Chapter 2: Johnny Beach Goode Part 1 (Daily Life)

Citizens Remaining: 15

"Another killing game? Are you sure?" A silhouette of a young man with spiky hair is seen talking on a phone.

"Alright, maybe I'll see if one of the Remnants would want to check it out for themselves. Goodbye then, Headmaster Naegi."

A young woman approached him, short hair and a camera hanging off her shoulder, "Did I hear that correctly, Makoto said there was another killing game happening? How is that possible?".

"I don't know, but we're going to have to find out somehow. He said a large artificial structure was found in the middle of the ocean, and someone managed to snag a few pictures. They're not as good as yours so they weren't able to get much, but you could kind of see a group of people and a certain bear." He showed the camera girl the blurry photos and she gasped.

"In any case, you mentioned having to send someone to check it out for themselves. I could volunteer, although I wouldn't be much help to them. Oh to be like another lucky student..." A certain shaggy haired young man was also there.

"(sighs) We just need someone who can manage to get to that area and make contact with the participants. I could try to bust in, but who knows what kind of security measures they have there. We need someone with skills that the mastermind would have failed to account for..."

"Fuhahahahahaha! The time has come for you to FEAST, go my Twelve Zodiac Generals!"

Sweat rolls down the faces of the other three as they approach the guy who just yelled.

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Back with Ai's perspective

One hour and fifteen minutes.

That's how long it's been since I went to bed.

After our little hangout session after the trial, I just went straight to my room, took a shower to wash off the makeup, then changed into my pajamas. There's no leaving my room now, so I'm just stuck here alone with my thoughts, unless I'm willing to get caught looking undead. I'm currently stuck thinking about the two people we lost today.

Misato was pretty friendly unless you invoked her temper and got hit by her weapons. Gold truly believed that she was willing to become friends with him and not having an ulterior motive, which could go either way. But I wonder if at some point those weapons could have been filled with actual ammunition, were she to become a murderer… ugh I shouldn't think like that, then I would be thinking like Kaiba.

He was far from cooperative with anyone in this group, more often than not he was off doing his own thing. I should have seen the signs of him becoming the blackened through talking down to Espio for losing his weapon like that. However, I never would have expected him to be so greatly affected by Monokuma's motive. He was willing to kill Misato, just to free his brother from mind control. I wouldn't call that honorable by any means, but at least it showed us he wasn't truly heartless.

Speaking of the mind control, how are we going to fix this? Monokuma has turned our friends and loved ones into slaves, Remnants of Despair as he calls them. There has to be some way of turning them back into their normal selves, a reverse brainwashing method that doesn't involve hurting them. Also, even if we do manage to snap them out of it, they could have already wrecked our home worlds then, being seen as corrupt terrorists. Just so much to worry about, while we were just sitting around, trapped in a city with an evil robotic teddy bear.

I sigh as I finally close my eyes to get some rest, thinking about this too much could drive me crazy. Hoping that these next few days will be more relaxing, and at the very least normal.

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MONOKUMA THEATER

"You've probably noticed that this whole city has many references to Danganronpa characters!"

"The Ultimates are like celebrities here! As they should be with how popular all of them are."

"Except for Hiro. I haven't seen a single person out there who has him as their favorite, and in a series like this? With so many great characters, he's one of the least interesting!"

"How did he even survive Trigger Happy Havoc? Oops, spoilers for readers who haven't played the games."

"Then again, why are you reading if you're not knowledgeable about the series? Go watch the anime at least! It's not perfect, but if you're not going to buy the games, at least be educated!"

"Oops, got off topic. Maybe we should get recommendations for other city locations based on characters from the entire series… Danganronpa 1, 2, 3, Ultra Despair Girls, and V3!"

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*Ding dong, bing bong!*

"Gooooooood morning Mono—"

I just turned off the tv because I'm not in the mood to hear that bear's voice. Unfortunately the screen just turned on again to finish the morning announcement, just great.

"Now then, a quick news dump since you all are probably still feeling gloomy! A new section of the city has been opened up! And I think you're all gonna like what it is! In other news, our esteemed mayor is running for re-election, new specials are available in the restaurant district, and the weather's good enough to go swimming, hint hint. Have a good day citizens!"

I need to remind myself to vote for another candidate, if there is one anyways. More importantly though, it looks like one of the metal walls is going down, so I should meet up with the others soon. Well, after breakfast of course. After getting myself ready, I decided to wear the t-shirt, sweats, and sneakers outfit I wear when practicing for concerts. The bear must have learned his lesson after peeping in on me yesterday, thank god.

"Morning Ai!" Gold greeted me, grinning from ear to ear as he, Miles, and Emma were right behind him.

"Good morning." I couldn't believe he wasn't feeling as down as I was in this situation, though I don't really know how he's feeling on the inside.

I knocked on Bernadetta's door and she reluctantly came out. The five of us walked down to the lobby to see Marty, Ryuji, Killua, and Shantae greeting us. Trunks just gave a little wave and a smile, as I noticed Espio was just sitting there silently in the corner chair. He was probably still feeling guilty for having his kunai being taken and used for murder. I walked over and patted him on the back, yet I don't think that helped much. Sitting down to have an egg sandwich, I see some of the people who just went straight to their rooms last night.

"Ah! It's the group who were having fun last night! I wish I could have joined you!" Alice put her hand to her mouth as she laughed, walking alongside Aoba.

"You guys really are something, having fun after putting someone to death." He said sitting down on the sofa.

"Jeez, good morning to you too pal." Ryuji sneered at Aoba before digging into some ramen (for breakfast, really?), "So what now?"

"We just have to wait for—" Trunks was interrupted by the arrival of the two he was about to mention, Sucy and Ishigami, "... you two."

"Yo." Ishigami said as the two of them took their seats.

"You guys were too loud last night, next time that happens, I'll make you grow mushrooms in your head." Sucy gave a deadpan threat. (I think Junko actually grew mushrooms in her head once)

"Yeesh!" Marty was taken aback by what she said.

"Now that everyone's here let us begin our next meeting. Before we explore this new area Monokuma's opened up, is there anything we should address?" Trunks put his hand down on the round table in the middle of the lobby.

"I have one, it's about how we're all from different worlds." I stood up in front of everyone as I began, "The worlds where we're from are all listed down in our e-Handbooks. Saga, Johto, Brooklyn, Fódlan, etc., we're all clearly not from the same place. So how was the mastermind able to bring us together, hypnotize our loved ones, and set everything up despite all of that?"

"I fought a guy who made a machine to open portals into other dimensions, maybe they used similar tech?" Miles told us.

"Makes sense, considering how Monokuma is also a complex machine. The person who built him has got to be a genius right?" Killua asked.

"I'm used to traveling back in time, but whoever pulled this off must be way smarter than Doc." Marty said as Trunks nodded, "I've met gods who have the ability to travel to other universes, as well as time. Maybe they have managed to gain powers to that of a god?"

Bernadetta shivered after the previous statement, "S-someone who can make scary stuff like that… how can we even fight them?".

"We just have to keep exploring until we find a way to beat them! Let's get to checking out the new area!" Emma was full of energy as always.

"Hold on! We still need to talk for at least a little longer!" I told her as she was getting ready to run out of Hope-tel.

"Really? The more time we spend here in this hotel, the less time we have to search the new area." Sucy was walking out the door, Ishigami, Alice, and Aoba right behind her.

"Well, if everyone's going… I better lead the way!" Gold hopped on his skateboard and rolled out the door.

"You've got a board too, huh? Time for a race then." Killua got his and followed him.

"Ooh, I want one of those! Wait up!" Emma finally ran out the door, with only Myself, Miles, Trunks, Shantae, Espio, Ryuji, and Marty there.

"Ugh, we really need to be more united. How about we meet up again later once we're done searching?" I crossed my arms, annoyed at how impatient everyone is.

"Y-yeah, I'll be sure to let everyone know about that." Trunks actually flew outside, startling me.

"I… guess I'm Ret-2-Go, haha… meeting later, gotcha." Shantae dashed away hoping to catch up with everyone.

After seeing Miles shrug and then swing from his "webs", I need to ask him about those later, we told Espio to follow the rest of us. I finished my food and disposed of it properly before we joined the crowd. As soon as we reached the wall, I counted everyone there to make sure nobody was missing. The metal wall then lowered down and we saw a terrible sight.

"Aloha, citizens!"

Monokuma was in a shell bikini and was strumming a ukulele. We were left exasperated, speechless at the display.

"W-wha? Don't I look good in this? It's an old favorite of mine!"

"No, you don't." Miles told him honestly.

"Aw… you're all too cruel for your own good. Anywho, welcome to the new section of Monocity!"

Behind him was the ocean and a beach, though towards the end you can see the wall still blocking the rest of it. Dang it, there's no swimming out of here then. A number of beach huts selling surfboards, swimsuits, and food were placed throughout, but one thing that stood out from this location was a store. It was on the opposite side of the beach and was the only other location there. A large department store with a sign saying "Hifumi Yamada's World of 2D…. And 3D.", also a statue of a round glasses-wearing boy, who I could assume was Hifumi Yamada. One more thing that I haven't seen ever since I got there, a stage for performances.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Jabberwock Coast!"

Isn't that the name of a monster? Whatever, I'm not willing to put my feet in the water right now. It's time to begin searching.

The second chapter has begun! If you've played Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, you probably guessed who the people at the beginning were. If you haven't, just look them up on the wiki. Hopefully their integration into this story goes smoothly! Keep the comments/reviews coming people, they give me the motivation to continue writing and learn from my mistakes. See ya!