Hello everyone! I'm so excited to begin the story! I hope you all will enjoy this story! Once again thanks to everyone who submitted!

This was not the plan.

This was not what was supposed to happen.

Monokuma should have announced the goal of everyone being gathered; and that was to investigate the suicide of Masayoshi Suou, the mystery surrounding his death, and how Hope's Peak Academy swept it under the rug.

But, for some strange reason, Monokuma malfunctioned and announced a Killing Game.

I stare at myself in the mirror in my room.

What the fuck happened? What the fuck went wrong? That stupid fucking bear should have been controlled by an AI that was under my control.

But then…

...

I shouldn't give up so quickly. I'm still the one who set everything up, I should still be in some control even though someone or something has meddled with my plans. I steel myself before I exit my room - I still have to appear to be someone else after all.

I wait until nighttime to make my move. Some areas might be out of bounds but the bathrooms are definitely not one of them.

When I exit my door I glance at the room right next to mine...FUCKING SHIT!

In one fell swoop, my ace was gone. He was taken here to be the lead investigator. He's always been right when it comes to things. I took him here to make sure that the truth would be found and spread but that fucking bear ruined it all.

I look at the small chibi of him on his room plate. I can't help but feel sadness, I didn't want him to be hurt. I didn't want to hurt anyone I brought here. But, they were the people who were present on school grounds when Masayoshi's life was taken.

Not too long ago, he was next to me fanboying about every Ultimate Student he met, then the next...he's gone...fuck.

After the Your Turn to Die Vote

"Upupupupupu, Looks like everyone has voted!" Monokuma laughs

Tatsumi Endo - 6

Jotaro Ienaga - 5

Katashi Hitsugaya - 3

Ryoji Yamauchi - 2

Mikasa Nishikawa - 1

"Oh well look at that, everyone has set the Ultimate Paparazzi to die! Isn't that cute, you must feel so popular!" Monokuma taunts.

I look beside me, the guy I consider to be my partner - the guy I wanted to be my partner, looks solemn.

No...NO! This - This can't be - this isn't what was supposed to happen! I instinctively grab Tatsumi by his shoulders and put him behind me. "NO! I WON'T LET YOU! Why are you being like this!?" I scream at the traitorous bear.

"YEAH!" Ryoji screams in agreement, running over to Tatsumi and I. "WE WON'T LET YOU HURT TATSUMI!" he shouts, shielding Tatsumi with me.

I look over at everyone else. They're just staring... I understand they're probably scared of Tatsumi's knowledge, he did basically reveal that he knows almost everything about everyone - even secrets like Katashi's, something almost nobody else knows.

"Awwww, look at that. You two are so cute, but you won't be able to stop this." Monokuma says and sighs. "If only you guys stopped complaining after the first time, then Mr. Paparazzi would have lived through the day…" he says and his expression grows angry. "You all should feel guilty about being the ones who FUCKED HIM. This is YOUR fault!" Monokuma says. "But, I'm still feeling generous. You have a few moments to say your goodbyes, kid, make it count." he says to Tatsumi.

I freeze when I feel tears falling from my eyes. What the…? I haven't cried since...since Masayoshi died...then why am I crying over someone I just met? Was it because he reminded me so much of Masayoshi…? Did I perhaps feel like I could finally move on…? I'm...so confused.

Tatsumi turns to me with a sad but determined smile. "Sachi...it's ok, this was the best possible outcome possible." he holds my hand. He's shaking but his words sound genuine: "All of you Ultimates are special. You guys contribute something to this world that makes it a better place. All I do is gather information about everyone…" Tatsumi gives me a hollow laugh. "I'm basically the Ultimate Stalker..."

I turn to look at everyone else again. Still, no one is able to speak. Maybe they felt guilty with their vote, maybe they felt guilty that Monokuma was annoyed to the point he decided to kill one of us off for being annoying...but none of that matters anymore. We all basically killed this boy who was just living his life before I brought him here. We caused his death...maybe that's why I'm crying.

Because I think, in some way, I killed him.

"Well look at that, you all are so quiet now!" Monokuma exclaims. "If only you were this quiet a few minutes ago, then maybe I wouldn't be punishing one of you right now. But, I'm a proud bear. I stand by what I said." he says and laughs darkly. "Now, I prepared a very special treat for our Ultimate Paparazzi, Tatsumi Endo! LET'S GIVE IT EVERYTHING WE GOT! IT'S PUNISHMENT TIME!"

Suddenly, a chain appears from the ceiling, grabbing Tatumi by the neck and pulling him up disappearing into nothingness. Moments later, the TV that displayed the voting results changes into a visual of Tatsumi still being pulled by the chain.

…

…

...

I don't want to relieve that anymore, I can't let myself be distracted.

Back to present

I move quickly so that no one sees me.

I walk into the boys bathroom and enter a stall. I find my hidden console and type in my password.

…

…

As expected, it's been changed.

Unfortunately for whoever this new Mastermind is, I'm quite the competent person as well, even if my grand scheme was sabotaged…

I'm able to bypass the lock they put on and enter the secret office where the computer with access to everything is located. I sit down and check over the AI that I created...and of course, just as I suspected, it was just down, but no AI replaced it. It seems that my AI was deleted and Monokuma was taken control of manually...but as far as I know, everyone was present in the Gymnasium when Monokuma appeared...unless there is a secret person who got in.

But that's not possible. No one can enter here without my knowledge.

Maybe I can set up a hidden camera in this room to see who enters? ...That's it! I'll be able to see who went into the bathrooms earlier with the security cameras. I checked the CCTV footage and…

…

This has been wiped too. So this person is more clever than I expected. But, I won't be defeated so easily. I need to think…

They didn't replace the AI I created that was controlling Monokuma which means that he was controlled manually, but everyone was present in the Gym. Am I wrong? Was someone not in the Gym…? The twins? No, I saw both of them, Monokuma even compared them together.

With everything just happening earlier today, I can't really make a conclusion just yet. I need more information but every moment I spend not looking for those people who hijacked my game is another second they're using to take over even more aspects of my game. But, regardless, I still can't really do anything...ugh, this is so annoying.

So, I can't do anything just yet. All I can really do right now is increase the security on the room and hope that the hacker can't bypass the new lock I create.

Hmm...who do I think has the capacity to bypass that lock? It was no simple lock by any means. Since I know I'm taking Ultimate students into this place...who could possibly bypass my lock?

Katashi is a shady guy and from what I found out from Tatsumi, he has a really dark secret.

Mikasa is the only one I can think of that would have enough knowledge in programming to bypass my security (that's why I even voted for her), she's my best suspect for now. But then again, as I deduced, Monokuma was taken over manually and that doesn't support my Mikasa theory very well..

Without any solid proof, really, I have nothing to go by.

I can't lose. Not now. Especially when I haven't even begun.

I make it back to my room without encountering anyone else.

I feel like this whole night was wasted, but what can I do?

…

Everything was going as planned until it wasn't.

I just hope that I can take back control of this game before anyone actually kills someone. I can't let these people die - they were present on school grounds when Masayoshi died. I need to find out the truth of why he was killed.

I will never believe that my Master would ever take his life. Especially when he had so much to live for.

Master, if you are out there listening to me, I will get you justice. I will expose the truth. I won't let Hope's Peak get away with what they did.

And even though I only knew you for a short time, I felt a close bond to you, Tatsumi. I will not let your death be wasted. I will find the Mastermind of this game and I will make them pay.

Sorry for the rather short chapter. I wanted to try and focus on introducing the new Protagonist. and I was experiencing some writer's block. I can't make too much excuses though. Also sorry to the people who submitted your OCs will appear in the next part, this was just the chapter to introduce our new Protagonist.

Now if you can excuse me, I have to cry about killing off my boy Tatsumi

Thanks to everyone who follows my story!

-James