Despair. It is defined as a feeling of utter hopelessness. A word that means nothing but bad things are to come. To be in Despair is to be void of Hope and lack compassion for the outside world around you. Many people in Despair care less about those around them and care less about how the world runs itself.
In other words: They only care about themselves and nothing else. As far as they are concerned, nothing else matters other than themselves.
That was where Hope's Peak Academy came in. A school meant to extract talent from others for the means of Hope.
Hope. It is defined as a feeling of utter joy and selflessness. A word that means nothing but good things are to come. To have Hope is to be void of Despair and to have immense compassion for the outside world and others. Those people who have Hope in their hearts go on to do wondrous things that not only help others but help the entire world around them.
In other words: They care far more about everyone else than solely themselves.
The dichotomy of both Hope and Despair is vast. However, much to some people's dismay, the world runs on a balance between these two emotions, and as much as some people would love to leave the other behind, it would throw the world into disarray and panic.
Without Hope, Despair will take control and ruin the world around it.
Without Despair, Hope will twist the world into a dystopian future.
Good can not function without Evil, and Evil can not function without Good.
All of this to say, even though our world requires these two emotions to work off of each other, wouldn't it be interesting to see what a scenario with minimal Hope and plenty of Despair would look like? But, what kind of environment would be able to house such a test?
A burning building? No, that's too plain.
A crashing aircraft, filled to the brim with hundreds of innocent civilians? Too rare, and it usually doesn't yield the correct results.
A school shooting? Getting warmer…
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What about… a game of life and death? The game would include 16 contestants, unwilling, of course, and a few of them would already be friends! And it wouldn't be just any kind of game of life and death, like The Hunger Games… No. It would be a game that revolves around one's keen intellect to figure out a simple "Who-dunnit" type scenario?
Now that… that is most Despairful!
But what would we call this game? Hmm…
Your Turn To Die? No, too on the nose…
The Purge? No… that sounds too grandiose…
The Killing Game? Again, like Your Turn To Die… to on the nose.
Oh! I know! How about we call it… Danganronpa! A word with no meaning could use a good meaning, and this game would be a good definition for it! Now, all we need are some good contestants… And I think I already have a few good ones to start this little test run.
Ahahahahahaha! No, that's too stupid… how about… Puhuhuhuhu~! Ah, yes, that sounds much more… fitting!
I think that it's time for the contestants to be introduced to their new environment and begin my little test to see just how this type of game would play out! And of course, I'll put myself and my friend amongst them, so that I may see their Hope plummet, just like mine did oh so long ago, Puhuhuhuhu~!
But wait, every good game needs a mascot! Without a mascot, I would be wasting my time! Hmm… what should I do for a mascot…
Oh, who am I kidding! I already have one! And his name is Monokuma! Well then, I think that settles everything. It's time to start this little Killing game, isn't it? Puhuhuhuhu~!
Let us begin: Ultimate Danganronpa: Crossover Mania!
Prologue Of The Ultimates
Play: [Nightmare in a Locker]
A sharp groan echoed out through a thick forest. The groan sounded raspy, as if the person responsible for said groan hadn't drunk any water in the last three weeks.
The previously mentioned person was currently lying against a tree, a disembodied hand covering most of their facial features, save for only one eye. Their posture was slumped as if they had been dragged there by someone else.
They wore a simple black outfit: a black shirt, black pants, and red sneakers. The disembodied hand was a light grey with a red covering on the stub. The person's hair was a teal blue, and his skin was extremely pale as if he had never been outside once before in his life.
Finally, after what seemed like five minutes, the person raised their head, revealing a dark red eye, followed by another groan.
"Where… am I?" The man's voice was rough. He blinked a few times, trying to get a hold of his surroundings. "Why am I… in a forest?" The man grumbled, using his hands to pick himself up from the ground. "Ugh… I swear, this was probably Dabi's idea of a prank. No… come to think of it…" the man continued to mutter to himself as he surveyed the area.
All around him were nothing but thick trees, and in front of him was a gravel path, decorated with some shrubbery.
All in all, it seemed like what any other normal forest was supposed to look like. The man looked at his hands and noticed that he was wearing gloves. Since when did he wear gloves? Reaching over to take them off, he tugged at the left two-fingered glove with his right hand, only to find out that it was attached to his shirt.
"Son of a bitch…" the last thing he was doing was taking his shirt off in the wilderness. And from the way the thing was designed, he couldn't slip off the two fingers either, as the glove was designed weirdly.
Instead of having a slot for the two fingers to slip out of the glove, there were three fingers that had slots where you would slip them into. The other two fingers were encased in the same black material the shirt was made out of.
"Hmph… this seems more like a Toga thing to do…." The man snarled, balling his left hand into a fist in an attempt to use his Decay ability, only to realize that it didn't work. He had pressed all five fingers down on the glove, so why didn't his Decay ability work?
"This is… aggravating. Did Sensei do this? No. He's in prison. I keep forgetting," The man droned out, putting a hand through his hair. The man's hair was messy and full of tangles and knots. Not like he cared all that much, to begin with, but he noticed it more clearly when he brushed his hand through it.
Taking his hand out of his hair, he sighed. "Well, I should try and find my way out of here. It would be better than standing around and doing nothing."
The man looked down the path in front of him, and with an annoyed grunt, he started down the path. The path was made of gravel, meaning that this was either a path that someone made in case they got lost, or it was a camp trail. Either way, the man didn't care all that much, a bored expression behind the hand covering it.
Oddly enough, as he walked, he hadn't heard a single bird chirp or any kind of animal at all. Usually, in dense forests like these, animals would be everywhere. Yet, there were seemingly no birds, or wildlife in the immediate area.
"Odd… There's nothing else here. Eh, whatever, doesn't seem like a bad thing to me," the man grumbled, finally reaching the end of the path after a few more minutes of walking. Upon arriving at the end, he saw what looked like a cabin appear in the distance.
"Hmm, so either this place is a camp, or, this is just a lone cabin," The man muttered, glaring at the old, run-down-looking building.
The cabin looked like it had been left to rot for years. The outside of the cabin had moss growing over it, with patches of vines dangling just above the door. From what the man could see, the roof had holes in it, meaning there were more or less some rotten floorboards on the inside.
Regardless of that, the building itself seemed rather… disgusting. To make matters even stranger, however, the door was slightly adjacent. Which meant that… "People. Other people. Great. Hope they don't mind me barging in, then again, with a cabin like that, they must've left fearing it would collapse," the man assumed, approaching the dilapidated building.
Walking up to the door, the man put his hand on the doorknob, muscle memory dictating he lift his pinky finger. As he pushed open the door, he took a single step inside and was met with...
"HI-YAH!"
...a floorboard being sent flying at him. With a quick swipe of his arm, the floorboard went flying to his left. When he did so, he saw the person responsible for attacking him.
A boy, a blond-haired one, to be exact.
"Stay back, bastard! Don't come any closer, or I'll punch you!" The blond said as the man noticed a brown-haired girl standing behind him, a terrified expression on her face. The way in which she stood behind him, made it look like he was her protector, and she was the damsel in distress.
The blond-haired boy was wearing a black shirt with a skull on the front, a pair of black jeans, and a set of brown boots. His eyes were a teal colour, had his hair was slightly messy but nearly as much as the man's hair.
Then, there was the girl. She had shoulder-length brown hair, and she wore a pink hoodie and a pair of blue jeans. She wore white sneakers, and on her hoodie was a large pink heart with an arrow through it.
The man took another step, towering over the two with an evil glint in his eye. "Oh? And you think I can't kill you in the time it takes you to throw the punch, kid?" The man spat, causing the blond to back up, putting his arms in a T-pose, hands facing where the girl was as sweat dripped from his forehead, showing stress.
The man sighed, taking a more relaxed pose, shoving his hands in his pockets as his glare died down, though his eye was still trained on them. "Although that wouldn't be fun, now would it?" The man said in his raspy, dry voice, which caught the two off guard.
This time, instead of the boy speaking up, it was the girl.
"B-But, I thought y-you were going to hurt us!" The girl's voice was soft, timid almost. She was scared, which was a given, and something that the man picked up on easily.
"Unless you're my enemy, or if you threaten me and keep the promise of what you threaten, then I would've done so. But so far, your friend is all bark and no bite. So I see no reason to," The man responded as the boy dropped his guard, however his facial expression was still untrusting.
"Oh, is that so? Says the guy who's probably the one that kidnapped us. Plus, the hand on your face tells me leagues about who you are as a person, freak," The blond-haired Boy said, causing the man to raise an eyebrow from underneath his hand-mask.
He felt offended. Did that little snot-nosed brat just say that he kidnapped them? Unless these kids were with U.A., he didn't take prisoners. The people he took never returned unless they were in urns, mostly because body bags don't hold dust very well.
"Kidnap you? Nope. I don't remember kidnapping two obviously junior high age kids," The man spat, clearing his throat as he stopped staring at them, surveying the room they were all in, before quickly bringing his attention back to the kids. "Now, I think we got off on the wrong foot. Clearly, we're in the same situation." As the man said this, the girl came out from behind the boy, looking at him with a critical eye.
"You are? Did you wake up in the forest too?" The girl asked as the man silently nodded. This caused the boy and the girl to look at each other.
"So… you didn't kidnap us?" The boy asked as the man sighed.
"Do I need to say it a second time?" The man asked rhetorically, causing the boy to sneer slightly.
"Well, if that's the case, then… I guess we can… trust you, I suppose. I think we got off on the wrong foot, as you said. My name is Harry Hurst."
Name: Harry Hurst
Title: Ultimate Gamer
Age: 14
Height: 5'1
Weight: 75 lbs.
Likes: Deliah Edwards, Video Games
Dislikes: People keeping Secrets
Harry Hurst, a boy known in his town for his phenomenal gaming skills, able to take on even the most experienced gamers in the likes of Halo, street fighter, and much, much more, all at the age of fourteen! This is what gives him the title of The Ultimate Gamer.
"And… um, my name is Deliah Edwards! If Harry trusts you, even if it's only a little, I guess I can trust you too!"
Name: Deliah Edwards
Title: Ultimate [Data Expunged]
Age: 13
Height: 4'9
Weight: 68 lbs.
Likes: Harry Hurst, Robot Rabbits
Dislikes: Burnt Pancakes
Deliah Edwards, not much is known about her, other than that she is considered the weird one at the school she goes to in Hurricane, Florida, and that she tends to somehow make people think positively about hopeless situations, she is also extremely lucky. Her only friends are Harry Hurst and [Blank]
The man stared at them, a look of annoyance in his eyes. However, after a few seconds, he let out a defeated sigh before dropping his arms to his sides. "Well, if we're introducing ourselves, then… well, my name is Tomura Shigaraki. Nice to meet you, I guess."
Name: Tomura Shigaraki
Title: Ultimate Criminal Mastermind
Age: 19
Height: 5'9
Weight: 110 lbs.
Likes: Videogames, major villains in comic books and shows
Dislikes: Heroes of any capacity
Tomura Shigaraki, formerly known as Tenko Shimura, is the adoptive son of Zenchi Shigaraki and the blood-related grandson of Nana Shimura. He leads a group of people known as The League of Villains, a local terrorist group hellbent on destroying society. This is what gives him the title of The Ultimate Criminal Mastermind.
As they finished introducing themselves, Shigaraki felt a rumble go off in his pocket. Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out what looked like a yellow, slim-looking tablet of sorts.
"Is this what was causing the rumbling sound?" Shigaraki muttered as Deliah and Harry did the same, pulling out similar-looking tablets.
"You didn't notice these things when you woke up? When you boot them up, they say that they're called 'Mono-Pads,' or whatever. Cheap iPad knock-offs if you ask me," Harry said as Shigaraki ignored him, turning on the tablet as it flashed the brand name, then his name.
When the tablet fully turned on, it opened up to a screen that showed off Harry's name, picture, and other information, as well as a pixel 2-D sprite of him, the same went for the girl. On top of this, there was something of a title that caught Shigaraki's eye on both of their report cards, though one was more interesting than the other.
"Ultimate Gamer? The fuck does that mean?" Shigaraki spat out as Harry shrugged.
"I dunno, Mr. Ultimate Criminal Mastermind. What does your title mean?" Harry asked incredulously as Shigaraki rolled his eyes.
"Does it matter that much to you if you know who I am? All you need to know is that I could snap your neck several different ways, in eight different fighting techniques, all of which resulting in your death," Shigaraki stated, putting the 'Mono-Pad' in his pocket before folding his arms across his chest.
"Threatening people doesn't get them to trust you, Shig-ur-aki? Is that how you pronounce it?" Deliah asked as the man in question sighed.
"Yes, and if you want, you guys can call me Tomura if you think Shigaraki is too hard to pronoun," Shigaraki stated as Deliah nodded.
"Okay… Tomura. That is easier to say!" The brunette said with a smile.
"Deliah, he threatened to snap our necks just a few seconds ago, and you're okay with it?!" Harry asked, shocked, as Deliah rolled her eyes.
"I lived with… him, remember? He said stuff like that all the time. Do you think he scares me? Sure the hand on the face makes him kinda creepy, but he has to do better than that to scare me." Deliah deadpanned a serious look on her face as Harry and Shigaraki sweat-dropped.
"Uh…" Tomura gaped as he swallowed back what seemed like fear. 'Sensei would be interested in her. I wonder if she has a Quirk and if it's powerful? She'd make a powerful member of the league if we can find a way out….' Shigaraki thought as he shook his head.
"I don't know whether or not I should be concerned about the fact that you just said he said worse, or the fact you're completely immune to threats…." Harry murmured as Deliah put her hands behind her head with a smile.
"Don't worry about it, Harry, it's fine! Though now that I've thought about it, I think we should probably find a way out of this little cabin and probably see if there are any possible exits. Dad's probably worried about me, and I know your mom is going to freak out if you're not home by 10:00 pm," Deliah said, relaxing as she cupped her chin.
"Well, are you sure we can trust… that guy?" Harry asked, pointing at Shigaraki, who huffed.
"Look, I think I've made it abundantly clear that I'm NOT going to hurt you. Unless you give me a reason to, like threatening me or asking too many questions," Shigaraki said, a stern look in his eye as Harry rolled his.
"Whatever, man. Let's just get-"
[Stop OST]
~Ding Dong, Bing Bong~
The sound of a ringing bell caught Shigaraki's and the other's attention, quickly turning to where it came from. In a remote corner, where the three of them hadn't noticed, there was a black and white monitor watching them. It had been silent and blank for the entire time, but now that they were looking at it, there was static, as well as the shadow of something staring at them.
"Attention, attention. Mic check, mic check! Can you hear me? I bet you can hear me! Anywho, please, could anyone within the nearest… everywhere, please report to the bonfire at the Camp's center? Please and thank you! This is an important emergency!" The voice was high-pitched, seemingly cheerful. However, Shigaraki instantly picked up the malice and contempt in its voice, and it gave him the chills.
And just as quickly as it came on, the shadow left, and the screen returned to being pitch black.
Play: [Despair Syndrome 2]
"Did you feel that too? The anger? Because I sure did…." Deliah said, a look of concern on her face, as Harry flinched.
"Yeah. Whoever that was, they aren't kidding around. We should go…." Harry stated with a stern expression.
"One problem, we don't know where the fuck that is," Shigaraki snapped, causing Harry to sweat a little.
"Right… uh, maybe the Mono-Pad has a map? We could try that." Harry suggested as Deliah had already thought of that, bringing out the device and showing them the small map on the screen.
"He's right. There is a map. We just gotta take a right as soon as we exit the cabin and keep going," Deliah said, putting the knock-off iPad away in her hoodie.
"Well, let's not waste time. If that person wants us there now, then we shouldn't keep the bastard waiting. They're probably the one who brought us here in the first place," Shigaraki said, a deadpan expression on his covered-up face. As soon as he said that, the group left the cabin.
Upon doing so, they take an instant right turn and begin walking. The walk was silent, no words were exchanged, however, as they continued, out of the corner of her eye, Deliah spotted something that seemed... odd.
"Hey… is that a Camera?" Deliah asked as Shigaraki huffed. Not too far ahead of them was a black and white security camera hanging from a tree. The lens focused on them as Deliah tilted her head when they walked past it.
"You think that person is watching us?" Deliah asked to no one in particular, as Shigaraki groaned.
"That is probably the dumbest thing I've heard from you since I met you. What do you think?" Shigaraki asked rhetorically, causing Deliah to pout.
"Hey, don't have to be such a jerk, ya know!" Deliah retorted as Harry sighed.
"Can you two shut up? You can bicker later," Harry stated bluntly as they approached a clearing. As the group sped up, they walked out of the thick forest, and when they stepped out, they saw…
[Stop OST]
Standing around a massive burnt-out bonfire, inf front of a massive wooden building that seemingly looked like a place where the head of a camp would be, there were…
13 more people.
"Hey, would ya look at that? There are three more dipshits here. Great. You think there's gonna be more?" A brown-skinned boy with bushy black hair, green eyes, and a blue hoodie asked.
"Pft, doubt it. This place is obviously a goddamn scam. If more than 16 people fell for it, then that's on them. Besides, I heard the number 16 is the perfect amount of people to host a game show since that's what this is seemingly leading up to…." A pink-haired girl with a white shirt, a pink skirt, and white cat-themed stalkings stated matter-of-factly.
"Well, if this is a game show, I didn't sign up for one. The person behind this pretty much kidnapped us and forced us into something without our consent!. Also, I hope if they hear this, I'm suing them when I leave," a girl with strawberry pink hair, a purple house dress, with a green ribbon around the waist spat.
"I don't think that's an appropriate reaction…." A girl with brown hair, glasses, and an orange sweater with black pants said, a distressed look on her face.
"Whatever, this is fucking pointless. I'm leaving…." The boy in the blue hoodie said, however, just before he left…
"I wouldn't do that if I were you!"
!?
A sudden shrill and over-the-top voice spoke out, causing a man with light brown hair with scrappy facial hair, a green shirt and blue jeans to jump with surprise.
"L-Like, w-who's there?!"
"Puhuhuhuhu~! Hold on just one moment! I'm just making my grandiose appearance!"
Play: [Mr. Monokuma's Appearance]
Everyone turned to face the giant wooden building as a figure jumped out from the chimney of the building, then onto the edge of the roof, their body completely covered in shadow as a red, thunderbolt-shaped eye glowed. It shined a bright red light before doing a flip off of the roof and landing perfectly on its feet right in front of the door to the building, revealing it to be a black and white… stuffed bear?
Play: [Mr. Monokuma's Lesson V3]
"What. The. Fuck. Is. That?" The boy in the blue hoodie asked a confused look on his face as a girl with cyan curly hair, wearing a pair of red overalls and a yellow shirt underneath, spoke up.
"Well, clearly, it's a black and white stuffed bear! It looks so huggable! Oh, can I hug it!" The girl said, an excited look on her face.
"I… Don't think you should hug… whatever that thing is…." A boy with green hair, a yellow shirt that had the word 'hero' plastered on the front, slightly pale skin, blue shorts, red shoes, and black socks spoke, a concerned look on his face.
The bear shifted in place before raising its black paw and wiping it across its forehead. "Oh god, that was nerve-wracking! I thought I would've landed right on my face! Wow, aren't I super lucky!" The bear spoke in its shrill voice.
"GAH! It can talk?!" A boy with fluffy brown hair, pale skin, wearing a yellow sweater shirt and red pants nearly screamed as the bear huffed.
"I am NOT an IT, and I am NOT a THING! I. AM. MONOKUMA! And I am this camps counsellor!" The bear said, its paws raised angrily as a visible tick mark was on the black side of its head.
"Hell no! I am so NOT going to another camp. Fuck that. I had enough with Camp Campbell. I think I'm good! See ya, you stupid talking bear."
However, just as the boy in the blue hoodie turned to walk away…
*Shlink!*
*Bzzzt!*
A massive chainlink fence popped out from the ground, electricity sparking up and around it as the boy stopped right in his tracks.
"You're NOT going anywhere, kiddo. You're staying right where you are until I say you can leave." The bear hummed innocently as the boy sighed.
"Well then… I'm not one to argue with reasonability…." The boy spoke in a monotone voice, staring at the gate with a deadpanned look as he turned back around, staring back at the bear.
"Good! Glad you're quick to listen. Oh, and if anyone wants to test their luck, there is enough voltage there to kill someone. Believe me. I've tested it…." The bear said with a sinister look on its face as a shiver was sent through everyone's spines.
"T-That means… over 50 volts is going through that thing at once!" The boy with curly brown hair near-screamed as the bear nodded.
"You, my good sir, are very smart! Keep a head like that on your shoulders, and you'll most definitely be one to stick around!" Monokuma stated, a smirk on its face as Shigaraki raised an eyebrow.
"But why are we here in the first place? I know I didn't sign up for any camp, especially one with a bear as the counsellor," Shigaraki said, folding his arms over his chest as the bear laughed.
"Who said you signed up for anything? I brought you all here to experience my wonderous, most fantastic Camp, Mono-Mono Camp! Where the sun shines every day, and not a single day is boring!" The bear chirped, a happy expression on its face as the boy with the bushy brown hair spoke up again.
"I don't want to be a part of another camp. I'm already a part of one, and that one was the wrong one, to begin with…" the boy said, an annoyed expression on his face as Monokuma waved his paw dismissively.
"Oh, pah, stop being such a downer! My Mono-Mono Camp is the best camping experience in the whole wide world! Not only is it the best, but it's also free, so shut it!" Monokuma growled as Deliah rubbed the back of her neck.
"I don't think a free camp is supposed to be the best… just a thought…" the brunette murmured, causing the bear to stomp his right foot on the ground.
"Grrr! You're making me mad, missy! And you don't want that, got it!" Monokuma snarled as Deliah made an 'eep' sound before hiding behind Harry.
"Well, Camp's usually only last a summer's length, so… if it's only a month or so, I don't think that should be an issue. So long as I can make it back to my home before school starts again, I'm sure my mom won't mind…." A girl with orange hair, a white tank top, blue pants, and black shoes said, their hair ending in a ponytail that stretched onto the center of their back as they played with their bangs.
"I don't want to be in Camp! I have training to do, monsters to fight, and classes to attend right now!" A girl with red and black hair, wearing a weird vest of sorts with a battle skirt, black stockings, and a cape, said with a distressed look on her face.
"Oh, come on, I don't think we should always be thinking about stuff like that… besides, we kinda need a break anyway." A blond-haired boy with blue eyes, wearing some sort of white armour with a black hoodie underneath, blue jeans, and a pair of white sneakers, said with a laid back, yet also concerned look on his face.
"I agree with the blond boy. We shouldn't be worrying. I've never been to a 'camp' before, but it looks fun. Doesn't it look fun, Dio?" A girl with long blond hair, wearing a blue and white dress, asked as a blond-haired boy wearing a blue, unbuttoned suit, exposing a white shirt and blue dress pants rolled his red eyes.
"Hmph, as long as I don't have to be around that oaf Jonathon, I don't care…" 'Dio' said, folding his arms across his chest. "So, how long is this supposed 'Camp' supposed to last for?" 'Dio' asked as the bear snickered.
[Stop OST]
"Puhuhuhu~! I'm glad you asked! This Camp is going to be running for… well, forever!"
Play: [Mr. Monokuma After Class V3]
"For…ever?" Deliah stammered out as Harry scowled.
"I don't think that's very legal, it was a nice joke, but can you tell us the truth now?" Harry demanded as the bear tilted its head.
"Joke? What Joke? I'm serious. This is a never-ending fun Camp! Honestly, it's a blessing in disguise! Besides, who needs to go back to school of all things! It's so bland, boring, and all-around stupid! It's lame! Lamer than any sort of lamesauce I've had! And that stuff is lame!" Monokuma said, raising his black paw with claws poking out, his red eye glowing with malice.
"Oh? So that means I don't have to go back to the city?! Hell yeah!" The girl with cyan hair celebrated as the green-haired boy spoke up, his expression being one of anger and seriousness.
"You can't do that! That's illegal!" the boy shouted, pointing at Monokuma. "Alright, villain, I'm taking you down!" The green-haired boy said as he got into a fighting stance, only to pause after a few seconds of nothing happening.
"What's wrong? Cat got your tongue?" Monokuma taunted, tilting his head for added effect.
"M-My Quirk… it won't activate… what… what did you do?!" The green-haired boy said, looking down at the floor as Monokuma laughed.
"Hey! My Cresent Rose is gone too!" The girl with red and black hair spoke up as the armoured blond looked around his person.
"Corcea Mors is also gone! Hey, what gives!" The blond shouted as the bear wiped a fake tear from his red, thunderbolt-esque eye.
"Oh, you thought I'd let you come in all juiced up with power and what not! That's funny! Like hell, I'd do that! I took away all of your special abilities, weapons, so on and so forth! Your powered are being disabled thanks to the invisible forcefield surrounding the entire Camp! As for your weapons, I took them when you were unconscience." The bear explained as a sense of dread permeated around the bonfire.
"Honestly, though, that makes this Camp more fun! Everyone here is equal, no more outstanding qualities, no more of that stupid shonen protagonist superpower nonsense. Now you're just normal people!" Monokuma finished with an evil glint in his red, evil eye.
Shigaraki paused to think about that. No Quirks, or superpowers of any kind. Everyone here was completely average, which meant that everyone was on the same playing field. The villain felt a shiver run up his spine. The only thing separating him from the crowd was the hand on his face. Otherwise, he was no different from everyone else…
No different from everyone else.
The thing he always wanted.
He smirked underneath his hand mask. He could get used to this.
"W-what do you want? You said we're trapped here, right? Which means you w-want something from us, so what is it?" Deliah stammered out as Monokuma snickered.
"Now, that, my lovely camper, is a question I was waiting for someone to ask!" The bear started, his grin turning malicious. "All I want is… for you all to feel Despair! The utter Despair of knowing that you cannot go back to your families and that you're stuck here for the rest of your miserable, no-good lives~!" Monokuma finished, the right side of his face glowing with a devilish red light.
"Oh, piss off! You can't do that! Even though I'd rather live in a dumpster than be near my parents, I still want to be able to leave, you teddy bear bastard," the boy in the blue hoodie spat as Monokuma hummed.
"Oh? You want to leave?" Monokuma asked, a mischievous grin on his face as the blue hoodied boy scoffed.
"So you can hear, great! Yes, asshole, I want to leave. Now tell me which way the exit is so I can get back to my already shitty Camp," the blue hoodied boy said as the other boy with curly brown hair spoke.
"I don't think you should taunt that thing…" curly hair said as Monokuma laughed.
"Puhuhuhuhu~! Well, you just had to ask!" Monokuma stated, a sickening smirk on his face, sending chills down everyone's spines yet again.
"Just cut it with the theatrics, get to it, how do we leave!" 'Dio' spat as Monokuma grinned.
[Stop OST]
"Well, since you've asked so nicely. I guess I could enlighten you… usually speaking, you can't leave this Camp. But… just for you lot, I've come up with an easy, simple-to-follow way to leave this Camp!" Monokuma started as the kid in the hoodie rolled his eyes.
"Just get on with it. What the fuck is it?" The boy asked impatiently.
"The only way to escape this Camp is to disturb the peace. After all, this Camp is made to make you all feel at peace to a degree. If that peace were to be broken, then the person who caused that disruption will be allowed to leave!" Monokuma continued.
"So, what, we just have to annoy people till the peace is disturbed? That's easy enough…." Harry murmured as the bear laughed.
"Oh, come on. Do you really think it'd be THAT easy?! That's just insulting! No. When I mean to disturb the peace. I mean…" the paused, leaving a sense of suspension in the air, which caused a couple of people to fidget around. Then, when he finally spoke, dread filled the air.
Play: Boy's life in Despair]
…One of you chumps have to kill one of your fellow campers!"
As soon as the bear said that, a feeling of confusion and fear dropped onto the people at the bonfire.
"Huh? I-I'm sorry, what?" The strawberry blonde-haired girl stammered out as Monokuma chuckled.
"Yup! Bash'em, Stab'em, Mutilate'em, burn'em, poison'em. Any method is allowed, you can do whatever you want, so long as that camper is dead, and you get away with it, you're free to go!" Monokuma said, turning in the direction of the kid in the blue hoodie.
"There, that's what you have to do to leave. Think you're up to that, kiddo?" Monokuma taunted, causing the boy in the hoodie to glare at him.
"You think I can't?" The boy spat back, causing the curly brown-haired boy to gasp.
"Y-You can't be serious!" the boy said as the one in the hoodie shrugged.
"Maybe I am, maybe I'm not," the hooded boy said, glaring at Monokuma. "Is that serious enough for you, ya bear bastard?" the boy taunted.
"W-Wha-" Deliah stammered out before being completely interrupted by Monokuma.
"Pft, I think you're all bark and no bite. But, eh, whatever, I'm not going to stop you. If you want to kill, that is completely up to you of course! However, it's not like you HAVE to kill. It's just an option. You can stay here, where you will be provided for and looked after for the rest of your lives. Or, you can kill one another! The choice is yours!" The bear said as it clapped its paws together, causing the chainlink fence to go away.
"Now, go! Explore, but just so that you are aware, some of the places are locked away until certain criteria are met. Now, leave! I have things to do!" Monokuma said, disappearing from thin air as everyone glanced at one another. All was silent, nobody said a single thing. All that was on everyone's minds were what the bear had said. The silence continued, all until…
"Alright, I'm leaving. I can't trust anyone, and neither can any of you." The boy in the hoodie stated, putting his hood on over his head.
"You can't say that!" The girl with red and black hair spoke up. "We have to work together to get out of here. We can't let that monster win!"
"Cool. Do it without me. As far as I am concerned. You're all strangers who're out to kill me. The rest of you should think like that too. See ya around, I guess." As the boy in the hoodie said that, he left without another word.
The girl with cyan hair and the boy with curly brown hair looked at each other, a worried expression on their faces as they turned to follow the kid in the hoodie. After those three left, a ripple effect began to occur.
"I… I think I'm going to go…." The boy with green hair said, leaving the main campsite.
"I guess this is goodbye. Come now, Erina, stick close," 'Dio' said as the girl in the blue and white dress, supposedly Erina, left with him.
Slowly but surely, everyone but Shigaraki, Deliah and Harry had left and gone their separate ways.
"So… What do we do now?" Deliah asked, her expression lost. The look of defeat in her eyes caused Shigaraki to look at her with concern. Truth be told, he didn't know what to do, but, he knew he had to think of something.
"I say…" Shigaraki started, grabbing the hand off his face and throwing it to the ground, revealing a pale, neutral-looking face. On his mouth was a small scar, and his forehead was covered in calcified skin. His eyes contained no life at all, as if he was already dead. "We do as Monokuma told us to do. Explore. The more we know about this place, the better," Shigaraki finished, looking back at the two kids.
"And if we run into other people?" Deliah asked.
"We introduce ourselves properly. Chances are, no one is stupid enough to kill, at least not yet. Now. Let's get a move on, shall we?" Shigaraki asked as Harry raised an eyebrow.
"Well, in what direction, though? There's north, south, east, and west. Also, what makes you think that we'll go with you? What if we want to go on our own? As much as that guy in the hoodie was a prick, he was right, to Deliah and I, you're just a stranger who might want us dead!" Harry said as Deliah looked at Harry.
"You're not wrong, but it's better to be in a larger group, right? Going it alone might get us in trouble…" the brunette countered as Shigaraki sighed.
For all his faults, Shigaraki had one thing against most people. His intellect. Despite his attitude towards things, Shigaraki was an extremely smart individual. However, even for him, his current predicament was one that he knew he couldn't come out from without knowing that some lives were going to be lost.
A killing game.
It was surely something unexpected, but he wasn't all that worried about it. Though, looking down to his left and right, he knew that this wasn't just about him. These kids, they looked at him as if he was some sort of bad guy, well, except for maybe Deliah, but still, he was the only adult here, that, and he was a leader after all... well, he didn't think so, but Shigaraki guessed he did emanate that kind of energy. Dabi once told him that he felt a certain presence around him that demanded respect whenever he was around him.
The teal-haired man huffed. He assumed that regardless of whatever the outcome of this was, neither of them were going to like it, or well, the blond one at least, but still, the point still stood.
"Deliah, come one, this guy radiates danger! We shouldn't-"
"You're coming with me, and that's final," Shigaraki spat as Harry glared at him.
"So what, so that you can kill us easier?" Harry accused, crossing his arms. "You're the guy with the title of being a Criminal Mastermind. What if you're also a master at killing people?" Harry questioned as Shigaraki glared at him.
"Well, you wouldn't be wrong, I am a master at killing people, but since my hands are covered with gloves, I'd like to assume that my only real weapon is being blocked. That, and with this stupid barrier, I can't exactly use my power unless it's unblockable. But that aside, you want to know why you'll follow me?" Shigaraki growled, causing the blond to take a step back towards Deliah.
"Oh yeah, and that is?" Harry asked, apprehension in his body language as Shigaraki crossed his arms.
"Because I'm an adult, and as far as I'm concerned, you two children shouldn't be wandering alone. So, either come with me, someone who has a sense of direction, or get lost in the woods. Which one is it going to be?" Shigaraki snarked as, just before Harry spoke up, Deliah covered his mouth, catching him off guard.
"Just so we don't keep going back and forth and potentially end up with either one of you going after each other's necks," Deliah started, quickly glaring at Harry before letting go of his mouth, "I think we should go with you, because as much as I agree with Harry, I'm a firm believer of safety in numbers," Deliah finished as Shigaraki put his hands in his pockets.
"B-But-" Harry started, only Deliah to glare at him again.
"No but's, Harry, he has a point. I get that you're nervous, don't think for a second I'm not as well, but Tomura has a point..." Deliah interrupted, her glare softening.
"Fine, but then in that case, where to first?" Harry said, his eyes still focused on Shigaraki as the teal-haired man child looked at the options that he had. He could go east, south, west, or north.
Now, Shigaraki was no stranger to multiple-choice selections in games, and since he was pretty good at Metroid-vania's, and since he always went north, he settled on his decision rather quickly.
"Alright, let's head north," Shigaraki said, pointing towards the first path just behind the cabin that Monokuma had jumped down from.
"Why there, specifically?" Harry asked, causing Shigaraki to shrug.
"I just have a feeling, a gut feeling. Let's go." And with that command, the miniature group of three started down the path.
The walk was short, sweet, and to the point. Nothing got in their way, although Shigaraki did notice a few cameras sticking out of trees, as well as a few hidden in bushes, but that didn't matter to him all that much.
Upon reaching their destination, all they saw was a white building with a massive red door, one that had the face of that bastard bear plastered on it.
"Gah, does he have to have such a massive ego? He even plastered his face on the stupid door!" Deliah complained an annoyed look on her face as Harry sighed.
"Well, if he's a psychopath, he's gotta have a massive ego to boot..." Harry stated an unimpressed look on his face.
As Shigaraki looked at the door, he couldn't help but get a horrible gut feeling. Something about that building… wasn't right. For the people not in the loop, Shigaraki was never easily disturbed. So for a mere door to give him that kind of anxiety and concern... it didn't bode well for things to come.
"And to think, you would do something as horrible as this," A voice spoke out as Shigaraki turned to where it came from, as did Harry and Deliah.
The voice belonged to the green-haired boy who had attempted to attack Monokuma. His expression was stern as his emerald green eyes bore holes into Shigaraki's own ruby red ones. Now that the group of three was closer, they could get a better look at the boy's appearance. Aside from his green hair and emerald eyes, the boy had freckles on his cheeks as well. His bright yellow shirt had the word 'hero' plastered on it, and his black shorts fit loosely to his body. On his feet were red shoes with black soles.
"Huh? Do you think Tomura did this? Why?" Deliah asked warily as Shigaraki crossed his arms.
"Of all the people I had the misfortune to run into, it had to be you, didn't it," Shigaraki grumbled as the green-haired boy's glare increased tenfold.
"I know you, of all people, would be behind this kind of atrocity. Considering your track record, this would be something you'd do. Free these people, Shigaraki Tomura! They don't deserve this kind of torture!" the boy said as Shigaraki rolled his eyes.
"News flash, brat. I don't have the funding, nor the time, for something like this. Furthermore, I don't have the patience to pull this off. On top of that, if I were the one to do this, why in the ever-loving hell would I endanger myself?" Shigaraki retorted as the green-haired boy crossed his arms, an unconvinced look on his face.
"Stop lying, this is probably-"
"Oh my god, can you two shut the hell up?! Honestly, you're more annoying than my dad!" Deliah interrupted, causing the green-haired kid to look at her confused.
"Why are you so calm standing next to him? He's a mass murderer! A terrorist! A villain!?" The boy said, causing Deliah to pinch the bridge of her nose.
"Honestly, I don't care. Tomura was the first one to show us," Deliah started, pointing towards herself and Harry, "some kindness when we wound up here. If he is what you say he is, then we're going to need some proof for that. Otherwise, to us, he's our friend," Deliah finished, giving even Shigaraki a bit of shock.
A friend, huh? Hmm, he couldn't say he didn't mind that prospect. He didn't have many friends. To him, the more, the merrier.
"H-huh?! I- Buh- Urgh, you bastard, you've hypnotized them, didn't-" Before the boy could continue his tirade, Shigaraki simply walked over and picked him up by the back of his shirt, before he glared deeply into his eyes, making the boy flinch.
"Now you listen here, you little shit. Right now, we are in the same situation. We're both victims here, so don't go making this about some sort of moral grand-stand. And for the record, I woke up here in a forest, surrounded by no one, with nothing but the clothes on my back. If I had something to do with this, do you think I would've erased my Quirk? Obviously not. Now, introduce yourself already so we can cease this little conversation," Shigaraki berated as he dropped the greenette on the floor.
The boy in question picked himself up before he sighed, taking in a deep breath before crossing his hands over his chest again, glaring towards Shigaraki.
"Fine, my name is Midoriya Izuku, and when I can find proof to show to the others you did this, you're going to prison for a long, long time!"
Name: Izuku Midoriya
Title: Ultimate Hero
Age: 16
Height: 5'5
Weight: 130 lbs.
Likes: Katsudon
Dislikes: Botched All Might figurines
Izuku Midoriya, known to many as the Hero: Deku, is a prodigy even amongst his own classmates. With continuous strength and speed feats that are only matched by [blank], he is truly a unique case of all the other heroes in Japan. This is what makes worthy of the title: Ultimate Hero!
Shigaraki snarled at the boy. This was going to be an annoying existence here if that hero brat was here. Hopefully, the brat would lead into dead-ends and eventually give up. It's rather hard to attempt to prove something that can't be proven.
"Well… it was nice meeting you, Midoriya. Hopefully, we can actually talk to one another sometime?" Deliah said as Izuku's serious demeanour dropped almost instantly.
"U-Uh… well, thanks, I guess. See ya…" And with that, the boy left the clearing. Shigaraki sighed. The less he saw of the green-haired brat, the better.
"You two seem to have a history together, what's up with that?" Harry asked, causing Shigaraki to sigh. He didn't want to get into the reason why he and Midoriya hated one another, which, to be fair to Shigaraki, that was a rather long and boring story which would take at the very least several hours to explain, and that was time they did not have.
"It's a long story. I'll tell you later." As Shigaraki stated that, he noticed something in the distance. It was another path branching off to the right. Shigaraki had only noticed because of what was going on right now. Had he been honest with himself, he wouldn't have realized it had it not been for Deliah walking ahead of them and checking it out.
"Guys, look! I think this path might lead somewhere! Come on, come on!" Deliah said as she started running down it.
"Wait! Deliah!" Harry called out, chasing after her. The teal-haired man sighed, following after the blond as they walked down the path.
"You can't run off like that, especially right now! It's dangerous!" Harry said as he caught up to Deliah, who relaxed her arms behind her head.
"Jeez, you're starting to sound like my dad. Come on, Harry, it's fine. I checked before running off, so I knew it was going to be safe!" Deliah retorted as Shigaraki rolled his eyes.
"Whatever, just be more careful. Now, was there a particular reason as to why you wanted to run down this path?" Shigaraki asked as Deliah put her arms down and sniffed the air. Her head then darted in the direction of the path's exit as her mouth began to water.
"I. Smell. Pancakes!" As Deliah declared her rather bold statement of there being pancakes nearby, she turned and ran to the end of the path, making Harry freak out and run after her.
What the hell did Shigaraki get himself into.
"Deliah, wait up!" The blond-haired boy's voice echoed out as Shigaraki casually walked behind them. He wasn't all that worried about them. Don't get him wrong, he was concerned, but he wasn't worried about them. From what he had seen from earlier, they could protect themselves just fine.
But then again, he had a habit of overestimating people, and while he and Spinner got along, he overestimated him severely when he let the lizard boy join the league. Had it not been for the fact that they became fast friends, he probably would've kicked him out of the league.
He sighed, knowing full well that dwelling on the past was something that would only end up in him getting upset, and he didn't want that. After all, showing weakness was something he was NOT keen on doing right now. As he continued walking, it didn't take long for the path to come to an end, which was pretty good for him, because he was starting to get the feeling that the path would never end.
After exiting the path, the group of three spotted a large wooden building. There were several windows, three on each side, and a massive wooden door, which was opened ever so slightly. The roof of the massive building was made of metal, which contrasted with the wooden exterior. Deliah sniffed the air, and a rabid smile appeared on her face.
"The pancakes, they are in there!" Deliah declared, running towards the building as Harry sighed.
"Is she always like this?" Shigaraki asked, causing the blond to nod.
"Yeah, whenever she smells pancakes, it's like a trigger is snapped off in her brain, making her only real mission to find and grab whatever pancakes are in the area. It's another thing if she sees them," he shuttered, giving Shigaraki the impression that Deliah was somewhat of a pancake fanatic.
"That sounds like an absolute nightmare…." Shigaraki stated dryly as Harry chuckled.
"Yeah, her father and I call it 'Pancake Mania...' to be honest, it fits though, but this isn't even the worst I've seen her… I say count yourself lucky," Harry stated before sighing.
"Well, we should stop her from tearing the place apart to have pancakes, I guess…." Shigaraki groaned in disbelief as the two walked into the building. Upon entering, they were greeted with a table full of baked goods and a group of people bringing out more.
Play: [Beautiful Lie VER.B]
"Watch it! Hey, kid, go into the kitchen and bring out some plates, and I'll give you some pancakes, alright?" A girl with pink hair, a white shirt with a pink skirt, white cat-themed stalkings, and pink dress shoes said as Deliah nodded.
"Right away!" The brunette said with a smile as she walked into the kitchen, a pep in her step as Harry sighed.
"Of course…" The blond sighed as the other blond-haired boy, 'Dio,' if Shiagaraki remembered, snickered.
"Well, I have to say, you are quite the talker, ma'am, however, to have such a little girl do your bidding like that, all for the promise of Pancakes, its cheap labour, don't you think?" The blond said as the pink-haired girl scoffed.
"Oh, shut it. Hey, you two!" The pink-haired girl snapped, causing Shigaraki to tilt his head.
"Yeah?" Harry asked, causing the girl to huff.
"You gonna help too, or are you here to watch and stare like the pervs you are?" The girl said as Shigaraki sighed. She was one of those girls.
"We just followed the girl with brown hair in here. We didn't come to help. When she comes out, we're leaving…." Shigaraki said as the girl rolled her eyes.
"So, you're a perv and a pedo, great to know!" The girl said with sarcasm as Shigaraki felt his head hurt. Who did this bitch think she was? "Then again, someone like you, I could see it. With your crusty ass hair and skin. I bet you never shower too!" The girl continued, causing Shigaraki to huff.
"Oh? You wanna go?! I'll-" before Shigaraki could finish that sentence, someone cut him off.
"Please, stop!" A girl with long orange hair, a white bow, wearing an equally white shirt with black yoga pants spoke up, catching Shigaraki's attention. "I'm sorry about her. She's… always been a bit snappy…." The girl said as she smiled.
"Finally, someone's who's nice…." Harry said, sighing as a blond-haired girl spoke up.
"So… do we perhaps want to introduce ourselves, because I feel like we haven't met before…." The girl said, causing the blond-haired boy to nod.
"I agree. It would make things easier. A-hem. My name is Dio Brando. A pleasure to meet you."
Name: Dio Brando
Title: Ultimate Manipulator
Age: 14
Height: 5'3
Weight: 100 lbs.
Likes: Spaghetti
Dislikes: Arrogant people
Dio Brando, a boy born into poverty in Great Britain, was forced at a young age to manipulate those around him to get what he needed to survive. As it turned out, he was a natural-born manipulator, able to control people using the right words and charm them with his equally amazing charisma. This is what landed him the title: Ultimate Manipulator .
"And I am Erina Pendleton. It is also a pleasure to meet you!"
Name: Erina Pendleton
Title: Ultimate Beauty
Age: 14
Height: 5'1
Weight: 85 lbs.
Likes: Grapes
Dislikes: Bullies
Erina Pendleton, born and raised in Great Britain, is the daughter of a well-known doll maker. Most people say that her father bases all of his dolls on his daughter because she is the perfect example of a beautiful girl. Most people around her would agree with him, and because of this, she has been dubbed with the title: Ultimate Beauty.
As the two blonds introduced themselves, the girl, Erina, bowed slightly with a cursty. Shigaraki blinked. That was something most people didn't do anymore. That must be because of her upbringing.
"Excuse me, are you some sort of royalty?" Harry asked as Erina paled.
"Oh goodness no! I'm a mere peasant. Though, being royalty has always been a far-flung dream of mine or even a noble-woman…." Erina said, a small blush on her cheeks as Dio sighed.
"It's true. We are both peasants. Though, recently, I have been accepted into a nobleman's house. However, now that I am here, not of my own free will, mind you, you could imagine the kind of hell that has caused me. One day, my dreams start unfolding in front of my eyes, only to wake up the next morning here, of all places," Dio said, scoffing under his breath as the orange-haired girl spoke up.
"That's absolutely awful... but I think we should get this over and done with so we can continue bringing out the food," the orange-haired girl said as Dio nodded, to which the orange-haired woman smiled. "Well, if it is all the same to you, my name is Monika Salvato. It is nice to meet you all!"
Name: Monika Salvato
Title: Ultimate Poet
Age: 18
Height: 5'7
Weight: 135 lbs.
Likes: Literature
Dislikes: Cupcakes
Monika Salvato, a famous poet in her hometown of Takahashi, located in the S prefecture, and well known for writing poetry about love, the loss of love, and anything romantic. Her poetry is said to cause those who are utterly hopeless romantics to become masters at persuading women into loving them suddenly. It is because of this that she was titled: Ultimate Poet.
Monika quickly glanced at the pink-haired girl, who was looking away with disinterest on her face. "Come on, please introduce yourself to them? For me?" The Ultimate Poet asked, a smile on her face as the pink-haired blushed a little.
"Hmph, fine. My name is Natsuki Hazamada. There, fine, you happy now?"
Name: Natsuki Hazamada
Title: Ultimate Baker
Age: 18
Height: 5'4
Weight: 99 lbs.
Likes: Cute Manga
Dislikes: Being called cute.
Natsuki Hazamada, a young girl with a dream to open her own bakery, is well known in her hometown of Takahashi for being the best bakery in the country. Her baked goods are said to hypnotize you into only eating hers because nothing else is better or can even begin to compare to them. This is why she is known as the Ultimate Baker.
"So… what do you guys want anyway? Are you just going to stand there and look like doormats or?" Natsuki spat as Shigaraki pinched the bridge of his nose.
"No. Oh, and uh, I'm Harry Hurst, the girl you saw was Deliah Edwards, also my best friend, and this is Shigaraki Tomura. We were just about to leave when our friend comes out from the kitchen, but do you need us to help with something?" Harry replied as Natsuki put her hands on her hips.
"Well, if you could do me a favour and fuck off, that'd be great," Natsuki deadpanned, only to be slapped up the back of the head by Monika.
"Be. Nice." Monika said through a smile, though her tone was not friendly, this caused Natsuki to rub the back of her head and grumble.
"S-Sorry…" Natsuki responded, causing Harry to chuckle half-heartedly.
"Yeah, it's all good," the blond replied as Deliah burst through the kitchen door, a stack of plates blocking her vision as she stumbled out, putting the plates on the table. A couple of people gasped, thinking that the plates were going to fall over and shatter, but instead, the opposite happened. Instead, they all slide off each other perfectly, lining up on the table as the others stared in awe.
"How. Did. You. Do. That?" Dio said, pausing for each word. His brain went a mile a minute to process what he just witnessed.
"Is… she some sort of witch?" Erina asked as Harry shook his head in disbelief.
"Actually, I don't know, are you a witch? Because that'd be cool to have a witch as my best friend!" Harry said as Deliah smiled half-heartedly.
"No, I'm just… extremely lucky to the point where it confuses me," Deliah admitted, rubbing the back of her neck.
"I've seen weirder," Shigaraki deadpanned as Natsuki shook her head.
"Well, at least it didn't ruin the display. Well, I guess you guys can take something if you want… but only one thing!" Natsuki said a look of annoyance on her face as Monika smiled.
"Aren't you just the nicest person in the whole wide world, Natsuki!" Monika said, pinching the bridge of her nose as Natsuki flinched.
"H-Hey! I'm not used to all these p-people! Shut up!" Natsuki stammered, looking away as Dio shrugged.
"I'd assume she's anti-social, but whatever. It is not my problem," Dio waved it off as Deliah stole a pancake.
"Mine!" The brunette explained, stuffing the pancake in her mouth as she smiled. Shigaraki decided to take a cookie, and Harry took a cat-themed cupcake. After saying their thanks and waving goodbye, they left the building.
"That was so good~!" Deliah said a happy expression on her face as Harry smirked.
"Yeah, it wasn't so bad. What did you think, Tomura?" Harry asked as the aforementioned teal-haired man sighed.
"They seemed like nice people, except for that pink-haired girl. What was her name? Natsuki?" Shigaraki groaned as he covered his mouth from a burp. "Whatever," the tea-haired man said, clearing his throat. "Oh, and the food was good too, I guess," Shigaraki said, folding his arms over his chest as they started over to a gate.
Standing by the gate was that kid in the blue hoodie. He was staring forward, an annoyed look on his face as he glanced over to them. "Oh, great. More people. Let me guess, introductions, right? That's what everyone's been doing anyway," the boy said as he stuffed his hands in his pockets.
"Well, basically, yeah. My name's Deliah Edwards, this is Harry Hurst, and this is Shigaraki Tomura, you are?" Deliah asked, her facial expression showing a degree of innocence as the person in the hoodie rolled his eyes.
"Whatever, the names Max. My last name's dead to me, so I'm not gonna say it. Got it?"
Name: Max [Redacted by user]
Title: Ultimate Camper
Age: 10
Height: 4'6
Weight: 70 lbs.
Likes: Dogs
Dislikes: Daniel & David
Max, last name unknown to anyone but himself, spends most of his time at Camps, specifically Camp Campbell. He refuses to go home, as it is mentioned to be unstable/unlivable. Despite his uncaring nature, Max cares for those he calls his friends. He is also extremely well versed in Camping activities, despite his general and apparent hate for them. This, in turn, has caused him to earn the title, but much to his chagrin, of the Ultimate Camper.
"There, happy? Now leave me alone," Max said, turning away from them as Harry and Deliah looked up at Shigaraki.
"The kid doesn't want to talk, so leave him be. Let's go see… whatever this is," Shigaraki said as he looked up at the sign. It had what seemed like a wave with a shark fin on it. That didn't bode all too well for what lay beyond it.
"Do you think it'll be dangerous?" Harry asked as Deliah shrugged.
"Only one way to find out!" Deliah called out as she ran past the sign and into the short path that led to a beach. Shigaraki and Harry had followed close by, and when they got there…
Play: [100 mile Junk Food Dash]
"Like, Get off of that! You'll get hurt!" A man with messy brown hair, scrappy facial hair, a green shirt with dark green stripes, and dark blue pants shouted as a girl with teal hair, wearing a yellow shirt and red overalls, called out.
"Don't be such a worrywart! I'm fine! YAHOO!"
A young girl was riding a shark as if it was a surfboard and seemed to have no qualms in doing so. "Can, like, someone stop her, man?! She's gonna get herself hurt!" The man said again as Shigaraki facepalmed.
Why?
Why did he have to be surrounded by idiots?
Walking over to the edge of the beach, he cupped his hands around his mouth and shouted. "Hey, dumbshit, get off the shark. Do you want to die?!" Shigaraki shouted as the girl turned her head in the direction of his voice, and suddenly, when doing so, her eyes lit up. Without delay, she jumped off the shark and swam over at blitzing speeds before getting on land, a sparkling look in her eyes.
"Wow! New people!" The girl said as the man looked at her as if she was insane, and to be fair, everyone pretty much thought the same.
Play: [Beautiful Lie Ver. B]
"Why? Like, why? Why would you do that? Why would you ride on a shark like it was, like, a surfboard?!" The man said as the girl rubbed the back of her head, sticking her thumbs up with a goofy smile.
"hehehehe, sorry about that. Well, introduction time! Name's Nikki! Don't you forget it, probably 'cause I won't let you!"
Name: Nikki
Title: Ultimate Adventurer
Age: 10
Height: 4'6
Weight: 68 lbs.
Likes: The Wilderness
Dislikes: Cities
Nikki, last name unknown to anyone, aside from her mom, excluding Nikki, lives mostly in the wilderness due to living near the woods. Due to her boundless energy, she hates being kept inside and loves to explore. To her, the outdoors is more of a home than anywhere else. Because of her insane love for the outdoors and knack for knowing far too much about survival outdoors, she was given the title of Ultimate Adventurer.
"Well, Nikki, it's a pleasure to meet'cha. You seem… very active…." Deliah sweatdropped as Nikki smiled, bouncing on her left and right leg in a rhythm.
"Yeah, well, it doesn't help that this place is like a massive jungle gym to me! Though that bear thing did try and stop me from riding the shark, I ignored him! He said that if I did it again, I'd be punished, he'll probably just send me to a time-out corner. Whatever, don't care! Although, I'd rather not be punished since he did say it in a really evil and mean way. So I think it means something worse," Nikki rambled as Harry sighed.
"Well, maybe you really shouldn't do… stupid things like that again. As much as I hate that bear, we should probably listen to it," Harry said as the man spoke up.
"Like… I thought she was going to die… uh, but, I guess I should introduce myself too, right? Uh, call me Shaggy, Shaggy Rogers.
Name: Norville 'Shaggy' Rogers
Title: Ultimate Snack Taster
Age: 19
Height: 6'1
Weight: 145 lbs.
Likes: Food
Dislikes: Not being around his dog, Scooby
Norville Rogers, preferred name Shaggy Rogers, is what some may call a hippy and had originally lived a life of being on the road and smoking pot. However, after his friends, [blank], [blank], [blank], and, [blank] talked him into becoming a member of their little crime-solving gang, Shaggy turned over a new leaf. Though, the one thing he couldn't stop was eating gratuitously. He became known as the guy to go to when you needed to make a profit if you were a small mom and pop shop, and because of this, he has been given the title: Ultimate Snack Taster.
"Shaggy? Isn't that a type of hairstyle? Who would name their kid that?" Shigaraki asked as Shaggy sighed.
"Well, my real name is Norville, but Shaggy just sounded better, to be honest…." Shaggy said as Deliah nodded.
"Yeah, Norville is a kind of stupid name…." Deliah said as Harry nodded.
"Agreed, sounds like your parents were on drugs when naming you," Harry said jokingly as Shaggy rubbed the back of his head.
"Yeah, about that, they probably were," Shaggy admitted, an embarrassed look on his face as Deliah looked shocked.
"W-Wait, what?! That's horrible!" Deliah exclaimed as Shaggy shrugged, relaxing his arms to the sides of his body.
"Well, to be honest, they were, and always have been, drug addicts, even if they say they've cleaned up their act so that their company of making RV's could boom. It never really mattered to me. So long as they stayed out of my hair, so be it," Shaggy admitted as Shigaraki huffed.
"We got a lot more in common than I thought then. My parents were a bunch of low-lives, I guess, despite their wealth," Shigaraki admitted as Shaggy chuckled.
"Well, anyway, It was nice meeting ya'll. But, I think I'm gonna get going, and you're coming with me. You're SO not doing that surfing thing again," Shaggy said, grabbing Nikki by the arm and dragging her away, surprisingly with a lot of physical strength to boot.
'Despite his lanky appearance, he's extremely strong… I wonder how much force he could pack into a punch… hmm, something I'll have to find out for myself later….' Shigaraki thought as he stuffed his hands into his pockets.
"So, where do we go now?" Harry asked as Shigaraki pulled out his Monopad to look at the map.
"Well… that small cabin Icon is probably where we should go next. Considering that seems like a place where we are all going to live for the foreseeable future," Shigaraki muttered as he put the Monopad away.
"Do you think that'll be where the rest of the people are at?" Deliah asked as Shigaraki shrugged.
"No idea, but if they were, it wouldn't surprise me all that much…" Shigaraki hummed as they started walking to their next destination.
As they walked, Shigaraki had some time to think about the situation more clearly. So far, out of the ten people he had met during the course of the day, none of them seemed like much of a threat to his livelihood. The only one he could see as a potential threat would be Shaggy, seeing as his physical strength seemed to be more than it appeared to be.
However, if he had to categorize the least likely to be a potential threat, it would have to be Deliah. She seemed heavily dependent on Harry, either that, or she was hiding her true strength if their introduction to one another didn't show that was not possible.
However, he shouldn't underestimate everyone. He learned that lesson during the USJ attack with All Might.
However, just as he was about to continue his train of thought, he was quickly snapped out of it when someone started complaining.
"This is so annoying… I hate this…."
"Stop complaining, Harry. It's annoying, and you're making Tomura angry…."
"I don't care! I don't want to keep walking! Isn't there something else we can use, like a bike or anything but walking?"
Shigaraki was a man of many things. He could command a room full of villainous people, he could orchestrate massive attacks on organizations, hell, the man could kill anyone he wanted to with his power, but his major flaw was having little to no patience.
And children were one of the things that dwindled at said patience.
"How much longer do we have to walk? This is starting to get annoying…." Harry murmured as Shigaraki let out a huff of air, his crimson red eyes glaring down at the blond.
Keep in mind, while the group had done a lot of walking, it had only been around, at the very least, for two hours, periodically taking breaks in-between to talk to the others, so to give Shigarki some credit, the boy whining was only making his annoyance with the kid begin to skyrocket.
"Well, how else are we going to get to the Cabins? Do you see any cars around here?" Shigaraki asked rhetorically as the blond rubbed the back of his neck.
"No… but still, there has to be a shorter way there!" Harry stated as Deliah face-palmed.
"Harry… Stop it! God, why do you have to complain so much? It's just a small walk… and besides, we're already in a bad enough situation as it is. Your whining is not making it any better!" The brunette said with an annoyed look on her face as the gamer feigned shock.
"T-That…! That was hurtful, rude much!"
All Shigaraki could do was mentally sigh, shuffling forward with his small entourage of children behind him, joking and talking. He couldn't tell them to stop. They're probably coping with the situation in their own way.
It reminded him of his league and how much they'd argue and complain but get along in the end. Twice with his D.I.D, Toga with her blood fantasies, Dabi with his edgy brooding, Spinner being… well, Spinner, and Kurogiri, the more logically inclined person of the group.
A part of him missed it. He missed his friends. But right now, survival was more important…
Then again, most of these people were just kids. Some of them hadn't even hit puberty yet, so how much of a threat could they be?
Looking back at the children, he noticed that they had gone quiet, a solemn look on the brunette's face. The blond also looked uncomfortable, which was something that he was sure everyone was feeling.
The type of situation they were in was probably something they'd expect to see in a video game or a show on TV, not something you'd expect to happen in real life.
He decided that ignoring them would be a better idea than talking to them. Not only would it be much easier, but it would-
"We're almost there. I can see the sign in the distance!" Deliah called out, pointing straight ahead. The sudden declaration caught the two of them off guard. Much to the villain's surprise, she had been right. A sign was in the distance, though it was hard to read. Just as the shaggy-haired leader of the LOV was about to speak, the brunette rushed forward as Harry suddenly chased after her.
"Deliah! Stop, wait!" Harry called out as Shigaraki groaned. And he thought Toga was a pain in the ass. 'note to self, never have kids when older….' Shigaraki muttered as he picked up the pace ever so slightly.
As the duo of Harry and Tomura caught up with Deliah, she smiled as she looked up at the displayed sign above them. "Mono-Mono Camp Cabins! Yes! I can finally rest for a while!" Harry cried out as Deliah sighed.
"Really, that's what your first action is? Not trying to find a way out from this place? There could be one here! Or maybe we could run off into the forest and hide there, or-"
"Stop." Shigaraki interrupted, stuffing his hands into his pockets. "I don't think you can run from this. If that was the case, then why would he have even kidnapped us, to begin with? Besides, if I were to assume, he's got everywhere covered. Every possible exit, every possible hiding spot, everything."
When Shigaraki spoke, the brunette looked away with an indigent huff. "So you're not even going to try?"
"Correction, I don't think we can try," Shigaraki spoke with a matter-of-fact tone of voice, which caused the younger brunette to pout.
"Damnit…"
"Are you really sure there isn't a single spot? Not even one?" Harry asked, a skeptical look in his eyes. Shigaraki pinched the bridge of his nose before glaring at the kid.
"Harry, you really think that I, someone who has committed crimes similar to this, don't know what he's probably done to secure this place? Granted, I've never done something like this on such a scale, but I've done kidnappings before. Chances are, this guy's gone all out on security, especially if he's got such a massive plot of land." Shigaraki spat, causing the blond to lower his head.
"Yeah… actually, now that I think about it… I think you might be right," the blond hummed as Shigaraki rolled his eyes. He knew they were trying to be optimistic, and he couldn't blame them.
For a split second, he felt a bid saddened at shooting them down, so, without thinking, he decided to play along with the whole 'there's gotta be a chance' cliché that he'd seen far too many times to be comfortable with.
"Well, let's take a look around the area at least. Maybe he did leave something uncovered. But otherwise, you should get some rest," with that statement, he could see Deliah's eyes lighten up exceptionally, and a part of him wanted to barf.
Let this be a reminder that Shigaraki hated kids with a passion.
"Yeah! Let's go!" The group of three ran (Shigaraki walked) into the cabin area and split up. As he watched the two kids run off, Shigaraki scoffed. He was free from them for a while, which lifted a weight off of his shoulders.
He took a good look around the area before he moved another step. Every. Single. Cabin. Looked. The. Same.
This was going to be a pain in the ass, and he knew it. Monokuma wouldn't make this easy, would he? Though, as he passed one of the cabins, he could see that there was a pixelated version of… what was his name again? Max? Yeah, he was sure that was his name, on the door to the house. Perhaps that was how they were supposed to differentiate the other cabins.
He took a few more steps and noticed something that irked him. His cabin was right next to Max's. A small, annoyed smile crept upon his face.
"I'm surrounded by children… fuck me…" the teal-haired man child said, his teeth gnashing against one another as he took in a deep breath before releasing.
His first impression of the aforementioned Max was tamer than what he had thought when he saw him at the meet-up, but at least he was a bit more… relaxed… than everyone else here.
Nonetheless, as Tomura looked at his cabin, he felt the urge to enter it, just to see what he was working with. Considering that he would be spending a majority of his life here from here on out, he would have to see what his new room was going to look like.
Walking up to the cabin's front door, he placed his hand on the handle before turning it, followed by a small clicking noise echoing out. Pushing open the door, he stepped inside and felt a wave of relaxation flow through him.
The room looked clean, as far as he was concerned. There was a camera in the upper-left corner of the small dorm-sized cabin, with a monitor right next to it. The monitor was the same black and white monitor he had seen before.
"That's probably what he uses to speak to us or give more of those stupid announcements. The less I hear from him, the better," Shigaraki spat, glancing at a TV that was just in front of a bed. The bed was big enough for only one person, which was good in his opinion, and the TV wasn't too big, around 20 inches or so. There was also a Super Nintendo hooked up to it, which wasn't all that bad, in his opinion.
"Hmph, at least there's something to do here if I get bored," Shigaraki said, his eyes drifting over to a glass door, which revealed a bathroom. It was just a few feet away from his bed. It wasn't all that bad. It looked clean, and that was all that mattered to him.
"Well, at least there's enough room to live in. The only issue is the cafeteria is a thirty-minute walk away… damnit." As the man said this, he let out a small yawn. He was growing tired. He didn't know the exact time, but he knew that it was getting late.
Shrugging it off, the red-eyed man opens his cabin door and steps out. "I'll go back in there later. I still have to get an idea of what the rest of the people here are like. They don't seem like threats, but since everyone is on an equal playing field, I might have to seriously gauge these guys…." As Tomura spoke, he continued walking, only to not pay attention to where he was going, resulting in bumping into someone.
"Whoa!"
"Ack-!"
*Thump*
Shigaraki and the unknown person fell to the floor, butts first, as the grey-haired man shook his head. "Ugh… sorry about that, I wasn't paying attention to where I was going…." A soft, almost childlike voice spoke as Shigaraki sighed.
Another kid, just great…
"Nah, it was my fault." The grey-haired man said, looking up to see a girl with blackish-red hair, silver eyes, and pale skin. She wore a red and black vest with a red skirt and a cape. She also wore knee-high boots, and she had an empty holster on the waist of her skirt.
Also, he noticed that she was not a child; rather, she was either a teenager (Which was the second-worst thing in the world, in Shigaraki's case) or an adult. Though, her voice made it seem like she was just edging on the verge of being a teenager. Though, thinking back to Dabi, he sounded like he was in his forties when in reality, he was in her early 20's.
He could hold his suspension of disbelief for the girl at whatever her age was, so long as it wasn't something stupid like being 900 years old or something dumb like he's seen in shows before.
"Ah, I don't think we've met before… you're that guy with the hand on his face, right?" The girl asked as Tomura sighed with an annoyed groan.
"Yeah… Name's Tomura Shigaraki… and for the record, I took it off because people would think I'm some sort of murderer, and that's not the kind of reputation I want to have, ya' know?" Shigaraki stated casually as the redhead laughed, though there was a degree of caution in her tone.
"Yup…" the girl stated, popping the P as she stood up. The grey-haired man did the same, though with a bit of help from the redhead.
"Uh, well… since we're doing introductions, it would be nice if I told you my name, right?" The redhead said, seemingly a bit more relaxed now. "My name is Ruby Rose. Nice to meet'cha!"
Name: Ruby Rose
Title: Ultimate Huntress
Age: 17
Height: 170 cm
Weight: 120 lbs.
Likes: Cookies and the colour Red
Dislikes: Rude people
Ruby Rose, Daughter of [blank], was born as a [blank], an ancient warrior created by the [data expunged] to kill the immortal witch, [data expunged]. While she is aware of this, she is far more adventurous than a future warrior. However, despite this, she's extremely well versed in combat and can take down a horde of [blank] with pathetic ease. Because of how naturally skilled she is at being a Huntress, she's been deemed: The Ultimate Huntress.
Shigaraki looked up from his Monopad and tilted his head. An ancient warrior class, huh? That sounded… kinda badass if he had to say anything about it. Though, the number of blanks in her backstory was a bit unnerving. There were a lot of things that were kept out of her description. The grey-haired man didn't know for what purpose, but to say he was curious was an understatement.
"Ah, you're a criminal?! Oh, if I had my Crescent Rose… I would've been able to take you out…." The redhead pouted, causing the crimson-eyed man to raise an eyebrow.
"Uh… kid, watch what you're saying… that sounded like you wanted to kill me," Shigaraki stated bluntly as the redhead stammered.
"G-Gah! Me, kill?! No way, absolutely not! The only thing I kill is Grimm, not people! Nope! Never!" The redhead kept talking like that for at least a few more seconds before she seemingly calmed down.
"Yeah… Okay, I should get going now…." Shigaraki muttered as Ruby nodded.
"Yup! Me too, I heard there were cookies in the cafeteria, so I better go get some before they all run out, bye Shiggy!" The redhead said, running off after calling him his nickname. A part of him wanted to shout, 'Never say that again,' but another part of him told him to let it go.
The redhead reminded him of Toga, just less psycho and more child, which meant basically the same thing to him.
'The less I have to think about it, the better in my opinion….' The criminal Mastermind thought to himself as he continued to look around the cabin area. There was a fountain in the center of the plaza, with a couple of paths that lead to it, all deriving from the cabins. The statue was of Monokuma but as a buff human. It unnerved him seeing the bear look like… well, that. It must've thought extremely highly of itself.
Letting out an annoyed sigh, Shigaraki had decided that, in his mind, the cabin's held no significate value other than a place to sleep. The more he stayed there, the more he was wasting time. He took a few seconds to see where Deliah and Harry had gone but couldn't see them anywhere. Shrugging his shoulders, he assumed they went into their respective cabins and left it at that.
Turning around, he started to make his way to the entrance of the cabin area, when…
"Gah!"
"Oh for the love of-"
*Thump*
*Crash*
He bumped into yet another person. What was it with him and running into people today? He slowly got himself up, dusting off the dirt that had gotten all over him. "Ugh, sorry about that… I don't know what's gotten into me today…." Shigaraki drawled on, staring down at what appeared to be a curly brown-haired boy wearing a yellow shirt, red shorts, and black shoes.
In front of the brown-haired boy was some sort of liquid with some glass shards, a metal tray, and a few other knicks and knacks. The boy groaned, getting up and shaking his head. As soon as he did this, he looked at the ground and groaned again, this time in frustration.
"Damnit! I don't have the ingredients to do this again! There goes my experiment…." The boy grumbled before looking up at Shigaraki. "Oh, it's you… uh… who're you anyway?" The boy asked, confusion in his tone as Shigaraki groaned.
"Shigaraki Tomura… and you are?" The grey-haired man child said, earning an annoyed look from the brown-haired boy. Said boy crossed his arms with what could only be assumed to be sass, and with a huff of air, he spoke.
"Well, Mr. experiment ruiner, you can call me Neil… and that's pretty much it."
Name: Neil [Redacted by Monokuma]
Title: Ultimate Scientist
Age: 11
Height: 4'8
Weight: 90 lbs.
Likes: Peace and Quiet
Dislikes: Loud and obnoxious things (Aside from Nikki)
Neil was born in [blank] and grew up in a household full of smart people. At a very young age, around 5, he expressed his interest in doing science experiments in the way of making a 10-foot tall paper mache volcano in his backyard, except, instead of using baking soda, he used real magma. Yet, somehow, the paper mache didn't burn.
After that stunt, he was monitored by scientists across the world, and with his unusually smart mind and sharp instincts (When it came to science stuff, at least), he became quickly known as The Ultimate Scientist.
Shigaraki put his Monopad away and sighed. Neil seemed to be a smartypants. Taking into consideration that the boy had been carrying around a beaker of some sort of corrosive liquid (if the cracked floor was anything to go by), it was slightly worrying.
Shigaraki watched as the boy got down on his knees to pick up the glass shards. The grey-haired man sighed. This was partly his fault too, and seeing as he didn't want to be on anyone's bad side, at least not permanently, the grey-haired man got down to help the kid.
After a few minutes of picking up shards of glass, placing them on the tray, and avoiding whatever the corrosive liquid was, the two said goodbye, and Shigaraki went on his way to leave the cabin area.
As he stepped out of the cabin area, he pulled out his Monopad and looked at the map. There was one more place he could look at, that being what seemed to be a tree icon. Perhaps it was a park or something? The grey-haired man didn't know, but since he didn't see the rest of the people he saw at the meeting in the cabin area, the logical part of his brain told him they'd be there.
"I better get there quickly if I want to catch anyone… I doubt that most people are gonna want to stay there for long…." And with that statement, Shigaraki began his nearly hour-long nature walk. On his way to get there, the sun was setting, and lights had begun popping out of the ground.
They were small street lamps, and they seemed fully functional too. When they first came out of the ground, he had been impressed, and to be fair to the bear, at least he also had the decency to put up signs at the center of the Camp.
When he got to the center, there were several signs now at the different paths. One that pointed to the cafeteria, one that pointed to something called "The Judgement Hall," and one that pointed to… "The Green House?" The last sign Shigaraki had read out loud. So it was a gardening area that the Monopad illuded to? He found it odd that the icon was a tree, but he wasn't going to complain.
Walking down the path towards The Green House, it didn't take him long to find the area. There was a massive wooden wall with a door with a number on it, a glass dome with a spinning handle door, and a shed. At the wall, he could see two people standing there, seemingly observing it.
Smirking to himself, a childlike part of him manifested, telling him to scare them. They seemed so focused on what they were doing, that it seemed like a funny idea. He had done that Spinner once, nearly getting a punch to the face, and it was glorious. So, he figured that the same thing would apply here.
Walking up to the two, he waited to see if they noticed his presence. When they didn't, he snickered to himself in his head before finally…
"Boo."
"AHH!"
"AHH!"
The two teens jumped and turned around, both of them obviously rattled by his sudden appearance. The first one was wearing a purple summer dress with a green belt-like thing around her waist and a matching scarf with purple stockings and green dress shoes. Her hair was a strange strawberry blond colour, and she had pink nails.
The girl beside her was wearing an orange sweater, black pants, and black shoes. She also had shoulder-length brown hair, and she wore glasses. Aside from that, they looked like typical teenagers.
The spooked look on their faces made him want to laugh. However, if he did, it'd just go away. So, he asked the obvious question.
"Who're you two?" He thought they'd berate him, but much to his surprise, they answered his question, albeit they were terrified as they did so.
"Daphne Blake!"
Name: Daphne Anne Blake
Title: Ultimate Fashionista
Age: 17
Height: 5'6
Weight: 125 lbs.
Likes: Matching outfits
Dislikes: White clothing of any kind
Growing up, Daphne Anne Blake was always interested in designing clothing, second to solving mysteries, and had a knack for making stylish outfits. Her parents saw her worth in it and started to let her make her clothes, and when she finished making them, they had been blown away by the designs. They were so blown away that they had decided to sell some of her designs, and they sold like hotcakes. Not to mention that she had also looked good in everything that she made. Daphne had been responsible for nearly every fashion trend from when she was 10, all the way up until she was 16, and even now, her influence remains. This has garnered her the title of Ultimate Fashionista.
And directly after her introduction, he got the others.
"And m-my name's Velma Dinkley!"
Name: Velma Dinkley
Title: Ultimate Detective
Age: 16
Height: 5'4
Weight: 135 lbs.
Likes: Mystery Novels
Dislikes: Horror Movies
Velma Dinkley was born in [blank], near the city of [blank], and lived a rather peaceful life. She wasn't the most popular girl, often being singled out for being a nerd. However, that nerdiness meant that she was incredibly smart, and she often used it to her advantage. When she was in the 7 th grade, one of her friends had gone missing, and when the police had started to investigate her disappearance, Velma had offered to help.
When the police told her no, they thought she would've left it alone, but that had been far from the truth. Instead, Velma did her own investigation and found her in the forest near the beach a day later. She had apparently had gotten lost on her walk to school. When her friends, [blank], Shaggy, Daphne, and [blank] started their own investigation team, she joined them.
The group of wannabe investigators had gotten the attention of the local police, and she had gained the title of The Ultimate Detective, seeing as she was the one who did 90% of the work as the main detective.
Shigaraki was taken aback by their entries in the Monopad. "Hmm, I didn't know you two were friends with that Shaggy guy… neat," Shigaraki muttered as Velma sighed, calming herself down before giving him a judgemental look.
"First of all, never do that again. You nearly gave us, specifically me, a heart attack. And yes, Daphne and I are friends with Shaggy… actually, how do you know him? Did you meet him already?" The brunette asked skeptically as Shigaraki hummed.
"Yeah, he was at the beach near the cafeteria. He had been worried about some kid named Nikki surfing on a shark…." Shigaraki explained, the two girls giving him a dumbfounded look. "Hey, don't look at me like that. I'm just saying that's the circumstances we met with," Shigaraki scowled as the redhead sighed.
"Well, that explains why we couldn't find him. Never mind that, but… what's your name? You scared us to near death, so I think you should at least give us your name." Daphne stated with an annoyed expression on her face. As a result, Shigaraki huffed, crossing his arms.
"Yeah, I might as well. My name's Shigaraki Tomura… if Shigaraki is too hard to pronounce, just call me Tomura…." The red-eyed man child said as the redhead nodded.
"Okay, Tomura it is! Come to think of it, that name sounds eastern… uh, I mean no offence, but… are you Asian?" Daphne asked as Shigaraki sighed.
"Yeah, I'm from Japan… but that doesn't matter. If I may ask, why were you guys looking at that door over there?" Shigaraki pointed towards the massive wooden door with the number 14 in big red numbers.
"Oh, that? We have no idea what that is. That's why we've been trying to figure it out…." Daphne stated, an annoyed facial expression dawning her face as Velma hummed.
"Actually… I think I might have figured it out. There are 16 people at this Camp. If we consider the fact that the bear wants us to kill one another, that door might just open if…." She stopped talking after that, and as the two filled in the blank, a sense of dread loomed over the group of three.
"I think I'm picking up what you're putting down," Shigaraki spat, crossing his arms. "I haven't even known this bear for more than two hours, and I hate his guts already… and that's a world record if I'm not mistaken."
"Well, regardless of that, I think no one will kill anyway, and honestly, that would be perfect if you ask me," Daphne said, a confident tone in her voice as Shigaraki raised an eyebrow.
"I hate to be a pessimist, but you don't know that," The grey-haired man frowned as the redhead huffed.
"Yeah, well, it's called being hopeful!" Daphne retorted as Velma pinched the bridge of her nose.
"Okay, we can argue about this later. I think me and Daphne were going to explore the rest of the Camp since we've only been to the cabins and the center. It was nice meeting you, Tomura. See you later," The brunette said, grabbing the redhead by the arm and walking away.
As they disappeared off in the distance, Shigaraki hummed to himself. They didn't seem like bad people. In fact, they seemed rather nice and far more tolerable than the rest of the colourful cast of characters he had met up until now. He looked at his Monopad and hummed. He only had one more person to meet, and he had to assume they were in the only other spot, The Greenhouse.
Walking into the building in question, he was greeted with tons of flowers, small trees, and ferns. It was much more lively than anywhere else in the Camp, aside from maybe the shark-infested beach, but aside from that, it seemed rather nice.
Off in the distance, he could see a boy staring at a few flowers, humming and tapping his left foot impatiently on the ground. He seemed to be incredibly in tune with what he had been doing, so much so he seemingly wasn't paying attention to his surroundings.
The boy had bright blond hair, blue eyes, and fair skin. He was wearing silver armour on his shoulders, chest, knees, lower and upper arms, and over his ankles. The boy wore a black hoodie underneath his armour that exposed some muscle, but nothing impressive. The boy was also wearing blue jeans and a loose belt.
As Shigaraki approached, the boy's eye darted to his presence, and it caught the grey-haired man off guard. "I gotta say, I thought you weren't paying attention. I was going to spook you as I did to those girls outside. Name's Tomura Shigaraki, you are?" Shigaraki stated as the blonde laughed a bit at his statement.
"Yeah… my friends call me an airhead sometimes. I'm usually dazing off, recently though, I've learned to keep my head straight and always be alert," The boy admitted, rubbing the back of his head. "Oh and the name's Jaune, Jaune Arc. Rolls off the tongue real smooth, the ladies love it, or so I'm told."
Name: Jaune Arc
Title: Ultimate Swordsman
Age: 19
Height: 5'7
Weight: 140 lbs.
Likes: Hoodies
Dislikes: Liars, Bullies, and vanilla Ice-cream
Jaune Arc was born in [blank] and lived on a farm growing up. He had the dream of being a Hunter but didn't have the skills necessary, so he [data expunged], in order to get into [data expunged]. However, when he was found out, instead of being kicked out, he was given a second chance, and once Jaune started practicing with his weapon and other skills, he got really good at it. So much so that he went from #1 wimp to #1 wimp with amazing sword-fighting abilities. This was why he was deemed The Ultimate Swordsman .
When Shigaraki finished reading the description, he noticed it had just as many blanks as Ruby's. However, it did mention that the kid was a wimp but excellent with swordplay. That implied that the kid wouldn't be a murderer, which was a good thing. Then again, it was the seemingly nice guys who sunk fast into depravity.
He would have to keep an eye on the kid.
"Oh! You're a criminal, huh… Criminal Mastermind… sounds like a guy I used to know… before he died, that is. Was a real piece of work, that guy," the boy mentioned, causing Shigaraki to raise an eyebrow.
"You knew a criminal?" Shigaraki asked, crossing his arms, and Jaune raised his arms in a laid-back manner.
"Hey man, I only knew him because I… well he could do something for me that I needed, but that's in the past, and he's dead anyway, so it doesn't really matter all that much to me anyway," the blond explained as Shigaraki huffed.
"Yeah, sure, whatever. Not like it matters now anyway…." Shigaraki murmured, uncrossing his arms before slipping his hands in his pockets.
"Yeah, hey, um, do you think you could-"
Before the blond could finish his sentence, the sound of a bell echoed out in the Greenhouse.
*Ding Dong, Bing Bong*
Jaune and Shigaraki looked in the direction of the monitor in the Greenhouse and were greeted with the appearance of Monokuma, sitting at a desk with a glass of orange juice in his white paw. For some reason, he was wearing a camp-counsellor vest with a wide-brim hat… which if Shigaraki were to comment, he'd call it extremely goofy.
"A-hem! Attention all Campers of Mono-Mono Camp! I have an important announcement to make. Please make your way into the center of the camp ASAP! Thank you, and I'll see you there!"
And with his short and abrupt message complete, the monitor went blank. Jaune had an annoyed look on his face but otherwise didn't seem all too perturbed. "Never mind, guess we have to go to the bonfire. We shouldn't keep the bear waiting… I don't want to know what he'll do if we show up late," Jaune commented as Shigaraki nodded in agreement.
The walk to the center didn't take very long, and upon arriving, everyone started to trickle in one after another. It didn't take long for everyone to show up eventually, and that was when Shigaraki had finally got a grasp of the situation, at least in full.
He hadn't thought about it at first, not that he hadn't got the idea when Monokuma had mentioned the Killing Game, but it had taken him a while to understand what the reason for it all was. And a part of Shigaraki could've cared less.
Everyone looked distrusting of one another, side-glances and stares. Everyone had something to say about everyone, but no one dared speak. The tense silence was unbearable, and it made Shigaraki feel nervous.
"Okay, so why does bootleg Yogi want us this time around?" Max was the one who broke the silence, and it caused a few people to start to speak.
"Well, I could only assume it was something important. Monokuma did say that we needed to be here ASAP, so perhaps he might be changing his mind?" Erina pondered aloud, to which Dio scoffed.
"Come on, Erina, you really think that?" The red-eyed blond asked, his right eyebrow raised.
"Yeah, I have to agree with Dio. I don't think Monokuma would just change his mind. He seems like the type of guy whose dead-set in what he does, unfortunately." Monika stated with a solemn look on her face as Natsuki huffed.
"Well, if it was so important, then where the hell is he?" The pink-haired girl spat as the door to the counsellor's cabin burst open, revealing the titular bear himself.
[Play: Mr. Monokuma's Lesson V3]
"Yeesh, you'd think such a small building wouldn't have six flights of stairs, but, alas, it does, and I have to say, with my short stubby legs, it can take a while to climb down them. I really should've installed an escalator instead," The yin-yang coloured bear said, a small "sweat" bead dripping down from his face.
"You interrupted my shark surfing, so this better be important!" Nikki pouted as Monokuma waved his white paw dismissively.
"Don't get yourself all twisted over this little meet-up. I just wanted you all to come here because I forgot to explain something involving the killing game, and it is something you might want to pay attention to!" The bear chirped as Neil rolled his eyes.
"Oh, and that is? You kidnapped us, told us about this game, which, mind you, I will never join in, and now you need to tell us more?" Neil said, giving the bear a skeptical look. "I was trying to experiment to keep my mind off of all of this, and now you want to drag it up again. Seriously?" His voice then took a sudden turn for being upset, and a small smirk formed on Monokuma's face.
"Well, what did you expect, I am the one who put this thing together, so of course I'd bring it up again. That's like asking a duck not to quack! It's simply not possible!" The bear retorted, a slightly annoyed glare in his red eye as Neil flinched from the tone of voice.
"Well, what do you want?" Ruby questioned as Monokuma cleared his throat.
"Ah, yes, I need to go over the rules of the Killing game!" Monokuma stated before an embarrassed look appeared on his face. "It seems that in the excitement of starting the game, I forgot to go over the rules, my bad," the bear said as Izuku crossed his arms.
"What makes you think that anyone of us will be participating in such a cruel game, villain," Izuku spat as Monokuma's red-eye gleamed dangerously.
"Oh, trust me, green bean, everyone plays eventually, everyone does. It just takes the right motivations to do so. But that's for another time. Now, keep your ears peeled because this will be the only time I explain the rules. Of course, you will have readable versions of the rules once the explanation is finished, but please, listen with full attention! A-hem!
1 – No Attacking Camp counsellor Monokuma! Doing so will earn you a punishment!
2 – No destroying Monokuma based technology. This includes monitors, cameras, monopads, etc.!
3 – Scheduled Bedtime is at 10:00 Pm, and the morning time is 7:00 am. During bedtime, places such as the beach, cafeteria, and the Greenhouse will be closed down during this time and will re-open in the morning. You can, of course, stay up past 10:00 pm, but you cannot access those places until 7:00 am.
4 – Sleeping anywhere but the cabins during nighttime will result in punishment.
5 - A body discovery Announcement will play once three innocent people have discovered the body. Of course, if one person finds it, more people will still have to find it in order for an announcement to trigger. You and those aforementioned two others have to be five meters from the body or less to trigger the counter.
6 - Upon the Body Discovery Announcement playing, you will have a pre-determined amount of time to investigate the crime scene and gather clues for the Camp Trial.
7 - Camp Trials are mandatory, meaning that if you do not participate, you will be punished.
8 - During a Camp Trial, you must find whodunnit, meaning that the evidence you collect will be beneficial for everyone in order to find out the person who killed the victim.
9 – Violence during the Camp Trials will not be excused. It is considered a safe zone.
10 - Depending on the results, either the Blackened (Killer) will be punished, or the rest of the Campers will be, and the Blackened will be allowed to go free.
11 – Blackened's can only kill two people maximum, any more than that, whether it is on accident or not, will result in immediate punishment, regardless of reasoning.
12 - Monokuma can add rules as he pleases.
And there you have it! The rules to our wonderful little killing game! If you want to, you can ask questions, but you cannot ask me anything regarding the rules after this moment! So, ask away!" As Monokuma finally finished talking, Nikki raised her hand.
"Ah, yes, what is it you have to say, Nikki?" Monokuma asked as the teal-haired girl tilted her head in confusion.
"Uh… you kept mentioning "Punishment." What does that mean?" Nikki asked as Monokuma's evil smile became far more sinister.
[Stop OST]
"Oh, that? Well, how do I put this? Punishment is a nicer way of saying,… well, Execution, of course!"
…!
[Play: Mr. Monokuma after class V3]
A sense of dread fell onto everyone in the room at that very moment. Execution… it was something that even Shigaraki had felt afraid to hear. The look of horror on some of the people's faces said it all. Even those who were stonecold had fear written in their eyes.
"Wait a minute. Execution! That's! That's-"
"Barbaric? Cruel? Evil? Villainous? Vile? Trust me, kiddo, I know, I've heard those same things spat at me time and time again, and it never gets old!" Monokuma interrupted what Jaune had been attempting to say, and he did so with the vilest grin Shigaraki had ever since before. It was unlike any kind of malice he had felt before. He was sure that even his Sensei would be fearful of such a grin.
"Y-You! You can't get away with this! I-I won't let you!" Izuku snarled as Monokuma laughed at his expense.
"Oh, please, you think that you, someone whose back to having no power, can stop me? I've said this once, and I'll probably have to say it again, but you cannot end this, not until it reaches its natural conclusion, understand broccoli boy?" Monokuma taunted as the green-haired boy lowered his glare to the bear.
"Well, now that I've dropped that on ya'll, I must be leaving. I have some things to prepare for. Oh, and by the way, it's now nighttime. I suggest you all get a goodnight's sleep because tomorrow will be a very different atmosphere, until then, Buh-bye!"
[Stop OST – Play Despair Syndrome 2]
As Monokuma disappeared, everyone felt a chill crawl up their spines. Twelve rules to a psychotic game, created by a psychotic bear. It felt… surreal. A part of Shigaraki admired the bears' commitment to the idea of the Killing Game. However, he didn't like the fact that he was a part of it.
'Had things been different, perhaps we could've been allies, Monokuma… but since that's not the case, it seems as if we're now enemies….' Shigaraki thought, looking back at the other campers, who all had either concerned looks or distrusting auras around them.
A deafening silence overtook the group of campers. No one spoke a singular word. For a while, the eerie silence felt almost calming. This place was a death trap, a place that was going to be the end of some of them, and they knew that.
The question was,… who? Who was going to make the first move? Who was going to kill first? A majority of the optimists had it in their hopes that no one would. The realists knew otherwise, but neither of them made their ideas, thoughts, or questions heard.
And then, the silence was broken.
"So… there are now rules to this so-called game," Dio spat, crossing his arms, a judgemental glare scanning through them all.
"A-And… if we break any of these rules, we'll be… we'll be killed." The next one to talk was Ruby, who looked visibly unnerved. All the colour had drained from her face, and a scared look appeared in her eyes.
"Well, that just means we'll have to play our parts. To survive, we must play this game. I don't see any other way around it." Dio stated, causing many people to look at him, either in disbelief or in anger.
"The fuck are you saying?! How are we going to play a game where the objective is to kill each other?! Are you insane!" Max shouted, causing Dio to recoil a little before straightening out his tie.
"Now, I don't mean that we play the killing part of the game. I'm suggesting that we play along with the bear's rules, and if someone decides that killing will be needed, then we will continue to play along. It sounds harsh, but that is all that we can do in this scenario. We'll live our lives to the fullest here while we can. That's how adapting and surviving works. Believe me, as someone whose lived in horrible situations, I can attest to how adapting can better suit one's chance of survival."
Everyone remained silent after Dio's speech, and after a few seconds, Deliah was the one to speak up again.
"He's… right, unfortunately. If we can't adapt and survive, then we'll all end up dead sooner or later. So if we work together, we can do as he said, live our lives to the fullest!" Deliah stated a confident look in her eyes as Nikki smiled.
"Yeah! I agree with… uh… what's your name again?" Nikki asked as Deliah giggled.
"It's Deliah," the brunette replied as Nikki grinned.
"Yeah! I agree with Deliah and Dio as well!" The energetic blue-haired girl said, causing a few people to smirk and or smile as well.
"Agreed, but for now, we should probably head to our cabins for the night. It is getting dark, and I'd hate to stay out here in the dark…." Shaggy stated, rubbing the back of his neck as everyone agreed with the lanky teen.
And as the group of sixteen headed to their cabins for the night, the pale light of the moon shined on them all before the chilling laughter of Monokuma echoed out into the night.
Let the games begin.
|Prologue – End| 16 Campers remain| To Be Continued|
Now, for those who made it this far, you're a bunch of champs, and your attention span is better than 90% of people on this site. If you just skipped to the end because you wanted to see what happened, then, if you want, you can check out the split-up version on Ao3 [You're here] and Wattpad. However, though there are parts that are not in those versions, as I added parts to the original story to make it all flow together.
However, from here on out, these chapters are going to be super long, probably nearly the same length as this chapter, so be prepared. The fact that this is 59 pages long makes my head spin.
Now, as for why this chapter is so long, I prefer quality over quantity. While some parts might be a bit iffy, the rest of the story is usually, 99% of the time that is, far better than most. Plus, it's better this way, so that people don't get completely disinterested partway through stories writing process.
Before I go, I have two things I want to say.
.1 I have a PA TRE ON, just look on my profile (On Fanfiction . net), and you should find the link. To make a long story short, scummy landlords endangered our lives, and I want to help my family put money together to get our lives turned around.
.2 Not as serious as the last one, but I want to know who you think will kill and who you think will die. Also, since this is being posted of Fanfiction . Net, there were original pieces of art in this prologue, so if you want to check it out, go to my sister's Instagram page kolabola12, and you'll find the art there [But you're reading on Ao3, so this is null-and-void to you lot].
Now that all this stuff is all cleared up, I got some stuff to do. Until next time, peace! See you all in Chapter 1 – Karmic Justice for the Unjust.