Heaven With You (Part 9) (Deadly Life) (Final)
There's so many things to be disgusted about when you're in a killing game.
The fact that you're in one in the first place…
Some of the terrible people you're stuck with…
And of course, the many deaths that comes with being in one.
The moment someone's soul leaves their body and goes off to who knows where.
But what's even more disgusting is watching that moment.
With Silver and Satoko, we only saw their corpses. To us, they almost looked as if they were in a deep sleep, one that would just so happen to unfortunately last forever.
But with Ritsu and Hiiro...we were forced to watch the very moment when their young lives came to an end.
Just a few minutes before their untimely deaths, they were talking to us, alive and well. In fact, a few minutes before that, they were arguing their hearts out, trying to convince us that they weren't the cruel killers we thought they were.
But then we voted for them...
And they were executed, right in front of our very eyes...all because we had to vote for them; it's just how this cruel and unforgiving killing game works.
As cruel as it might be to say, Ritsu did kill Silver, and although the punishment she was given was quite severe, it was deserved, to some degree.
But Hiiro…
Yes, he hit Satoko in the head with a bat, inflicting the wound that ended her short life...but there's more to this story that tells me he didn't deserve what we just had to watch.
Because…
The one truly to blame…
Is him.
"You all look so down." He remarked with a smirk, looking at all of us with his signature look of superiority and smugness. "What happened, did I miss something?" He added in a sarcastic tone.
"You…" Jack said, glaring at the evil half of the Ultimate Occultist. "You were the one behind Satoko's murder, weren't you?"
Kuro gasped. "Who? Me? No, I would never! C'mon guys, do you really think I could do something like that?"
"Stop with the bullshit," Takahashi said. "The bear already told us you convinced Hiiro to kill Satoko somehow."
"Upupupu, that's right!" Monokuma nodded. "I was hoping you were going to come out a little earlier for a dramatic trial finale with Hiiro here, but now is A-ok too!"
"Aw man, so he tattled on me?" Kuro laughed. "Shit, guess you guys know everything now then…"
"No, we don't. You owe us answers." I said. "Why did you convince Hiiro to kill Satoko?! How did you even manage to do something like that?"
"Oh, so you don't know?" Kuro asked. "And why would I tell you anything about my business?"
"Because if you don't tell us what happened I'm going to electrocute your brain and remove you from Shiro's mind." I turned my head in surprise at the bold claim, to see Isami looking at Kuro with her usual blank expression.
Kuro simply glared at her in response.
"Hm, is there a problem?" Isami questioned, tilting her head.
"I think we're all just surprised to hear something like that come from you." Sonoda admitted, slowly backing away from the girl.
Isami shook her head. "It's just the truth...I am the Ultimate Tinkerer, who uses my talents to solve any problems that I run into. Whether that problem is something simple like a damaged motherboard, or perhaps a little more complex, like someone I care about having a less than pleasant split personality, I guarantee you that I will solve it."
"Tch, fuck you and your claims." Kuro sneered. "You know that doing electroshock therapy on our body is way too dangerous. Besides, if you really do manage to 'get rid of me', that's technically murder. After all, Shiro and I share the title of the Ultimate Occultist."
"...Maybe." Isami shrugged. "However the way I see it, if you're gone and Shiro's still here, the Ultimate Occultist would still be alive and well. After all, you may be listed along with Shiro on the official roster, but you're the same person and the fact that Shiro is the primary personality in your body will never change."
She has a point. Shiro and Kuro are one person living in the same body; Kuro is just a split personality of Shiro. He's not a real person (unless you believe the theory that Kuro is actually a spirit), so him being 'murdered' via electroshock therapy or something won't count as murder since Shiro and his body will still be alive, meaning the Ultimate Occultist would live on to conduct as many seances and rituals that he wants to.
On the other hand, if Isami or somebody else were to actually stab Shiro/Kuro in the heart, strangle him with a rope, or drown him in the pool, that would be counted as murder since the body belonging to them would be no more so both Shiro and Kuro would be dead.
"Ok, can we stop theorizing?" Mari complained. "You're making my brain hurt, and this is totally a waste of time. Let's just hear how Kuro got Hiiro to kill Satoko so that we can move on with our day."
"As cruel as it sounds, I do agree with Mari." Fran sighed. "We can discuss what we'll do with Kuro after we hear what happened."
"What you'll do with me?" Kuro scoffed. "Monokuma, these assholes can't really do anything to me, right?"
Monokuma shrugged. "Well my dear son, technically you aren't really a real person and are just an extension of Shiro, so in reality it doesn't really matter if anything happens to you!"
Kuro paled for a moment, before clearing his throat. "W-Whatever. I've put dozens of people in the hospital, I'll do the same to all of you if you try to put a finger on me."
"Yeah right," Takahashi sneered. "You probably weigh 90 lbs. or something, I could easily deck you in the face. I am the Ultimate fucking Pilot aft-"
"Can you guys please stop!" A voice pleaded. I turned my head to see a pale and distressed Koko shaking her head at us. "Please, now is not the time to argue! We need to find out what happened to Hiiro that made him kill Satoko!"
I nodded. "She and Mari are right. Entertaining Kuro's threats and comments is doing nothing but wasting our time. Kuro, spit it out already. Why'd you have Hiiro kill Satoko?"
Everyone stayed quiet, awaiting Kuro's answer. All eyes were on the white haired boy, who looked none too pleased to be bossed around by one of the people he hated the most.
Huh, come to think of it, this is the first time I'm seeing him since he almost got me killed.
I won't bring that up now, though…
"Where do I even start?" Kuro huffed. "All you guys need to know is that Hiiro killed Satoko, end of story."
"How about the beginning of the story?" Leonia frowned. "This would've had to be a carefully thought out plan, yes?"
"Not really," Kuro shrugged. "It was a pretty fucking simple and kinda of a heat in the moment type thing. I guess you could say it was a convenient situation for me."
"Can we get some privacy, please?" Clara blushed.
"Yeah, you two need to go outside." Mari demanded. "No way are you looking at us while we're changing!"
"I wasn't planning on doing that anyways, but fine." Hiiro sighed. He started towards the door, while Kuro was still sitting on the bleachers, his head bowed down as he trembled every so often.
"That means you too, anger issues!" Mari yelled.
Kuro slowly lifted his head up to meet Mari's gaze. "K-Kinda busy right now. F-fuck off, I'm not going to l-look at your g-gross body…"
"Busy doing what?" Clara questioned. "You're just sitting there…"
Kuro suddenly violently trembled and hit his head. "Shut up! Stay away!"
"What's wrong with you?" Mari scoffed. "Just get out already so we can change!"
Kuro groaned, standing up and angrily storming out of the pool room. Hiiro still hadn't left yet, he was watching the boy with a confused expression.
"I wonder what's wrong with him." He said.
"He always has a problem." Mari scoffed. "I don't know why he's still allowed to roam around here."
"Uh, because he's a human being capable of roaming wherever he wants?" Clara sarcastically answered. "He may be a roach but he still has human rights."
"Takahashi has human rights too but you tried to end his life." Mari snapped back with a smirk.
Clara narrowed her eyes in response.
Hiiro shook his head and left the pool room. "Always so dramatic…" He muttered.
When he stepped outside into the hall, he found Kuro facing a wall, muttering something to himself.
"I-I did it! I have b-back control!" He said in a soft tone.
Hiiro raised a brow. "Kuro? What's the matter with you today?"
Kuro (?) jumped and quickly turned around. "H-Hiiro! It's me Shiro, I f-finally got control back from Kuro!"
Hiiro shook his head. "Ah, trying to trick me again? Sorry, but it won't work this time."
"I k-know it's hard to b-believe but I p-promise it's me!" He insisted.
Hiiro scoffed. "Yeah, right. Just leave me alone until the girls are done in there."
Shiro helplessly backed down from talking to Hiiro.
"Wait a minute, hold on." Takumi interrupted. "Shiro didn't mention any of this!"
"Yes, all he said was that Hiiro and Kuro waited in the hallway until Clara and Mari were done changing." Akumu nodded.
"Then you guys went back inside and Shiro managed to take back control sometime after Hiiro, Clara, and Mari left." Evelyn continued.
"A-And then he banged his head on the anti-gravity machine to knock Kuro out…" Nadia said.
"Which is when he managed to walk over to the secret control room for the pool...which he somehow knew about." Norikazu concluded.
Kuro watched all this with a smirk on his face.
"What's so funny?" I asked. "Was Shiro not telling the truth?"
"He was telling his truth." Kuro replied. "But you guys seem to forget that I can withhold information from Shiro and vice versa."
"But if Shiro was the one talking with Hiiro in the hallway, wouldn't he remember?" Clara inquired.
Kuro shook his head. "Shiro's one of the weakest idiots I know. Yes he can try and gain control of our body as much as he likes, making our head hurt and our body shake, but do you really think he has enough power to overtake me and remember doing so? I came into his life in order to protect him from anyone who could hurt him, including himself. So it's easy as hell to make him forget certain things, if I want him too. Believe me, if I want to suppress his personality and become the dominant owner of our body, I could do it with a snap of my fingers…"
"So what're you saying?" I asked. "When Shiro took over after Hiiro, Clara, and Mari left, that was...your doing?"
"Let me finish first," Kuro smirked. "I'm still not done yet."
With Shiro feeling dejected from being rejected by Hiiro, Kuro quickly took over the body, suppressing Shiro's personality. "Phew, I thought he might've actually gotten away with it this time…"
Hiiro turned to look at him. "Kuro. Are you done playing games with me?"
"Playing games?" Kuro repeated. "Games…"
He thought about the killing game they were now in…
Traitor/Truce…
The motive…
"Hiiro, I need you to do something for me." Kuro said.
Hiiro raised a brow. "Why would I ever do something for you? You've been nothing but a nuisance to all of us; a thorn in our sides that won't go away. I'm better off just ignoring you for the rest of our time aboard this ship."
Kuro glared at Hiiro and slowly walked up to him.
Kuro was only 5'6", 4 inches shorter than Hiiro. But it wasn't his height that made him imposing, it was the way he stood and spoke to you, his words laced with malice. So when Kuro stood in front of Hiiro, inches away from his face, Hiiro couldn't help but gulp.
"W-what are you doing?" Hiiro questioned, trying to back away, but Kuro grabbed his arm.
"I've sent kids to the hospital for so much as looking at me and Shiro. Broken arms, broken legs...sometimes even broken necks. Shiro may be a weakling who can't do anything right, but I'll protect him and our body no matter what. Which is why you're going to kill Satoko."
Hiiro frowned, no longer intimidated. "What did you just say? Do you honestly think I'll kill someone for you; you must be delusion-"
"I'll kill Koko."
…
…
…
"Uh, sorry, did I hear that right?" Sonoda nervously laughed.
"Yeah it almost sounded like you told Hiiro that you'd kill Koko…" Takumi added with an equally awkward laugh.
"Which can't possibly be true," Akumu said. "Right?"
Koko said nothing, looking at Kuro with a stern expression.
Kuro rolled his eyes. "Can you guys just shut up and listen?"
Hiiro instantly tensed, the vein on his forehead popping. "What did you just say?"
"You heard me right." Kuro scoffed. "If you don't kill Satoko, then I'll kill Koko. It's as simple as that."
"You're an idiot." Hiiro responded. "Mar-"
Kuro quickly put his hand over Hiiro's mouth and took something out of his pocket.
"I'll gut you right here if you try to call for Mari and Clara." Kuro said, slowly removing his hand from Hiiro's mouth.
"How did you even get that?!" Hiiro asked in surprise. "Seizo and Takahashi confiscated all the weapons!"
"With the lovely bodyguard rule gone, anything in the kitchen is up for grabs." Kuro smirked, twirling a kitchen knife with his fingers. "Now hurry up and go to the gym and kill Satoko before she leaves! If not, then you can try and call for help, but I'll stab you. You can also try and run away, but I'll still stab you. I've broken more bones than the number of coffee's you've made in your lifetime.. There's no way out of this so you might as well just do what I say."
Hiiro's eyes started to water. "Why...why are you doing this? Are you really that desperate to save Shiro? Just win the Traitor/Truce game and the motive won't come true!"
"That's not happening." Kuro answered. "After that stunt I pulled where I pretended to be Shiro, no one's going to vote to spare me now. Alternatively, I'm never going to vote to spare anyone either. At the very least, there'll always be two people left, voting to eliminate each other over and over. Look, I know this is extreme, but I'm not just being an asshole and forcing you to kill someone. There's a way you can get out of here, y'know…"
"What? By getting away with murder? Everyone else will die-" Hiiro couldn't finish before Kuro interrupted him.
"Except you and Koko." Kuro said. "And, well, me and Shiro of course."
"What are you talking about?" Hiiro questioned. "Monokuma's rules are very strict-"
"There's a loophole." Kuro claimed. "Monokuma never said that the person who delivers the finishing blow is the only one whose blackened. If you and I work together, along with Koko, then we'll all be blackened, and we'll all get away with the murder. So, what do you say? I'll tell you what to do, you have all the tools capable of getting away with it, but you need to hurry."
"It's kill or be killed, along with Koko." Hiiro frowned. "What choice do I have?"
"Wow, wow, wow, is that really true, Monokuma?" Evelyn asked. "If that's the case, then a bunch of people could conspire to murder and all be blackened! Then they could all cover for each other, vote for a random person not a part of their group, and leave!"
"Upupupu...as interesting as that would be: no! The blackened is the student who delivers the fatal blow to the victim, the masterminds or co-conspirators of the murder are spotless along with everyone else!" Monokuma revealed.
"Hah, so your little theory was wrong, Kuro." Mari smirked.
Kuro simply smirked back, looking not at all bothered.
It confused me at first why Kuro didn't get upset. After all, if he truly thought that Hiiro, him, and Koko were all the blackened, then because Hiiro failed to get away with the murder and got executed, that means him and Koko would be too.
But I quickly realized why he wasn't bothered in the slightest…
"...You knew your 'theory' was wrong." I concluded. "You lied to Hiiro. You knew that there was no way he'd agree to kill anyone if there was a chance that Koko could die. Plus, he'd be confused as to why you were doing all this to keep Shiro safe, when he'd be executed right along with the rest of the spotless if Hiiro got away with it. So you lied to him, so there was no way he could refuse your threat…"
"Then why did he not say anything when he was found out as the blackened?" Clara questioned. "He would've said something like: Well Kuro's also guilty since he came up with all of this, so shouldn't he be executed too?"
"He would have, yes." Takahashi nodded. "If it wasn't for the fact that Hiiro thought there was a chance Koko would also be executed, as a fellow blackened."
"Why exactly did Hiiro think Koko would've been considered a blackened?" Fran asked. "Kuro, I can understand since he was the mastermind, but Koko had nothing to do with it."
Koko narrowed her eyes.
"Because Koko lied for Hiiro." I answered. "Without even realizing it."
"I checked in here at 2:00, and when you guys didn't show up by 2:05, I went back to the game room to be with Koko." Hiiro answered.
"You only gave them five minutes?" I deadpanned.
"Yes." Hiiro answered bluntly. "I told Mari before that she could find me in the game room if she happened to be late, after all."
"Hiiro and I played the most intense game of chess ever!" Koko beamed. "If only we got to finish, I definitely would have won!"
"Sure…" Hiiro muttered.
"N-no…" Koko shook her head. "No! Hiiro didn't kill Satoko! He was with me the whole time you said he was cleaning up the crime scene!" She insisted.
"A-and he couldn't have done it, anyway!" Koko continued. "Remember, he came to the game room as soon as he was done supervising Mari and Clara, and he we went to wait for Taka and Mari toget-"
"No, Koko. Don't lie for me." Hiiro said, sadly smiling. "You know that's not true."
"Hiiro…" Koko whispered, tears streaming down her face.
"In fact, you've been lying for me for quite a while, huh?" Hiiro said. "You knew I took a little longer to get to the game room after Clara and Mari were done swimming, and I took a little longer than five minutes to 'wait for Mari and Taka'..."
"I-I dunno…" Koko sniffed. "I've always been terrible at keeping the time."
"Koko was Hiiro's alibi. She 'lied' for him, telling us all that he was with her during the time she thought Satoko was killed, when in reality she was at Takumi's special brunch, nowhere near Hiiro." I explained.
"Making her a type of 'co-conspirator'." Takahashi concluded.
"So that's why Hiiro believed Kuro's theory?" Leonia questioned.
"Maybe," Kuro shrugged. "Maybe not. Can't ask him now since he's dead."
"Why'd you even bother doing all that?" Jack frowned. "He would've killed...Satoko anyways, since you would've killed him if he didn't."
"Probably." Kuro nodded. "But I needed him to have motivation. Otherwise, he might've just went into the gym and not done anything to Satoko, instead hiding from me with her, or he would've killed her but very half-heartedly and not hid any of the evidence since he had no motivation to save himself if it meant Koko would be executed."
"I get it." I nodded. "With newfound motivation, Hiiro did everything you told him to do. You were the one who told him to break the stop clock, and to clean the baseball bat in the pool, weren't you?"
"Yup." Kuro nodded. "He was the one to come up with using the Senza-Sangue to clean up the blood. He told me his dilemma about not being able to take anything out of the infirmary, so I gave him my hoodie. After that, he quickly went into the gym, bonked Satoko on the head with the baseball bat, and hid her body in the air vent, putting the cover back on it."
"Which is why I didn't notice the vent was open…" Mari sighed.
"After that Clara and Mari finally let us in the pool room, where I let Shiro believe he was in control. When they left with Hiiro, he did that whole crazy ass thing of 'knocking me out of his head', and took us to the control room. It was Hiiro who did all the grunt work of cleaning up the blood, moving Satoko's body into the pool, and tying up loose ends. Well, come to think of it, he did forget to put the vent cover back on. He gets all the credit for that." Kuro smirked.
"So that's it then…" I said. "You threatened Hiiro into killing Satoko. But now comes the harder question to answer: Why?"
"Isn't it obvious?" Kuro scoffed. "The motive. You guys all think I was lying, but I was dead serious all those times…"
Kuro snickered. "Oh, no one told you? I'm not just some split personality brought on by a traumatic incident Shiro went through or some shit. I'm a spirit who inhabits his body to protect him from assholes like Mari and Takahashi."
"Tch, why should I tell you? ...Ugh, fine. Me and Shiro both have different people. Mine is Shiro...and Shiro's is me." (This one I found pretty damn interesting. Shiro and Kuro's most important person is each other?)
Before leaving, he addressed us all once again. "Anybody of you assholes thinking of hurting Shiro have to go through me first. And I guarantee you I won't let you lay a finger on him."
"I already told you guys. I'm not letting Shiro play this game. So no matter how many theories or plans you come up with to get rid of me; I'll still be here. And I'll knock you off one by one. I'm going to win the Traitor/Truce game!"
"I'll do whatever I have to to protect Shiro, even if it means lying through my teeth or manipulating the hell out of somebody." Kuro said, clenching his fist and looking at all of us with a serious expression.
"Satoko, Hiiro, or whoever the hell else. If it's convenient for me, then I could care less about how my actions affect others." He continued. "Shiro and I are leaving this killing game alive, I can promise all of you that right now. Whoever dies between now and then is just collateral damage for my cause."
Kuro started to walk away from his stand, starting for the elevator. "All of you mean nothing to me. You're just opponents in a video game. I'll knock you all off one by one."
We all stood silent, watching the Occultist enter the elevator. He turned and gave us one last evil smirk, and waved. We could do nothing but stare in shock.
We knew Kuro was awful, but this was a new low.
He had Satoko killed due to convenience; she was alone in the gym by herself.
And he had Hiiro do the deed due to convenience; he was with Kuro alone and could easily be threatened with anything involving harm coming to Koko.
All of this…
This whole case…
Was because of him!
All the twists and turns we were confused by, the evidence that didn't seem to make sense…
All the confusion was caused by Kuro.
Because he doesn't care about any of us…
The only person he cares about is himself.
"Well, there you have it!" Monokuma cackled. "The mastermind behind Satoko's murder and Hiiro's betrayal is none other than the cruel half of the Ultimate Occultist: Kuro! I for one found his plan brilliant! It's one for the history books, that's for sure."
"Is anyone going to go after him?" Evelyn dejectedly asked. "I feel like someone should go after him."
"What's the point?" Sonoda frowned. "He's a self-absorbed, narcissistic lunatic with a knife."
"I don't get something..." Takumi said. "Why didn't Kuro just have Hiiro kill Satoko, and then tell us that he did? That'd have made the trial go by so much faster."
"I was confused by that too," Nadia admitted. "B-But I think I know why...Kuro needed Hiiro to try and get away with the murder himself. Number one, that'd make things more interesting, which is something K-Kuro would want. And number two, we would've never believed him if he told us outright that Hiiro killed Satoko..."
"Ok, ok..." Takumi nodded. "Also, why did Kuro let Shiro have control for a little while while he talked to Hiiro?"
"I suspect he wanted Shiro to get sad or upset at Hiiro for not listening to him." Leonia theorized. "Then Kuro could have complete control since Shiro wasn't as focused at regaining control."
"Damn it!" Takahashi cursed, pounding his fist on his trial stand. "Fuck that little cunt, I should've locked him away and thrown away the key when I had the chance!"
"That'd not only be locking Kuro away, but Shiro too…" Isami sighed. "As redundant as it sounds we need to remember: Kuro and Shiro are two different personalities. It's unfair to Shiro to punish him for Kuro's actions."
"It might be worth it in the long run." Norikazu admitted. "If we had locked Kuro away earlier, then Satoko and Hiiro would be alive right now."
"We can't think like that." I quickly said. "Satoko and Hiiro may have been alive, but two other people might have not been, because…"
"We're in a killing game." Takahashi finished. "Where tensions are at an all time high and murder is something that crosses someone's mind at least once a day."
I narrowed my eyes. It was the cruel, hard truth that none of us wanted to admit.
But why? I felt so much better our first week here…
Why does everything feel so tense now?
Like someone's staring at me, waiting to plunge a knife into my back?
Oh…
That's right…
"The Traitor/Truce game." Clara said aloud. "We never did finish...Monokuma, we're free from that, right?"
Monokuma nodded. "Yes-siree! Since Satoko was murdered, the motive applying to your most important people is null and void, so there's no prize for winning the Traitor/Truce game. In conclusion, you never have to play it again: yayyy!"
He was cheering, but none of us looked happy.
Because the damage from the Traitor/Truce game had already been done.
I never really got the purpose of it, until Isami brought up how it's supposed to tear us apart.
It tore us apart for sure, but there's more than that…
It caused tension.
Anxiety.
Made us all seriously consider committing murder to escape it.
It's gone now, but it's already infected our brains with the harsh truth: everyone in here is in here for themselves, no one else. The friends you have could stab you in the back at any time to save themselves.
And you can't really blame them for it, since you'd do the same thing if given the opportunity…
We all looked at each other with a feeling of unease. Nothing would ever be as it was before; we'd never be the happy group doing team building activities with each other, or working together to plan a party.
We could still do some things, like hanging out or eating together, but there'll always be that tension there; that feeling that the person across from you could betray you at any given moment.
And it broke my heart.
I just wanted things to go back to normal...before any murders happened...before we were ever kidnapped!
We were all supposed to be students at Hope's Peak, probably going to be in the same class with each other.
If only we had met then…
Things would be so much different.
Silver…
Ritsu…
Satoko…
And Hiiro.
They'd all be alive.
We'd be friends.
They could live out the rest of their lives, doing whatever their hearts desired.
But that can never happen now…
I glanced around at everyone, all of their expressions generally the same.
Akumu was the only one trying to maintain a sad smile on his face, while Takahashi had an angry frown on rather than a sad one like everyone else.
I shook my head. This was going to be the new normal for quite a while.
After the trial, Monokuma dismissed all of us. I wanted to speak to Koko, who looked absolutely heartbroken, but she just pushed past me and went to her room.
So I did the same.
I think it was Night Time now, I'm not sure. Either way, I'm going to sleep...I didn't have the energy to do anything else.
I took off the clothes I had been wearing for the past couple of days, and did my best to wash my body with the soap and water from the sink in my bathroom.
After I was done, I changed into a clean pair of pajamas, and flopped down onto my bed. I closed my eyes, intending to conjure up a dream of my family back home, but that didn't last long.
Knock, knock
"Seriously?!" I groaned. This happened the night of Ritsu's trial, too. I sighed, slowly getting up from my bed and walking over to the door.
I cautiously opened it, hoping whoever was on the other side wasn't here to murder me…
My eyes widened in surprise. "Uh, what are you doing here?"
"We need to talk." Takahashi said, pushing past me and walking into my room. "Geez, this place is a mess."
I looked around.
My room was perfectly clean.
I rolled my eyes. "Did you really come here to taunt me?"
"No," Takahashi frowned. "I came here because I hate your guts."
"Gee, thanks." I frowned, crossing my arms.
"Because you're the only person here who's capable of being the leader, besides me." He sighed.
"What are you talking about?" I questioned. "Since when have I displayed any leadership qualities?"
"You haven't." Takakashi answered. "You're capable of doing so, though. All the rest of these losers either have too low of an IQ score that they can't shut the fuck up and stay serious, or too high that they have a stick up their asses and are on the verge of being psychopaths. But you're not like the rest of them. You're annoying as hell with your stupid ass smirk and holier than thou attitude, but you're probably the most normal guy here...besides me."
"What are you saying?" I asked. "Do you want me to replace you as leader? Because that actually sound likes a great idea and I'll glad-"
"Fuck no." Takahashi quickly responded. "You'd get us all killed in less than a day. What I'm saying is that...I want you to work with me. Keep assholes like Kuro under control and try to prevent any more deaths."
"Oh…" I slowly nodded. "Uh, yeah, I guess that's a good idea…"
"Additionally, you and I are going to start finding out how to get of this place." Takahashi smirked.
"Because that worked out so well before." I frowned, remembering the days of Takahashi's 'Team Looking for an Escape'.
"Tch, we're not doing that shit again. What I'm talking about is coming up with other ideas." He explained. "...More risky ideas." He added in a quieter tone, giving me a serious look.
"Oh...Oh!" I realized. Takahashi doesn't want to just look around the ship, looking for a way out of here. He wants to get out of here by any means possible, even if it means over throwing a certain mechanical pilot…
"We'll talk in the morning." He said, starting for the door. He opened it and turned to look at me. "This doesn't make us friends, D-Lister. I'm just using you to get out of here."
I smirked. "I know, douchebag. Trust me, I'd never be friends with you."
He rolled his eyes, walking out of the door and closing it behind him.
I sighed, sitting down on my bed. So we're going to start trying to break out of this place, huh?
We could get killed trying to do so...but we could also get killed just sitting around.
This won't be easy, or a two man job. We're going to need to do a lot more and find some people to help us out…
But the question is: who the hell can we trust?!
A blonde man and a purple haired girl, sat in a small room together.
They were wearing business attire, and sitting on the floor for some strange reason.
"We've been in here long enough." The blonde man sneered. "Let's just get out of here already."
"Don't be a fool." The purple haired girl sternly said. "You know we'd never make it out there on the outside. There's more of them than us, and we'd be recognized immediately if we tried anything reckless."
"So what?" The blonde man frowned. "We're just supposed to be their captives, staying in this room until it's all over?"
"Maybe." The purple haired girl answered. "Maybe not. Either way, we can't do anything about it. It's out of both of our hands...and Makoto's."
"Naegi…" The blonde man said. "What the hell was he thinking?"
"We're not doing this now…" The purple haired girl said. "Not to sound dramatic, but I frankly don't have the energy to argue with you…"
The blonde man rolled his eyes. "Typical, always taking his side…"
Suddenly, the door to the room opened, and a hooded figure stepped inside.
The purple haired girl and the blonde man did not look pleased upon seeing him.
"Heizo." The blonde man scoffed. "How gracious of you to grace us with your presence."
"Don't give me that." The figure presumably known as 'Heizo' spoke. "You know that I'd rather not be in this position, but it was Makoto who suggested it."
Heizo took two food bars out of his pocket, handing them to the blonde man and purple haired girl. "Just try to relax, it won't be much longer...I hope."
"You hope?" The blonde man repeated. "Hope is exactly what caused this in the first place!"
"You're wrong, and you know it." Heizo frowned. "Look, we'll fix this. I'll play the part and you two just sit here quietly."
"Easier said than done." The purple haired girl said. "How can we trust you? We trusted everyone else and look where it got us."
Heizo sighed. "Look, like I said; it won't be much longer. We'll get you out of here."
A loud knock sounded from the other side of the door.
"Time's up." Heizo said. "I'm not supposed to spend this much time talking to prisoners."
"Be careful, Heizo." The blonde man smirked. "They might suspect you and throw you in here with the rest of us."
"Please," Heizo scoffed. "They could never suspect anyone with my charm."
The purple haired girl chuckled. "That's one thing you got right."
Heizo smiled and started for the door.
"Heizo-" The blonde man called. "How many so far? And who?"
Heizo narrowed his eyes. "You know it's better if I don't say-"
"Who?" The blonde man asked again.
Heizo sighed. "This time around it was Rose and Frost. Shadow also played a part but he's still in."
"Well he might as well be out," The purple haired girl frowned.
The blonde man shook his head. "I told him this was a bad idea…"
Heizo sighed, walking out of the room.
A man was waiting outside for him, and once he saw that Heizo was done speaking with the blonde man and purple haired girl, he locked the door.
Heizo smiled at him, and walked away, as the man stayed behind to guard the door.
"I wish I could do something more, but for now I'll have to play the part…"
Chapter 2 - Heaven With You (END)
Surviving Students
1. Seizo Morine (Crimson) - Ultimate Actor
2. Akumu Tsubasa (Azure) - Ultimate Cryptid Enthusiast
3. Clara Odette (Scarlet) - Ultimate Modern Dancer
4. Satoko Kiyomizu (Rose) - Ultimate Prodigy (2V)
5. Mari Tamatsuki (Royal) - Ultimate Runway Model
6. Koko Kagawa (Cherry) - Ultimate Food Critic
7. Hiiro Sayoama (Frost) - Ultimate Barista (2K)
8. Sonoda Eisen (Onyx) - Ultimate Salesman
9. Isami Kanagi (Lava) - Ultimate Tinkerer
10. Evelyn Bryant (Merigold) - Ultimate Translator
11. Ritsu Kuroyama (Noir) - Ultimate Spy (1K)
12. Shiro/Kuro (Cloud/Shadow) - Ultimate Oculist
13. Leonia Taylor (Diamond) - Ultimate Photoshoot Choreographer
14. Silver - Ultimate TV Host (1V)
15. Takahashi Jirou (Sunrise) - Ultimate Pilot
16. Nadia Levitsky (Indigo) - Ultimate Daredevil
17. Francesca Croft (Emerald) - Ultimate Archaeologist
18. Jack Masaki (Mauve) - Ultimate Dealer
19. Norikazu Kanno (Sage) - Ultimate Illustrator
20. Takumi Kyoshi (Cotton) - Ultimate Escapist
Normal = Alive
Italicized = In Danger
Bold = Deceased (V = Victim, K = Killer, P = Punished)
A/N: Thank you guys so much for reading. This ends chapter 2, as well as the first 'arc' of the story. This isn't my favorite chapter, I feel like it would've worked better in the previous chapter, but that would've made it too long, so I'm not sure...Anyways, Discord friends, get why I said this was my least favorite chapter of the story?
From here on out, things are going to start go get interesting, as we see our 'Main Trio' coming to light, only things'll be slightly different...
Thank you so much to the creators of Satoko and Hiiro for submitting your characters to this story. They will forever have a place in my heart. Look forward to seeing them in future chapters...
Any theories about what the hell is going on? We've learned a little bit more about Heizo and we got to 'meet' two characters...