Hajime sighed heavily and looked at the sky. It had gone dark by the time that everyone had split up, and he and Izuru had been sitting by the pool, not saying anything for that entire time. Izuru mostly looked at all the plants around the area and when it had gotten dark he stared up at the stars intently.

"Is… this really happening?" Hajime asked, mostly to himself.

"Seems so… I doubt this is some kind of nightmare, it's impossible that we're both having the same dream." Izuru commented dryly. Hajime looked at his brother, who hadn't taken his eyes off the sky. If Hajime didn't know any better, he'd say that Izuru didn't care about this situation, that he wasn't phased by it at all.

But Hajime could see how tense his brother's body was, how his eyebrows were slightly creased, and the way his hands shook slightly. Izuru was scared. Just like he was.

*Ding dong bing bong* A bell sounded and Monokuma's high pitched, rather annoying voice came over the monitor.

"Hello, hello! This is an announcement from Hope's Peak Academy's Field Trip Executive Committee...It is now 10PM! Night brings out the worst in people... If you walk outside, you may inadvertently come across a killer! If that happens… sucks to be you! However, I've prepared special cottages for everyone! You can sleep there in safety and comfort! I hope you like them! I strongly recommend you lock your doors up tight before going to bed. You never know who's prowling about, scheming murder! Upupu... Bye-o-nara bitches!" With that, the bear disappeared from the monitor.

Hajime was about to say something, but before he could, a certain black and white bear appeared in front of them.

"Except you two!" The bear yelled. Hajime let out a shriek of surprise and nearly fell backwards off the chair, but Izuru caught him by the sleeve.

"What do you mean except us?" Izuru asked.

"Well, you see, there are only 16 cottages, but 17 students! I'm guessing my dumb little sister didn't think you two needed separate cottages, so you'll have to share! I'm a busy bear so I Don't have the time to build another one. Besides, it'd bug me to no end if we had an odd number. So deal with it you fuckbags!" With that, Monokuma left again, leaving the twins behind to groan.

"Well… nothing we aren't used to." Hajime muttered, standing up and walking with Izuru to the cottage that had their picture on it.

Stepping inside, there was only one bed, a TV, a small couch and some kind of shelf in the corner. Off to the side there was a bathroom, and of course, a monitor and a surveillance camera.

Hajime let out a yell and fell face first onto the bed, letting out a scream of anguish. He did this a few more times while Izuru examined the room curiously. When Hajime's yells seemed to die down, Izuru walked over to his brother, and slowly patted his head.

Hajime lifted his head and stared at Izuru with teary eyes.

"What the fuck is going on?! I… we were just going to the Academy, and everything was going fine and now ithis/i happens?! Why!? Why us? We didn't do anything wrong!" Hajime was rambling, and shaking. Izuru pulled his brother into a hug, and stroked his back comfortingly.

"I want to go home…" Hajime whispered. "I'm horrible… I want to go home so bad but-but the only way is-is to kill someone… I don't… I don't…" Izuru pulled back from the hug and looked Hajime in the eyes.

"Hajime. Listen to me. I know you. We've been together since we were infants. You're not the type of person to kill someone, even if it's a life threatening situation. You do inot/i need to worry about that. Understand? I can't say the same for myself however. If there was ever a situation that you or I were in danger, I would kill someone just to make sure we'd be OK. But, I wouldn't let it come to that. I swear."

Hajime was shocked. Izuru rarely spoke in so many words. Hajime knew his brother was serious now. Hajime could even see his brother's eyes become shiny from tears. The smaller male gripped his brother tightly in a hug, and he could feel Izuru start to cry as well.

"I… I'll do my best to protect you too. I know I'm not as strong or-or smart, but I won't let anything bad happen to you, I swear. You might be a big jerk sometimes, but you're still my brother." Hajime said, laughing a little at the last sentence. They had their moments when they would get into arguments, but at the end of the day, they were brothers, twins.

Hajime was the only person that Izuru truly trusted, and could rely on. He had no idea what he'd do if Hajime were to die. He almost shivered at the thought of Hajime dying. It terrified him. He wouldn't let that happen, even if he had to die trying.

Hajime knew he'd do the same. Izuru was his best friend, the closest person he had. Even if he sometimes got jealous, and he sometimes felt like he wasn't as good as his brother, he had no hard feelings towards Izuru, because he knew that Izuru saw Hajime as an equal.

Whereas Hajime lacked in academic and physical strength, he had social skills, and the ability to show his emotions easily, in that regard, Hajime was far better than his brother. Their parents often joked about how the two of them had somehow split of those attributes between them, to balance things out.

Thinking about that however, made Hajime wonder what their talent even was. He wondered if it had something to do with their personalities, or if it was something else.

"We should… get some sleep, or at least try to." Izuru mumbled. "Want me to take the couch? Or do you want to share a bed like we did when we were little?" Hajime snorted at that, remembering all the times Izuru had crawled into his bed after a nightmare, or when Hajime would get lonely at night and move into Izuru's bed. Their parents had eventually just bought a larger bed so they wouldn't have to move.

"Sharing would be fine… I have a feeling this entire thing is going to give me nightmares…" Hajime whispered. Izuru gave a sincere smile and ruffled his brother's hair.

"Alright." The brother's didn't even bother changing aside from taking off their ties so they wouldn't strangle themselves in their sleep, before flopping onto the bed, completely exhausted. Their backs facing each other, both of them fell asleep almost immediately, completely exhausted from the day's events.

During that night, Hajime had an extremely strange dream involving Monokuma, where he mentioned something about buying a game or something. It was weird.

Hajime was the first one to wake up. Izuru had rolled over in his sleep so that half his body was laying on Hajime's arm, and he could already feel that his arm had gone numb. He groaned and managed to pry his arm out from under his sleeping brother. His arm became full of pins and needles as blood rushed back into it.

Hajime sighed and walked over to the shower, getting himself ready hesitantly. He really didn't want to go out and do anything, but he couldn't just hide in this room forever. When he got out of the shower he discovered that all their clothes had been put into the drawers of the room. He didn't want to think about how they got there, he just dressed and sat on the couch.

After a few minutes he heard a bell, and Monokuma's voice rang throughout the room.

"Ahem! Good morning everyone! The time is now 7 AM and it's another beautiful tropical day! Let's all make the most of it!" With that, the bear disappeared from the screen.

"I swear to god I'm going to rip that damn bear in half." Izuru mumbled into the pillow, making Hajime snicker.

"Good morning to you too."

"Kiss my ass." Izuru sat up in bed and rubbed his eyes. He glared at his brother and headed to the bathroom, and got ready as well, but was still extremely grumpy when he exited. His hair was also a giant mess of tangles.

"Jeez, I think your hair is even worse than it is usually." Hajime mumbled.

"Whatever." Izuru walked towards the door, but was stopped by Monokuma

"No no! You can't leave!" The bear yelled, but Izuru didn't flinch.

"What do you want?" He asked.

"I need you to find my plushies. I made too many but I couldn't just throw them away, so I've hidden them all over the island! And I want you guys to find them all!" The bear explained.

"Why? What do we get out of it?" Hajime asked.

"You have to because I said so! You can't say no! I've hidden one in here, and I'm not going to let you out until you find it." The bear disappeared again, and Izuru managed to catch him disappearing under the floorboards through a trap door.

Looking around the room, Hajime spotted the stuffed animal up on the wall, perched on a small ledge. He managed to jump up and grab it, then set it down on the shelf. The smaller replica of Monokuma was wearing a seashell bikini, making both of them shudder in disgust. Attached to the plush was about 10 coins.

"Yay! You did it! I also left some monocoins for you guys. Use them at the MonoMono machine or the vending machine in the supermarket! Laters!" The bear vanished just as quickly as he appeared.

"Let's… just go. It's better if we don't ask questions." Izuru said with a sigh. However, as soon as the two stepped outside, they ran into Kazuichi.

"AAAAAAAAAAH!" The pink haired man yelled.

"Whoa!" Hajime yelled back.

"O-oh… it's just you guys. Don't surprise me like that!" Izuru had to keep himself from rolling his eyes.

"Th-that's my line..." Hajime mumbled.

"B-but, have you seen it? Oh man, this isn't good… those things… The gates, y'know, big ones, gates, central island, five of them?" Kazuichi wasn't making any semblance of sense.

"Kazuichi, calm down and tell us. What's going on with the bridges." Izuru said evenly.

"Those big things, the monsters, they're guarding the gates!" Kazuichi finally managed to yell. Suddenly, Monokuma appeared again.

"They're not monsters! They're Monobeasts!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAGH HE'S HERE!" Kazuichi screamed, making Izuru slightly flinch at how loud he was being.

"The Monobeasts are Jabberwock Island's guardians. They're there to help me keep you bastards in check and prevent you from crossing over to the other islands." Monokuma explained, then disappeared. Izuru was starting to grow annoyed at Monokuma's constant appearing and disappearing.

"So… they're gatekeepers. I guess it's a good idea not to go near them." Hajime wondered aloud.

"You're so noisy." Izuru turned his head to see Peko standing there, looking as intimidating as ever.

"AAAAA ANOTHER MONSTER!" Kazuichi shrieked. Izuru pinched the bridge of his nose in annoyance.

"I came here to get you, but if you're going to call me a monster, I'll leave." Peko said, sounding annoyed.

"Just… ignore him, he's freaking out about everything. And you came to get us?" Hajime asked curiously.

"Byakuya wanted us all to gather at the hotel restaurant, and since you guys weren't showing up I was told to go get you." Izuru hummed. He supposed it was a good idea to keep track of everyone. After giving her explanation, Peko left.

"Wonder what the meeting's about…" Hajime wondered.

"I don't care man. I'm… I'm running away!" Kazuichi yelled as he ran off. Hajime made a move to stop him but gave up almost immediately.

"Ugh… we should just go to the restaurant I guess." Hajime mumbled, sounding annoyed. Izuru nodded and followed his brother to the hotel's restaurant, where there was piles of food laid out.

"You're late. Where's Kazuichi?" Byakuya asked as soon as the brother's walked in.

"He… ran away." Hajime explained.

"He's an idiot. There's nowhere to run." Izuru mumbled, grabbing a cup and pouring some coffee in it. He partially tuned out what everyone was saying as he drank, not yet in the mood for what everyone had to say.

"We won't start talking until Kazuichi is here." Byakuya said, which Izuru managed to pick up on.

"What are we even here to talk about?" Hajime asked.

"Isn't it obvious? To figure out how to beat the shit out of those machines!" Akane yelled, punching her palm with her fist.

"Yeah… good luck with that." Izuru mumbled softly. Akane looked at him and smiled.

"Thanks dude!" She said, making Izuru groan internally.

"We can't fight those things! They-they're heavily armed!" Mikan whimpered.

"BULLETS CAN'T PIERCE SPIRIT!" Nekomaru screamed. Izuru merely ignored them and prepared himself a plate of food. And after a second he piled some food onto a plate for Hajime as well.

"Can we just get started already? This is going to be some worthless pep talk anyway." Hiyoko said mockingly.

"No, we cannot continue without everyone here." Byakuya reminded. Mahiru let out a groan and stood up.

"Fine! I'll go get him myself. I'll bring him back even if I have to tie him up!" She said as she stomped angrily down the stairs.

"Ooh, getting tied up by Miss Mahiru, maybe I should run away too… Just kidding!" Teruteru yelled happily.

"Disgusting bastard…" Fuyuhiko mumbled.

"While we wait, I suggest we all have breakfast. Let's eat!" Byakuya said as he sat down and began to shovel food into his mouth. Izuru sighed and made Hajime sit next to him. Hajime looked at the food nervously.

"Wait, where did this food come from?" He asked.
"It was here when I came in this morning." Nagito said with a smile. "I guess Teruteru made it."

"No way! My food doesn't taste as shitty as this!" The cook yelled.

"Shitty? Tastes good to me." Akane said with a full mouth.

"J-just good right? The food I make has been called "The Tastiest Food in the World". Compared to that, this "good" food is utterly worthless. The comparison itself is nonsense! Comparing me to such low-level fodder? I'm quite offended!" Teruteru screamed, with an utterly terrifying look on his face. "When you eat my food, your jaw won't be the only thing that drops!"

"What… do you mean?" Peko asked.

"Your panties will fall off too! Just like the black thong Miss Peko is wearing!" Izuru nearly choked on his drink as Teruteru said that. He stared at the scene, waiting for Peko to smack him on the head with her bamboo sword.

"Y-you, how did you know?" The girl asked, making Hajime's jaw drop in shock.

"But if Teruteru did not cook this then who did?" Sonia questioned.

"Maybe it was Monokuma?" Ibuki suggested.

"Is… it really safe to eat things made by him?" Hajime asked.

"That's why I'm tasting it for poison. Your brother has already eaten some as well so it seems safe." Byakuya said. 'You don't need to eat so much to taste it for poison…' Hajime thought. He looked at Izuru who was eating as well, though it wasn't nearly as much as Byakuya was eating.

Now that he thought about it, he remembered that the last meal he and Izuru had was breakfast right before going to the school, and as soon as he realized that, his stomach started to throb with hunger pains. Giving into his stomach's demands Hajime ate as well. It didn't taste bad at least, and he didn't die when he ate it so he assumed it was safe.

"OK, I brought him." Mahiru said as she entered the restaurant, dragging Kazuichi behind her by his sleeve. The pink haired man gave a few cries of protest until she let him go.

"No then-" Byakuya started, but as soon as he did, there was a loud crash and a scream. Izuru turned his head to the source and saw…

"AAAH! I-I-I-I tripped!" Mikan squealed as she lay on the floor, her legs in the air, and her legs tangled up in an electrical cord.

"C-can you even call that tripping?" Hajime asked, trying not to stare.

"H-how can you trip and end up like that?" Byakuya asked. Izuru had to agree. Izuru had a feeling she hadn't really tripped… and had ended up like that on purpose somehow. It took him a moment to regain his composure, and he quickly walked over to the girl and got her untangled from the cord.

"Are you alright?" He asked her. She was gripping her head and sniffling.

"I-I'm fine… my head hurts a little but I-I-I'm OK." She mumbled. Izuru sighed.

"Aw… Izuru you party pooper, I was enjoying it!" Teruteru complained. Izuru gave the smaller man a glare, which shut him up immediately.

"First off, I have a question for you all, what do you think we need in a situation like this? Monokuma has ordered us to kill each other, so what do you think we need?" Byakuya asked. Everyone was silent.

"I suppose… we need a bond? I mean, if we're all suspicious of each other, and we don't work together, we'll never get anywhere right?" Nagito suggested. Hajime thought that was a good idea. Working as a team would help them a lot.

"Hmm, interesting, but I was thinking of something less trivial than a bond." Byakuya said, looking smug.

"Then… what is it?" Nagito asked, looking a little confused.

"What we need, is a leader! And as the most competent person here, I nominate myself." Byakuya suddenly got a serious expression on his face. "I swear, on the Togami family name, that I will not allow a single one of you to die." Izuru was surprised that Byakuya was acting so responsible, and considerate for others. It blew his expectations out of the water.

Mahiru complained that Byakuya was being too forceful, and that no one had agreed for him to be the leader, but after a bit of convincing she agreed.

"Excellent, now, there is one other thing we need to address, follow me." Byakuya didn't waste any time, and walked down the stairs, not bothering to see if anyone had followed.

Sighing heavily, the twins followed Byakuya to the park, where they saw a big…thing standing where the statutes had been.

"What… is that?" Hajime shouted in shock. Everyone quickly arrived and saw the thing as well. It was a giant sphere, with two ears like Monokuma's on top. And it was counting down.

"A bomb?" Izuru asked.

"A-a-a-a-a bomb?!" Kazuichi shrieked.

"No, if they wanted to blow the island up, they'd do it already. I found it this morning while I was searching the island again, this wasn't here last night, so who did it?" Byakuya asked.

"Strange… very strange…" A familiar, high pitched voice chimed in. Everyone turned to the source to see Monomi standing there.

"M-Monomi?!"

"AAAAH!" The rabbit screamed in shock.

"Y-you're here? Why?" Mahiru asked.

"Well, I was patrolling and I heard you guys talking." The rabbit explained.

"N-no, not that. Didn't Monokuma kill you?" Ibuki asked, looking anxious.

"She's a stuffed animal robot thing right? So she probably has multiple copies if one of them gets destroyed." Izuru explained.

"Exactly! Even if Monokuma wanted to, he couldn't kill me!" Monomi said happily.

"You're timing is perfect however. Tell us, what is that timer for?" Byakuya demanded. Monomi looked confused before she turned her eyes to the giant ball.

"What is that?! I-I-I've never seen that before… I have no idea what Monokuma is doing… without my Magic stick I'm just as blind as you all." She said while looking afraid.

"So not even Monomi, the person who brought us here knows what this is." Izuru turned to Monomi. "And I doubt you can get us out of here early either, since you seem to be powerless now."

"Uuhuu… there is a way, but I can't access it. But maybe if you collect all the Hope Shards, you might be able to…" Monomi said with a small sob in her voice. "So… try, please, collect all the Hope Shards, grow your bonds and make a biiig Hope Flower bloom!" Monomi cheered up a little as she said this. "Let's all work together to drive that meanie Monokuma off the island!"

"If you truly know nothing then you're useless to us. Get out." Byakuya said coldly.

"B-but…" Monomi whimpered.

"I said get lost." As Byakuya said that Monomi sobbed and left.

"That was a bit… mean." Sonia said.

"Miss Sonia! Can I call you Miss Sonia? I'mma call you Miss Sonia. You shouldn't feel bad for her! She's probably working with Monokuma!" Kazuichi yelled.

"Who cares about those stuffed toys? This clock is more important!" Fuyuhiko yelled.

The group began talking about who could be behind this. It had to be a large group, like Sonia's Novoselic kingdom, the Kuzuryuu clan, or the Togami corporation. Izuru couldn't deny that whoever was doing this had a large amount of resources, and had the ability to either hide the fact that they were here, or that they kept away anyone trying to rescue them.

"Not only that, how has Jabberwock Island, a popular tourist destination, suddenly become uninhabited?" That was what caught Izuru's attention. It had been bothering him as well.

"Perhaps whoever did this drove everyone out, or killed everyone who was living here?" Izuru suggested.

"K-Killed everyone? That's… that's horrible!" Mikan yelled.

"At the end of the day, we don't know exactly what happened, that mystery will remain a mystery for now. We don't know who did this or why, but we when we do find out who, we'll find out why. So for now, let us search the island for clues!" Byakuya declared.

"Alright! Let's go… what are we looking for?" Izuru wanted to slap himself at how dim Akane was being, but he held himself back.

"Clues. Any kind of clue." Mahiru reminded.

"Hmph! It doesn't matter, no organization can stop ime./i As long as I have my Four Dark Devas of Destruction, I am unstoppable!" As Gundam said this, the hamsters crawled out of his scarf.

"Oh! Hamsters! They're so adorable!" Sonia exclaimed happily.

"A-adorable!" Gundam seemed angry for a moment, before hiding his suddenly red face in his scarf. "Th-thank you…" He mumbled. Once again, one of the hamsters, San-D this time, jumped off of Gundam's shoulder and landed on Izuru, making him tense a little. However, he had been expecting something like this and was able to gain his composure.

He scooped the small animal up in his hand, and looked at it. It stared back. Izuru sighed and pet it's head gently. The hamster relaxed more and more as he did this, until it was laying on his hand, having gone completely flat.

"Aaah! Izuru killed the hamster!" Ibuki screamed.

"I didn't kill it…" Izuru mumbled.

"He is correct. That is just a natural response. It means that San-D is completely relaxed. It is impressive dark one." Gundam walked over and took San-D back, slipping it back inside his scarf.

"Aww! That's so cute Izzy! Hamsters like you!"

"Will you all be quiet? For now, let us all go our separate ways and investigate." Byakuya said with an air of finality. Everyone seemed to agree and walked off in different directions, leaving Hajime and Izuru behind.

"Do you want to split up and look around on our own or…?" Hajime finally asked after a few minutes of silence.

"No. I don't trust this place. I'd prefer if we stick together." Izuru mumbled. Hajime seemed to agree.

"Let's look with someone else first though? I mean, it'd be good to get to know everyone… Gather Hope Shards too."

"I guess. Let's go."

(I just want to remind everyone that this is not an incest fic. Izuru and Hajime are extremely close, close enough to share about without feeling awkward, they do not have any feelings beyond brotherly. I do not have any siblings of my own so I do not know 100% how sibling relations work so bear with me. Also, sorry for the late update, had a busy day. Also, also, please leave a review, feedback is great!)