(AN: OMG I know I said that I was going to upload this tomorrow but UGH to the holy UGH in the UGH UGH UGH the UGH, the power went out yesterday..! Oh Peco… Thanks everyone for the kind reviews as always! I was going to reply to the reviews – but I couldn't, since obviously the power went out and I wasn't able to get online and actually refresh my brain of your reviews, lol.

Warning about gore because, duh, execution.)

Soundtrack: Persona 3 – The Voice Someone Calls

Yayoi looked at me. Her eyes were a bloody red, and her teeth were clenched. She was furious – her shell was a shy, misunderstood, and weak girl, but her eyes had the threat of a predator. Shougo was crying when I turned to look at him. His hands were closed into fists, slammed onto the ground. I could see the tears fall out of his eyes and onto the sand below.

"Damn it..!" he whimpered. "I failed to save Yayoi..! I failed to save her again!"

"…Keiko..!" she growled. "No way… no way you guys found out..!"

"Upupupu, I guess we're about to see, aren't we?" Monokuma asked, chuckling to himself. "Yes, I believe the time has come to vote for our culprit!"

I looked at the table in front of me, and a little touchpad opened up. It listed all of our names, and the header read: "Cast Your Vote!"

"Just use the touchpad in front of you to choose the killer," Monokuma explained. "It's the best part of the trial!"

My hand was shaking. I tapped Yayoi's name, and a different menu showed up, showing one single red button on the middle of the screen. It was "VOTE," vote for one of my friends. One of my friends who granted, murdered someone else, but one of my friends either way.

"Why are you so reluctant?" Monokuma asked us, after a few minutes of silence. "This is just a part of the process. You came to an agreement about how killed Hideki, so it's time to vote, isn't it? Vote and send a person to their death?"

"S-stop it..!" Yayoi stammered. "I… I accept it. I killed Hideki..!"

I could tell Shougo was trying to hold back his tears, but it seemed like they were falling out involuntarily, unable to stop flowing because of the raw emotion.

"Hmm?" Monokuma started. "This is cool! Guys, we got a confession! You can't get any better than that, can you?"

My hands were still shaking as they towered over the button that read "VOTE." If I voted for Yayoi… would I really be sending her to death? I wished and wished to myself that this was just a prank… that I didn't have to just send someone to their death like this. But it wasn't a joke. I realized that days before. The fruit, Shougo's isolation, the entire fact that we were trapped underwater for God's sake. Accepting this as reality, I closed my eyes, and slammed my hand on the touchpad. The machine let out a beep, and as I opened my eye, a picture of Yayoi was pictured, confirming the fact that I indeed voted for her.

Following in pursuit, the others reluctantly pressed the button as well. One by one, the beeps filled the air of the sandy beach, ready to flare up everywhere…

"Upupupu, looks like we got a non-voter over here!" Monokuma laughed excitedly. "C'mon, Shougo! Take a vote! It doesn't matter if you're wrong as long as the correct killer is voted for by majority rules!"

"I…I won't send her to her death," Shougo said softly. "I can't – I won't."

"Oh really now?" Monokuma asked in a menacing tone. "I wouldn't want to punish you again though. That's a lie, it's always fun for punishment. But I'm sure you don't want to be… killed this time?"

Shougo let out a small gasp, and his eyes fixated on the button. He was still reluctant, and his hand nervously hovered over the screen. He took a glance at Yayoi – who was looking down and holding her arm. She nodded as if to confirm her fate, and Shougo sighed, pressing the screen in front of him. The final beep filled the air, and Monokuma took out a personal copy of an ElectroID, and began to observe the results of the vote.

"Well, good job, you guys!" Monokuma laughed. "It looks like it was almost unanimous, though of course, someone here decided to vote for someone else!"

Everyone took a glance at Shougo, who looked down. His jaw was puffed up, and he was muttering curse words under his breath.

"Upupupu!" Monokuma laughed. "Nyahahahaha! Yes, true beans, you guys! Yayoi Adachi was the murderer of Hideki Komiya! She entered the dark room of Shougo one night, and managed to save his life from the treachery of Hideki!"

Yayoi looked down.

"All you had to do was knock him out, or something," Kaito said sadly. "Cut up his leg, or stop him yourself. Why kill him..? You aren't the murderous type, are you?"

Yayoi let out a tear, and shook her head.

"N-no," she said nervously. "Of course not."

"Upupupu!" Monokuma interrupted. "Major lie alert! Monokuma the bear detects a big fat ass lie, coming from the hacker over here!"

"What do you mean?" Yoshinori asked. "A lie about… her murderous intentions?!"

Yayoi's eyes widened slightly, but she soon lowered them again. "I'm not a murderer –"

"OMG!" Monokuma yelled. "Stop lying to yourself, you bastard. You're already going to die anyways, so why conceal your past now? You might as well tell the lot of us on why you're so fucked up, right?

"Y-you don't have to," Shougo warned. "Yayoi, stop..!"

"It doesn't matter anymore," Yayoi said sadly. "I'm going to die, right? There's nothing this bear can't do – it's not like he's lying about killing me or anything, right?"

Monokuma began to laugh. "Upupupu, this girl knows what she's talking about! But I think it's about high time that we tell everyone here your personal secrets. I'm sure that we're all confused!"

Yayoi shuddered, and took a seat on the sand below her, as Monokuma cleared his throat, beginning to narrate Yayoi's story.

Soundtrack: Persona 3 Reincarnation – The Poem for Everyone's Soul

"M-mama!" Yayoi cried. She cried out and held her arms out, grasping for her mother. The lady just walked away, holding the arms of her man in front of her. She spit on the ground, and left Yayoi laying in the alleyway, as the rain fell down and splashed against her head. Yayoi let out a cry, and began to scream into the air. "Mama! Why are you leaving me?! Come back..! Come back!"

Two years later…

Yayoi's stepmother climbed down the stairs. Yayoi entered the house, holding her third place trophy to the science fair. Yayoi's bright smile illuminated the room, making everyone smile around her. Her father was getting up from the living room and patting Yayoi on the head, and her new mother created a special cake just for the occasion. Yayoi's older brother rubbed a fist on top of Yayoi's head.

"Good job, sis!" her brother admired in a loving voice. "I knew you could do it!"

"It's only third place," Yayoi replied. "It's not that big of a deal… but thanks anyways."

One year later…

"Why can't you ever win?!" screamed a lady. She threw Yayoi's new third place trophy for the second science fair into the trash can, along with her trophies for painting… computer graphics… diving… everything. "You like the number three?! Is that it? I pressure you every goddamn day but you never apply yourself to anything! You're a fail of a daughter!"

"I-I'm sorry, mom!" Yayoi cried. "I tried..! I honestly did..!"

"Stop half-assing everything, you excuse for a daughter!"

The lady kicked Yayoi on the back, and Yayoi stumbled back and stayed on the floor crying.

"…Are you okay, sis?" asked her brother.

"I-I'm fine… Shougo."

Another year passes by…

"Happy birthday!"

Shougo and Yayoi's boyfriend Akihiko stood in front of Yayoi, presenting a birthday cake. All of Yayoi's friends gathered around, and sang a song as Yayoi blew out the candles. Meanwhile, her mother went outside to check the mail. Her mother and Yayoi agreed the week before, that if Yayoi didn't receive first place for the poetry contest, she would be grounded and have to devote her life into perfecting everything.

"Here's your present," Akihiko said. "I know that you're skilled with computers – got you this sick USB port, a Mami Tomoe one. I know it's not much, but I couldn't afford much either."

"It's perfect," Yayoi smiled. "Thank you, Akihiko!"

"Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!"

Her friends eagerly yelled, and the two shyly pecked each other while everyone cheered.

"T-that's enough..!" Yayoi muttered, joyfully. "Stop it you guys..!"

"Hey," Shougo yelled. "Don't get too touchy with my sister."

"Shougo!" Yayoi snapped. "We had this talk before!"

"But I promised!" Shougo protested. "I promised that I'd protect you..!"

Shougo looked down and his face turned red. Yayoi sighed and turned towards Akihiko, giving him another light kiss on the cheek. While everyone was having fun, her mother walked into the room.

"Yayoi. Your party is over. You're grounded."

"What?" Yayoi asked. "B-but..!"

Her mother showed Yayoi the letter that showed what place Yayoi got in at the contest. To her dismay, it read:

Second place. And yet, another year passed… More abuse… More disappointment… Until one day, when she was sixteen, she received a letter in the winter.

…"Oh." Yayoi said to herself, talking through tears. "Look, mama… I got a letter. It says I can attend Hope's Peak Academy… I received top marks in my class on the admittance class. S-see?" Yayoi lightly showed the letter to the corpse of a woman with a knife in her chest. Blood still spilled out from moments before, when Yayoi plunged the knife into a lady who she just couldn't put up with anymore. Of course… she was just human. She felt awful about it moments after. Her hands shook violently as she opened the letter and showed it to her mother. "I won..! I finally won…"

Shougo walked into the house, turning the doorknob to the front door, and dropped his groceries onto the ground.

"Y-Yayoi," he stuttered. "What happened to mom..?"

Yayoi shook her head, and cried a little more.

A week later, a funeral was held. A week after the funeral, Shougo found out what happened.

"I-I'm a lawyer," Shougo said nervously. "I wanted to attend Hope's Peak with you – but I can't let this slide… I-I…"

"I know," Yayoi said suddenly. "I'll accept my fate."

"Your fate," Shougo sighed. "You make it sound… like your life is over. Though, it basically is… little sis."

Shougo and Yayoi hugged each other tightly. "I couldn't have asked for a better sister..!"

Yayoi nodded. "I'm going to say goodbye to Akihiko."

Yet, later that day, Yayoi and Akihiko were walking home, and a truck swerved by. The truck tilted, and Akihiko pushed poor Yayoi out of the way. As she walked up, a severed hand lay on the ground, as the maimed driver exited the car. Panicking, the man ran away.

"…You won't escape!" Yayoi yelled. She got a loose tire, and bludgeoned the man, dumping his body in the lake.

Later that day, a group of bullies surrounded Yayoi. Yayoi apprehended them easily and tossed them all in the lake. She grabbed a heavy stick and made sure that they couldn't get out – or their head would be injured instead.

Walking home later that day, Yayoi had cleaned her bloody clothes in the river. Yayoi lied and said that Akihiko drowned while they were playing in the river. Shougo saw through her lies, but he didn't say anything. She's gone through too much, he thought. We'd go to school with each other, he thought.

Another month passed. Shougo brought Yayoi to the bus where they boarded and headed to Hope's Peak Academy – attending to school together as the power pair: Super Highschool Level Hacker and Super Highschool Level Lawyer, hand in hand.

But several days passed…

"S-Shougo," Yayoi stammered, walking into the dark room where her brother was held in the darkness. She saw a boy by the name of Hideki, holding a large sword that gleamed even in the darkness. The boy charged, and Yayoi let out a scream, grabbing a nearby katana and shining her light at Hideki. Thankfully, she noticed Shougo wasn't injured, but the boy didn't have any reluctance as he charged towards Yayoi, preparing to kill her. "Stop bullying me… I want you to stop hurting me… Stop hurting Shougo too..!"

Yayoi brought up her sword and slashed Hideki's throat. She took the hilt of the sword and slammed the sharp end into Hideki's chest. She pushed him into the aquarium, and she heard the crash of glass.

"Y-Yayoi," Shougo said nervously. "W-why again..? Why did you kill again?!"

"I had to save my big brother," Yayoi said softly. "I wasn't going to let anyone else hurt us anymore… that driver… those bullies… they all died. Now Hideki died… He deserved it, right..? They all did."

"N-no!" Shougo scolded. "You can't take human life lightly like that..! Now you're going to die because of me!"

"I don't care," Yayoi said.

Shougo's eyes widened with fear. "How can you say that..? So lightly! Get your head back! Where did my little sister go?!"

"I'm still here," Yayoi said. "I've always been here."

Shougo's eyes widened even more. Shougo finally rested, and leaned against the glass, accepting the future for what would happen.

"…I can't save you this time," Shougo said.

"I know."

"…But I'm going to try."

"Shougo..!"

"The trial… we're going to hold a trial. I'm a lawyer, I can trick all of them. I can deceive everyone and make them vote for everyone else! You aren't going to die..!"

"B-but, I killed so many people," Yayoi cried. "I don't deserve to live..!"

"You're my little sister!" Shougo yelled. "Of course you do! Akihiko would have thought so!"

Yayoi shedded many tears, and as time passed, they discussed their plans. Yayoi would get out… that's what they decided.

But a few hours later… they were in the courtroom, outside on a sunny beach.

"I… I'm sad," Yayoi said to the others. "Sad that my life had to be lived… like this."

"L-little sis," Shougo cried. "I promised that I'd protect you..!"

Yayoi smiled, and looked at Shougo with teary eyes. "How long has it been… the last time you said that to me."

The atmosphere filled with heavy tears and cries as Monokuma brought up his gavel.

"Now, now," Monokuma said with words of comfort, but with intentions of pure malevolence. "It's time… I end your misery."

Yayoi looked at the bear, and let out another cry.

"Upupupupu! Nyahahaha! Who's ready? Your very first, action packed, execution!"

"Y-Yayoi," Shougo said silently. "I-I'm sorry."

"It's for the best," Yayoi sighed, accepting her fate.

A red button rose from the table in front of Monokuma, and he slammed the gavel.

Soundtrack: Punishment FEAT. Hell-icopter

From the ground in the middle of a forest rose a large machine, and chains popped from the outside of it. One of them wrapped around Yayoi, and took her flying through the barrage of trees as she was taken to the middle of what seemed to be something resembling the habitat of a zoo. The others watched as the fence rose, and Yayoi stood in the middle of the ground, closing her eyes for what was to come.

HACK THE HACKER – SUPER BLOODY EXECUTION

Monokuma, dressed up in a computer outfit, took an axe, and began to rapidly hack the ground. The dirt popped up from the ground, and the axe managed to graze her skin and chop a finger off. Yayoi screaming in pain, realized that Monokuma wasn't aiming directly at her. The ground below her fell, having been hacked by Monokuma, and she fell into a large building. The open roof above her closed, and the building rose and rose, and the others realized what it was: a Mami Tomoe USB. A huge one. The end of it began to spark with electricity, and soon the whole building was wrapped with extreme electricity, the whole thing being electrocuted. Soon, the lightning stopped, and no noise came from inside. The ground opened up once again, and the USB slowly dropped inside, falling into places unknown.

Soundtrack: A Dead End to the Ocean's Aroma

"Phew!" Monokuma said, letting out a sigh. "It feels great to let out that amazing execution, don't you guys think?"

We all stared in horror. What had transpired before us was unreal.

"W…what the?!" Micky screamed. "What in Hermes just happened?!"

"The fuck did you do?!" Furo yelled. "That wasn't an execution! That was a goddamn macabre show!"

"Not even that!" Unmei screamed. "What the heck was with that USB port?!"

I didn't have any words for what had just happened. I looked around, and noticed something. Instead of being fazed, or shocked in the slightest, Mirai looked at Monokuma, behind the evil laughs and cries.

"What is it, Mirai?" Monokuma noticed. "Upupupupu! You want to comment to me about my creativity?"

"…Why…"

Soundtrack: Danganronpa OST – New World Order

"There's something wrong going on here!" Mirai pointed a finger at Monokuma, and the mood dropped even considerably lower than it was before, with the absence of Monokuma's evil laughing.

"…What do you mean?" Monokuma asked. "Nothing is wrong here."

"It's the middle of the night, and we're on a sunny beach," Mirai noted. "How is this possible? Where are we exactly?"

Monokuma didn't respond, and Mirai just looked forward as Monokuma raised his paws to his mouth.

"Upupupu! You want to know, huh? Well, fucks with you..! You won't know what hell I'm raising until much, much later… But, to comfort you a little bit… I set the timer back five days…"

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Doesn't it suck to only have forty-three days left?" Monokuma asked. "Being the generous bear that I am, now you have forty-eight to find out what's going on and end it!"

"You mean we can leave?!" Takayashi asked excitedly. "We can get out of here if we just figure it out?"

"…Upupupu."

Monokuma chuckled, and left it at that. His chuckles ran through the night, until we all climbed back into the submarine, and ended up in our rooms. Despite the trouble, I was elated at the fact that we were over, and I hopped on the bed, kicking and screaming about what was happening to us.

Hours passed, and I fell asleep eventually. The darkness shadowed over me.

Continued in Chapter 2: Section 1

(AN: I had no time to make an endcard because of the power outage yesterday. I'll make one and put it up for the next chapter, so sorry I have to skip it for this one. Hope you liked this despair chapter…)