A girl was inside an elevator, going down to her demise.

She was short with a fair complexion, a large bust. She usually had a calm or smiling expression and had pink-to-orange, slightly sleepy eyes. She had mauve hair that was short to her shoulders, curling outward, except for two front locks that go inward, framing her face, and her frontal bangs, straight but a bit erratic.

Chiaki was a caring and loving girl, enough to become the Class Representative of Class 77-B at Hope's Peak Academy, a prestigious high school where only talented people are allowed to join the Main Course (She joined it as the Ultimate Gamer).

However, unfortunate events happened at the school, the disappearance of her best friend, Hajime Hinata, the murder of Natsumi Kuzuryu…The reveal of the real reason for the existence of the Reserve Course…In other words, Despair and anxiety ruled these times.

At that moment, she really wanted to know how in the world those events happened. She remembered seeing her teacher, Chisa Yukizome, guiding her through a corridor to help their classmates, but now…She doesn't know where she is.

Then, a monitor turned on. A strawberry-blonde girl with blue-ish eyes, a very large bust and dressed in a gyaru-like outfit appeared.

"You may be wondering why your teacher betrayed you, right?" She spoke. "Simple! I brainwashed her with the drums…the drums…The never-ending, Despair-inducing drums!"

"Who…Are you?" Chiaki asked, frightened.

"Well, humans usually call me Junko Enoshima in this form…But for you, I am the Master." The Master introduced herself.

"The…Master?" Chiaki was confused by the Master's peculiar name.

"Coooorrect!" The Master said, happily. "I wanted to start from this human school for my plan to take over this planet and bring it Despair. So, in order to do that, I needed an army. Luckily, I found a talented human who kindly showed me hypnotic techniques using animation. Your teacher should be honoured, she became one of the first subjects!"

"Why…Are you saying all this things to me?"

"Huh? I felt generous today and explained to you my plans, since you're gonna die anyway."

Chiaki widened her eyes from terror and shock.

"H-Huh?" That's the only noise she could produce.

"Buut, if you manage to not die inside the maze…You'll receive a special prize! Now…Good luck!*

The doors opened, Chiaki was in the grip of terror, but…A small Hope was still there, she was still determined to save her friends.

So, to find some courage, she yelled a word that people usually say before doing something dangerous:

"GERONIMOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Unfortunately, this didn't save her from being injured, she was tired, covered in blood…But she was still alive.

The Master entered the room, clapping her hands.

"Well done." She said, "I seriously didn't expect that you would come out of there alive."

"Where…Are…My…Friends?" Chiaki asked, her tone was a mix of tiredness and anger towards the Master.

"Well…The Punishment didn't end, sweetie. Since you're quite sturdy…I'll make you join my army. I'm gonna convert you into a Cyberkuma!"

Chiaki was terrified once again, she didn't understand well what the Master meant, but she didn't like how that word sounded.

It was over for here, her legs were injured, so she couldn't run away, so, desperate, she turned to the tall young man dressed in a suit.

That man's name was Izuru Kamukura, the result of the experiments made by Hope's Peak, the Ultimate Hope…And what remains of Hajime Hinata.

"H-Hajime…" She thought.

"Well, then! Dear Upper Classmates of Class 77-B! Prepare yourself to see the greatest Despair you'll ever see! The Despair of seeing your loved one becoming a souless puppet! Don't worry, Chiaki! It will hurt!" The Master said.

Chiaki was blocked on a experiment tables. Saying that the conversion was painful for her would be an understatement.

Metal was grafted into her flesh, blood bursted everywhere and Chiaki screamed in pain, while in the process, she was only thinking of one thing: Hajime and her friends.

Izuru, who was watching the scene, felt weird, he had the instinct, the instinct to save Chiaki. Maybe, Hajime was still there deep in his mind.

After an hour of torture, Chiaki was fully turned into a Cyberkuma, a humanoid robot with the appearance of a black and white bear with a red eyes.

"Ah…FANTASTIC!" The Master was thrilled. "My first Cyberkuma! This is amazing, Izuru!"

"...Are you going to convert me like her?" Izuru asked, with a monotone.

"Hmm? Nah, you're interesting, I'm not gonna turn you into some useless robot." The Master said. "Now, take care of our little CyberChiaki, okay? I have to take care of my new Ultimate Despair~!"

The girl left the room, leaving Izuru alone with Chiaki.

"WHERE." Chiaki took consciouness. "WHERE-AM-I?"

"You still have your consciouness. You've turned into a Cyberkuma." Izuru politely explained.

"CY-BER-KUMA? EX-PLAI-" Chiaki realized how her voice was now monotone and robotic. "WHY-AM-I-TALK-ING-LIKE-THIS?" Even if her voice was emotionless, Izuru could feel that she was scared.

"You got converted into a robot. You would have been a mindless puppet under the Master's controls but I…Interfered."

"INTER-FERED?"

"I removed your emotion inhibitor. Thanks to that, you still have your humanity."

"WHY-DID-YOU-SAVED-ME?"

Izuru for the first time felt a new emotion: Confusion.

"I…I don't know. I didn't think, I…Acted on my instincts…That Hajime, was he my past self?"

"...YES. I-THINK-SO."

"Now, we need to leave this place immediately and I hide you, the Master will not be happy." Izuru said.

The young man started to walk, but Chiaki held his hand.

"What?" He asked.

"THANK-YOU." Chiaki hugged Izuru, for the latter it felt weird for two reasons: First, a robot was hugging him and second, he felt warmth in that hug.

"... Let's go." Izuru ordered.

The two left the laboratory. Ironically, even if it was her worst day ever, Chiaki found a new Hope once again. Now that she has a robotic body, maybe she could save her friends and help Izuru.

But for that, only Time will tell, while the Master and her Ultimate Despair marched on Earth and spread Despair.

That day, every human heard a sound, the sound of a 4-rhythm drumbeat.

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̶̢̯̋̋̔̕͘
̶͍̯̰̣͇́̓̌͝
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One year later, a little girl was running away from the horde of Cyberkumas that wanted to kill her.

She was lost, her parents were killed, she had nobody. It was her end. Until suddenly the Cyberkumas deactivated. The little girl opened her eyes and saw who saved her.

It was what it seemed to be a short teenage boy with green-ish eyes, spiky brown hair and a prominent ahoge. He was wearing a green-red-black dirty coat and red sneakers.

"W-Who are you, mister...?" the girl shyly asked.

The young man smiled and, with a calm and reassuring voice, introduced himself:

"Hello, I'm the Doctor."

-The End-