Summary of the Last Chapter:

Chapter ii: Makoto and Junko decided during class to meet up at lunch so that Junko can reveal all of her despair filled plan. Once the meeting rolls around, however, Junko turns a complete 180 and begins to break down. This was due to Makoto telling Junko that he understands her and wants to experience "The Real Junko Enoshima" and not just a despair loving characterization of her persona. Junko and Makoto walk back to Junko's class after their conversation. Once Makoto drops her off at her class, he is confronted by both Tsumugi and Mukuro. Makoto takes Mukuro aside and tells her how he got Junko to stop the plan and switch over to hope. Mukuro also breaks down like her sister because she never wanted the plan to go through since it would've put Makoto in danger. Mukuro confesses how she likes Makoto in this situation and he responds with the same amount of infatuation. The two become "more than friends" and hold each other in a tight embrace of trust, and love.

Chapter iii: The Catalyst of Chaos

Rating: T for Mild Language and Violent Themes

"BLEGH, I definitely don't want to see all of the gross shit going on in there, so I'll gladly sit out on this one," said a slightly agitated Tsumugi.

As she saw both Mukuro and Makoto head around the corner, she debated on whether or not she wanted to follow them and listen in on their conversation. In the end, however, she decided against it and decided to walk back to her class in the Reserve Course.

Under any set of normal circumstances, Tsumugi would not be allowed to set foot on the ultimate side of the school's property, let alone in any of their hallways. However, Tsumugi was an extra special case for the school. Not because she had some higher-ups as friends or because she was related to the headmaster, it couldn't be anything farther away from those things. Tsumugi was a master cosplayer and could cosplay as almost anything or anyone to near perfection. Using her skill, she would cosplay as different ultimates to gain access to the closed side of the school. She could've been considered an ultimate, but the headmaster denied her the ability to move up. The way the Reserve Course works is, if you are in the Reserve Course Middle School Program and you hone one of your talents to the point of ultimate ability, the Ultimate Scouter, Koichi Kizakura, would come and eventually ask you if you wanted to move up into the Ultimate Course Highschool Program. The only catch was that you must get the approval of the headmaster Jin Kirigiri to be able to actually move up into the other program. Tsumugi was suggested to Jin by Koichi three separate times, but Jin kept seeing a secret sense of malice and despair inside the psyche of Tsumugi, so he denied her access to the program. When all of this was going on, Junko was listening in on the conversation, due to her hearing some small talk between the Scouter and the Headmaster about one of her "friends". Once Junko heard about the news of Tsumugi not ever being able to join the ranks of the ultimates, she knew what she was going to do next. She was going to tell Tsumugi everything and send her into the deepest and darkest pit of despair possible. Once the news was broken to Tsumugi however, the fashionista was unprepared for the actual reaction that the blue-haired girl would respond with.

Flashback Begin:

"PFFT, HAH! YOU THINK I ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT THAT?" Tsumugi yelled, startling both Junko and that other few people in the courtyard they were standing in, "I COULDN'T CARE LESS ABOUT BEING SOME PREPPY, HOPE LOVING, ULTIMATE BITCH!"

"Wait, you don't want to have the title of 'Ultimate Cosplayer'? You've worked so hard on getting this far..." Junko whined, feeling defeated that her plan for filling Tsumugi with despair failed.

"Title Shmitle, to me I'm already Ultimate, and that's all I need. I don't have any want for some hope-filled, pussy ass title like 'ULtImaTe cOspLAyEr' ruining my true goals in life!"

Hearing that last sentence piqued Junko's interest, as she had been wondering what Tsumugi's real intentions at this school were if she didn't want to become an ultimate while being in the Reserve Course.

"Wait a minute... What are your life goals Tsumugi? I've been kind of curious about it since this conversation began." Junko stated, hoping that maybe they would share the same motives.

"Why you should know of all people Junko. We have the same goals for our time here on earth if I've analyzed your characteristics correctly," Tsumugi bragged, showing off one of her abilities as the "Ultimate Cosplayer".

"Y-you want to spread despair all over the world too?" Junko eagerly questioned, awaiting the girl's answer like an obedient puppy waiting for its master's command.

"But of course! Happiness and good in life are so boring and bland. I'd much rather see people scramble in a disorderly fashion as despair and chaos ravage over all the planet, proudly stated Tsumugi.

"Well since we have the same wants for humanity, what do you say about you joining in on this plan I've been working on for the past couple of days? I know it's in its beginning phases, but I promise you that by the time I enact it, I will be one of the most despair infused plans ever created!" asked Junko, awaiting an answer from Tsumugi.

"What about your sister? Is she in on it?" enticed Tsumugi, trying to see how worthwhile this plan could be, "You know, now that I mention her, I haven't met her yet..."

"Ehhhhhh, she was a part of it, but I've stopped letting her help me plan it out since shes started growing feelings for this annoying twerp 'Makoto Naegi' in our class," let out Junko with a voice of anger and annoyance.

"Ooo... The Ultimate Soldier growing feelings? That's a bit ironic don't you think?!" laughed Tsumugi, with Junko joining her after a couple seconds.

After the girls finished laughing at Mukuro and her situation, the two parted ways.

Flashback Complete:

"Tsumugi?, Tsuuuuuuumuuuggggiiiii?" called a faint voice from next to Tsumugi.

"H-Huh?" said Tsumugi looking around and eventually realizing what happened.

Tsumugi began having a daydream of the first time Junko and she discussed the plan and their goals in life. As she got to her class, instead of going in she stayed there and stared down at the floor.

"Are you ok Tsumugi? You seemed out of it, and I wasn't sure if you were just thinking really hard or if you were sad for some reason," asked the drowsy, yet decently high pitched voice. It was coming from a small girl about half of the size of Tsumugi.

"Yeah, I think I'm fine Himiko, you want to go to class now I take it?" said Tsumugi.

"I guess so. I kinda wanted to show you one of my new spells while we weren't busy, but I guess it can wait," Himiko sighed with a sound of slight rejection.

Himiko proceeded to open the door that Tsumugi was standing in front of and walked inside, being followed by Tsumugi.

"Tsumugi! I'm glad to see you are ok!" said a boy of decent height, with blackish hair and black clothes on.

"Thank you for your concern Shuichi, but I am ok now, so no need to worry about me," Tsumugi said as she smiled at the boy.

"Well Tsumugi, we all were worried about you, you know..."

Tsumugi turned her head and immediately was hit with a wave of avocado scented air. Before the girl stood a green-haired boy she has known for longer than she could ever dream to remember, Rantaro Amami.

"Yeah yeah Rantaro... You don't have to get all mushy mushy about it. I've messed with all of yall anyways, so I know its not an actual sign of friends-." Tsumugi tried to say before getting struck lightly in the side of her body by a yellow object.

"Now now Tsumugi... You may have done a few foul things to us here and there, but those actions are few and far in between each other." struck a deep voice coming from the center of the classroom. "In my opinion and I'm sure a few others as well, you've still got a ways to go before we give up your friendship," smiled the short tennis pro named Ryoma Hoshi.

"W-well we'll see about that Ryoma, I still have some things in store.." argued Tsumugi, knowing what she was going to do with her class once Junko's plan goes into action.

Tsumugi proceeded to sit down with the rest of her class. The cosplayer's class was the highest level class in the reserve course, due to the number of students that were practically ultimates, yet hadn't been called by Kizakura to transfer over. The characters that were a part of her class are the ones you've already met; Shuichi Saihara, Himiko Yumeno, Rantaro Amami, and Ryoma Hoshi and in addition to those students are Kaede Akamatsu, Kokichi Oma, Kirumi Tojo, Miu Iruma, Gonta Gokuhara, Maki Harukawa, Kaito Momota, Angie Yonaga, Tenko Chabashira, Keebo, and Korekiyo Shinguji. All of these students are borderline Ultimates, but the school hasn't offered them a spot in their program yet. This is mostly either due to the student not having their talent perfected yet, or simply that they haven't used their talent enough to show a sense hope, the main staple of all Ultimates at Hopes Peak.

Tsumugi's class went by pretty smoothly for the rest of the day, except for her main love interest, Shuichi Saihara being cuddled up with a certain blonde haired pianist, who was teaching him how to play her beloved instrument.

"Hey! If you two want to fuck so badly, can you at least go somewhere that we CAN'T see you?" questioned the cosplayer, hoping to embarrass the two and cause an argument.

"OOO DID I HEAR SHUICHI AND KAEDE ARE GONNA DO THE NASTY?! I'VE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR THIS, LET ME GET SOME POPCORN!" blurted out Miu as she ran out of the classroom in search of some popcorn.

"N-no! She was just telling me how to play, that's all Tsumugi," said Shuichi, red in the face.

"H-hey! that wasn't cool Tsumugi! Why would you say something like that to us?" said Kaede, who also was a little pink in the cheeks from embarrassment.

Right as Kaede said this, the school bell went off, signifying that lunch has started.

"Good, now you two can enjoy each other, without scarring our eyes, Toodaloo!" Tsumugi said to the couple as she left the room.

"I wonder why she's so arrogant towards us..." Shuichi thought as he saw the blue haired girl leave the classroom.

Once outside, Tsumugi began thinking about how she acted in the classroom. The girl likes to do this when she's around Shuichi since she wants to show herself as the best girl he can have. However, these thought moments are usually self-critical and only put her in a sour mood.

"Why did I say that? It was so wrong for me to say, especially since he's happy. I don't want him to be sad because of something I did, it just feels wrong..." thought Tsumugi, unaware of her surroundings as she slammed face first straight into a light pole.

She hit the light pole just hard enough to knock her down onto her back. Tsumugi looked around pretty dazed to find herself in the middle of the courtyard, where everyone in the Reserve Course gathered to eat lunch. She received an immense amount of laughter directed towards her mistake and because of this Tsumugi rushed up, teary-eyed, and ran in the direct opposite way she came from, towards where the Ultimates' school was. When she arrived at the gates, she began changing into a new outfit. She cosplayed as the idol Sayaka Maizono, and even though the staff running the gates were fooled by her appearance, all of the students already knew who Tsumugi really was, and were friendly towards her.

Regardless of all the support that she was getting from the other students, she still wasn't happy at all. In fact, she was as far from happy as possible. She had this deeply seeded feeling of anger towards a certain "friend" of hers. She started getting involved with Junko's plan way before she came to Hopes Peak, however, once she began having anger issues towards Kaede, she knew that this plan must go through, so she could kill her and be with Shuichi once and for all.

As she was walking throughout the Ultimate side of the school, she bumped into her best friend.

"Junko!" Tsumugi shouted at Junko as she noticed two others walking behind her, giggling and cooing at each other.

"Gross right? That's what I thought when I saw my fowl sister with my hunk of meat."

"Hmmm? Junko's saying her hunk of meat is Makoto? Why would she say that about that annoying mother fuck-?" Tsumugi started to think before being interrupted by Junko continuing to monologue to her friend.

"But there's plenty of fish in the sea! So I'm not too worried about it!" said Junko, which caught Tsumugi off guard.

"WHAT? That's such a 'hopeful' statement... Something is up with Junko, and I need to find out ASAP," thought Tsumugi

"Hey Junko, can we talk for a bit? I need to ask you some questions about some personal issues of mine," asked Tsumugi, hoping the two lovebirds wouldn't notice.

"Yeah, sure! Hey guys, I'm going to help Tsumugi with something for a little bit. I'll catch up with you two later!"

As Junko left the Soldier and the Luckster, she gave them both hugs and actually seemed to enjoy it, rather than doing it to deceive the person she hugging into a false sense of friendship like she normally would.

"So, Tsumugi... What did you want to talk about?" said Junko, smiling at the currently disgruntled girl.

"What is going on with you Junko? You're acting so strange and... well... 'hopeful'!" emplored Tsumugi, hoping not to hear anything worse than "I was faking it to get the two in trouble".

"Hmm? Am I acting strange? I guess Makoto changed me so much I didn't notice how much I had transitioned..." murmured the fashionista, however, Tsumugi heard her and was in utter shock.

"WHAT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN MAKOTO CHANGED YOU'?" screamed the girl, still confused at the situation.

"Heh- I was hoping you didn't hear that, but I guess I have to tell the truth..." started Junko, "At lunch, Makoto and I talked about the plan and just how I was always filled with despair. He showed me how my despair, was just a characterization of myself that I hid behind to mask the true intentions of my actions. I really just was hoping for someone to break me out of this state of sadness that my life had brought me, and he did it, for me." Junko stopped to check Tsumugi's reaction to the situation and when she did, she saw the poor girl mouth wide open and tears running down her face.

"Once I realized what my true wants were, we talked and decided that the plan should go on and that it is better to keep peace and have friendship and love for one another. I wasn't sure how you would take the news so I was going to tell you when I got you alone, just so that we can talk about it one on one," explained Junko with a serious tone.

"WHAT KIND OF GAY SHIT DID MAKOTO TELL YOU? WHAT ABOUT THE PLAN?" furiously asked the blue-haired girl, shaking out of rage.

"Whoa whoa, Tsumugi. It's nothing to be worried about," Junko began, scared of the reaction she'd get by her next statement, "The plan is over with, and I've decided to just be happy with everyone here. I want to cherish the moments I have and will make with everyone here!"

"oh... ok... yeah that makes sense I guess..." Tsumugi said sounding defeated.

"I'm sincerely sorry that all of the hard work that we spent on the plan is going to waste, but I think that this is a much better idea than filling the world with despair," Junko said sympathetically.

"yeah I get it, I'm going to go now. I'll... see you later," sounded the sad girl as she turned around and began walking away from the fashionista.

"Wow.. that went surprisingly well, especially for Tsumugi..." Thought Junko before exiting the hallway herself.

What Junko didn't see was the very smile that Tsumugi gave off as she had her back turned. Only someone truly mesmerized by despair can produce such a foul smile.

"I have my own idea Junko, and I hope you're proud of them... Phuhuhuhu," Tsumugi mumbled, hoping not to be heard, "I just need some 'help' from Miss Gekkogahara and Chihiro and my version should be smooth sailing from there."

"The code to use here in this situation should be this since it allows a more user-friendly experience and a higher amount of player immersion."

"I guess that is true Chihiro, thank you for showing me the way!" said a calm and excited woman in a wheelchair. Well, it was more like she typed it out on her computer and her character, a bunny named Usami, told the small kid on her monitor.

While the two were conversing over the important project they were working on, a door open into the data room they were working in.

"A-ah! Miss Gekkogahara and Chihiro! I was hoping to find you two here since I've been meaning to ask the both of you an important question. I couldn't seem to find you two anywhere, so I was helpless," a certain glasses wearing girl said while sobbing uncontrollably, hoping for both the sense of affection and trust to come out of the two computer workers.

"Oh! were sorry Tsumugi! We were so focused on our own project that we didn't even realize anyone was looking for us. Of course, we can help you though, now that you're here and everything," said the small programmer, smiling as they spoke to provide a comfortable setting for the "sad" girl.

"O-okay, let me get the video presentation ready..." nervously said Tsumugi, knowing exactly how this all would go down now.

"Here we go! Now the key to this project is not taking your eyes off of the screen okay?" Tsumugi asked.

"Okay!" both computer whiz's happily stated.

As soon as the two fully committed to it, Tsumugi started up the video. However, it wasn't a normal video in the slightest. Tsumugi had stolen and modified one of the despair-inducing videos that Junko had made Ryota Mitari, the Ultimate Animator, make. These videos caused the victim to go under a state of hypnosis, of which had no known cure, that caused the viewer to turn into the embodiment of despair. Both Chihiro and Gekkogahara immediately fell for the trap and were under the video's trance. Once the video was up, the two victims began working on transforming the project they were working on into a sort of fully immersive virtual reality system that could upload a person's consciousness into a virtual entity. Tsumugi told them what she wanted the world to be like and how it should be structured. They called it "The Neo World Program". Once it was completed, Tsumugi, went to her class and prepared to show off her "project" for the rest of her class.

"Hey, Tsumugi! You're on time today, glad to see that!" stated Tenko as she ran up and hugged the cosplayer.

"Th-thank you, I was excited about today, so I came a little early I guess heh."

"What is Tsumugi excited about? Gonta is curious," said Gonta, as he made a thinking face.

"Well, I wanted to show you all this project I've been working on for the past couple of years, just to get some criticism," explained Tsumugi

"Ooooh Show us! Atua says he wants to know what you have in store!" blurted out Angie.

"Okay okay, I'll show you all, as long as you promise to not stop looking, it's important that you take in every detail about the video." explained Tsumugi giddy that she was about to gain a few "followers" in a matter of minutes.

Once she had shown them the hypnotic video, she took them all and brought them to the Data Room where hypnotized Chihiro and Gekkogahara were sat, awaiting orders from Tsumugi.

"Chihiro, open up the program and send all 16 of us into it, please. Once we're inside, the both you shall go back to your respective areas and act normal, but if anyone asks about us, say that we went on a school field trip for a couple of weeks. Oh and teacher! make sure that no one gets into this room, by any means."

They all agreed and Chihiro and Gekkogahara hooked up all of the students to the program. Before anyone knew it...

The first killing game had begun

A/N: Ok so first of all, IM SO SORRY FOR THE LONG ASS DELAY! I had issues with my phone, and still am a little, but I'm trying my best still to get these out to you guys. I also had a couple of family issues I had to resolve too before I could focus on anything else. Now that the prologue is over, I'm so excited to actually get started on writing the main story :)) I think I'm going to change to the schedule of uploads to once every two weeks since writing 3.5k words are hella hard with work and now school. Sorry for the inconvenience this is my first fanfiction, so I didn't know at what pace I should go to not burn out.:)

Thank You,

~ K. Kirigiri 3