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Monokuma: Welcome to the Review Show season 2. The show where we openly support our lord and savior Pewdiepie.
Monokuma: BornToDream03, upupu! You'll have to read and see if Pichu survives.
Monokuma: Rose the Jigglypuff, I know and they refuse to tell me what they're up to. Some people are plain rude.
Monomi: You're plain rude!
Monokuma: Shut up, Monomi. You're banned from here.
Monokuma: SrPtchKds, thank you. We don't plan on giving up on this series! We've read too many abandoned series. Learn the satanic prayers and see your friend disappear. Upupu!
Monokuma: RaionNoChi, is Pichu Chiaki? Or is Chiaki Pichu? Who knows what will happen to Pichu. My prediction is that he will get stuck inside a pokeball.
Monomi: Monokuma!
Monokuma: Upupu! Thank you!
Monokuma: Derick Lindsey, it's an unspoken rule. Anyone who doesn't respect it gets punished. Upupu!
Monokuma: We don't own Danganronpa or SSB!
Monomi: We don't even own a Switch.
Monokuma: Don't remind me! Fuck you, Monomi. You're banned.
*Bing Bong Ding Dong*
"It's 7 am! Time to wake up you little brats! Have a nice tropical day!"
Duncan couldn't help but grown at the sound of the morning announcement. Who thought it was a good idea to have one?
The duck went to the restaurant were he saw his fellow classmates talking to Monomi. The bunny had defeated one of Monokuma's robots which meant there was a new island to discover.
Despite the small spark of hope Duncan could sense in his classmates' eyes, he noticed they all seemed somewhat sad or annoyed. They were probably expecting the same routine once again: new island, someone dies, investigation, trial, killer dies...
Once everyone had finished eating breakfast, everyone met up at the gate of the fourth island. The island looked like a theme park. It would have been a really fun place if it wasn't for the killing game.
Duncan flew to the sky to get a better look at the park. A huge castle stood at the center and next to it, there was a roller coaster. There were a few other attractions but Duncan wasn't sure what they were. His knowledge on theme parks wasn't that great.
Duncan decided to visit the castle first. It looked even bigger now that he was up close. A big sign above the gate had "Nezumi Castle" written on it. He was about to enter it when Monokuma appeared.
"Don't enter that castle!"
"Why?"
"There are m-mice in it!"
The duck ignored the bear's words and entered the castle. It looked even bigger inside. It didn't help that it was quite empty despite all the large columns and the red carpet. The only things of interest were the weapons hanging on the wall. From the look of it, they seemed genuine.
"Wow!" a high-pitched voiced shouted, "This place is so big! I want a house this big!"
"You think this is big? You've got lots to learn."
Duncan turned around to see Pichu and Marth talking.
"I know right!" Pichu grinned before waving to Duncan, "Hi, Duncan!"
"Have you found anything interesting?" Marth asked.
"Besides the weapons, no," Duncan answered.
"We're going to have to explore the whole castle!" Pichu cheered, "I'm so excited, I don't know where to start."
"Great, make sure to investigate everything," Marth ordered, "Every crack, every brick. Check underneath all the carpets, behind the curtains. Don't leave a single thing unchecked."
Pichu, being Pichu, decided that the best place to start investigating was underneath the red carpet. In a few seconds, the yellow pokemon had completely messed up the carpet revealing weird writing on the floor.
"5T1T9Tevery1?" Pichu read out loud, "Is that Latin?"
"No, it's French," Marth replied sarcastically, "It's probably some weird coded message."
"I wonder what it means..." Duncan told himself as he stared at the writing.
Duncan saw a small house next to the castle. It looked like it was supposed to be a cute house but it was completely ruined. Next to it, there was a large house which Duncan assumed was a haunted house.
The duck tried entering the small house but the door was locked.
"No trespassing on other people's property!" Monomi scolded, "You need to behave, young duck!"
"What is this house?"
"Um… Well..."
"Let me guess, your home?"
"It was… And it was beautiful."
Duncan really didn't want to deal with Monomi. Despite seemingly being on their side, she wasn't much help. She was always so secretive.
Being unable to investigate the small house, Duncan focused on the haunted house instead.
The house was large and looked really old. It was covered in spiderwebs and appeared to be on the verge of collapsing.
Duncan saw an annoyed Link standing in front of the entrance with Peach. The princess was going on and on about how scary the house looked.
"There's probably a serial killer inside!" the blonde screamed, "You should come with me to make sure I'm not attacked!"
"No way," the Hylian glared, "Go with Pichu, I'm sure he'll love it."
"Are you scared of haunted houses?" Duncan asked.
"Nah, they're just plain boring. Every year, my cousins and I go to a new one that is supposedly the scariest of them all and it ends up being boring as shit. Only Toon's sister gets scared."
"Maybe if you go with your friends, it will be more fun."
"I guess, but I've already seen Marth and Roy lose their shit… I should ask Sheik to come with me, I've never seen her freak out!"
"Guys, the door is locked," Peach announced with disappointment, "And I was looking forward to it..."
Well, it isn't as though haunted houses are any fun during the day time…
Suddenly, Duncan was struck by an idea. He flew around the house and found a board with time tables. The house was only accessible at night. There was definitely something hidden inside.
The next location Duncan visited was a small train station in front of a funhouse. The trains were colorful and somewhat cute if you ignored the Monokuma face at the front that made them look creepier than a Thomas and Friends train.
The funhouse behind the station was bright pink. Unlike normal funhouses, you couldn't see anything besides a big slide. The attraction was also closed during the day.
"Jeez, what's the point of a theme park if you can't ride anything," Falco complained.
"Knowing Monokuma, they're probably full of traps to make us suffer," Roy theorized, "I guess we'll have to explore the park again at night."
"So, you guys haven't found anything?" Duncan asked.
"Well, when I visited the roller coaster, Monokuma said we'd all get to ride it. It doesn't seem off in any way. Looks pretty fun to be honest."
"If you ask me, I think his roller coaster looks lame!" Falco laughed, "There's not even a height or age restriction. Even a baby could ride it."
"That doesn't mean it will be lame. Monokuma probably couldn't be bothered to put one."
"Are you implying I'm lazy?" Monokuma pouted as he appeared out of nowhere, "I'll show you that I'm not lazy!"
"How will you do that?" Duncan quacked.
"Upupu! You'll see, Ducky!"
The roller coaster looked scary. Really scary. How could Falco think it was lame? It had three loops, a practically vertical drop… Duncan was not going on it. He didn't care how much you paid him, he wasn't going on it.
"Are you alright?" Sheik asked.
"Y-yeah!" Duncan stuttered, "Will we have to ride that roller coaster?"
"Yes, but it should be all right for you. You can fly."
"Not if I'm completely dizzy!"
"Ha! This crap is for babies," Ganondorf smirked, "When I was a kid, I'd go on the biggest rides all the time. My sisters would threaten anyone who wouldn't let me on!"
"What!? This ride isn't for babies!"
"What are you talking about? There's a panel that says "Everyone, including babies, allowed" over there."
Duncan blinked as he saw the panel Ganondorf was pointing at. He couldn't believe his eyes. Monokuma really was crazy.
"Everyone please head to the roller coaster!"
Great…
Once everyone had made it to the roller coaster, Monokuma announced his plans.
"You will all have to ride the roller coaster! If you do, you'll get a very special prize. I'm sure you'll love it! Well, most of you will."
"What kind of prize is it?" Duncan asked the bear.
"Upupu! You'll have to ride the roller coaster to find out. I prepared two special seats at the front for our tiniest members."
"Aw, I wanted to sit at the front," Peach pouted.
"The front is the most boring place," Sheik reassured her friend, "Let's sit at the back."
"Wait, I want to sit at the back!" Falco argued, "This roller coaster's boring, at least let me get the enjoyment of being at the back."
"I want to be at the back!" Pichu yelled.
"Pichu, you already have a seat."
Duncan ignored all the fighting and got into his seat. He was secretly hoping the fighting wouldn't end so that the ride would never start. Alas, Monokuma decided to move Duncan and Pichu to the back much to the duck's dismay.
"I'm so excited!" Pichu told the duck, "I've never been on a roller coaster before. They keep telling me I'm too short."
"Yeah, that's ni- Oh, God… It's moving!"
The cars slowly made their way to the top of the first hill. Duncan did his best to not cry or scream. Peach's screams made him want to scream too.
As the car stopped at the top, all the screaming stopped. There was no sound. Just pure silence until Duncan ruined it.
"All, right. If this car can stay still like this, everything will be- AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"
"Yeah!" Pichu screamed with joy, "This is awesome!"
"This sucks!" Falco shouted, "This sucks balls, Monokuma!"
"Somebody help me!" Peach yelled, "I need help!"
"Hey, there's a loop coming up!" Roy noticed.
"Oh, wow, how scary," Link replied sarcastically.
"I-I think I'm gonna puke..." Marth stuttered.
"Do it on, Link," Ganondorf laughed, "That would make this ride fun."
"Everyone shut up for a second!" Sheik ordered, "I'm trying to enjoy the ride."
If Duncan had to describe what getting off the car was like, he'd say it was the best feeling in the world. As he got off, he let himself collapse on the ground. Oh, how he had missed it. He knew the ride had only taken a bit over a minute, but to him, it had felt like hours.
"Aw, you all made it out alive..." Monokuma sighed full of disappointment, "Here's your prize."
The bear took out a folder with Hope's Peak logo on it. It wasn't very thick, but better than nothing. He gave the folder to Duncan because he thought the duck had had the funniest reaction during the ride.
Duncan opened the folder and was greeted by an unexpected list.
Class XXX
Ultimate Bounty Hunter
Ultimate Psychic
Ultimate Driver
Ultimate Puzzle Solver
Ultimate Babysitter
Ultimate Magician
Ultimate Drummer
Ultimate Little Brother
Ultimate Plumber
Ultimate Captain
Ultimate Technician
Ultimate Mercenary
Ultimate Singer
Ultimate Mascot
Ultimate Martial Artist
Ultimate Witch
"Are these the right files?" Duncan asked, "I don't know anyone with these talents."
"Upupu! They sure are. You're just among the few to have no interest in them."
"That file looks boring, I want a better prize!" Pichu whined.
"Pichu's got a point," Link agreed, "Why would we care about some other class?"
"Upupu! How ironic! You two should be the most interested in the files!"
"I think you two might know some of the people on the list," Duncan said as he showed the files to his two friends.
"Wow, there are so many people named Ultimate!" Pichu gasped, "They've got such strange surnames."
"That's their talents."
"There's nothing I recognize here," Link sighed as he turned the pages in the folder, "Samus, don't know her. Ness, never heard of him. Captain Falcon, he's that crazy guy who drives in a car. L-Link Farore? But that's not possible."
"Anything's possible!" Pichu shouted as he looked at all the papers before screaming, "Never mind, some things are impossible!"
"Hey, what's the big deal with those files?" Falco asked as he grabbed the papers to look at them, "W-when did he get accepted into Hope's Peak? I was the only one..."
Duncan didn't know what was going on. He wasn't sure what he could do. If the files were of no interest to him, how could he help his friends?
"Upupu! You're probably all confused. Go to the funhouse tonight if you want to know more."
Duncan wasn't sure what he should do to pass the time after having lunch. Monokuma just had to make the only accessible attraction the roller coaster.
He decided to go to the beach and relax as much as he could on an island of death.
"Hey, can I join you?" Peach asked as she looked at the duck lying on the sand.
"Sure, is there anything you want?"
"Well… I guess we could talk or play. All this gloom is really bad for us. Monokuma likes seeing us sad so we should try to be happy!"
"You've got a point, but I don't think it's that easy for everyone."
"That's why I've got to do something about it! All my life, I've been trapped and waited for someone to save me… But now I've got to be the one to free myself and rescue my friends."
"Do you think we'll ever make it out?"
"Of course, we will! No one wants to kill anyone and I've got people waiting for me back at the Mushroom Kingdom. I'll make it out no matter what!"
"And what will you do once you're out?"
"I'll look for my family and my best friend, Daisy. Then I'll hold a big party in my castle where we'll all get to celebrate!"
"It must nice to have so many people waiting for you. I've only got my parents assuming Monokuma hasn't done anything to them."
"I'm sure someone's waiting for all of us outside, including you."
After having spent his whole afternoon with Peach, Duncan ate dinner and returned to his room to take a nap while waiting for the nighttime announcement.
*Ding Dong Bing Bong*
"It's 10 pm you little bastards! Go to bed! Unless you're planning to kill someone, in which case you are welcome to do so! Upupupu!"
Duncan was feeling really tired, but he had to go to the funhouse for his friends. It seemed everyone was feeling the same.
The funhouse had a rule of only four people at a time. There was a grand prize in one of the rooms that could only be claimed if four people reached it at the same time.
Everyone had voted Duncan to be the one to investigate the funhouse. He was small and could fly, so he wouldn't have to worry about getting stuck anywhere.
The duck nervously entered the house expecting a trap or a jumpscare. But there wasn't anything, the funhouse was a normal funhouse.
He flew all around the house searching for a secret room. After a few minutes, he had found a small passage hidden behind a slide. Only small people would be able to access it.
Duncan flew out and told everyone what he had seen. It took ten minutes of arguing for everyone to agree that sending the four shortest of the group was probably the best idea.
Duncan guided Pichu, Link, and Roy through the house. Pichu was having some trouble getting up the stairs because he was too excited. The little pokemon kept bumping his head against the steps causing him to fall down.
"All right, this is the passage," Duncan said as he walked through the small opening.
"Looks pretty big to me," Pichu noted, "It can be our secret base! The secret base for the tiniest members of this island!"
"One day I'll be tall..." Link sulked.
"How long is this passage?" Roy asked.
"I'm not sure," Duncan answered before falling down a hole, "Aaah!"
"Are you all right!?"
"Yeah!"
Duncan looked at his surroundings. He was in a room with four different doors and a TV screen in the middle. One door was dark blue with sparkles on it, another one was green with puzzle pieces glued onto it, one was baby blue with little angels and clouds painted on it and the last door was black with red and pink paint splatters.
As he approached the TV screen, it turned on and the words "three more" appeared.
"I think you guys need to come down!" Duncan shouted to his friends.
Once everyone arrives in the room, a zero appeared on the screen for a few seconds before being replaced by a Monokuma.
"Upupu! You've made it! You may each claim part of the prize. Please make your way to one of the doors in front of you. Only one person may go through one door!"
Duncan chose to go with the sparkly door. He entered a dark room full of little lights that looked like stars. In the middle of the floor, there was a folder with Hope's Peak logo on it.
The duck opened the folder and saw a picture of a blonde girl called Zelda and a brown haired woman that looked a bit like her. The folder didn't contain anything of use. Just pictures of them doing magic tricks or posing with some weird hand.
The duck exited the funhouse feeling like he had wasted his time. How were pictures of some girls going to help him solve anything?
Since it was getting late, everyone agreed to check the prizes the next morning.
Duncan couldn't see what was going on around him. Everything was so dark and blurry. All he could do was listen. Listen to a strange conversation between two people he couldn't recognize.
"I-I… I did it!" a voice full of nervousness shouted, "You won't harm them, right?"
"Of course… Not!"
"What!? But you!"
"I'm just joking! Can't harm someone who's already dead, after all!"
"Y-you... How could you?"
"Feeling the despair yet? You actually trusted me! Your life is mine!"
"N-no… No! That can't be possible!"
"You're not the first, I've gotten to others. I'm sure you'd love to meet them! They thought the same as you before they turned."
*Bing Bong Ding Dong*
"It's 7 am! Time to wake up you little brats! Have a nice tropical day!"
What kind of dream was that? Who were those people? Is the killing game making me dream strange things?
Duncan wanted to figure out what his dream was, but he had other mysteries to solve.
He arrived at the cafeteria where he saw Roy and Link dying of laughter as they looked at Link's folder. Duncan wanted to get his breakfast, but Link had forced him to look at his pictures.
"Dude, I just got the best idea in the world!" Link told him, "We need to get Marth to cross-dress just like this blond Cloud guy!"
"But don't you think it would be funnier to make Ganondorf cross-dress?" Roy laughed, "I don't know why, but he kinda reminds me of Captain Falcon."
"But Marth and Cloud look practically the same! Just give Marth a blond wig and he's basically Cloud but girlier. Plus they're almost the same height. With enough effort they could pass as siblings."
"Wait..." Duncan interrupted, "You've memorized everyone's heights and names?"
"And their blood type, last names, middle names, talents, birth place. All though, I already knew pretty much everything there's to know about Time."
Duncan felt like he hadn't done anything. He didn't know anything about Zelda besides her being a magician and he didn't know who the woman with her was.
Duncan's mood for the day now depended on whether Pichu had bothered learning anything about his pictures or not.
"Guys, who are the people on my pictures?" Pichu asked as he ran into the cafeteria, "I've never seen them before!"
Thank goodness, now I don't feel like shit.
Once everyone had gathered at the cafeteria and finished eating breakfast, everyone took a look at the pictures. Since Duncan had the smallest amount of photos, the group decided to start by analyzing his.
"I've met Zelda before, we were close friends when we were young," Sheik recalled, "She always liked playing around with magic. The other person must be one of her cousins. I'm not sure what the hand's supposed to be."
"It's a fake hand!" Pichu theorized, "The hand is obviously part of a magic trick!"
"P-Pichu actually came up with something logical!?" Falco gasped as he stared at the yellow pokemon, "I think you've just been promoted to the cool tier."
"Guys, we don't have time to waste!" Sheik scolded, "We need to figure out what these pictures mean."
Despite their best efforts, no one could figure out what the deal with the Zeldas was. They looked like normal persons.
The next set of photos to be analyzed were Pichu's. The photos featured Fox, Ryu, Mario, and Ness. Falco and Peach were able to provide some information about Fox and Mario respectively, but Ryu and Ness remained an enigma.
Roy's photos featured Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Pikachu, and Bayonetta. Pichu knew a lot about Pikachu, but nothing linked him to the other people on the photos.
The final set was Link's featuring his cousin, Jigglypuff, Captain Falcon, Cloud, Samus, Kirby, and Luigi. Beside Luigi and Link's cousin, the students on the photos didn't mean anything to anyone.
"Well, this was a waste..." Roy sighed with disappointment, "We still don't know anything about why the students were grouped into four groups."
"I know!" Peach shouted, "Maybe they were grouped into friend groups! But that would mean that poor Zelda had no friends."
"Nah, it's gotta be related to this killing game in some way," Ganondorf disagreed, "Monokuma always gives us things that have to do with this game."
"It doesn't look like we're going to find any answers here," Duncan quacked, "We'll have to wait and see if there are any answers somewhere else."
Duncan needed to pass the time and think about something that wasn't related to the killing game. He had managed to convince some of his friends to play hide-and-seek in the castle to pass the time.
Duncan thought the best place to hide was the bathroom on the top floor. As he made his way to the top floor, he noticed Marth was also heading towards it. The two decided to hide together as they waited for someone to find them.
"Jeez, how long is it going to take Pichu to find us?" Marth groaned in annoyance.
Duncan could help but feel that Marth was acting weird. He seemed irritated for some reason.
"Hey, Marth, have you been getting enough sleep?"
"W-what? Why are you asking me this?
"You look stressed out about something. Is something worrying you?"
"I guess this killing game's starting to get to me. We've got no way of knowing about what's going on outside."
"You must be worried about your family."
"Yeah, but I'm more worried about everyone here. We keep telling ourselves that we'll win but victory seems to be getting farther and farther everyday… I fear I'll go insane if things continue this way. What if I end up killing someone? What if you kill someone?"
"Marth, you helped me after Hunter… It will be fine, no one will kill anyone. You're… You're probably depressed, maybe you should listen to Roy and cry. You don't have to do it in front of anyone."
"No… I can't cry… I can't let Monokuma win."
"So, you'll save the tears for after we get out?"
"Of course! That's the only time it will be accepta- Oh… I guess I should thank you, I feel more enlightened now."
Duncan wasn't sure what was going on in Marth's head, but he seemed to be feeling better which reassured him.
After dinner, Duncan was approached by Falco who wanted to play video games in the hotel reception. The two played a piloting simulation game which Falco beat with ease.
"This game's way too easy," the blue bird complained, "I don't see how you're having such a hard time."
"Falco, you're a piloting genius. If this game was hard for you, I'd be extremely worried."
"I'd never suck at a piloting game. It would bring shame to my old school, I'm… was it's only pride."
"Was? Are you talking about Fox somehow being in Hope's Peak?"
"Yeah, I bragged so much when I got my invitation letter and Fox was pissed. He still congratulated unlike Wolf, Wolf didn't seem to care. He was just grinning to himself. My theory is that he got himself laid or something before anyone else in the class."
"Were any of you actually friends?"
"Kinda, we were like the big three at the school. Obviously, I was the coolest one, everyone was really into me."
Duncan was sure Falco was exaggerating at that point.
"Would you like to see your old friends again?"
"Sure, I may seem like the coolest guy ever, but I still care about my friends. All though, I really want an explanation from Fox. You know… You always ask me about myself, but what was your school life before?"
"You want to know about my school life?"
"Yeah, there must have been a reason you were chosen as the Ultimate Assistant."
"I'm not sure why I was chosen. All I really did was help around when help was needed. I don't think I ever did anything that note-worthy."
"Well, you're the best assistant anyone could ask for. Without you, I don't think we would have been able to sweep through all those trials."
Duncan didn't believe he deserved much praise, everyone had been of help during the trials. He didn't think he'd be able to do anything without his classmates.
*Ding Dong Bing Bong*
"It's 10 pm you little bastards! Go to bed! Unless you're planning to kill someone, in which case you are welcome to do so! Upupupu!"
Duncan was about to head to his cottage when he remembered the time table he had seen at the haunted house. The house was accessible at night and it was most definitely hiding something.
Duncan didn't want to disturb anyone so he chose to go alone. He quietly opened the door and made his way through a dark hallway.
The whole place stank as though it had never been opened before. At least the fake decorations broke all possible immersion. The fake blood on the walls was bright pink out of all possible colors.
Duncan walked through the house trying to find something interesting. After an hour, he had managed to visit every room in the house.
The duck was sad he had wasted his time for nothing. He made his way to the exit before stepping on a loose wooden plank.
Duncan lifted up the plank and found a photo. As he took a closer look, he noticed that all of his dead classmates were on it. They were disguised and standing in front of Halloween decorations.
This doesn't make sense… They didn't all know each other before coming to Hope's Peak. I should show this to the others tomorrow morning.
Duncan returned to his cottage. He couldn't help but stare at the photo in confusion. Questions were popping into his head without any sign of stopping. It took all of his will to get his mind off the photo.
Once again, Duncan found himself in a dark place. He couldn't see well, but he could tell it was a different place and that there were seven people instead of just two. Yet it seemed like only two of them were talking.
Duncan tried getting closer to the group but stopped when he stepped on something wet. It was slightly sticky and smelled like iron, it was blood. Duncan wanted to investigate the source of the blood, but he couldn't help himself from listening to the conversation that was taking place.
"You knew… All this time you knew… Yet you didn't stop me from killing them."
"Yeah, sorry about that."
"Sorry? That's all you can say? After everything that's happened?"
"What? Do you want me to bring you some roses? The severed head of your worst enemy? A hand written apology? I guess I can start it now. My dear beloved totally not guilty-"
"Shut up! How could… Why? I..."
"What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?"
"I… I want to hate you… All of you… But... Why do I still care about you?"
"It's despair!" a third person laughed, "You can't bring yourself to hate the ones you love even though they've betrayed you. You're the one… You'll be the one to break everyone! There's just so much a puny person like me can do alone, after all! Upupupu!"
"W-what?"
"You love your friends way too much. You'd do anything for them, even if it meant destroying the world. After all, if the world falls, you'll be able to do whatever you want. You won't be known for your talent, but for what you accomplished. You'll be the one remembered for ruining this world while all of my hard work will remain forgotten. How despairing, right?"
Everything was silent for a moment. But then, a laugh filled with conflicting emotions killed the silence.
"I never thought I could hate someone so much that I'd actually want to murder them. You've ruined my whole life, ruined my friends made me kill my own parents. I hope you get crushed to death!"
"Upupu! That's a pretty good idea, I'll make sure to remember it. Since you've lost everything, why don't you help me?"
"Fine… I'll help you destroy the world and once you're dead, I'll destroy everything you stand for. It's part of my talent after all."
"That's even better than what I had hoped for. Wouldn't expect anything less from you, Ulti-"
*Bing Bong Ding Dong*
"It's 7 am! Time to wake up you little brats! Have a nice tropical day!"
Duncan groaned in annoyance. His dream seemed like it could have revealed a lot about his situation, maybe even the mastermind behind everything. But it was just a dream, Duncan had no idea why he had had such a weird. He wanted to think about it but he needed to show the photo he had found to his classmates.
Once everyone had arrived in the cafeteria, Duncan decided to show the photo to his classmates. As he had expected, they were all as confused as him and were asking the same questions he had asked himself the previous night.
They didn't get to start a discussion as Monokuma made his epic entrance.
"What are you doing with my photo?" the bear shouted angrily as he grabbed the photo out of Duncan's wings, "It's my precious!"
"Clearly not precious enough," Marth snapped back as he grabbed the photo and gave it back to Duncan, "If you truly cared about it, you wouldn't have left it by itself."
"So mean! Is it the time of the month for you?"
"Quit wasting our time and explain to us what it means!" Falco ordered.
"Everyone's so mean to me! You'll have to find out for yourselves!"
As the bear disappeared, Monomi made her entrance.
"Oh, skittles, I missed him," the rabbit 'cursed' as she looked at her students who were staring at her, "What do I have something on my face?"
"What do you know about the photo?" Ganondorf cut right to the chase, "I want every single detail."
"What- Um, I don't know anything about any photo! I need to go, I left the oven on!"
Duncan was feeling frustrated by the lack of progress. He needed to vent to someone or at least find a way to get rid of his frustration.
Luckily for him, Ganondorf felt the same way and suggested they play some metal music with the instruments at Titty Typhoon.
"I feel much better right now!" the Gerudo smirked, "Can you feel the energy pumping through your veins?"
"I-I… I think I can!"
"Good, otherwise I'd be extremely disappointed in you. I'd probably turn you into dinner and eat you."
"Oh, goodness… I knew I'd be the first to be eaten since I wouldn't be considered cannibalism."
"Chillax, Ducky, I'm not actually going to eat you. You're not that big anyway. You actually thought I'd eat you?"
"Won't lie, I could actually picture you trying to eat me. You're… kinda big and scary."
"I wouldn't have it any other way. It keeps people away from my sisters."
"Just how many sisters do you have?"
"I guess I consider all the women in the Gerudo tribe as my sisters. Not that they really need my protection since they can beat up anyone. I'm so used to being surrounded by strong and badass people because of them. That's why Hope's Peak was the only acceptable school for me."
"Do you think everyone here is strong here?"
"Yes, you've got mentally strong people and physically strong people here. All though, I have some doubts about Pichu. He's like crazy strong in a weird way."
"It's true that Pichu's quite weird..."
"I've just a great idea to get our blood pumping even more! We need to prank someone to show our dominance."
"Anyone in mind?"
"Well, there is someone..." the Gerudo smirked.
Link was arguing with Marth at the beach about where they should go for lunch. They couldn't reach an agreement and were about to get into a fight.
"I'm telling you, Marth, you won't like the burgers from the diner," Link told his blue-haired friend, "Don't you remember what happened last time?"
"If we go directly to the diner, we can get normal burgers that haven't been touched by Roy."
"Sure, princess. If that's what you want."
"W-what did you just say?"
"I'm pretty princess Martha Lowell! I'll use my magical princess powers to defeat the evil Roy and save the innocent burgers. In the name of Altea, I punish you!"
Link closed his eyes and danced like a pretty princess unaware of what was about to happen. When he opened his eyes, he noticed Marth seemed angrier than before. But he seemed different somehow.
"Marth, why are you covered in cream?" the blonde laughed not caring for any possible consequences that might befall him.
"S-shut up, I don't know! A balloon just appeared out of nowhere and exploded."
"Whoever thought of doing that to you is a genius! You didn't even see it coming."
Duncan and Ganondorf glared in annoyance from the bush they were hiding in. They needed a plan B.
Link went to the diner with Sheik, Roy, and Peach to wait for Marth's return from an hour-long shower. Link noticed that there was a seat that had a pillow, so he made to take the seat next to it because he didn't like seats with pillows. The stupid pillow could never stay in place.
Peach wanted to sit next to Link, but since Sheik was already next to him, she needed to take the pillow-seat. I looked quite comfortable to her, so she gladly sat on it.
Peach regretted all of her actions as she heard a fart noise combined with laughter.
"That wasn't me!" she shouted as she changed seats.
While waiting for the burgers (and Marth), the four friends decided to get some drinks. Link had originally wanted the greenest drink there was, but Sheik beat him to it. It was for the better after all.
"Hey, Sheik, you look stunning today," the sarcastic blond smiled as Peach and Roy tried to contain their laughter, "Green lipstick really suits you."
The blonde glared and left to go clean herself in the bathroom.
Once Marth had arrived, the group of friends took some burgers which had names on them. Link left to get some ketchup while the others prepared themselves to eat.
"Is it me or is Link's burger bigger than all of ours?" Peach pointed out, "Do you think Monokuma likes him more than us?"
"You think Link will notice if I switch our burgers?" Roy asked.
"Probably not."
Roy switched grabbed Link's burger and took a huge bite out of it before turning pale.
"T-this burger… How did I fall for the trick I invented?"
"Hey, Roy, you ate the wrong burger," Link noticed when he returned with the ketchup, "You don't seem to like it that much..."
It was now time for plan C.
Link was with Pichu and Falco eating some ice cream in front of the pool. They were really happy since the ice cream was a delicious pineapple-flavored one. Falco loved it so much that he went to get more at the restaurant.
When Falco returned, he was covered with eggs and was pretty pissed. To clean himself, he jumped into the pool with a big splash in hopes that the water would land on Pichu and Link who couldn't stop laughing. The two remained dry.
"It was nice hanging out with you two!" Pichu smiled, "Now I'm off to look at the electronic stuff!"
Pichu walked for about one meter before tripping on a wire and falling face first into the pool.
"Never mind, I'm swimming to- Ew... Falco, did you lay an egg in the pool?"
"What!? No, I'm not a girl! I don't lay eggs!"
"Lies! All birds lay eggs!"
Mission failed...
Duncan and Ganondorf were frustrated by their failure. As they were cleaning up the mess they had created in the restaurant, they were approached by Link.
"Hey, guys, have you seen- Aaahh!"
Link's scream was followed by the sound of glasses shattering.
"Jesus Christ! Is this what being Marth feels like?"
Duncan and Ganondorf turned around to see Link covered in various sauces and juices.
"That wasn't us," Duncan clarified.
"I can't believe it," Ganondorf groaned full of rage, "The one time something we wanted to happen happens, we miss it!"
"At least we got to hear him scream. Anyway, what happened, Link?"
"I walked into a shelf..."
"...Okay… I won't judge..."
Duncan had finished his dinner when he heard an announcement to meet at the park. Duncan was sure it had to do with the pictures.
As he arrived, he felt tension in the air. The same type of tension that appeared every time there was a motive. He looked around to see if Monokuma was anywhere to be seen, but all he saw was a big screen similar to an outdoor cinema.
*Ding Dong Bing Bong*
"It's 10 pm you little bastards! Go to bed! Unless you're planning to kill someone, in which case you are welcome to do so! Upupupu!"
"It's movie night, tonight!" the bear smiled as he appeared from behind the screen, "Tonight, you'll experience a movie so touching, you'll cry yourselves to sleep! Or at least some of you will… To make it better, this movie's a true story! Beautiful raw footage, no special effects! Obviously, some editing, because it would take forever to watch the whole thing."
There was no option to leave. Everyone had to watch the movie, otherwise, they'd be punished.
Duncan prepared himself for the worst. He could help but fear that the movie was based on another killing game the bear had hosted.
The screen was black until a floating left hand appeared.
"Hello and welcome to the best-rated show of all time!" the hand laughed, "I'm Master Hand and you're watching the despair channel!"
A slideshow of images showing destroyed landmarks appeared as happy music played along.
"Upupu!" Monokuma laughed as the camera panned towards him, "Today marks an important date in the history of our channel! Today, it begins. The brand new season of Hope's Peak killing game!"
"Directed by the one and only..." a female voice announced before the camera panned to reveal her identity, "Ultimate Despair, Zelda!"
A crowd cheered as she appeared on-screen.
"The Remnants of Despair have been quite incompetent lately, failing at even the simplest tasks. How despairing… They're only failing to make me despair… So, their show's canceled! Instead, I'll be participating in Class N64's killing game! The one with my beloved classmates, the only people worthy of participating by my side!"
"Now let the game begin!" Zelda, Monokuma and Master Hand shouted in unison.
All the students watched in shock as they saw body after body appear on the screen. Pichu and Peach were crying more and more with every passing second. The rest of the class remained silent as the movie continued to play.
Duncan couldn't believe his eyes. There was no way what he could be seeing was true. He didn't want to believe any of it. He didn't know any of the students, but he couldn't watch them die because of despair. Yet he knew that he couldn't do anything to help them. He was just a duck, a duck stuck on an island in which the only way to escape was to kill.
But not all hope was lost as the final trial ended and the mastermind was defeated. If class N64 could defeat the mastermind, so could he and his classmates. In Duncan's eyes, Monokuma's movie had failed as it brought him hope. The mastermind could be defeated.
Once the credits finished rolling, Zelda appeared once again.
"Guess I'm dead now, huh?" she smirked, "I wonder how many of you are watching this? Probably around half. I bet you're all filled with hope or despair after watching that. Well, I'm here to make it even worse!"
"Upupu! You better make it worse!" Monokuma giggled, "Wouldn't want them to get all happy, after all!"
"Oh, I'd only want the worst for my precious fifteen Remnants of Despair. You guys are the absolute worst, I can't stand you! Screw class M63, all you do is disappoint! How dare you guys go murdering people for fun without my permission? The whole world wants you dead. But you guys are still kinda cute. After all, you guys are completely oblivious to the true purpose of this game! Not that I can blame you, you guys can't remember a thing!"
The movie came to an abrupt halt as Zelda finished talking. Duncan didn't know what to think anymore. The hope he had just vanished. The dreams he had… Could they have been linked to Zelda and the Remnants? Was he a Remnant?
"Your movie sucked!" Ganondorf shouted, "It was complete shit! There's no way any of us are murderers or Remnants of Despair!"
"Well, one of you isn't," the bear revealed, "Someone here is a traitor! Maybe, they could be dead for all I know… Or they could be hiding among all of you."
"Hah! You mean the masterminds, right? Are there two of them?"
"The traitor isn't the mastermind! The mastermind's doing perfectly fine though. They know who they are. All though in a way there are more than one… But that's top secret information!"
The bear disappeared leaving the students alone. Monomi appeared for a second but fled as soon as the students mention a traitor.
"That movie can't be real," Pichu sobbed, "My big brother isn't dead, right?"
"Poor Mario," Peach cried, "I can't believe he was pushed into killing..."
"I've had it with Monokuma!" Falco shouted as he threw the chair he was sitting on it, "There's no way Fox is a killer!"
Duncan couldn't think straight, he could feel the sadness and anger his classmates were feeling. He felt completely clueless and had no idea what was going on. He needed help. He needed someone to pull him out of despair.
"Guys, we can't let this movie get to us!" Marth yelled, "Monokuma wants us to be upset… So, we should focus on the fact that the mastermind can be defeated!"
"Y-you really think we can win?" Duncan stuttered, "Even though we're all murderers and can't remember a thing..."
"Well… That doesn't matter because we don't know if it's true. Plus, wouldn't we all have aged if everything the movie showed was real? There's no way we haven't changed at all in three years."
"Y-you're right! We need to keep fighting, even through all the pain."
Duncan was inside a classroom. It reminded him of the classroom he had entered at the beginning before Jabberwock Island…
He saw fifteen students talking to someone. He couldn't tell if that person was a student or a teacher, but he could tell that they didn't want to be there.
"Let's destroy the world!"
"Yeah! I'll make sure to kill more than anyone!"
"Anyone who's against us will rot to death!"
"I'll poison them all!"
"Electrocute them!"
"Have them die in an unfortunate accident!"
"A very unfortunate accident!"
"Oops! Sorry for hitting you with a hammer!"
"How about making them kill each other?"
"Yes, we've already done that before!"
"Now that sounds like a plan!"
"How boring… Don't you know that pain causes more despair than death?"
"Physical torture!"
"Mental torture!"
"Who cares as long as there's despair!"
The room was filled with psychotic laughter. But among the laughter, Duncan could hear faint sounds of someone crying.
*Bing Bong Ding Dong*
"It's 7 am! Time to wake up you little brats! Have a nice tropical day!"
Was that a memory? Duncan couldn't tell. But he had more urgent business to attend to, his stomach was crying out for food.
It seemed most people had decided to sleep in, so Sheik was the only one, besides Duncan, in the restaurant. The two decided that they should make breakfast for everyone.
"I'm not that much of a cook, but I think I could pull off something," Sheik admitted, "We could try making pancakes."
"Sounds like a plan to me. How are you feeling after… You know..."
"Part of me wants to deny it… I knew Zelda and she wasn't the kind of person who would want to hurt anyone. I don't know if she changed or if I was just oblivious. Monokuma really likes making me feel weak..."
"You're not weak… You manage to stay calm and you don't let him get to you. He's gotten to me a lot..."
"But you always recover, that's much more admirable. I've always been a calm rational person, it would take a lot for Monokuma to make me go crazy. But that doesn't mean he can't affect me or anger me. If I didn't have friends, I think I'd be a completely different person."
"That goes for everyone. If we didn't have friends, we'd probably have gone insane long ago."
"True… I hope we get out of here soon. If this game goes like the previous one, that means there are two or three trials left."
"You really think it will go the same?"
"If there's one thing that Zelda's always liked, it's patterns and easter eggs. I guess depending on how today goes, we'll be able to figure out how this game ends."
"I hope- Damn it, the pancake's burning!"
"I guess cooking isn't our thing..."
"But we can't give up… We'll make pancakes until we perfect them!"
"Yeah! All though, it's not as though anyone here knows how to cook."
The two laughed as they finished making some edible pancakes for their friends. They waited for everyone to arrive, but it didn't look like they were coming.
"We should look around for everyone," Duncan quacked.
Duncan and Sheik found Roy and Marth at Rocketpunch Market looking for snacks to cheer Link and Peach up. Peach and Link were in the library reading self-help books. Falco was working out in the park.
"Where's Pichu?" Sheik asked Duncan.
"I don't know he's so tiny, I have no idea where to look for him."
"I know, right?" a high-pitched voice agreed, "Where on Earth is Pichu?"
"Pichu! Have you seen Ganondorf?"
"He went to the amusement park for some reason. I thought he hated it."
"Maybe he visited the castle," Sheik theorized, "The rest wouldn't be of much interest to him."
"Let's go find him! By, the way, have you guys found Pichu?"
The trio arrived in front of the castle and Sheik quietly opened the door. Her efforts to remain silent were pointless as Pichu shouted Ganondorf's name.
Duncan walked around not knowing where to look. He stared at the carpet knowing there was no way Ganondorf was underneath it.
The duck could swear there was a red stain on the carpet. As he approached it, he felt a drop fall on his beak.
"Duncan your beak is-" Pichu laughed before suddenly screaming, "Guys! Up there!"
Duncan looked up and saw the source of the drop of blood which now lied on his beak. Ganondorf's blood.
"A body has been discovered! After some investigation time, the trial will begin! Good luck, you bastards!"
Duncan, Sheik, and Pichu stared at the body in disbelief. Ganondorf's head had been pierced with an arrow and his body was hanging against the wall thanks to a spear. Blood slowly dripped out of his wounds onto the floor.
"H-he always gets to us," Duncan stuttered as he tried to hold in his anger, "Monokuma… He can't… No, he won't let us be happy..."
Deleted scene:
Marth: I-I think I'm gonna puke.
Ganondorf: Do it on Link.
Link: No, do it on Ganondorf. We're friends, Marth.
Ganondorf: I never made a princess Martha joke.
Link: W-well, I've got a pretty face but Ganondorf's already ugly, so he wouldn't look any different. You've gotta be logical about this.
Roy: The ride's over guys.
Ganondorf: What? But who's he gonna puke on now?
Roy: He just left to go to the toilet.
Link: Does anyone know how to turn people into toilets?
Monokuma: I do!
A/N: Thank you for reading, hope you enjoyed.
This took forever and I had a ton of mock exams in January. I feel like it's too long but I wanted to get some stuff out of the way like the dreams. That way I can focus more on the characters for chapter 5 since chapter 5 is supposed to be the big important chapter. I've already planned it out along with chapter 6. I hope you guys will like it.
Hopefully, I'll be able to get the investigation done by the end of February since I'm going to Spain tomorrow at 3am.
So much has happened in the smash community. Everyone was like Roy's good and Chrom sucks, then the game came out they were like Chrom's better than Roy and then Chromicide was nerfed and now everyone's back to Roy's better than Chrom. Thank you Sakurai for making my main not suck (my two other mains need buffs though, mainly Kirby). Now I just need to buy a switch and SSBU (waiting to move to France in Summer where it's cheaper).
Also, Ike got a Valentines alt in FEH and he came home with great IVs and I love him and I S-supported him with Soren's Valentines alt who came home twice. I'm so happy, I love them so much. And my Marth and Roy are both +10 now and I love them too. Now I'm just praying we get a legendary Roy because he's the only CYL1 winner to not have an alt.
See you guys next chapter!