This is it. The decisive arc. The point where everything gets fixed. The reason why I even considered writing this to begin with… Will I be able to make it…? (Why am I even building tension for. It's obvious this will have a good ending…).

The final chapters from this one are also the somewhat reason I decided to pathetically transcript the anime until now. I know I could have written a one-shot for this but it wouldn't be the same. Even if it's something you all have already seen, I needed to build up everything from the start so this conclusion looks more meaningful… or at least I think it does.

But hey, at least my presence here made this kind of fresh new, right?! (No, it didn't actually) On with the finale.

"Text with apostrophes is being talked"

Text in italics is being thought.

Finale Part One: Mastermind

It has been several minutes since I found Mikan and we were still walking through the forest to wherever she's taking me to. I would have loved to come back with the others so we could be reunited again; I would have loved to see the glee in Mikan's face once she saw that her classmates were worried sick of her.

That would have to wait however, as she told me there was something I needed to do. What could that be? That I don't know, and she didn't seem to be willing to tell me until we were there, saying that we had no time to spare.

I didn't mind though. I have no reason to doubt her, and she, given her introverted nature, wouldn't insist so much on something unless it was extremely important. So I simply decided to remain silent until we reached the destination, following suit a rather hurried Mikan.

However, one question never left my thoughts: What is exactly Mikan going to show me? I know that she will not tell me so easily but I'm still terribly curious. Does it have something to do with her sudden disappearance? Is it the place she has been to? What could have she been doing there anyways? And why didn't she say anything in the first place?

So many questions, yet no answer from her. I sighed, telling myself to keep all of this in mind to ask her when this is all over.

After so much time, she stopped on her cracks to look at her left just beside a tree "Here it is" She said as she pointed to the ground.

I looked at her with confusion, at least until I got nearer and got a good look at where she was pointing to. Right beside the tree's base I could notice a square outline under the leaves. I moved away the leaves with my hand to discover a metal trap door.

"Woah…" I said in shock. What is this thing doing here…?

"There is a secret basement under the school grounds. This trap door is one of its entrances" Mikan clarified, seeing my confusion.

"A secret basement? What is this thing doing here?"

"I'm not sure but… Mitarai-kun and I were taken here not long ago… I'm not sure why… But I could escape through here! That's why I need you to help him!" She said distressed with tears in her eyes.

"Ryouta is here too?!" A sudden shiver ran down my spine once again, but this one was different… I didn't feel frustrated or terrified, in fact, I felt… euphoric… I felt hope.

So that's why they were not coming to class, they got kidnapped! And not just that, it's also highly possible that the kidnapper forced Ryouta to put his subliminal messages into that video… Which means, by extension, that the kidnapper must be related to Hajime somehow!

I smirked to myself, this was it, the place where I needed to go to settle this all! Of course, I was aware of the risks: I don't really know what this kidnapper is capable of, and Hajime's new capacities made him potentially dangerous. But now that things were finally going into their right places, I wasn't planning on giving up this fast. I don't know if I was being too brave or too stupid… I'll say both.

With renewed hopes, I opened up the trap door to begin this epic journey. The floor was barely 10 foot away from the trap door, it wasn't a big fall. The problem came when I wondered how to get down. There wasn't a wall nearby, let alone a ladder to climb down, so the only way down was to jump.

"Wait a second…" I whispered in realization "Um… Tsumiki-san, you said you escaped through here, right? Isn't there a ladder or a trampoline we could use to-" Before I had time to react, I felt a pair of hands push me forward gently, making me lose my balance and fall down to the hallway below. I hit hard on my back, making me groan in pain for a couple of seconds.

Then, I looked up to see Mikan's face sticking out from the trap door, feeling rain drops on my face every so often. Her face was a horrid mix of bliss and terror. Her eyes wore dark spirals, as if layers and layers of despair were looking through my soul. "Forgive me, Blank-kun…" She said with a brief hint of regret before reaching out to close the trap door… leaving me stunned, surrounded by the hallway's darkness…

"Tsumiki-san…?" I asked in a whisper, still trying to comprehend what has just happened… She has left me abandoned to who-knows-where with suspicious people willingly… Under normal circumstances, this would be called a betrayal… but my psychological abilities let me see through this situation…

They must have done something to her… I could see it in her eyes, she is not in her right mind… and yet, there was something about her that told me she didn't want to do this… She knows this is wrong… What did this kidnapper do?

Clenching my fists in rage, I stood up and tried to feel my way to the walls. It was awfully inconvenient that the hall was pitch black, so I took out my phone and turned the flashlight on. The hallway was mostly made of something metallic, making it seem almost futuristic. Now that I think about it, what exactly is this place for? No one in the academy mentioned the existence of this underground facility, or at least, Chisa didn't seem to know any of this…

"Ugh… This will take sooo long…" I let out a final groan. I didn't know where I was, and don't even let me begin with the fact that I had to find an alternative exit. The trap door wasn't an option anymore, I couldn't jump that high. Well, I can always wander around and see if I can find a ladder, that'll help… Then again, this could be pretty much a labyrinth and I could get lost easily for who knows how long… The feeling itself made my hands get cold… Please, let this NOT be a labyrinth…

"Ah… I see that she has played a part of her role…" I heard a male voice just behind me. I turned around in an instant and pointed the phone to him to illuminate him. However, the hallway's lights turned on at that moment, blinding me for a second and making the phone's light useless.

"Who are you…?" I asked, my arm shielding my eyes from the light. It wasn't until they adjusted to the illumination that I could recognize him… "No way…"

"Néstor Blank, correct?" The guy in tuxedo asked emotionless. "We've been expecting you"

It's him… It's truly him… I finally found you… Hajime Hinata… Before my very eyes was the potential responsible of a mass murder… And yet, he is my friend. I wanted to speak with him in a friendlier tone, try to make him see the wrongs in his acts, but I knew it would be pointless. His memories and personality had been wiped out, he doesn't recognize me, he won't listen to anything. As such, I reluctantly decided to go along with him and ask for the obvious instead, one step at time.

"'We'?"

"There is someone here who wishes to see you this instant"

He must be talking about the kidnapper… "And what about Tsumiki-san? What have you done to her?" I was doing my best to stay calm. If he wanted, he could kill me just like that, so I must comply as much as possible.

"She has undergone a change for our benefit, and now she is doing what we tell her" His emotionless expression made his statement more disturbing than it should be… But this confirms that she has not betrayed me. Instead, she's somehow threatened to cooperate.

"By the way… You said she has played 'a part' of her role. What does that mean?" I asked suspiciously, remembering what he just said seconds ago.

I could see him stiffen slightly, realizing his slip of the tongue. "She was given orders to bring you here whether with your consent or not. Once that task was complete, she would then bring the rest of your classmates here" He admitted nonchalantly.

That is when I lost my composure. My classmates were the next on the list. My friends are in danger. "What?! Why?!"

"That is classified information"

Not good! No one knows that Mikan is being threatened, they will fall for this trap right away! I have to get out of here now! In a split second, I turned around to run away. I didn't really know where to go, but that didn't seem to bother me by that time, I was frantic to get to my classmates and keep them away from all this… However, I couldn't go much further as Hajime got just in front of me at dizzying speed.

"I suggest you not to do that for your own sake" He said with his somber expression as a clicking sound reached my ears. That's when I noticed that he was carrying a gun… and it was pointing at me…

I gulped while every hair on my body stood on their ends. Then, I began to understand the gravity of the situation; no one knows that this place exists, let alone this where I am right now. In front of me stood an almost unbeatable person with a gun while I didn't carry any weapon… We could say that this was… unfortunate. And that's an understatement…

Relax, you cannot back down now, this is the perfect chance to set things straight. I must walk in eggshells here, but I won't let a gun cower me. This feeling again… I've been feeling like this a lot lately, as if there was someone slapping me in the back of my neck, telling me to keep focused. But this sensation is far from unfamiliar: I felt just like this back when Natsumi was murderer… or even before I came to Japan… I always lived with this sensation, it's just that I cannot point what it is.

"Alright… Where is this person?" I asked, giving a quick breathe to calm down.

We wandered around the halls for a few minutes, Hajime pointing the gun on my back to prevent me from doing something stupid. We reached a small room, no windows, no furniture, just a single computer on the back of the room. "Turn it on" Hajime ordered. I approached the computer with an uncomfortable feeling, I would have wished to face the mastermind in person but I guess that would be stupid from their part. I have thought that they maybe wanted some kind of ransom in exchange of Ryouta, but if it's money what they wanted, wouldn't it be easier to get the academy's principal instead of a regular student?

Either way, I had to follow what Hajime told me, so I pressed the power button on the screen to reveal a face-cam window. The room on the other side of the screen was just as dark as the one I was in, saving the weak light coming from the computer. But no person was to be seen…

"Umm… He-Hello?" I asked uncertain, was I missing something here?

"Oh! The cutie is finally here!" A bubbly feminine voice came from the speakers. So the kidnapper is a woman… I found it weird that she hadn't adjusted the audio so I couldn't recognize her voice, and she didn't even bother to cover her face when she revealed herself to the camera… I surely wasn't expecting this girl to be the one behind this all… "Hi, cutie! You came just in time!" Junko Enoshima said through the screen.

"Yo-You?! What are you doing here?!" I yelled in utter confusion.

"Surprised? I bet you weren't expecting such a beauty to orchestrate this parade!" She said with a disturbing joy and excitement. The shock got replaced in an instant by a very familiar feeling… a feeling that arose when I saw the killing video for the first time… Rage.

From that day, the only thing in my head was a search for the guilty, find the person responsible of all this and stop their madness… At first, I pointed to Hajime just by pure hunch, but now I see who was really pulling the strings in the back, Junko Enoshima. She was the correct person I was looking for. She was the reason of the wrath I've been feeling all this week. She was the one who threatened to take my peaceful life away…

"You… You…! You are gonna pay when I get my hands on you!" I screamed angrily.

"Uhhh… We are getting worked up, ain't it? Not that it surprises me, I expected this reaction from you. How about we kick you up a notch?" She said with an entertained tone, it was clear she was having fun with all this. She snapped her fingers to someone outside of the screen frame "C'mon sis, bring her in!" Ah right… Aside from the mastermind, she is also the kidnapper… I'm sure that Ryouta must be feel-… wait… 'her'?

I recognized that girl with freckles that stood by the fashionista the same day I met them, her sister, if I recall correctly. She came from the back, bringing another girl in front of her and restraining the girl's arms. Another hostage, uh? I think I… recognize her…

Indeed… I recognized her… My eyes widened in terror, my hands shook, my heart went wild and my breaths got frantic… No… Not her… Anyone but her… In a second, I cared little for my own wellbeing to fully worry of this woman's safety… a woman I knew very well…

Chisa looked just as petrified when she saw me in the screen. "Blank-kun…?"

Narrator's P.O.V

While the The Tragedy was growing slowly but surely, Class 77 students gathered in their classroom once again. The rain got heavier and they had no results on Mikan Tsumiki's search, so they decided to regroup and consider their options.

"Damn Komaeda. He saw Tsumiki? Yeah right" Kazuichi Souda complained grumpily.

"Maybe it was a case of mistaken identity?" Hanamura Teruteru proposed.

"The fact is that she doesn't seem to be anywhere on the school grounds" Sonia Nevermind said in sadness.

"Yeah, we also checked the schoolyard and the cafeteria but found othing'" Akane followed.

"We didn't have luck in the library either, and no teacher seems to know where she is…" Mahiru concluded.

The entire facility was thoroughly investigated, yet no clue to be found; they were running out of options. However, just when they didn't know what to do, the door burst open to reveal a frantic Chiaki Nanami carrying an unconscious Nagito Komaeda. Both were soaked from the rain outside.

"Help! Yukizome-sensei is in trouble!" The gamer girl said desperately.

"What?! Yukizome-sensei?!" The princess said with growing worry.

Chiaki Nanami placed Nagito Komaeda on the floor, resting his head on the wall. Then, she tried her best to explain the situation to her classmates: The secret facility under the academy, the dangerous girl they met down there, who happens to be their junior schoolmate, the fact that the lucky student was almost shot in the heart by the human experiment himself… They didn't fully understand the meaning behind all this, they had one thing clear: These people were up to no good, and their teacher was trapped alone with them. So there was only thing left to do.

"So, we just gotta get down there and beat the shit out of the woman in flashy clothes, right?" The gymnast said, clenching her fists in anger.

"Hmph. At long last, the time to unseal my powers has come" Gundham Tanaka said with a chuckle.

"I-I'll go too!" A weak voice said from the door frame. Everyone looked at the girl with surprise.

"Tsumiki-san?! You came back?!" The mechanic burst out.

"About time you showed up, piggy!" Hiyoko Saionji mocked, not wanting the rest to notice her relief.

"E-Everything that Nanami-san said is true… That g-girl is not planning something nice…!" The nurse said with tears in her eyes.

The yakuza looked at her uncertainly "Why would you know something like that?"

"I-I got captured by her a week ago… it was horrible! I-I missed you guys so much…!" She said while she weeping.

"Do you think you are capable of coming with us to rescue sensei?" Chiaki Nanami asked worried of the nurse emotional well-being, but the other girl sneezed away the tears and nodded confidently.

"Then it's settled!" Ibuki concluded, clapping her hands tight in excitement "It's time for 'Operation Take Our Sensei Back'! OTOSB for short!"

"Let's make Enoshima's teeth chatter!" The traditional dancer said sadistically. The others looked at her disturbingly, they knew that Hiyoko Saionji meant something else with that. Not that they didn't share the thought, but still.

"You shouldn't do that…" A weakened voice was heard in the classroom, which made all stares gazed on Nagito Komaeda. "Yes, you do possess wonderful talents. But you are no match for them… Their despair is off the charts… For you to try taking them head on would be a suicide…"

"Hmph, we won't know until we try" Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu said smugly.

"I'm only saying this out of concern for all of you…" The lucky student continued "Nanami-san, you also saw them; I think you understand, right?"

"But you already heard what she told us down there! We cannot let her keep on going on whatever she is up to! And much less we can let our sensei alone with them!" The gamer yelled not accepting her classmate reluctance.

"Are you really willing to die…?" The other guy proposed somberly. "Yeah, you are all Ultimate students. Not only you brim with talent, you also must know when to quit, right?"

Suddenly, the mood in the classroom changed drastically "D-Die…? W-Well, when you start talking about us dying…" The cooker said apprehensively.

"Yeah… It doesn't sound so convincing anymore…" The mechanic followed. The rest looked away in shame, no one seemed ready to face this challenge, opposed to the determination they have felt just a second ago.

"Really?!" Chiaki Nanami yelled upset and disappointed. "Are you really okay with this?! Our teacher is in danger!" The others began to look at each other, realizing that they were just about to leave a person to its fate… "If she hadn't been there, I think I'd still be a loner… I'm sure I'd never have the opportunity to know you all… It's fun to play games together, but I'd never have learn that… Through the fun and sad times, she was there, with us… We can't stay put and do nothing!"

The others looked to the floor and thought deeply on Chiaki Nanami's words… They all agreed internally that she was totally right, but didn't want to admit it just yet. They were waiting for someone to voice up their thoughts first to follow them after.

In the end, it was the Ultimate Imposter who spoke first "Heh, you reminded me of Blank-san just now…"

"I know, right?" The musician followed in excitement "It's just so like him to press us forward and tell us not to give up!"

"He would always do what he thought was right, no matter how stupid it might have sounded. It was so dumb…" The photographer smiled to herself.

"Speaking of him… Where is he?" Sonia Nevermind asked in worry.

"He said he would go look for Tsumiki-san for himself, had you seen him?" The gamer asked the nurse.

"N-No I didn't!" Said the nurse.

"He must have got lost then… It's fine, he can manage on his own" Chiaki Nanami whispered to herself "But you are all right, if he was here now he'd surely agree with me! You all know him, he'd surely go down there without any doubt or fear!" The others seemed more and more confident by the second. "So… will you come with me and save sensei?"

"Hey, never said I wasn't goin'" Akane Owari said determined.

"Yeah! Count me in too!" Ibuki Mioda quickly followed the notion, clearly excited with the 'Rescue Operation'.

"I-I think I'll go too…!" The cooker said, still a little unsure of this.

"That's right! We cannot stay here waiting for something to happen!" Mahiru Koizumi said in excitement.

"This warrior, too, understands… The school must not be a lonely place" The breeder joined in.

"I'm going too… After all, I'm your classmate too!" Imposter said right before pulling his Ryouta Mitarai's mask away, revealing his true face.

"W-Who are you?!" The mechanic asked, completely took off-guard by this sudden realization, just as the others felt too.

"I'm the Ultimate Imposter student, I've been posing as Ryouta Mitarai until now"

"W-Wait…! T-Then where is the real Mitarai?!"

"Probably he has been captured by Enoshima. And that is the more reason to go down there and stop her"

"I knew you could do it…" The lucky student said hopeful, still sitting down on the floor "That's why I tested you all. I knew that no matter the greatest of despairs, you could use it as a stepping stone for hope. But it worked because I trusted in you…"

"Tsk, you and your bullshits. Stop saying nonsense already!" The yakuza complained in annoyance.

"I'm going too…" Nagito Komaeda did his best to stand up, only to fail miserably and fall into Chiaki Nanami's arms in the last second.

"Komaeda-kun, are you alright?"

"Maybe he has reached his limit…" Mikan Tsumiki suggested, making use of her nursing skills.

"Souda-san! You will carry Komaeda-san!" The princess said resolved.

"Yes, ma'am! If it's Sonia-san orders, I'll do whatever she asks!"

"Do you think it's a good idea to bring him in such state…?" The swordswoman asked in uncertainty.

"It matters not" Gundham Tanaka interjected "At such hardships, staying in herd is essential"

"GAAAAHHH! IT'S TIME TO FIGHT!" Nekomaru Nidai said, displaying his whole excitement for the task, being followed by the others cheering up in agreement.

Chiaki could finally smile in relief, seeing that her work as the class's delegate has born its fruits. She looked away to the rain outside, with renewed hope to keep on going. I promise, no matter what it takes, I will save you… Sensei… Hinata-kun…

To be continued…

Well, this would be enough for the first part, if you read this then it means that I decided to split the extremely long chapter into some kind of finale arc.

From this point on I seriously want you to leave a review as this is the ending I worked for and the result I would have wanted. To erase the despair Zetsubou-hen made me feel in the end.

Then again I'm not forcing you to say anything back to me. It's just to help me see if this is just a childish rant from a broken heart or if this was actually worth the trouble.