(Class Trial Turbulent Plays...)
All of the students who were behind the back bleachers were all starring beyond the direction to where Naegi from the future was hiding. Naegi`s body raised in anxiety more and more the longer they were staring in his direction.
'Damit! What do I do?! Do I come out and explain everything?'
Naegi shaking his head in fustration.
'No if I do that they would think that i've gone crazy...I'll have to come up with a better strategy. I think they don't recongize me...but I should just wait a few more moments to see what happens.'
"The stalker must of trailed off somewhere in the bushes" replied Sakura.
Celestia raises her finger to her chin as in curiosity and suspicion.
"I wonder if this stalker is male or female?" questioned Celestia outloud.
Everyone faces her way agreeing and nodding to her acknowledgement.
"It must be a boy! Why would a girl be hiding under the bleachers!?" retaliated Asahina.
"Yeah! Girls would never go hiding under bleachers to spy on girls!" agreed Sayaka.
"Unless this person could be bisextual or a typically a man as a transvestite" Said Togami broadly.
"That's true..." replied Asahina.
"Of course it is, you have to look at all the possibilities instead of jumping to conclusions" smriked Togami cockily.
"Wait!"
The voice of Leon had everyone turn their direction to where he was standing beside Oowada near the fountain on the right side of the back bleachers.
"What if the guy is still hiding somewhere just out there? Because if it were me that's what I would do" replied Leon.
Most of the girls looked at him a bit disappointed, but understood that he was suggesting another option of the persons motives; and the other students suggested that looking for the person was the best idea.
Naegi watched as the other talked amongst each other. He had a good vibe that they didn't find out his identity quite yet; but if he moves from his position he might give himself away.
"I'd say we catch this god dam frickin stalker! Then I can give him a good beating!" Said Oowada clutching his fists together in anger.
"We should all scatter out in the forest and go in two" replied Sakura.
"Sounds like a plan! Let's catch this perv!" exclaimed Naegi clutched his hand in a fist.
'What would he think if it was him...or I mean me? Not that I am a perv or anything...I did find it awkward to have them be in the way; when I was trying to see what was going on with the rest of the class...'
"Agreed let's get this weirdo!" cried Hifumi.
Everyone nod in agreemet and all gathered in their groups and began making their way over to his direction. Some others had spread out down to his left and some down to his right.
The ones that were making his way were Sakura, Asahina, Nagei and Sayaka.
'Ohhh man...well I'm sorry everyone I'm doing the best I can...right?! No i'm not I gotta try harder! I can't give up here!'
The two pairs of the four were making their way closer and closer to him by the second. He was beginning to sweat in fear as they were only about twenty feet away from him.
'Okay maybe I can crawl and cut cross over and hide behind a tree that's just a little to my right...'
Naegi looked to where the tree was standing only about 7 feet away from him. He looked back to the group and they were about fifteen feet from him now. He began to panic but he tried to remain calm taking deep short breaths; as they reach about ten feet he begins to hyperventilate.
'Or...Or maybe I can just stay put trying to act camouflaged...'
Sakura was the closest one in the lead of the other three that they were a little behind her. She walks making her way to the three bushes that surrounded him; and stops for a moment. Immediately then she rises her hands in the air with rage and lunges her arms forward.
'NO!'
Naegi closed his mouth hoping for the worst. Until suddenly a loud whistle thundered throughout the forest; all of the birds that were in the forest flew out of the sky racing their way towards south.
"Everyone! Break time is over! Get back here immediately!" shouted the gym teacher.
Ishimaru was beside the gym teacher standing straight raising his thick eyebrows in anger.
"You're all getting deducted for punctuality!" cried Ishimaru.
"Seriously?! Come on! Were trying to find a creeper lurking around here" shouted Asahina fustrated.
Sakura already had turned around moments before she was going to rip down the bushes from where Naegi of the future was still hiding in. Naegi was dumbstrucked from only being moments and inches away from destorying the timeline and possibly his existance.
"We have no choice but to let this one slide" replied Sakura.
"But-" Said Naegi shocked.
"This person has to be punished! It's unforgivable!" cried Asahina.
"I'm sorry Hina...but".
Sakura turned around back to the forest starring down hard at the three bushes.
"The next time it happens...they won't make it out so easily" Said Sakura sternly.
She looks away from the three bushes and the rest all make their way back over to the back bleachers. They were all lectured by their unimpressed gym teacher as she was looking eye to eye at every single one of them. When the teacher reached Sakura she gave her a hard time due to her causing vandalism to the bleachers. Five minutes later the gym teacher lead the students back to the courtyard and into the Gymnasium; to get prepared for their next class.
Naegi who was still in the bushes sighed with relief that he was saved by the turn of the events. He quietly got up and made his way out into the open.
(Class Trial Turbulent Music Ends...)
(All All Apologies Music Plays...)
'If I want to get help, I have to find a better strategy then to spy on my entire class...otherwise I'll be caught for sure next time! That's the last thing I want for me! Besides standing around and thinking about the past won't do me any good'.
With the decision he concluded. Naegi made his way back into the east courtyard and then walked straight leading to the central plaza. He obersvered the area seeing it was a place to relax in. He also spotted a fountain that was in the middle.
It had a crest symbol of their school and it was craved into the statue. It was about ten feet high and it was shaped in a square that had four in total; supporting each corner with the crest imprinted on it. The water rushing in the high noon at the school, was around the space that lead him three different paths: One to the Gym to his right, the parking lot and the school enterance to his left and ahead lead to the south side of the districts.
He saw a rock lying in front of him, he bended down and picked it up. He clenched in his fist and then threw it into the fountain; letting out a tired scream. The rock splashed into the water having the water droplets land on the pavement nearby.
'What can I do right now? I don't know where Kyoko would be. I also can't go back to the class...they'll probably be keeping a more open eye out for awhile. Dammit!'
He decides to pass the fountain working his way towards the entrance of the school. He stops when he reaches to the front gates and looks up at the school.
'It's like De Ja Vu all over again...this time i'm back to my first actual day here. I wonder...what it would of been like to remember my time here?'
Naegi closed his eyes, he begins to tear up at bit; feeling like he wasn't getting anywhere. The world around him felt even more trapped then before because he couldn't find the people. He couldn't easily wander around the school and most of all he couldn't get the time to find a solution.
Unlike in the mutual killing game, he felt like he had all three of those things to a more extent that could help him survive; of finding a way out for a brighter future. Although that future was a beg for the hope of tomorrow. This path of hope of the future is far better than one with mutual killing because here he has all the freedom in the world. He now knew that he can't be mistaken. The only best brighter future would be to scarifice the most difficult task before him.
He has to stop Junko Enoshima.
If he were to travel back to the future now; he wouldn't be able to look at anyones face again.
He has no choice but to stay here to complete his mission. He opens his eyes and walks his way towards the doors; but suddenly he stops himself.
'Wait! Could it be possible that if I walk in this way again that I could get brainwashed?! No Junko wouldn't be able to detect me... since there's already another me here'
Naegi reaching for the door grabbed the door knob as sweat was dropping down his forehead in anxiety. He then opens it making his way into the main foyer. A few moments pass, then he felt dizzy as if his world was about to go backwards; but a few moments later it vanished.
'What?!'.
The spinning stop instantely and he put his hand resting on his forehead. He felt that he was going to be sick; although he noticed that he was still in the foyer.
'Seriously! I'm still here! Then that means...I wasn't brainwashed!'.
Naegi smiles in relief as he thought about what the spinning in his mind was all about moments ago.
'Must of been only a migraine'.
He walked forward making his way into the hallway to the centre of the school, and he looked around feeling completely lost.
'Wait a second, I haven't been in this part of the school before...this must of been a blocked off part that we never got to see...or that we forgot'.
Naegi killed some time for a little while exploring the big long hallways in the middle of Hope Peak's School. He found many lockers, different classrooms; and a high class restaurant.
Peering through the glass he could see it was empty and that the lights were off. There was a sign on the door beside him and read Open Hours: 5pm to 10pm
'Looks like it could be just another dinning hall for certain students'.
Time passes and he also went to check out the south side of the school during his time.
He found a convienience store, a book store, some other miscellaneous shops and more dorm buildings. Soon he went back to the long hallways on north east enterance at about 5:43pm when he looked at one of the school clocks hanging out in the hallway.
Earlier some students came out in their uniforms making their way to their lockers and heading to their next classes. That gave him the acknowledgement that everyone was still alive. He just wasn't sure since he didn't look through the class windows; and kept walking around some of the districts and at the middle of the school hallways.
There wasn't any security cameras which was thankfully helping him to at least be able to remain anonymous. Some people gave him glances from here and there, although most them ignored him keeping to themselves and talking with their friends as the walked in the hallways. Soon as it was about 6pm he decided to risk making his way over back to the east district side of the school.
When he was making his way there he entered in more hallways turning and eventually making a left leading through the door to the east hallway.
He gets there opening the doors and immediately looked up at the gift shop. There right before him was Kyoko Kirigiri walking her way close to passing the gift shop. He could see her from the side as she was casually walking down the hallway.
She was looking down towards where the dormitorys were designated and appeared to be heading there.
Naegi smiled in joy and was about to call her name; when he heard a voice from a distance.
"Hey Kirigiri!" shouted out Naegi.
Naegi who was near the doors of the east entrance froze on the spot. He saw Naegi who was making his way from the side of the dorimitory jogging his way towards her; while Kyoko stopped in her tracks right infront of the gift shop.
'Oh my gosh! Why at of all people did it have to be me!?'
Naegi stops about a meter away from Kyoko, while Naegi from the future was somewhat close to them. He was positive he would have a good chance to hide himself before they noticed him.
He looked around and found a garbage bin to his right that was slid into the wall that was slightly moved back; leaving a little extra barrier for him to hide. In one sneaky flash step he quickly dashed behind the bin and leaned his head out a bit to watch the two talk.
"..."
"Where did you go after gym class? Everyone was worried about you!" Asked Naegi.
"...I had a reason for my absence" replied Kyoko.
"Oh! Well everyone's heading to the dinning hall. Are you on your way there?" Asked Naegi.
"...No"
A moment of silence went through the air.
"I'm sorry but I must be somewhere right now" replied Kyoko.
Kyoko Kirigiri walks away from Naegi heading towards the east entrance doors that Naegi from the future was hiding near. The Naegi from the past watched her walk away from him.
'Okay good! Now I can make my way to follow her!'
Naegi remaining silent watched Kyoko go past the garbage bin. Almost like in slow motion she kept passing not even noticing his existance and soon opening the doors with both of her hands making her way out in the late summer air.
He quickly glanced over to the gift shop to notice that Naegi from the past was long gone.
'Alright now's my chance!'
Stepping out of the garbage bin he makes his way hastily to the doors.
"Naegi?!" shouted out a familiar voice.
(All All Apologies Music Ends...)
(Mr Monokuma's Tutoring Music Plays...)
Suddenly he was stopped by a persons recognizable voice he knew far too well. He froze in his tracks eyes widen in fear, and anxiety; while he slowly turns around and sees that it was Sayaka Maizono.
"Hey?" replied Sayaka confused.
Naegi smiled anxtiously as he puts his hand behind his head.
"Oh Sayaka! Hey" replied Naegi.
"...Didn't I just see you heading towards the dormitory?" Asked Sayaka still puzzled.
'Shit! I gotta come up with something fast!'
"Huh? Oh I decided to take a little run and make a loop back here!" he chuckled nervously.
Sayaka blinked and slightly frowned.
"Really?... That's was quite pretty fast for you to make a loop..." replied Sayaka.
'This is too much! Having Sayaka talk to me in the flesh! If she finds out the truth...Come on stop thinking about the past! No I mean the future?! What can I do to get out of this situation?!... I've got it!'
"Say why don't we race back to the dinning hall?! Everyone must be waiting for us!" Said Naegi cheerfully.
Without giving her a chance to answer to his suggestion, Naegi dashes past her and makes his way towards the gift shop.
"Come on! I'll race you there!" shouted Naegi not turning back.
"Naegi! Wait!" cried Sayaka.
Naegi dashed down to his left not knowing if she followed him or not.
'If I made up a lie telling her I had to be somewhere and then she ends finding my younger self at the dinning hall...she may become suspicious; plus she could get mad at me and my younger self would begin to become suspicious...If that happens I might cause a major paradox'
"Hey! Wait up!" cried Sayaka from a faint distance behind him. To Naegi it didn't really matter if she followed or not because he's mainly playing a trick of acting a scene where it would lead to his younger self; plus leaving him off the suspicion chart from the rest. Although she may still get mad at his younger self for running off but then again it wasn't something to worry about too much.
Quickly turning a sharp curve to the right, he passed the dormitory entrance and looked to his closest right of a classroom; turning the knob he opens and scoots inside shutting the door with his back leaning against it.
He took deep breathes in the process as his heart was beating quite fast from the sudden events.
"Naegi! Please!" cried Sayaka.
*Thump Thump*
Her sound was echoing throughout the hallway as he could hear her footsteps running on the otherside; soonly becoming more and more faint.
*Thump...Thump*
(Mr Monokuma's Tutoring Music Ends...)
He signs in relief leaning off from the door. He looks around the classroom and had an epiphany; that this classroom was the place where he woke up from the mutual killing.
There was no one in the classroom at least, since classes were over for the day; but seeing this room gave him the chills. He soon leaves the room and quickly heads back to the east entrance. He quickly reached outside and was scouting for where she could have gone. He decides making a cross check to the west side of the school.
After from a long walk there he could see it looked the same as the east side but the features looked a bit different. The only difference was the one that he was looking at; from the end of the last building. The features from all of the rest of the school had a brown brick exterior, while this one had a gray smooth paved wall.
There were little windows with small metal frames in all different sizes scattered across the building; while the roof had a flat metal shield. Another empiphany hit him when he looked at this bulilding; to him it looked like some research facility; however it was the reserves department.
(Despair-Syndrome Music Plays...)
His migraine began banging at his head, his body felt odd as if the world felt vivid before him.
'Wait?! Have I seen this building before? What's inside it?'
Looking around for a door he could only manage to find silver doors that only allowed you to open from the inside. Struggling throughout the area, he then found a little ways from him a building that was attached to the facility; and he made his way in through that way.
When he got inside he saw a lot of students roaming around looking through their lockers. He walked past some of them and a few gave questioned looks of curiosity.
"Who's that guy?" asked a female student to her friend. Naegi looks around at everyone who were surprisingly wearing casual t-shirts and neutral jeans. While gritting his teeth anxiously he could tell they were angry with him here and he quickly decided to quickly turn around and walk away heading back outside.
'Being there for some reason feels too odd...'
A flashback came back to him where Jin told him earlier before he ran off; that the uniforms were to be worn starting the next day.
'Isn't that tomorrow? Wait this is the west district...so I assume this must be students who've got different talents and been here for awhile. But then why are they wearing casual clothing like me? Maybe its the same for second and third years...but anyways I have to hurry and find Kyoko...where could she have gone?'
He soon makes his way back to the east district side but doesn't take the main entrance that he came from and went to the one about half km way to his right.
As he made it inside he walked making his way up some stairs and on the third floor he sees a room up ahead of him. It read "Neurological Lab" under the name of Yasuke Matsuda.
Naegi`s mind clicks in his skull as he saw that name that appeared on the door infront of him. He stares at the name for a minute out of curiosity; suddenly his brain cracked. The pain felt intense as he held his head with his hands gritting his teeth in agony.
'Dammit...what's going on with me right now?'
He looks at the door again and decides to knock on the door lightly. He stands there for a few moments and no one responds. Making a second a knock he didn't hear anyone making their way to the door.
'I...I have this strange vibe...like I've heard that name before...'
As the sharp pain begins to lightly slow down it intensifys as he soon hears a voice from the other side of the door.
"Whoever is at the door I'm busy. I cannot be disturbed right now. Go away" replied a man's voice.
'I have to know him! But it looks like I should get out of here...I can't interfere with the timeline...'
Naegi makes his exit with his head as it starts to throb more intensively at his skull. As he is walking down the hall he felt very oddly trying to keep his balance.
'...Why?'
Having his head bounce back and forth as he makes his way down the set of stairs he falls against the rails trying to support himself.
'Why is my head hurting?'
Supporting himself back up he continues to walk down the stairs staggering reaching close to the first floor; soon reaching the hallways.
'It...doesn't mater'
He opens the door with his two hands by force as they bang against the walls dramatically as he was making his way outside of the school from the east district. The doors bang closing a few seconds after as he was already making his way down the path.
He felt more dizzy now then he had been so far. Holding his hand at his forehead again, he was having trouble with beginning to walk entirely; as he was almost in the big middle fountain of the campus.
'I...I have to find..."
He stops as his vision went fuzzy looking around the courtyard; soon closing his eyes he begins to fall.
'K...Kyoko...'
His mind went black and collapsed.
The world as he knew it had him at his knees. He was feeling trapped in every corner and every turn he made; from left to right. He felt that he was falling further and further away from the world and it was like there was no end to this nightmare.
His mind felt at ease a bit when he regained consciousness. He opened his eyes and saw someone staring right above him.
He couldn't tell who it was from his eyes still a bit blurry but the figure appeared to be wearing a distinctive outfit.
"Naegi...what are you doing out here?" a women's voice called out to him. His eyes opened more clearly trying to figure out who it was; and a few seconds later his world cleared back to normal.
The figure before him made his eyes wide open in shock.
'Huh...?! No way! How can this be!?'
(Despair-Syndrome Music Ends...)
