As the final blow was struck the robot was annihilated in a blaze of glory which of course led to the monokuma kids wanting to claim Kotoko as they did masaru and jataro, but even though they were prepared to do that soulbound caught Kotoko and pulled her to safety
Soulbound: I threw you off a train so it's only fair
Kotoko: P-pervert! That was...way too close!
Gp: hey we saved yah! Now you can't say adults never did anything
now finally I can buy you some donuts!
Nagisa: What are you...doing to that kid? You may have many differences from average demons...but your behavior is exactly like theirs. Ganging up and being cruel to children is a demon's specialty.
Kotoko: Nagisa!
Gp: hey I wasn't doing that I was just gonna buy her donuts!
If you want, I can buy you donuts too!
Nagisa: All we want...is a peaceful paradise where kids can live in safety.
Gp: hey buddy I wasn't hurting anyone! And couldn't you Andrew Jackson and trial of tears the adults instead you got the fire power for it
Nagisa: Sparing them...is not an option. If we leave the demons alone, our kids' paradise will be crushed, and we would continue to suffer… We can't relax...until every apparition has been erased from this world. That's why...we have to kill them all! We have to protect our world!
Soulbound: now now be rational, in a few years all of you will reach puberty and kill yourselves best case scenario, right? But what will that lead to in the end? Nothing! Have you lost your empathy so much you didn't think about that?
Nagisa: Maybe we have...Maybe all of this is absurd. Masaru, Jataro, Kotoko and Monaca...We're all absurd...so we'll all be destroyed, right? But that's the adults' fault! Adults are the ones who made us this way!
Kotoko: Nagisa…
Soulbound: you're not wrong about that and it's not your fault… but you've taken this too far
Nagisa: To be frank...we can't help but be afraid of adults. Just by hearing an adult's footsteps...Just by sensing an adult's presence… We can't help...but be so, so, so scared. As long as there are adults...we can never live in peace. That...is what's been done to us.
Soulbound: I understand, and I am truly sorry for what has been done to all of you, but will doing all this give you what you truly want in the end? Because it just feels like you unintentionally or not made more people like you. But please I beg you turn back now while there is still something to turn back to, I can undo all of this and help you any way you would need but you just need to stop while you still have the chance to stop the cycle of abuse
Nagisa: So, are you saying we should endure it? That we have to have hope?
Gp: no! You should find other adults who do care
Soulbound: gp, no answer is easy there is no simple solution. I wouldn't even pretend for a moment there is, but even if there isn't an easy answer for what you should do there is one for what you shouldn't
Nagisa: No, that's enough… Let's end this… Will you leave the city?
Soulbound and Gp: huh!?
Nagisa: You want to run from us, right? You want to run from this city, right? If so, then I'll let you go… Will that be enough for you?
Kotoko: Nagisa, is that really, okay?
Nagisa: I'm deciding this...as the leader.
Kotoko: But what about Monaca?
Nagisa: ...I'll persuade her.
Soulbound: so, we can go?
Nagisa: Before you two arrived...our revolution was proceeding nicely… I don't...want you to get in our way any longer… So leave this city! Run away from us!
Gp: WAIT before I leave there is something I promised to do!
Nagisa and Kotoko:?
TOWA CITY: CHILDREN BASE
Back to spying on, well I guess it's just Monica now, but she appears to have made a demon summoning circle? Ew hate that dark stuff makes me hecking uncomfortable. And RJ's picture is at the center to but thankfully that won't work you can't bring someone back to life if they aren't dead! I mean BURGERS, well kurokuma was also there. But I guess in the end it wasn't important just the foolish desires of a dreamer
CHAPTER 4: THE WAY WE LIVE
TOWA CITY: MONOKUMA RUN JAPANESE CRISPY CREAM
Back with gp and soulbound who along with Kotoko and nagisa where eating donuts
Gp: mmmm yummy, red velvet, truly the super saiyan chocolate
Soulbound: now what do you say to gp?
Nagisa and Kotoko: thank you
Gp: happy grandpa noises
Soulbound: so back to the matter at hand
Nagisa: Please, get out of this city!
Gp: ok
I could see a camera relaying to nagito in the background, but I chose not to comment on it
Nagisa: In order for all children to live in peace and quiet...we have to create a children's paradise in this city. Everyone expects that of me...But at this rate…! So please! Get out of our city!
Gp: ok
Nagisa: No, this isn't a suggestion...it's a request. I ask you to please, leave this city- wait did you say ok?
Gp: ok BLAH I meant yes, me and soul where thinking of leaving anyway. Well, I mean with the wrist thing it might be a problem, but hey you know what they say about effort. But how do I know this isn't some "I'm gonna free you" then last second HEAD SHOT: DEAD thing?
Nagisa: I am serious
and with that like magic the cuff came off which felt really good by the way I hate when things have a grip on my arm, touch sensitivity you know?
With this...you're free.
Kotoko: Nagisa! If you do that, you'll make Monaca sad!
Nagisa: I know that! But this is the best course of action! Monaca has high hopes for me! Hopefully she'll understand too!
Because she's just been OOZING understanding the entire time, truly
I'll show you the way to the "secret passageway." It's the only route still connected to outside the city. Of course, I'll guarantee your safety on the way. As long as I'm with you, Monokuma won't attack you. ...Come on, let's go.
Gp: ok
Nagisa: It's okay. You don't have to worry about anything. I'll escort you to the secret passage and take all responsibility.
Gp: ok
Soulbound: ok stop saying it like that you are usually such a chatter box so saying only one word is creepy
Gp: ok, NAR sorry I'm kinda zonked out
Nagisa: ...let's go.
Kotoko: Nagisa!
Nagisa: don't come with us.
Kotoko: B, but…
Nagisa: ...you don't want Monaca to hate you, do you?
Gp: By Kotoko! See you around! I'll make sure to send money and gifts for your birthday and next charismas!
And with that we left the arena back at the main town of towa
so, he began to lead us out, but due to the law of karmatic fate the monokumas struck again with a voice as soft as thunder, and they were attacking nagisa as well
so, it was up to us to save him, man seeing him cower like that really reminds you how young he is. When all the monokumas where defeated the peace was restored
Gp: you ok buddy? You looked really scared
Nagisa: That was...strange...What in the world just happened…?
Soulbound: I think it's best to rip the bandage now, you see when you decided to let us go it probably made Monica very upset to where she now wants to betray you and throw you out like the trash she sees you as, no offense I think you're great
Nagisa: B, betrayal…? Me…? Th, that's not right! I haven't betrayed anyone! I'm the leader of the Warriors of Hope! I work for our children's paradise more than anyone! Letting you two go...is just another part of that work!
Soulbound: of course, there is always a non-0% chance that I am wrong but with all the evidence may I suggest taking what I said as a heads up
Nagisa: Uu…! I know...that they'll understand when I explain it to them...Monaca...believes in me…
Gp: just be careful, ok? Like I know you don't like adults, but we care about you and don't want you hurt
Nagisa: ….
He then continued to lead us to the escape way, but of course more monokumas… 50 bucks they'll attack a third time
thankful we managed to take care of it because we
PROTECT DA CHILD, anyway
WAHOO 3 IN A ROW JACKPOT!
Hmmmmm this gonna be a cutoff point or will there be a fourth…I'll cut my losses here, but I won't be surprised if there is a fourth
And then right in front of our eyes was a pile of corpses, stacked like hunted meat
Gp: man…. You guys really did all that
reminds me of my time with rj, though we couldn't have our bodies out in the open, thankfully my stomach was a great hiding place if given enough time
but no no I shouldn't think like that.
Nagisa: They're all...demons. They're all...our enemies…
Soulbound: but none of them never did anything to you they didn't even know you existed do the sins of the few really matter more than the lives of the many?
Nagisa: … Yes, that's right. We can't help being terrified of adults… I've lived my whole life...thinking that if only there were no adults, we could live in peace and harmony.
Gp: can you… tell me what happened to you, if you don't mind?
Nagisa: … Originally, we Warriors of Hope were classmates at the Hope's Peak Academy Officially Annexed Elementary School. While there...we were collected in a so-called "problem child" class. But...to call us problem children would be inaccurate. That would mean that we were the source of problems. But that was wrong...Adults created our problems. Our parents...created our problems. They say that children don't pick their parents. Well all of us got the short end of the stick. My parents too, without exaggeration...were true demons. My parents didn't think of raising me as anything more than levelling up in a game… It's like they completely forgot that I was a human being. From dawn to dusk, studying studying studying studying...When I tired, I got a nutrient tonic… Even if I collapsed completely, I would be revived every time with an IV...Going 3 or 4 sleepless days was common. If I showed any sign of resistance, they would use an item to enervate me. They must have thought that if they kept grinding for experience points like that then I would level up to meet their expectations. And that was just at home...At school I was subjected to the same "expectations." My father was a teacher at the Hope's Peak Academy Officially Annexed Elementary School. He researched talent. He used me, his son, as a way to study "evolution of children's talent." For example, testing the evolution patterns of a child who had been pushed completely to the brink. ...it's funny, isn't it? I was the subject of that amusing experiment.
Gp: oh no!
Nagisa: What's more, I got off easy compared to the others. You've seen Monaca's legs, right? That...is her own family's doing. Her father and older brother were envious of her talent, and did that to her…
Gp: oh no!
Soulbound: yeah… totally her legs are very broken…
Nagisa: Because of our superior talent, we've always been subjected to such hellish treatment. Even so, we didn't hate our parents, though not because we especially liked them… It's because we didn't know we were allowed to hate our parents. With only each other...we stewed in that mindset. For us...there was a natural conclusion. From the terrifying world that would torment us...we could escape. Escape from our scary parents, from the scary adults, from the scary world. Escape into desperate death… That had been our plan back then. But...back then was back then. There was a person who taught us not to run away...but to have the courage to fight back. That was our big sis Junko. Big sis Junko said to us…
Gp: oh no
Junko: If you don't want those...then I'll take 'em!
Gp: OH NO!
Nagisa: are you going to keep saying that?
Gp: oh yes!
Nagisa: Big sis Junko wanted what we were going to throw away. She wanted our lives. And so, she took us away. Our disappearance never became significant news, since it was around that time that "that incident" started becoming big. And then...we had the most fun days of our lives. Big sis Junko poured plenty of affection onto us as her possessions. But she didn't stop at affection...She granted us our dreams. The idea of creating a "Children's Paradise" where we could live in peace and harmony… ...and the mindset we would need to see that through we all learned from big sis Junko. That is to say, the mindset that "adults are apparitions." That was the revelation we needed. Thanks to that, we could finally see. Everything we knew was nothing more than a convenient lie set up by adults. Kids shouldn't disobey adults...We shouldn't happily get along in peaceful murder and violence… We made the decision to oppose adults and destroy this world of dirty lies created by them. The first one we killed was some adult we didn't know at all… Once we did that, we knew that kids really could kill adults, and all at once knew we could do it. From then on, we went on killing apparitions, and steadily leveled up. Big sis Junko was delighted as well. The "kids killing adults" scheme was plenty despair-inducing.
Gp: I'm so sorry
she did to you what I did to her
you shouldn't have had to do that
Nagisa: What of it? Didn't I say? We're her possessions. We'd much rather be used by her than by horrid adults.
Gp: NO THAT'S WRONG!
Nagisa: what?
Gp: I know rj I grew up with her, and I guess I'm not her so I can't confirm anything, but I don't think she was using all of you. You said so yourself you were scared, no one would help you and when push came to it you almost killed yourself. Well, that's just like her! Before I met her, she was in that same situation, alone and she did it, she jumped! She just couldn't seem to die though, and she met me, and I helped her become who she is, but I cared for her more than anything! And I know she probably felt the same way about you guys! When she saw all of you, no hope in life, about to jump. She probably saw herself in that same situation many years ago. So, she did like me and took you in. and yeah, she probably did make you evil for selfish reasons. But you also said she cared and loved you. And I will never believe that was a lie! You where her children, she may be gone but never forget that…
Nagisa: …
Say what you like...You can't change the fact that big sis Junko gave us all hope. That hope allowed us to defeat the "demon boss."
Gp: The...boss…?
Nagisa: ...our parents.
Gp: oh no!
Nagisa: That was a once in a lifetime fight...After that fight, we were able to level up even further. From there, we mobilized our Children's Paradise Plan, and began liberating other kids from adults… And that was the start of the Warriors of Hope's reign...or it should have been… But just then...big sis Junko died. Some idiot...killed her…
Gp: hey Makoto is a Chad give him respect!
Soulbound: also, he wanted to save her but Junko choose to kill herself, if anything that "some idiot" who killed her WAS her
so, make with that what you will
Nagisa: With her dead, we were left without an owner, and all at once we didn't know what we should do… But...Monaca was different.
Monaca: We can take the hope that big sis Junko gave us and live up to it ourselves. We can't give up. We can't throw that hope away.
Nagisa: At that time, Monaca looked to me just like big sis Junko. In that instant...some inconsequential things vanished, and I awoke as if born again. You could say that that...was when our true "revolution" began. ...and this time I made a vow. A vow that we would remain to bring our dream to fruition and prove how wonderful our big sister was.
Gp: mother*
Soulbound: I am so glad they don't call her mom if I had to hear "mommy Junko" at any moment I would have let these kids kill me I don't care torture is better than hearing that
Nagisa: We would make lies like education and familial love a thing of the past and turn this city into a paradise just for children. That is our hope!
Gp: that was such a sad story…
Nagisa: what about you?
Gp: huh?
Nagisa: you kept saying how big sis Junko was basically your daughter, and while I've heard things… getting to know you… I want to hear your side of the story what's your history with her?
Gp: oh! …. well, where do I start
well, I'd start from the beginning I'd say at the time she was about your age or younger. A wile demon dad and a vile demon mom, a sister who wasn't around and a verbally abusive boyfriend. Along with her brain problems it made her hopeless in life, but she couldn't seem to die, that's when I came in, I moved into Japan to start a new life I won't beat around the bush I was a criminal. But it was a matter of sanity not ethics. I remember first looking into her eyes that day we met, like a spark. I don't know if you believe in fate, but I believe fate had plans for me and her. She wanted me to make her evil, so I did, a bit too well. It wasn't for any bad reason I just genuinely thought she'd be better if I did that, make a life for herself you know? But I guess that aint no justification what I did was bad, and I truly was an idiot for thinking otherwise… but there is one reason I will never regret doing what I did
Nagisa: and what would that be?
Gp: because I gained a daughter, you see like I said her parents where mean like yours were, so I gave her the care and love they never did and let me say truly from my heart that I cared for her more than anything else. I took her out to places, made sure she kept with her education, and I always tried to comfort her when she was down.
Like I can just remember long time ago a day when she was alone and crying
In the walls of the house Gabriel heard sobbing, ah he crawled out of one of the many holes he made to the source was none other than RJ, curled up in a ball alone and crying in the dark
Gabriel: RJ oh my- are you ok?
When he went closer to her, he saw the cause of her pain clear as day; from the shirt she was wearing was seeping stains of fresh blood, open wounds.
Gabriel: oh god what happened to you who did this?
RJ: …he always does this
Gabriel: oh my, it was your parents, wasn't it? Those little I'll kill them myself! I will you know I will!
RJ: DON'T!
Gabriel: why not? They only make you suffer they can't get away with this, I won't even be that hard
RJ: just please… not yet I'm not ready yet…
Gabriel: …ok if you don't want me to I won't, but my offer still stands just say the word and I won't hesitate.
Just come here you shouldn't have to suffer alone
At that he took of his coat and wrapped it around her to calm her down he soothed her with his voice
[GABRIEL]
hey there there RJ it's gonna be ok I'm here for you...
Come stop your crying
It will be alright
Just take my hand
Hold it tight
I will protect you
From all around you
I will be here
Don't you cry
For one so small,
You seem so strong
My arms will hold you,
Keep you safe and warm
This bond between us
Can't be broken
I will be here
Don't you cry
Cause you'll be in my heart
Yes, you'll be in my heart
From this day on
Now and forever more
You'll be in my heart
No matter what they say
You'll be here in my heart always
Why can't they understand the way we feel?
They just don't trust what they can't explain
I know we're different but deep inside us
We're not that different at all
And you'll be in my heart
Yes, you'll be in my heart
From this day on
Now and forever more
Don't listen to them
Cause what do they know (what do they know)?
We need each other
To have, to hold.
They'll see in time
I know
When destiny calls you
You must be strong (you gotta be strong)
I may not be with you
But you've got to hold on
They'll see in time
I know
We'll show them together
Cause you'll be in my heart
Believe me, you'll be in my heart
I'll be there from this day on,
Now and forever more
Oh, you'll be in my heart (you'll be here in my heart)
No matter what they say (I'll be with you)
You'll be here in my heart (I'll be there) always
Always
I'll be with you
I'll be there for you always
Always and always
Just look over your shoulder
Just look over your shoulder
Just look over your shoulder
I'll be there always.
Gp: …. uh! But yeah she's mean now and I'm mad at her!
Gp said though soulbound and nagisa where to smart and knew it was a blatant lie but didn't point it out