"Amami-chan?"

The green-haired male stopped when he got to the top of the stairs. He'd come this way and was heading towards Ouma's room to peek in on him, but the other boy had opened the door before he could. The two stared at each other for what seemed like an eternity, before Amami smiled and greeted him with a small wave. "Oh, hey Ouma-kun."

At first, Ouma's eyes narrowed suspciously at him. Amami began nervously sweating, Should I retreat for now? he thought, taking a step back. It seemed like the supreme leader had only seen him facing in the direction of his room, and not actually walking to it; but he wasn't taking any chances.

Just when he was about to bolt for it though, Ouma beamed and ran up to him. "Hi Amami-chan, what are you doing here? Your room isn't on this side," He remarked, innocently tilting his head.

Amami flinched back a bit, before regaining his senses to try and think of an excuse. He could tell him what he originally came here for... "I was looking for Kiibo-kun, and I figured he might be here." He replied, trying his hardest not to look to the left; lest he give away his half-truth.

"Ooh, Kiiboy, huh?" Ouma reached up to pat him on the shoulder, "Then don't worry, 'cause you came to the right place! He's in his room right now, probably not doing anything since robots never have anything to do." He shook his head and gave a sigh of disapproval, as if he knew what machines did in their spare time.

He blinked, "Oh, really? Then I guess that makes things easier." He turned his back to him, and headed for Kiibo's door. He was only a couple of steps away from ringing the doorbell, before Ouma darted forward and rang it in his stead. Amami watched quizzically as Ouma began pressing down on the doorbell repeatedly, the sounds meshing together to create a horrible alarm-esque noise.

Kiibo jolted up from his bed in surprise, putting his thoughts to an abrupt stop. He had been thinking about what he'd just seen when his doorbell began ringing several times, shocking the poor robot from his deep concentration. He rubbed his head, Hopefully I'll be able to sort them out after this...

Wanting the annoying sounds to stop, he rushed over to the door and slammed it open to let the person know he was here and they didn't have to ring so much. Upon seeing who it was though, his ticked off expression changed into that of shock and slight fear. "O-Ouma-kun?"

Ouma smiled cheekily at him, "Hey, Kiiboy!"

Many thoughts were going through his head, but the main one was why Ouma was in front of his door. Was he bored? Did he need something? Or had he actually seen Kiibo peeping on him after all? He was frozen with panic, and instead of replying he stood there and let Ouma stare at him. What should I say? Should I play it cool and pretend like I don't know anything? Or would that just give me away? I don't even know if he saw me or not-

Amami suddenly interjected, "Kiibo-kun!"

He snapped back to reality, "H-huh?"

The taller boy lightly shoved Ouma back so he was out of the centre of the doorframe, causing the other teen to let out an obnoxious squeal. Amami rolled his eyes and turned to Kiibo, "Sorry about that. I came here looking for you since I didn't see you anywhere else, but Ouma-kun saw me and got here first..." He glanced at the culprit in question, who was on the floor pretending to be severely wounded by Amami's push.

The robot sighed in relief, "I-I see." So Ouma hadn't really been the one to visit him. I guess that also means he didn't catch me spying on him earlier... "Um, so what did you need me for?"

Amami cleared his throat, "Well, we can't do it here, but I just wanted to ask you some questions." He paused and did a check around himself, "I know you were busy before, but you're free now right?"

He put a finger to his chin, giving it some thought. He did remember Amami trying to get his attention after the morning meeting, coincidentally right when he was about to go after Ouma. He'd felt bad about blowing him off like that, and it was true that he didn't have anything to do anymore (except thinking of ways to read Ouma's whiteboard again, but it could wait), so he shrugged and accepted. "I'm not busy anymore, yes."

"Great!" Amami exclaimed, "Then can you come with me?"

"Of course, just give me a second." He went back into his room to retrieve his keys, closed the door, and then locked it. "Alright, I'm ready now."

They started walking towards the stairs together, before Kiibo felt something tug at his leg. He looked down to see Ouma with his face still on the floor, and the boy loudly groaning. "Waaait..."

Kiibo jumped, and then sighed when he realised who it was. "What now, Ouma-kun?"

He sprung up from the floor, "Let me come with you!"

The robot looked over to Amami, who merely shook his head in response. "Sorry, but you can't."

Ouma pouted, "Oh? And why not?" He stood in front of Amami to block his path, and glared at him. "Is it something you don't want anyone knowing about? Are you planning to take Kiiboy away and kill him? I bet you are aren't you!" He pointed accusingly at the taller boy, before dropping his hand to his side. "Well, it's not possible to kill robots since they were technically never alive to begin with, but I don't doubt that the bear will count it as murder. So, Amami-chan, how about it?!" He pointed at him again.

Kiibo opened his mouth to try and protest, but was stopped when Amami put his arm in front of him. With a determined stance, he glared back at Ouma. "Ouma-kun, I heard you say before that robots never have anything to do."

Ouma put his arms behind his head, "Yeah, and?"

"Well, what about you? Aren't you asking us to tag along because you also have nothing to do?"

The dark-haired boy looked taken aback for a second, but quickly brushed it off. "Well, jokes on you, what I said before was a lie! Nishishi, I can't believe you fell for it."

Kiibo placed a hand on the arm that was still in front of him, "I don't mean to agree with him, but he's right! I do have things to do, and to say that I don't is robot discrimination!" He said, looking directly at Ouma in an attempt to send the message to him.

Amami lowered his arm and glanced exasperatedly at both boys, before sighing and walking forward. "I swear it's nothing suspicious, but if you really want to come then it's not like I can stop you."

Ouma looked surprised, "Wait, you're letting me come with you?"

He shrugged, "If it'll ease your worries, sure."

Ouma didn't waste any time in running up to his side. He stood so close that it almost looked like he would hook arms with him, "Heehee, and now you can't do anything with the both of us here. Nice choice Amami-chan."

Kiibo frowned at him from Amami's other side, unconsciously focusing on how close they were. Why did he decide to come with us? And Amami-kun just gave up on trying to stop him! He was pretty miffed, having rather Ouma stayed behind, but not enough to voice his complaints.

He was, however, confused at how attached he was acting towards Amami. I thought he only acted that way with Saihara-kun, but Amami-kun too? He probably missed something when he had looked at the board earlier. He'd swore he had seen something that looked like a boy with green hair at the bottom, but he hadn't seen anything written there. Perhaps Ouma thought he was 'interesting' as well.

Or he just acts this way towards everyone except for me. Kiibo thought. Ouma treated everyone with an air of secrecy around him, but he only ever picked on and insulted Kiibo, while still keeping the mysterious aura. Maybe he just hates me... He couldn't say the thought surprised him, but it made him sad to think that anyone in his class disliked him so much. What did I even do? I've tolerated him so much yet he still seems to not care for me. What do I have to do to make him realize that I'm not a bad person?

He bore his gaze into Ouma, as if he could find all his answers by simply looking really hard at him. The dark-haired boy somehow sensed him looking, because he suddenly turned over to face him, smirking and waving mockingly at him. Kiibo's eyes widened at being caught, and he quickly looked up at Amami so he wouldn't have to make eye contact with him anymore. "U-Uh, If you don't mind me asking, where are you taking us?!" He stuttered, hoping to deter Ouma of saying anything about his staring.

"We're going to a place I just recently found out about," Amami replied, "I can't tell you exactly where it is because, you know-" He pointed to some security cameras on the walls, "-but you'll know soon. Also, like I said before, it's nothing suspicious."

Ouma closed his mouth, about to accuse Amami again of something else. Instead, he pouted and crossed his arms.

The trio took a turn to the left out of the dorms, and into a familiar hallway that Kiibo recognized as having gone down many times before. I often take this route to the library. We're probably not going there though, seeing as how this path leads to plenty of other areas...

But to his surprise, they stopped walking when Amami stood in front of the library entrance. He opened the door for them, "It's in here."

They both went in ahead, Amami going in last and closing the door behind them. Kiibo immediately began trying to look for the secret place Amami had been talking about, scanning the floor and ceiling, checking the walls and even looking between bookcases. He'd been here so many times, yet it looked unfamiliar when he knew that there was something in here he hadn't seen.

I can't believe I've never noticed. I'm not seeing anything though... He turned to the other two boys, where they stood in front of a large bookcase. Thinking that it would be there, he went over.

"Oh, Kiiboy, done your little search yet? Amami-chan's about to show it to us, if you would just wait." Ouma commented right when he saw Kiibo heading towards them.

Usually, the robot would have said something to deflect the insult, but his attention was shifted off of him when he spotted Amami trying to pry the bookshelf open. He had his hands gripped on the side behind the shelf, and with a little strength he moved it so it opened like a door. There were hinges on here? Kiibo looked behind the other side. Apparently there was, but they were very small.

"It's pretty hard to open sometimes... But maybe I'm just weak, haha." Amami sheepishly scratched the back of his head, "Anyway, this is what I was talking about."

They all saw what the bookshelf had been concealing. It was a large, black-and-white coloured door that seemed to be made out of strong metal. Beside it, there was a small card swiping machine with a blank screen and two buttons underneath - one blue, and one red. The door was also knob-less, so there was no immediate way of opening it.

"Amami-kun, is this...?" Kiibo asked, shocked at the discovery. Had this been hiding under their noses this entire time?

"Yep, it's the entrance to a secret room. At least, that's what I think it is."

"You think?" Ouma leaned in.

"I haven't actually been inside yet," Amami admitted, "The only way of opening it is to slide some sort of card here, but I don't know where to get anything like that. I've already tried searching the place, and all I've found are these playing cards. I brought them with me just in case, but I'm pretty sure they won't work..." He said, taking out a deck from his pocket.

"Well, it can't hurt to try, right? C'mon, let me see those." Ouma said, reaching for the cards.

"Wait Ouma-kun, I don't think those will-" Kiibo called out, but Ouma had already gotten a hold of the deck. He pulled a card out and held it in the slot, sliding it down until a beep sound was heard. The dark-haired boy was blocking the card scanner, so Kiibo couldn't see if it had worked or not. He wrung his hands in anticipation.

"Hmm... Nope, doesn't work!" He exclaimed, removing the card and putting it back with the rest of the deck. He tossed Kiibo the pack, "You're free to test out the other cards though!"

"That would be a waste of time," Kiibo responded, rolling his eyes and handing them back to Amami.

The taller male sighed and pocketed the cards, "See what I mean? Nothing will open the door." He turned towards the robot, "The reason I wanted to bring you here was so I could ask you about it."

He tilted his head, "Me? Why me?"

"Well, I figured with you having an A.I. and all, you could find some way to hack into the machine and unlock it."

Kiibo glanced at the card scanner. He might've been able to tweak his way into things, given the right equipment; but he suspected Amami was implying something else with the suggestion. Is he asking me to hack into it using my mind? If his brain was connected to the scanner, then maybe he could do it - but the problem was, he didn't know how, and he was pretty sure the other two didn't know either. If only they had someone who was proficient with machines...

Suddenly, it struck him. Wait, we have a Super High School Level Inventor! I can ask her!

"U-Um, I won't be able to do it on my own, but Iruma-san might be able to! Can I go and get her?" Kiibo asked, already facing the doorway.

"Sure. I was planning on showing this to everyone else anyway," Amami replied, shrugging his shoulders.

The robot smiled gratefully, and began heading towards the exit. He wrapped his fingers around the handle and pulled open the door, about to head outside; but was stopped by something he saw.

Akamatsu and Saihara stood just outside of the library. Akamatsu had her arm outstretched, as if she had been about to open the door before Kiibo interrupted her. They looked at each other, surprise written on their faces, before the girl stepped back. "Kiibo-kun, you were in the library?"

He nodded, hand still firmly gripped on the handle. "Yes..."

She glanced at Saihara as they both exchanged questioning looks. He could tell they were trying their hardest to be discreet, although Kiibo could still see everything. What are they doing?

They stopped their silent communication just as quickly as they started, and Saihara walked forward. "Mind if we ask what you're doing in there?"

Kiibo tilted his head at the strange question. Couldn't they just walk in and find out for themselves? It wasn't like they were doing anything suspicous... Regardless, since Amami had given him permission to tell Iruma, he figured he could tell them too. "I'm with Ouma-kun and Amami-kun, we're... well... we found something."

Akamatsu looked as if she had a moment of comprehension. Her suspicion faded away as she moved closer to the entrance, "Is it a hidden room?" She whispered.

His eyes widened. How did she know that? "Yes."

"And you're trying to get in, right?" She correctly guessed, "Well don't worry, you don't have to anymore, because we have the card key."

"I-I see." Getting the hint, Kiibo opened the door further and let them in. The other two boys were already facing the doorway, having heard their entire conversation. Amami looked slightly surprised at the unexpected guests, but it didn't seem like he minded too much.

"Saihara-chan, you came too?!" Ouma exclaimed. He spared nary a glance Akamatsu's way, "And you brought along your sidekick."

"Sidekick?" The blonde offendedly repeated. She wasn't going to get riled up, but to be referred to that way right when she entered the room...

"Please Ouma-kun, if anyone's the sidekick here, it's me." Saihara replied, coming to his friend's defense. "Akamatsu-san has been helping and leading me towards everything, she's the one who's been doing all the work. She even found the card to the door behind the bookshelf..."

"Wait, you guys have the card?" Amami piped up, his attention and curiosity of how they'd gotten a hold of it immediately piqued.

"Ah, yes, I have it right here." Akamatsu reached behind and pulled it out of her pocket, holding it up for everyone to see. She temporarily put it back again, "We found it together, right Saihara-kun?"

The detective looked up from his hat at her. He was hesitant at first; but after catching a glimpse of the girl smiling at him, he raised his head and nodded, the corners of his lips turning up a little. "...You're right."

Akamatsu encouraged him, pumping her both fists. "Mhm. You're not my sidekick and I'm not your's, because we're a team. Both of us are the leaders!" She lowered her arms and reached out for his hands. She could feel him flinch, but after gently wrapping her fingers around his, he visibly relaxed. "So don't say those sort of things. You've helped me just as much as I've helped you."

Saihara blushed, nodding again as he didn't know what to say. "Thank you, Akamatsu-san." He watched her give him another smile, solidifying what they had just told each other, before letting go and turning towards everyone else. "It's just as she says, we do have the card. You've probably noticed by now, but since the door has no handle, the only way to get in is through the card scanner..." He trailed off, his line of vision drifting to the right. Because he had been preoccupied with Akamatsu, he hadn't noticed Ouma standing beside him the entire time. He looked down at the shorter boy, "Ouma-kun?"

He stared up at him, not moving or breaking eye contact. It was a bit unsettling, but just as Saihara was about to say something, Ouma turned and walked over to Akamatsu. "Hey Akamatsu-chan, can you give me the card?"

She already had the card out and was showing it to Amami, when Ouma's voice caught her attention. "Huh? Well, sure-"

He didn't even wait for her to hand it to him, yanking it from her and running up to the card scanner. He quickly slid it down and waited for the beep noise. He wasn't disappointed, hearing the sound soon after and seeing the blue button underneath the screen lighting up. Everyone stepped back as the black and white door began opening outwards, a cloud of dust floating up that prevented them from seeing what was inside.

A couple of them started coughing as they tried to wave the dust away. As he joined them, Kiibo's mind was going through reasons of why there was so much dust. It might've been really old or just not properly maintained, but Akamatsu and Saihara had already supposedly went in just before them. The dirt should've been significantly cleared after their entry. Maybe I'll ask about it later. After they cleared the path, they opened their eyes to discover what was really in the hidden room.

For the most part, it looked similar to the library, albeit smaller. There were still shelves lining the walls, filled to the brim with old, faded looking books. There was another globe in the center, and a section in the back that was seperated from the rest of the room with a barred wall. There was a clock on the left side, and a monitor for announcements right beside it. One thing that they also all noticed, was that the room had no cameras.

Ouma gave Akamatsu the card back, "I just wanted to slide it in, nishishi." He said, giving her a grin that she couldn't help but be skeptical of.

She wiped the card off and swiftly placed it back in her pocket, turning towards the other two bewildered boys. "So, this is the hidden room! We've already been in here, and it's not really that different from the main room."

"There are some books here, although you can't take them out because they'll fall apart right away." Saihara remarked, demonstrating by trying to take one out. It slipped from his grasp and fell to the floor, crumbling on impact. He stepped back, instantly regretting having done that.

"This room must be very old then, right?" Kiibo asked. He hadn't gotten the impression that the building was that old, but judging from how poorly kept the books were here, then maybe it was built further back than he'd previously thought.

"It looks like it, but I don't know for sure." He responded.

"So what's the section here at the back for?" Amami piped up, walking past the globe and to the bars. "It looks like it's blocking off another door there."

"Another door? You're telling me there's a secret room within a secret room?!" Ouma ran to the section with Amami and stuck his arm through the bars, trying futilely to reach for the door. He pulled back his sleeve when he realized it was in the way, revealing his pale, bony arm. He tried one more time, but it proved to be useless as it was too far away. Ouma withdrew his arm, "I guess I'm too fat. Hey Saihara-chan, you try! I bet you're skinny enough to get through these bars."

"If you can't get through it then I can't either..." He retorted as the rest of the intruders joined them.

"The entrance to the cell is over here," Akamatsu pointed over to a part of the wall that looked pretty much the same as the rest; except the bars were closer together, and it had a keyhole.

"Since you guys found the card from who-knows-where, you probably have the key to open this too, don't you?" Ouma turned to her.

Akamatsu sighed, "Well sadly, no. We couldn't find it no matter where we looked, and trust me, we checked the place where we found the card several times."

"Speaking of which, where did you find the card?" Amami thought to ask.

"In the garden," The blonde affirmed, "It was in the warehouse, sitting on the shelves where all the watering pots were... I honestly have no idea why it was there, since we basically found it by chance. Maybe the mastermind left it there on accident."

So, there's no doubt that this place was created by the mastermind, huh..." Amami replied. He paused, seemingly contemplating something before speaking again. "If you guys don't mind, could I try and help find the key? Although the scanner is a different colour, the door over there could potentially be opened using the same card."

Akamatsu agreed, "Of course you can! The more people helping us, the better. We can't do anything until we get past this cell, after all."

"Oh come on, do we really have to find the key? Just get Kiiboy to open it." The supreme leader turned to Kiibo, another accusation of hidden powers inevitably about to be thrown his way. "He can wrench the bars out wide enough for all of us to get in. I've seen him do it before!"

"Please don't lie about that, Ouma-kun. If I could do such a thing, I would've been able to open the door from outside!" Kiibo shot back, sighing as he realized what he was doing. He let the false remark roll off his shoulders as he looked around some more.

The wall behind the cell was interesting and all, but not as much as the rest of the place. The shelves with books in them looked the same as the ones in the library, except they were caked in dust. The books here were probably much older then, but since they were in a secret room, perhaps some of them contained important information. He went up to a shelf and dusted off the spines, looking for any books that seemed even a little stable. He stumbled across a slightly newer looking one, and reached to try and take it out.

"Wait, Kiibo-kun, those-!" Saihara called out.

"It's okay, I'll be careful." Kiibo said back. He slowly eased the book out of its place in the shelf, and when it looked like it probably wasn't going to fall apart, he grabbed it more firmly. With both hands, one on the top and bottom, he gently carried the book down from the shelf unharmed. He turned around triumphantly, "I took one out!"

The detective stopped tensing, "Oh wow, you did. What does it say?" He asked, walking over to him to take a look.

Kiibo brushed off the front and read the title out loud, "The Recent Effects of Climate Change." He lightly flipped it over to check what date it was from, "1980... That's quite old. It probably won't contain much that relates to current times." He went back up to place it back where it belonged, disappointed from the lack of useful information.

"There might be more books that are in better shape like that one though, so we should keep searching." Saihara suggested, "When I was last in here, I had only tried to take out one book and it broke on me, so I never tried again. But this proves that there might actually be something in here we can use."

"Then we should spend a bit more time in here and walk around, see if there's anything that looks even remotely interesting." Amami brought up.

"Ugh, I don't want to..." Ouma whined.

"You're free to leave if you want, Ouma-kun." Saihara said.

He gave him an incredulous stare, "That was a lie, of course I'm not leaving! This place is interesting, plus I don't want any of you planning something behind my back." He hopped away from the cell and over to the bookcases, "I'll look at some of these too!"

For the rest of the time, they leafed through the books that could keep themselves together and searched the general area. There wasn't much to be found in there, with most of the books having outdated info or being old, albeit entertaining novels. Kiibo deduced that the mastermind must've spent enough time in here to bring them in.

At least two hours passed before Ouma had gotten bored and suggested that they leave, all of them agreeing as they put back whatever items they had and began shuffling towards the exit. The robot was surprised how during the entire time, no one had entered library at all. We were quite lucky... I don't know what we would've done if the mastermind had caught us. There weren't any cameras in the main library either, but he wasn't actually sure if the mastermind knew about their little invasion of the secret room. Judging by the lack of Monokuma though, he could safely assume they hadn't.

Akamatsu took out the card again, closing the black and white door on their way out. Then Amami, with the help of Saihara and Kiibo, pushed the bookshelf so it was covering it again. They all stood in front of it, thinking about what to do next.

"I think I'll go look for the key now. It might be somewhere in the garden since the card was also there, but if it's not then I'll look around some other places." Amami stated.

"Oh, I'll help you! It'll be easier with two people there. You any of you want to come?" Akamatsu asked.

Saihara shook his head, "Sorry, but I'll pass. There's something I have to do later."

"I see... How about you two?" She hopefully turned to them.

"I'm too tired," Ouma bluntly answered, arms behind his head.

"Ah... There's something I should be doing right about now too." Kiibo said, thinking back to what he had been doing before Amami rang his doorbell.

Akamatsu pouted, but quickly regained her spirit. "Well, no worries. We'll do just fine, right Amami-kun?"

He nodded, "Yes, we will. We should get going now though, before the key disappears or something."

"Yeah. We'll see you guys later!" Akamatsu waved to them as she exited the library with Amami, leaving the three boys in there by themselves.

There was a beat of silence, before Ouma spoke up. "Hey Saihara-chan, where are you going now?"

He quizzically replied, "I just have to go help Momota-kun with something, why?"

"Oh nothing, I was just hoping that I could maybe... come with you?" Ouma pleaded, giving him his best puppy-dog face.

Saihara didn't seem to be affected, thinking about how it could work out. The effects from yesterday's trial hadn't really worn off yet, and truthfully he still felt a bit wary of Ouma, so he wasn't sure Momota would take too kindly to Saihara bringing him along. Still, it could be a chance to get along better and clear the bad air. He knew how upset his friend had been over the prank though, so it could also go very badly, but he wouldn't know unless he tried, right?

"I guess you can come..."

"YAY! Let's go then!" Ouma yelled, grabbing Saihara's arm and taking him towards the exit.

He tried to resist being dragged by him, but the shorter boy was surprisingly strong. He looked back at Kiibo right before leaving. He was standing in front of a bookcase, looking pensive about something, and when he sensed Saihara looking at him he turned and waved, as if to say 'have a good time'. Is he staying behind because he wants to read? Saihara thought, looking puzzled. He would have pondered it more, but was unable to resist Ouma's grasp on him as he was forcibly pulled out of the library.

After listening to the boys and making sure they were gone, Kiibo peeked out of the library door and down the hallway at them. Saihara had patted Ouma's arm to stop him from dragging him along, and now they both walked alongside each other at a briskly pace. Kiibo tried to resist the urge to follow them, but the feeling was overwhelming.

I should've asked to come with them... But then it might not play out the same way with me there. He sighed. Louoks like his day wasn't over yet.


A.N.

Longest chapter ever! And actually, it might be the longest thing I've ever written to date. It's a shame that I think it's bad. ; u ; I just didn't really know when the end the chapter, and it kept going and going until it reached 5,400 words...

Its kinda funny cause at first the chapters were 1,000 words, then 3,000, now 5,000! I don't think they'll get any longer than this though.

Also, I know that they don't actually go into the secret room in the first chapter, at least I think so. There's a lot of inconsistencies in the story that will be very apparent once the official english release is out. I'll still keep writing the story, but just keep that in mind, and pls forgive me.