Prologue 4: Worst Day ever
Hey it's Me Again, sorry for the wait but i've been busy. I have a REALLY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT by the end of this conversation chapter so please read at the end.
...Scramble Crossing…
Once again, I return to the empty Crossing. Well formerly empty, the street was crawling with those morons that I met up with ever since I got here. They were all mingling and socializing with each other; the noise they created made my ears twitch. They were all so loud,I couldn't help but eavesdrop at the small groups forming around them.
Stalker was playing with the Psychotic Loli in a game of Rock-Paper-Scissors, while Redhead, Fatty, and Stripper spectated them. Though from the looks of it, the Loli was playing a little too seriously
"ROCK-PAPER-SCISSORS! SHOOT!" The two girls screamed in unison; only for the Loli to punch Stalker's Hand when she picked Paper
"Ow!" Stalker cried out in pain; holding her hand as she blew into it. "Why did you hit me?"
"ROCK PUNCHES THROUGH PAPER!" She yelled out, fist pumping the air "Yeah! HARDCORE!"
"Ummm… I don't think that's how it works…" Redhead gave a nervous chuckle over the Loli's antics.
"You know Mikaru Darling, you shouldn't get so worked up over simple games you know… It's not cute~." Stripper remarked.
"I'm Not Cute… I'M ADORABLE! Woooooooooooooo!" The Loli began to spin around rapidly again only to fall on her face with a thud. Everyone over there just looked at her.
"... She's Weird." Fatty finally said; breaking the awkward tension.
I turn my head to look at the next group which involved Cockatoo, Wolfy, Pothead, and Acid. They all seemed to be crowding around Wolfe while he acted flustered about their attention.
"Aroooooooo! This is so Cool!" Cockatoo was furiously petting him while riding on his back. "To think I would actually meet a Werewolf! I've heard cases do Lycanthropy before but I didn't actually think it was real! Mreow!"
"P-Please stop!" Wolfy pleaded "Y-You're messing up my fur!"
Cockatoo responded with more nonsensical howling.
Pothead was busy studying his body, "... Incredible… You sir are a living anamoly in the Biological World. You're very existence contradicts a number of Scientific theories such as Evolution and 's rare for people to be born with weird genetic defects before like heterochromia, double joints, or even Conjoined Twins. But you sir, are a whole different story… I Must Dissect you!" Pothead declared. "Jao! Go get me some anesthesia and a scalpel. I have a wolf to cut open!"
They all just slowly backed away from him as soon as he said that, even Acid.
"Dude… Please don't say that." Acid remarked.
Thinking that I didn't want to hear the upcoming argument between those 2 numb skulls, I decide to spy on another group.
It consisted of the three girls: Tomboy, Beanie, and Dollface.
"It is an honor to meet you both, Madam Lucille Ducarde, and you Madam Yuki Sanmyaku." She pleasantly bowed before them.
"My My My, I never thought I would meet a Princess here if All place…" Tomboy replied, a hint of seduction in her tone. "You know, Madamoiselle, people called me a Princess Charming in my country… want to know why?"
Beanie gave a contempt stare, "Lucy…"
Tomboy looked back and dropped a cold sweat"... Ehehehehehe… Sorry"
Losing interest in those idiots I look to group furthest away from me
The group was made up of the Street Performers, Shades and Dice, along with the gamers, Four-Eyes and Yoyo, and that goody-two-shoes Pencilneck.
Sadly I couldn't get much from their conversation due to the distance, but judging by their expressions and lip movement… it seems to be about our situation.
As of right now, the 18 of us have been brought here to Shibuya. All of us are Ultimates, and apparently Hope's Peak is behind this whole mess. However, this seems to be too suspicious to be some kind of Orientation or whatever it is.
First off, the only people we've seen so far is the 18 of us, next the strange bracelet we all seem to have on our wrists, and finally a mysterious voice that calls out, and tells us to come here.
Worst part is, despite all my investigating I still have no idea what the hell is going on! It irritates me that no one here gave me a straight answer of why we're here, or how we even got here in the first place.
I tap my foot to the beat of my headphones impatiently and grumble to myself, "How long is this going to take!?"
"Upupupupu… Not long, Mr. Protagonist."
My eyes widen as I immediately look around. It was the voice again, but where was it coming from. Searching the area, I only saw the equally confused faces of my incompetent peers.
"Hey! Whoever you are, show yourself" The tomboy yelled out. "It's not funny to hide yourself after you tried to blow us up!"
"Blow you up? Why would I do that?"
"You know what you did!" Beanie followed up. "You destroyed the tunnel while we were still on the train!"
"Oh that? Upupupupu… Yeah that was an accident. My Minions really need to start listening you know."
"It's not funny you know!" The Redhead responded. "Some of us though we were gonna die!"
"Yeah!" Stalker continued. "You could've done something to all my new friends.
Who exactly are you calling a friend you damn Stalker?
"Like I said, it was an accident. It's not my fault."
"Oh really? Then what was your plan exactly?" The pencilneck asked the Voice, her tone cold as ice. "The fact that you endangered the lives of innocents is a major if it isn't your fault you are still to blame for causing it!"
"What kind of Stupid Logic is that!? Is this a Kangaroo Court!? Just so you know, I've played all of the Amazing Lawyer Games and so I'm a master of the court. However, I still prefer a different game called D*nganronpa, you guys ever played D*nganronpa?"
"Never heard of it." The gamers said in unison, in a deadpan tone.
"W-What!? But you guys must've surely heard of it at least."
Oh alright, that's it.
Tired of all their bickering I decide to step in and talk.
"HEY! Whoever you are, show yourself. I've been going all over the place trying to find out what's going on, but no, Nothing. So can you just Shut up and tell us what's going on!" I let out a huge sigh, afterwards.
That felt good.
Everyone stared at me in shock at my sudden outburst. Even the voice was quiet for a moment."
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"...Oh alright then Killjoy. If you insist…"
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All of a sudden all the screens around Shibuya turned off, enveloping the street in complete darkness, only to light up immediately after. All of them showing a strange silhouette of a Teddy Bear with a red eye. Rock'n'Roll music suddenly began to blare out of the speakers around the street, only to be blurred by the sound of another voice.
"Yo Yo Yo! What's up Bastards!? You enjoying the show tonight! Well guess what!? The MAIN EVENT is cominnnnnnnggggggg!"
Main Event? I looked at the screens confusingly, as my mind was boggled by the sudden events that are transpiring. I felt a sudden breeze, and held onto my hoodie when a loud buzzing noise overlapped the music.
Everyone backed away when we all saw a Helicopter literally floating just above the street.
"Ladies and Gentlemen… Bitches and Bastards… Please give a Warm Welcome to the one… the Only… MONOKUMAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
As soon as the Voice said that someone, or rather something, front flipped out of the Helicopter; the chopper literally exploding immediately as it got out.
We all stood there dumbstruck at the scene unfolding before us, as we could do nothing but drop our jaws.
The strange thing continued to flip downwards only to land on it' feet, revealing itself to be a strange Monochrome Teddy bear with 1 half being white, and the other black. The black side seemed to have a red eye in the shape of a lightning bolt. The strange bear was posing from its daring dive as fireworks suddenly went off; lighting the sky. Small bits of flaming helicopter debris fell onto the street but luckily no one was hit by any of it. The music hitting the final note, ending the bizarre event before us.
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All of us were still trying to process what exactly just happened. It was like a scene from one of those Action Movies, only more over the top than usual. And this bear, this Bear was the centerpiece of it all.
"Hey Bastards! How's it going!?" The bear asked excitedly.
"Bucawk!?" The Cockatoo squawked. "I-It Talked!"
"What is it!?" Redhead asked, clearly confused.
"... Clearly a Robot I guess…" Fatty responded.
"It must be one hell of a model" Yoyo said, slightly fascinated by it. "It looks so advanced."
"Hey!" The robot bear said annoyed. "I'm not just any average bear. I'm Monokuma. And I'm the Headmaster of Hope's Peak Academy!"
My ears perked up at what the bed said.
"You? You are the Headmaster?" I said in disbelief, recalling my meeting with the actual Headmaster a while ago. "But that's impossible! I saw Jin Kirigiri a while ago, and he looks nothing like you!"
"I agree." I turn to see Pencilneck who walked up right next to me. "Jin Kirigiri is the Headmaster of Hope's Peak, not some weird toy."
Pencilneck pointed an accusing finger at the Bear while putting up a dignified pose, and shouted "SO TELL US WHO YOU ARE!?
The bear looked a little bummed at Pencilneck's accusation only to start chuckling.
"W-What's so funny?" Wolfy asked, clearly nervous around the strange Bear. However, it only continued to chuckle.
"Upupupupu… About that… He's Dead." The bear said in a monotonous tone. We all gave looks of shock.
"W-What!? L-Like What does that mean?" The stripper nervously asked it. "What do you mean b-by… D-D-Dead?"
"What do you mean?" The bear asked confused. "Dead is Dead, Not Alive, Passed on, 6 feet Under,Sleeping with the fishes, whatever you want to call it. Jin Kirigiri is Dead. Simple as that."
"But that's impossible!" The Stalker responded. "We all saw him a while ago, how can he die all of a sudden!?"
"Easy. Because I killed him." The Bear replied.
Any sense in this situation was thrown out of the window as soon as the bear said that, and immediately the street turned to panic.
I watched as those fools began to spout words after words, of questions and curses as the bear coldly stared at them; his face unchanged by the situation.
"H-How could you do that!?" The redhead dropped a tear. "What did he do to you!?"
"That's Fucking Bullshit Peigne-Cul!" The Tomboy yelled out angrily
"T-That's a lie right?" Wolfy asked nervously
Dollface however just burst out laughing at what it said. The people around her giving strange looks at her.
"Bark Bark! It's Obviously lying!" Cockatoo said, hostile at the bear.
"But why would I lie to you guys?" He asked. "I mean, I was honest about the whole blowing up the tunnel thing. So why are you all so distrustful?"
"Because nobody trusts anyone willing to use a bomb on minors, and confess Murder." Pencilneck answered. "You are a criminal and don't deserve to be trusted!"
The bear looked bum at what she said. "Awww… and here I thought you guys would be more agreeable with me… after all it's not like you guys will do any better." A small smirk escaped its mouth.
"... What do you mean exactly?" Dice gave a stern look at the Bear, clearly suspecting him of something.
"Upupupupupupu… I'm Glad you asked…"
All of a sudden we suddenly heard footsteps coming from all directions, looking around we saw strange figures with Masks similar to head of the bear. They all wore black hoodies with a similar design of a skeletal ribcage, with ragged jeans and shoes. All of them came in different shapes and sizes; one looked like a small child, while another looked like a Buff strongman. They all wielded a variety of weapons from metal pipes, to chainsaw, to even a massive chaingun by their arms. They all moved into the street and closer to us.
In response we all backed away from them only to end up huddled in a circle surrounded by them. We were all trapped.
The bear suddenly jumped on the tallest Figures head and proudly laughed at our dismay.
"Alright you bastards, allow me to introduce my minions/moderators of our little game… The Mono-Reapers!"
Mono-Reapers? I look at the Hooded Figures, as they were named.
"A Game? What Game!?" The Loli asked, putting up her fists ready for a fight, however she hesitated when a Mono-Reaper pointed a Shotgun at her head. The bear laughed as we looked at him confused and nervous.
"Listen Here, and Listen Good you Bastards. I brought you all here for Hope's Peak Special Night Class." The bear responded. "This class is rather simp for you guys. All you guys have to do is live here forever in this city of the night. Forever trapped in the dark, never to see the sun again!"
We all looked in shock
"W-What!? But that's crazy!" The Stalker replied. "We can't just stay here forever!"
"We all have our rights here scum!" The Pencilneck yelled out. "You will not get away with this!"
"Y-Yeah! You can't imprison us here!" The Redhead agreed.
"But I just did, didn't I?" The Bear chuckled. "Plus I didn't say there was a way out of course."
Our eyes peeled as soon as he said that, but from the Bear's strange laughing, a few of us were too scared to ask. We all stayed silent, until one of us quietly walked up to ask him, me. "So… How do we get out?"
"I'm glad you asked Mr. Protagonist!" The Bear gleefully clapped his hands at my response.
What's with this bear calling me Mr. Protagonist? I'm no hero, as far as I know.
"To escape this Gilded Cage known as Shibuya… all you gotta do is win the Game." The bear replied.
"And… What kind of game are you talking about?..." I continue to question it. I had a bad feeling after I asked that question, but it was already too late to regret it. Whatever that Bear says next is probably not going to be good.
"Upupupupu… This is a Game of Survival of the Fittest… a game of Hope and Despair… Truths and Lies… Light… and Darkness…" the bear continues to ramble. "This is a game where you have to be willing to risk it all… if you are ever gonna win big. This is a Mutual Killing Game where you must kill one of your fellow classmates and get away with it. Simple as that… So you guys ready to play?"
That last sentence was the nail in the coffin as we just blankly stared at the Bear's Words.
Kill?
We have to Kill Someone?
So that's what this bear wants… I look around and see the various reactions of the others.
I saw disbelief, anger, fascination, fear, and … Despair. From their looks, I could see it; the very idea of killing to escape crossed their minds. I looked in disgust and anguish.
Will Someone really do it?
This is a game where you can't trust anybody, or anyone, so I know I have a chance… But can I even trust myself to do the deed?
The other day, I stubbed my toe on some stairs, and I thought to myself… this is the worst day ever. I take it back.
This is the worst day ever.
...Prologue END...
Alright, That's It. Hope enjoyed that Chapter even if it was short, sorry about that. Anyway, Here's the important Announcement: My Story is going on HIATUS. The reason why i'm putting this up now isn't because I'm facing some real life things, and I won't be able to spend my time on the Internet for a while. So I hope you guys understand.
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