Chapter 9: Nepgear's Nightmare…

Where am I?

I saw that I was in a forest with purple haired girl wear in a white and purple parka-hoodie.

Who is that?

"Ahh, this is so nostalgic, isn't it?" The girl said. "Remember when we played right over when we were itty-bitty?"

"Wait, what are you talking about? Who are you—?"

"Oh…I see." The girl said with understanding. "I guess you were still really little."

"Huh?"

"…"

"Hehehe, boy it sure is quiet here." She said.

"Who are you?"

She didn't answer. "Well, um…" She stuttered out before going quiet.

"Who are you? Why am I here? What am I doing here? Is there a reason why I'm here?"

"W-Wait, there's definitely a big reason for my bringing you here." She answered.

"Huh? What reason?"

"Don't be too shocked, okay?" She said as she reassured me.

"Oh…um…ok, what is it?"

"Okay, okay, I'll tell you now. Right now. Okay, this is it." She then dropped a huge bomb. "I want you to kill me with your sword."

"My…sword?" I looked down to see that I was holding this dark purple sword.

"Good, you weren't shocked." She said in relief. "You're carrying it with you, right? So, c'mon, finish me off and stuff."

"W-Wait, I just met you! I don't even know—"

All of the sudden, my body moved on it's own and suddenly…

Suddenly…

Suddenly…

Sud…denly…

I woke up at a start and at the same moment, the school bell rang again. A monitor then turned on and Monokuma said. "Good morning, everyone! It is now 7 a.m. and nighttime is officially over! Time to rise and shine! Get ready to greet another beee-yutiful day!" And with that, it turned off.

But I didn't care what Monokuma just said, all I cared about was about what just happened:

What is going on? Was that a nightmare? But why can't I remember anything from that?

And why?

Why…?

W-Why…?

Why am I crying now?

…

I decided to shake that thought off and moved off the bed.

I guess I'll start the day by talking to Makoto…

I changed back into my old clothes I had yesterday, since I don't think there were any other clothes for me, and went out the door. There I saw Makoto and Sayaka talking to each other.

"Oh hi Makoto, Sayaka!" I greeted both of them. They then both turned to me and waved back.

"Hi Nepgear!" Makoto greeted back and Sayaka did the same.

"So what are you two up to?" I asked.

"Oh…um…we were both about to head out." Makoto answered.

"Huh? Where are you heading?"

This time Sayaka answered. "Oh…um…" She then started to get nervous. "I've been thinking that…there's something around here for self-defense."

"S-Self-defense!? Why!?" I said in disbelief.

"Well, I mean," Sayaka explained. "Whoever's keeping us here could show up and attack us at any time. You never know."

She is right about that… I thought. You may not know who might attack…

"So I just…want to be able to protect myself no matter what happens." She continued to explain. "That's why I asked Makoto about it and now we're heading to the gym."

"Huh!? Really?!" I then thought for a moment. Maybe I should come along as well…

"So want to come along as well?" She asked, interrupting my thoughts.

This, of course, startled me again. "W-What!? Again!?"

"Like I said, I'm psychic." She said with a straight face before she giggled again like the other times. "Come on, I'm just kidding! Seriously, I just have amazing intuition."

How am I getting tricked by this? Wait, is there going to be…

Nepgear has mastered the "Getting Tricked" Affinity!

Of course… I thought. Either way, let's get to the gym!

So the three of us started going to the gym, and soon we were in the trophy room.

"Here we go." Sayaka said. "I might be able to find something to protect myself with." She looked around the room. "Yeah, I'm sure I'll find something in the display case I can use."

But could any of these be used for self-defense… I thought while looking around. I mean, I don't know anything about fighting so…

All of the sudden, I heard Makoto saying. "Jeez! I barely touched it and I got that gold stuff all over my hands."

Huh? I turned around to see that his hand was really covered with gold stuff. And in front of him was a golden katana or at least that is what I think it is…

…

…

Why does looking at it make me sad? I thought. Like someone I should know someone that uses something like this before…

"Hey Nepgear, are you okay?" Makoto asked. "You seem sad about something."

"Oh! Um…it's nothing…" I said. "I'm just thinking about something…"

"O-Oh, really?" Makoto thought for a moment. "Are you sure it's nothing?"

I only nodded in which Makoto slowly complied with it and turned his attention. Sayaka was also looking at the katana.

"About this katana." Sayaka said. "I think this is a little…"

Makoto then sighed. "Well, it's still better than nothing, I guess."

"You should take it with you!" Sayaka suggested it to Makoto. "It might help liven up your room a little."

Wait, you're not going to take it?

"You think so?" Makoto asked.

"But I guess you'd better be careful with it." She said. "You should wrap it in newspapers or something." She then looked around. "I don't see anything I could really use for self-defense…" She said in disappointment.

"H-Hey, don't worry about it!" Makoto said, reassuring her. "It's not like you need it right away, right? Plus, if anything were to happen…."

"When the time comes…I'll protect you." He declared

This definitely surprised me. How noble! I thought to myself.

This also surprised Sayaka. "You'll…protect me?" She then blushed and a small smile formed on her face. "Thank you for saying that…" She said softly. "If I've got you on my side, I guess I don't need a weapon after all."

Makoto then nodded and then turned to me. "I'll protect you too, Nepgear!"

"H-Huh?! W-What!? Me!?" I said in complete surprise. "Why?"

"Because…" He said and then he thought for a moment. "You're my friend too."

A…friend? I don't know how to say this but…

"Thanks, Makoto…" I smiled a little. You're…a really good person."

"Okay, we can stop looking for a weapon, then." Sayaka said. "But as long as we're here, let's hang out for a little bit."

Yeah, let's get to know each other…

That is all for now! If you don't know already, I put a link to this on Reddit so that people can read this too. And dammit "BreadNotDead" for influencing my story way too much! Well, either way, Please Review and Stay Safe!