Ooh my gosh the prologue seemed longer than I anticipated! Really now, what's with Juugo and masks these days? Poor, poor, Ayano. But we'll not be using his perspective for now! Also, so many people kept choosing victim and survivor, but I need more culprits, so I'm sorry if you're character might be chosen in the future!

(POLL) Regarding to the poll if you hadn't seen already, I'm doing a poll about the interactions between characters of who'd you liked for each character I choose to talk to! On the first day on the free time, it'll be Ayano and Stella who talks with different people, so you guys get to decide who you want them to talk to!

REPLIES TO COMMENTS:

TigerMasters: "Oh you're the first one who replied! Thank you so much! Oh, and yeah, the cast is really unique and interesting, I like how they are so different from each other, yet they are alike in more as than one! Oh, and you'll see that sweet French bandit here. ;)"

HeroNoMore: "I know right? The cast is so amazing I can't choose any of them! I like how cute and ladylike the girls are, and how the boys are so unique and nice! Really? Okay, but I need to pick which character I should draw first! I was thinking of drawing Makoto first!"

StarnightKing: "Thank you for the comment! I like how I portrayed your character well to your expectations. I honestly thought you wouldn't like how'd I portray them. Then again, people said I criticize my writings too much... Oh, and sure! I was going to draw Makoto first anyways~"

A. Zarko: "Yup! Toby Shaw is here in the first prologue! He's a really interesting character, from what you showed me... *wink wink hint* And poor Nathan, but don't worry, there's plenty of non-Japanese names here!"

Trixielulamoon323: "I'm glad you liked the start of the story! Yeah, the last person is my most, special, and important person here! Haha, well, you'll meet the rest of the cast here!"

Nagisa4863: "Oh, yes, you enjoyed it! I'm so glad! I'm really liking CJ so far, to be honest with people! She's so interesting and unique compared to a lot of people! Oh, and I love your username and picture! Persona, right?"

Awesome D.T: "Yes! They're so interesting to write as well! I have to think carefully of what they'll say and stuff like that! Oh? Really, I'm glad you like my writing style cause honestly, I thought no one would even like it. And yup, Ayano is unique and adorable as well, bad luck characters are interesting. Makoto's so easygoing and cute! Elena is really cool in my book, I mean, she's a ringleader! I hope she can hitch me a ride on an elephant! Stella is the most useful person here so far I guess! I really like her personality! Thank you for the long review, though! Oh, and you'll see... Right now!"

Shyjoker: "Ooooh I'm so glad I introduced her correctly! She's such an amazing, interesting, unique character! Kai will be a very interesting and fun character so write that's for sure!"

And so with that, let's go on with the prologue!

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"Hey! What's with that creepy mask?!"

Juugo looked towards his left to find a light green-haired, purple eyed girl with round glasses. She wore fair skin like how a princess looks, and she wears a red coat with a black tie that had red sidelines. Her red skirt matched perfectly with the pair of black boots.

Juugo could hear barely audible whispers in the crowd.

"Constantine..."

"Poor Juugo..."

Constantine Lucapsi—SHSL Genius

Only one person dared to reply to Constantine's judgement.

"Ha! Why are you so arrogant about it, Ms. Constantine?"

Oh shoot. I just had to ask, Takane mentally smacked himself in the face. Well, it's not my fault! That guy's just creepy. And that girl's kind of pissing me off. Takane was a boy with long raven hair reaching till his elbow and slip of paper sticking out of his black fedora to match. He wore a black trench coat over a gray jumpsuit, and on his thumb he wore a silver ring. On his ear there was a rabbit's foot on a large hoop as his earring. Other than that, he has smooth pale skin and deep, unique hazel eyes.

Ryutaro Takane—SHSL Muckraker

Ayano stared in disbelief at Takane, who was glaring suspiciously at Juugo and Constantine. "Oh no..." He muttered, ignoring the audience who began forming a circle around them in utter interest. Elena pulled on Ayano's muffler and began backing away into the crowds, with Ayano yelping from the sudden tightness of the muffler around his neck. "Ow! Ow! Elena!"

Takane felt the dryness in his throat. He always had a habit of cursing and insulting other people, but this was just plain ridiculous. He heard that Juugo was the type of person who was cold towards other people. He then looked at Constantine. He heard rumors about how cold, witty, and arrogant she is. Takane gulped. Well, now was the time to test that rumor out.

There was Ayano Kiyomizu. Takane knew that Ayano was nothing but a plain boy who was nicknamed the SHSL Bad Luck. He pitied the poor lad. He looked to his right. Rina Kimura and Makoto Takamori. Rina was a pilot who constantly forgets mostly everything. Makoto, however, was a genius, but he was such a lazy and joking boy. Takane had the dirt on everyone, anything.

Takane shook his head. But even so, how would he know that Juugo would be wearing a mask to school? That was just...shocking. But still, he didn't expect that Constantine would beat him to it when it comes to details. Well, she is the SHSL Genius, so he can't blame himself for not noticing Juugo earlier.

"..." Juugo stared at Takane and Constantine, who was glaring at him with with a suspicious look. Was everyone that shocked about someone wearing a mask? Juugo couldn't believe it.

"Well, I guess the muckraker's just annoyed that I beat him to the juicy facts first," Constantine replied, a hint of red on Takane's face.

Calm yourself down, he thought as he was failing miserably. He sighed. "I mean, sure, Juugo's just weird as hell with his mask and all, but I don't think it's rude for you to yell about it."

Constantine grunted, shrugging in return. "Who said I was yelling? You, a muckraker, should have the better eyesight than me. Is it that you're only interested in big-chested ladies?"

Takane felt his anger boiling in his head. His cheeks were furiously red. "What the hell?! What makes you think that? Besides, I'm not into love and that kind of crap talk!"

"Really? Aren't you a sad boy."

"Just shut up!"

Before the two got a chance to say anything, Juugo shoved the two apart with a cold glare behind his mask. Constantine and Takane looked at Juugo with confusion and mixed anger. "Is it really that necessary to fight over my mask?"

"He's the one who started it!"

"She's the one who started it!"

They both yelled in harmony.

Juugo sighed. He wondered if he should just take his mask off, calmly roll his eyes, then kick the two in the face. This was one of the reasons why he preferred being alone. Before he could do it...

"Stop."

A dirty blonde haired girl was sternly saying, with pale green eyes that said, "Don't object me". She stands a bit shorter than most others her age, with tan skin and has a slim figure. She wore a leather jacket over a gray-green tank top with skinny jeans and scuffed up black converse shoes. There was black headphones around her neck.

Ayano gasped in shock. He knew that girl. He's seen her from television in public speaking, political speeches, etc. He knew her too well to forget her name. She was... "Shizu Yui?"

Shizu Yui—SHSL Speaker

"I don't mean to intrude, but I don't think fighting over Juugo's mask will get us anywhere," she started. People were as silent as statues. Shizu always has a way of getting everyone's attention, whether they'd want to or not. And for this, she was famous as the Shizu Yui, our favorite speaker in the entire universe.

"I agree," Makoto Takamori stated, Shizu glancing curiously at him. He smiled happily. "I mean, we all wear masks at a masquerade, don't we?"

Everyone began talking here and there, quite suprised by Makoto's retort. Shizu rolled her eyes, a small smile curving on her lips. She hid that smile, however. "Even so, let's not start an arguement over a trivial manner."

"I agree with Shizu," CJ suddenly butted in, ignoring Constantine's annoyed groan. "Juugo is wearing a mask, but I don't think that's the most important topic to talk about."

Elena curiously glanced at Ayano. "Are you talking about...?"

"You mean how the hell we ended up in Phoenix's Court School?" Ryutaro stated, finishing Elena off. "I bet every one of here doesn't remember how they'd end up waking up here, am I right?"

"I certainly don't remember," Constantine replied, now focusing on the subject at hand. "That's weird. And I'm the one who always comes up with an answer."

"I don't remember as well!" Nathan added, an optimsitic smile on his face.

Toby shook his head. "I certainly don't have a clue as well. Besides," He glanced quickly at Juugo. "I woke up with Juugo and we found nothing."

"I didn't find anything either," A short fifteen year old boy replied. His hair was wild and unkempt, while being a shade of black. There was a scar running across the length of his face, starting from his sideburns and ending at his other eye. He has black biker gloves and wears a pair of black goggles on his forehead, and wore a white shirt adorned with grey stripes going horizontally. On the bottom were his pair of ripped jeans with black army boots. He has a grey trench coat that he wears around his neck by tying the sleeves together in a loose loop. "What do you think, Kai?"

Tomoe Yusala—SHSL Medium

Next to Tomoe was a thirteen year old golden haired boy with red streaks. He wore a light blue long kimono with a dark blue archery symbol under it. There was another white kimono in the inside, with a wooden geta with a black strip, linen bandage on his right arm and body and he was carrying his archer bow. "I have no clue, either."

Rina looked interestingly at the young boy. "Oh cool! It's Kazuho the archer!" Kazuho scoffed softly, averting his daze away from the pilot girl.

Kazuho "Kai" Daichi—SHSL Archer

"Still," Constantine continued. "Isn't there at least some useful person here who found something worth saying?"

Toby raised his hand, pretending to be a student who's answering the teacher's question. "We're in Phoenix's Justice Court School!" Constantine rolled her eyes. "Anyone else want to add?"

"I don't think so," A pale skinned, strawberry blonde hair girl with pale blue eyes replied quietly. She wore a nice red tank top that was underneath her white lab coat, black short skirt, and had red flats. "I think we all have nothing to say here."

Tiki Takana—SHSL Zoologist

"Haha! I agree!" Nathan responded, smiling at Tiki. Tiki averted her daze away awkwardly, shying away from Nathan and going closer to the back of the crowds where Ayano, Elena, and Stella were.

"I don't know about you, but isn't the headmaster taking a long time to prepare himself for the orientation?" This time, a dark grayish haired boy began to speak. He wore green eyes and his hair was brushed to the side that almost covered his left eye. He had a light gray double-breasted jacket over a tan turtle neck and black jeans. "I mean, he said over the loudspeaker to come immediately."

Malcolm Doyle—SHSL Escape Artist

"You have a point..." Toby looked at the clock. 8:18? How long was the headmaster gonna take? He said to come immediately to the theaters, but the ones who was making them wait was the headmaster himself!

"... There's something wrong here."

"Oh!" Elena cried. "And now the quiet bandit talks!"

Paul Davian—SHSL Bandit

Paul was a light skinned, dirty blond haired boy with brown eyes. He wore a black button up shirt with white shirt underneath, blue jeans, black running sneakers. He was the new generation's Robin Hood, stealing from the rich then giving the money to the poor. Everyone adored him, but some were too greedy for their own good.

Constantine's eyebrows burrowed into a frown. "Huh?" Her voice was stern and sharp. A brief silence, then, "And... What do you mean by that?"

Paul began to open his mouth, then frowned. He then shrugged, making Constantine growl. "It's a stupid theory."

At least say something! Constantine wanted to yell, but refrained herself from doing such a thing. She just rolled her eyes and began to look around for the rest of the cast. "Anyone else has some crazy, messed up idea of what the bandit's talking about?"

The students began glancing at one another, knowing how everyone of them hasn't got the foggiest clue as to how they'd ended up here. A girl with blond hair tied into a loose ponytail with lightly tanned skin and blue eyes awkwardly averted her eyes towards the stage. She had a cream wrap over top blouse and a light brown cotton capris. As her accessories, she wore brown sandals and a leather headband.

Aika Yumiko—SHSL Matchmaker

"Um..." Aika started, her tone nervous and worried. She pointed towards the stage, making everyone focus all their attention on her. "There's a strange sound emitting from the stage."

Ayano felt a horrible sensation, and his stomach churned with the emotions of doubt, worry, and fear. "R...Really?"

Everyone silenced each other, listening in on the strange sound resounding in the distance. It sounded like a heartbeat, beating slowly and in rhythm. Gradually, the sound got louder and louder, and until the sound as echoing loudly inside the students' brains, cheerful music began to play.

"W-what the hell?" Constantine cried.

The music was coming from the loudspeaker, blaring cheerfully and loudly. It was like a music from a marching band. Was this the start of the orientation? Is this all a surprise? The students endlessly questioned themselves in their heads, looking around the theaters for some kind of logical answer.

"Upupupu!"

Oh god, Makoto thought. It's the annoying voice... But is this really how the headmaster sounded like?

Before Makoto could come up with an answer, a black and white monochrome bear jumped out of nowhere, landing beautifully on the podium. "Somersaults are the best!" He bowed as though everyone was shocked at his wonderful circus act. Everyone looked at one another, obviously confused and shocked.

Aika stared at the bear in disbelief. "Is that...our headmaster?"

"Of course not!" CJ exclaimed, even though her eyes seemed to betray her.

Ryutaro stared long and hard at the bear. "Then what the hell is that?"

Ayano felt his throat went dry. "Wait..." He looked...familiar, but why? Nevertheless whether he had an explanation as to why the bear was so familiar, he had a feeling that everything will turn out for the worse.

"M-Monokuma?!" Rina cried, apparently beating Ayano to the point.

Constantine couldn't help but cry in shock and dismay, staring at the bear called Monokuma. "No way! You mean, the one behind all that despair events twenty years ago?!"

Twenty years ago, after the Hope's Peak students survived the incident, news has spread out worldwide of a bear who was monitoring the world, which in Monokuma's words, the chessboard. Who was behind that bear? No one had an answer as the students from Hope's Peak disappeared without a trace. Since then, the world has become reckless, but still, peaceful. Even so...

Monokuma was right before their very eyes.

Juugo could only stand still. "T-this isn't possible..."

"Why are you here?!" Stella cried, getting in front of the other students. "Y-you shouldn't be here!"

Monokuma began to laugh hysterically, watching the students' distress. "Upupupu, you think I'd just die? Of course not! Every single bastard tried getting in my way! Over and over again, they kept getting in the way of my despairingly beautiful world domination! But now, I'll be sure to not let any of you freaking bastards get in my way!"

Ryutaro can only punch the ground in anger, knowing that they'll have no escape from such a sadistic bear. "Shit!"

Elena gulped, unconsciously playing with her hair. She was nervous, no, scared to death of Monokuma. What this sadistic bear wants will never be anything good. Everyone was sure of that. "W-what are you going to do to us?"

"Shouldn't you bastards know by now?"

The theaters went deadly silent. The students glanced at one another in despair.

"Just like everything you saw twenty years ago, you bastards will kill each other!" Monokuma began pounding on the podium, as if he'd told the best joke of his life. "Upupupu, I haven't seen students killed one another in a loooooooong time!"

"Don't be sure of that."

"Upupu!" Monokuma was delighted. "Of course, some student has to act so high and mighty. Cliches, cliches. Tsk, tsk!"

It was Constantine. She was glaring angrily at Monokuma, her hands clenching into fists. Her eyes were gleaming with anger. She was obviously wanting to cause Monokuma a slow, painful death, but she resisted the urge to do so. She knew what would happen if she tried to attack him now. She was too smart to do such a stupid and idiotic thing.

"We won't play your sick game. We will survive just like the other students did twenty years ago."

"My, aren't you such a sick person!" Monokuma laughed gleefully. "I wonder what would happen if I turned your face upside down, twisted in every angle, you begging to stop!"

Constantine growled. "Like hell I'd do that."

"I have such interesting students," Monokuma began, carefully looking around the room, seeing students with the expressions of anger, fear, nervousness, etc. "Such an amazing cast we got! This story will be interesting!"

"It'll be interesting," Juugo suddenly blurted out. "For you."

"Ah?" Monokuma tilted his head. "Was that suppose to mean something good or bad?"

"You'll see." Juugo grunted. "You won't get your way."

Monokuma continued to laugh. "I just love how confident you guys are! But, everyone won't think the same, will they? Oh man, I'm getting so hot just thinking about it! Upupupupu! Welp, see you bastards later!"

And with that, Monokuma disappeared from the stage.

This was...the end of the orientation.

Students Remaining: 18

Awwww man, Constantine you rock! I like how strong-willed and brave she is! It's weird, considering how a lot of people are supposed to hate her! I think I just made her sound heroic, but nevermind that, she won't be so heroic for so long! Everyone needs a chance to be a star, don't they?

Monokuma, Monokuma, what would the world be without you to despair us?

Okay, okay, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!

Next time: Meeting At The Court!

-VioElcina, Out and away we go!-