A/N: Hello everyone, I hope you guys are enjoying my story so far. I'm not sure if I am going fast or slow but I do hope you enjoy the pace of the story. Please read and review.

Chapter: 1

Being Selfless Isn't The Key? (Ab)normal Life

Part: 2

*Ding Dong, Bing Bong* "Good morning everyone. It is I, your Mayor Monokuma, with the morning announcement. It is now 7:00 A.M. and nighttime is officially over. Monokuma's Fine Food Restaurant and the beach house are open again. Let's make of today a great day. Additional information. Everyone please go to Monokuma's Fine Food Restaurant. I have some news regarding the killing game."

Mr. Monokuma's announcement woke me up. If this is gonna continue every day, then I'll have to think of this as an alarm. Wait. He said to go to the restaurant. News regarding the game? This can't be good. I knew we shouldn't have relaxed. He is probably gonna do something horrible to us. I decided not to disobey him since it will most probably be worse.

Leaving my room I found my sister in front my my door room. "Onee-chan? What happen?" She took my right hand with her left hand. "You heard that bear's announcement, right? I have a bad feeling about this, so I'm not going to lose sight of you until I'm sure you are safe."

"Ok."

Normally, I would think she is exaggerating. But since I don't really trust that monochrome bear, I think its a good idea to stick together.

Time: 7:20 A.M.

Location: Monokuma's Fine Food Restaurant

My sister and I were the first ones to arrive, and the first thing we notice was that there was food at the table. A lot of food, enough for the fifteen of us. Did Mr. Monokuma made this? Is the food edible? Probably not.

The other were arriving now. They also came in groups. Sakurako-chan arrived with her sisters and Himawari-chan, Chitose-senpai with her sister and Sugiura-senpai, Kyoko-chan with Yui-chan, Chinatsu-chan with her sister, and Matsumoto-senpai with Nishigaki-sensei.

"So, what do you think the bear is going to say?" Chinatsu-chan's sister asked.

"I'm not sure." Nishigaki-sensei replied. "But it can't be any good, we should be careful."

"So mean." Monokuma appeared out of nowhere sitting in on of the chairs of a table. "I made all this delicious food and you thank me this way? Fine!" He got up and started walking on top of the table. He grabbed a boiled egg and started eating it. "I just wanted to say that I was going to make breakfast for all of you girls everyday. But since Nishigaki-san hurt my feelings, I have other news. I'm going to give you a motive."

"A motive? What do you mean? A motive for what?" I'm not sure why I asked. The answer was obvious.

"A motive to get you guys killing each other of course. I was sure you guys wouldn't need any motives but after watching carefully, I just need to give one final push and the killing game can finally start."

I knew it. He just wants us to kill each other as fast as possible.

"The motive is simple, all of you have families and/or friends out there off this island. If someone does not die in the next five days, I am going to do something to them that no one will like. I wont even say what I'm going to do to them. It is going to be so horrible that even I would kill someone if I was the one being threaten."

"Listen here you fur-ball." Sensei headed towards the bear. "If anything happens to anyone's love ones, I personally will kill you."

He just laughed. "I don't mind at all, just remember the rules." He jumped out of the table and walked towards the exit. "The food is not poisonous and wont cause any harm but I will only make breakfast, if you want to eat more later then you guys have to make the food." Just as he open the door and was about to leave he turned around. "Food is expensive now a days so you have to eat the food. Don't make me add it as a rule, we should trust each other after all." And with that, he left.

No one said anything. Every time Mr. Monokuma shows up he ruins the mood. It's as if he showed up every time we had a bit of hope, only to crush it and leave us with despair. I wanted to doubt him, I wanted to think that there was no way that he knows all of our families and friends. But in the E-Handbook, it shows that he knows a lot from us. There is a chance that he knows that we think.

We should help each other in this kind of situation. "So guys, we should eat and decide when to do the beach party. Let's enjoy our vacations." No one said anything. They all just stared at nothing, deep in their thoughts. "Common guys, we can't act this way, we still need to find a way out." Silence. I can't get their attention. What can I do?

"Akari, the Anti-Bully Ranger is here!" I grabbed to pieces of lettuce and put them in front my eyes. "I wont let that bad monochrome bear hurt you." This is super embarrassing. I could feel my face hot and red.

"Wow! Anti-Bully Ranger came to help us!" Kyoko-chan played along. "Anti-Bully Ranger please help us! There is an evil bear that wants us to kill each other!"

"Fear not! We should not listen to him and we can live happy! That bear has no power over us!" I could die of embarrassment, but everyone's spirit seemed to be higher now.

"If we just fall into despair, we will be playing that bear's game. We should work together as a team, we can find a way to leave this island, we just need to have hope and move forward."

They all started clapping. I could feel everyone's joy again. I guess I did cheered them up, but this was so embarrassing, hopefully I don't have to do this again.

"Thank you, Akaza-san. You made me remember that we should work together and together we can leave this island" Sugiura-senpai thanked me.

We decided to eat the food Mr. Monokuma made for us. Just as he said, the food was not poisonous. I guess we can trust him enough with that. After finish eating, we separated once again to do our own things.

Location: Main Island

Time: 8:30

FREE TIME

Since I had nothing better to do, I decided to take a walk around the island. I don't get a lot of time by myself, might as well enjoy it right now. Ignoring Mr. Monokuma and his rules, this island is really beautiful. The weather is nice, the breeze feels nice, and the ocean looks calm enough to swim on it. Maybe I should swim on it, it is a nice weather after all, and it might help me relax a bit. I should go to the store to get some sun block and a towel

Location: Monokuma's Mono Mart

Time: 8:45

FREE TIME

After arriving at the store, I notice Sugiura-senpai was in there too. I wonder what is she doing here.

"Sugiura-senpai, what are you doing here?"

"Akaza-san. Hello there." She replied. "It's nice meeting you here."

"Same."

"I was looking to see what kind of pudding there where here. They all look so good that I don't know which one to pick."

"You like pudding a lot senpai."

She blushed a bit. "I do. Pudding is really delicious after all"

"You should pick one pudding everyday, that way, you have something to look forward to every day." I suggested.

"You are right Akaza-san. That way I can distract myself from this whole mess. I should start with the one I always ate back in school." She grabbed to cups of pudding and extended one of them towards me. "Here, you should eat one with me."

"Huh? Why?"

"You don't want to?" She looked like if I hurt her feelings a bit

"Don't get me wrong, I would love to, but is there any reason to it?"

She blushed a bit. "Well with that scene you made of Anti-Bully Ranger." I blushed, I didn't want to remember that right now. "You made us have hope again. While I may not speak for everyone, I do feel that we can escape this island, I'm going to keep moving forward, no matter what. And it's all thanks to you, thank you, Akaza-san."

I felt my face getting hot. I've never have been complimented like this before. "It's not a big deal really, but you are welcome."

We ate two cups of pudding each, talking about school related stuff for a while, I could feel growing closer to Sugiura-senpai.

"Say, Akaza-san, what do you think about talents?"

I didn't expect that question. "Well, I think it is nice that people can have talents, it means they are really good at something."

"But wouldn't that means that normal people that don't have talent be useless?"

"I think that is a bit to harsh."

"I don't believe that people who don't have talent are useless. I believe that anyone can achieve what they want if they try hard enough." She was being serious. I could tell by the tone of her voice. "But then Hope's Peak Academy, a place where everyone has a talent, is practically saying that they are better than everyone else. They are the ones who are suppose to shape the future, not the talentless."

"I always tried to be successful. I study every day, I pay attention in class, I always did my best to show everyone that having a talent is not everything, that I could be just as good as them without any talent." She made a sad face. "Then I was scouted by Hope's Peak, while I don't really think my talent should be consider a talent, it's still a talent. It makes me wonder, if the reason I was giving my all was just because I actually had a talent and not because I tried. In the end, am I really better than those who don't have a talent? I don't want to see myself as better than others, but it just might be the case."

I've never thought about it that way. I don't really think I am better than those who don't have talent. Is senpai right about this? I don't think so.

"That is wrong, senpai. Talent doesn't mean everything. Maybe it is true that our talents gave us a better advantage than others, but everyone can do what they want if they really try. You are an example of that. Sure, your talent is Super Middle School Level Tsundere, but that doesn't make you smarter. You got here by your own hands, maybe your talent was just an excuse to get someone as smart as you into Hope's Peak."

Senpai smiled and laughed a bit. "You are right, Akaza-san. You always know what to say, maybe your actual talent is Super Middle School Level Inspire."

"Hehehe, if only that was my talent, I would be happy with it."

We threw away our now empty cups to the nearest trash can.

"That was a fun conversation, Akaza-san. We should do this again sometime soon."

"Sure senpai, I will be waiting until that day." She waved good bye and left. I should probably go to the beach house like I planned to do so.

Location: Beach House

Time: 11: 53

FREE TIME

I decided not to go for a swim anymore, but still checked on the beach house. After I got there, I noticed someone was inside.

"Oh, Kyoko-chan, what are you doing here?"

"A-Akari. Nothing much." She looked nervous. "I was just checking this place that is all. I want to see if this place is safe when we use it."

I guess that is expected of her. She is trying her best to keep everyone happy.

"By the way, I know I don't say this stuff a lot, but..." She trailed off, unsure if to say what she wants to say. "But thank you. I have been trying hard to ignore everything that has been happening lately, but when that stupid bear gave us a motive, I was losing hope. If it wasn't for you, I would have gone crazy right then and there." She gave me a big smile, the sweetest smile I have ever seen of her, only compare when she was a kid. "You helped me just like the old times, thank you."

"It's not a big deal, Kyoko-chan. I just did what you would have done in that situation."

"Maybe, but you acted just like when we where kids, and I don't mean just because you did all that Anti-Bully Ranger thing. You acted just as strong as when you used to."

I blushed a bit. "Well, I guess I had to do so. Maybe I still have some of that personality inside me."

We both laughed. Spending time with Kyoko-chan was always fun, it lifted up my spirit. Now that I think about it, I wonder why she changed. It's not like I prefer the old one or vice-verse, it's just that she practically changed from one day to another.

"Say, how and why did you change your personality?"

"Hmmm." She put her index finger at her chin. "It is a little embarrassing to say it now, but I just wanted to be more like you and Yui. You guys always acted to brave and cool like if you were characters from an anime. While Yui was always like the leader, you always stayed besides me, protecting me from whatever we where facing back then. It made me realize that if anything happened to you guys, I would be left alone. One day, I decided that it was enough of me being a cry baby, I wanted to fight alongside you guys, that way, we can protect each other."

"That does sounds like something you would do."

"Back then, though, when Monokuma gave us a motive, I felt like crying, just like when I was a kid, it was like if my old self never left me." She smiled sadly. "Maybe that part of me still exists inside me. I wonder if, if this keeps going on, will I return to my old self?"

"That's wrong!" I yelled without realizing. "You are strong, Kyoko-chan, stronger than you think. The fact that you can still act normal right now is prove that you are strong."

Kyoko-chan looked at me with a surprised face, then after a few seconds, she smiled. A warm, sweet smile that she rarely shows, only regularly seen when she was a kid.

"You still are the same strong Akari from when we were kids." She patted my head. "Keep it up and when we get out of this island, I'll write a manga about this situation with you as a protagonist."

"Hehehe, thanks, Kyoko-chan, as embarrassing as that might be, I would be happy if you did so. But we need to find a way out of here first."

"Yeah, we do. So about the party..."

We talked about the party and other things.

Location: Monokuma's Fine Food Restaurant

Time: 2:30

We all gather to eat as we said we would.

"Ok girls, we can't find any clues on what is going on around here, why are we here, or how we can leave." Tomoko-san stated. "Of course that does not mean we should give up, we are still going to look for clues until we find one, in the mean time, we should discuss what should we do tomorrow at the party."

Kyoko-chan raised her hand first. "I have an idea, we should bring a grill make barbecue."

"That is a nice idea, Toshino-chan."

"I could make pudding like last time"

"Nice idea, Ayano. You should make a lot more than last time."

"I will make pickle radishes." Chitose-senpai said. "I am pretty sure everyone here will enjoy some." This has to be there way of helping us stay calm. Pickled radishes is Chitose-senpai's favorite dish, and pudding is Sugiura-senpai's favorite dessert.

Matsumoto-senpai said something but of course none of us heard what she said. "Matsumoto said that we could bring stereos and some music player to put some music at the party."

"That is also a nice idea, Matsumoto-chan." Tomoko-san said. " We could also do some karaoke too."

"We can also bring some chips and candy." Sakurako-chan exclaimed. "A lot of junk food is never a bad idea."

"And some beverages."

"And games."

"Swimsuits."

"Towels."

We exchanged one idea to another. Talking like this really does make me forget about Mr. Monokuma. I was worried about nothing after all. There is no way we are listening to that bear.

"Am I also invited to the party?"

Speaking of him, he had to show up right now. He probably will say something just so he can make us feel despair.

"What do you want bear." My sister said angrily.

"I was hoping I could get invited to the party. I was always popular at parties back in my days in the wild. They said I made parties very lively. Upupupupupu."

"Of course you are not invited, you can go ahead and die for all I care."

"First Nishigaki-san and now you too, Akaza-san? Since you like to be rude to me I will change the motive a bit, instead of five days, I'll do it the day after tomorrow. Maybe next time you girls will invite me to your parties." And with that he left again.

Surprisingly enough, we actually continue talking like normal, even though the atmosphere was actually tense, they all did their best to try and act as if Mr. Monokuma did not appeared a while ago.

After discussing a bit more, the adults agreed that they will do everything to make the party go well. They will wake up in the morning before the Morning Announcement and set up everything so the rest of us could enjoy the time without working. While we did protest a bit, saying we wanted to help, in the end the adults didn't let us help. We can trust them so I personally don't mind, though I did wish I could help.

Location: Boats Shack

Time: 3:45

Free Time

I decided to check on the Boat Shack, just in case there is something we overlooked. Maybe a small clue, the smallest detail can lead to the greatest clue for all we know.

After I arrived I noticed that Tomoko-san was there too.

"Oh, Akari-chan, it's nice seeing you here."

"Hi, Tomoko-san."

She walked up to me and patted my head. I love it when she does that.

"How have you been lately. Anything you want to talk about I am all ears."

"Well, I cant say that I have been having fun. Everything since like something out of a video game or anime. I just want to go back home and have a normal life." I could feel my eyes starting to sting. "But cant do anything about it at the moment. So I am going to enjoy my time with all of you."

She gave me a sad smile and hugged me. "My, my, you sure have been a tough girl. Even with all that has been going around here, you still act strong for the rest of us. Thank you, Akari-chan, for being strong for us."

"It's not that big of a deal, you guys are strong too." She stopped hugging me and stared at me.

"Nonsense, you helped us out there in the morning. I am pretty sure that was all you."

"Maybe. What about you, Tomoko-san, how have you been doing?"

"Well I cant say that this has been great, and I definitively prefer I would be somewhere else, far away from that monochrome bear." She smiled cutely towards me. "But since Chinatsu, Akane-chan, and you are fine, I can be a bit more relax. As long as you guys are ok, then I will be fine. It is not that I don't care for the others, I do, but you guys are my top priority, I am not sure what would I do without you all."

She stopped smiling. For the first time in my life, I saw her with a serious face. "I'll be honest with you. I hope you can keep this a secret from everybody else."

"S-sure."

"I like your sister a lot."

Huh? Does she mean like 'that'? "As in like, 'like' like?"

"Yes. I like your sister like that, I hope you do not mind, and this is something I should not be telling you, but after I've seen how strong you are and how you have helped us. I was sure this is something you should know about and I do hope you don't mind."

Tomoko-san likes my sister? In a romantic way? I am surprised. I mean, I never thought that she would like my sister, I don't remember that she gave any signs of her liking my sister. Then again, I am really clueless when it comes to romantic stuff. I wonder if my sister likes Tomoko-san. She does not talk about her a lot, only a normal amount of times. If anything, she just wants to spend time with me whenever she can. Maybe she is just as clueless as I am when it comes to romance.

"Don't worry, Tomoko-san, I am pretty sure my sister wont mind if you tell her, she will still like you whether or not your feelings are return."

"You think so?"

"I am sure of it."

"Thank you, Akari-chan."

"So, about tomorrow, why do you guys not want us to help out, it could be faster if we help."

"Well it is not that we do not want your help." She replied. "It is more like, we want you guys to be relax. Monokuma has been saying mean stuff all this time, we don't want to stress you guys more than you might be. So your sister and Nishigaki-san will be working at the beach house, while Nishigaki-san and I will be bringing stuff from the Monokuma's Mono Mart."

I guess they do have a good point, we should relax as they say.

"Anyway maybe we should..."

We continue to talk for an hour or so. Spending time with Tomoko-san was always nice. She was so different from Chinatsu-chan, not that she is not fun to talk to, but it is a nice change to have every now and then.

They rest of the day went by fast. I spent the rest of the day exploring the island not finding anything interesting worth mentioning. I went to sleep after taking a shower, this time at my usual sleeping time, I did hear the nighttime announcement, that must mean that I was relaxed this time.

Ding Dong, Bing Bong* "Good morning everyone. It is I, your Mayor Monokuma, with the morning announcement. It is now 7:00 A.M. and nighttime is officially over. Monokuma's Fine Food Restaurant and the beach house are open again. Let's make of today a great day."

The morning announcement woke me up. I would have slept a few more minutes but today is the party day and I am so excited. Grabbing my previous middle school uniform, since its the only clothes I have, I put it on and head to the Monokuma's Fine Food Restaurant. Now that I think about it, why would Mr. Monokuma give us only our school uniform? Could he not afford other clothes? Maybe he was lazy? The weirdest thing about it, is that it does not says the size of the clothes, not that it really matters since it fits me, but still strange.

Location: Monokuma's Fine Food Restaurant

Time: 7:20

I was not the first one to arrived this time. Kyoko-chan, Sugiura-senpai, and Matsumoto-senpai where there already.

"Good morning, Akaza-san."

"Morning, Akari."

".…"

"Good morning, it seems that no one is here yet."

"The adults are most probably busy." Sugiura-senpai claimed. "They said they were going to get ready for the party before the morning announcement. But since Monokuma said that everyone has to eat breakfast, they most probably heading over here already. Lets just wait until everyone is here, I doubt that bear would mine."

We waited just like Sugiura-senpai suggested. In the mean time made a small talk about our plans after leaving the island. It was so relaxing, I almost could feel that everything was going to be alright. After ten minutes of waiting, we where about to look for our middle school friends when the doors opened with with such force that it made a crack on the door.

"BIG TROUBLE AKANE-CHAN! SOMETHING HAPPENED TO NADESHIKO-OMURO-SAN AT THE MART!" It was Tomoko-san yelling. She looked scared, her face was a pale, as if she just saw a ghost or….oh no, it cant be. I'm probably just over t-thinking it.

Yui-chan stood up from her seat. "Yoshikawa-san, what is wrong? Is Omuro-san alright?"

"She…She is…" She fell to the ground.

"YOSHIKAWA-SAN, ARE YOU ALRIGHT."

Sugiura-senpai checked on vitals. "She is alright, she just passed out. Someone should check on what happened to Omuro-san. I'll stay here just in case she might need help."

Matsumoto-senpai pulled gently Sugiura-senpai's sleeve and pointed at herself and said something, which obviously we couldn't understand.

"You want to stay with me?"

She nodded.

"Ok, then me and the president will stay here, Funami-san and Akaza-san, you go check on Omuro-san."

We nodded and went running to the mart. I had a bad feeling about this. I don't want to believe that someone actually fell into Mr. Monokuma's trap, but this awful feeling I have in my stomach is telling me it is the worst case scenario. As much as I want to embrace myself, I know that I wont be able to be prepared for what might come.

We stopped at the entrance of the Monokuma's Mono-Mart. We just stood there, I grabbed the door handle but I couldn't open the door. My hand started shaking. I am so scared right now. I hope the bad feeling I have is just that, a feeling.

"Don't worry." Yui-chan grabbed my hand and smiled at me. "Everything is going to be alright."

I nodded, I know she was just saying that to make me feel better. She probably knows that I know, but it is what I wanted to hear at that moment. Filling myself with courage I open the door. Everything looked normal, but the atmosphere felt wrong. It felt cold and dense.

"Omuro-san?" I yelled, trying to see if she would answer me. She didn't.

We walked towards the halls trying to look for her to no avail. Until we notice some red liquid coming from the survival section. Grabbing Yui-chan's hand, we headed over that section. I tried to embrace my self for what was coming next. It was useless, I screamed anyways. Yui-chan did too. Right in front of us laid Omuro-san's body, bleeding from the neck and her torso, a knife sticking out on her torso. Omuro-san was dead.

Ding dong dong ding* "A body has been discovered!" The monitors turned on and Mr. Monokuma appeared on them. "Now then, after a certain amount of time has passed, the class trial will begin!"

A/N: So there we have it, the first victim of the game. I'm not sure if this was too fast but might as well start the game already. Next episode should be the investigation and then I'll post the class trial chapter shortly after, maybe that way you might find out who the culrpit is before the chapters comes out. Bye, until next time.