Chapter 13: Snap

"What have you done?"-dialogue

'I didn't mean it'-thoughts/flashback

Ultimate Surgeon-title

"You fool"-Katakuri's Future/Monokuma

AN: Ladies and gentlemen...what is up, what is good, the D...yeeeaaaah...the GOKU D. UZUMAKI here today to bring you guys and gals a brand new chapter of the Ultimate Big Brother! First of all, thank you all so much for giving me over 104 follows, 95 favorites, and 93 reviews, I can't express my love and gratitude to you peeps enough. Second of all...workplace drama happened and I had to leave...finally got me a new, better paying job! I know that there are messy co-workers and managers alike in every single workplace, but there has to be a line drawn between quitting of having hurt feelings and having enough. I had enough.

But enough about me, let's focus on your love of this story. Sorry I didn't uploaded from the beginning of November, like I said, finding a new job and a new place to live. Last chapter was having Katakuri sleeping watching guard of the students in case someone tries to pull a fast one. But let's see what happens...shall we?

But before we go ahead, anyone like to do the disclaimer?

Everyone: *silence*

GDU: Uhhhh, guys...what's wrong?

Mondo: You know full fucking well what's wrong.

Akane: This chapter...it's fucked up

GDU: What do you mean...it's intense.

Asahina: There's a fine line between tension and torture! This is torture!

Sakura: Indeed, this chapter will only end in bloodshed, and we hate the very thought of seeing a young life taken by someone so cruel to do it.

Makoto: Guys...I-I mean...don't you-

Byakuya: This is clearly infantile, all of you don't want to say the disclaimer all because of some little blood will be spilled in this chapter? What's wrong with trying to stop the inevitable?

Kaito: You jackass, what do you think this is, some kind of game?!

Byakuya: *smirks* As a matter of fact, it is.

Fuyuhiko and Mondo: You little piece of-

Makoto: Enough!

Everyone: *turned to Makoto*

Makoto: L-Look, I know this chapter is...unpleasant...and believe me, I don't want to go through it. B-But if we are going to get out of here, we need to keep moving...despite the nasty surprises we'll meet down the road. Yelling and arguing won't solve anything, don't you see?

Everyone: *grumbles*

GDU and Katakuri: *watches*

Makoto: *sighs* Thank you. Now, can anyone please say the disclaimer, so we can get this over with?

Asahina: *walks up to the microphone* I'll go. *sighs shakily before clearing herself up* The following is a non-profit, fan-based fanfiction. Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, Goodbye Despair, and V3: Killing Harmony are all owned by Spike Chunsoft, Too Kyo Games, and Kazutaka Kodaka. Danganronpa: the Animation, Danganronpa 3: Despair, Future, Hope Arc, and Danganronpa Zero are all owned by Lerche, Funimation, Toei Animatio, Fuji TV, and Kazutaka Kodaka. One Piece is owned by Shueisha, Funimation, Toei Animation, Fuji TV, and Eiichiro Oda. Please...support the official releases.

Makoto: Well?

GDU: All I had to say is...this will either strengthen you...or break you.

Katakuri: Which one it is, will be entirely up to you.

Day One

First Floor

Hallway

11:00 p.m

Silence permeates throughout the hallway as the hallways' lights dimmed for the night. Thankfully for the students that are slumbering, their rollercoaster today will be behind them after they wake up from their slumber. Following the guidelines, nobody was allowed to leave or enter their dorm room for no reason unless they want some snack, no mingling, no investigation, nothing. Anyone leaving their dorm for any other reason will be punished, that is obvious.

However, while everyone was in their respective dorms, we turn to see the giant Charlotte Katakuri sitting down beside the wall with his arms crossed and his eyes closed, even his snores are more quiet than a mouse. For the giant, this sleep is well-deserved and he need to take it the best way possible for him to be ready for tomorrow. The reason why he's the only person outside was for these reasons.

1.) No dorm room could possibly fit the crimsonhead without him being uncomfortable.

2.) He's an 'unofficial' student, therefore, his room wasn't made.

3.) He's watching guard just in case someone will try to pull something and he'll be there to stop it.

4.) Monokuma loves toying with him just because.

Yep, definitely the last reason.

*creak*

Katakuri's eyebrow raised by the sound of a door opening. Without opening his eyes, he resumed pretending to be asleep so he would avoid detection from the person. He heard the pause of the footsteps, no doubt the interloper searching to find anyone or anything suspicious before continuing to walk away. As soon as the steps are faint, Katakuri let out a sigh. Just why is someone walks out of their dorm room, knowing full well they are breaking the rules and risk punishment? And what are they up to?

The giant stood up to his full height and rolled his shoulders to stretch out, feeling a tiny bit relieved but still felt the pain on his left abdomen. Ignoring the strain, Katakuri followed the person by the sound of its footsteps until the person reaches into the dining room. Piquing an eyebrow, Katakuri continues walking behind the person and keeping himself unaware of the person's surroundings.

As soon as Katakuri reached the dining hall door, he opened the door without making a sound and walks into the dark room. He looks around to spot the awakened interloper to see what he or she is doing. He soon found out when he heard shuffling and rummaging in the kitchen with the only source of light being the opened refrigerator. The giant walked towards the opening of the kitchen and peers into the lightly dimmed room and spotted the person searching for food in the fridge and instantly knew who the person was.

"Asahina?"

The brunette girl let out a startled yelp and jumped, dropping her food. Asahina turned around and her eyes popped out in shock and fear, not expecting someone to follow her to the kitchen. Her body tensed even more as she realized that it was Katakuri, of all people to follow her into the kitchen. Asahina stared at the giant with extreme anxiety as she stood ramrod still in front of the titan of a man. Along with shock and fear, she's also extremely embarrassed as her outfit is her sleepwear, which consists of her white tank top and plain white panties, leaving her athletic legs due to years of swimming exposed for Katakuri to see.

To say she's embarrassed will be an understatement, she felt like melting on the floor in pure humiliation by standing in front of a hardcore person like Katakuri in nothing but her undies. The two of them stood in dead silence until Katakuri finally broke it.

"Aoi Asahina," Katakuri boomed, with the swimmer flinched by the stern tone from the man.

"Y-Y-Y-Y-Yes s-s-sir?" Asahina stammered, trying her best to not to wake up the others, despite being a good distance away from the dorms.

The giant folded his arms. "Just what the world are you doing out of your dorm in this time at night? You know the penalty of sneaking out of your room past your curfew."

Asahina shuffled her feet and lowered her head at the ground like a kid that was caught with the hand in the cookie jar. "I...I couldn't sleep...so I decide to get a midnight snack, hopefully...i-it'll help me go to sleep better?" she replied shyly.

Katakuri's eyebrow raised at her answer. "What kind of snack?"

The girl pull her hands from behind her back and showed the man her snack. Katakuri's stern face instantly lit up by the sight of her food.

In her hand was a bunch of doughnuts.

Katakuri almost felt like drooling by the sight of the delectable treats. Sprinkled donuts, iced donuts, cinnamon donuts, jelly-filled donuts, and so much more. Reeling himself back from snatching the donuts out of her hand, the giant coughed to regain his composure.

"So, donuts huh?" he asked.

Asahina nodded slowly, still not looking up at the giant. She felt like she couldn't get in any more trouble as it is. First, she snuck out of her room, knowing the consequences of doing such a thing. Second, she's in her bed wear, hoping that no one will catch her in them. And third, the person that caught her out of everyone else was the crimsonhead. She would rather prefer Sakura, heck, even Togami, but Katakuri? Asahina clenched her eyes tightly and set her jaw, preparing for the worst scolding from Katakuri any second n-

"May I have some?"

The swimmer's eyes opened by the question. She looked up at the giant and saw that his face lightened significantly. Asahina used her free hand to clear her ears, probably she misheard him, yeah that's it. Her eyes blinked owlishly at the question as her face slightly relaxed.

"W-What?" she asked.

Katakuri let his hand out. "May I have some of your donuts please?"

The busty brunette was shocked. She never heard such a polite request coming from the guy that would even his normal speaking screams attention and following orders to the letter. To hear that Katakuri want some of her donuts was shocking, a big, scary, strong, monster of a man asking for some of her midnight snack.

Nodding dumbly, Asahina dropped some of her uneaten donuts in the giant's hand. "Here you go."

Giving her a thankful nod, Katakuri grabbed one donut and stuffed it in his scarf and eats it. Doing his best not to be too pleased by tasting the sweet, sinful taste of donuts, the giant let out a small, satisfied hum. The fluffiness of the gluten, the light crunch from the deep frying, and the sweetness of the icing was like heaven to Katakuri's taste buds. While they were not extraordinary, they were delicious on their own.

From Asahina's point-of-view, she's honestly surprised to see Katakuri enjoying her donuts. The anxiety, shock, embarrassment, and bewilderment fade away and in turn is a bright smile.

"You love doughnuts, don't you Katakuri?" she asked with a slight tease in her tone.

The giant snapped out of his reverie and looked at the petite girl who was looking at him with a teasing smile on her features. Katakuri shook his head and let out a light cough. "Yeah, they're my favorite food."

Asahina's face lit up from his answer. Yes, finally! Another donut lover!

The girl walked to the fridge and brought out another box of donuts and set it on top of the counter. She walked and sat down on a stool and offered one that's across from her.

"Want some more? We have plenty for us to last the night," she offered with her smile.

Katakuri's eyes widened by the sight of the treats and with all of his willpower not to be overcome with joy by the heavenly sight, sat down with the swimmer, easily dwarfing her and the stool. Asahina and Katakuri looked at the box of donuts together and both of them grabbed some of the treats and ate them, taking their time to enjoy the sweet taste of the rounded pastries.

The two donut lovers ignored the fact that they are up past their curfew and the possibility of the nosy bear dropping out of nowhere as they continued to chow on the donuts. The night is filled with silent hums of satisfaction and hunger of the two.

At box two, Asahina let out a relieved sigh as she rubbed her belly, enjoying the fill of the pastries in her stomach. Katakuri let out a small sigh as he picked up another donut and popped it inside his scarf, munching on it. As the two sat in filled silence, a question popped into Asahina's head.

"Hey, I don't want to be nosy but why were you outside in the hallway? Didn't Monokuma have a dorm for you?" she asked.

The giant closed his eyes. "Figured you spotted me in the hallway while you was sneaking. Mostly likely because I couldn't fit in the dorm rooms, I can barely get myself around the hallways as it is, don't need to make myself any more uncomfortable by squeezing in those tiny rooms, no offense," he replied.

The swimmer waved it off. "Heh, none taken."

"And another reason, we know that Monokuma has his eyes set mainly on me, no doubt trying to find out my weaknesses so he can exploit them to his advantage. He don't like me, so I believe that's the big reason why I don't have one."

Worry etched onto her features. "But, are you okay? I mean, you have no bed, no pillow, you was pretty much out in the open." Her face turned into one of annoyance. "That darn stuffed bear, playing with you and making you sleep out in the open. I wanna to give him a piece of my mind if I could," she remarked with a huff.

The giant let out a light chuckle. "Thanks for the concern, but I can assure you that I'm fine. Besides, me being outside is a benefit in case someone tries to pull something while everyone else is asleep. Being asleep is everyone's greatest vulnerability," he replied.

The swimmer nodded. "That's true, that's true." She grabbed herself another donut for her to bite on, but then her usual happy mood took a turn as her face became crestfallen and she nibbled on her treat.

Katakuri noticed it. "Something on your mind, Asahina?"

The girl let out a tired sigh. Asahina set her donut down on the counter top before wiping her face of the crumbs. "It's nothing, really," she replied, trying to play it off but she knew that the giant know better.

"Worrying about your loved one's fate and hoping for the chance to leave this place, seems like it's more than nothing if you ask me," Katakuri stated as he picked up another one.

The girl let out a mirthless chuckle as she stared at the tile floor in despondence. "I'm sorry, but...I can't help it. I...I just...my baby brother...h-how? How can I keep going without having the thought of those sickos doing some things to him, hurting him, making him scared? How can anyone be able to keep that thought from not making them lose it, I mean, we've seen what happens when stuff like that gets to people earlier today with Maizono-san."

Tears began to form at the girl's eyes and her lips trembled from her extreme worry for her brother. "S-Sakura-chan told me to stay strong before we went to bed, b-but...I-I-I'm pretty sure she's thinking the same thing I'm thinking...we all are. B-But...because I-I'm weak...I-I decide to sneak out and eat some donuts to stave my mind off of it. What kind of sick, deranged person would make us go through this disturbing game and find it entertaining?! Who in the world finds this hilarious?! If it weren't for these dumb rules, I would've ripped that bear to shreds and find the person responsible and beat whoever it is until they tell us where our friends and family are!" she screamed furiously with tears streaming down her face, finally letting out her past frustrations and fears from watching the snuff film of her brother's abduction to the fore without screaming too loud that'll disturb the other slumbering students. Katakuri continued to stare at the shattered girl, letting her say her pent-up feelings and thoughts of the situation.

Asahina huffed after releasing her pain and anger out in the open before wiping the tears from her face. "I'm sorry Katakuri, I'm pretty sure you think I'm weak for letting stuff like that get to me," she apologized sadly.

Katakuri raised his eyebrow at that self-loathing statement. "Weak? What makes you think I find you weak?"

Aoi perked her head up at him with her eyes puffy from her crying. "Huh? What do you mean?"

Katakuri set his half eaten donut down before continuing. "Thoughts like that doesn't make you weak, it's what makes you alive. Trust me Asahina, I was livid by the thought of whoever is operating this ordeal is making us go through this and forcing all of you to experience mental and psychological trauma and the desire to see all of you at each other's throats just for the sake of a sociopath's twisted and immoral ideals. But I didn't let my fury get the better of me and allow me to lash out in blind fury, just like with Owada and Kuzuryu for example." The swimmer's face scrunched by the mention of the two boys.

He pointed his gloved finger at the girl. "Like I told Makoto, don't let that bear, the mastermind, your loved one's predicament, and this situation get to your head, because that's what the mastermind wants. He or she wants to see you break down and lash out like an untamed beast. No one would blame you for feeling like that for your brother, and whoever does will be a hypocrite. The only time that what defines as 'weak', is when you allowed yourself to let these problems weigh you down and turn you into someone you're not, not seeing the best option out of everything, acting miserable, acting moody. It's all on choice."

Asahina stared at the giant in silence, her eyes widening in awe by the way Katakuri's telling her to stay strong. The way he states the facts, the possibilities, and the pros and cons, without being so callous or insensitive. The swimmer's judgement on Katakuri's character grew as she continues to listen to his words.

"It's your choice, Aoi Asahina. Would you let the situation concerning you and your brother's well-being strengthen you to find a way out of here, bring the mastermind to justice, and find your brother? Or would you let it weaken you, shatter your mind, make you miserable, make you empty, and worse...make you feel despair? You're a strong girl, Asahina. Don't let anyone else, especially Monokuma make you think otherwise," he finished.

The entire kitchen fell into silence after Katakuri's speech. A few moments later, Asahina began to tear up again, but this time, these tears weren't out of fear and frustration, but out of awe and inspiration. The girl's features were graced by a broad yet slightly shaky smile from holding her tears in.

"Y-You're right, Katakuri. T-Thank you, thank you so much, I needed that," she sobbed quietly. Katakuri's face lighten after hearing that, he's glad that he finally relieved her out of her mental tirade. Right before he say anything else, something else shocked the giant to the core, an action that will forever be imprinted in his memory, one that will remind him of this moment forevermore:

Without warning, Aoi Asahina hugged Charlotte Katakuri.

The girl did her best to wrap her arms around the giant's midsection, making him jump a bit from the contact. Katakuri stared at her dumbfounded by her move, his arms out of the way, yet he's not resisting nor hugging her back. He's just...shocked. His shock went down after he heard some sniffles.

"Thank you...you have no idea how much I needed to hear that, how much I want to let my feelings out. E-Even deep, deep down inside, I wouldn't tell them to Sakura because whenever she's strong, I need to stay strong. She taught me so much about strength, so much it made me who I am..."

"But...you taught me to be honest with myself. You're right. I-I'm so terrified right now, so terrified with my life, my friends' lives, my brother's...but you also taught me to not let the burdens make me weak...but to make me keep going, and find a way out of this nightmare. So, I hope you can accept my eternal thanks...Katakuri-san," Asahina stated with a small smile as she finally let the last of her tears fall down her tanned face.

*yawn*

Asahina stretched as she let out her yawn before scratching her head, her posture a little sluggish. "Geez, all these donuts and crying and talking made me sleepy, I better get to bed before I get into trouble," she said.

She hopped off her stool and ate the last of her uneaten donut with her trademark bubbly smile on her face before turning to the recovering crimsonhead. "Thanks for listening, Katakuri-san, see you tomorrow morning. You can have the rest of the donuts." She walked away from him to head back to her dorm, leaving the giant in silence.

The silence was cut off as Asahina's head popped back with a light blush dusted on her face. "O-Oh, and before you go to sleep...can you please let this be between the two of us? I don't wanna feel embarrassed by the fact we ate and chat with me in my undies," she asked shyly.

Katakuri shook his head at the silly notion before waving her off. Asahina's smile returned back to face as she waved at him before finally walking away to head back to her dorm room to return to her slumber in peace.

The giant stared at the door where the swimmer for a moment thinking about what she did, but suddenly his expression hardened as he continued to lock his gaze at the door. Without turning around, the man spoke. "Monokuma, I'm honestly getting tired of you crawling out of your hole."

Lo and behold, the two-toned bear waddled out of the dark corner with his annoying grin. "I swear Katty, you need to lighten up a bit. I was starting to get involved with your little pep talk you had with Water Head. Honestly, I was getting bored but when you started talking, ooh hoo hoo hoo, I was munching on popcorn," he said cheekily.

Katakuri wordlessly turned back to his donuts to ignore the rejected teddy bear's rambling. The little milliseconds of silence was cut off when Monokuma jumped onto the stool where Asahina was as he stared at the donut boxes with a sly grin. He picked up the treat like he's examining it. "Hmmm, so the big bad Katakuri is a donut freak, eh? Kinda weird, but heck, all of my kiddos have their perks, so I wouldn't be surprised that you have some kind of weird quirk as well. But really, donuts?" Somehow, the animatronic munched on the donut. Not even a split second later, the bear spat out the pastry scattering it across the floor. While he has no taste buds since he's a remote-controlled machine, he ejected the crumbled treat as if it was poison. No doubt to spite the crimsonhead, who was staring at the ruined donut on the floor in silence.

"BLECK! I don't know how you two feasted on them, they are so sugary, I might as well die with diabetes!" Monokuma wiped his mouth of the remains of the donut before his face brightened with an idea. "Hey, wait a second, color me correct, but if that water head continues to gorge on these donuts, perhaps she'll be the first to pop! Nyuk nyuk nyuk! Oh, that'll be hilarious!" Monokuma cackled as he bowled over on the stool, holding back tears of laughter from the gruesome idea of Asahina dying from either stuffing herself of donuts or from diabetes. Does it matter, either way is slow and painful, just the way he loves it!

Silence.

The bear wiped an imaginary tear from his eye as he finally recollected himself. "Oooh boy, that was hilarious, don't you think so Katty-hey, what's with the sour look on your face? Did I said something that offended you about that swimmer girl? Was it too much for you to bear? Nyuk nyuk nyuk!" he mocked. Little does he know, he did something that even Monokuma in the future will stand clear from. One thing that no one, not even the most violent and fearsome of despicable people will even dream of doing unless they have a death wish:

Never disrespect doughnuts in front of Charlotte Katakuri.

The man in question stared at the destroyed donut, long since drowned out the nonsensical drivel Monokuma spat, as he was too focused on that donut. That donut was more than a treat. It meant more to him than almost living. Doughnuts was the one and only food that he will eat and stuff and gorge and do it with a smile on his face, if he can. Whether it be cream filled, jelly filled, glazed, chocolate glazed, sprinkled, whole wheat, or even plain, he'll devour them without a second glance.

But most importantly, that donut was a gift, a gift from Aoi Asahina, who was starting to see more to Katakuri than he is. She came to him, telling him of her internal issues that she wouldn't even clearly explain it to Sakura, her best friend. Asahina had the courage to tell someone who was more than a hundred times gruff than Ogami is, and hugged him in compassion and gave him the rest of the donuts as a token of appreciation. To say that Katakuri was surprised and somewhat grateful of the treat is so little to say, he hadn't ate anything as long as he can remember.

And Monokuma spat it out, like poison.

With all of his might to not snap at the bear from the disrespect of the treat, Katakuri turned to the bear with an intense gaze. "I suggest that you cut the nonsense and tell me why you didn't attack Asahina while she was up? Didn't your rules said that anyone staying up past their curfew will face the consequences? Then again, why am I asking you of all people the reason why you didn't?" he asked.

Monokuma's face blushed slightly from the embarrassment as he rubbed the back of his head. "Heh heh, wellll, the dead cat is out of the bag huh? Yeah, at first I was peeved that Water Head decided to stuff her face, but then I was like 'Eh, what the heck, what would staying up all night hurt anyone?' Anybody is free to do whatever they want past their curfew, more dead folks for me to enjoy, and more insufferable headaches for you."

Of course he'll make up the rules as he goes, why wouldn't he be surprised?

"And as to why I was here? I was just bored, being around while nothing exciting was happening is mind-numbing to my excitable brain. And when I saw that you two were having a nice chat while stuffing your faces with them treats, I just said 'eh, better than nothing.' And while it was sappy and boring, I do say that Water Head's story about not telling her so-called best friend about her issues certainly was the kicker, or better yet, the hopelessness when she mulled over her sticky situation of not helping her baby bro and being trapped in here with these potential would-be killers." The bear continued. Suddenly, the bear's normal face slowly turned to one filled with hate and malice as he glared at the giant who was unfazed by the attempted killer glare from the animatronic. His evil eye glowed as he stared at Katakuri.

"Then you had to give her hope, didn't you? You just had to fill her up with that disgusting hope. I honestly can't wait for one of these twerps to croak, it'll be more satisfying to pin you for the murders so I can pull all of my latest execution devices just to try to wipe you out. Just even thinking of those brats being filled with determination and hope is making me sick to my stomach," he spat venomously. It's clear that whoever is in charge of this place, has a very huge disdain for anything that is positive. And hearing these edgy statements about death, despair, and chaos is giving Katakuri a migraine of hearing the bear's nonstop prattle.

Katakuri shook his head as a response to that supposedly threatening speech. "You can keep whining all you want, you and I both know that whatever you have planned will not come to fruition. Now, if you excuse me, I'm going back to being on guard and regain some sleep. Honestly, hearing you rattle on about hope and despair is making my head hurt," he said as he stood to his full height and cleaned up the mess.

Monokuma growled as he stared at Katakuri cleaning up the kitchen counter from donut crumbs and go as far as clean up the spat out donut pieces he did. Seeing the giant doing this so nonchalantly with him around was making the bear's teeth grind. Oh, how he wishes to crush that freak's smug attitude.

"Tch, whatever Kats. You can go back to sleep and don't worry about me pulling some stunt concerning you and Water Head's chit-chat, I have more important things to do for later on tomorrow. Just try not to sleep too deep, you might need to sleep with one eye open in case someone else tries to pull a fast one on you and you sleeping on the job," Monokuma sneered as he waddled back to the corner he emerged from earlier.

Katakuri wiped his gloves clean as he watched the bear waddled back to where he crawled from. It's so hard not to destroy the rejected teddy bear and find the mastermind to end this whole debacle. But he cannot risk putting these students' lives in danger for his hastiness and recklessness. If he needs to stop as much bloodshed as he can and find a way out of here, he's going to have to play along, much to his extreme displeasure.

Monokuma let out a yawn as he turned around to face the crimsonhead to give him one last piece of his mind. "Oh well, nighty night Katty! Do as you and follow the rules and this game might play in your favor. But then again, even as you can predict as much as you can...anyone can change the future. It's not yours to determine." After saying the cryptic statement, Monokuma backed up and his form was swallowed by the dark shadows and was no longer there, leaving Katakuri alone in the dimly lit kitchen.

Speaking of Katakuri, the giant stared at the spot where the bear was at. While outwardly his expression remains neutral, internally he was annoyed. He knew that deep down, there will be bloodshed happening anytime whether he expects it or not, despite his ability to see the future

Scanning over the twin hallways one last time to check for anything suspicious, Katakuri sat back down on his spot and relaxed his tense muscles and folded his arms. Before slumber takes him in, his mind was still replaying on what Asahina accepted him to who he is, well, the first view of himself. Next, it was the petite redhead magician, Himiko. He remembered how she called him Big Bro after helping her get the staff she needed back at the gift shop earlier. Then finally, his first encounter with the first person who didn't hesitate to see him as a friend, the first to defend him from the slew of accusations from the student classes. Overall, Katakuri couldn't help but feel a bit warm now when three young kids are seeing him more than a freak of nature.

But Katakuri removed those thoughts from his mind, now it's not the time to focus on such things such as connections. Right now, he needs to focus on getting out of here, find some information concerning the mastermind, his whereabouts, and this strange world's history. Steeling his mind on that goal, he closes his eyes as his body finally relaxes when his long-awaited sleep consumes him in a surreal world of darkness.

?

In the surreal realm of dreams

Katakuri found himself sitting down on a board of some sort. The giant looked around and saw that he was surrounded by towering poles, he turned around and saw a large deck, and standing in front of him is a tall middle aged man wearing a long yellow coat with a tall collar and what appears to be striped candy in place for buttons. The bottom of his coat has a checkered design and large beads along the hem.

The man is wearing dark colored bracelets on both of his wrists and his long fingernails are black. He wears a large bulbous hat that is orange and red-striped in color with multiple colored lollipops along the rim with a pink plume. Underneath his hat is something that is either a head covering or hair that is navy blue with baby blue polka dots. His shoes are curved upward and he carries a large magenta and pink candy cane.

His features are almost wicked, with a large grin, narrow brown eyes, arched eyebrows, and a long pointed nose. He wears blue lipstick and his most distinctive feature is his unusually large tongue that is sticking out.

Katakuri took more of his surroundings and realized that he's on a ship of some sort. He then soon noticed that the entire sky turned dark red as he saw a wall of flame that is approaching his way. Taking action, Katakuri stood up and walked towards the flame calmly. Flexing his arm, a familiar black coat colors his forearm as he launched his punch to counter against the oncoming flaming attack. When he made contact, the flames parted a bit as he saw the source of the fire, which belong to another familiar sight: the raven haired boy wearing a dark red suit with a fierce, determined expression on his features.

Katakuri pushed against the boy's attack as both punches created shockwaves that made the large ship shake from the force. Focusing on the clash, Katakuri pushes the boy's fist, but he felt the boy pushing back with all his might. Having enough of the clash, Katakuri enlarged his arm with mochi and sent it through his arm, making his attack outclass the boy's, breaking the clash and sending the young man flying.

The boy however landed safely on the ground beside the ship as he brought his stretched arm back to him with a snap. Katakuri returned his enlarged forearm back to him with a snap as well, shocking the boy as he realized that whoever this towering crimsonhead is had mimicked his attack, right down to the stretching. The two combatants glared at each other, one with cold calculation and the other with unwavering determination.

Having enough, the young man jumped up high in the air with his skin turning a slight reddish-pink with steam hissing from his body. Katakuri looked at the boy, ready for whatever attack this boy will unleash at him. Whoever this young boy is, Katakuri's mindset was to stop this boy in his tracks and eliminate him for whatever reason, because he had a feeling that if this boy escapes from his reach, am uncontrollable storm will rain upon him and his fellow comrades.

"Gum-Gum...HAWK GATLING!" the boy roared.

The small raven haired boy launched a series of blackened punches hoping that one of them will land on Katakuri. The giant's mental state somehow turned itself on as he glared at the boy, seeing where exactly each punch will land on him. The attack may seem like numerous fists flying towards him, but if you really dice it, the boy was really flying his two hands.

Katakuri stood still and let the punches go through him yet not feeling any of the impacts of the attack. The boy screamed fiercely as he continued his onslaught, but like before, his enormous opponent's still standing with no damage to him. Regardless of the futile effort, the young man still screech in defiance as he's trying to land one on Katakuri, but like a blind raging bull, he's foolish.

Having enough of the repetitiveness, Katakuri lifted his left arm and trapped the boy's right arm in his arm like glue stopping the onslaught right then. The giant pulled the boy towards him making him fly towards the crimsonhead. Then Katakuri raised his left arm and coated in the same black coating, cocking it back to land a serious blow to the soaring boy.

Just one punch will end it, one attack will end this mysterious boy's rebellion. He's getting closer, and closer, and closer...and when he's in his arm's length, Katakuri released his arm and then-

Day Two

First Floor

Hallway

2:20 a.m

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Katakuri's dreamscape was sharply cut off when he heard a bloodcurdling scream echoing down the halls. His eyes snapped open as his body stood into action and raced away to get to the source of the scream. Whatever thoughts he had concerning his dream was shot out of the window as he continued to storm down the halls, ignoring the sound of doors bursting open from the students awakening from their sleep by the disturbing scream.

'How can I be so careless? I should've stayed awake to catch the person that'll pull a stunt and walked by past me. Grrr, no, now's not the time to dwell on that! I need to hurry to see if the person's still alive!' Katakuri urgently said to himself as he continued his dash towards the source of the scream.

Thankfully, he can still make some large strides despite being around 8 feet tall, he can reach the source in less than a minute! The scream wasn't that distant despite being at the end of the halls. The giant's mind swarmed with thoughts as to where did the scream came from, no doubt that the scream was a girl. Just what the hell is that girl doing out at this late in the morning, not regarding in the least that someone will seize the opportunity to commit a murder? No, he'll get his answers later, finding the girl now.

Katakuri stormed to the entrance of the dining hall and scoured the entire room, trying to find even the slightest thing off about the hall but found none. He then raced towards the kitchen and find the same result as kaput. Growling to himself, the giant's head snapped upward as he heard the overhead speaker screeching on with the all-familiar, dreadful, annoying voice coming on air.

"Yuk yuk yuk, I'm so sorry to cut into your beauty sleep, but you guys and gals got yourself a very early wake-up call! Hopefully you little kiddos can catch up in time to save whoever just got the misfortune of being with someone else that wants to spill his or her guts! I wonder who'll be, yuk yuk yuk!" Monokuma laughed before it was abruptly cut off by the com turning off.

Letting out a low growl, Katakuri stormed out of the dining room and bolted past the herd of students that were also searching for the source of the scream. Katakuri grunted to himself as he figured another place for him to search are the dorm rooms. He immediately went to the girl's side of the dorms since the source belonged to the girl and burst through each door, ignoring any form of decency and found nothing out of the ordinary. As soon as he finish scanning through the last of the girl's dorm room, a voice cried out.

"Oh no, Sayaka!"

Katakuri snapped his head and saw that the door on the boy's side was open. He wasted no time as he stormed off and raced into the ruined room and saw Makoto standing at the bathroom door trembling. The giant lowered his head and stood behind the shell-shocked boy and his eyes narrowed at the horrific sight.

Sayaka, sitting down with a hole in her stomach with blood trickling down her chin, her face forever closed.

Veins bulged at his forehead as he took in the grisly sight, already before the sun even shines, there were two murders that took place, behind his back, without him trying to stop it. He stood with cold fury in his eyes as his new goal was to find the perpetrator responsible and make them pay with their life.

"K-K-Katakuri-san?"

The giant didn't look behind as Makoto called his name. "W-Why...why did this happened now? W-What? W-W-Why? W-W-Who?" he shakily asked.

"I don't know, but when I do...they will pay with their life," Katakuri growled. His fists clenched as he took in the sight, his eyes glued onto the girl's lifeless face drained from all life, her life now pooling on the tiled floor.

"KYAAAA! MAIZONO-SAN!"

Both Katakuri and Makoto turned and saw Asahina staring at the lifeless body with horrified eyes and a blanched face with her hands covering her mouth. Tears spilled from her eyes as she stood still, shaking in sheer horror and fear of seeing her friend lying dead in such brutal fashion. No soon than a few seconds, the intercom chimed back on with Monokuma on the mic.

"Well well well, it seems that you guys and gals may have to take sleep off the list and start investigating! It would seem that none of y'all were patient enough and decided to take one of you out, while y'all was sleeping! Guess they didn't want to do it at the crack of dawn. Oh well, might as well shake that sand off and start your investigation. Looks like she just sang her last note, am I right? Nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk!" Monokuma laughed right before the intercom abruptly cut off, leaving the three in stunned silence.

Makoto stood watching Sayaka's body with the same horrified face as his eyes began to water. "This is all my fault, if only I was there with her, a-a-and m-maybe she would have a chance to-"

"Naegi."

Makoto looked up and saw the cold fury that was burning on Katakuri's face despite the scarf in the way. The giant let out a long sigh before he released his hands from their clench. "No time for blaming, we need to find out who, for Sayaka's sake. We will find whoever did this, and they will pay...one way or another," Katakuri said calmly, but his intense eyes and veins on his forehead were anything but. He didn't even take in the numerous footsteps of the oncoming students that are coming their way.

'Not even a day later, someone decide to take a life, and leaving her to die like this. How could I be so careless and let myself fall asleep like that? If only I was-no. Now's not the time to dwell into that, I need to find whoever did it and I will personally make sure they will pay. And when I do find out who...they will have no mercy from me, the same way they showed no mercy to Maizono,' Katakuri thought to himself as dark thoughts manifest in his mind of ways he'll make the murderer suffer before they die in his hands.

End of chapter

AN: AAAAAAAAND CUT! Yeah, I'm sorry. I know the chapter wasn't super long as usual, but because of the schedule and work, I had to let the chapter out. Plus, y'all were waiting too long for a chapter and I decide to waste no time to make the plot roll and get the murders and trials started up. I know that the murder is canon, but I decide to add some twists that'll make sense down the road. Also, I needed to refresh myself on the long trials in the games to know what exactly happened to the smallest of details.

From the bottom of my heart, I am so so sorry for making y'all wait and I will do the best I can to release the chapter that'll be filled with investigations, drama, and confrontations. Make sure to like, favorite, follow, and review. Any flames or destructive criticism will face the wrath of Katakuri's Mole. And until then, I will see you in the next chapter. Buh-bye!

edit: I finished Katakuri's dream sequence, sorry about uploading it incomplete.

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