Thanks for the good reception! I'm surprised, this story was a pretty crappy idea. *hides in corner* Maybe I just have low self esteem... Anyways, words in italics only are Sayaka's thoughts, words with italics, underline, AND quotes are other's thoughts. Don't worry, I'll state who's thoughts they are.
Here she was.
Here she was, standing in front of Hope's Peak academy.
Sayaka re-did one of her silver clips and looked at the looming building.
"Wow..." She muttered.
Today was the day that she became a student here. Today. She had sent her luggage with her clothes several days beforehand, so she had nothing to hold. She played with the ends of her blue hair nervously. There...was no point in waiting, right? If she waited too long, the fans might realize that she was here and not at home, sleeping like her group mates had posted on social media. So, ignoring her pounding heart, she stepped closer to the building. Why was she so nervous? This was easier than doing a concert... Sayaka opened the doors to the building, recalling the instructions to meet in the entrance hall at 8. Granted, she was an hour and a half early, but, it was better to be early than late.
Her foot stepped inside, then everything swirled around her and she blacked out.
Where am I?
Sayaka opened her eyes. Her head was on a table. A glass one. She was in a large, empty room with lots of chairs and tables. Some sort of dining room perhaps? The large window was covered completely. Odd, she could have sworn she could see inside it when she was outside...
She lifted her head off the table and stood up, brushing dust of her uniform. How long had she been sleeping here?
Better look around...
She saw a clock, reading 7:50. She glanced at the table. There, next to where her head had been was a note. A folded paper. She opened it carefully. There, in scrawled, messy, childish writing with a doodle of a monochrome colored bear of some sort, was a very short letter.
Hey there new kid!
The next semester is about to start. Starting today, this school will be your entire world.
No signature? What is this...?
Sayaka left the note on the table and looked around. There appeared to be the exit to this dining room or whatever, and another door next to it. She peered into the smaller door, which lead into the kitchen. There, was a girl.
Wait, I recognize her!
The girl had blue eyes and long, thick, strawberry blonde hair tied in two pigtails. She had a large red and white bow on her left pigtail, and a white bunny hair clip on her right pigtail, as well as a black cardigan over a white dress shirt, unbuttoned enough to expose the top of her black-and-red bra. A long tie loosely dangled around her neck, equal parts black and white, with a red "X" in a circle at the point where the colors met. She also wore a red miniskirt and mid-sized black boots with platform heels and red laces. Yep. Sayaka had seen countless magazines with this girl on front.
"Ah, are you okay?" Sayaka asked the girl, who was half conscious,and draped over a counter.
"Fine. Just a little head bump I guess-Oh,wait. You're Sayaka Maizono, right?"
"Yeah. You're…Junko Enoshima?"
"Yep. What happened?"
"Beats me. I woke up in the dining room on a table, with a weird note-"
"You mean this one?" Junko showed her the same note that Sayaka had received.
"M-hm."
"What do you think we should do?"
"I think it's almost eight. We…should head to the main hall."
"Good call. Are you a Hope's Peak student?"
"Super Duper High School Level Pop Sensation. "
"Super Duper high School Level Fashionista."
The two girls started walking to where they assumed the main hall probably was.
Sayaka poked into Junko Enoshima's thoughts.
"So good so far. I'm holding this act pretty well. But, I better be careful."
Act about what?
Sayaka decided to say something before she got more tempted to continue reading Junko's thoughts.
"You look a little different than what you look like on the magazines." Sayaka remarked.
"So do you. I mean, Photoshop. They do it to your pictures, right?"
"Not really. They do Photoshop it, but I don't look much different than my Photoshopped self. It's weird."
"You look almost exactly like your Photoshopped self. You're so pretty that they couldn't find anything to change." Junko said, her tone monotonous.
"i didn't offend you, right?"
"No." Junko smiled brightly. "Just messing with you. Look, that must be the main hall."
The two girls entered the main hall.
"YOU TWO! YOU WERE ALMOST LATE! IT IS EXACTLY 8!" A boy her age yelled.
"Lay off of us, we're not late yet." Junko said, annoyed.
"Is this all of us?" A girl with large black drill pigtails and extremely pale skin asked. Sayaka noted that her accent seemed...rather fake.
"We should wait for stragglers-" Sayaka was cut off by another student entering.
Makoto?!
"Woah, hey! Another new kid?" Remarked the student with spiky red hair.
"Huh? Then you guys are all..." Makoto trailed off.
"Yeah. We're all new here. Today's supposed to be our first day of class." A shy-looking girl with short brown hair answered.
"So, counting him, that makes 15. Seems like a good cut-off point, but I wonder if this is everyone..." Said the rather overweight boy with glasses.
Why is Makoto here?
Makoto looked at all of them, taking in their faces one by one. His thoughts of mostly confusion were pouring out of his head, Sayaka noticed.
"Um...how's it going? My name's Makoto Naegi." Makoto said, almost hesitantly. Sayaka attempted to select a thought to read, but gave up when she realized that there were too many.
"Sorry I'm late, a bunch of stuff happened, and then all of a sudden I was just...asleep."
"Woah, you too?" Said the guy with the very large amount of hair.
Seriously, he's like a tree.
"Things just keep getting curiouser and curiouser..." Wondered the girl with the large drill pigtails.
"So strange... I declare beyond a shadow of doubt that this is a strange situation indeed!" Said the large one again.
"Um...what are you talking about? I honestly have no idea what's going on right now." Makoto bluntly said.
"Wait a moment! There is something we must address!" Said the boy that had yelled at Sayaka and Junko earlier.
"Makoto! Your tardiness is unacceptable! Surely you were aware that the meeting was to start at 8 A.M. sharp!" He yelled. "To be late on your first day is unspeakable! I must report you and you must accept your due punishment!"
"What's your problem? It's not like he wanted to be late. He didn't have any control over it." Junko said, visibly annoyed. Sayaka found herself nodding in agreement.
"Everyone, just calm down! Listen, why don't we all go around and introduce ourselves?" A girl with a rather odd ponytail and athletic clothes said, cheerful.
"The hell?! Now's no time for friggin' introductions!" A rough looking boy said, his hair in an also rather odd shape.
Why is everyone's hair so weird? I mean, my hair is naturally blue, but it's weird.
"Maybe, but it may be good to at least find out who we all are before digging into the bigger problems here." Said the girl with the drill pigtails again. I mean, how are we all supposed to talk to each other if we do not know each other's names?"
"That's a good point." Said the shy looking girl.
"Okay, so let's get introductions out of the way, then we can move on to whatever else. Sound good?" Sayaka asked everybody. They all nodded in agreement.
Great. Let's learn about these people and poke in their heads a bit.
Let's start with the one who yelled at Junko and I earlier.
He had spiky black hair, red eyes, and large eyebrows. He also wore a very well-kept uniform, and knee-high black boots. The kanji on his arm band said "Public morals".
Well then, let's introduce myself.
"Hi there, I'm Sayaka Maizono." She said, cheerful.
"I'm Kiyotaka Ishimaru, the Super Duper High School Level Public Morals Committee Member! I believe in bold simplicity! Let's work together on our educational crusade!" He yelled at her. She took a step back.
He's...rather loud.
She poked into his thoughts.
"I hope I did not startle her..."
"No, you didn't startle me! It's just that your voice is a bit loud, that's all!" She reassured him. He seemed surprised that she had somehow managed to answer his own thoughts, but surprisingly did not question her. She smiled at him.
Although he's loud, he seems like a good guy who follows the rules. Maybe I can become friends with him. Sayaka went to the next person.
Okay, here's the next girl. She didn't talk at all, so I'm not really sure what to think.
She wore a dark female sailor Japanese school uniform, worn with a rather lengthy skirt compared to the other girl's skirts. She also had large round eyeglasses and her dark purple hair was tied in two long braids.
She seems also rather shy. But she does look pretty smart, I have to admit. Probably has more brainpower than I do.
""N-not that you'll remember my n-name anyway, but... I'm T-Toko... Toko Fukawa. The Super Duper High School Level Writing prodigy...or whatever..."
"I'm Sayaka Maizono. I think I've read a novel or two of yours before. They were wonderfully written."
"..."
"..."
"What are you looking at me for? You just think I'm the ugliest, filthiest thing you've ever seen, huh? Especially compared to some whore like you with looks?!"
"N-no..."
"Typical idiot idol. Why am I not surprised."
"Idiot idol?" Sayaka gasped softly.
"H-how did you-?" Sayaka walked away, her feelings a little hurt. Sure, she was mostly used to it, after all, she was a celebrity, but it still stung.
Makoto next. I know him, but he doesn't know me, so act like you don't know him at all.
"Hi, I'm Sayaka Maizono! I look forward to getting to know you." She said happily to her familiar classmate.
There was a moment of silence while he processed her talking to him. She poked in on several thoughts. He was stating facts that he knew about her. He probably did this for everyone.
"She's almost like a doll or something..."
A doll?
"I'm not a doll, you know. I'm alive!" She said.
"Huh?! Did you hear me?!" He looked panicked.
"I'm psychic." She said seriously.
May as well mess with him, even though I'm actually psychic.
"...Huh?" He replied, looking surprised.
"Kidding! I just have really good intuition." She reassured him.
Which is a complete and utter lie, but nobody has to know that. Maybe I'll bring up the topic of us going to middle school together now that he's kind of relaxed.
"Huh? Hey, by any chance...?"
"Now what?"
"...Yeah. It must be. I'm sure of it." She said, pretending to act surprised. "Hey, Makoto. Did-?" She was cut off by Kiyotaka, lecturing her and Makoto for talking so long.
"S-Sorry, Just got carried away I guess..." She answered to Kiyotaka sheepishly. He continued to lecture her.
"Y-you're right." She said, to stop him from talking any longer.
"Sorry Makoto..." She said sadly to Makoto.
Argh, just as I was about to have a legit conversation with Makoto too! Well, I guess I better keep introducing myself.
Okay, this guy next.
He had a punkish appearance with dyed spiked hair, a lot of piercings and a goatee. His eyes were pale blue and he also wore a lot heavy accessories such as a chain necklace and belts. For his clothes, he wore a white shirt with a red grunge skull design. On top of that, he had a white jacket with a popped collar. Finally, he had black pants and white shoes with platform soles.
"Yo! My name is Leon Kuwata, the Super Duper High School Level Baseball Star! What's up?" He said to her. She smiled lightly.
"I'm Sayaka Maizono. Nice to meet you!"
"Not only is she really cute, she's a musician too! Maybe she can help me out with my music career!"
"Your music career?" Sayaka asked.
"How did you-"
"What kind of music? I thought you played baseball."
"I don't like it much. Never even went to practice. I'm just that good. And, to answer the music question, PUNK ROCK!"
"Oh."
"I've already got vocals covered, just need some people to play instruments."
"I can probably find someone for you." She said, smiling. She walked away.
He's kinda exhausting. Oh, well.
Moving on...this guy.
He was an overweight boy with black hair and a pointed ahoge, as well as some odd glasses. He was dressed in a white shirt with an orange tie which has a blue arrow at the tip pointing upwards. He also had a grey, unbuttoned cardigan over his shirt and an orange backpack. Finally, he had black trousers and white trainers.
"My name is Hifumi Yamada. 'The man who is the beginning and the end.' You can call me either way, I don't mind. I'm the Super Duper High School Level Otaku!"
"I think I'll just call you by name. I'm Sayaka Maizono."
"She looks quite a bit like a...kawaii princess! Yes, that's the word."
"Did you just call me a 'Kawaii Princess'?"
"What?!"
"Nevermind." Sayaka said, unnerved, She backed away continued walking.
Well...he's creepy. Moving on.
Let's try this girl, the energetic one.
She had tanned skin and brown hair worn in a ponytail. She wore athletic shorts and a red track suit jacket over a white shirt. She also had a rather...curvaceous body.
"Heya! I'm Aoi Asahina, The Super Duper High School Level Swimming Pro. But my friends just call me Hina. 'Sup?"
"Sayaka Maizono! Nice to meet you."
"Sayaka...Maizono...Sayaka...Maizono...Sayaka...Maizono." She started writing on her palm.
"What are you doing?" Sayaka asked.
"If you write someone's name on your palm a few times, then you'll never forget their name!"
"Wait, how do you spell Maizono?"
"M-A-I-Z-O-N-O." Sayaka said.
"How'd you know I didn't know how to spell your last name?"
"I just guessed." Hina willingly nodded.
She's so energetic and cheerful. I think I'll like her.
Okay, how about this girl? She looks nice.
She had a small, lithe stature and doll-like appearance with short, light brown, layered hair and greenish-brown eyes. She also wore a school uniform set consisting of a dark green jacket with a white dress shirt underneath, a brown skirt, matching suspenders, black socks and white shoes.
"Hello, nice to meet you. My name is Chihiro Fujisaki, the Super Duper High School Level Programmer slash Hacker." She said, blushing.
"Sayaka Maizono, nice to meet you too!"
There was a little silence between the two.
"I'm sorry, did I say something wrong? You're so silent."
"No, nothing!" Sayaka denied.
"S-sorry..."
"No need to apologize."
Another silence.
"Okay, she seems convinced that I'm a girl..."
Wait...Chihiro is a boy? If it weren't for this mind-reading thing, I would have been convinced that he was a girl! It must be a secret though, better not say anything...
Alright, next.
This girl was a relatively tall young woman, with purple eyes and a pale complexion. She wore her lavender hair down and with a braid on the side, tied with a black ribbon. Her outfit consisted of a dark purple collared jacket over a white blouse and brown tie, along with a short skirt and heeled knee-high boots. She also, oddly enough, wore black gloves.
"..."
"..."
"Um...May I ask your name?" Sayaka asked politely, feeling suddenly shy.
"My name is...Kyoko Kirigiri."
"Sayaka Maizono..." Sayaka said softly.
Odd. She didn't tell me her talent.
"May I ask your talent?"
"...Why?" Kyoko replied.
"I was just curious...if you don't wanna tell me, then..."
"Then I won't tell you."
"Um...okay."
"Even if I was willing to tell her, I don't even remember what my talent is..." On hearing this mentally, Sayaka gasped. Kyoko looked at her, confused.
"Nothing. I'm going to move on." Sayaka briskly walked away from Kyoko.
I don't want to mess with this girl, that's for sure...
I'm going to say hi to Junko before continuing these introductions...
"You already know my name!" Junko said cheerfully to Sayaka.
"Haha, yes, I do. How's introductions going?" Sayaka asked her.
"Pretty well. Everyone here is crazy to some extent though."
"We're not exactly your average students... Well, except for Makoto." Sayaka remarked.
"Ha ha, yep. Are you done?"
"No, not done introducing myself yet."
"Well, then. let's finish." Junko said, walking away.
"Pretty close calls. Almost introduced myself as Mukuro Ikusaba when I was talking to Makoto..."
Mukuro Ikusaba?! Then...what happened to Junko? Better keep this under wraps until I can speak privately to...Mukuro about this.
Let's not focus on Mukuro right now. Move on to this guy.
He was a tall and muscular young man with slightly tanned skin, defined facial features and purple eyes. His clothes were a black overcoat adorned with the symbol of "The Crazy Diamonds" along with Japanese text and dragon motifs in orange, worn open over a white A-shirt, baggy black pants held up by a belt and white loafers. The buckle of his belt was shaped like a lion-dog.
"Name's Mondo Owada. Nice to *bleep*'n meetcha."
"Uh...uhm..." Sayaka said, slightly frightened.
"..."
"Uh...I'm Sayaka Maizono. By the way...what's your talent?"
"Biker gang leader."
"...Oh...okay."
"Great. I scared her."
"You didn't scare me! That much, anyways." Sayaka quickly walked away before he could respond. Honestly? He scared her. A lot.
Woah. Better stay out of his way.
N-next...
She...this was a girl, right? She had a very tall muscular build. She had long white hair, reddened-dark skin, and a scar across her face. She's wearing a white sailor school uniform with ripped sleeves and bandages on her arms and legs, and a blue skirt.
"I am Sakura Ogami."
Yep, her name is definitely a girl's name. I'm glad I didn't wonder her gender out loud. She's not as scary as Mondo is, but she still could hurt me.
"What's your talent?" Sayaka asked.
"Martial Artist."
"Oh. Okay then." Sayaka tried to access her thoughts, but there really wasn't much to be read.
"…"
Looks like there's not a lot on her mind. I better move on.
Okay…this guy. Great. He looks like a boatload of fun.
He had a tall, slim figure, and wore a white shirt underneath and a green criss-cross tie. He had short dirty blond hair, and he wears white framed glasses.
"Um…hi. I'm Sayaka Maizono."
"Name's Byakuya Togami, the Super Duper High School Level Heir."
"Um…alright."
"…What do you want?"
"I just wanted to introduce myself." Sayaka replied.
"Do you know who I am?"
"More or less. You're not really involved in the music world, so I can't say that I know much about you. I know you run a huge business and all, if that accounts for anything." Sayaka said.
"I was asking because if you knew, then you would have left."
"Oh! Geez! I am SO sorry! I had NO idea that I was supposed to leave, even though YOU gave me SO many visual cues and SIGNALS! I am SO sorry! SO sorry that I don't appear to have as much brain power as you, therefore I can't figure out SIMPLE logic!" Sayaka replied, sounding as sarcastic as possible in a sudden fit of snarkiness.
Wow…He actually looks surprised. And angry. Did I really tick him off that much? Either way…it's kind of funny.
"How dare some…pest…such as she…dare say that to me?"
"I'm not a pest!" Sayaka said, annoyed.
"How did you-"
Sayaka laughed and walked away.
That was…entertaining. Heh heh.
Oh, man, that was funny. Let's move on.
The next guy had a…rather extravagant hairstyle, spiky and large, which was dark brown. He wore three layers of shirts, the top one being an old green uniform jacket, the second one being a white rough shirt, and his third layer is a small yellow short-sleeved shirt. He wore a big brown sash and used a yellow rope as his belt.
"I'm Yasuhiro Hagakure-Hiro for short! Super Duper High School Level Fortune Teller! Take it easy, yeah? I know I will!"
"Sayaka Maizono. Nice to meet you."
"You know, there's something special about you. I just know it."
"What?"
"You don't happen to be one of those creeps who can read minds, right?"
"What?!"
"Just messing with you. Hey, see if you can guess what I'm, thinking, and we can prove it!"
I better not say anything aloud.
"A bigfoot being chased by sky fish."
"I'm sorry, a bigfoot being chased by sky fish?" Sayaka asked, out of shock.
Oh no! I didn't mean to say anything aloud! Argh! What do I do?
"Woah! How did you-?"
Sayaka held a hand out in front of his face.
"Fine, I can read minds. Happy? You know what, before you answer, do it in your head. I'll just read it. Please don't tell anyone! Please!" Sayaka said, hushed.
"Okay, I won't. Your secret is safe with me."
Sayaka smiled and nodded. She could…probably trust him with this. Even if he revealed it, she was a better liar than this guy probably was. She'd be okay.
Probably.
Let's talk to this last girl.
She had a slim figure and pale skin, with black hair in two large twin-drill pigtails, red eyes, gold earrings, and black nail polish. She wore a Gothic Lolita outfit, consisting of a white blouse with a Peter-Pan collar, a black jacket that includes white ribbon lacing down the sleeves, fastened by a simple ribbon across her chest which showed her red tie with a butterfly pattern on it, and the waist of her skirt, was many-tiered and had a lot of white lace. She also had knee-high stockings trimmed in ladder lace, red Mary Janes with a thick heel, a white lace headpiece and a silver, almost weapon-like ring on her index finger.
"Delighted to meet you. My name is Celestia Ludenberg, The Super Duper High School Level Gambler. You may call me Celeste."
"Celestia Ludenberg? You're Japanese, not to mention that the accent is fake." Sayaka said, rather bluntly.
"Excuse me?"
"I'm in show business. I know when people are lying."
"Lying?" Celeste said. She leaned forward threateningly in Sayaka's face and tilted her head to the side, almost innocently, if it weren't for the fact that her eyes were full of malice.
"Uh…Um…I…" Sayaka stammered.
"Eheheheh. It is fine. May I have your name?"
"Sayaka Maizono…" Sayaka said, nervous.
"I hope we can get along." She had accentuated the words 'get along' in a rather threatening manner.
"Uh huh."
"So she's smart. I must be careful around this girl. She is good at perceiving lies."
Ack. She's also scary.
Yay! Intros are over, let's start plot next chapter!
-Skye