Chapter 2

Setting: unknown, unknown time

When Nagito opened his eyes, he found himself sitting in a strange room. It looked like the inside of a giant elevator. He checked his surroundings to find he wasn't alone. There were two people in front of him. One was a girl with short silver hair and yellow eyes. She was wearing some kind of strange bell hop outfit. The other was an old man in a black suit. His most distuingishing features were his bloodshot eyes and incredibly long nose. He was also grinning, which made Nagito nervous.

"Welcome to the Velvet Room, my dear young man." The man said with a creepy voice.

"W-Who are you?" Nagito asked.

"It's been years since we had a new guest." The man said. "My name is Igor, it is a pleasure to make your aqquaintance. This place exists between dream and reality, mind and matter. Only those who have the contract may enter."

"My name is Elizabeth, I am Igor's assisstant, pleased to meet you." The girl named Elizabeth introduced herself.

"What are you talking about?" Nagito asked.

Igor waved his hand and a familiar looking binder appeared on the small table between them.

"That's the contract?" He asked.

"Indeed. You haved signed it, and are now a guest in the Velvet Room. You will soon awaken to our power, and you will need my help. There is but one price to pay for this; You must abide by the contract, and take responsibility for all decisions you make." Igor said.

"My power? Responsibility? What's going on?" Nagito asked.

"Hold on to this." Igor waved his hand again, and a blue key appeared in Nagito's hand. "Until then, farewell."

"Hold on, wait-" Before Nagito could say anything, his vision started to fade.

Setting: April 8, Nagito's room, early morning

When his vision returned, he found himself lying in his bed. "What a crazy dream..." He muttered. Was he dreaming? It had to be a dream. If it was a dream, why did it feel so real? He got up and brushed his teeth. He was about change out of his pjs until he felt something in his pocket.

"That's strange, I don't remember putting anything in these pockets." Nagito pulled it out to see it was the same key that Igor gave to him in his dream. "W-What?" What's this doing here? You mean, it wasn't a dream?" He asked himself. He didn't have time to think about, because school started in an hour. He quickly changed out of his pjs and put on his Gekkoukan High uniform. Just as he was about to open the door, he heard someone knocking on it. "Hey, it's Yukari, can you open the door?"

"I'm coming." He said, opening the door.

"Good morning!" Yukari said with a cheerful smile.

"Mornin'." Nagito responded with a smile of his own.

"Mitsuru-senpai asked me to take you to school. Are you ready?"

"Y-Yeah..." He responded. He didn't know why, but he was actually hoping to go to school together with Mitsuru.

It only took them a couple of minutes for them to get to the monorail.

"Is this monorail the only way to get to school?" Nagito asked.

"Yeah, this monorail is called Anehazuru, and I love riding it everyday. Every time you look out the window, it looks you're gliding over the sea." She said.

When he looked out the window, he was amazed by the view. The ocean was crystal clear and the sun amplified its beauty. "Wow..."

"It's nice, isn't it?" Yukari asked.

"Yeah. I lived here before, I don't remember it looking like this." He said.

"You have?" She asked.

"Uh-huh, it was a long time ago, though. Back then, there was no Port Island."

"I see..." She said/

Ten minutes later, they arrived at the gates of Gekkoukan High School.

"Welcome to Gekkoukan High School, I hope you like it here."

Nagito was overwhelmed by the size of the school. It was almost the size of a town. The last school he attended was small compared to the massive school he was standing in front of.

As Nagito was walking beside Yukari, he saw other students staring and whispering with each other.

Rumors about me and Yukari going out are going to start aren't they? He thought to himself.

As soon as they entered the building, they stopped at the the shoe lockers.

"And that concludes the tour. Any questions?" The brunette asked.

"No, I'm good, thanks, Yukari-chan." He said.

"Hey, don't tell anyone about what you saw last night." Yukari said in a hushed tone.

She must be talking about that hour. Nagito thought to himself.

"I won't. Even if I told someone, I'd doubt they'd believe me." He said with a frown.

"Okay. Well, I've got something to do. If you want to know what class you're in, go to the faculty office. It's the hallway on the left. The faculty office is the first door you see."

"Thanks." He said.

"Bye."

After saying goodbye to Yukari, Nagito headed for the faculty office. When he entered, he saw a woman with black eyes and brown hair styled similar to Yukari's.

"Excuse me." He said, trying to get her attention.

"Oh, you must be the new transfer student." She said, getting out of her desk and walking up to him. "Nagito Ishikawa. 11Th grade, correct?"

"Yes, maam."

"Let's see... You've lived in a lot of places, haven't you?" She said, reading his student record. "1999, ten years ago, you're parents...*gasp* I'm sorry, I didn't read this beforehand." She said with an apologetic voice.

"N-No, it's okay." He said.

"I'm Isako Toriumi, you're in 2-F, that's my class. The opening ceremony is starting soon, follow me." She said.

Nagito was struggling to stay awake during the opening ceremony. The principal had the most boring speech in the history of speeches. Just he was about to nod off, a student from behind him tapped his shoulder.

"Hey, I saw you come to school this morning with Yukari." The student said.

Just as I thought... He thought to himself.

"I was wondering, do you know if she has a boyfriend?" He asked.

"I don't know." Nagito answered honestly. He thought Yukari was a nice person to be around, but he didn't have those kinds of feelings toward her.

"I see. I'd thought you might know. So, how well do know her?" He asked.

"I hear talking. I believe it's someone in Ms. Toriumi's class." A teacher said.

"Shhh! Quiet. You're going to get me in trouble." She said to the student.

After the first day of school, Nagito was about to leave until someone tapped his shoulder, making him nearly jump out of his skin.

"'Sup dude?"

"H-Hello..." Nagito said nervously.

"What's up with you? You like a deer caught in headlights."

"Y-You just startled me is all."

"Sorry about that." He said with a goofy grin.

"I-It's okay, um... Who are you?"

"Me? I'm Junpei Iori, nice to meet ya. I transferred here when I was in 8th grade. I know what it's like being the new kid, so I thought I'd say high. See what a nice guy I am?"

"I'm Nagito Ishikawa, nice to meet you, too, Junpei-kun." Even though he startled him, Nagito really appreciated Junpei being friendly to him. No one ever came up to greet him when he was a new student, he was mostly bullied for being the new guy.

"What's up, Yuka-tan?" Junpei said to Yukari as she walked over to the two.

"At it again, huh? I swear, you'll talk to anyone who will listen. Did you ever think you might be bothering someone?" She said.

"H-Hey! I was just trying to be friendly!" Junpei retorted.

"He wasn't bothering me." Nagito said.

"If you say so. Looks like we're in the same class together." She said with a smile.

"I know." Nagito said.

"Funny, huh?"

" Are you forgetting I'm in this class, too? By the way, I heard you two were walking to school together this morning. What's up with that? Come on, give me the dirt." Junpei said with his goofy grin.

"What?! Not you too, Junpei! Why people even talking about it? Now you have me worried." She said with wide eyes. She then turned to Nagito. "You didn't tell anyone about you know what, did you?"

"No."

"Good. Seriously, don't tell anyone about last night."

Junpei's eyes were wide as saucers. "Last night?"

"Hey, don't get the wrong idea!" She retorted. "Listen! We just live in the same dorm. I met him last night. There's absolutely nothing going on between us. I got stuff to do for archery club. You better not start spreading rumors, Junpei." She then walked out of the classroom.

"What's her deal? It's not like anyone takes rumors seriously anyway. She's so paranoid." He then put his arm around Nagito's neck. "But, hey. It's your first day here and people are already talking about you. Believe it or not, she's actually pretty popular. You da man!" He then let go of Nagito. "This gonna be a fun year, I can feel it." He said with another goofy grin.

While leaving school, Junpei caught up with Nagito and offered to show him around Port Island. He showed him quite a few places. One of them was Paulownia Mall. He was impressed by everything they had there. The police station was there, as well as a night club. He also showed him around Port Island Station. Nagito thought it looked a lot nicer than Iwatodai Station.

After a few hours of walking around the town, it was getting dark. Nagito and Junpei said good bye to each other and went their seperate ways.

Setting: Evening, Iwatodai dorm

As soon as Nagito entered the dorm, he saw Yukari talking with an unfamiliar man in the lounge. He was wearing a tan suit. He had long brown hair and brown eyes with glasses.

"Oh! He's back." Yukari said.

"Hello there. Please, take a seat." The man said.

Nagito did as he said and took a seat on the couch beside Yukari. "Good evening. My name is Shuji Ikutsuki, I'm the chairman of the board of your school. Ikutsuki, hard prenounce isn't it? That's why I don't like introducing myself. Even I get tongue tied sometimes. So, do you have a question?" The man named Ikutsuki asked.

"Who else lives here? The only people I've seen here were Yukari and Mitsuru-senpai."

"There are only four students staying here. You, Yukari, Mitsuru, and a student named Akihiko Sanada. I hope you all get along." He said with a friendly smile. He didn't know why, but that smile made Nagito feel uneasy. "Do you have another question?"

"No, I'm good." Nagito said.

"Very well then. You must be tired from all the excitement. I hope you have a good night's sleep. Like they said, the early bird catches the bookworm. Please forget the bad pun." He said. He then walked down the hallway up the stairs.

A few hours later, in another part of the dorm

Yukari and Mitsuru were in the command room watching Nagito sleep on the monitor when Ikutsuki came in. "How is he?" He asked.

"He just fell asleep." Mitsuru said. "Mr. Chairman, do you think he's..."

"Let's just wait and see. It's almost the Dark Hour." As soon as he said that, the moon starting glowing a sickly green.

"Hm, he's still asleep." When the Dark Hour occurs, an ordinary human transmogrifies into a coffin, and is oblivious to all that occurs."

"That means..."

"As you seen, he's still asleep."

"Should we continue to monitor him for a few more days?" Mitsuru asked.

"Yes. Just in case. It's highly likely he may have The Potential."

"Yes, sir." Mitsuru responded.

Chapter 2 end

A/N: How do you guys want me to post these chapters? A single day in a chapter, or multiple days in one. Please review and tell me. I don't mind doing either.