Hajime woke up that morning to a severe pain in his stomach. He let out a groan of annoyance and sat up in bed. He realized that he hadn t eaten since breakfast yesterday, which explained the pain. Izuru was sound asleep next to him, so Hajime moved slowly out of the bed as to not wake him up.

As Hajime got ready, the Monokuma morning announcement aired, waking Izuru.

"I think I found something more annoying to wake up to than that stupid alarm clock we had back at home. The red eyed boy moaned as he slid out of bed. Hajime snorted."

"To be honest, even mom's nagging would be better than Monokuma's voice." He replied. When Izuru was ready the two left their cottage, running into Gundam on their way out.

"Morning Gundam." Hajime greeted.

"Waste not my time with your drivel... human." The breeder replied.

"What the...?"

"Today, the wind carries the wandering souls of the substantial one and the pretentious one... What destiny awaits them? The warm bosom of the Holy Mother, or the flames of Gehenna? You ought offer them a prayer, son of man. Who knows... it might just save their souls. Heh heh heh... Well, then. I am going ahead" With a speech typical of himself, Gundam walked away, leaving behind a confused Hajime, and a slightly annoyed Izuru.

Walking into the lobby of the hotel, the brothers encountered Mahiru and Chiaki.

"Good morning Mahiru."

"Morning." The photographer sounded a bit depressed.

"Huh? What s wrong?" Hajime asked her with concern.

"Ah... I'm sorry. I was thinking about Teruteru. Monokuma said Teruteru's motive was boring, but... That's just not right! I mean, he was worried about his one and only mother! About his family!" The girl explained. Hajime could understand if his family was in danger, he d probably do something about it too though he wasn't sure if he d kill for it.

"You're right. Though that doesn't mean I approve of what he did." He mumbled in reply.

"He did something foolish because of Monokuma's manipulations. However, in the end it was his choice to kill, despite Monokuma's manipulation. While this gives him an explanation for his actions, it does not give him an excuse." Izuru added, playing with a piece of his hair absentmindedly. Mahiru noticed this and seemed to remember something.

"Oh! That s right, Ibuki mentioned something to me yesterday. She said she wanted all the girls to get together and do fun stuff like baking and doing hair. She also mentioned that we should invite you since you have really long hair." Izuru looked surprised at this.

"Me?"

"Well duh! You, Nagito and Kazuichi are the only boys with long hair, but yours is the longest." As Mahiru said that, Izuru looked away.

"I don't like people touching my hair." Hajime noticed his brother s discomfort and decided to butt in.

"Hey, could I come too? I know how to braid hair pretty well." Mahiru was about to decline but she stopped. She could see how close the brothers were, and how Izuru seemed to be less cold when Hajime was around.

"Sure! That d be fun. You and Izuru are the only boys invited though." With that Mahiru walked off to the restaurant. Izuru turned to his brother and gave a small smile, which Hajime returned.

Everyone was up in the restaurant, sitting around, looking concerned.

"Hajime! Izuru! Right on time. What do you guys think?" Kazuichi asked as soon as they got up the stairs.

"About what?" Hajime asked, genuinely confused.

"About that World Ender and traitor shit? Did you guys find anything out?" The mechanic asked, making Izuru huff.

"Of course not. It hasn't even been a full day, and we were sleeping most of that time." Izuru replied.

"Same here." Mahiru agreed.

"Besides, I could not sleep well. It must have been because of all the cryptic stories we heard." Peko added.

"B...But... is it really true...? Is there really a traitor among us...?" Mikan asked timidly.

"I doubt there is any need to worry about a traitor. If worst comes to worst, there are at least 13 of us against at most 2 of them. Even if one of them is someone like Nekomaru, we could overpower him if necessary." Izuru answered.

"I am not the traitor, but he is right. I'm merely a coach, so a true athlete like some of you would easily beat me." Said coach replied.

"Hey Monokuma said something about there maybe being two traitors, so what if the traitors are you guys? You re brothers right so it d make sense for you guys to be working together." Hiyoko suggested, looking right at Hajime and Izuru.

"Eh? They re the traitor?" Kazuichi asked.

"Hold on, Izuru and I aren't the traitors!" Hajime protested.

"If you were the traitors you d totally say that!" Hiyoko yelled.

"If we were the traitors? Then what? What would you do? Izuru asked, looking serious. Even if you accuse us, we wouldn't admit it if we were. So what is the point if you have no proof? Accusations are simply that, accusations, they hold no value."

"Well I-" Hiyoko stuttered.

"That's enough, arguing about this is getting us nowhere. Since no one has any new clues, the only thing we can do right now is wait and see what happens. So, with that said, let's eat." Byakuya declared, digging into his own plate of food.

After a few minutes however...

"Hey, do you guys smell somethin' ?" Akane asked curiously.

"What do you mean?" Hajime questioned.

"Something stinks. You know, something smells like a late-night snack, or like a hostess club after closing time." She replied.

"How'd we know?! What kinda rough lifestyle ve you been living?!" Kazuichi yelled out.

"But... now that she mentions it, something does smell. It's like sewage, or raw garbage." Peko added.

"Kyahahahaha! I know! It's the stink from big bro Nekomaru's mouth!" Hiyoko mocked.

"GAHAHAHA! Ya sure got me!" The coach agreed.

"No, it's not Nekomaru. This smell is coming from..." Akane looked around before her eyes landed on a certain dancer. "It's coming from you, Hiyoko."

"H-huh?"

"Holy- she s right, you reek Hiyoko!" Kazuichi agreed.

"I-I WAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Hiyoko suddenly started sobbing loudly.

"Wh-whoa? She's crying?" Ibuki said.

"You guys, haven't you heard of being gentle!" Mahiru scolded.

"Hiyoko, have you even been taking showers?" Akane asked. Hiyoko sniffled.

"No." Was her answer.

"Why?" Hajime asked, amazed that the whole time they'd been here the girl hadn't been bathing.

"It-it's not my fault I can't tie my kimono's obi by myself!" She replied, before sobbing loudly again.

"H-hey, Hiyoko, don t cry. If it's just about the obi, I can help you tie it." Mahiru's words seemed to calm the dancer down a little.

"R-really?"

"I don't know any of the fancy knots, but... if you want, I'll even teach you how to tie it yourself." Hiyoko sniffled and hugged Mahiru thanking her. "Hiyoko! You don't need to hug me like that!" But Mahiru didn't sound too angry.

"If you wish to learn some of the more complex knots, I know some." Izuru put in.

"Ew! I don t want your help!"

'Aaaand she s back to normal.' Hajime thought as Hiyoko yelled at his brother.

The day passed by slowly, around noon, Ibuki approached the brothers who were playing a card game with Nagito(Who was winning).

"IIIIIIIZZZZYYYY HAJIMEME!" The musician called. "Mahiru said that you guys agreed to do the hair thing! So c'mon!" The brothers looked at each other and sighed as they were pulled by Ibuki to the hotel restaurant.

Peko, Mahiru, Hiyoko, Chiaki and Mikan were waiting there, one of the table s was piled with a bunch of hair ties, pins, brushes, water bottles, and various hair supplies.

"You guys really decided to go all out on this huh?" Hajime remarked nervously.

"Yup! When you do something you go all out!" Akane yelled in reply. Izuru was standing near the stairs, looking ready to run away at the first sign of one of them trying to touch his hair.

"So who wants to get their hair done first?" Mahiru asked.

"Me! Me! Pick Ibuki! Ibuki yelled, looking excited. I want Izzy to do my hair! He s a good cook and fighter so I wanna see if he s good at doing hair too!" She suddenly ran over to Izuru, grabbed his hand and dragged him over to a table.

"I don't know how good I'll do though I only ever really did Hajime's hair and my mother's sometimes but that was awhile ago."

"C'mon! At least try!" As Ibuki said that she forced a brush into his hands, leaving him pretty much no choice.

Izuru took the ties out of Ibuki s signature horns out, letting the hair fall down her back.

"Your hair is brittle and dry Do you use some kind of conditioner?" He asked her.

"Nopers!"

"You should, with all the hair dye that you use, and all the products, you re going to go bald."

"Eeeh? Ibuki doesn't want to go bald!"

"Then use conditioner, and maybe ease up on the hair dye and products." As they spoke, Izuru used the ties and pins to put her hair into a flower braid.

"Oh my gosh! This sooooo pretty! It s not my usual style but it s adorable!" The musician cheered.

"Can I go next?" Chiaki asked, a curious look on her face. Izuru nodded and let Chiaki sit in the spot that Ibuki just left. He put her hair in a fishtail braid. He couldn't help but notice how soft and smooth her hair was compared to Ibuki s.

Everyone, sans Hajime and Mahiru, whose hair was too short, got their hair done by Izuru. Akane had her's done in two braids like Peko s was, Peko had one long braid down her back, and Hiyoko had a bun.

"OK! It s Izzy's turn!" Ibuki shouted, skipping towards Izuru.

"A-ah, I'll do it. I've braided his hair in the past when I was bored." Hajime cut in.

"Plus, I only trust him to touch my hair." Izuru added.

"Whaaaat? You don't trust us Izzy?"

"It's not that I think it s just because he has personal space issues y'know? Like he doesn't know us that well so he doesn't feel comfortable with us touching him I think." Chiaki explained. Izuru nodded in agreement.

"So, I'll do his hair OK? You guys can choose the style though." Hajime said with a small smirk on his face.

"Hold on, I never agreed to-"

"Shut it. This is revenge for scaring the crap out of me so many times yesterday." Hajime demanded. Izuru sighed in defeat and sat down in front of his brother

"Oooh! What about those braid things that Princess Leia has in Star Wars?!" Akane suggested. Hajime smirked.

"That's perfect." He got to work. In the end, the braids were a bit messy, but it still served it's purpose to make Izuru pout.

"Happy?" He asked.

"Extremely."

The two hung out with the girls a few more hours with the girls until the Monokuma announcement aired. With that, the brothers went back to their cottage, feeling relaxed.

"S-stop! Don't do it!" Please put the knife down I m sorry. Please, I m sorry!"

"You're only sorry that you were found out. I won't forgive you."

"No! W-we didn't know! We didn't know that they were going to-to-"

"Liar I don't believe you. Even if you re telling the truth, it s still your fault."

"NO! STOP PLEASE! IZURU STOP!"

A flash of silver. A scream and a thud. A woman screaming in agony as blood poured from the wound in her stomach. The screams stopped as the knife pierced her throat, replaced by gurgles A man yelled in rage and charged. The knife was driven into the man's heart, killing him instantly. Only silence was left.

"I won't forgive.

I won't forgive.

I won't forgive.

It's their fault.

I won't let them get away with this.

I won't."

(A/N:Since I'm a nice guy, I'll provide you all with a hint as to who Izuru killed in that last part: zb wyvwph thkyl f whkyl The key is Caesar 7.
I ask you all not to share it with everyone once you crack the code though.)