Chapter 1: Crying for Love in Hell

Unknown building, Towa City

Barry Allen and Komaru Naegi roughly landed on top of a building, the parachute deflated and covering their bodies, which they freed themselves afterwards.

"Ow… ow… ow… Augh! That was so scary!" Komaru whined.

"Are you alright?" Barry asked her.

Before Komaru could respond, a rattling sound was heard as she flinched. Not long after that, the sound continued. Not far from them a Monokuma was climbing the metal fence surrounding the rooftop. Suddenly more Monokumas arrived, walking closer and closer to the two with claws out. Komaru returned to covering herself with the parachute and Barry took a defensive stance in front of her. He made a promise to Komaru that he will protect her no matter what stood in their way.

"Pleasehelpmepleasehelpmepleasehelpmepleasepleaseplease…." Komaru chanted, scared for her life, shivering inside the parachute.

"Don't worry. I'll handle them o-" His saying was cut short when something whooshed passed by the right side of his face. Silver, metal and with no doubt sharp scissors was stabbed right into one of the Monokuma's forehead, exploding it.

"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! STAY AWAY FROM THAT PRETTY BOY!"

A loud, high pitched, obnoxious and definitely insane sounding voice screeched from behind, and when Barry looked back, he widens his eyes. A figure jumped over the speedster, targeting for the Monokumas and slashed furiously with the same scissors, one could describe it as swift and precise. The figure decimated all the robotic bears; several deep scars were seen on the bears in the chests and necks revealing circuitry before exploding, leaving thick ashes. The ashes eventually disappeared; Komaru peeked from the parachute, making a view of Barry and a teenage girl, although only her back was on display. She had long flowing dark purple hair with some hairclips on the right side of her head, wore a school uniform with the same color with a long skirt that is noticeably ripped at the hem and a huge vertical cut on the left side, revealing her thigh and long socks.

"Heh… heheh… HEHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I'll cut these things just like they're on fire! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…" The girl stopped laughing maniacally and slowly turned her head around, revealing a face that the duo was very caught off guard, their breath got stuck in their throats. They met a face that definitely belonged to a psychopathic serial killer. She had red eyes with large round glasses. The feature that obviously stood out is the overly inhuman long tongue that constantly out of her grinning mouth. Barry couldn't shake away the thought that she reminded him of a certain late serial killer back from his own world.

"Found you… Komaru Naegi!"

The girl dashed at Komaru who screamed fearfully, but Barry decided to intervene. This irritated the girl as she tried to attack Flash by slashing him, but he got hold both of her arms and moved behind her with her arms subdued. The crazy-looking girl struggled violently.

"HEY! Handsome! Let go!"

She tried to stomp on his feet but Barry had another trick up his sleeve. He held one hand on the girl's head and vibrated his arm, causing yellow electricity to dance around it and spreading to the girl's head, effectively electrocuting her. But Barry made sure that the electricity didn't fry her brain, only enough to knock her unconscious.

Barry brushed himself a bit and turned to Komaru, who was seeing what he has done with a slacked jaw.

"W-Wow! That was amazing, Barry-san!" Komaru said in awe. She couldn't believe it. This man had such extraordinary abilities that she didn't even know its even possible. Super-speed and producing lightning out of nowhere? Just who and what was he? But it didn't really matter at this point. She was beyond glad that this man is her ally other than Future Foundation.

Barry chuckled, "Well, thanks for the compliment. Don't mention it."

But his smile turn into a frown at the scene around him. The skies were crimson red marinated with pitch-black darkness. It must have been contained by heavy pollution because the air purifier was damaged or deactivated for God knows how long. Buildings everywhere destroyed and covered by ashes of war. When he looked down, he could see the streets wounded by enormous cracks, vehicles on fire and broken, some large pools of blood are visible with Monokumas walking around. He had saw more than enough wars back in his universe and the destruction that they caused were far worse than this, but this world still sickened him.

As Barry was pondering about what to do next, more Monokumas appeared.

"T-There's more of them!" Komaru cried.

Barry saw a corner of the rooftop shaded from an attic-like building. It was probably better if they hide for a moment.

"You hide over there, okay? I'm also gonna pick up this little miss psycho here, she doesn't deserve to be killed by them, even though she's like… that." He said while glancing at the purple haired girl. Komaru nodded and ran towards the corner.

Flash picked up the girl bridal style, but when he began to run to where Komaru was hiding, the metal band on his right leg starts beeping. He noticed this and stopped running, a shocked expression was plastered on his face.

"Oh geez, you have got to be kidding me. I can't even speed run because of this stupid thing?!" Barry muttered with a hint of fury in his voice. It was déjà vu all over again when he was on probation, monitored by none other than Batman himself. Not wanting to trigger the beeping again, Barry just ran like a normal person do and placed the girl in a sitting position against the wall. He was furious about this. Great. Just great. How he was going to save this world if he couldn't use his powers?

"Um… Are you alright, Barry-san?" Komaru asked when she saw him gritting his teeth.

He blinked and looked at her with a fake reassuring tone. "Y-Yeah, I'm fine."

Komaru was worried, but she let it slide for a moment. Then she looked at the unconscious girl. "Is… she going to be okay?"

"Oh, she's fine. I think." Barry unsurely replied. Komaru sweat dropped nervously at that.

The girl began to groan quietly as she slowly came to her senses.

"U-Ugh… my head hurts… so… much… why?"

Both Targets of the children turned their direction to the girl who was once a threat (?). Her voice was not like before. It sounded deeper and along with a depressing tone to it. When she opened her eyes, they were grey now. The long tongue also had disappeared. She slowly rose up and looked around. Then she flinched when she saw the two people in front of her.

"Huh?! W-Where am I? W-Who are you two?! Huh? Wait…" She pointed her finger at Komaru. "Y-You. You're Komaru Naegi, right? I'm not w-wrong this time, right?"

Komaru and Barry were baffled by this. This girl who once had a batshit and unstable personality and had a fucking long tongue turned 180 degrees to a reserved, quiet and slightly paranoid one. Barry was once again reminded of a certain criminal who had a disorder like her, but he didn't remember much since it was Damian who took care of him years ago. They were both speechless for a moment until Komaru spoke, "Uh, You just said that just a while ago…"

"Oh, did I?" This frustrated the girl, as if she's already done this many times. "I-I can't help it y'know! I don't share memories with her!"

Barry knew this type of thing, which is Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). But he didn't know hers would be this extreme.

"Her memories? So you have DID? For how long?" Barry asked.

The girl widen her eyes and nodded. "Y-Yeah, that's right. Jeez, finally someone knew this… Wait a minute, why do you want to know about my p-private life? Hmpf, as if." She said in a sour tone, clearly she didn't want to talk about it.

Komaru put her hands on her head, as she was totally clueless as to what was going on anymore. "Jeez… everything is so confusing! All of this just makes no sense to me right now!"

Barry turned to her with a blank look on his face. "Komaru. We met large, murderous robot teddy bears, kids who are out there hunting us, and we met a girl with a split personality with one of them having a long tongue and using scissors as weapons. Everything here makes no sense to the sane ones, including myself, not just you."

"H-Hey!" The purple haired girl shouted in the background, but not too loud so it won't attract the Monokumas.

Komaru opened her mouth, but she figured out that he was right. "Well… yeah, but still…" Komaru muttered, looking away from him.

"Anyway, who are you and why are you here?" Barry asked the girl.

"I-It's not like you're going to remember it anyway, but it's Toko. Toko Fukawa. I'm here… for her." She pointed at Komaru.

Komaru was surprised. "F-For me?"

"Well… because I have… a duty. A duty to make sure you're alright. And… I can do it because… I made a promise… With hiiim…" With this Toko hugged herself, her eyes rolled upwards and began to travel to dream land…

ATTENTION: Toko's Fantasy!

"T-Toko…"

It has begun. Two hands interlinked with each other. A hand grasping a white sheet. Toko was breathing heavily with her eyes closed. She was having the time her life. A pleasuring one with her only white knight, Byakuya Togami.

"Y-Yes…" Toko managed to say between her panting breaths.

Byakuya began to gently grasp her face; Toko was very aroused as he did this with her eyes twinkling, pink flowers decorating the rosy background.

"That ability… is not a curse, it's a talent. An a-amazing talent… that holds… ah… incredible possibilities!" His voice was soft and delicate.

"Ah! Master! Th-Th-Thank you!... Thank you! Very! Much!" Toko stuttered, her pitch of her voice increasing.

"Master that talent… for me!" He begged.

"Y-Y-Yeees!" She screamed. She will not let her master down, no matter what.

And so with that, the screen was covered in white splotches (A.N.: Don't even ask what it is).

FANTASY END

"Haa… Haa… Haa…" Toko was still fantasizing with endless drool falling out from her mouth; the two people in front of her watched her with a "WTF" look on their faces.

"Um… are you okay?" Komaru asked her, but she didn't listen.

Barry snapped his fingers in front of Toko's face, hoping to snap her senses back to reality. "Hey! Fantasy's over!"

That seemed to do the trick, as she flinched and returned back to the real world.

"H-Huh! Oh. W-Well, like I said, it's going to be alright! I can control her now for a short time but it'll be worth it. I learned a lot since then… S-So leave them to me! I-I'll… smash them to pieces!" Toko said while glancing at the Monokumas which some reason didn't see the obvious spot for a hiding place.

Barry had another idea, and he decided to risk it. "No, I'll do it. My powers are limited by this point on but I can still take them all at once."

"What p-powers? What are you, a superhero or something? D-Don't make me laugh!" Toko said skeptically to the speedster, not believing at what he said.

"W-Wait, Toko was it? You don't know what this guy's really capable of!" Komaru chirped, wanting to see him in action.

Barry smirked at this. "Trust me. Well, here goes nothing." And so, he activated his ring and in a flash (Ha!) he was wearing his iconic red and gold costume again, spawning different reactions from the two girls. Komaru had her eyes twinkling like stars and smiled like there was no tomorrow. On the other hand…

"GUAAAHH! Wh-Wh-What the?!" Toko screamed. She was not expecting this at all. The costume was contained in that small ring? How was it even possible?

The Monokumas heard the source of the scream and began to charge at the three. The Flash ran up to them and started punching and kicking rapidly at them, one after another fell and exploded leaving ridiculous recorded statements. When he was doing this he thought about this limitation that the Warriors of Hope had fell upon him. He couldn't run at high speed like usual, which is his primary superpower, but he can still do quick attacks as in what he was doing right now and able to generate limited electricity. He wondered why the kids would do such a thing.

As all the Monokumas at the area finally destroyed, Flash called up to the two teens, "Hey, that was all of them. You guys can come out now."

The two girls have no idea how to describe what they have just witnessed in front of them while they came out of their hiding place. Komaru have already seen what his abilities were but she still in awe and she let out a small squeal of admiration. Toko, however, was in complete shock. She was new to this town and was expecting to find just her Master Byakuya and no one else, not this stupid girl and this out-of-place man with superpowers.

"That was… so cool! And amazing!" Komaru cried cheerfully.

"J-J-Just who are you anyway?!" Toko asked with a shaking finger pointed at him.

He just smirked at her and proudly answered.

"I'm Barry Allen. But also… you can call me The Flash. The Fastest Man Alive. It's a pleasure to meet you."

…

After a brief pause, he hung and shook his head, sighing.

"Or at least, not really the fastest right now." He muttered.

"Huh? Why?" Komaru asked.

"The metal bands. The one on my leg restricts my ability to run like I usually do without a sweat." He gestured to the band on his right leg. "I can still punch and kick fast enough though. It's kind of weird, but I'll get used to it eventually."

"So, you can't run super fast and you called yourself The Flash? Heh, kind of ironic if you ask me." Toko said as she smiled with full on smug.

The not-so speedster turned to her, annoyed. "Yeah, ironic. Laugh it all up." He drawled sarcastically.

"So anyway, Toko, what was that earlier? About having a spilt personality disorder thing?" Komaru asked the new girl.

Toko looked away for a moment. "Jeez, you really want to know that bad, huh? Also you too." She glared at Barry, who stared back at her curiously. "Ergh… Fine. Have any of you heard of the name Genocide Jack before?"

Komaru perked up by that name. She had heard the name of the infamous serial killer a few times before. "Um… Yeah. I think I've heard that name somewhere before. A infamous serial killer who was never caught on camera or seen by anyone, just his or her work."

Toko looked away. "I-I see, so you still remember. No point in hiding it anyway, it's all over the talk shows and news back in the day." She sighed then stared at the floor. "That's the other me, after all."

"So, you're Genocide Jack? How come you manage to get away with the murders?" Flash asked.

"I-I-I don't know! Just like Omaru said, no one ever saw her did it! B-But that was the old days! I-I've completely tamed her since then. Because, M-Master commanded me to release her, and the stun gun that h-he gave me did the trick… Depending how much shock I give myself, I can go back to normal whenever I want, b-but not so much." She giggled. "Ehehehe… Isn't it amazing!? All thanks to Master Byakuya!"

"B-Byakuya? You know him? Also, Omaru!?" Komaru exclaimed at the last part.

"Mmhmm… That's the reason I-I'm here… Wait, what's your relationship with him? Why do you have the Hacking Gun?" Toko suddenly went suspicious of her.

"Hacking Gun? That's what that megaphone called? Better remember to ask her if I can analyze it later." Barry thought.

"I-I was saved by him earlier before I got captured, h-he gave it to me."

Toko was surprised by this. "Y-You were saved by… M-Master Byakuya!?" And so, she began to think…

…But was quickly interrupted by the foreigner's snapping fingers. "Don't dream your boyfriend saved her like some kind of an affair or something!" he said, slightly irritated by her behavior.

Toko snapped back but she was far from happy. Her master saved this commoner of a girl!? Unacceptable! "GrrrrRrrr… errggh… Y-You better not get ahead of yourself! Just because you're u-ugly… in a cute way!" Then she pointed shakingly at Flash. "And y-you! Don't ever interrupt my f-fantasies like that!"

"Why are you angry!?" Both of them simultaneously cried.

"Remember this: NO ONE will interfere in my romance with Master! I'm going to rescue him, and after that we will… Ooohhh…"

"Huh? Rescue?" Komaru was baffled. "Wait! Byakuya was… captured!?"

"What, you just figured it out? Why would I even be here if it weren't for Master?" Toko asked as if it was so obvious. "H-He was ambushed by some cowards… There's no way he'd let himself captured…"

The Flash burrowed his eyebrows under his mask. "So you don't even care about Komaru. Just your self-proclaimed boyfriend? How ignorant of you."

Toko glared daggers at him. "S-Self proclaimed!? Master Byakuya loves me, he just don't know that he is!"

Komaru just hung her head low in shame. "I-I see. He was captured by them…"

While she was doing so, Barry came up to her and patted her shoulder in hopes of giving her some comfort. Toko turned around facing back from them. "Jeez, what's with them? Can't believe I'm stuck with those two. That 'Flash' guy might be useful for this kind of stuff but her? Pfft. No way. But… sigh… it's not like I have a choice…"

"Toko." She heard her name called by him. "We'll follow what you just said. We'll rescue this Byakuya guy. But, after that we are going to get out of this town. Do I make myself a deal?"

"Huh? W-Who let you in charge? Ugh… deal. But, Master's the top priority. There's no time to waste." Toko begrudgingly agreed.

"And one more thing," His voice suddenly became more lower and quieter. "From this point on, don't call me by my real name. I want you two to promise me that."

"Huh? Why not?" Komaru asked.

"I don't want my identity to be discovered." Then he whispered to her. "I want to make sure the kids didn't find out that Barry Allen was alive. My plan is to ruin this 'game' of theirs. One way or another."

"Oh. O-Okay."

"W-What are you guys whispering about?" Toko asked.

"N-Nothing too important. Now let's get out of this building first." Komaru said.

Toko raised an eyebrow. "Huh. Well, after both of you."

OMAKE – Monokuma Duck Potty

(Guide to read: K= Komaru; T= Toko; F= Flash)

As Komaru, Toko, and Flash were about to leave the rooftops, they noticed something near the door leading to inside the building. They decided to check it, but it was something that never across their minds, ever. A duck-shaped training potty with a Monokuma color scheme was just there, visible to their naked eyes.

F: You've… got to be kidding me. 0_o

K: What is this? A training potty? 0_0

T: W-Well, hehe, if it isn't your little buddy! One of you two should try riding on it! ;)

F: Huh?! Heck no! And why both of us? There's no way her and me are riding that! :(

K: Y-Yeah, are you calling us babies? That's very rude of you! :(

But nonetheless Komaru decided to try and sat on the potty.

F: That offended you and you're still going to ride it? 0_o

K: … Huh. This is surprisingly relaxing. :/

T: S-Seriously?! 0_0

F: Oh God, really? *Facepalm* -_-

…

F: Wait, are you p- =O

K: Huuuh?! W-W-What are you talking about?! Of course I'm not! 0/0

T: (muttering) Geez… you have zero understanding about privacy of women… -_-

Author's Note : SORRY that it took a while, but here's Chapter 1! Also, I want to point out that every collectibles (books, etc.) in the game will be put in Omakes.

As always, be sure to leave a review and constructive criticism!

And I will see you next time!