Alive students: 7
Chiya's P.O.V
Everything was dark and I didn't know what was going on. I couldn't see anything. I couldn't hear anything. I couldn't move at all. The only thing that I remembered that Tetsu was executed. But what happened to me?
"Chiya-chan?"
I heard a voice calling my name. That voice did sound familiar. Was it one of my alive classmates? Suddenly the darkness started to fade and I could feel that I was lying on something soft. Was that a mattress?
"Chiya-chan, can you hear me? Are you okay?"
The darkness around me disappeared completely and I could see the familiar ceiling and Suma staring at me in concern. I realized that I was in my own room laying in my own bed with Suma sitting beside me. She sighed in relief as I sat up straight.
"Oh thank goodness, you're okay." She said in relief. "You worried us all for a long time."
"W-What happened? For how long did I pass out?" I asked softly in confusing as I rubbed my eyes. I could feel by rubbing them that my eyes were dry. Must be from all that crying at the trial.
"Y-You suddenly passed out when the trial and execution was over." Suma said with a frown. "We all didn't know why it has happened to you, but you were unconscious for an hour or two."
"Oh. Sorry about that. I must have been tired." I muttered as I looked down. The last trial and execution really affected me. Tetsu became the victim from Monokuma's plan just like Mieko and Miwa. She didn't deserve to die. Everyone didn't deserve this fate.
"Hey now, don't be sad. You didn't do that on purpose. And you still alive, right? That's what still matters." She said as she tried to smile and cheering me up, but it didn't work. Suma noticed that and looked away a little bit as she started to sweat. Everything turned awkward.
Just then, the door of my dorm opened and Suma's awkward mood brightened a bit as we saw who it was. "Ah Nao! Good timing!" She said as Nao came inside.
He didn't had his hat and clown makeup on which made him look cute and handsome at the same time. Normally I would be happy to see him, but this time it didn't. I still felt sadness, guilt and despair inside of me.
"Suma, can you please leave us alone for a second?" I heard Nao ask. His voice somehow sounded serious which was rare. He only sounded serious when we have a trial or investigation going on.
"Umm...okay then. " Suma said confused as she stood up from my chair. "Then I'll let the others know that she is awake." And with that, she walked out of my room and left.
I could hear Nao's footsteps coming closer as I looked at my covers. I heard the chair moving and then I felt Nao's white gloves holding my hands. "Chiya-chan, I know that you're upset about everything going on here. We all are. But everything will be okay sooner or later." He said in a caring tone.
I kept looking down sadly as I slightly held my grip on his hands. "How would you know that? Do you really think that it will end so easily?" I muttered in sadness and anger. "Most of our students are already dead. They all are dead. And Monokuma will keep going no matter what until we all are dead."
"Don't say that!" He said it out loud as he increased his grip. "You shouldn't think like that, Chiya! This isn't you! What happened to the girl I know? The girl who tried to cheer everyone up. The girl who helped us all out whenever it was needed. The girl who is always kind and smiling. Do you really want to let that girl inside you disappear?"
My eyes widened as he told me about myself. I didn't really think that Nao was thinking about me like that. But his loud voice made me think that he is mad at my despair which made me feel more guilty.
I felt one of his hands letting go of mine and then stroking my cheek which made my eyes widen once again and blushing as well. With his hand he tilted my head up and we both stared at eachother. But the surprising thing was that he was smiling gently at me.
"Chiya-chan, you shouldn't let despair take control over you. Remember Tetsu's request? She wants us to live and to not fall in despair. I want to keep that promise just like everyone else. So you shouldn't break that too, okay?" He said in a caring tone as he kept stroking my cheek.
My eyes widened in realisation. I was close of breaking that and I didn't realize that. I don't want to break that. But still, what about everyone else.
"But what if it will happen again? What if one of us will break the promise?" I asked in concern with a hint of fear.
"It will not happen." He said as he stood up slightly and wrapped his arms around me. "If we all stay together and not listen to Monokuma's motives, then everything will turn out okay. And if something like that does happen, then we can still stop this. We will not let despair happen to our lives any longer. We have to protect and stay with eachother to survive, okay? "
I felt my heart beating faster as my blush increased. I started to believe at his words. Maybe we can protect eachother. As long as we stick together and do not let Monokuma trick us, then maybe we can survive. We might still be stuck forever in this school, but at least there will be no despair, right?
"Okay." I said softly as I hugged him back while closing my eyes. I felt the warmt from his body which made me smile. At least I'm happy that he is still here for me. And I want to let it stay that way. I don't want to see more corpses.
We both stayed like for a few minutes until we heard the signal coming out from the speaker. It was night time. Which means that everyone has to go to bed. Nao put his hands on my shoulders softly as we looked at eachother.
"Say...um...Chiya, do you maybe...um...need me tonight as well? Or...?" Nao stuttered as his face started to go red. My face started to go red as well as I realized what he was talking about.
"N-No! It's okay! I-I can sleep on my own, so don't worry!" I stuttered as my heartbeat started to increase their speed.
"O-Okay. So...I'll see you tomorrow then." He said as he stood up and walked out of my dorm.
"S-Sure. Good night." I said shyly before he left my dorm. After he closed the door behind, I locked the door and I stood against my dorm to calm down my heart. I know that I have to tell him someday about how I feel, but I'm just afraid to do that. I'm just too shy to confess.
After I calmed down completely, I dressed myself into my night gown and I went to bed with the plushie that my crush gave to me.
-Timeskip-
BANG!
I woke up with a jolt by that loud bang. It sounded really close and it was so loud. After that, I heard people shouting and running footsteps. I shook in fear as I held my plushie tightly. Just what is going on?
Suddenly it started to get more quiet and I heard a voice coming behind my door.
"Nao? Are you alright? Did they hurt you badly?" I heard a male voice close to my door. It sounded like Yukito, but I didn't really care about that much. The more important thing is that Nao is injured. Someone injured him.
"Don't worry. It is just a small bruise. Just go after them before anyone else gets hurt. I'll check on Chiya." I heard Nao's voice spoke to me. It was a bit of a relief that he wasn't injured badly, but that didn't decrease my fear. Someone is attacking them, but who?
I stood up from my bed as I threw the covers of me. I walked towards my door and I opened to see Nao standing in front of me. Yukito wasn't there anymore since I could hear the running footsteps fading away.
Even thought I know that he is okay, I still hugged him in relief. "Thank goodness. I heard the noises and the screaming. It got me really scared." I said in fear and I loosened my grip to look at him. "Nao? What is going on?"
"Nothing that you shouldn't be worrying about. And don't worry, it will stop soon." He said in a caring tone as he stroked the back of my head. He then held my hand gently. "But for now, it better be the best that we both stay inside."
He pulled me gently inside as I looked at him in concern. What I heard was something bad. Really bad. This isn't something that isn't to worry about. Something awful was going on.
"B-But what about the others?" I asked in fear and concern as Nao was about to close the door. But before he could do that...
"KYAAAAAAAHH!"
We both stopped talking and moving as we heard the scream. My eyes widened in shock as I recognized the girly scream that almost sounded like a child. I released myself from Nao's grip as I ran out of my dorm.
"Hey Chiya! Wait!" I heard Nao shout as he ran after me. I ran as fast as I could to the direction of the scream. Since it was pretty close, I already knew where it was coming from.
I ran inside the dorm whose door was still open and I gasped in shock. It was a huge mess. There were cuts on the walls, chairs were broken, papers were all over the floor, and the pillow has been stabbed multiple times. But what was mostly shocking is to see Suma who sat against the wall in pain putting pressure on a bleeding wound on her arm.
"Suma!" I ran towards her and kneeled down as she looked at me in shock. "What happened? Are you okay?"
Nao then ran inside as he was panting. His eyes widened in shock as he looked around. "What in the world?!" He whispered in shock as his mouth gaped. He then looked at me and walked towards us. "Suma, what happened?" He asked as he grabbed a hankerchief out of his pocket and put is against her wound.
Tears started to form in her big orange eyes and started to sob. "C-Chiya, N-Nao, it was so scary." She said between the sobs as she had her eyes shut tightly. "A m-mysterious person s-suddenly came inside w-with a knife a-and tried t-to kill me. I t-tried to avoid it, b-but they eventually c-cut my arm. T-They nearly killed me, b-but then they ran o-off when they heard the f-footsteps."
"Oh my gosh!" I gasped and hugged her tightly as she hugged me back.
"Suma-san, I want to ask you something and I want you to be honest." He said as he looked at her. "Was that person wearing a black hoodie, red jeans and a Monokuma mask?"
"Y-Yes, but how d-do you know that?" Suma asked confused in a cracking voice.
"Nao, what on earth is going on?" I aked in fear and confusing.
"Me and Yukito were attacked by the same person who attacked Suma and almost attacked you, Chiya." He said in a serious tone. "We don't know who did it and what their reason is."
"W-What?" Suma gasped as she stared at us in shock and in tears.
I couldn't believe that either. Someone was trying to kill me and the others as well. But why? Why would they do this? What did we ever do to them to deserve this? Suddenly an alarm sound came out from the speaker really loud and we all looked at it.
"EMERGENCY! EMERGENCY! EVERYONE COME TO THE GYM IMMEDIATLY!" The annoying voice of Monokuma spoke through the speaker in panic and the alarm sound kept going after one minute.
"Well we better go there. Maybe Monokuma can give us answers." Nao said as he grabbed another hankerchief and wrapped it around Suma's wound.
"I-I guess that t-there is no other c-choice." Suma said as she sobbed, but it was slightly decreased.
"Y-Yeah, let's go." I said sadly as I helped Suma up. I rubbed her back as we all walked outside of the damaged room to our way to the gym and also to find out the answers about the mysterious person.
-Timeskip-
Me, Nao and Suma waited for the others as Monokuma tapped its foot impatiently on the floor. Suma seemed to stop crying, but she still was afraid as she was still shaking.
After a few more seconds of waiting, the others arrived and they looked unharmed. But they were still in their pyjama's just like me. The only ones who were not in their pyjama's were Suma and Nao. But when they were walking closer, I could see that Masayasu had a plaster on his face. He might have fight them as well. At least no one else had wounds.
"Finally! You all are here!" Monokuma said impatiently. "Now you all are wondering what is going on, rigth?"
"Like hell we are!" Yukito yelled in anger. "Just what the f*ck is going on?!"
"Y-Yes, just who on e-earth was that?!" Demiyah asked in fear as we looked at Monokuma in fear or anger.
"Alright! Alright! Just calm down! I'll explain everything!" Monokuma said as it started sweating. "Okay, the person who is attacing you all...is one of your classmates! And one of the classmates is also my master!"
My eyes widened in shock as some people gasped or stayed silent. "W-What do you mean "one of us"?" I asked confused.
"W-Why?" Yogi asked in fear. "W-Why do they do this to us?!"
"Correct! One of you is the mastermind of this school of killing and despair! They could be still alive. Or they are one of your classmates who were "eleminated" from the game!" Monokuma cheered. "They were very mad that you all still have hope inside of you. They were mad that our plan wasn't enough! That's why they tried to kill one of you! But since that it didn't work out as well either, they come up with a challenge for all of you."
"A challenge you say?" Masayasu asked. "And what kind of challenge do they want?"
"A class trial!" Monokuma said as it put its paws in the air. "My master wants to challenge you all to participate at the final trial! Guess the mastermind and the masked assasin's true identity! If you guess it right, then you all escape the school together and the mastermind will be executed! But if you all guessed it wrong, then you all will be executed!"
"So if we win, then we will graduate?" Suma asked.
"Yup! But you bastards still have time to investigate!" Monokuma said. "At the fourth floor, there are some evidence hidden in the rooms about my master! You an search at the other floors, but there is a small chance that you will find something about the mastermind! And this time, you have one and a half hour to investigate. So use that wisely!"
"Now go!" Monkuma ordered as it pointed at us all. "Go investigate if you want to live! Or die in despair like your deceased classmates! Upupupu~!" And with that, Monokuma jumped behind the stage and disappeared.
So this is it. We will finally find out the mastermind at the trial. But if we guessed it wrong, then we all die. We cannot lose this trial. We have to survive. This will be a battle of life and death.
To be continued! Alive students: 7