Before we begin, I would like to address some reviews I've gotten for this story.

The latest one was from a guest which read: Is this story just a fic version of DR 1 or there will be changes? If there isn't… Wouldn't you think that this was pointless to write at all?

Well, this is kind of like a novelization, but it'll have a different ending. Like the title suggests.

The next one was from a user named GhostPyro. This one read: In the first chapter, its kind of weird for his family to be calling him Naegi, because they're all Naegi, they should be calling him Makoto.

I sent this person a PM to explain, but I'll explain it here just to be on the safe side: I've switched some of the character's names so that it fits more to my liking.

With that out of the way, on to today's chapter!

"Anyway…" Maizono continued. "Celeste, Fukawa, and Yamada were left over, so they joined up."

"If I'm being honest, I can't quite say we acted as one." Celeste explained. "Rather, we did nothing as one. We spend the entire time in the gym. Honestly, we are not exactly the types to go running around a school like a gaggle of junior detectives."

"The hell were you thinking, just sitting around the gym the whole time?" Asked Junko.

"W-Well, it's not like any of you i-invited me along!" Fukawa said angrily. "Nobody said hey, c-come with us! I blame y-you for leaving me out! I-It's your fault!"

"If you wanted to go with someone, you should've just said something!" Exclaimed Junko.

"Hmph." Grunted Fukawa. "F-Forget it. Like I'd w-want to go anywhere with a dirty s-slut like you…"

"Slut…?" Junko asked in total shock.

"Your mind is as th-thin as your body." Fukawa continued. "You m-make me sick to my s-stomach…"

Junko didn't take kindly to that. "I… I don't even know how to react." She said. "How can you say something so awful to someone you just met?"

"Alright guys, everybody just calm down, okay?" Kure spoke up. "All this stress is bad for your skin, y'know?"

"Yeah!" Agreed Maizono. "It sounds like you two are so close now you're fighting like sisters!"

I… Don't think that's what's going on, Maizono…

"So that's what they have to say, huh?" Maizono continued. "Then I guess I'm the only one left. I went and looked around the dining hall. I found a fridge in the back of the kitchen, and it was overflowing with all kinds of stuff. I guess we don't have to worry about food, at least."

"Sure, for now." Worried Yamada. "But even with all that, there are fifteen of us. How long can the food last…?"

"Y-You can just eat sesame s-seeds or something…" Muttered Fukawa.

"Huh?" Gasped Yamada. Clearly overhearing her. "What am I, a parakeet?"

"I don't think we have to worry about it." Said Maizono. "All the food gets restocked automatically each day. At least, that's what Monokuma said…"

"You saw him!?" Junko gasped.

"Yeah, he came out of nowhere while I was checking the fridge, told me that, then disappeared again." Explained Maizono. "He was so fast, I can't believe someone could gave been moving him around with a remote control…"

"A weaponized toy that can just appear from nowhere…" Said Chihiro. "I can't tell if we're supposed to be afraid or not."

"But was everything okay?" Asked Asahina. "He didn't try to like, eat you or anything?"

"E-Eat her…?" Whimpered Yamada. "Um, what do you mean b that? I mean, when you say "eat", what kind of eating are we talking about?"

"C-Come on, man!" Complained Asahina.

"What the hell, fatty!?" Exclaimed Leon. "You're acting like some kind of sleazy drunk dude."

"Not like there's a good kind of drunk dude…" Muttered Kure.

"Hey!" Yelled Junko. "Stop screwing around, all of you! Are you still asleep or something? We're prisoners here! We could all die any second!"

"She's right. We can't be makin' stupid jokes right now." Said Mondo. "We gotta do something, or-!"

A voice cut through the noise, interrupting Mondo.

"You're all spending an awful lot of time yelling and carrying on."

The voice came from Kirigiri. "Do you really think you can afford to do so?" She continued. "Have none of you accepted the reality of the situation?"

"Kirigiri!" Exclaimed Ishimaru. "Where the heck have you been?! We already started the meeting without you!"

She didn't say a word. Instead, she just dropped a piece of paper on the table.

"Huh? What's this…?" I asked.

"It appears to be a map of Hope's Peak Academy." She replied.

"A map…?"

"Wh-What the…?" Stammered Ishimaru. "Where did you find this?"

"It doesn't matter where I found it." She said.

"It DOES matter!" Exclaimed Ishimaru. "You're really freaking us out right now!"

"Never mind that." Junko spoke up. "What's it mean?"

"Just look at it." Said Kirigiri. "The building right now is laid out in the precisely the same way as Hope's Peak Academy."

"So what you're saying is…" I began. "This really is Hope's Peak Academy?"

"Well, in terms of construction, yes."