Sooooooo...long time no see?
Sorry for the long wait everyone! Summer classes are a pain, but the good news is that it's almost over so you know what that means
MORE CHAPTERS!
Some news I wanna say before you read this chapter is that, yes I watched the Nintendo Direct and when I saw the trailer for the new Danganronpa Game: The Beach Episode Version, let's just say I had a LOT of ideas...
So to make up for the lack of content, I made this chapter longer than usual, as always!
Another message to some of the older readers: WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME I WAS SPELLING ISAAC'S NAME WRONG!? I had a friend read it over and the first thing he said was, "Doesn't Isaac have two 'a's and one 's'?" and I legit panicked and ended up changing it to the correct spelling in the previous chapters.
To the reviewers:
zsxcfvbhnmk123: Thank you again for your support! I didn't mind adding some more for you. It wasn't a matter of burnout, but just one of time management, but soon everything will be great!
Zm93: Why thank you! Trust me I'll be writing a LOT more! :)
Isaac wakes up early the next morning, one thought in his head.
'No dreams tonight? Must be my lucky day.' he thinks sarcastically as he sits up in the bed, wearing only a black tank top, shorts, and his hair disheveled. He glances at the window outside and notices the sun hasn't gone up yet. A glance at the alarm clock on the bedside reads five in the morning. Isaac then swings his legs over the bed and slips his feet into slippers before making his way to the bathroom, careful enough to not disturb a sleeping Fuyuhiko at the other side of the room. He opens the door to the bathroom and swiftly locks himself inside, before looking at himself in the mirror.
A pair of steel grey eyes stare at him through a wild mess of white hair. Isaac casually blows a strand from tickling his nose before grabbing a toothbrush in one hand and a hairbrush in the other before getting to work.
After a half-hour passes, Isaac emerges from the bathroom, hair straight and tied up in a bun, face and body feeling refreshed, and a set of green contacts already in place. Isaac then reaches into his closet and picks out a black muscle-shirt with dark green sleeves that reach his wrists, and a grey pair of shorts that reach right below his knees. Isaac leaves the room after switching the slippers for jogger shoes with grey long socks, slips on a pair of grey fingerless gloves, and checking on Fuyuhiko one more time before closing the door behind him. Isaac is alone in the hallway before closing his eyes and begins to concentrate, listening to the sounds all around him, hearing nothing but the snoring and steady breathing of 15 other people
'Clear. Everyone is still in their rooms'
After a quick scan, Isaac makes his way to the lounge where he goes to the countertops and swipes one of the granola bars kept there in a bowl and a bottle of water before stopping, staring at a notepad and a pen next to the bowl. Isaac takes the pen before scribbling something down before heading towards the back entrance of the cabin that faces the woods. When opening the door, a blast of cold air assaults the bounty hunter, but Isaac doesn't flinch or recoil as he leaves the cabin, closing the door behind him. The outside snow crunches beneath his feet as he makes his way to the seemingly endless forest in front of him. Isaac bends down to do some long stretches before taking off into the forest, leaving the cabin behind him. After traversing the forest for an hour, he soon sees a grand pine tree and begins to quicken his pace and when he gets close enough, he plants his foot on the trunks of the tree, and thanks to the momentum he gains, begins to run up the tree.
After a few steps up the tree, Isaac notices a lone branch big enough to support him so with a sidestep, he launches himself into the air and latches on to the branch. Having to only be hanging by the branch, Isaac tests the strength of said branch, and when he confirms that it can support him, performs a high bar to swing himself up and on top of the branch. Now sitting atop the branch, he pulls out his water bottle and takes a swing before munching on half the granola before taking in the scenery. Isaac makes mental notes on several landmarks from his higher vantage point and spots a small creek a good distance away.
The bounty hunter smirks as he leaps down from his sitting place and continues to explore the forest.
The light of the morning sun peeked through the windows of Fuyuhiko's room, casting over his eyes and waking him up. Fuyuhiko gets up from his bed and the first thing that he notices is that the bed on the other side of the room, Isaac's bed, is already made and doesn't even look like anyone slept in it yet. Tired, Fuyuhiko makes his way to the bathroom to freshen up, and when he's done with his business-
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
-someone knocks on the door. With an annoyed look, Fuyuhiko walks to the door and swings it open.
"What the fuck do you wa-?" He bluntly says, stopping himself as he sees his class president. "Oh, hey Chiaki."
"Good morning, Fuyuhiko. I came here to bring you down for breakfast." Chiaki asks, wearing a set of pale pink pajamas.
"Sure, just give me a minute." Fuyuhiko shuts the door before putting on some morning clothes and opens the door again, seeing Chiaki still there. The two then walk out into the hallway and makes their way to the main lounge.
"If we're eating breakfast together, then why the hell didn't Isaac wake me up?" Fuyuhiko asks as they approach the door to the room.
Chiaki looks at him confused, "He didn't leave you a note?" before Fuyuhiko could answer, the door burst open and a large figure come flying at them, but with a quick reflex, Fuyuhiko pulls Chiaki aside to avoid her getting crushed by a sprinting Ryota. The animator runs past both of them yelling apologies while carrying a loaf of bread, a string of sausages, and a large bottle of milk.
"Hey, watch where you're going, fatass! You nearly crushed us!" Fuyuhiko yells. As soon as the words leave his mouth another voice ring out from the room.
"HEY! COME BACK HERE WITH MY BREAKFAST!" A blur of white, brown, and red streaks past them once again, fast enough to cause a small burst of wind.
After avoiding a crash-collision course between an animator and a gymnast, Fuyuhiko and Chiaki walk into the lounge and sees that everyone is already sitting at the table eating breakfast. Fuyuhiko plops down between Nagito, who is eating simple white rice, and Sonia, who is eating a plate of Belgium waffles topped with powder sugar and berries. Fuyuhiko takes one of the bowls of miso soup and looks around at everyone before asking, "Where the hell is that white-haired bastard?" Nagito turns to him and opens his mouth to reply, but the yakuza heir cuts him off by saying, "The other white-haired bastard." and the lucky student kindly shuts his mouth.
Sitting at the front of the table, Ms. Yukizome pops a biscuit in her mouth before pulling out a slip of paper from her pocket.
"Here you go Kuzuryu." She flicks the paper towards him, but unfortunately, it lands right in his soup. "Oopsie! Sorry!" Fuyuhiko just rolls his eyes and grunts and he pinches the edge of the soggy paper to read the note before it gets ruined.
Going ahead to exercise in the forest
Ate breakfast already
Everyone else can start without me
-Isaac
P.S. If I come back and the lodge is burned down, you will all pay
Fuyuhiko reads the note before remarking, "His Kanji is terrible." Before grabbing a napkin from the table, cover the note and throws it away in the trash can behind him.
"I do not see why the Hunter of Man did not request for a Great Being such as I not to accompany him!" Gundham asks before biting down on a piece of buttered toast, the four Devas surrounding a bowl of trail mix.
"Maybe he didn't want to catch your weirdness, you emo breeder!" Hiyoko spat as she fills her plate with red bean-paste dango.
"Hiyoko, you can't eat nothing but sweet stuff in the morning!" Mahiru scolds. Hiyoko looks a bit dejected, but she takes some of the dango off her plate. The rest of the class eat peacefully the food that Teruteru prepared for them. Ryota and Akane returned to the table with the latter carrying the former over her shoulder. As they finish up their breakfast, Chiaki reaches into her bag and pulls out several controllers, and asks "So anyone up for some games?"
"Hell yeah!"
"Marvelous!"
"Eh, sure, whatever."
When Chiaki begins to pass out the controllers getting a game started, the backdoor of the lounge that reaches outside swings open, letting loose a gale of cold air into the warm room.
"Gah! Shut the door! Do ya want to freeze us?!" Kazuichi yells as he holds himself to keep warm. Everyone turns to the door and sees Isaac standing at the doorway. His eyes widen as he looks at his class.
"Well, you didn't burn the lodge down, so that's a plus." He says as he makes his way through the door, shutting it behind him. When he sees Chiaki with game controllers in her hand he comments, "Oh are you starting a game, then I call next round." as he sits down on the table. He looks at his classmates and sees they all are looking at him in a mixture of confusion and concern.
"What's wrong?"
"Umm, Takashi? How long were you out there for?" Ms. Yukizome asks carefully. Isaac looked back at her and answers, "Since around 4 this morning. Why?" Everyone then looks at the clock above the fireplace that reads:
8:30
"A-ah! You could g-get hyperthermia for b-being out for so long! You don't e-even have proper clothing!" Mikan stutters out in a panic as she rushes towards him. Mikan gives Isaac a quick overlook for any numb limbs, shivering, or shallow breath but to her surprise-
"Y-you're perfectly healthy." Mikan realizes after her quick inspection.
"Hey, how come you look so fine? It's freezing out there!" Nekomaru booms.
Isaac's eyes widen in understanding at his classmate's attitude and replies, "Oh, that's why you guys are so worried. I found this cave out in the woods where I took a break and warmed myself up. Plus, I once spent 3 years stranded on an island in the North China Sea. I don't get cold. So anyway, can we start playing now?" but his answer only leaves more questions to be asked.
After that debacle, they all decided to play a game called "You're Most Likely to..." a group mobile game that had the entire class participate in. Kazuichi hooks up the flatscreen TV from storage as Chiaki explains the rules.
"So we all will see a prompt on the TV that will give us a message, like 'This person is most likely to eat all the food in the fridge.' and we need to vote on who would be more likely to do it, but you can't vote yourself. If your vote is in the majority, then you get a point, and whoever has the most points in the end. Any questions?" Nagito raises his hand so Chiaki looks at him and asks, "Yes?"
"What happens if there's a tie?" Nagito asks. Chiaki nods at him and says, "If there's any form of a tie, then no points will be given. Any more questions?" No one raises their hand. "Good. now let's start. And remember, no working together with other people." Chiaki taps her phone as the TV screen blink to life as a title card saying, "You're Most Likely to..." appears on the screen. Isaac looks at his phone as he received his first message:
Who is the most likely person who would wear socks and sandals?
Isaac rolls his eyes before selecting his answer: Kazuichi Souda
Who is the most likely to eat ice cream for breakfast?
Hiyoko Saionji, no hesitation.
Who is the most likely person you would call to help get rid of a body?
Isaac is slightly taken back by the sudden sharp turn but answers: Peko Pekoyama
Who is most likely to eat fried grasshoppers?
Isaac has no hesitation as he enters: Akane Owari
Who is most likely to have a tattoo?
Isaac answers Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu, only because he knows the yakuza boss is planning on getting one.
Who is most likely to spend all night on their phone?
Chiaki Nanami, no hesitation.
Who is most likely to win big in Vegas?
Isaac thinks for a moment before selecting Nagito Komaeda again. 'Knowing him, he would win the jackpot and then immediately get hit by a meteor.'
Who is most likely to get a snake for a pet?
Gundham Tanaka, only because the bounty hunter once found one of Gundham's snakes in the lounge. He could still remember Ryota's screams from that day.
Who is most likely to dye their hair a crazy color?
Now Isaac was torn between two answers, but in the end, picked Kazuichi Souda.
Isaac waits for the next question, but the screen switches to "Now to the results!" and the TV screen soon as a poll is listed.
"Who is the most likely person who would wear socks and sandals?"
Kazuichi Souda: 7 votes
Gundham Tanaka: 4 votes
Hiyoko Saionji: 2 votes
Nagito Komaeda: 1 vote
Nekomaru Nidai: 1 vote
Peko Pekoyama: 1 vote
"Wait, what!" Kazuichi yells as he gazes at the screen. "Why do you think I would do that?"
"Well..." Ms. Yukizome begins.
"...you don't really have..." Mahiru continues
"...the most..." Sonia attempts to finish, but...
"Your fashion is shit and you would do that," Fuyuhiko states bluntly.
"Aw, seriously!"
"Who is the most likely to eat ice cream for breakfast?"
Akane Owari: 7 votes
Hiyoko Saionji: 5 votes
Ryota Mitarai: 2 votes
"Hey! How did McTits beat me there! It's not fair!" Hiyoko spats.
"Perhaps it's because she ate ice cream this morning," Peko states.
"Wait, really?" Isaac asks.
"Who is most likely to dye their hair a crazy color?"
Ibuki Mioda: 8 votes
Kazuichi Souda: 7 votes
Isaac Takashi: 1 vote
"ALL RIGHT! POINTS FOR ME!" Ibuki shouts proudly
Everyone sweatdrops at Ibuki's outburst. "So who's gonna tell her?" Mahiru asks the class, in which everyone proceeds to shake their heads.
"I just wanna know who voted for me. Yeah, I dye my hair, but not a crazy color." Isaac notes, looking at the single vote in his favor.
"Maybe looking like an Old Man is crazy," Fuyuhiko mutters under his breath.
"Did you say something, Babyface?" Isaac asks.
"THE HELL YOU SAY?!"
"Who is most likely to get a snake for a pet?"
Gundham Tanaka: 15 votes
Sonia Nevermind: 1 vote
"Ha! I can see you mortals know that only I, Gundham Tanaka, can tame the unruly beasts of this world!" Gundham shouts proudly. At a glance, Isaac could see Ryota shudder at the memory of that faithful day.
"Who is the most likely person you would call to help get rid of a body?"
Isaac Takashi: 10 votes
Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu: 3 votes
Peko Pekoyama: 3 votes
Isaac's eyes widen at the result and turning to his classmates, none of them seemed to make eye contact with him. "Right now I'm conflicted about feeling complimented and insulted at the same time."
Chiaki looks up from her phone to address the class, "Agree to never mention this?"
"Agreed!"
"Who is most likely to eat fried grasshoppers?"
Akane Owari: 7 votes
Ryota Mitarai: 3 votes
Terteru Hanamura: 1 vote
Nekomaru Nidai: 1 vote
Hiyoko Saionji: 1 vote
"Ewwww!" Hiyoko cringes at the vote to her name, "I like squashing bugs, not fucking eating them! Bleh!"
"INSECTS ARE A NATURAL SOURCE OF PROTEIN! I WOULD EAT THE SHIT OUT OF THEM!"
"Eh, if it's food it's going in my stomach," Akane says, using her pinky to clean out her ear.
"Who is most likely to spend all night on their phone?"
Chiaki Nanami: 15 votes
Ibuki Mioda: 1 vote
"Yeah, I think that was pretty obvious, don't you think" Mahiru comments
"I wanted to vote for myself, but that was against the rules..." Chiaki notes, her eyes glued to her screen.
"Yeah, we figured," The class thinks.
"Who is most likely to have a tattoo?"
Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu: 9 votes
Isaac Takashi: 3 votes
Ibuki Mioda: 3 votes
Gundham Tanaka: 1 vote
"Wait, why do y'all think Baby Gangsta has a tattoo?" Akane asks, "Guitar Chick would definitely have one."
"Gundham is the one obsessed with creepy shit. I wouldn't be surprised if he had a magic circle tattoo." Kazuichi remarks.
"But it's a classic trope for a yakuza member to have a tattoo, right?" Ryota asks, "I mean, when I draw them, they have like a dragon or a dark floral pattern."
"But a bounty hunter with, like, a cool skull tattoo, with be AWESOME!" Ibuki states in a confident pose.
"Nah, he ain't got any tattoos." Akane quips, but when the words leave her mouth, she's overcome with a cold feeling down her spine coming from her right. When she looks for the source of the cold, she sees Isaac giving her a simple side-eye glance. His face is neutral and is facing his phone, but his eyes scream a simple message: Shut. Up.
"Wait, how do you know he doesn't have any?" Kazuichi asks, before looking snide, "Did you guys end up nak-"
"Kazuichi Souda," A chilling voice calls out, "There are 11 ways to torture someone slowly with only a pencil, and I know 7 of them," Isaac turns to face Kazuichi, a smile on his face and a pencil in hand.
"N-never mind." the mechanic quickly adds.
"Who is most likely to win big in Vegas?"
Na-Na*gito Koma&eda: 16 v-votes
"What the what!"
"How did Nagito get 16 votes?"
"Did he fucking cheat!?"
"No, it's impossible to choose your own name, it's in the settings."
The entire class looks at the lucky student and sees him tapping furiously on his phone with a confused expression on his face.
"Hey, Nagito," Chiaki calls out to the lucky student who looks away from his phone and sees all eyes on him.
"Oh, don't pay attention to a nobody like me." He says in his usual happy tone, "When I was answering some of the questions, my phone started glitching, and I didn't want to bother any of you, I tried to get it to work." He shows the class his phone and it shows a series of random colors, pictures, and lines of code where the game app should be.
"So you're saying that the entire time you weren't talking is because your phone glitched out and it happens to bug out enough to let your game vote for yourself on the exact question you were going to get everyone's votes?" Mahiru summarizes, a doubting look on her face.
Nagito ponders for a moment before shrugging his shoulders, "I guess so."
Before more could be said, the TV screen started to show the results of the game.
1st place: Na-Na*gito Koma&eda: ∞ p-points
2nd place: Chiaki Nanami: 8 points
3rd place: Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu: 6 points
3rd place: Isaac Takashi: 6 points
4th place: Gundham Tanaka: 5 points
5th place: Mahiru Koizumi: 4 points
Everyone looks at the screen with wide eyes as Nagito chuckles, "Well, I guess I really am lucky."
The following week went by fast, with a mixture of playing games indoors brought by Chiaki, and a nature trail walk that Isaac provided, but neither of these activities compared to what everyone was excited for: Snowboarding.
Isaac is waiting in the lobby, wearing a purple jacket over a blue sweater, matching purple winter pants, and his black winter gloves. He's sitting on the couch with Chiaki, who's wearing a pink winter hoodie, tan-colored pants, and snow goggles topped with a red beanie. Next to Isaac is a long, black snowboard, and next to Chiaki is a red and yellow sled.
Isaac calmly reads one of his books and Chiaki is fidgeting with a controller until Isaac, not looking up from his book, says, "Ibuki, if you want to try and scare me, better get used to failing horribly." Behind him, he hears a "Dang it!" come from a certain rockstar. Isaac shuts his book before craning his head behind him and sees the rest of the snowboarding group.
Ibuki, looking a bit miffed, is wearing a light brown coat with tuffs and matching pants. A snickering Kazuichi is wearing a dark blue-and-orange coat, dark blue pants, a grey shirt underneath, and his backward black cap. Gundham is wearing a blue coat, grey pants, and his signature purple scarf. Sonia is wearing a light blue jacket, blue pants, and holding a pair of yellow skis. Nekomaru is wearing a bright pink jacket, his chains around his neck, and vibrant yellow pants. Akane wears a lime and pink coat and aqua pants. Finally, Teruteru is wearing a red jacket, white pants, and his mini chef hat on his head.
"You guys ready?" Chiaki asks, putting down her game.
"Hell yeah!" Nekomaru shouts, "We are gonna RULE this mountain!"
"Okay then, let's head out," Isaac says, picking up his snowboard. Everyone else grabs their gear as they leave the lodge, When they begin to pool out of the building and into the chilling air outside, Nekomaru exclaims, "Oh shit! I forgot my board!" He turns back and races back into the lodge, shouting, "I'll meet you there guys!"
Everyone moves on when Kazuichi asks, "Hey, uhh, Gundham?" The breeder raises a non-existent eyebrow at the mechanic, "What is it mortal?"
"Where's your board? You need one to go down the mountain." When Kazuichi finishes asking, Gundham gives a hearty laugh and answers, "You think a being such as myself would stoop to the use of man-made entertainment?! I have the beauty of nature at my fingertips!"
"Eh, what?"
"He means he has another way of snowboarding without using a snowboard." Issac translates. Next to him, Ibuki perks up to him, "Oh? Since when have you learned to speak Tanaka? You trying to match his funky flow?" she asks, getting close to his personal space.
"U-umm, w-well...Here we are!" Isaac quickly changes topics as they reach the summit of the mountain. The peak of the mountain and combined with a clear sky gives a breathtaking view.
"Such a lovely view!" Sonia exclaims, stars in her eyes. "We must start our journey down this mountain!"
"Already on it!" Kazuichi is the first to leap down the slope, sliding down the mountain. "WHOOOOOOOHOOOooooo!" he yelps in excitement.
"Hey! Wait for me!" Akane pulls out her own board and slides down after the mechanic.
"I shall go next!" Sonia, using her pair of skis, descends down the mountain.
"I'M HERE!" Everyone left turns to the booming sound of Nekomaru, holding a large brown sled(?) over his head and before anyone could say any more, the coach heaves himself down the mountain.
"Hey, hey, hey! Don't forget me! I'm gonna take so many selfies!" Ibuki hollers as she makes her way down the mountain on her pink snowboard.
"H-Hey guys! Don't make the last one here!" Teruteru yells as he pulls out a circular sled and slides of the peak.
"I believe it is my turn now!" Gundham announces. He brings his fingers to his lips and blows a tight whistle that echos throughout the mountain. After a few seconds, some rustling is heard behind them. Emerging from behind some bushes is an adult male deer who walks calmly to the proclaimed dark lord. When it reaches him, Gundham pats its head softly and says gently, "You have done well, Cerberus, now will you accompany me in conquering this mountain?" The deer seemingly nods as it bows its body downwards to allow Gundham to stand on its back. "Now! Onward!" The deer races down the mountain to follow the rest of the group, leaving only Chiaki and Isaac.
"Are we gonna question that?" Chiaki asks.
Isaac answers her question with one of his own, "Do you think we'll get an answer?" The gamer girl shakes her head.
"Wanna go down now?" Isaac asks.
Chiaki nods her head and before Isaac could say more, she rushes and slides down the mountain yelling, "The last one there is a rotten egg!"
"Wha- you cheeky little-" Isaac grunts before going down the mountain himself. The sensation of the rushing air on his face feels refreshing and Isaac managed to catch up to Chiaki in no time. He gives her a little smirk at his victory before he realizes that Chiaki already caught up to everyone else. Issac leaned forward on the board to get slightly in front of Kazuichi and turns to see everyone else. Issac is surprised to see that Teruteru has not only managed to lose his sled but somehow turned himself into a rolling ball of snow.
"HEeEeEeEeEeELlPp MeEeEeEeEeEeE!" The cook cries out, spinning helplessly.
"Hey! That looks kinda fun!" Akane says, "Lemme get on that!" and before anyone could say otherwise, Akane leaps from her board and lands on the rolling ball, running in place to keep her balance.
Issac chuckles at her antics before a large shadow briefly blocks the sun. Isaac briefly looks up and moves in time of avoiding being flattened by Nekomaru on his snowboard.
'Wait a minute, that's no snowboard' Isaac thinks after getting a good look at it before his eyes widen in recognition.
"NEKOMARU NIDAI! IF YOU RIPPED A DOOR FROM THE LODGE TO USE AS A SNOWBOARD, SO HELP ME I'LL-"
"Say cheese, everyone!" Ibuki yells as she holds a camera to take a picture.
So there goes the snow trip arc. I wanted to end the arc with Ibuki snapping the photo from the ED of the anime. If I were to describe the "new" version of the picture, I would say that Isaac is in front of Kazuichi, pointing and yelling angrily at Nekomaru.
Next Arc coming soon to a fanfiction near you!
P.S. I might be starting to update my story from Ao3 to this one soon so get ready for that! I might leave an extra chapter there that you can only read there!