thing Akari heard when she awoke.

As Akari slowly got up from the floor, she discovered that the voice belonged to a brunette girl with shoulder long hair. Her hazel eyes sparkled with amusement.

"Hello! My name is Nove Etsuko, Super High School Level Hostess!" the girl explained, reaching out for a handshake.

"Hostess? I didn't think people would accept that as a talent" Akari stated out loud, shaking Nove's hand. Nove looked confused for a while and then chuckled, figuring out what Akari meant.

"No, silly! Not *THAT kind of hostess. I perform tea ceremonies. I even performed a tea ceremony for some very important members of Japan's parliament!" She explained while giggling, clearing up the confusion.

"Now, do you know how we got here? The windows in this room are blocked so I can't see outside." Nove asked, looked at their surroundings.

"Yes. I totally know where we are. We are in my lavish castle in America and this is a surprise sleepover." Akari snapped sarcastically.

"Really?" Nove said, with sparkling with happiness.

'How stupid is this girl?' Akari thought, dreading their possible future together.

"No. I was being sarcastic. I have no idea where we are. Before I went unconscious, I was outside Hope's Peak Academy. Now I'm here, wherever here is."

Akari looked around the room and finally examined it for herself. Although the windows were bolted shut with some heavy metal plates, there were some lights on in the room. There was a door opposite to her, but it appeared to be locked. A clock hung on the wall, with its hands slowly moving. There were tables and chairs aligned in a particular order, facing a board. But the most surprising thing was the camera pointing at them. It looked like it was recording them.

"Is this… a classroom? And are we on TV?" Akari asked, feeling a sense of anxiety. She then noticed that there was a note written on the board.

"Go to the gym for class introductions…." Nove read from the board, looking confused.

"Where is the gym?" Akari questioned. Her hands began to twitch the longer she stayed in the room. She needed to LEAVE here. NOW.

"I guess we can wander the halls now that the door is unlocked!" Nove exclaimed,dragging the shocked actress with her.

'Was the door unlocked this entire time? Or did Nove do something to it?" Akari thought as she was being directed (dragged) by her new 'friend'.

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"So, what's your name?" Nove questioned, not turning around to look at Akari.

Akari looked surprised. Had Nove not have known who she was?

"You really don't know who I am? I'm a celebrity!" Akari exclaimed, her snobby persona surfacing for the first time since waking up in the abandoned classroom.

"And you're NOW deciding to ask this question? What if I was a kidnapper or something? Anyway you don't need to know my name if you didn't know in the first place." Akari retorted.

Nove stopped walking. As she looked at the floor, she started to giggle. Her body slowly shook as she quietly spoke.

"Don't worry about me. I can take care of myself."

But just as Akari started to speak, Nove grabbed her hand and began to run the halls again. Any remains of her last statement was gone, Nove having retained her naive and sweet personality.

"Now, here we are! The sign says that this is the gym!" Nove declared, looking rather proud that she found the area.

"So…. Let's see what's behind door number 1." Nove voiced, reaching for the door. As she gripped the handle, Akari was unknowingly anticipating what was behind the large, ominous door.

'Should we really open the door? What's behind it? Why am I here… or rather, who brought me here?!'

But like her previous thoughts, they were silenced as the door slowly and painstakingly opened to reveal-

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A cliffhanger! If anyone can correctly write why Akari was surprised to see a hostess can choose which Character Akari will spend her free time with!

See you next chapter!