Hello readers and welcome to my new chapter. Before I start, I want to talk to you guys about something. I know it's a bit far off from the chapter we're currently at, but I want to discuss the class trials.
What aspects of the trial do you think I should keep? I probably won't be keeping mini-games such as hangman's gambit, but there are a few things that I would probably keep in the watching the future story. Which of these things do you guys think I should keep? And, when the investigations and trial comes closer, would some of you mind telling what parts of the anime I should put in the trial? Like one of you mentioned before, there are some parts in the anime that were good and could be used in this fic.
So, with that discussion out of the way, I hope you enjoy the chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Danganronpa.
Chapter 9: Watching Ch 1: To Survive Part 2
The scene changed to Makoto sleeping on a bed. Slowly, the boy woke up with a groan. "Huh?" The boy said, when he noticed he was in a completely different location. "W-Where am I?"
Slowly, he rose and examined the bedroom he's in. It was a small room, with a desk next to his bed, a table and small cupboard at the front, and two doors to the side of him. A camera was also in the room while the windows behind are sealed with metal plates.
Makoto's eyes widened in recognition. "Is that my old room? Or at least, one of the dorm rooms at the old building of Hope's Peak?"
"So it seems." Byakuya confirmed.
"Okay, so," Makoto spoke to himself. "Where am I now?" He got up from his bed and looked around. He saw a lint roller near the bed, as well as a notepad on the desk. As he looked around the room, he found a key on the desk with his name on it.
"So there are rooms assigned to us." Celestia mused. "At least we won't have to go through the trouble of picking rooms."
"Are you seriously worried about that?" Leon questioned in slight disbelief.
"Okay, I think I'm starting to understand." Makoto said as he looked at his room once more. "This room must be my assigned dorm room."
'Someone must have carried me here when I got knocked unconscious.' The lucky student thought. 'That answers my first question. My next one is what everyone else is up to right now.' His eyes then went to the far door on his right. 'Well, there's only one way to find out. And that's to get out of this room.' With that in mind, he went to do the door, opened it, and rushed out.
Which caused him to crash into someone.
"Ahh!"
"Oh!"
Makoto fell onto his butt and held his head from the sharp pain on his forehead. When he opened his eyes, he saw Sayaka on the ground as well. "Sayaka? S-Sorry! Are you okay?"
"I-I'm fine." Sayaka reassured, holding her head as well. "I hope you're okay." She held an embarrassed smile on her face.
Junko giggled at the scene. "The two of you are such klutz." Junko sang, causing the two to blush. "And this is like, a really cheesy scene, you know? Where a guy and a girl bump into each other in romance shows or movies."
Several of the other girls didn't like that comparison. That could be seen with Hina gripping onto the side of her seat a bit too forcefully, Mukuro subconsciously moving her hand to her knife, Celeste's polite smile holding a bit of a dark aura, and Kyoko's eyes darkening a bit.
Slowly, Makoto and Sayaka got up from the ground. "Are you okay, Sayaka? Are you hurt?" Makoto asked, concerned about their collision.
Sayaka giggled. "You make it sound worse than it really is. I'm completely fine." She reassured. "I know how I look, but I've actually built some pretty good muscle from jumping up and down the stage!"
Makoto sighed in relief. "That's good, then." He stated with a smile.
Sayaka giggled. "You always worry so much about your friends Makoto. Even those that are capable of handling most minor injuries, like Mondo and Sakura."
Makoto blushed and shrugged sheepishly. What could he say? He gets worried easily, especially when it comes to those that he cared about.
"But….are you okay?" Sayaka asked, this time being the one concern. "You know, from when Mondo hit you…."
'Yeah, that's true.' Makoto remembered. 'I got knocked out right there in front of everyone. I guess I revealed my lack of cool right from the beginning.'
"I don't think you have to worry all too much." Chihiro said to the luckster. "After all, I doubt many could take on a punch from Mondo and stay conscious. Even only a few people from Hope's Peak could sustain a hit like that."
Makoto smiled. "I don't think I would've thought it that way. Thanks Chihiro."
"Makoto?" Sayaka called out in concern, breaking Makoto out of his thoughts.
"Oh, uh, I'm fine!" Makoto replied, after getting out of his thoughts. "Nothing wrong here!"
Sayaka smiled in relief. "Oh, that's good. I was kinda worried." She admitted.
"Th-Thanks." Makoto said, a bit embarrassed. However, he immediately straightened up and asked his next question. "By the way….what are you doing here?"
"Actually, I came to get you." Sayaka answered.
That surprised Makoto a bit. "You came….to get me?"
"Well, if you really are feeling better," Sayaka said. "I was hoping you could come to the dining hall with me."
"The dining hall?" Makoto repeated, wondering why.
Sayaka then explained everything. "After you got knocked out, everyone decided to go and do their own thing. We've decided to split up and look around so later, we can get together and discuss our findings."
"So we're working together for right now." Sakura stated. "That's good."
"And splitting up is a smart move." Kyoko stated. "Not only because it covers more ground, but there are some of us who wouldn't want to pair up with anybody." Kyoko herself knew that given the state her future self is in, she wouldn't trust anyone around her. Especially with the possibility of the killing game.
"So does that mean it's almost time to get back together?" Makoto asked. "If that's what's going on, then of course I'll go with you!"
"Good. Let's go to the dining hall then." Sayaka then walked over to the dining hall, Makoto following her shortly after.
"Wow. Even in a perilous situation, the two of you stick together like glue." Taka observed.
Makoto blushed while Sayaka merely smiled. "What can I say? We fit together well." Sayaka stated. Her statement was also directed towards the other girls, causing narrowed eyes and annoyed glances from them.
'Vixen.' Mukuro thought venomously.
They soon got to the dining hall, which resembled that of a restaurant's. "So this is the dormitory's dining hall." Makoto said absentmindedly.
"It looks pretty clean, so that's good." Sayaka commented. Then she looked a bit embarrassed. "Er, I guess that's not really important right now, with us being prisoners here and all."
"Yeah, that's true." Makoto agreed.
"On the contrary, it's really important to have a clean place to eat." Celeste disagreed. "I would not want to eat in a dirty room."
The group merely sighed in exasperation or rolled their eyes at Celeste's statement. Only she would be worried about something so trivial in a situation like that.
'The others aren't here yet.' Makoto thought as he looked around once more. 'Guess we don't have much of a choice but to stay here.'
"Okay, let's just wait here." Sayaka said, surprising Makoto.
"Huh?! You heard that?!"
"Like I said, I'm psychic." Sayaka stated with a straight face. Then the straight face evaporated into an amused smile. "Come on, I'm just kidding! Seriously, I just have amazing intuition."
'Is it really just intuition?' Makoto couldn't help but think.
"Most likely is because you're very easy to read." Byakuya stated. "You're an open book, and you show all of your cards in your hand. It's no wonder Sayaka can read you so easily."
"I don't know if that should be an insult or compliment." Makoto admitted.
"Take it how however you like." Was Byakuya's response. "I'm merely stating the truth."
"Well, let's take it as a compliment then." Hina suggested optimistically. "It means that people can trust you more."
'But it also means that you can be more easily deceived.' Kyoko thought, feeling a bit worried for the future Makoto. He's so open about his emotions that he can be easily manipulated by others.
"By the way, Makoto," Sayaka spoke up once again. "I know this is kind of continuing the self-introduction thing, but I wanted to ask you something."
That got Makoto curios. "What did you want to ask me?"
"Makoto," She began. "Did you happen to go to Blackroot Junior High? Were you maybe….in class 2?"
That surprised Makoto. "Y-Yeah, actually….I was." He answered.
That brought a smile from Sayaka. "I knew it!" She declared. "I went there, too! I was in class 4, though. Do you remember me?"
"Wait, the two of you were in different classes in that school and Sayaka still remembered you?" Taka asked in surprise. "Have the two of you interacted at some point during that time?"
Makoto shook his head. "No, we never really talked to each other before we went to Hope's Peak."
"Then how did Sayaka remember Makoto throughout all that time?" Junko asked. "Makoto is a pretty unremarkable guy. Way too normal to be noticed among the crowd of other normal people."
'Okay. That comment stung a bit.' Makoto thought with a wince.
"You'll find out in a bit." Was Sayaka answers. "It's just my intuition, as well as my experience so far in Hope's Peak, but I have a feeling my future self will explain."
"Do I remember….?"
'Even back in middle school, she was a celebrity with all kinds of "ultimates" surrounding her. How could I forget?' Makoto thought to himself. 'Almost as surprising as her question was that she remembered me! We'd never even talked to each other, but she somehow she still knew who I was.'
"That is a curious thing." Celeste mused. She smiled slyly. "Could it be that our Pop Sensation was stalking Makoto here?"
"N-No! I wasn't stalking him!" Sayaka protested, blushing in embarrassment.
"Hey, are you okay?" Sayaka called out, snapping Makoto out of his thoughts once again.
"Oh, yeah." Makoto responded back. "I'm just surprised, is all. I wouldn't have thought that you would remember me."
"We went to the same school for three years, of course I remember!" Sayaka told him, as if it was obvious.
"So, stalking him for three years then?"
"I wasn't stalking him!" Sayaka denied. "Makoto just did something that caught my attention!"
"It's true." Makoto supported Sayaka's statement. "There was something that brought her attention towards me."
"Well, that's true." Makoto admitted. "But there were lots of students in our grade, right? Plus, I've never been the type of person to ever really stand out. I'm average at everything, and all my hobbies are totally normal. Even 'normal' would call me boring."
"I wouldn't call you completely normal." Byakuya stated. "You have an unnatural amount of kindness, though not as much Chihiro's, as well as an unusual amount of optimism."
"An unusual amount of kindness and optimism?" Makoto repeated as a drop of sweat rolled down the side of his head. "Are they really unusual?"
'You have no idea.' Several of them thought.
"What are you talking about?" Sayaka asked. She giggled. "You're so strange!"
"S-Strange?" Makoto repeated in shock. "That's-!"
Sayaka giggled louder, causing Makoto to stop speaking. 'Wow. Her smile is the nicest smile I've ever seen.' Makoto thought, feeling his heart rate calm down.
Sayaka blushed at this. While she's no stranger to receiving compliments from guys, none of them have ever really complimented on a simple smile. 'He really is sweet.' Sayaka thought.
Hina pouted, feeling jealous that Sayaka is getting all that time with Makoto. When will her future self get that time? She hopes it will come soon.
Mukuro and Kyoko frowned, getting jealous at the fact that Makoto is beginning to have a crush on Sayaka, if not, have one already. Celeste felt the same as well, although she's hiding it better than the others.
"Anyway," Sayaka spoke up once again. "I'm really glad….that I know somebody here. Talking to you has made me feel a lot better about all this. You're amazing, Makoto!"
Makoto couldn't help but blush at this scene, and it only grew bigger when he realized that the conversation between him and Sayaka are being shown to his classmates. Judging from the blush on Sayaka's face, she must have realized this as well.
Leon was grumbling to himself, feeling jealous that Makoto was able to get Sayaka's attention. Without trying at that!
Despite feeling warm at the last statement, he disagreed with it. "No, I'm really not." Makoto denied. "I'm nothing at all compared to all you 'ultimates'."
"But you're the one that helped me find my courage again." Sayaka argued. "Not any of these 'ultimate' students."
Leon grumbled even more at that. 'I so could've got her courage back.'
Makoto smiled bashfully at this. "Thank you for saying that."
"And to thank you for help me out, I'm going to become your Ultimate Assistant!" Sayaka declared.
That surprised the group. "My assistant?" Makoto repeated in surprise.
"Your assistant?" Sayaka also repeated, a blush on her face.
Leon, though feeling jealous, had to tease Makoto about this. "Wow, having the number one idol as your assistant? Nice one bro." Makoto blushed in embarrassment at this.
Mondo smirked at the two. "Do the two of you play those roles when none of us are looking?" He teased, getting the two blush even more. Hiro laughed at all of this.
"Man, your luck is still going strong Makoto." Hiro commented, getting a bit jealous as well. Hifumi, meanwhile, is between praising Makoto for his ability or steaming in jealousy.
Hina pouted even more while Sakura smiled in amusement. Kyoko merely raised an eyebrow at the idea and Mukuro just scowled in jealousy, knowing the two could get closer with Sayaka being Makoto's assistant. Junko, who was pretty bored in watching this, got a bit amused at how her sister is acting.
"Huh?" Makoto stated in shock. "My assistant?"
"Yup!" Sayaka confirmed brightly. "I'm your assistant now! I'm going to help out as much as I can, so let's get out of here together!"
Sayaka, after getting out of her embarrassment, decided to take advantage of this little moment with her and Makoto on the screen. "So our future selves are getting closer than last time." Sayaka commented to Makoto.
Makoto chuckled and nodded. "Yep. Seems like it."
"Maybe I can become your Ultimate Assistant as well?" Sayaka asked him 'innocently'. That brought Makoto's eyes wide and a healthy blush on the boy's face.
"Wh-What?"
"Well, our future selves doing it. Why not us?" She latched her arms around Makoto. "I may not have that much experience being an assistant, but I'm sure I could do it."
Makoto's face is that akin to a tomato now. Meanwhile, Hina is gnashing her teeth in jealousy, Mukuro is resisting the temptation in putting a knife in Sayaka, Celeste is holding a dark aura around her, and Kyoko has her eyes narrowed at Sayaka.
Sayaka, in return, gave the girls sly smiles while Makoto isn't looking, angering them further. Those around them, san an oblivious and embarrassed Makoto, took a step back at the obvious rivalry between the girls.
"I don't need a fortune to tell me that this will get ugly during this whole thing." Hiro stated. Several in the group agreed with the clairvoyant.
Makoto felt himself get pumped up with Sayaka's words. But as he looked around once again, he saw that none of the others were here yet. 'Everyone else still isn't here.' Makoto thought. 'I don't even know what time it is right now. There must be a clock around here.'
He soon found a clock near the entrance of the dining hall. When he looked at the time, his eyes widened. "What?! 7:00?! At night?!"
Several's eyes widened as well. "He was knocked out for THAT long?!" Leon exclaimed.
"M-Mondo's punch m-must've been harder t-than we thought." Toko stuttered out. "O-Or m-maybe it's that M-Makoto is weaker than we r-realized."
"Hey!"
"Well, Makoto was launched into the air. Mondo must've put too much strength in it." Chihiro pointed out quietly.
Mondo paled when he felt the killing intent from the other girls and from the reminder that he had hurt Makoto badly. He's going to suffer soon, he's sure of it.
"You were unconscious for a pretty long time." Sayaka explained to him.
'I see.' Makoto thought. 'Without being able to look at a window, I lost all sense of time. If I have to stay in a place for too long….I might go crazy.'
Hina suddenly paled. "How long will our future selves be stuck inside the school?"
"Who knows? It maybe days, weeks, even months." Byakuya stated. "There's a small chance it's for the rest of their lives, if our future selves actually manage to avoid killing one another."
Hina whimpered at the thought. "I just might go crazy if I can't go play outside!"
"The thought disturbs me as well." Sakura agreed with her friend. "There are limits to what exercises I could do inside the school walls."
"Relax. I'm sure they'll take us out of the old building soon, I'm sure of it." Hiro waved off. Everyone ignored him.
"I can't believe no one's here yet." Sayaka commented. "But I'm sure they'll start showing up soon."
Just as she said that, Taka threw open the dining hall doors and entered in.
Several jumped at that. "What the heck? Did Taka time that?" Leon questioned.
"I'm sure it's just a big coincidence." Taka stated. As if he would wait in front of a meeting place when he could enter in! A waste of time for sure!
"Ah, Makoto, Sayaka! So you two got here first, huh?" Taka rhetorically asked. He sagged his shoulder a bit in disappointment. "Too bad….I was sure I'd beat everyone here. I guess that just means I don't have enough fighting spirit yet!"
The moral compass quickly picked himself back up. "Well I won't give up! Next time, I swear I'll win no matter what it takes! Justice shall always prevail!"
"Well said future me!" Taka agreed passionately while the others groaned in exasperation.
"Bro, that's a bit much there." Mondo mumbled.
Sayaka giggled. "That's a bit much, don't you think?"
After Taka came in, the others followed shortly after. A few minutes later, everyone had gathered at the dining table. "Okay! It looks like everyone's here. Time to start the meeting!" Taka declared. "Let's all go around and share what we've found out during our respective investigations! The sooner we find out what's going on, the sooner we can get out of here!"
"So our alliance begins." Hifumi announced in a menacing like voice.
Makoto was taking another look at the group when he noticed something. "Wait. What about Kyoko?" Makoto pointed out, getting everyone else's attention. "She's not here."
That got Taka riled up. "What?!" He exclaimed. "She's going to be late?! And without telling anyone either!"
Makoto felt himself become a bit worried, but only a little bit. He knew that Kyoko, being a detective and all, is always thorough with her investigations. She's probably just spending more time to look around in detail.
"Well, I hope future Kyoko will be okay." Hina said with concern. Despite Kyoko being one of her rivals, she still cared about her well-being.
The detective waved off the concern. "Don't worry. I doubt my future self is in danger." Like Makoto, she also believed that her future self is just looking around more thoroughly. Hopefully, that search will lead to some clues for them.
And that's the end. I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter. Again, if you have any ideas for chapter one of watching Danganronpa, during free time events, the murders, the investigations, or the trials, let me know. Review, favorite, and follow and I will see you later.