Time for a bit more character development. I'm gonna get about three characters per chapter, get out some more information. Let's do this.

"It might be best to listen to them, if im hallucinating or if they really are talking to me from beyond the grave, they have a point. I don't think I should bring this up to the others however." He changed into his usual apparel, checked for time and walked out the door to meet with everyone for breakfast. As he sat there, eating the plate of pancakes that Ana had made for all of them (Matsuzuka helped), he thought of who he could try talking to today. He knew that these people were still on edge, Monokuma has walked in on them every so often and giggled, then would disappear. What was the devil in bear's clothing thinking up now?

Breakfast had ended, so Minoru decided he would clear the air with Hiro, figuring playing chess with him would make him feel better.

"Fine, but I'm not going to take it easy on you." For once, while talking to another male, Hiro smiled. The two walked into the warehouse, set up a foldable table and chairs, then found a chessboard. Once they set everything up, Minoru found something odd about the chess pieces.

The black pawns look like Monokuma. The white ones look like some rabbit creature. Looking through the pieces, there were Monokuma pawns and a few other human like characters as the other pieces. Minoru made note that the three people from the Future Foundation he saw were pieces as well. The pointy haired one being the king, the female being the queen and the asshole being the knight. His king had long hair sitting next to a queen with pigtails and small bear shaped clips in her hair. The board was set, and the two began with Hiro's move.

Hiro wasn't anticipating Minoru to be so decent at chess! Was he able to detect when he was sacrificing a piece and not falling for the trap? The two continued to play chess until Hiro suddenly stood up.

"Hiro?" Minoru looked up at him, arm thrown over the back of the folding chair haphazardly.

"Someone is putting down women somewhere in the school. I can feel it." His eyes glared at the door with pure anger.

"Hiro no..."

"I must defend my people!"

"Your people?!"

"I must defend!"

Minoru stood up, placing his hands on the end of the table for extra support. "Just sit down so I can take your stupid queen!" Hiro's head snapped around, Minoru was instantly intimidated by the shorter man's stare.

"Are you insulting my queen's intelligence?" Hiro sat back down with a fire in his eyes.

The game ended fairly quickly after that, with Hiro's bishop, which looked like it had a stringy afro, took his king, with the asshole knight keeping him from making any other moves.

"Checkmate." The two cleaned up the table, with the two just sitting in front of each other. Minoru figured some light conversation would help ease everything up.

"Got any siblings, chief?" Hiro's glance turned a bit softer, a light smile on his face as he remembered the past.

"My sister. She and I were great friends. She became a detective as I took on chess." Pointing to the game as it sat next to him. "That relieved alot of stress for me when times got rough. Kids are some very... cruel individuals, as you could say. They bullied the two of us for little true reason. It wasn't pretty for anyone." At least that shed a bit of light on why Hiro might hate men. Hiro's glance turned cold once more. "It was people like you." Now we go back to the blaming men thing. "People like you who would bully us, beat us into the ground, and we could do little about it." Minoru simply looked at him.

"I'm not like alot of people. Unlike you, I feel pain every time someone lies to me. I also had to deal with my own family issues. Seeing my family tied up on that screen, then seeing the people in the hospital beds just sitting there... We all go through shit Hiro, its how you handle it that matters." The two put up the items, then parted ways as Hiro thought about what Minoru said and Minoru going to look for someone else to talk to.

Ana looked like she was in somewhat of a panic. She felt as if she was on break too long, she needed to assist someone! Minoru happened to find her in this state.

"Oh, Minoru! Do you need help doing anything?" She seemed rather panicked, it might be best to calm her down. He thought about it, he didn't know Ana very well, maybe he could talk her into assisting him with getting to know her better? The plan worked, and soon the two were sitting in the cafeteria. Ana sat in the chair across from Minoru, glass of lemonade in hand and a smile on her face. The two made idle chit chat until Minoru decided to move the conversation along.

"How was your life before you got here?" Ana's face held a look of happiness and sadness at the same time.

"When I was younger, I lived in an office building, I was left there by my father. There was always paperwork to do, so that's what I did while he was away. I learned to become a great assistant while I was there. Eventually I took my talents and left, becoming an assistant for hire." She set her glass down and looked at Minoru, who was taking a small drink of his soda. "How about you, what was your life like?" Minoru was taken aback by the question, no one had asked about him ever since he's been locked up in this god forsaken place.

"My life is one of ups and downs. I made due with what I had. My brother and my father were lawyers and always told me I would make a fantastic lawyer. I didn't want to do that, though. I was someone who was interested in philosophy and gambling than finding evidence and getting a guilty verdict. I thought I could carve out my own destiny, but looks like theres a giant school shaped roadblock in my way." Minoru didn't feel like talking about himself, he was a better listener than a speaker anyway. Ana gently shook her head.

"Roadblocks are made to be broken, use it to help pave the way." She simply smiled and left the room, leaving Minoru to his thoughts. He spun the melting ice cubes in his glass, thinking about everything thats been happening. A hand suddenly came down on his shoulder, causing him to jump, the hand grasped a chain, his chain! He turned and was met with Kisara, holding his E-handbook, his key, and his chain. A small smile spread on her face.

"Shouldn't leave yourself so open, you know." She slid his items to him, he kept his eyes on her, making sure she couldn't pull anything else.

"I'm assuming you want to talk?" Minoru eased up as he saw her sit down.

"It's better than sitting around with nothing to do." The two proceeded to talk, eventually bringing up stories from the past, Minoru laughed and smiled as he remembered something from the past.

"I was in Algebra one day, it was after the first quarter, and this kid raised his hand. Kid looked at the teacher, smug grin on his face, and asks him "Professor, will we use this once we get out of school." He looked at him with a straight face and told him yes." Kisara raised her eyebrow, small smile on her face.

"So what happened?" Minoru laughed and shook his head.

"His lie floored me, no joke. It hurt so bad I hit the floor. The professor offered me money and an A on the final as long as I tell them that was just a migraine and nothing more. I told him I couldn't do that, so he naturally freaked out. Spent the rest of the semester in the computer lab, taking the course online away from the other kids." Kisara tapped on her chin, thinking of a story.

"I once met his Countess, she was somewhat of a bitch. She had pushed away a homeless man for begging for money. I managed to sneak past her guard and took her earnings."

"How exactly did you manage that?" Kisara shot a look at Minoru, she almost looked offended.

"I am the Ultimate Thief, Minoru. Do you have so little faith?" A faint glint was in her eye, she was messing with him. This girl was full of surprises.

"So of course she figures out their gone. I snuck into her house and left them in a breakfast tray. Next morning she tries to eat, she's greeted with the same sapphire earrings she had lost the other day!" Minoru couldn't help but laugh, the woman had got what she deserved. The two talked a bit more, then parted ways, Minoru made sure Kisara took the lead, she shot a mischievous grin back at him as she went to her room. The nighttime announcement once again signaled the end of the day, it was time for the dream world.

Minoru looked around the room, it was dark, this time there was no one there. He walked for a bit until he found a single pool of light. A hospital bed rested within the light's welcoming beam. Minoru felt his heart sink, this better had not mean what he thinks. He gently walked over to the bed, looking at his sister, skinny, and hair mangled and unkept. He pushed the hair away from her eyes, she rested peacefully. A chair managed to appear behind him, he sat down and looked at his sister.

"Kid, I have a story for you..."

Well another FTE is down, we have a few more to go!