Sup everyone I know I'm like six months late but my IRL life has been extremely busy sorry I guess so honestly I had no time to write and if I did I just wasn't motivated, anyway review like and bookmark because that sure helps my self-esteem and keeps me motivated to keep writing knowing that you guys like what I'm putting out so anyway let's get on to chapter eleven shall we. Also important A/N at end of chapter.
Ichiro's POV 7:00 AM
"Rise and shine my sweeties it's time for another fear to be announced, Ichiro you may now get out of the box, everyone must be there in the next ten minutes or a punishment will be brought upon you"
"Ugh finally I'm free of this barren box" I mumbled to myself
I was successfully able to get out of the box and directly to the left of me there was a different box probably holding the next person's fear. Like last time the box was covered with a tarp preventing anyone from seeing what was inside, meanwhile, my box contained nothing which was also odd because I didn't hear anything last night but then again I am a heavy sleeper so who knows. I crawled out of the box, wanting to get breakfast I was about ready to leave for the dining hall but before I could, Ishimaru one of my least favorite people here showed up.
"HELLO CLASSMATE HOW ARE YOU THIS FINE MORNING"
"Great," I said rolling my eyes
Ishimaru not catching the eye roll continues with his annoying voice by saying.
"WELL THAT'S GREAT CLASSMATE, AH AND HERE COME SOME MORE OF OUR CLASSMATES"
As Ishimaru said that Sakura, Aoi, and Tenko all walked in and was followed by Kirumi, Kyoko, and Hyoko soon after. After about ten minutes the last of our classmates had walked in. Many had nervous looking faces others more stoic or brave, while I just didn't care because I finished my punishment so why should I be scared.
"Hello students of Hopes Peak Academy, last time Ichiro got punished with his fear of bees, this time we are going to be bringing to life someone else's fear of not being able to help others, I guess"
At that point there were only about four people who would possibly have that fear I thought, but that was based solely on talents and personalities that I remember from the introductions, my best guess would be either Makoto or Kirumi, but as I was thinking the box's curtain was taken off and was revealed to hold nothing inside of it, which left many of us confused about what the purpose of the box was or what the fear really was.
"Kirumi Tojo it's your time to face your fear of not being able to help others"
As soon as the announcement was made Kirumi stepped forward and like last time with me he placed Kirumi inside the box and locked the door. But unlike last time there wasn't a mini box to keep her safe, instead she just had to stay in the box which was about the size of a small bedroom, so she wasn't cramped.
"MISS TOJO ARE YOU ALRIGHT IN THERE, DO YOU NEED ANYTHING?" Taka yelled
Kirumi didn't reply it just seemed like she mouthed the word "what". This left many confused but Kyoko was able to figure it out pretty quickly.
"The glass is soundproof isn't it" Kyoko observed
"Of course my dear detective, you were always the sharpest one of the class"
Huh why does he think she is the sharpest in the class but she is the Ultimate Detective so maybe he is just assuming she is the sharpest, but you never know.
"The walls are soundproof because her fear is unable to help others or assist them, therefore, she isn't allowed to verbally help so, solution soundproof glass and all paper will be burned when entering the box she isn't allowed to write either"
"Huh you really went above and beyond didn't you" Celeste mused
"Of course, you got to entertain don't you"
Entertain what does he mean by that I mean who is he entertaining in this damn school, us? These questions are starting to pile up, I can tell that this bear is hiding something important and this may possibly have to do with my sudden blackout on the plane and my change in clothing because I was only wearing a pair of shorts and T-shirt on that plane. But I may just be reading way to far into things
"What do you plan to accomplish bear by doing all of this," I asked
"To put it bluntly my dearest student, I want murder, betrayal, and despair. That is what I want"
"But why us, I mean what have we done" I questioned
"Because why not, you ask way too many questions, maybe if you paid attention and stopped asking questions then maybe you will find out"
That was an odd answer, he definitely was avoiding the question I hit something there, I'll have to confront him later. But that will have to happen at a later date since the bear just decided to leave before I could continue questioning, so after the recent gathering, most of us decided to leave the gym only those closest to Kirumi stayed, which oddly were Hyoko, Sonia and Taka, all three were trying to find a way to communicate to Kirumi. But they were failing miserably. I decided to leave get some breakfast and then do a little investigating and since I only really had one friend and she was doing a poor job of hiding it, I felt investigating alone was best.I left to the cafeteria around the same time a few others were, namely Leon and Mondo both jock types if I remember correctly.
"Hey Ichiro what's up, wanna join us for breakfast," Leon asked
"Thanks, Leon but I was just hoping to grab a quick bite to eat, and then head back to my room"
"Aw come on man join us bros, I mean it looks like you don't have many friends" Mondo offered
"Well I was locked in a box for 24 hours, but I guess you're right. I guess I could join you guys" I mused
"That's the spirit" Mondo hollered
Not wanting to be rude I decided to join them, besides Mondo is right I do need some friends if I'm going to survive this ordeal.
"So what did I miss while I was in the box," I asked trying to find out if I missed anything important
"Well I mean not much, Sakura and Nekomaru started a workout group where most of the athletes workout. I think you worked out with them once before, getting shoved in that box and all" Leon recalled
"Yes I did work out with them once it wasn't pleasant really, mainly because Akane doesn't understand teamwork and Tenko hates men"
"Yah she really hates us guys for some reason" Mondo mused
"So anything else important, like any rumors or relationships like anything of that such" I asked
"Well I believe there is rumor about Kirumi used to serve Hyoko, Sonia, and Taka at one point, and I believe even Togami, and Sayaka and Makoto knew each other before this" Leon answered
"Huh that explains why Hyoko, Sonia, and Taka all stayed with her" I mused
"Anyway, since we are on the topic of rumors are there any rumors about me"
"Well there are few most concerning your talent, Togami thinks you are an American and a few others believe you and Ryoko were either dating or really good friends before this" Leon answered again
"I did live in America for a while but my nationality is Japanese and as for Ryoko we just clicked I guess you could say, before I was put in the box"
"What do you mean by clicked huh? Mondo asked half jokingly
"Oh it's nothing like a boyfriend and girlfriend type thing we just connected because of how much effort and work it takes to be good at our respective talents" I responded
"Oh, that's coo I guess, l anyway it was nice talking to you man" Mondo said, declaring that the conversation was over
We said our goodbyes and I left to conduct my investigation of the school while the other two left for the gym to see if they could play some basketball.
The school was arranged like this going from left to right I guess the dining hall and kitchen is on the far left of the school and a little ways down there was the classrooms and across from those the bathrooms. Down from there was the nurses office and in the middle of the floor was the gym and then further down more towards the dorms were the AV Room and Computer Lab. Directly next to the dorms were the laundromat and the incerator oddly but I guess they had no where else to put it, then the arcade was what bridges the male and female dorms.
I started with the classrooms since I had previously investigated them with my old investigation group on the first day. They were all basically the same with five rows with six desks in each. No classroom had any sort of textbook, pamphlet or any sort of writing utensil. I figured the bear had more than likely cleared everything out of here, so we couldn't learn what was happening in the real world or learn who the bear really is but you never know what the bear has planned.
I then went to the bathrooms, although I didn't expect to find much accept for the closet of brooms Ibuki mentioned a couple days ago, but I was hoping to find something else the others had missed. I came to find that Ibuki wasn't as dumb as I thought, there was only brooms in the boys bathroom although I can't say the same about the girls as I can't investigate in there without Tenko killing me. I then decided to move on to the nurses office where I bumped into Mikan,
"Oh hey Mikan what's up"
"N-nothing much really"
"I notice that stutter is going away, I guess Ryoko and Hajime, helping you out has definitely helped your confidence level"
"Thanks Ichiro, that's v-very k-kind of you to say"
"No problem Mikan, anyway I was just conducting my own personal investigation around the school, and I thought I would come in here and see what this place has"
"Well I mean there really I-isn't that much, Its o-only Advil, bandages, and some stuff for colds, b-but that's about it"
"Well that makes my day easier, anyway why were you in here in the first place?"
"I was going through inventory, looking to see if anything has gone missing that I h-haven't accounted for, I have been keeping i-inventory everyday to keep my m-mind off of this ordeal and I think it h-helps everyone here if I do that"
"That's great Mikan, if you don't mind me asking has anyone been in here asking about what's in here"
"W-well yah Kyoko, Byakuya, Twogami, and Kiyo all came in here looking to see what was in the c-cabinets"
"Did any of the by chance ask for anything specific or say anything odd"
"W-well only Kiyo asked for anything specific"
"If you don't mind me asking what was that specific item"
"I-it was sleeping drugs, he said he has been having trouble sleeping and was hoping some sleeping drug of some sort would be here"
"Huh, ok thanks for giving me that info"
"N-no problem Ichiro" She said smiling as I waved and walked away.
That's a little suspicious in my opinion, and it also doesn't help that Kiyi irks me out but he could legitimately have a sleeping problem, like the saying goes innocent until proven guilty.
I then continued to the gym where Kirumi's punishment was currently being held, I knew Leon and Mondo may be here playing some pickup basketball. As I walked in I saw Aoi dunking on Mondo which I found surprising. As I walked in Mondo waved and gestured for me to join them, deciding that my investigation could wait and decided to get my mind off things. It was previously four versus five and they needed an extra player so I joined Mondo's team. The team's were split up like this, Mondo, Leon, Nekomaru, Kaito and myself versus Aoi, Tenko, Sakura, Ryoko, and Akane. Keebo and Gonta were both watching from the sidelines due to their lack of knowledge of basketball, and Kirumi was sadly watching from her cage.
We decided to play half court due to Kirumi's box being sorta in the way, anyway we decided to play till twenty one, first one there wins simple. The boys were losing five to eleven but since I join the girls let us restart the game. It was a relatively even matchup but Aoi was an extremely good basketball player, but I also knew how to play and because of my pure athleticism alone I was able to score a lot against their team. But Aoi was doing the same to us, so when the score was fifteen to thirteen girls I decided to make some changes,
"Nekomaru you are on Sakura, Mondo you are on Akane, Kaito you are Tenko, Leon you are on Ryoko and I'll take Aoi."
After that switch both me and Aoi scored less but because of some height, speed, and skill mismatches my teammates were able to score more points but that went for them also but not as much, since Aoi was locked down more and Ryoko's speed was in better containment that helped, but Tenko had more speed than Kaito which allowed her to make some easy layups and Akane could sometimes jump over Mondo's head if he wasn't ready for it, but we were able to make a come back and win it twenty one to twenty. I shook hands with all but Tenko, because she was still sore about losing to boys. I decided to leave and continue my investigation but I had Ryoko in tow this time.
"So where are you headed" She asked
"Computer lab then AV Room then we will go from there" I answered
"Why, I mean we already know what's in all those rooms" She mused
"I wanna conduct my own investigation quite honestly, see if there is anything I missed."
"Well what do you hope to fine" she asked as we walked up to the lab's door
"I don't know but hopefully something useful"
We walked into the room, it had about five rows of ten computers in each row. I looked around trying to find something out of place, but came up empty handed. I tried turning on several computers as did Ryoko and all were off.
"Well so much for that idea, I guess we can assume the AV room is the same but we might as well check" I mused
We went to the AV room which was across the hall from the computer lab, it was laid out the same as the computer lab accept it had headphones and audio recorders and things of that such. But same as before nothing of interest left in the room so we left for the incinerator and laundromat. We investigated both and found nothing accept that the incinerator has a key to it but it is currently not in use but instead the incinerator room is left unlocked. We left for the arcade next where we found Hiyoko and Chiaki playing the dance game.
"Hey guys what's up"
"Oh hi Ichiro, hi Ryoko" Chiaki greeted
"Yeah Yeah whatever, what do you guys want" Hiyoko whined
"We were just looking around" Ryoko offered
"Yeah whatever" Hyoko said as she ate her gummy bears
"Hey are those Hasbro gummy bears" I asked
"Huh, oh yeah they are. How did you know" Hiyoko asked
"When I was in America they were really popular, the gold packaging was everywhere heh heh, brings me back, anyways I guess we will keep looking around you guys can do whatever" I mused
"Oh Ichiro before you go you can have the rest of my gummies, I'm getting full anyways" Hiyoko offered
"Oh no that's quite alright Hiyoko, I don't need those you keep them for later, maybe for a midnight snack"
"Oh yah I guess I could do that thanks"
"We will be by the prize booth if you need us"
"Alright bye guys" Chiaki said still focused on the dance game.
We walked to the prize booth not sure what to expect, but what we found was quite interesting and scary, there was a silenced pistol, a pocket knife, a box of photos, and an assortment of teddy bears and varying colors of blue, red, pink, green, and orange. Considering out captor the bears and weapons did not surprise me, but the photos intrigued both me and Ryoko because we both wanted to know what was in them but they cost ten thousand tickets, so that's going to be a lot of grinding to get that.
"I see you like what I supplied"
Both I and Ryoko jumped and Ryoko mused,
"Quite frankly no its just sick that you put a gun and a knife among arcade prizes"
"Aw but don't you want that gun for your protection or maybe for killing, and Ichiro I think you might want a little extra also to go with what you got"
"I speak for both of us when I say I will pass on your offer bud, but how about this, what's in the box of photos and what's so important about it that it is the most expensive"
"I'm afraid I cant answer that maybe you should find out for yourself"
"Yah whatever bear, now get lost"
"Yeesh you give these kids free hospitality and this is how they treat ya, ugh ungrateful children you all are, well then have a beary good day now" Monokuma said as he disappeared behind the counter
"Really still with the bear puns, I swear he just does it to annoy us"
"Well you do encourage him Ichiro by giving him a reaction"
"You are starting to sound like my dad" I said rolling my eyes
"Hey he was a great man and, he knew what he was talking about"
"Yeah Yeah I know, I'm extremely greatful for him. If he wasn't there I probably wouldn't be where I am today"
"Well I guess we are done here, anything else we need to do" Ryoko said ready to move on
"No I was going to go back to my room and get cleaned up for dinner" As we both started to head to the dorms
"Why do you need to get cleaned up for dinner, it's just Taka talking to us, and who told you about it anyway"
"Just a hunch I guess, figured he would have something like this I mean he has done it before with breakfast, but with these tortures and what not I doubt that he has had time to do another morning get together"
"That is true, I'm just amazed at how good your intuition is, I mean it might be better than Sayaka's"
"Sayaka has good intuition? I would never have thought"
"Yah she was practically reading Makoto's mind yesterday, according to Makoto of course"
"Really" I said as we were at the boy girl split in the dorm section
"Yah really, well I assume you are off, I have no clue what time it is but I would assume it is at least two o' clock"
"Yah probably, I would assume dinner starts around five, anything else I should know before I go"
"Um yah, Twogami likes to do this sort of attendance thing and search just to be safe, he is extremely cautious considering our situation"
"That is understandable but I think the search may be a bit overboard but I guess you gotta do what you think is right I guess. I'll be heading back to my dorm obviously, what do plan on doing"
"Probably go and socialize in the cafeteria then workout in the gym then take a quick shower and head to dinner"
"Sounds like a plan"
2:22 PM Outside Ichiro's Dorm Room Mastermind POV
Ichiro walked up to his dorm room and was about to enter when the dorm next to him opened up, which belonged to Ryoma Hoshi. A short boy who wore an odd beanie with what looked like cat ears as well as a leather jacket he also had an extremely deep voice in his tiny body and without a ball and racket he was probably one of the weakest here. Especially with his past and current thoughts he would be one of the first to die.
"Oh hey Ryoma what's up" Ichiro asked kindly
"Nothin much kid nothin much" Ryoma answered
"You planning on going to the dinner tonight" Ichiro questioned
"Yah I think I will, and I guess while you are here" Ryoma said this as he was pulling a price of paper out of his pocket probably the note that he found last night.
"I have a favor to ask if you, you don't have to go but I thought since you seemed to be strong I thought you could help me"
"Well what do you need help with, is it with a girl or something" Ichiro joked
"No no nothing like that kid, see I got this note last night and I think it may be a trap, I was hoping to bring someone that seemed trustworthy with me so I can feel safe" Ryoma handed the note to Ichiro and Ichiro read the note with a look of interest and horror at the same time
"Hey I'm glad you found me, because this looks like a invite you to your death note. Here I'll help you out, how about after dinner we go to our rooms get prepared and at around 1:15 we leave our dorms, so we can try and catch him or her off guard"
"Alright kid I hope you plan works, I don't like the idea of dying"
They parted ways, Ichiro heading into his dorm room and Ryoma kept walking down the hallway.
"Fuck of course the big oaf would help him, damnit there was supposed to be murder and despair tonight, oh well maybe the fucker will be able to kill both of them or maybe they will kill... ah who am I kidding someone will snap they always do, Ichiro you can't stop this no matter how hard you try"
Dining Room 4:15 PM Makoto's POV
I was one of the first to arrive not wanting to be like Hifumi or Hiro who are always late. Teruteru and Taka were both already there setting multiple tables and cooking the food for the nightly dinner that Taka has started for us. I decided to help Taka set up all of the tables that everyone will sit at, and push them together to form a larger table for everyone to sit at, due to most of the tables that we were adding onto the main table were circular, and what didn't help was that the main table was a giant rectangle, this made it quite difficult to manage and to make the "table" look nice and not unorganized and lumpy. But no matter we persevered and helped Teruteru finish the food. At this point people started walking in with the usual early suspects such as Sakura, Hina, Chihiro, Kyoko, and others but there were some surprising early joiners like Ichiro and Ryoma who oddly came together. Eventually most everyone came even Byuakua showed up, probably because he was safe with everyone around, and as always Twogami was checking people at the entrance for any unwanted items to be confiscated, and like always no one brought any. But he keeps saying that if you stop enforcing the rules, the rules will be broken.
Anyway we all sat together and started chit chatting with those around us, for me I was at the end of the table so there were about four others sitting near Es that were talking range which were Ichiro, a burly boy with an attitude problem, Ryoma a short more reserved boy, Kyoko who was about average height who wore a lot of lavender or purple who like Ryoma was quite reserved and lastly, Hiro who was somewhat tall maybe about six foot but it was probably just his massive frizzy hair, but most referred to him as a bum or con because of his expertise as a fortune teller who usually gets everything wrong. But although our personalities definitely differ, we still engaged in some friendly conversation.
Ichiro told us about how he became the Ultimate American Football Star which was quite interesting although it did seem like he left some key parts out like where his parents were and why he moved back here and not bring his parents, and also it seemed Kyoko was extremely attentive throughout the whole thing, and based on what I've seen from her she likes to pay a close eye to those she is suspicious of and it seems like Ichiro has gotten himself on that list. Most likely it is because of his talent but nevertheless his story was quite interesting. He told us about how he played baseball and football and how he tore a ligament in his throwing arm so his baseball career was over but he kept playing football, and was able to earn a letter from Hopes Peak even though he was in the U.S. He suspects that even though he was overseas because he was from Japan he was still able to get a scholarship to the school he then moved back here just before school started. But wanted to leave his parents behind because of his dad's work and he just really hated his school because of all of its problems, he didn't specify what problems though. I noticed throughout the whole story he wasn't necessarily specific, maybe his past is a little shaky or he is isn't telling the whole truth. I'm assuming it's a little bit of both but I doubt it's that big of a deal.
"Wow that was an interesting story there Ich, but uh why are you so scared of bees" Hiro presses
Ich was Hiro's "pet name" for Ichiro.
"I would rather not divulge into that subject with you Hiro, they are just ugly and disgusting creatures"
Yah that makes sense, I wouldn't tell Hiro either and I'm pretty sure he has had to explain himself a few times, so I guess he just was done explaining it. We continued our conversations over the next our learning about how Ryoma went to prison for killing multiple mafia members and also learning more about Hiro's talent even though that was a little torturous. Both were interesting stories.
Taka gave us a speech about how we need to keep pressing forward, and he welcomed Ichiro back and that was about it from him, some of the other more public speakers like Twogami and Angie who usually only advertises the way of Atua also had little to say.
About an Hour Later 8:30 PM Cafeteria
We continued to chat for about an hour of dinner which at that point most of us were getting up thanking Teruteru for the meal and then leaving to go get ready for bed and get ready for another day of improsonment. This left about half of us who were either deep in conversation or still eating Teruteru's dish which was chicken, which alfredo sauce with broccoli and rice on the side (Author's note: I've had this it's extremely good, now back to the story) it was a very good dish, most passed on the broccoli accept for those who like to keep in good shape like Sakura and Ichiro but others like Hifumi and Hiro preceded to not have them.
After about another half an hour of talking and learning more about each other only about five of us were left Ichiro, Taka, Teruteru, and Akane as well as myself. The group of us excluding Akane started to clean up what remained of dinner, and at this point Akane thanked Teruteru and left. Teruteru took care of the kitchen, while the rest of us took the plates in and put them in the dishwasher. At this point Taka made an observation about the knife box
"TERUTERU DO YOU KNOW WHERE ONE OFTHE KITCHEN KNIFES ARE BY CHANCE" Taka questioned all to loudly
"Sorry Taka I don't, I believe that knife was never here" Teruteru answered
"WELL WE SHOULD JUST KEEP OUR EYES PEELED FOR IT THEN" Taka offered
"Yah definitely, I think we should keep it between us, we don't want to cause mass panic in the group" Ichiro suggested
We all agreed and continued to work for a little while longer figuring that it was close to ten o'clock, we decided to call it quits.
At this point everyone upped and left the cafeteria and headed back to their rooms to get a good nights sleep
Ichiro's Dorm 9:59 PM Ichiro's POV
I walked back into my room after helping Makoto, Taka, and Teruteru clean up the kitchen, I realized that I should probably stay up till the clock in my room strikes one fifteen because I don't have an alarm clock.
"Attention everyone, it is now ten PM go to bed now and have a beary good nights sleep" The bear said through the intercom
At this point I decided to chill out to my music and wait, I wanted to see another one of those dreams, like the one from two nights ago but I knew if I fell asleep I wouldn't wake till morning so I just let that thought go. I started listening to some music the first dong that came on I did not recognize but I did recoginize the singer as the lead singer of the band Fall Out Boy, it seemed odd to me that I haven't heard it before but Fall Out Boy isn't always on the radio or in the recommended section in Spotify, The lyrics went a little something like this
I think I got too many memories getting in the way of meI'm 'bout to go Tonya Harding on the whole world's knee
Haha, I just had to laugh at the Tonya Harding line, but what was odd was that reference is a little out of date, maybe she had a resurgence that I didn't know about, anyway I was about two minutes into the song and I liked it, it was a more motivational punk pop song but I doubt I would listen consistently, as the song finished up I decided to do a short work out of pushups and sit-ups and what not to keep me awake.
Time Skip, Three Hours and Ten Minutes Later, Ichiro's POV
I looked up at the clock and noticed it to be almost one fifteen so I decided to go out and knock at Ryoma's door to get him, so we could investigate this situation. I grabbed my pocket knife from my drawer and stuffed in my pocket just in case, I then opened the door to find Ryoma waiting for me on the outside with a tennis racket and what seemed like a light version of a shotput ball.
"So you ready to go" I asked
"About as ready as I'll ever be kid" He answered
We walked down the hallway to the dining hall both at the ready and when we turned the corner to go to the dining hall door the most gruesome thing I had ever seen was there, Teruteru was dead propped up against the door next to the dining hall with blood all over him and a knife through his chest. We both looked at each other and knew that we needed to wake everyone up quick. We started banging on doors waking people up, we started shouting, "Teruteru is dead, Teruteru is dead" multiple times which at that point most people got the message and started running down the hallway to find what we found, then Monokuma spoke through the intercom and said
"A body has been discovered, the investigation period will know commence"
A/N
Finally a murder, six months in the making. Anyway I'm going to be honest Teruteru was extremely easy to kill off for me, although he is good comic relief character, this cast has plenty of those and I figured he would be an easy person to kill and get practice writing a trial and investigation for. I won't give to much away so I'll let you all guess in the reviews down below. Also I wanted to make a better name for this story so let me know in reviews if you have any ideas, Trygve11's chapters have now reached over five thousand eight hundred words
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