As promised, the last part for "Chapter 1". Hope you guys enjoy...
Opening her eyes, the light temporarily blinded her as the darkness lifted.
The shock in the wound made her groan as she tried to look around as best as she could.
Those three brats were all sitting nearby, cleaning themselves up as best as they could with stuff from their bags. She sighed to herself as they noticed her awake.
"So you're finally up…" Luciano spoke first.
She nodded.
"You know why we kept you alive?"
"Please, doesn't take a genius to know when you're about to be raped violently. Kidding, of course." She smirked while adding the last bit after seeing the look of disgust on their faces. "You want me to spill the beans about Monokuma, don't you?"
"And whatever you know about these…" Ami referred to her object, which was shaped like a pen. The material itself seemed to be made from the same things her weapon was made with. But…
"I don't know anything..."
"Don't play dumb with us…"
"I seriously don't. All I know is that mine is something that uses a special little thing called Monokumite. Lame, I know." She gave a small chuckle. "But this stuff is seriously amazing. You get a hold of enough of it, and you can pull off some pretty miraculous things."
"Liar…" Luciano spat out as he sneered at her. "I know a lot of things, lots of secrets, and I've never even heard of Monokumite before…"
"My, what a little pervert we have here…" She giggled again. It was fun to piss off this little boy. "Well it's been a pretty recent discovery, and it's not like the public knows about it. After all, you can see just how dangerous it would be for everyone to know about this, wouldn't you?"
It's just like any tool. The concept of "good" and "bad" is only accurate for what kinds of things the people use it for. Gangs, police, bullies, just about anyone who uses it could cause mass destruction, intentional or not.
"Of course, that's not the only reason this seems new to you all…"
"What do you mean?"
"Nothing…" She said too much already.
She may have lost, but she already forfeited her life when this all started. Whether she died now or later didn't matter, so she had no obligation to tell them anything else.
They must have realized this and decided that they wouldn't press on.
"Let's try something else," Luciano pressed his temples for a bit. "Why are you joining Monokuma?"
"Because it's fun." She slowly leaned against some rubble and crossed her legs.
"Don't give us that shit!" Alyson was finally speaking. "You think it's funny?! Killing off millions of lives and seeing this all as some sort of game?!"
"Uh, didn't you hear Monokuma the first time? This pretty much IS a game…"
"SHUT THE HELL UP!" Pikachi was rather surprised that the little coward from earlier could even scream that loud. "YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING YOU FREAK! YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE A FAMILY WAITING FOR YOU! TO LOSE ALMOST EVERYTHING YOU HAD IN A SHORT TIME! YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND LOVE! YOU…YOU…YOU'RE JUST A MONSTER WHO ENJOYS SENSELESS MURDER!"
The room was silent. Nobody moved for a few minutes. Then…
"Yeah, I don't understand." Pikachi sighed. "I don't because nobody, not even my own damn parents, gave a shit about a 'monster' like me."
"What?"
"Tell me. What exactly makes me so different from those two next to you?"
"Huh?"
"You just met them all a while ago, right? You don't know anything about either of them, so how are they any better than me? Just because you all ended up waking in the same place?"
"That's…"
"Maybe somebody is actually infiltrating your group. Waiting for the right time to pick you each one by one, until he or she is the only one left. You think I'm a monster just because I like shooting things? Then wouldn't that make Luciano there just as bad?"
"…"
"Just because they're different, people shun others out of fear. I just do things a bit differently at a shooting range, and the whole world suddenly freaks out. Nobody cared, not even my own damn parents."
She gave one more sigh. There's no point in talking about her past anymore.
"How about I show you something interesting? Just hold out those things in front of my Monokumite fragments." They all shifted their gazes awkwardly. "No point in hiding it. I know that there's more than the fragments there…"
The entire time, she couldn't feel her arm, nor could she sense it move. At first, she thought it was just paralyzed, but she figured that after this much time, there was only reason why.
That last attacked shattered her arm. Since the Monokumite was infusing itself in her arm, she lost it when the stuff broke apart.
Now all that's left is a limp useless bit of flesh.
"Don't worry, not like nothing bad will happen…probably…"
Hesitant, she watched as they slowly followed her orders, then gasped as the pieces suddenly melted into their tools.
It was kinda like watching two different liquids mixed in together. The pieces of flesh stuck onto her fragments literally removed themselves as the process occurred, and fell to the floor, like they came straight from the gunslinger herself. The fragments mixed into their tools without changing their shape, but instead made them slightly bigger and added another line or two to each of them.
"What does this…"
Before Luciano could continue, he froze in shock.
The others did as well.
Well it wasn't that surprising.
Most people would freeze after seeing someone point a pistol to their own heads.
"Put that down…"
Pikachi smiled.
"Stop. W-We can talk about this, alright?"
She shook her head.
"I'll be honest, I'm so damn sick of you guys that I wanna puke." She gave another twisted smile. "Saving people you were fighting moments ago? You're all stupider than I thought! A game doesn't continue until the boss is D-E-A-D dammit!"
"But you don't need to…"
"Awww…feeling pity to a 'monster' like me? How kind-hearted…" Pikachi gave a toothy smile. "But sadly, I don't give a crap about what you guys want."
Lightly pulling the trigger tighter just ever so slightly, she decided to say one last thing.
"Go and see just how far your stupidity takes you. I'LL SEE YOU ALL IN HELL!"
She finally pulled with all her strength, and momentarily felt something drill into her brain before plunging herself into darkness.
Nobody moved.
They all just watched with horror as the gunslinger pulled the trigger towards herself
*BANG*
A single shot was fired. But at a short distance directly towards the brain, there was no way that she could survived.
Luciano coldly went over to the body and pressed his fingers on her neck to check for a pulse. It was unlikely, but they had to be sure.
He shook his head.
"She's dead…" he punched the ground directly below him without hesitation. "Dammit!"
Was he angry that they lost their source of information? Or was it because he was angry at her for killing herself? Either way, Ami dared not ask.
She looked once more at the face that was stuck in a disturbing smile. Originally, the Linguist was afraid of the gunslinger for acting so twisted. But now, there was only pity. Maybe she was wrong, but she acted the way she did because nobody would accept her. Ami shuddered at the thought of being secluded from her parents. Anyone who never experienced a parent's love probably would have acted like that. Especially if they were already separated by society.
"Well well well, looks like we've got our first victory here!"
Turning her head, Ami saw a giant screen suddenly appear several feet away. Monokuma was being broadcasted in what appeared to have been a dark room. Its posture was smug as it crossed its legs while twirling a glass cup filled with a red liquid that looked like wine.
"This is all because of Monokuma…" She thought to herself.
"My, I NEVER expected you sissies to actually WIN this battle! I suppose I should really give you all a bit more respect…" It tossed the glass away and began scribbling on a notepad. After while it held the notepad to show some poorly written words.
CONGRATS! THE STUPID MORONS HAVE UPGRADED THEIR RANK FROM "D-BAGS" TO "CRAP"!
"What kind of ranking system is that?!"
"Incidentally, MY rank is 'The Superior and Cutest Mascot Character of all Time'!"
"You suck!"
"Shut it 'Crap' people! You all need to work harder to raise your ranks yourselves!" Monokuma shook an angry paw on the screen, but then took a deep sigh.
"Still, I'm quite disappointed in you all. Letting poor Pikachi die like that? I thought you were supposed to be the representatives for hope…"
"Shut up!" Allie shouted. "It's your fault for making Pikachi die like this! You're the one who tricked her!"
"Mwa? How amusing!" the monochrome bear suddenly started laughing.
"Upupupupupu. Let me tell you guys something, I never forced her into anything, nor did I trick her. I simply invited her to join me in bringing despair to the world, and she freely accepted on her own terms! Whatever crap she decided to go through after that, she decided on her own!"
"You…"
"Enough of this! I need to give you all rewards…"
Luciano gave a smirk. "Your subordinate is dead, and you decide to give us a reward? That's a strange way to do things…"
"Hey, I'm not exactly pleased with this outcome either, but isn't it common for every boss fight to end with a reward to the challengers?" It clapped its paws three times before something suddenly fell from the sky.
It was a medium-sized package with Monokuma's face on it. Inside were seven Monokuma masks and a fair amount of canned food and drinks that nearly filled the box, enough to last a group of seven for several weeks. Piled on top of the food and drinks, were two plain-looking chips, one with Monokuma's face, and the other with the word "Hope" written on it.
"That's your reward for beating one of my soldiers. And of course, you get similar stuff once you beat the others." Monokuma gave a sigh. "Man, I'm just really generous here. Giving you guys all this stuff. I can't believe what an incredibly kind bear I am!"
"Wait, what are we supposed to do about these chips?"
"Huh?" it suddenly started shouting. "DON'T YOU ASK ME ABOUT THAT! I'M NOT YOUR MAMA Y'KNOW! YOU KIDS ARE OLD ENOUGH TO WIPE YOUR OWN DAMN BOTTOMS, SO YOU ARE OLD ENOUGH TO DO YOUR OWN HOMEWORK!" It made a spitting-like movement. "Ptoo! I'm all pissed off now, so I'm gonna go leave. Well then, until next time…"
As the screen suddenly sunk into the ground, Ami tried to reach out, but to no success. Everyone stared silently at the package that was delivered to them. It was essential for sure, but she felt guilty at the knowledge that it was received at the cost of a life, even from someone who was trying to take their lives earlier.
"There's no point brooding over this any longer," Luciano said with "matter-of-fact" tone. "Let's take this stuff and meet up with the others. We can discuss about all this together and see where to go from there."
Luciano and Alyson were gathering their things, but Ami knew that there was one thing she had to do first.
She walked over to Pikachi's dead body and looked at the face which seemed to stare endlessly at the open sky. She slowly brought her hand to the gunslinger's eyes, and closed them before making a small clap along with a prayer.
"Rest in peace…"
She turned around a left to help the other two with their preparations.
Monokuma would pay for this, she swore it.
"Upupupupupu…Seems like things are progressing quite nicely!"
Monokuma sat in a dark room while chuckling to itself. Lights kept flashing as a figure was working at something in the space behind the small bear.
"You sure about that?" the figure asked without turning their head from their work. "I mean you just lost a soldier to those kids of hope, and now things are starting to go uphill in your battle for a world of despair."
"Meh. Shion knew the consequences when she decided to follow me in creating a world of despair. Her death doesn't change anything about my plans."
"I see…"
"Enough, how's it look over there?"
"I'm about halfway done. This is pretty complicated stuff I'm working on, and unless you want to risk ending up as an easy target, I suggest you wait longer."
"Grrrr…you better not be slacking…"
"I'm not. I'm being completely serious here…"
"Fine. I'll wait longer. But remember, if you're trying to trick me…"
"I know, I know."
Monokuma pressed a button, and the screen in front changed to show the remaining four despair members.
"Hey! Listen up! Pikachi just bit the dust, so now you guys decide just who exactly should go next."
A familiar figure held up her hand which held strange-looking wristband.
"I'll go next."
"Fine, I expect good things Miko Kotorwari…"
A door opened in the room that the four figures were in, and the demolitionist left walking outside.
The next round was finally set…
CHAPTER 1 - END
So what did you guys think?
I kinda thought it was ok, but I'll leave it to you all to decide whether it was satisfactory or not.
Anyways, now I'm gonna need to start studying for my finals. But to be honest, I'm probably gonna spend at least half the time playing on Persona Q or something.
But regardless, I'll try to start working a bit more on this around winter break or so.
Of course, I might decide to just end it with a bad end later on...