Day 5

*Ding Dong Bing Bong*

I soon woke up to the morning announcement and I felt myself grimace. Still in this prison and still being forced to kill my friends is not the best situation to wake up to everyday. I felt my back creak as I stretched out. Eventually the strain was enough to pop my spine. I sighed in relief as the wave of relaxation rushed throughout my body that came from that. I was soon on my feet as I quickly grabbed the backpack, laced it over my shoulders and began making my way to the cafeteria. I saw a few others ahead of me and heard others behind me as they were walking out and closing the doors to their dorms.

In a few minutes I was entering the cafeteria as I began walking over to get breakfast. Soon everyone was there including the four who've made an alliance of sorts with each other. Well I wish I could saw that everyone was there. I felt my mind grow heavy against my head as I thought back to our friends who we tragically lost. I felt that I wasn't the only one on edge as everyone was shifting around in their seats and silently eating their food. I never felt more uncomfortable in my life. Sure one on one situations generally are not as tense as they can be but the fact that not one word was being muttered to anyone made the atmosphere that much worse.

Soon the cold air was broken as Brenda stood up suddenly. "This is so not cool! I get were all upset about Helen, Jayden, and Evelyn but we gotta move on and continue living! I don't want us all to be sitting around depressed! We still have to find a way out!"

"Sorry but you're not the Ultimate Motivational Speaker. That sad speech isn't gonna do anything." Paul quipped at her.

Brenda shook her head at him. "I'm not trying to motivate us. That was Helen's thing and I know I can't inspire others like she could but I just want all this tension gone! None of us have spoken a single word to each other and it's driving me mad!"

"That's not true. We have." Ollie told her as she gestured to the group she sat with being Marcel, Paul, and Melinda.

Brenda rolled her eyes. "That doesn't count! You guys formed your little group and have a reason to speak to each other! But none of you have talked here or to any of us!"

Melinda shrugged. "It's because we have nothing to discuss with any of you or in front of you. You're all eventually gonna get yourselves killed so there's no reason to divulge our secrets to you."

Mikayla stood up as her fiery glare went to her and Melinda returned it with her own icy stare. "That's enough. None of us are going to fall for what Evelyn fell to. Monokuma will throw another motive at us to try and push us over the edge. He'll drive us mad to kill and no one is gonna do that!"

Sienna smiled. "You tell them Big Sis!"

Everyone looked at her with big expressions of surprise. "Um... I didn't know you two were related. You don't look a lot like each other." Willie said with a confused look.

Mikayla sighed. "We're not. I asked Sienna to not call me that but ever since last night she's been so insistent on it."

Sienna giggled. "You said I could call you Kayla but that didn't feel right. Besides my mommy I've never had anyone look out for me like you have so you're my big sister in my eyes!"

Brenda and a few other let out a sentimental aw at that. I almost did the same with how innocent it was said. Mikayla sighed before shrugging. "Well I'm certainly not gonna force you to stop so do as you please." Sienna jumped up happily as she hugged her close. "Thank you Big Sis!"

Damian soon stood up and approached her. "It seems you've finally broken out of that shell of yours. Then in that case..." He quickly took her hand into his. "...Can I just say how adorable you are little mouse? Your perk, round ears, your silk, raven hair, and petite, tiny nose are all so cute it makes my heart melt just at the sight of you."

He then placed a very quick small peck on the back of her hand. He looked up at her with a sparkle in his eyes and a flash of his signature smolder only to see Sienna frozen in place as her voice and body shook, terrified as she jumped behind Mikayla. "Big Sis p-p-p-protect me from the scary man!"

Damian went white as he jumped back. "SCARY MAN?!" Then out of nowhere he was sitting and facing the corner of the room which was very dark somehow despite the entire room being lit up bright. Everyone was laughing awkwardly at Damian blowing it again.

Mikayla looked to him sympathetically as Sienna trembled against her back. "Don't be offended Damian. She's just not use to everyone here quite yet."

After a second Damian's head looked over as if he just registered what she said. He then was in front of her looking just as chipper as before. "Well then maybe she'll grow more accustom to me if she see me getting along with you. After all you may not be a human doctor but little do you know that I happen to be a lovesick puppy and I am craving to be treated by your loving eyes and am begging for your commands."

Mikayla was quiet before she spoke up. "Any command?"

"You name it." Damian replied.

She hummed thoughtfully before responding to him. "You're being a very obnoxious, creepy kid and I would like for you to stop flirting with me."

Once again he went white as he jumped back screaming, "OBNOXIOUS! CREEPY! KID?!" We soon saw him magically teleport back to that corner that magically grew dark for him.

Luca leaned over. "Damian really has the worst luck when it comes to flirting."

I nodded. "Also he is a bit obnoxious with how constant he flirts, did come off as creepy with the whole lovesick puppy line, and is acting like a kid with those sudden mood swings of his."

"Where does he even get the idea of hitting on someone being sentimental to him and expect it to work?" Luca asked.

"Welcome to the mindset of Damian Eaves everybody. Please fasten your seat belts because we're in for one long, exceedingly boring, poorly planned, bumpy ride." I answered suddenly speaking in a very low voice that made Luca look to me and laugh.

"Dude what was that?" Luca asked me still laughing.

I smiled at him as I laughed with him. "That's my "Next Time/Movie Trailer" impersonation. Do you like it?"

"That was awesome! I didn't know you could do that!" Luca responded.

"Well of course I can! I am a voice actor after all. Doing voice impersonations is ideal for any actor and I've gotten rather good at them."

"I'll say! That was hilarious!" He was still laughing and I couldn't help but laugh especially when I suddenly snorted whihc made me instantly cover my mouth and nose. Luca looked at me and began laughing harder. "Dude did you just snort?"

I looked away completely embarrassed as I found myself still laughing and snorting as I tried responding. "No God please! I hate my laugh!"

"Hey don't worry about that! I think it's awesome!" Luca said reassuringly. Soon my snorting laugh resumed but because my hands we still cupped over my nose and mouth it made my snorts echo even louder than before as Luca was now holding his sides from laughing so hard he was crying.

The two of us were now giggling, snorting idiots as everyone was now looking at us like we were freaks. Soon the two of us saw everyone staring as we settled down and blushed from embarrassment. Yet despite that I couldn't help but feel like everyone had gotten less tense over this small amount of time. I think with Sienna being so cheerful and me and Luca having a laughing fit gave us all what we needed to relax and have fun again.

But that was short lived as I felt someone yank on the backpack and pulled it and me down the the ground. The back of my head collided with the tiled ground as I groaned in pain. I looked back to see stubby black and white feet. "Monokuma?"

"What the hell was that for?" Luca yelled at him as he helped me up.

Monokuma's eyes were on me as he pointed at me with his fingerless paw. "What do you have in the bag, Kai?"

I felt myself tense up slightly as I looked to him. "Nothing."

"Don't bother lying! I know you got it from Helen's room! So what did ya put in the bag?" Monokuma shouted at me.

Shana looked at me suspiciously. "Kai? Did you really take that from Helen's room?"

I looked around to see everyone looking intensely at me and I sighed in defeat. "Okay yes. I did."

"Then what's in the bag?" Tommy asked.

Marcel gasped in horror. "Is it a bomb? Are gonna go suicide on us like 9...?"

"Don't you dare bring that up!" Shana interrupted him.

"No it's not a bomb." I turned to the table I was at and set the bag down before I unloaded its contents. Soon everyone saw Helen's novel, Jayden's aviators, and Evelyn's pendant.

"Did...you steal those from the bodies?" Willie asked glaring at me.

"I didn't steal them. I figured I'd take a momentum of the ones we lost to their families so they have something to remember them by. Besides I found Helen's room open with her novel and Jayden's sunglasses there." I explained.

"But what about the pendant huh? Did you find it there too?" Monokuma questioned me but made it obvious he knew the answer already.

I didn't know how the others would react if I told them how I got it but turns out I didn't need to. "Enough! Stop looking at Kai like he's a criminal! I took the pendant from Evelyn and I put the idea of having the mementos of our friends in Kai's head. If you guys wanna blame someone then attack me!" Luca shouted at them.

I was shocked that he defended me so easily. "Luca?"

"That seems very disrespectful of you two to take from the dead." Melinda said but was grinning happily at us.

Luca growled at her. "We're not trying to be disrespectful! We're trying to carry on their memory. If anything Kai is now taken responsibility of preserving their memories by carrying them on his back. Do you guys think any of you have that kind of strength knowing you're carrying something from someone you've seen die? I would be pained to be reminded of their deaths but Kai is making it his strength by carrying their burdens and if any of you have a problem with it then you better take it out with me first!"

There was a stunned silence that followed Luca's rant as most everyone looked away in shame. Monokuma just giggled at this. "Well said. But despite things cooling down now, I'm happy I was able to stir some drama up before the big reveal."

Paul's eyebrow raised up at him. "Big reveal? What do you mean?"

Monokuma again giggled as he captured everyone's attention now. "Well I have something for you all! Consider it a prize for surviving the first class trial!" He then reached behind him and pulled out a big red button. "Here just press this and your reward will be shown to you!"

Marcel ran up and grabbed the button as he saw the word EXIT written on it. "Is this the button to open the exit? We get to leave! Hell yeah!" His hand flew up in victory before he sent it down.

"Wait don't press it!" Mikayla shouted but it was too late as Marcel's finger slammed the button. Suddenly the entire cafeteria had red sirens appear and begin blaring loudly. Everyone covered their ears as we all sneered at Marcel.

"You idiot! A big red button is never something you press!" Shana snarled at him.

"What?" Marcel shouted back not hearing her. Soon we managed to hear a rumbled from further in the school as we saw Monokuma point out of the cafeteria and made his way out. I quickly gathered the items on the table and put them back in the backpack before we all began following him as he made his way through the school.

We soon found ourselves in front of the school store as we looked across from it to see a wall cracking up before it imploded on us. Everyone quickly covered themselves as small bits of debris flew at us. Soon the sirens shut off as we coughed from the dust and smoke. We recollected ourselves and found a staircase was now there in place of the wall.

"That was easy." Monokuma said as he looked up the staircase before he snatched the button back from Marcel. "There you are! Another portion of the school has been unlocked for you all to explore!"

"So then it wasn't a means of escape?" Marcel asked.

"Of course not! I'd never risk the killing game by letting you guys leave with a press of a button? What do you take me for an idiot like Marcel?" Monokuma replied.

"Quit calling me that!" Marcel shouted.

"Well you are." Shana told him which left him pouting like a child.

"Puhuhuhu! Also there's one more surprise for you. Remember how I took care of the mess Jayden left? Well look behind you." Monokuma pointed behind us. We all turned to see the school store doors had been... completely torn off?

"What is this? I thought you fixed this like you did Helen's room!" I shouted at him.

He shrugged at me before replying. "Well I was gonna but I thought that if I did you kids would try to lock it up again so no one could get in. But that would be very boring if you had no real way of killing each other so I just fixed that problem by getting rid of the doors entirely! AHAHAHAHA!"

He began laughing as he disappeared again. "Hey wait!" I shouted but it was futile. I groaned out in annoyance as I looked back and jumped a little when I saw a lot of the others standing right there in front of me.

"Sorry Kai." Tommy apologized.

"If I had known that Monokuma was stirring up trouble for us I wouldn't have been so harsh towards ya." Willie told me.

"I think it is disrespectful of you to take those things of theirs but I can more so understand why you did what you did." Shana said not looking very sorry.

I felt a rush of relief hit me like a tsunami at their words. I was glad they understood what was going on with our friends belongings but upset that Monokuma made it overly dramatic. 'Is this another drawback to why I'm the Ultimate Actor? Because drama seems to follow me wherever I go?' I wondered.

Paul's eyes rolled as he ran up the stairs. "Well is angone gonna help me in looking for a way out of here or are you morons just gonna stand and squawk like damn parrots all day?"

Melinda's voice was heard from the top of the staircase. "Already ahead of you!" Paul smiled as he went up the rest of the way.

"I swear those two are inseparable from each other. Like seriously when's the wedding?" Shana asked.

After a pause I raised a finger up at the others. "I ship it." I said.

The from the next floor up we heard Paul shout, "Can you not!"

Everyone looked up then at me and began laughing. I found myself laughing too and snorted again. Once again I covered my mouth to stop myself but found everyone smiling endearly at me.

"Kai, there's no reason to be shy about your laugh." Ollie said to me. I was shocked. Not by the fact that they were okay with that bit the fact that Ollie was the one who said it. She then looked over at Marcel. "Come Paul is waiting for us and we know his patience is very thin."

She then grabbed Marcel's hand as she dragged him up the stairs with him asking her to let him walk on his own but she either ignored him or didn't care to comply.

Soon everyone began making their way up to explore the next floor of the school. I saw that Luca was the last straggler so I took the opportunity to catch him before he went up. "Hey Luca?"

He looked back at me. "Yeah Kai? What is it?"

I smiled smally at him. "Thanks again for sticking up for me back there. I honeslty wasn't sure how to handle the situation. Also you didn't need to try amd take the blame." I told him.

Suddenly I heard him step down to the bottom step as he patted my right shoulder. "Kai, I am more than okay with taking the blame for you. After all I was the reason you got the idea to gather mementos for our friends. Besides I know you haven't been that exposed to being social around normal people like us so I was more than happy to help a friend out."

I then laughed a little in my throat. "Luca you gotta remember, there's nothing truly normal about this group."

Luca smiled as he let out a single laugh. "I guess you got me there." He shrugged before turning to go up but stayed put for a second. "I'll see you up there." He said as he began making his way back up to the second floor. After a minute of standing there on my own, thinking on what had just happened I soon began making my way up as well.

I soon found myself in the hallway for the second floor. It was pretty spacious with a few small hallways leading to some rooms. I went down the left hallway to find a gymnasium. It was just like most other gyms with bleachers and a giant open court but I soon saw every kind of sporting equipment located around the gym. Soccer goals, basketball hoops, volleyball and tennis nets, even lines for track and field were painted around the court. 'If I was the Ultimate of any kind of sport this would probably be heaven for me.' I thought as I saw Tommy, Damian, Shana, and Ollie here as well.

I walked over to them as I saw they were chatting. "Hey guys!" I waved to them.

They looked back at me as Damian waved to me. "Wassup man! This gym is nice, ain't it?"

"I'll say. There's every kind of sport and its equipment in here. The nets, the balls, the uniforms, you name it!" Tommy said with a big grin on his face.

"Do you like sports?" Ollie asked. "You sure sound excited for a paleontologist yet it doesn't seem to be your forte."

Tommy looked to her. "Um no not really. I mean it can be fun but I prefer getting dirty digging up fossils."

"Same here. I would rather go mining than play in the dirt with a ball." Shana commented. "But I am curious Tommy. What would you play if given the chance?"

Damian stepped forward and took her hand. "Why I would play whatever you wanted as long as it makes you smile."

Soon Damian was smashed to the ground using the end of Shana's mining ax handle while she held the top part easily despite the weight it had. "Next time you try that again and it will be the pointed end in your skull." She threatened to him with her eyes closed as her eyebrow twitched in annoyance.

"Got it." Damian weakly replied.

Tommy felt a sweatdrop form on his head as he responded to Shana's question. "Well it's kinda lame but I've always enjoyed a great game of lacrosse."

Shana smiled. "Well looks like you and I aren't so different. I was actually captain of my junior league team of lacrosse five years running."

Tommy looked at her surprised as he adjusted his glasses. "Whoa really? Neat."

"Um so have you guys gotten a good look around here?" I asked.

The four turned their attention towards me. "Unfortunately we have but we have no results." Ollie answered.

"We did find a storage room with a lot more equipment and shower rooms for the boys and girls but besides that nothing." Damian told me.

Tommy quickly added. "Also any window that are here are the same as the rest of the building. Barricaded off with no way of getting through."

"I certainly hope the others are having better luck than us." Shana sighed out.

It seemed that was all there was here so I quickly left to find another room with a possible way out. I had no luck. I came across Willie in one of the few classrooms that were found up here but just the same as every other room the windows were barred off. So I went to another room and came across a pool!

It was massive being at least fifty feet long and twenty feet wide. It was also deep from what I saw as it was labeled to be ten feet for its deep end. It had beach chairs lining the sides where we could relax and flotation toys and seats that were inflated and floating on the pool's surface. I also happened to see massive jets in the pool's bottom and a high diving board at the deep end of the pool. Marcel and Brenda were here as they looked around intrigued.

"HELL YES!" Marcel screamed!

I looked to him confused. "What are you so happy about?" I asked him.

"See those big jets in the pool?" He pointed down at them. I simply nodded at him. "Well I happen to know that this pool can actually simulate and create waves! This is the Ultimate Pool for the Ultimate Surfer!"

"Or the Ultimate Swimming Pro. That is if we had one." Brenda commented.

"I bet she'd be hot!" Marcel cooed as he blushed.

"But what if the Ultimate Swimming Pro was a guy?" Brenda asked comically.

"Then he'd be my best man! Either way it's a win for me! I gotta get my board!" Marcel screamed but suddenly.

"Don't you even think about it!" Monokuma shouted as he popped up in front of Marcel who screamed and stumbled back. He was about to fall in the pool before Monokuma jumped in the way and shoved him back towards us. The shove threw Monokuma off balance as he struggled to regain it but fell back into the pool. He broke through the water and spat a stream of water out of his mouth before a siren suddenly blared. "Uh-oh." Was all Monokuma said before the three of us saw conductors emerge out of the jets and then sent the entire pool into a giant conductive mess. The electricity now blazing the pool made all the inflatables immediately pop and so did Monokuma after he was shocked himself, screaming from the electrocution.

The three of us looked in shock as we saw Monokuma die right in front of us. "Holy shit man. That could have been me!" Marcel screamed realizing that.

"But Monokuma saved you and he died." Brenda whispered as she then smiled. "Which means that we don't have to continue the killing game!"

I felt a bubble of hope fill me at that thought but then a voice instantly popped it like the inflatables in the pool. "Guess again!"

Soon Monokuma appeared again. "Surprise motherf***er!"

Marcel and Brenda both screamed as he popped out again. I was in just as much disbelief as them. "But how? You died!" I shouted.

"Nope. Only that version of me died. I have plenty of spares left and I'm tough enough to withstand a lot of tough blows. However there is a limit even for me when electricity and water meets up with my body." Monokuma said with a shrug.

"Yeah what was that about anyway? Why was there electricity conductors in the pool? That's dangerous!" Brenda yelled at him.

"Just turn around and read the pool rules." Monokuma told us pointing behind us. We turned to see the giant sign with the pool rules on it.

1. No running allowed

2. No foods or sodas/drinks allowed

2a. However small snacks are allowed as long as no mess is left

3. No swimming during the daytime

4. If any of the following rules are broken by anyone they will be punished!

"Wait we can't swim during the day?" Brenda asked.

"Yep! Any motion sensor that goes off in the water will cause those conductors to shock you! You can't even be on the water's surface at all. That means your surfboard is no exception surf boy!" Monokuma growled at Marcel who suddenly looked depressed.

"Well then with that said I'll see ya later!" Monokuma quickly disappeared as we looked back to the floating bits of the inflatables and Monokuma in the pool. The two of us shuddered as we began looking around without another word. Unfortunately the only thing to note was the locker rooms I found there were linked to the shower room that connect to the gym. Besides that we couldn't find a thing as I left and began searching elsewhere.

I made my way down another hallway and found a door with a red cross on it. I quickly stepped in to find Mikayla and Sienna looking around with Mikayla looking very full of glee. I looked around and noticed beds on metal bar bed frames, a desk with a file cabinet next to it, and a medicine cabinet filled with prescription pill bottles and liquid medicines. I could only guess this was the Nurse's Office.

"Hey Mikayla, Sienna. You guys find anything of importance here?" I asked the ladies.

"Big Sis has found a lot actually." Sienna told me as Mikayla turned to me with a file that had a name on it.

She quickly approached me. "Tell me Kai. Are you allergic to pineapple and pollen? More particularly grass?"

I was kinda shocked at that. "Yeah I am. Pineapple only gives me a bad stomach ache and a rash and I get the worst hay fevers in the spring but grass is definitely worse. Physically touching it only irritates my skin slightly but I actually can't breathe if I am anywhere near freshly cut grass."

"Which is why you opted out of a character who mows lawns in a movie right?" She asked again.

Again she took me by surprise. "Yeah. Did Paul tell you this?"

She shook her head. "Nope. Turns out this file cabinet over here has everyone's medical records and history. See?" She then showed me the file in her hands and I saw that it was mine. Sure enough what I told her was already on the page.

"Now no one needs to worry about getting sick or avoiding their allergies since I'll know what they are." Mikayla shouted happily.

"But you're the Ultimate Veterinarian. You're more so certified to treat animals than people right?" I asked.

"Well humans are technically animals right? Sure a doctor may have more training to better help humans than veterinarians but that doesn't mean we are incapable of treating humans. We're basically the same thing. After all I did help out but identifying those injuries on Helen and Jayden."

She did have a point there. If it wasn't for her knowledge in the medical field we probably wouldn't have noticed those injuries the way she did. But a thought then came to mind. "But if you know of our allergies and medical backgrounds, won't the other grow suspicious of you? After all those can be seen as weaknesses and something you could take advantage of."

Mikayla looked at me in shock. "That's right. I totally forgot. In that case I better not delve too deep into them but I am curious about some of our backgrounds so I'll read what will not leave me suspect."

I sighed not seeing how that was any better but I wasn't gonna question it.

After seeing no way to escape from here either I made my way to the final room on the floor. Inside I found Luca, Melinda, and Paul looking around a fitness room. It was filled with so much exercise equipment from dumbbells and weights to treadmills and bike equipment. There was equipment for your leg muscles, some for your torso, and some for your arms of course. While Melinda and Paul seemed to be looking around for an exit or something that could be used to escape, Luca seemed to be looking over all the equipment with a sad smile.

"Hey Luca, are you okay?" I asked a bit worried.

"Do you think Jayden would have loved this fitness room?" He suddenly asked me.

I was a bit flabbergasted that he brought him up but looking around and seeing how it reminded me so much of Jayden's room since he had his own exercise equipment there made me also smile in sorrow. "You know what I bet he would."

We heard Paul groan out his annoyance as the two of us glared at him. "Stop with all that sentimental crap. I swear you two will die like that muscle headed behemoth."

"And don't forget Miss President." Melinda added with a twisted grin.

"Do you always have to be so snide? Why is it so bad to think on the past?" I asked.

"It's true history is a good thing to look upon but the constant reminder of those failures is such a bore. There's nothing here to be happy about. Also yes." He answered both of my questions.

"They weren't failures. If anything the deaths of our friends have given us strength and the resolve to fight and keep living for their sake." Luca grunted.

"I already said this but if you allow weak emotions to take control of your thought process then you'll become weak. Having none of those weak feelings can make you invincible as it has worked splendidly for titans such as myself and Paul here." Melinda lectured.

"No it doesn't. It leaves you cold and cruel." With that said Luca turned and left. I also saw no reason to stick around as I followed him.

Luca walked down the hallway a little before stopping. "Hey Luca? You sure you're alright?"

He heaved out a sigh. "Sorry Kai. Those two are just so uncooperative it's frustrating. Anyways I wanna forget that conversation. We're you able to find a way out?"

I told him what me and the other found. How the gym and pool were connected by the locker rooms, the pool was off limits and deadly during the day, and how everyone has medical reports in the Nurse's Office.

"Whoa pretty heavy stuff but no way out from the sounds of it." Luca commented.

"Nope. I really felt we would find something but I bet Monokuma wanted to crush our hope of escaping again." I groaned heavily.

"Say Kai I've been meaning to ask you. Who was in your motive video?" Luca asked.

I gave him a funny look and he saw this. "I know it is technically something I shouldn't ask since it could give me some kind of advantage over you but I was just curious you know. Do you trust me enough to tell me?" He asked nervously.

I began thinking to myself. 'Well he has done so much for me and he's been a great help and friend but he also didn't hid the fact that he could take advantage of my relationship with Terry if he were to try and turn on me. What should I do? Should I tell him or not?'

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