"This will not do!" Usami suddenly appeared in front of them.
"Agh! Where do you keep coming from?" Hajime yelled. He was getting tired of getting scared by her.
"The system allows me to appear anywhere and everywhere on this island. I'm such an elusive bunny! It's all thanks to my magic stick!" She held up her wand, making the brothers confused. That toy was what let her move around so easily? "Oh but this will not do, a farm without any moo-cows is like a soccer team without any balls!" Izuru bit the inside of his cheek to not chuckle at her choice of words.
"You might want to rephrase that…" Nagito laughed a little however.
"OK! Stand back and leave it to me!" Usami suddenly went over to a chicken that was pecking at the ground, and waved her magic stick. "Wooo-eee-ooo... Woo-woo-wee-wee-woo-wooooo...! Chicken! Turn into a moo-cow!" Suddenly, there was a flash of light and where the chicken had stood, was a cow.
"WHAT THE FUCK?!" Hajime screamed. Izuru couldn't help but stare. That… how the hell?
"Humph! A huge success!" Usami cried right before she disappeared again.
"What? A chicken… into a cow? How?" Hajime seemed to be having trouble speaking, not sure what to make of the whole situation.
"It's probably just a magic trick, it was probably set up before we got here, probably to make us happy… though I guess it had the opposite effect on you Hajime…" Nagito seemed confident in his words, but…
Izuru walked up to the cow, approaching it slowly, and put his hand on it's side. It was solid, and definitely alive, so how did she do it? He slowly pet the cow gently, liking how soft and warm it was. The cow gave a content moo.
"Anyway… let's just… move on." Hajime said with an exhausted expression. The group walked over to the small girl, who was pressing her fingers down onto the ground with all her might.
"Squish! Squish!" She cheered. Izuru tilted his head to the side, confused as to what she was doing.
"Um, excuse us, we haven't introduced ourselves right? I'm Hajime Hinata, and this is my brother, Izuru." Hajime said. The girl looked up curiously.
"Oh? I'm Hiyoko Saionji." She said before going back to whatever she was doing. Izuru looked at the ground and was able to see lots of ants around, and he put two and two together. She was squishing ants?
"Hiyoko's talent has won her the title of Super High-school Level Traditional Dancer. She's a rising star in the Japanese classical dancing circles, and I heard she even regularly performs abroad. They say her performances are attended by a surprisingly young crowd for Japanese classical dance shows. Well, I guess most of the audience is male, though." Nagito explained. Izuru wrinkled his nose at the thought. She did look like a little girl, and he could only imagine what her fans were like.
"Squish! Squish!" She yelled again.
"Hey… what are you doing?" Hajime asked.
"Huh? I'm squishing!" She said.
"Squishing what?" 'You're not gonna like the answer Hajime…' Izuru thought.
"Mr. Ant, duh! I'm squishing lots of Mr. Ants!" She said with a scary look on her face. "If you squish their tummies just right they make this awesome sound!"
"That would be the sound of their guts and various gasses collapsing under the pressure and escaping through the anus." Izuru explained. The girl looked disgusted.
"Ew! I didn't need to know that!" Hiyoko yelled. Izuru humphed and turned away from her. The little girl turned to Hajime.
"Hey big bro Hajime! You wanna squish with me?" She asked.
"Hell no!" Hajime was surprised at the girl's offer, as well as the difference between her appearance and personality.
"Hmph, whatever. You wuss." She said, while going back to her ant genocide. The group walked away from her, leaving her to her activities.
"How much longer until she moves onto something bigger like cats?" Izuru asked.
"Don't say that. Kids do stuff like that all the time!" Hajime said, not wanting to think bad of the girl.
"She's a high schooler, not five." Hajime didn't have time to retort as they'd approached the next person.
"Hey! Who're you dudes?" It was the girl with the rather large bust.
"We haven't met yet right? I'm Hajime Hinata." Izuru waited for his brother to introduce him, but instead he got an elbow to the ribs.
"Izuru Hinata."
"Oh sweet! Are you guys brothers or something?" She asked. Izuru only nodded. "Sweet! I've got a bunch of siblings too! I'm Akane Owari by the way, nice to meetcha! And that guy there is?" She asked looking at Nagito.
"Huh? We've already met though…" Nagito seemed a bit sad that she hadn't remembered his name.
"Oh! Sorry, I have a hard time with remembering names." She said looking a little bashful.
"I'm Nagito Komaeda, please, don't forget my name again."
"Got it, got it!" She said happily.
"A-anyway, Akane is the Super High School Level Gymnast. According to rumors, she's difficult to deal with, but... her physical abilities, at least, are something to behold. It's just that her foundations and basic techniques are all messed up. All she ever does is keep inventing her own personal moves. She can put on a magnificent performance when her mind's on it, but when it isn't she doesn't even bother showing up to the competition." Izuru could relate. If something was boring to him he wouldn't participate either. Akane did look like an athlete though, even if those large breasts would get in the way of some things.
The group decided to walk to the park area, where they saw a huge statue in the middle. Izuru looked at it for a moment, then looked around. He could hear his brother and Nagito talking about it, but he wasn't listening. His eyes came to rest on the fat blond from earlier. The guy seemed familiar, and then it hit him. Izuru walked over to the blond.
"Byakuya Togami, heir to the Togami corporation." Izuru stated as he approached the man.
"Correct, I'm shocked that peon such as yourself can recognize such greatness." Byakuya said with a smirk on his face.
"It wasn't hard. Your family's face is plastered on the news all the time, and they've mentioned you before."
"Izuru! Dammit, don't walk off like that!" He turned to see Hajime walking over to the two, looking frustrated.
"I'm just introducing myself."
"Still, we don't know if this place is safe, so you need to be careful!" Hajime worried too much about him in Izuru's eyes. Izuru could take care of himself, and there wasn't much he couldn't handle himself.
"This is good though! After all, you guys haven't been introduced to him yet right?" Nagito asked.
"Apparently, this one already knows who I am." Byakuya said. Izuru nodded.
"Really? Uh… who is he?" Hajime seemed confused and Izuru nearly groaned. His brother needed to pay attention to things more in his opinion.
"I am Byakuya Togami."
"O-oh… Um, I'm Hajime Hinata, and this is my brother Izuru. Nice to meet you." Hajime seemed to recognize the name however, and seemed embarrassed.
"Are we done here? If so, leave." The blond seemed to be in a crappy mood.
"Jeez… what's his problem?" Hajime asked.
"Well… he is the Super High School Level Heir. He's the heir to the Togami corporation." Nagito explained.
"So, he thinks he's better than everyone because of his status?" Hajime questioned.
"Seems so." Izuru was considering knocking Byakuya down a few notches to make him see he's not so better, but then he remembered the rules, and that idea was thrown out the window.
"Just one more place we haven't been. Let's go!" Nagito said as he started walking off with the twins in tow. When they entered the restaurant, they saw two people talking. The foreign girl with the bow, and the pudgy chef hat guy.
"That's right... It's terrible if it gets swollen by poison. That's why you must suck the poison out with your mouth as soon as possible…" The guy with the chef had a nose bleed.
"I see, suck it out." The girl said. Izuru wasn't sure what was going on but he didn't like it.
"Um, excuse me." Hajime said, walking up to the pair. The chef hat guy sighed.
"And I was getting close too." Izuru suddenly understood and was disgusted. This guy was trying to manipulate a girl into… probably doing something nasty.
"Good day." The girl said politely.
"Hello. My name is Hajime Hinata." He grabbed Izuru's wrist and pulled him over. "And this is my brother Izuru." Izuru nodded. The guy with the chef hat gave a laugh.
"Oh my, twins! I'm so lucky, I've never gotten a chance to do something with twins before. Ooh, I bet you guys are freaky." Izuru had to clench his fist from punching the small man. "My name is Teruteru Hanamura, they call me the Super High School Level Cook, but I prefer the word chef, it's far more classy."
"Oh, now that you mention it, I have not introduced myself to you two yet have I? My name is Sonia Nevermind. I come from the small European kingdom of Novoselic. I came to Japan as an exchange student. I hope we can be friends." Her speech was very polite and regal. It was quite impressive. Izuru could tell that Hajime was distracted by the girl's appearance, but truthfully, he wasn't too interested.
"Sonia is the Super High School Level Princess, she's actual royalty." Nagito said. Izuru blinked a few times.
"Royalty? If you are royalty, then why are you here? I mean… why is a princess attending a school in Japan?" Izuru asked.
"Oh, that is simple! I love Japanese culture, and I wanted to attend school here to know what it is like!" Sonia said enthusiastically.
"Um, this may seem a measure impudent... but... if I may be perfectly honest, that I am here pleases me a little." Sonia said nervously.
"Eh? It does? Why?" Hajime asked.
"Back in my home country, I had no friends of my own age, so everyone being gathered here for this activity is most novel! I applaud you!" She yelled happily.
"Um… thank you?"
"Hey, you guys aren't trying to leave me out of this are you?" Teruteru butted in. Izuru dug his nails into his palm to keep himself from being sarcastic. He imagined Hajime wouldn't like it if he did.
"N-no… sorry." Hajime apologized.
"It's no surprise you're here at the restaurant Teruteru. Does it fit the expectations of the Super High School Level Chef?" Nagito questioned. Izuru nearly snorted at the fact that Nagito used what Teruteru wanted to be called instead of his actual title.
"Heh heh heh... I'd be lying if I said it didn't. And since I don't want to be a liar, I'll tell you the truth right . It very much fits my expectations. The urban mood of my home neighborhood Minato is fine, but this kind of rural atmosphere is also magnificent." Teruteru seemed to be excited about the kitchen, which kind of made Izuru question why there was such a good kitchen at a place like this.
"Hey, Teruteru?" Hajime asked.
"Oh? What is it? Are you going to confess your love to me? How cute!" After he said that, Izuru stepped in between Hajime and Teruteru, giving the cook a glare that made the small man freeze.
"What was that?" Izuru asked.
"U-u-um… gotta go!" Teruteru ran out of the restaurant, making small sounds of terror as he ran.
"That… wasn't very nice Izuru." Sonia chided.
"He was hitting on my brother, and you."
"Huh? He was hitting on me?" Sonia asked, tilting her head. Izuru sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Though, I think that's everyone!" Suddenly, a bell chimed.
"Huh? Was that a school bell?" Hajime asked. Izuru turned his attention to the monitor, where the sound seemed to come from. Usami suddenly appeared on the screen.
"Congratulations everyone! It looks like everyone has gathered their first set of Hope Shards! Ooh, this makes me so happy! I've prepared special presents so that you can be happy too! Please, gather back up on the beach so I can give them to you!" With that, the monitor shut off.
"S-she wants us to go to the beach? Should we- AGH!" Hajime was about to question if they should go to the beach or not, when Izuru picked him up, throwing him over his shoulder. "Izuru what are you doing?!"
"There's no use in asking if we should go or not. We should just go anyway, you were going to argue about this so I decided to skip that part." With that, he started walking off towards the beach, leaving a confused Nagito and Sonia behind.
When they reached the beach, everyone had made it before them, including Nagito and Sonia somehow.
"You two are the last ones, what took you so long?" Byakuya asked. Izuru put Hajime down, who gave a grumble of anger in response.
"He was being stubborn." Izuru explained.
"Hmph, it doesn't matter. First, we need to discuss what we found." And so everyone took turns explaining the things that they had found on the island… including Teruteru.
"I found something very important! Girls! Lots of cute girls, plus a few boys!" The fat chef laughed at this, all with blood dripping from his nose.
"Eww! Gross! Ibuki's got goosebumps!" Izuru felt the girl's pain.
"You simpletons. That's not important right now. Don't tell me you haven't noticed?" Byakuya said.
"Noticed what?" Izuru asked.
"You moron. That big statue in the park."
"The one with the snake, horse, man, bird and whatever on it? What's so important about that?" Akane asked, looking confused.
"Among the islands of the pacific ocean, there is one famous for its scenic beauty. Its everlasting summer makes it a sort of paradise. It's not actually a single island, but a group of five closely encircling a small central one. Those five islands are represented by five sacred name of this island is… Jabberwock Island." Byakuya said. Izuru had heard of the island before. It was a popular tourist spot. But this being Jabberwock Island made no sense if it was uninhabited. As Izuru thought he toned out whatever was going on around him, until he heard Hajime yell.
"Hey, what are you saying? Try thinking rationally! We were all supposed to enroll at Hope's Peak Academy, weren't we? And now, we suddenly have to live on this island? This is strange, however you look at it!" His brother was obviously upset, and Izuru moved closer, to let Hajime know that he was there.
"Be silent, your fears have made you irrational." Gundam said. Izuru wanted to defend his brother, but before he could say anything:
"W...Well, it isn't like we have anywhere to escape to, even if we wanted to…"
"There's no boats... and there may as well be no planes, either."
"Nor, as far as I can tell, is there any means of communication with the outside world. Therefore, it will be difficult to call for help."
"Can't we just swim back?"
"I can't swim that far...!"
"'CAN'T'?! WHERE'S YOUR SPIRIT?!"
"Hey, she's right - it's impossible!" Everyone was talking one right after another, and it was kind of hurting his head.
"We should just cut down some trees and-" Before Izuru could finish his sentence, a certain white rabbit popped up.
"You can't do that! I am very serious about that. Remember our rules! They're in the guide to this field trip! 'Throwing garbage and damaging the environment is forbidden. Let's live in harmony with nature on this beautiful island.' See? All I wish is for you to live peacefully with your friends and the nature on this beautiful tropical island!" Usami yelled out.
"Why should we listen to you? We never agree-" Izuru grabbed his brother's wrist.
"Calm down. If we break her rules, she could harm us." Izuru warned. Hajime went a little pale at that.
"What? No-no! I would never hurt you!"
"A-anyway, it doesn't look like there's any danger so… we should be OK." Mikan said.
"She said if we gathered those Hope Shards, we'd be able to leave. So… let's just do that."
"But…"
"There's no use arguing Hajime. Let's just go with it." Izuru knew this situation was suspicious, but he was going to watch it play out, and if something happened, he'd take action.
"I… fine."
"Heeey, Usami! You said you had presents for us right?" Ibuki yelled out.
"Of course! Here you are!" Usami suddenly gave everyone a small keychain like object. "Tada! Usami charms! If you press the tummy it talks." To prove her point, the rabbit pressed on the stomach of her charm duplicate: "My name is Usami Magical Girl Miracle Usami! I'm sweet like milk!"
Izuru stared at the small charm in his hand. '... Cute.' He quickly put the small charm in his pocket, and watched a bit sadly as almost everyone else threw theirs on the beach, making Usami get very upset. He was happy to notice that Hajime didn't throw his away.
"I-I even prepared another present, but I don't want to give it to you bad kids anymore." Usami cried.
"Another present? What is it?" Peko asked.
"C-compared to the charms, it's nothing special… I just prepared a motive." The word 'motive' made Izuru's blood run cold.
"A… motive?" Hajime questioned.
"That's right! A motive for everyone to become friends." The rabbit dropped two bags onto the ground.
"Swimming bags? I've prepared swimsuits for you all! They're school swimsuits but still swimsuits!"
"You want us to wear swimsuits now?" Hajime asked incredulously.
"I'm not ordering you… I just thought it'd be a nice bonding exercise." Usami said, looking a bit scared.
"W...Who'd ever swim in this kind of place?! No one would agree to just jump into the ocean when we don't even know how we got here...!" As Hajime said that Izuru was counting down in his head for someone to prove Hajime wrong. 3… 2… 1…
"Yahoo!" Ibuki yelled out, grabbing a swimsuit for herself. Izuru sighed as he watched a few other people do the same. The ones who grabbed the swimsuits ran off to change.
"So… what are you guys going to do?" Nagito asked. Both twins said nothing. "I understand how you two feel, but try and relax, there's no danger here, no cause for despair." With that Nagito left to go change as well.
Some students stayed on the beach, and when the twins talked to them, they found out why. Byakuya didn't like salt water, Chiaki was too sleepy, Hiyoko wanted to cause chaos on the crabs at the beach, Fuyuhiko was Fuyuhiko and Akane…
"What are you doing?!" Hajime yelled.
"Huh? I'm going swimming." Izuru had a small blush on his face as she started to strip. He might not be interested in things like that but it was still embarrassing to see a girl naked. Luckily, Usami stopped her before she could get undressed. Around that time everyone else had come back and jumped into the water.
Izuru merely sat down on the sand, watching the others. Hajime sat next to him, seeming deep in thought.
"Do you think… we should join them? I mean… there doesn't seem to be anything sinister going on but still…" Hajime asked, looking nervous. Izuru sighed, weighing their options.
"It's not a good idea to leave our guard down just yet." Was all the taller twin said. Hajime hummed and watched the others with a bit of jealousy in his eyes.
"Hajime, you ca-" Before Izuru could tell his brother that it was fine to join the others, the sky suddenly went dark, making Izuru jump to his feet.
"What's going on? Why'd it get so dark?" Izuru turned to Usami, looking ready to strangle the stuffed rabbit if she didn't answer.
"W-what? What's going on? No, this isn't supposed to…" Izuru was startled to see that she didn't know either… then… a voice…
"Ahem, ahem, can you hear me? Can you hear me? I got you guys didn't I? Didn't I? I'm very sorry to keep you waiting, but now I'm here. Meet up at Jabberwock Park you bastards!"