Saturday, December 18th 2010.
(East District)
11:00Am
Today is the first day for future Naegi to visit Yasuke Matsuda to try and regain his lost memories back. Naegi was very excited and slightly nervous to go see him but was willing to do anything at this point. He knew Kyoko Kirigiri warned him to be careful of him but for some reason he wasn't too high alert on it.
Makoto Naegi walks down the hallway, looking at the lockers from left to right and soon reaching to the door of Yasuke Matsuda.
'This is it! The truth will unfold from here, no matter what happens, I'll keep accepting my reality...as bad as it may sound...its better to know it all than nothing' thought Naegi as he then knocked on the door.
*KNOCK KNOCK*
The door opened as Matsuda looked down at Naegi. He appeared to be tall at about 6' 1".
"Come on in" replied Matsuda flatly. Naegi makes his way in as Matsuda shuts the door behind him.
"Alright let's get this over with, I don't got all day to do this" replied Yasuke Matsuda lightly sighing.
"Okay" replied Naegi.
"Lay down on the bed, I'm going to be asking you some questions first" replied Matsuda gesturing him to go there. Naegi looked over at the doctor's bed and made his way over hopping up and slowly laying down on it.
"Now close your eyes and try to go back to where you lost your memories" replied Matsuda.
Naegi closes his eyes and pictures back to where he was standing at the gate's of Hope's Peak Academy on his first day. He remembers how excited and happy he was to enter his way in. As he steps forward making to the gateway, entering the school doors to the foyer; his world suddenly goes blank.
"What do you see?" asked Matsuda as Naegi was in his own world.
"I...I saw that I was in the school foyer on my first day here...and I arrived early too but...then everything just disappears" replied Naegi.
"Hmmm...so what is the next thing that you do remember?" asked Matsuda curiously.
'I better not mention anything about my current situation...I'll only be confusing things and...' A image of Kyoko pops in his mind looking at him intensively.
'I trust Kyoko' thought Naegi as he then spoke.
"The next thing I know I'm in my classroom with everyone else" replied Naegi lying. Matsuda was writing on a clipboard as he was jotting down this information. He pauses for a moment and then stops his pencil.
"How long do you think it was between your first day till the time you were in your classroom?" asked Matsuda.
"About...2 months" replied Naegi lying again.
'I really wish I could tell him the truth but...he can't be fully trusted' thought Naegi.
"Okay, that will be enough questions" replied Matsuda.
Naegi opens his eyes as he could see Matsuda placing his clipboard on his desk near the window.
"So what now?" asked Naegi.
"Now, I'm going to set you up on a machine" replied Matsuda as he went over to his other table on the other side of the room. There was a big rectangular machine that was about 26 inches long and 17 inches wide. He sees Matsuda turn on a few nozzle switches as the machine came to life.
"Is this the same machine from before?" asked Naegi a bit worried as he sat up from the doctor's bed.
"No this is completely different" replied Matsuda lightly sighing.
"What's it called?" asked Naegi curious.
"You ask a lot of questions" replied Matsuda a bit annoyed.
"Oh sorry!" replied Naegi
"It's called Memory Reprocess Information System, MRIS for short" replied Matsuda as he was adjusting some wires on the little medal sliding door from the side of the machine.
Yasuke Matsuda then lifts up the machine as he was slightly struggling with it.
"Do you need help?" asked Naegi.
"No just stay where you are" replied Matsuda as he made his way over to a side table beside the doctor's bed.
"I got enough problems as it is, not like you would know" replied Matsuda sarcastically as he placed it down.
'For a guy like him...he's kind of rude' thought Naegi.
"Lay back down" fired Matsuda pointing at him.
"Okay" replied Naegi as he laid back down.
Matsuda then grabbed a couple thick wires that had sticky circular buttons on it.
"I'm placing these between your temporal lobe, so that way I can get a kick to re-jogging your memory" replied Matsuda as he placed them near the side of his temples.
Matsuda then walks over to the machine and turns it on fully.
"Now go back to where you were before and tell me what you see" replied Matsuda.
Naegi goes back to the memory where he was in the school foyer and suddenly static started to click into his mind. It was like a throbbing pain and the more he looked at his memory the more it hurt his entire body physically.
"Ahhh" cried Naegi.
"Do you want to stop?" asked Matsuda.
"No, it's okay" replied Naegi, running a little short of breath.
He tries again to look at the image and then suddenly he began to see something like out of a movie. He seen himself looking around the foyer more and then he began walking down the hallway. Suddenly he sees a tall man come out from the public washroom which happen to be Jin Kirigiri. He turned his head seeing him and he smiled.
"Hello, Welcome to Hope's Peak Academy, my name is Jin Kirigiri and I'm the principle of this school" replied Jin.
"My name is Makoto Naegi, I'm the Ultimate Lucky Student" replied Naegi.
"I know you are, and it's an honor to have you here! I hope for the best during your time here" replied Jin placing his hands behind his back standing straight.
Suddenly the image of his memory faded as he then saw something else. His head was beginning to throb again but ignored it. He could see a memory of himself sitting in his classroom of 78 and then it changed a moment later. He then was in a computer lab and he turned seeing Chihiro Fujisaki talking with Junko Enoshima. He was sitting close so he was able to hear them.
"So what does it take to program a mechanical machine to come to life?" replied Junko.
"Uh...well, it would require a lot of C++ to program the data in the first place and then it would require a mini micro-chip and about 50 watts of power to process the-" replied Chihiro interrupted.
"Yeah yeah, mostly boring, more boring and really confusing, could you like maybe explain it in human words" replied Junko giving off a meek expression.
Suddenly, his head on the sides began to give off sharp pains.
"Ahhhhh!" cried Naegi in agony.
"Okay I'm going stop the machine" replied Matsuda. He turns off the machine quickly and takes the wires out of Naegi's temple. Naegi places both of his hands touching the side of his temples as he was still feeling the throbbing that ached.
"Are you okay?" asked Matsuda.
"Y-yeah I think so" replied Naegi taking deep breaths.
"You think so, that's kind of an implausible answer" replied Matsuda sarcastically.
"I'm okay" replied Naegi a bit irritated.
Yasuke Matsuda and Makoto Naegi didn't say anything for a moment until one of them spoke.
"So what did you recall?" asked Matsuda curiously.
"I remember...talking to the principle when I first got here and..." replied Naegi as he trailed off.
"...What else?" pressed Matsuda.
"And then a bit of being in my classroom but...I don't know which day" replied Naegi truthfully.
'I can't mention that conversation I witness in my memory...it might have something to do with monokuma and Junko's plan!' thought Naegi.
"Alright, well that will be enough for today, you got to rest" replied Matsuda, Naegi then sits up and hops off the doctor's bed.
"Yeah" replied Naegi.
"If you recall anything, you can come talk to me..." replied Matsuda.
"Okay, will do!" replied Naegi as he made his way for the door.
'Alright I should go tell Kyoko the information I got, let's just hope she isn't busy...' thought Naegi as he made his way down to the stairs on the East District.
(Gymnasium with Class 78)
11:35am
"Hey pass the ball over here!" cried Leon.
Oowada was bouncing the basketball as he dodged Ishimaru trying to grab it off him.
"You won't get away that easy!" shouted Ishimaru chasing after him.
Chihiro, Celestia, Hifumi, Aoi, Toko were on the opposite side of the court while Kyoko, Naegi, Sakura, Hagakure, Sayaka, and Byakuya were behind Oowada that has the ball.
As for Junko and Mukuro they were sitting on the bench, not wanting to participate. Junko was slumping on the bench with her hand resting on her chin and her elbow on her knee. Junko sighed as Mukuro was watching everyone play basketball.
"Why do we have to do this for school anyway? Its boring, like the players and the teams, its always the same; its never going to change" replied Junko.
"..." Mukuro was speechless as she was really focused looking over to Naegi's way.
"Hey! I'm wide open!" cried Naegi to Sayaka. Sayaka passes the ball to him and he catches it as he begins running down the other side of the court.
"I don't even know who even created basketball, its seriously lame whoever did" replied Junko half-heartedly.
"...It was James Naismith" replied Mukuro watching Naegi trip as he tried to shoot the ball in the air.
"Whoaa! Makoto fell! Get the ball! GET IT!" cried Hifumi pointing at the ball that was rolling on the floor. Junko looks over at Mukuro a bit shocked.
"Huh?! You know the inventor, that's not like you" replied Junko.
"...A friend from the army told me" replied Mukuro still not taking her eyes off Naegi.
"When are you going to go tell Naegi how you feel? Because if you don't tell him then I will for you" replied Junko giving a mischievous grin as she changed the subject. Mukuro Ikusaba madly blushed and shook her head.
"No..." replied Mukuro.
"Oh? What's this now?!" replied Junko leaning towards Mukuro as she tried leaning back from her twin sister.
"..." Murkuro was slightly frowning as she was kind of looking down at the ground.
"Come on you can't hide it like this forever" replied Junko.
"..." Mukuro turn to look at Makoto Naegi again and could see he was getting up from the ground. He looks over to Mukuro and he smiles giving her a wave. Murkuro blushes and smiles back at him.
'I wonder who he likes a lot? Sayaka...or Kyoko? Maybe me...?' thought Mukuro. After a moment Junko sighs and crosses her arms.
"One of these days he's going to know, you better be ready when he does, I can just imagine of the look on his face" cried Junko jumping off her seat being cheeky.
"Remember you even smiled in one of the pictures in late November when Makoto took our picture in class, you cared soo much about it didn't you?!" replied Junko getting into her sister's face again.
"...I don't know what you're talking about" replied Mukuro looking away from her sister embarrassed.
"Ahhh you're soo stubborn! And a disappointment!" replied Junko leaning back against the wall and looking at her classmates bored.
"Hey come on that wasn't fair!" cried Aoi having the ball taken by Byakuya.
"Given the circumstances, it counts" replied Byakuya flatly. He then looks over to Kyoko.
"Here catch it" replied Byakuya.
Kyoko jumps up and catches it with her leather gloves. She turns to look at the net and takes the shot, the ball fly's and spins around the ring; soon it goes in. The team cheered as they were now tied with the other half of class 78.
'They sure are having fun' thought Mukuro as she lightly smiled. Then suddenly she frowns as she thinks about what Naegi asked a long while ago about expressing his feelings.
(East District Hallway)
12:03pm
Future Naegi knew that they were in the gym this Saturday from the schedule he keeps getting from the home classroom every week on the teacher's desk when no one's in there. He yawns as he makes his way closer to the gym.
*RING RING*
"Attention all staff and students, I would like to let you all know that we will be celebrating Christmas and everyone will have the day off. You will be notified when you receive mail on your e-handbooks. Please make sure to check them on that day, thank-you" replied Jin as he turned off the PA systems.
'Great...looks like I'll be out in the cold that day...' thought Naegi as he lightly sighed. He continues down the hallway almost reaching the gym.
'Well at least I found a better spot, luckily there was a shed near the northern district area' thought Naegi
He then stops when he reaches to the door.
'Okay...I'm confident no one will see me...let's do this' thought Naegi as sweat dropped down his forehead.
He opened the door and peaked through as he could see the class was getting ready to leave soon. He could see Kyoko was tying her hair into a big pony tail and was looking at the wall near the far right of the room.
'She looks...good with a pony tail...' thought Naegi randomly. He then looks over with the rest of the class as they were talking and oddly there was someone staring at him. Naegi panicked as he saw Byakuya Togami was staring at the him or more likely the door; he wasn't quite sure.
"Is it just me or does anyone see someone peaking through that door?" asked Byakuya to the group as he pointed his finger.
Some of them began turning their heads and Naegi was beginning to have a panic attack.
'I should probably leave' thought Naegi as he closed the door. He begins running, hoping that no one recognized that it was him but from the looks of it; he was probably safe.
'I'll just tell her later...' thought Naegi as he ran and ran without thinking anymore.
(Principle's Office)
8:30pm
Yuto Kamishiro looks under the crack of the principle's door and he could see no one's feet below the desk. Quietly he gets up and opens the door. He looks to his left and then to his right.
"Looks like the close is clear hmhm" replied Yuto quietly to himself.
He makes his way in and closes the door behind him. He looks towards the principle's desk and he begun digging through his desk. Yuto found a folder and picked it up and read the label: Hope Cultivation Plan.
"Looks like this is it" replied Yuto opening his eyes a bit wide.
He opens the folder and reads the first documentation titled: Izuru Kamukura.
He seen a big long paragraph below it but didn't feel like reading it.
"I came what I needed here, I better bring this to that Fashionista girl" replied Yuto quietly to himself as he close the folder. He turns around and quickly makes his way out.
He begins lurking in the hallways and soon reaching outside to the gate of Hope's Peak Academy; he could see Junko was waiting there with her arms crossed.
"So what did you find out?" replied Junko with a smirk.
He hands her a folder and Junko takes it from him.
"This is everything about that Hope Plan folder you wanted to know" replied Yuto.
Junko opens it and skims through it and flips the pages. She stops when she comes across a person's profile with a picture on the right top corner of the page.
'Hajime Hinata, huuuh...' thought Junko.
"Now can you buy me those sweet buns like you promised" replied Yuto smiling as he looked up at Junko.
"Yeah yeah, a promise is a promise, after all you did me a huge favor" replied Junko reaching into her pocket to pass Yuto come money.
"Thank you fashionista lady, you are very kind and a bit quirky but truly a life savor" replied Yuto giving a bow.
"It's Junko Enoshima, now get lost and run along of whatever you do on your spare time" replied Junko gesturing him to shoo away.
"Okay Junko, when your done with it, leave it under my door" replied Yuto.
"Yeah yeah I know, would you leave already; you're starting to be like those lowly peasants from the medieval times" replied Junko rolling her eyes.
Oh I didn't know that, well anyways bye for now" said Yuto as he gave a wave and turned away running back to the east district entrance.
Junko looks more into the folder and reads about the entire plan for the Hope Cultivation Plan. Once she finishes it, she smiles and begins to make her way back inside placing the folder into her bra.
'So they're choosing a low life good for nothing person in the crummy reserves department to be their Ultimate Hope from this pathetic school...wow it couldn't be anymore ironic than that...like seriously...it make sense what they were doing with that student in the old school building basement' thought Junko.
She then lightly sighs and places her hands flat raising them as she seems confused but yet unsure what to believe.
"Guess it can't be helped can it" replied Junko out loud to herself.
Sunday, December 19th 2010.
10:34Am
The next day, future Naegi closed the shed door and turned around to walk on the soft covered snow on the ground. He didn't get the chance to talk to Kyoko yesterday due to him being almost caught by Togami and the rest of his class. Checking my phone there was still no messages from her. I sigh sadly and continue to keep walking on the free-day at Hope's Peak Academy.
'I wonder...those events yesterday...will I really...be able to get my memories back?' thought Naegi a bit down on himself. Shaking his head like crazy, he begin talking to himself out loud.
"No! I can't think like that, I know it's possible...I just got to believe and give it time, that's all" replied Naegi filled with determination.
I soon make it to the east district entrance when suddenly I see Sayaka looking up into the sky. I pause frozen as I felt a chill go down my spine, I turn halfway around when I heard her voice call out to me.
"Huh? Naegi is that you?" replied Sayaka a bit puzzled as she turned to face him.
'Shit! Shit! Shit! I need to walk away...but if I leave then...then it will seem like I'm mad at her or something' thought Naegi anxiously.
I turn around and look at her but she looked at me very oddly, it was almost like she didn't know how to react.
"Umm, Naegi...why are you out here?" asked Sayaka puzzled.
'Okay...this shouldn't be too hard to explain' thought Naegi with some confidence.
"Oh well, I love the snow and I thought I would come out and get some fresh air" replied Naegi placing his one hand behind his head laughing lightly.
Sayaka walks closer to Naegi and when she gets to about 1 foot away from him, she stops and stares at him intensively; but it seemed not as intense from Kyoko's stare.
I begin to lightly blush and it looked like the same for Sayaka.
"Since when were you the same height as me, Naegi?" asked Sayaka looking directly at the same eye level as me.
'Crap! Crap! FUCK!...I'm soo fucked! This is almost impossible to explain, I should've walked away when I had the chance! but even so Kyoko told me a few months ago that this would happen...What should I do? Come on think...wait I got it!' thought Naegi panicking.
"Well you see, I'm wearing a special type of soles that make me look taller but its not like I'm begging for a growth spurt" replied Naegi rubbing at the back of his head still nervously.
"..." she just looks at me with those eyes of determination and confusion at the same time.
"So why are you out here?" asked Naegi trying to get rid of the silent tense atmosphere.
"I'm just here to think, although..." replied Sayaka pausing for a moment and placed her hands close to her chest as if scared too speak up.
"For some reason...I can't shake this feeling that..." she walks a little bit closer to me and stops about half a foot to my face.
"H-Hey!" cried Naegi very puzzled.
'What's going on here...does she know?!' thought Naegi.
"N-Naegi-kun, I-" replied Sayaka but was interrupted.
"Hey! Sayaka!" cried a very familiar voice. Suddenly Sayaka Maizono stares at me in horror as her eyes dilated.
'No fucking way! NO NO NOOOOO FUUUUUCK!' thought Naegi in despair.
"There was something I wanted to ask you about the birthday party coming up and..." the Naegi from the past paused and stopped in his tracks as he could only see the back side of Sayaka but could kind of see another person.
Sayaka Maizono still stares at me in such fear that it looked like she was about to go crazy.
"D-don't...come any closer!" shouted Sayaka.
'I can't believe it, way to fucking go younger me you idiot!' thought Naegi in distress.
"W-what, what's wrong? Who is that your talking to?" asked the younger Naegi as he made his way closer.
'Listen to her! God dammit! I can't stay here...I got to go and find Kyoko right now' thought Naegi in a panic.
"...W-what are you?" asked Sayaka quietly to almost a whisper as her eyes glistened elegantly at him. Future Naegi looked at her in terror and then slowly he looks down at the ground clenching both of his fists and gritting his teeth in major distress.
There were images of her hugging him and then seeing her dead body in the bathroom as they popped back in his head during the time within class 78's mutual killing game. Shaking the thoughts quickly from his mind he looks back up into Sayaka's eyes.
"I'm sorry, Sayaka" replied Naegi as he then turned around and made a run for it. He didn't care if his younger self saw him anymore, all that mattered was to get to Kyoko. Dashing away toward the way to the elementary school past the far west district; I call Kyoko on the phone.
"What's wrong Neagi?" asked Kyoko through the phone.
"I got to use the time machine...I fucked up" replied Naegi in a panic.
"Calm down, tell me what happened" replied Kyoko.
"I don't got much time but Sayaka was talking to me and then..." I replied trailing off in despair.
"Then what?" asked Kyoko pressuring him.
"Well, my other self showed up and now...I need to go back so that I can get you to stop my other self encountering Sayaka" I replied.
"Okay, meet me by your shed in 10 minutes" replied Kyoko calmly on the phone.
"Okay!" cried Naegi hanging up.
'Dammit! Why the hell did this have to happen?! If I don't go back then Sayaka and the younger me will probably be on high alert trying to track me down...I got no choice but to go back in time to earlier this morning and warn Kyoko' thought Naegi.
(Northern District Shed)
10:56am
"Here's the machine" replied Kyoko passing it to him.
"Now make sure you go back about an hour before the incident and do your best to not let your other self catch you" replied Kyoko seriously.
"Okay but..." replied Naegi trailing off.
Kyoko raises her eyebrows confused.
"Why are you hesitating?" asked Kyoko.
"Wouldn't it be easier if I just got Matsuda to erase her memories?" asked Naegi. Kyoko crosses her arms a bit disappointed and looks at the ground.
"It would only cause more suspicion and besides the last thing we want is anyone knowing you exist here" replied Kyoko.
"You're right! I guess it's for the best I go back" replied Naegi flicking the time on the date that displayed: DATE: 12/19/2010 TIME: 9:50am
"Okay, here it goes" replied Naegi pushing the button.
Sadly nothing was happening.
"W-what the heck!? Why isn't it working?!" cried Naegi.
"..." Kyoko just looks at Naegi a bit confused.
"What do we do now? This is hopeless..." cried Naegi in despair.
"Snap out of it, there is another possible way" replied Kyoko smirking.
"Huh?! Really!?" cried Naegi a bit hopeful.
"We get the Physics Department to look at it, however, once they know they'll become suspicious...and we don't even know if they can be trusted" replied Kyoko placing her one hand resting on her chin as she pondered in thought.
"It's worth a try! But still we shouldn't leave it in their hands, just in case their in Junko's Ultimate Despair group" replied Naegi.
Kyoko gave a nod.
"Let's go" replied Kyoko.
They then reach the physics lab and they make their way inside.
They saw that only a few of the physicists were in, the only ones that weren't were Ueno and Rena.
"Umm excuse us, we have something we'd like you to look at" replied Kyoko placing the object on the table.
"What is that?" asked Tsuyoshi curiously.
"It's a time machine" replied Naegi saying the truth.
Chokichi Katsuo turned away from his the board and looked at them confused.
"But that's impossible! Its not easily done with all the gravitational equations that come with it! You would need a lot of mechanical hydraulic pressure to contain that amount of energy!" cried Tsuyoshi.
"I agree with him on that one, there's no way that little device can really fit up to the job, you would be looking at a bigger scale for that machine" replied Seiki Sekiguchi.
"Not to mention, if this really is a time machine that you two say, then you would need enough negative and positive singularity to compress the machine's radius on a person" replied Katsuo.
"But were telling you guys the truth!" cried Naegi placing his one hand to his chest as swearing on his mothers grave.
The Physicists all look at each other as they didn't know what to believe.
"Listen, whether you believe us or not, we'd still like you guys to look and see if you can fix it" replied Kyoko seriously.
"Excuse us for a moment" replied Katsuo as the other two followed him to the other side of the room.
"Okay, first they ask if a time machine exists and now, they bring one in here...I don't get it" replied Seiki confused.
"I know but lets figure out what this thing is, it might be a big lead to our department" replied Tsuyoshi.
"Agreed" replied Katsuo.
A moment passes and they come back.
"Okay will help you, but on one condition" replied Katsuo.
"Okay and what's that?" asked Kyoko.
"We get to keep it as our own property" replied Tsuyoshi.
Naegi and Kyoko look at each other, then back at them.
"You got yourself a deal" replied Naegi.
Soon they began to work at the machine and surprisingly it only took them about a half hour to figure out the problem. It was something to do with exhaust chamber being misplaced. For some reason, Naegi couldn't understand how the machine was misplaced but then he assumed that on the trip to August 21st 2010 it must of shifted a lot when he traveled.
"Well that should do it" replied Katsuo placing it on the table.
Makoto Naegi and Kyoko Kirigiri stare at the three of them in silence.
"Now that its ours, we like to properly thank you" replied Katsuo continuing.
"Yeah, I know" replied Naegi, Kyoko looks at him from the corner of her eyes and he could see Naegi was clenching his fists very tightly.
"But there's one thing you should know" replied Naegi looking at them with determination in his eyes. He then points from behind them as he was frightened in fear.
"What the hell is that?!" cried Naegi. The three of them turned their heads and that was Naegi's chance to grab the time machine. He did so, and began dashing away with the machine in his hand.
"Hey! He's getting away with our property!" cried Seiki.
Naegi was breathing heavily as he made his way closer to the door when suddenly it opened and he found that it was none other than Ueno.
"Where do you think you're going twerp" replied Ueno coldly.
'I don't got time for this!' thought Naegi. In the process, Naegi delivers a kick to Uneo's crotch and his eyes look up to the ceiling in tears.
"Ah-" squeaked Ueno.
Naegi passes him and makes his way around the hallway and soon presses the button.
'I just hope this works!' thought Naegi nervously.
The ultimate three physicist's dash out of the door and turned their heads to see future Naegi about 20 feet down the hallway.
"Wait! Stop!" cried Tsuyoshi.
They all begin dashing their way toward him and the fastest one in the lead was Katsuo.
As they were about 15 feet away, the electric magnetic field from the machine soon begins to kick in and goes around his entire body, they were about 10 feet away as they looked at him a bit dumbstruck; although before they could get to him he vanished within seconds.
"..." they all stopped in their tracks and stared at the empty hallway in silence. Moments later Kyoko passed them and continued to walk away calmly.
"Hey! Just wait second!" cried Katsuo.
Kyoko continued to keep walking away to get some distance between them, the physicists weren't getting her attention and they still felt that they needed questions answered. Ueno then creeps out of the doorway holding his hand to his crouch in one hand and the other holding his balance against the wall.
"...C-come back,y-yyou bitch" cried Ueno. The two looked back at their manager while Katsuo looked at Kyoko in anger.
"Who the hell are you two?! Just what gives you the right to trick and take advantage of us?!" shouted Katsuo. Kyoko then stops in her tracks but doesn't turn around to face them.
"And for what?!" continued Katsuo frustrated, the other two looked over to Kyoko's way also furious.
"Your nothing but a bunch of hypocrites with no knowledge of the physical world" replied Tsuyoshi as he took a step forward.
"Yeah! You got no right to hide yourselves in the dark and think you can just walk away from this!" cried Seiki as she clenched both of her fists in the air.
"We can" replied Kyoko, they just looked at her annoyed but she continued.
"Huuuuh?" replied Ueno giving off a sneer from behind the other three physicists.
"However, its you guys that are hidden in the dark and have no knowledge of what is going to become of this world, there will be a time when everything will change" replied Kyoko coldly.
They all look at each other confused and then look back at Kyoko.
"What are you saying? That the world comes to an end" replied Katsuo.
"No...just for Hope's Peak Academy" replied Kyoko giving a frown as she continued to walk away and knew that she couldn't explain the situation entirely.
Sunday, December 19th 2010.
9:50Am
Future Naegi appeared in the hallway where he disappeared an hour from now, he looked to see a clock nearby him and had an epiphany.
'I'm back! but, I guess where ever I time jumped must mean that I will end up in the same spot' thought Naegi. He then shakes his head.
'It's good that nobody is around here to have seen me but I don't got time to think about this right now I got to call Kyoko!' thought Naegi anticipating his next motive.
He calls her and she automatically picks up.
"Kyoko! This will be hard to explain but I need you to do me a huge favor!"
"Oh? And what might that be?" asked Kyoko a bit shocked yet curious and slightly suspicious.
"First off I'm another me from one hour into the future and I need you to prevent the past me from coming into contact with Sayaka Maizono because the younger me comes and causes a major problem" replied Naegi very quickly and calmly.
"Okay, where is the other you right now?" asked Kyoko.
'Wow...I thought it would of been a bit more difficult to get through to her...I guess that means she trusts me more now' thought Naegi with not being able to hide his little smirk on the phone.
"He's going to be heading to the East District Entrance at around 10:30, right now he should be in the shed" replied Naegi.
"Alright, you got nothing to worry about, just stay out of your other self's way and everything should be fine" replied Kyoko.
"Yeah I'll make sure I do" replied Naegi.
I hang up and sigh as I felt relieved from all the stressed that was put on to me earlier or more so later.
'It's great that I can trust her so much now that I don't even need to think about it but...its good that the physicists don't know about the time machine too although now that I think about it, what would happen if the me from an hour ago doesn't travel back in time?!' thought Naegi.
I make my way down the hall as I ponder in thought more about the consequences. I then reach for the stairs and make my way down to the first floor of the east district of the school. I looked down to my left and decided to head to the gift shop. Once I look around to see no one was there I went inside to have a little look around to kill some time.
It looked exactly like last time, except the Monokuma machine wasn't there. He smiled as he looked at the armor and few other little souvenirs. Suddenly, he heard someones footsteps making their way towards the gift shop.
'Who's coming? I should maybe hide somewhere' thought Naegi. He then looks to find that he could hide behind the armor and he slid in there crouching on his knees. He could peak through the armor legs but it was a bit difficult to see the entire person but he was able to see their footsteps make their way into the shop.
'I really wonder who's there' thought Naegi curiously.
"Yes, yes indeed!" replied the voice of Hifumi.
"They got it here, the inconceivable doujinshi collectable!" cried Hifumi with excitement. He looks from left to right and then steams up with pressure in his body and takes it.
"I'll just burrow this and come bring it back later" replied Hifumi as he laughed and ran away.
'Really? He just stole a book! I didn't take him for that type a person but...I guess sometimes opinions can mislead you' thought Naegi. I then get out of the spot and decided to leave when suddenly I bump into Sayaka Maziono.
"Ah!" cried Sayaka.
"..." Naegi was speechless.
'How? Did this even happen?!' thought Naegi very puzzled.
We looked eye to eye for a second and then without another second to lose I ran away from her. I ran and ran and knew she wasn't following me. I take a breather and relax as I was near the dark hallway tunnel.
'It should be okay if it was only for moment but...she might be mad at me for this dammit!' thought Naegi. I then hear someone coming down from the tunnel, immediately I turn my head away and walk slowly back from where I ran.
"Hey! Makoto!" cried Aoi the ultimate swimmer happily.
'Come on! This is getting ridiculous!' thought Naegi.
Suddenly someone was coming from the way I was walking and it happen to be Chihiro Fujisaki.
'Dammit! I'm cornered!' thought Naegi in despair.
Suddenly my phone went off on vibrate.
*VROOM VROOM*
'A text from Kyoko at a time like this?! Dammit what should I do?' thought Naegi falling deeper into despair.
The world froze around him as Images of certain memories were beginning to pop up in his head and they were really random. It was almost like he forgot about these, like they were in the back of his head or something. One second he saw he was with Hifumi working on some type of paper work, the next second he saw himself taking a jog with Aoi on the track and field; then lastly Sayaka appeared in his mind as he was walking in the hallways with her.
His mind began to intensify as a sharp pain in his head began to go and started to spread his entire body.
"Ah!" cried Naegi as he placed his one hand to his forehead.
"Huh?" replied Chihiro's quiet voice as she was puzzled to see Naegi.
"Hey! Are you okay?" asked Aoi as she reached to the end of the tunnel a bit worried.
Naegi looked at Aoi as he was a bit pale.
"I'm okay, just have a major headache is all" replied Naegi.
"Oh! I know how you can get better, drinking lots of water fluids and eating donuts; lots and lots of donuts!" replied Aoi beginning to daydream a little bit.
'I don't think that's the most effective advice I've been given before from someone...but it almost sounds like she's said that before' thought Naegi.
She then looks over my head as she went on her tippy-toes to see Chihiro looking at them nervously.
"Hey Chihiro!" replied Aoi calling him to come over. Chihiro Fujisaki looked at Naegi and Aoi as he felt reluctant to move from his spot. Soon enough he makes his way over and stands between Naegi and Aoi. For some reason Aoi or Chihiro didn't really seem to care or notice about his slight height difference; which made him feel a bit relieved for the moment.
"So...what are you guys up to?" asked Chihiro quietly.
"Well I happen to see Makoto and thought about asking him something although..." replied Aoi trailing off as she looked up at the ceiling lost in thought. A moment later she looks back at them.
"I can't remember what it was, oh well I guess" replied Aoi feeling a bit embarrassed as she raised both of her arms up. They all said nothing for a second and Naegi began to think.
'I should say something before the situation gets awkward...I got to act like myself as much as possible here...I know I should leave soon before they begin to get suspicious like Sayaka did...and the last thing I want is for my other self to show up like last time!'
"So what were you doing Chihiro?" asked Aoi curiously.
"Well...I was working on some programming for Junko and-"
"WHAT!?" shouted Naegi in despair.
Both Aoi and Chihiro were shocked from his random outburst. Chihiro held his hands together as she became a bit scared while Aoi just looked at Naegi in disbelief.
'Shit! I said that out-loud...maybe too loud but...that memory from before...' thought Naegi as sweat began to go down his forehead.
"I mean why are you doing programming for Junko?" asked Naegi.
"...Uh well..." Chihiro then began to have tears come down from his eyes and looked at Naegi feeling hurt.
"I need to go" replied Chihiro turning his body to run down the long tunnel hallway.
"Wait! Chihiro come back!" cried Aoi, she then looked at Naegi a bit furious.
"You made him cry! Why would you do that?" replied Aoi.
"I didn't mean to I-" replied Naegi but was interrupted.
"That's the first time I've heard you shout too..." replied Aoi looking down at the ground disappointed in him.
"I'm sorry" cried Naegi feeling guilty.
'I didn't mean it to happen as it did...I was only startled because he's helping Junko even though he doesn't know what Junko is getting into' thought Naegi.
"Go right now and say sorry to him!" said Aoi raising her fist and then pointing at the tunnel.
Without another word I began to run down the tunnel knowing very well that was the best decision in this situation.
"And just so you know, you should know that he was making that program for Junko's birthday coming up!" yelled Aoi as it echoed through the tunnel.
'Her birthday!? No way...' thought Naegi in disbelief.
He kept running as he could see Chihiro.
'I will apologize to you, it was uncalled for...at least it wasn't directly at him...but I gotta hurry before he gets to the other side where my younger self may be!' thought Naegi.
I run as I get closer to the end of the tunnel.
"Chihiro wait up! Please I'm so sorry!" cried Naegi.
Chihiro then made his way out of the tunnel and I stopped in my tracks. I was afraid to go out there because I was feeling very uneasy but I didn't see anyone else so it seemed okay; I could see Chihiro running to his dorm and shutting it behind him.
'Well at least I was able to apologize before he disappeared to his room...but at least he won't be bumping into the younger me anytime soon...' thought Naegi wiping the sweat from his forehead.
I turn around and head back down the tunnel and saw that Aoi was no longer there.
'I wonder where she went...guess it doesn't matter too much...' thought Naegi as he was walking towards the gift shop again. Once he gets there he doesn't see anyone in sight. I decided to take out my phone and read the text message from earlier.
To: Igean
10:03am
I'm at the shed and your sleeping. It seems like you won't wake up.
From: Kyoko
The actual time on his phone was now 10:06am and Naegi sends a text back.
(Meanwhile inside the Northern District Shed)
10:04am
After sending off the text, she heard the vibrate from the Naegi that was sleeping on the floor with his coat on. She was beginning to wonder if Naegi was just playing tricks on her. Naegi groaned as he moved to the right side, placing his hands to rest on his head as he curled his body too. Kyoko looked around the area finding it rather a little chilly in here but she decided to look outside the window that was behind the Naegi sleeping. As she made her way over she stared outside and went into deep thought.
'For some reason I trust him...he wouldn't just randomly call me and then go to sleep to pull a stunt like that...it would just not be that natural, in any case; I'll know for sure if I get a text back'
She then could see snow beginning to fall as it hit the window, there was no wind but the temperature was at least -4 Celsius. She looked up into the sky with no emotion as she just went into a daydream.
*VROOM VROOM*
Kyoko blinked her eyes and took out her phone.
'I thought so' thought Kyoko slightly smirking.
To: Kyoko
10:06am
Okay, but...I happen to bump into three of our classmates
From: Igean
Kyoko lightly sighs and texts Naegi back.
To: Igean
10:07am
...What happened? And just so you know, whenever I send you text; the other Naegi can receive it too.
From: Kyoko
Naegi texts back a minute later.
To: Kyoko
10:08am
Oh okay, this will be my last one then. The good news is I wasn't able to bump into my other self and I was able to get away from the three of them but...I hurt Chihiro's feelings and I feel really bad for it. I got spooked when they were talking about Junko's birthday coming up and I think Chihiro is beginning to work on helping Junko with programming Monokuma...I'm going to go and Apologize to Chihiro so that my younger self doesn't have to deal with it because he will definitely get suspicious. Bad news, is before I time traveled the machine wasn't working properly and we went to see the physicists to help fix the time machine and they were surprised that we had one of course. I think they were not the ones that created it...also don't trust them because they almost confiscated it. Oh by the if you could, delete the messages that you sent to my phone...the last thing I want is the me from 1 hour in the past getting involved with all of this. Anyways, I'll call you when its done.
From: Igean
Kyoko puts her phone back into her pocket and looks over to Naegi; he was still soundly asleep and it looked adorable. She then reaches into his coat pocket, deleting the text messages and putting it back into his pocket. She then shakes him to wake up and he groans.
"Naegi, wake up" replied Kyoko. Naegi opened his eyes and looked up at her.
"Oh! Kyoko! How come your here?!" replied Naegi dumbfounded as he sat up.
"I thought I'd come check up on you" replied Kyoko casually.
"Well thank goodness your here, I got lots of things I want to tell you about yesterday" replied Naegi.
"Alright tell me about it" replied Kyoko slight curious.
Kyoko listened to Naegi as he mentioned about everything with Yusuke Matsuda's appointment and found it rather interesting. After about 5-7 minutes of explaining they decided to leave the shed at 10:20am.
"There's something I want you to see in the Library. Its something I came across from awhile ago" replied Kyoko
"Okay let's go there" replied Naegi curiously as they both make their towards the east district.
(Meanwhile in the Cafeteria)
10:30am
Younger Naegi made it to the cafeteria about 10 minutes ago when Aoi hasn't even seen the younger Naegi this morning.
"So are we still going with the Surprise party in our classroom this Friday?" asked younger Naegi to a few of his classmates at the table eating.
"I'm still down dude though I'm pretty sure it will happen 69 percent" replied Yasuhiro.
"Q-q-quite accurate f-f-for a n-number r-referring to sexual p-pleasure" replied Toko to herself.
"If only cards went past the amount of 52, could they actually become more of a pleasurable game" giggled Celestia.
'Why did we go into this type of conversation?' thought younger Naegi.
Yasuhiro gets up from his seat and places his hands together praying.
"I predict 58 percent that cards with pass the amount of 52 in the next millennium" replied Yasuhiro.
"I doubt it man, no offense but your accuracy is kind of shitty" replied Leon crossing his arms leaning back from the table.
"W-what did you just say!? They're totally not!" fired Yasuhiro pointing at Leon.
Leon, Celestia, Toko, Yasuhiro and Naegi were the only ones at the table as their conversations escalated.
"Yes they are, would you give it a rest" replied Leon.
"No way! I'll predict your future!" cried Yasuhiro.
He then takes out his crystal ball and looks at it shocked.
"Something tells me you got a weird past and that your madly in love with someone" replied Yasuhiro as he stared into the crystal ball in awe.
"That's a bunch of bull crap!" shouted Leon lightly blushing.
"But that's what my fortune tells me" replied Yasuhiro placing the crystal ball into Leon's face. Leon gets up from his seat and leans forward to Yasuhiros face angry.
"Who cares about your fortune, I say its not true!" replied Leon furiously.
"Whoa guys calm down" cried Naegi butting in.
Yasuhiro was only slightly agitated with Leon but Leon was quite furious as they both stare each other down like a pack of dogs. They then settle down as Naegi's gentle words brought everything back to normal.
"Well this party of Junko's should be fun" smiled Leon lightly laughing.
'That was fast!' thought Naegi shocked.
"Has anyone decided what they will be getting her?" asked Celestia curiously.
"I-I w-was thinking o-of g-g-getting h-her makeup, b-because s-shes a-a f-fashionista" replied Toko looking at the ground.
"That's kind of too original don't you think?" replied Celestia looking at Toko confused.
"W-w-what d-do y-y-you e-even know? Poker f-face lady" replied Toko defending herself.
"I know that you can't keep a straight face, am I wrong?" asked Celestia lightly giggling.
Toko looked like she was about to break down but then someone else replied.
"Come on don't be too hard on the prodigious, if anything I'm going to get her a card" replied Leon
"Y-your g-going t-to get m-m-me a c-card, I d-don't l-like -y-you" replied Toko looking at her hands nervously.
"He's not referring to you, he's referring to Junko" replied Celestia correcting her.
"Y-you d-don't know a-anything!" cried Toko getting up from her seat and running away out of the cafeteria.
"Oh man, you got her to run away, way to go" replied Leon sarcastically.
"It's not my fault that she's too emotional" replied Celestia taking out her cards.
"Hey guys! We should probably get everyone else on this! We need them to know soon but...who haven't you guys told?" asked Naegi.
"Chihiro, Hifumi, Aoi is going to tell Sakura, Byakuya, Ishimaru knows, pretty much everyone knows" replied Celestia.
"Well then there's Sayaka!" replied Leon placing his hands on the food court table.
"Yeah that's right! I should probably go tell her!" replied Naegi as he got out of his seat and made a run out of the cafeteria.
The only three remained now were Yasuhiro, Leon and Celestia at the table. They didn't say anything to each other until one of them spoke up.
"Talk about emotional when you spoke her name" replied Celestia.
"Shut up!" cried Leon.
"Dude you totally dig her don't you?" replied Yasuhiro.
"It's none of your business man" replied Leon sharply.
"He totally is" replied Celestia giggling.
Leon knew he had strong feelings for ever since the first day he saw her at Hope's Peak Academy but he knew that she knew Naegi from junior high. He wasn't sure if she has feelings for Naegi or not but he felt slightly jealous. They continue to eat in silence as they all went into their own thoughts.
(Inside Chihiro's Dormitory Room)
10:34am
Chihiro was crying under his pillow as he was thinking about the events not long ago. He disliked being shouted at because it made him feel powerless and more than anything he doesn't like to be made fun of for being a transvestite; although that was only in general but nothing to do with what Naegi did to him.
'Why did he shout? I didn't do anything wrong...' thought Chihiro. The image of Naegi's face when he shouted appeared in his mind as clear as day and it was beginning to haunt him.
'I want to stay here...and live in a hole for awhile...it'll make me feel better' thought Chihiro trying to make himself feel better.
*KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK*
Chihiro flinches from under her pillow and opens her eyes wide in horror.
"Chihiro? It's Naegi, I came here to talk to you" replied Naegi's voice muffling through the door.
"Please go away!" cried Chihiro staying under his pillow.
(Outside Chihiro's Dormitory Room)
Future Naegi was just able to hide inside an open locker when he knew his younger self was going to come during his way before he made his way here. He was glad that this time he changed history for the better and not for the worst. However, he created new challenges before him and now he has to pay the price for it.
"I know what I did was uncalled for...and I understand if you're mad at me but...I want you to know that I didn't mean to shout...I just wasn't thinking and it happened and...I" replied Naegi clenching his fist a bit in distress.
"I was scared" replied Naegi a moment later finishing his sentence.
(Inside Chihiro's Dormitory Room)
Chihiro opened his eyes a bit confused and got his head out of the pillow and turned to look at the door.
(Outside Chihiro's Dormitory Room)
A moment of silence passes on Naegi's side and he decides to speak up again.
"I was scared because I don't know what could happen...I mean programming and technology is advancing and...it's kind of scary" replied Naegi
Suddenly the door opens and Chihiro looks up into Naegi's eyes still puzzled by why he was scared about that but he seem to sort of understood what he was trying to say.
"I don't ask for you to forgive me...I just wanted you to know that you are my friend and I wouldn't try to do anything to hurt your feelings..." replied Naegi placing his hand resting on his chest as he does his best to prove his innocence.
"I forgive you...I just was startled is all...although its okay now" replied Chihiro giving a slight smile.
'Thank goodness' thought Naegi relieved. 'I wonder if I should ask more about the programming...it might be a huge lead for monokuma but...' thought Naegi trailing off.
"So why were you surprised about me programming for Junko?" asked Chihiro curiously.
'It looks like I should give it a try!' thought Naegi positively.
"Well I just wasn't sure what exactly it was and just got surprised is all, but I guess I spoke too loud when I got excited" replied Naegi truthfully.
"Oh, well, I'm glad your excited, but I can't tell you what it is because I got to keep it a surprise for her" replied Chihiro a bit nervous.
'Dammit! I can't press him further...not after that incident' thought Naegi disappointed.
"That's okay! It's a good idea for everyone to find out for themselves at the birthday party" replied Naegi with a smile.
"Thanks for understanding, I can't wait for Friday...anyways I got to get to work and get it done fast" replied Chihiro with determined look on his face.
"Okay, I'll see you later" replied Naegi turning away from the door.
"Alright bye" replied Chihiro as he went back into his dormitory.
'Well I guess sometimes people get shouted at for many different reasons...at least its patched up now...though there's no time to lose; I got to get that programming done!' thought Chihiro as he went to his desk opening up his laptop and began typing away.
(Library 3rd Floor East District)
10:39am
Kyoko took the book out that had the initals UD, which she found out that the acronym for that stands for Ultimate Despair. Naegi looks at it fascinated and read the part that was highlighted in the book.
"I guess this doesn't surprise me, Junko must of came across it one day when she was bored" replied Naegi.
"It was something I came across a little while ago, however it could mean she highlighted that phrase so she can work at triggering the tragedy" replied Kyoko as she was placing her leather glove hand to her chin pondering in thought.
'I know this wasn't much to use as a distraction, though it should be enough time to fix the other Naegi's dilemma' thought Kyoko.
*RING RING*
"Huh? Kyoko is that your phone?" asked Naegi a bit puzzled.
"Yeah" replied Kyoko taking it out of her pocket.
*RING RING*
She looks at the name on the phone and it displayed *Igean*
"It's my grandfather, I got to take this, stay here I'll be right back" replied Kyoko lying.
"Okay" replied Naegi.
She made her way out of the library and into the 3rd floor pillar hallway. She picks up the phone and places it to her ear.
"So what's the situation?" asked Kyoko.
"Well, I manage to slip hiding from the younger version of me before I went to go apologize to Chihiro but now I'm not sure how Sayaka will react to the younger me when I ran away from her earlier" replied Naegi a bit worried.
"I wouldn't worry about it, at least you didn't encounter her when you're younger self was around at that time" replied Kyoko calmly.
"Yeah, you're right" replied Naegi.
'Hold on a second...' thought Kyoko as she came to a realization.
"There's something that's been bothering me..." replied Kyoko.
Future Naegi on the other line was a bit confused as he was surprised to find Kyoko's voice more deeper in her tone.
'Why is her voice deeper?' thought Naegi confused.
"Whaaaaat wiiillll haappeeeen tooo yooouuu-" Kyoko's words were beginning to sound like their were going in slow motion; and it was beginning to freak Naegi out.
The future Naegi blinks as his vision was beginning to see black spots in his eyes.
"K-K-k-k-k-k-kyo-" His voice felt like it was tight as a wind pipe and it was almost impossible to speak. He began to have the biggest pain his head and he started to look at his one hand as he could see it slightly turning transparent.
"Naaaeeegggiiii arrree yoooou oookaaaayy-" suddenly he dropped the phone as his whole body went into complete shock.
"Guh!" gasped Naegi as he fell to his knees near the gift shop. He did his best to try and look around him too see if anybody saw him but it felt impossible to do that too.
'Is this the end? Have I...' an image pops back in his mind from all the experiences he's been through throughout his time here and for a moment a big spark shot through his entire side of his brain as he fell flat on his stomach.
'I can't move...I...I can't think...' his body was beginning to turn more and more transparent that it was almost like he was turning into a ghost.
"Naaaaagggeeiii?-" he could vaguely hear the voice on the phone now as it was feeling more distant; almost like a million miles away from him. His vision was beginning to turn into giant black spots in his eyes and his vision was very close to fading to black.
'...! I...remember everything...dammit...this is it...I did my best...goodbye despair...and hello...to new hope' thought Naegi as his vision then faded to black and his body disappearing into thin air; as he was erased from existence.