Hello readers and welcome to my new chapter. I would've posted this sooner, but I had a nasty cold for a few days and I needed to go to other places. Didn't have time to write as much as I wanted to, but here we are now. So, I really hope you enjoy this chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Danganronpa.
Chapter 15: Watching Ch 1: To Survive Part 8
'Now that she mentioned it, I do wonder what's on everyone's videos.' Makoto thought to himself. 'It would be a lie if I said I wasn't curious.'
"It would be a lie if any of us said we weren't curious." Leon stated. "Though I'd rather not see it right now. Not after seeing Makoto's video."
Sounds of agreement came from the others.
"Hey Sayaka," Makoto turned to his idol friend. Her arms are wrapped around her body, and the girl is shaking a little. "What was in your video?" He asked.
She stayed silent and continued shaking, concerning the lucky student. "What's w-wrong? Just hurry up and t-tell us." Toko said rudely.
Again, Sayaka stayed silent. A look entered Sayaka's eyes, one that Makoto has seen before, further concerning the boy.
"I think you just made it worse, Toko." Sakura grunted. "You need to think about what to say before you say it."
"I-I'm just saying what I'm thinking. N-Nothing wrong with that, is there?" Toko muttered bitterly.
Meanwhile, Sayaka and Makoto stared at the future Sayaka in concern. What on earth did she see to make her act like that? Sayaka felt a bit of dread coming in her heart.
"Sayaka?" Slowly, Makoto touched her hand….
And that was the trigger for Sayaka. "Stop it!" With that shout, she pushed his hand away and ran out of the A/V room.
Now everyone's concerned for Sayaka. "What she had seen must have been extremely traumatizing." Sakura thought out loud.
"Whatever it was, it was something big, at least for future Sayaka." Kyoko turned to the present Sayaka. "Do you have any ideas?"
Sayaka gulped. "A few." Sayaka admitted. "I'd….rather not think about them right now." If she does, she might end up like her future self.
"Sayaka?!" Hina exclaimed in alarm. Some of the others looked alarmed at her sudden departure as well.
Before any of them could chase her, Byakuya spoke up. "Let her go." He said coldly.
"I-I can't do that!" Makoto protested. "I have to make sure she's okay!"
"I h-hate romantic comedies like this." Toko grumbled. "I don't care what h-happens to her, personally…."
"Seriously?" Hina gaped. "How can you say something so heartless, Toko?"
"W-What? My future self d-doesn't know her, so why should she care?" Toko defended herself.
"It's still an apathetic and cruel thing to say to a person." Sakura chided. "It's why you push people away."
Toko tsked. "Whatever." However, she couldn't help but see that….her words did sound a bit cruel. Watching herself deliver those words brought a new perspective about herself.
"That's because you're totally thoughtless!" Junko retorted.
Hina looked to where Sayaka ran off. "I'm….really worried." Hina said.
Celeste sighed. "Then why don't you go do whatever you think you have to?" She questioned. "We don't all have to stick together, right? Speaking of which, I have my own things to take care of. Goodbye."
She along, with several others, started leaving the A/V room and went their separate ways for right now. Makoto also went out, looking for Sayaka.
"If anybody can help her, it's Makoto." Hina said in confidence. Some of the others nodded in agreement.
Kyoko and Byakuya however, are a little skeptical. Something tells them that Makoto's kind word, however influencing they are, won't help in this situation.
The scene changed to Makoto looking around in the hallway. 'Where is she?' Makoto thought worriedly. When he saw an open door, he went inside.
When he entered the classroom, he saw Sayaka sitting on a chair in the corner, with her hands on her knees and her eyes staring absently at the floor.
That got several of the of the students concerned. "Um, Sayaka?" Chihiro spoke up worriedly. "Is your future self okay?"
"I'm….not sure." Sayaka said, also concerned. The sight of herself like that is very unnerving, and there were a few things that could get her into that state.
'Sayaka?' Makoto thought as he slowly approached the girl. 'Is she upset? Angry, maybe? Wait, no,' The luckster got a closer look at Sayaka's face. 'There's nothing. She looks completely emotionless. Like her original mask was completely stripped away.'
"What the hell did she see?" Leon questioned.
"It must be something really bad to make her like this." Junko said, making a fake frown.
Present Sayaka is really concerned now.
"S-Sayaka?" Makoto spoke up hesitantly. "Are you okay?"
After a moment, she spoke. "Yeah….I'm fine." She spoke slowly. "Actually, no….how could I possibly be fine? What did we do to end up like this? Why are they doing such terrible things to us?"
She then stood up, shouting, "I want out! Let me out of here right now!"
"This is not good." Byakuya narrowed his eyes. "In the state she's in, she's willing to do anything to get out of the school. Even…."
Sayaka shook a little at the implication, but Makoto shook his head. "No, Sayaka wouldn't do that." Makoto stated. "She's too kind to do that!"
"But like Byakuya said, in the state she's in now, she's willing to do anything." Celeste pointed out.
"Future me will calm her down! I'm sure of it!" Makoto continued firmly.
"I have no doubt about that." Byakuya sighed. "You're too kind-hearted to let her stay like this. Let us hope your words can get through to her."
"Sayaka! Calm down!" Makoto grabbed the idol's shoulder, stopping her from thrashing around. "I understand. I know how you feel right now. When I think about what might have happened to my family…."
He closed his eyes, a flash of the video entering his mind, before shaking his head and opening his eyes back in determination. "But now more than ever we have to stay calm! This is exactly what they want. They want us to lose our composure and to stop thinking rationally."
"Think about it - those videos have to be fake!" He continued. "Because if those things really had happened, people out there would be in an uproar. Our families, the police, everyone! Right?"
Sayaka continued to stay silent under Makoto's speech. "So let's just calm down, okay?" Makoto gently asked. "Otherwise, we've already lost."
"Wow," Hina said in awe. "That was a good speech."
"I agree. It sounds very moving." Sakura agreed with her best friend.
"It is very moving!" Taka stated, tears in his eyes. "That speech is filled with such passion, such determination!"
"You have a gift for words, Makoto." Kyoko smiled at the luckster. Said luckster blushed and smiled sheepishly.
"Thanks. Though my future was probably trying to reassure himself as much as Sayaka." Makoto admitted.
"Still, it was a good and moving speech Makoto." Sayaka complimented. "I felt myself getting calmer."
"But can it get future Sayaka calmer?" Byakuya questioned. "That's the question we should be asking."
"Yeah, she still look a bit frantic." Junko pointed out.
"As long as we work together, I'm sure we can find some way out of here. And help might even come before that." Makoto concluded.
"But," Sayaka finally spoke up. "What if there isn't a way out? What if help never comes?"
Makoto gritted his teeth a little at that difficult question. "I-If that happens," His eyes glinted in determination. "Then I'll get you out of her myself! No matter what it takes!"
Several eyes widen in surprise at the Makoto's declaration. Makoto himself is also shocked by this.
"Did Makoto really just say that?" Leon asked in surprise. "I mean, he's a super positive guy, but this?"
"Yes, he did said it." Byakuya confirmed, just as surprised. "And with such conviction as well."
When he said, Makoto paused. 'What the- Why did I say that?'
"And it seems like future Makoto is shocked by his own words as well." Celeste commented on.
Before he could think anymore on it, Sayaka suddenly launched herself onto Makoto, surprising the boy. "Sayaka?" The idol buried her face into his chest.
The other girls felt spikes of jealousy, but pushed it away. They all know that right now isn't the time to let their rivalry show.
"Please….help me," She cried, her voice small and shaky. "Why? Why is this happening to me? To kill, or be killed….I just can't take it anymore….!"
"Sayaka…."
Leon, Makoto, Hina, and Sakura couldn't help but frown a bit. Out of the entire class, they knew her the most, so it's….odd, seeing her so emotional. Not to say that she isn't emotional, she just doesn't openly display it.
Kyoko, Byakuya, and Celeste has those same thoughts as well. They may not be as close to Sayaka, but they are observant. And they know Sayaka isn't this emotional.
Sayaka herself also knows this. And since this is her future self, she can also tell that what she's doing is an act. 'Is she planning to….?' Sayaka didn't let herself finish the thought. Just thinking about using or killing any of her friends, especially Makoto, just makes her sick.
Junko was also noticing the act. And is cheering mentally. Looks like a murder is going to happen soon. This is gonna be great! She wonders who Sayaka is going to target.
The idol cried a bit of more. Finally, after a moment, she looked up from Makoto's chest, her eyes watery. "Can I," She spoke hesitantly. "Can I believe what you said?"
"Huh?"
"That you'll help me get out?" Sayaka clarified. "No matter what it takes?"
"A-Absolutely!" Makoto answered.
"Makoto," She spoke tearfully. "You're the only one that I can trust. So please, no matter what happens, please always be there for me. I need you by my side…."
Sayaka frowned fearfully. Yep, this is definitely an act. The feeling behind it is there, sure, but an act nonetheless. And she fears what she's going to do to Makoto.
"O-Of course I'll be there for you! No matter what, I'm always on your side. I mean," Makoto smiled. "You are my assistant, after all."
Shaking off Sayaka's odd behavior, Hina turned to Makoto. "Even seeing the same thing we all did, you're the one doing the comforting."
"And to say that you'll stay by her side, help her get out," Sakura smiled. "It's incredible."
"Though isn't it a bit arrogant, thinking that he could do it?" Junko asked everyone.
Kyoko shook her head. "If it came from anyone else, maybe." The detective said. "But we all know Makoto isn't like that. And what he said didn't have arrogance in his voice. No, that was pure determination."
Several nods of agreement were passed around, making the luckster blush. Still, he wondered to himself how his future self still had the strength to say those things, even after the video. He could chalk it up as his future self growing up, but considering their memories were wiped, he doubts that's the answer.
So he has to wonder….does he have that kind of strength?
Sayaka was silent for a moment. Finally, she spoke. "Thank you, Makoto. Hearing you say that, I feel like I can keep going. I can get through this….as long as you're with me." Finally, she smiled. "Like you said, I'm your assistant."
Getting over Sayaka's odd behavior, Hina smiled in relief. "Good. She's better now."
"The smile is a little forced, but it's definitely an improvement." Makoto agreed.
'Don't count on it.' Kyoko, Byakuya, and Celeste thought. Something tells them that she's far from better.
Suddenly, Monokuma appeared. "It's standing up!"
Sayaka and Makoto yelped, jumping away from each other.
The others yelped once again. "Will he stop doing that?" Leon complained.
"I doubt he will." Junko sighed.
"Makoto! It standing up!" Monokuma repeated.
"What's standing up?!" Makoto exclaimed, frustrated.
"Do you even have to ask?" Monokuma asked rhetorically. He pointed at Makoto's crotch. "Your flagpole!"
Makoto's eye twitched and his cheeks flushed in embarrassment.. "Like I would react to Sayaka hugging me! I'm not a pervert!"
"Yeah." Leon agreed. "Hifumi would be the one to react though."
"Hey!"
Makoto flushed. "Get the hell out of here!"
Monokuma shook his head. "No! No! I wanna join in!"
"Dammit!" Makoto cursed. "Well if you won't leave, then tell us what the hell is up with those videos!"
"You know Makoto is pissed when he's cursing." Yasuhiro commented on. "The guy almost never curses."
"Well, the bear did ruin the moment between Sayaka and Makoto." Leon pointed out. "Of course he would get pissed."
"Ahh….it's about to come out," Monokuma announced, holding his stomach. "It's gonna come out! My pristine, pure white…."
"...Stuffing!" Monokuma finished. "My honest, innocent stuffing is about to come gushing out!"
"God damnit, that fucking bear is annoying!" Mondo growled. "It's just asking to be punched!"
"How do you think other me feel?" Makoto frowned. It takes a lot to annoy and anger him, and Monokuma is slowly entering in the very small list of things that annoy him.
That was the last straw for Makoto. The boy cocked his fist and swung at Monokuma as hard as he could. But it was for naught, as he ended up punching the air, and the momentum in that punch propelled him to crash into one of the desks.
Several of his gasps in shock. "Is he alright?!" Hina and Sayaka asked in concern.
"That was a close one." Byakuya stated. "If Monokuma didn't dodge the punch, it would've executed Makoto."
Makoto paled a little. Yeah, he was lucky Monokuma dodged that punched.
"Why would you do something so suicidal at the moment?" Hifumi asked him.
Makoto chuckled sheepishly, the paleness still on his face. "I'm guessing my future self wasn't thinking about the consequences. Maybe after seeing the video and Monokuma's rude interruption, it just kinda pushed him over the edge."
"You better get some control over your emotions, Makoto." Kyoko stated with a slight stern glare. "I don't want you to die just because you let your anger out of control."
Makoto felt his spine straighten at the stern glare. "N-Noted."
"I don't think you'll have to worry about that." Chihiro voiced. "After all, it's hard to get Makoto angry enough to lose his cool."
Kyoko's eyes softened. "I know. But Monokuma was able to push him over the edge, as we've seen."
"A-Are you okay?!" Sayaka exclaimed in concern.
"If I hadn't avoided your punch, you would've just violated school regulations." Monokuma pointed out, his back at the students. He then turned towards them at his next words. "But boy are you slow slow slow slow SLOW! I could've downed a thousand-dollar full-course dinner in the time it took you to finish your swing!"
"Your speed, agility, alertness, passion, boldness, sense of despair, antagonization, it's all lacking!" Monokuma lectured. And with that, he disappeared as fast as he appeared.
"I'm glad that was fucking over." Mondo grumbled.
"What was the point with that?" Byakuya questioned, a raised eyebrow. "Did he do all that just to ruin the good mood?"
The two students were silent for a moment. After that moment pass, Sayaka spoke up. "What the heck was that just now?"
"I don't blame her for asking that." Chihiro said softly. "We don't even know what to call that."
"How about just him being a jerk?" Hina suggested.
Makoto sighed in aggravation. "He just wanted to mess with us."
"Well, for now….you wanna just head back?" Sayaka asked.
"Yeah…."
The scene changed to Makoto and Sayaka at the dorm rooms. "You should get some rest, Sayaka." Makoto suggested. "You still look pretty shaken."
"I'm sorry for making you worry about me," Sayaka apologized. "You're right. I'm going to lay down for a bit."
WIth a nod and small bow, Sayaka went inside her room. And again, the scene changed to Makoto laying on his bed, in his room. 'Jeez,' Makoto thought tiredly. 'Seriously, what's going on here? There's just so many problems. I can't even decide what the biggest problem is….'
'That we're trapped in here? That what I saw in the video might be real?' Makoto began listing off. 'Monokuma? What the mastermind has in store for us? Or….are 'we' our biggest problems?'
"Yeah. That's what I'm thinking to." Makoto sighed. "There's a list of problems, and it's hard to decide which one of them is the biggest problem."
"Each one of them has the potential to be the biggest problems." Sakura agreed. "It's hard to decide which one to focus on."
"I say that all of them are equally big." Mukuro spoke up. "And if you put your focus one, you leave yourself defenseless to the other."
"So what are we supposed to do? Deal with those problems all at once?" Leon snorted. "Easier said than done."
Makoto stayed silent, staring at the ceiling in anguish. 'I want to get out of here.' Makoto thought. 'But I could never kill someone. Do the others feel the same?'
The students looked at one another. Several of them would like to say that they wouldn't, that they wouldn't kill each other no matter what, but if they're being honest, only a few of them could honestly say that. Makoto is one of those few.
Makoto paused at that thought and sighed. 'Yeah, that's definitely the biggest problem right now.'
"Indeed it is." Kyoko agreed with a sigh.
"If desperation doesn't fuel one of us to commit murder, then paranoia might do the trick." Celeste stated.
The screen then went dark. After a few seconds a darkness, the ring of a doorbell was heard. The screen lit back up to Makoto opening his eyes. 'Huh?' Blearily, he checked the time. He was surprised when he saw what time it was. "It's almost ten o'clock. I fell asleep without even realizing it…."
'Nighttime's about to start….' Once again, he spoke out loud. "So how come someone's here?"
Kyoko narrowed her eyes. "Your future self needs to be careful." The detective stated. "After seeing those videos, there are bound to be those who're thinking about killing someone."
"This is Makoto we're talking about. Too trusting for his own good." Byakuya deadpanned.
Sayaka, Hina, and Mukuro frowned in concern for their crush. Celeste is also concerned, but schooled her features as usual.
Slowly, he got out of bed and went to the door. When he did, he was met with Sayaka once again. "I'm really sorry to come so late."
"Sayaka?" Several of them said in surprise. Toko was the one to ask everyone's silent question. "W-What she's doing out s-so late?"
"You don't think she's gonna….?" Junko trailed off.
"No! I would never kill Makoto!" Sayaka denied. Even with her memories wiped, she wouldn't kill such a kind person!
'Sayaka?!' Makoto thought in surprise. Before he could say anything, Sayaka quickly came in and closed the door. "Sayaka? What are you doing out so late?" That he noticed her arms wrapped around herself, and her body trembling. "I-Is everything okay….?"
"Sorry to bother you, but….something really weird just happened." Sayaka told him.
"Something….weird?"
"Just a little while ago, I was laying down in my room," Sayaka began explaining. "And all of a sudden, my door started rattling and shaking."
What she said, along with the tone of her voice, got most of them to tense up.
Makoto tensed up at this. "It was like someone was trying to force the door open." She continued. "My door was locked, so they couldn't get in, of course. But they started shaking the door harder and harder. I was so scared I couldn't even move."
"Someone try to break into her room?" Hina asked, eye wide.
"But we all know that the doors are locked." Hifumi stated, nervous. "So why would they attempt it in the force place?"
"Maybe they were trying to force themselves in?" Mondo supplied. "But which one of us was trying to do it?"
Kyoko and Celeste, meanwhile, narrowed their eyes. They can already tell Sayaka is lying. What is the idol trying to do?
"S-So what happened?!"
"After a while, it just….stopped." Sayaka told him. "I let some time go by, then I got up and opened the door to check outside, but there was nobody there."
"Someone tried to force their way into your room?" Makoto asked in a bit of disbelief. "But….who would do something like that?"
The classmates couldn't help but think which one of them would've done it. It's hard to imagine any of them trying to force their way in Sayaka's room.
"Well, maybe they wanted to tell Sayaka something." Hiro suggested, after being silent for so long. "Give her a message."
"By trying to break to her room?" Leon questioned incredulously. "Um, I don't think that's a possibility."
"It's not like I'm suspicious of anyone here, but still," Sayaka said. "It makes me nervous. What if something like that happened in the middle of the night? What would I do then?"
"Well, you don't have to worry about that." Hina stated. "We can't go outside during nighttime."
"That's a rule we all agreed to." Byakuya countered. "It wasn't a rule Monokuma made, so any of us could decide to break it."
That wiped that reassurance.
"Y-You don't have to worry about that, right?" Makoto said, a bit nervous himself. "I mean, we can't go outside during night time."
"But that's just a promise we made, right? If someone decided to break that promise…." Sayaka trailed off.
Makoto gulped. "Th-Then….why don't you stay in my room tonight? Would that make you feel a little better?"
"Huh?!" Several exclaimed in shock at the idea Makoto offered eyes widening. Makoto and Sayaka are also surprised by this. They all momentarily forgot at the possible danger future Sayaka was facing.
"What?!" Sayaka exclaimed in surprise.
"All it said in the school regulations was that we had to sleep in 'the dorm rooms', right?" Makoto explained. "It didn't say specifically 'which' room each had to sleep room. So…."
Soon, the shock was gone and Leon, Mondo, and Hiro are cheering and whistling. "Wow, Makoto, you're making a bold move!" Leon cheered.
"Who knew you had the balls to ask that?" Mondo laughed.
Hiro grinned. "Our little guy is becoming a man." Byakuya merely smirked as Makoto and Sayaka blushed up a storm.
Taka, however, have a different opinion. "Makoto, how could you?! Inviting a girl to sleep in the same dorm room with you? That's completely immoral!"
"I-It's not like that!" Makoto protested, his blush getting brighter. Sayaka merely stayed silent, trying to block any fantasies in her mind.
Kyoko and Celeste, meanwhile, momentarily forgot about the fact that Sayaka is lying. Kyoko raised an eyebrow at Makoto's direction while Celeste muffled a giggle at Makoto's flustered state. Mukuro, however, is trying to keep herself from glaring daggers at Sayaka while Hina pouted once more.
"I-It always the innocent that makes these b-bold moves." Toko accused. "N-Next he's going to touch her a-all over when they're in bad." Truthfully, she's know that isn't true. She just like getting a reaction out of the boy.
"Toko!" Makoto shouted, now completely tomato red. "Seriously, it's not like that! Future me is just making sure she's safe!"
Sayaka, though still blushing, smile sweetly at Makoto. "Well, thank you Makoto for trying to keep me safe." She gave him a kiss on the cheek, which made sure the blush on his face stays on.
That small interaction cause Mukuro to grit her teeth tighter, Hina to fume a little, Kyoko to frown, and Celeste to gain a dark aura.
'Come on Sayaka, stop rubbing it in!' Hina whined.
"B-But," Sayaka blushed, looking away from him. "Two people sharing one room is….you know…."
Makoto blinked before blushing up a storm. "Oh jeez, I'm sorry! I didn't even think about it! Honestly, that didn't even cross my mind!"
"No, I know, me neither." Sayaka reassured. "It's not that I mind the idea, but…." Once again, she looked away, the blush still on her face. "Um, if you don't mind, could we maybe switch rooms? Just for tonight?"
"Switch rooms?" Leon raised his eyebrows in surprise. "You're willing to put him in the same danger?"
"I doubt it's like that." Sayaka protested. "The doors are locked, and secure. It's probably just so I could feel safer."
"Still, you're alright with me staying in your room?" Makoto couldn't help but ask. "That doesn't, like, concern you or anything?"
Sayaka giggled. "I doubt my future self would've suggested it if it did." Sayaka stated. "Besides, you're too innocent to do anything pervy."
"Switch rooms?" It didn't take long for Makoto to think about it. "I-If it'll help put your mind at ease, then it's totally fine with me." He scratched the back of his head. "I don't mind you staying in my room, but are you sure you're okay with me staying in yours? That doesn't, like….concern you?"
Sayaka smiled. "It's fine. I trust you."
"In that case, then," The bell suddenly rang, and a few seconds later, the nighttime broadcast was played.
"Oh man, it's already nighttime," Sayaka noted.
"Okay, so it's settled. I'll head to your room right now." A thought suddenly entered his mind. 'Oh, if we're gonna trade rooms, we'd better tade keys, too.'
"Ah, that's right. We'll have to trade keys." Sayaka agreed.
"Again?!"
"Like I said, I'm pyschic." Makoto waited for the next line to come out. But she didn't say them.
"...Huh?" He said in confusion. "Hey, aren't you gonna say you were just kidding?"
"What if I wasn't just kidding….?" A smile entered her lip.
"Wait, she really is psychic?!" Hiro exclaimed in alarm.
Several people facepalmed. He could fall for a joke like that, but it's hard for him to believe that what they're watching is real?
"No, you fucking idiot." Mondo groaned. "She was just kidding around, as usual."
Makoto couldn't help but be relieved. 'Thank goodness. It looks like she's already started to get back to normal.' "Okay, we better trade keys then." He said out loud.
"Yup, let's do it." The two of them then trade keys. When Makoto looked back up, there was another worried expression on her face.
"Makoto….please be careful." Sayaka told him. "If someone comes to the door, don't open it no matter what."
"I won't." Makoto reassured her. "The same goes for you, Sayaka. No matter who it is, don't open your door for anyone."
"Even if I'm sure it's you, I absolutely won't open it." Sayaka stated. "Otherwise, what's the point in even switching?"
Another thought entered his mind. "Oh, by the way….just so you know, my bathroom door tends to get stuck. There's a little trick to opening it." He directed her to said door. "You have to turn to knob, then lift up the door while you pull it out. Just do that and the door should open no problem."
"T-The showers don't work during nighttime." Toko stated. "Why would she need to know?"
Makoto blushed. "I guess my future self forgot about that."
"Well, I might use it when it's morning time." Sayaka said.
"Okay, but the showers don't work during night time anyway, right?" Sayaka reminded him.
Makoto blushed. "Oh, that's right. I totally forgot."
"But I guess I might use it when I get up in the morning. So thank you."
"Okay, well, I better get going." He turned to the direction of the room door. "See you tomorrow Sayaka."
As he went to the exit, Sayaka spoke up. "Oh, and about what I said before," When he turn his head to her, she smiled. "When I said I was psychic, it was really a joke. Honestly, I'm just very perceptive."
Makoto smiled back. "Yeah, I know."
"Well, goodnight then." Sayaka concluded the conversation. "See you tomorrow." With parting smiles towards one another, Makoto left to Sayaka's room.
"So Makoto is entering Sayaka's room," Hina creased her eyebrow. "I hope nothing bad happens to him."
"I wouldn't worry too much. The locks aren't pickable, and the doors are pretty sturdy." Taka stated. "There only a few of us here that are capable of breaking through by force, and I doubt they would."
Meanwhile, Kyoko furrowed her eyebrows. Why would Sayaka want to switch rooms? Is she planning to murder someone, and then frame Makoto for it? That's the only possibility she could see.
Kyoko sighed. For right now, she'll keep that to herself. She might be wrong, and she doesn't want to spark mistrust amongst her classmates. 'Great. I'm becoming soft.' Kyoko thought wryly.
The scene changed to Makoto entering Sayaka's room. When he did, he took a small look around. 'So this is Sayaka's room.' Makoto thought. 'It doesn't really look any different from mine.' "It smells nice, though," Makoto commented, smiling a little.
As he walked to bed, he saw in the corner of his eyes Sayaka's CD in the trash. 'The CD in the A/V room Sayaka had.' He thought. 'Which reminds me, I never did found out what was in it. But I'll let her bring it up next time.'
As he laid down onto the bed, a scent entered his nose. 'Sayaka's….scent.' He smiled dreamily as he slowly fell asleep. 'Maybe it'll bring me some sweet dreams.'
That got laughs out of some of Makoto's male friends while the boy himself blushed madly at his thoughts being revealed. Sakura and Chihiro chuckled as well, while Byakuya had a faint smirk.
Sayaka blushed a little, but turned to Makoto with a mischievous smile. "Do I really smell that good?"
"Um... I uh... you see... erm," The flustered boy tried to make a response, but couldn't, causing Sayaka to giggle.
It also caused Hina and Celeste to giggled while smiles entered Mukuro's and Kyoko's faced. Despite being jealous of Sayaka, they had to admit, seeing Makoto flustered like that is all too cute.
The scene changed to morning, with Makoto walking to the dining hall. When he did, he saw that Hina, Sakura, Chihiro, and Taka was already here. "Hello Makoto, and good morning! Can you believe it? I was the very first one here this morning!" Taka stated cheerfully.
"Way to go future me!" Taka cheered. "Your fighting spirit is strong!"
Several either shook their head or sighed, though there were smiles on their faces. Only Taka would be happy about being the first one here, even in the situation their future selves are in.
Chihiro giggled. "Good morning."
"Mornin'!" Hina chirped.
"I suppose I'm early." Sakura greeted with a smile.
Makoto smiled at them and said his good morning, sitting at the table with them. The narrator Makoto then spoke. "I figured everyone who had arrived on time could be considered model high schoolers."
"Yeah. Makoto, Taka, Hina, Sakura, Chihiro, and Sayaka seems to be the ones to always be on time." Junko noted. "Especially when Makoto became Class Representative."
Makoto blushed. When it was time to pick a Class Representative, the entire class unanimously picked him. It was shocking for him, especially since Byakuya isn't the type to let someone else be the leader.
Though his excuse was that he already plan to lead an entire corporation. He might as well let a commoner get a minor spot of leadership.
"And the ones who showed up a little late…." Mondo, Junko, and Hifumi appeared at the table next.
"Yo." Mondo greeted simply.
"Sorry I'm late!" Junko sung. "My make-up just would NOT cooperate this morning!"
"My apologies, ladies and gentlemen." Hifumi greeted them. "My morning, ah, duty took a little longer than usual."
"...were the types with a more relaxed sense of time." The narrator continued. "Most high schoolers fall into this category."
"Yep! Me and sis, along with Mondo and Hifumi, are the more relaxed type!" Junko chirped.
Leon looked at Hifumi suspiciously. "What do you mean by morning duties?"
"I just write, that's all." Hifumi quickly reassured. Leon kept his eyes narrowed, but let it go for now.
"And finally, the ones who kept everyone waiting forever…." Kyoko, Celeste, Toko, Leon, and Hiro were the last to appear.
"...I suppose I'm late." Kyoko stated simply.
"Good morning, everyone." Celeste greeted.
"My bad, guys! Slept right through the alarm!" Leon said sheepishly.
"Wh-What? Is it s-so awful to be l-late?" Toko questioned.
"I didn't oversleep, just so you know. Nope, got lost!" Hiro stated. "I blame the Bermuda Triangle…."
"...Don't care about time or other people in general." The narrator Makoto began to conclude. "They're the kind to move at their own pace."
"And that would be Kyoko, Celeste, Byakuya, Leon, Toko, and Hiro." Junko listed off.
Toko scoffed. "L-Like I would care for y-you people."
"Yeah, right." Hina snorted. "You love us. Admit it!"
"Like a t-tumor."
Byakuya gave Hiro a blank stare. "The Bermuda Triangle? Really?"
"Hey, that Triangle always messes up people's perception of time! Maybe it messed with my perception too!"
"But you aren't even in the Triangle, Hiro." Sakura sighed. "If you're trying to make an excuse, make a more believable one."
"But regardless, everyone had arrived." Right after, the tone shifted. "At least, that's how it was supposed to go…."
"Wait, aren't we still missing some people?" Taka questioned.
That got everyone's attention. "Yes, he's right." Hina realized. "Byakuya and Sayaka aren't there yet."
"Well, maybe they're late like the others." Chihiro supplied.
Hina confirmed it. "Yeah, Sayaka and Byakuya aren't here yet."
Makoto frowned. 'I don't know about Byakuya, but I would definitely put Sayaka in the "model high schooler" category. So for her to be so late….'
Soon enough, Byakuya arrived. "What's going on? Did something happen?" He inquired.
"So Byakuya arrived." Leon noted. "But Sayaka didn't."
"And like Makoto said, she's in the 'model high schooler' category." Celeste stated. "What caused her to be so late?"
"Hey man!" Mondo greeted. "Have you seen Sayaka?"
"Why would I have? I just came straight from my room to here." Byakuya explained.
"Did she forget about our breakfast promise?" Hifumi inquired.
Kyoko frowned. "I got the sense she always has her stuff together."
Makoto frowned, uneasiness creeping into his mind. He looked at Sayaka, who looked back. The two of them are feeling the same amount of uneasiness.
Makoto felt uneasiness to grow inside him. And it kept growing until he got up from his chair. "I-I need to go." He told everyone. "I have to check on her!"
By now, everyone is getting worried. "Do you think she's….?" Hina trailed off fearfully.
"No! That isn't possible!" Taka shook his head. "Why would any of us kill her?"
"Those messed up videos, remember?" Junko reminded him. The moral compass blanched a little.
Sayaka herself is gripping her fist nervously. It's not what everyone thinks, is it?
Those words barely flew from his mouth before he ran out the dining hall. He headed straight to Sayaka's room and burst in. When he did, he saw that the room had completely transformed, from neat and tidy to destroyed and demolished. "W-What the hell?!"
Several eyes widen at this as well. "Woah Woah! What the fuck happened?!" Mondo yelled loudly.
"The room! It's completely destroyed!" Hina exclaimed. "How?!"
"And where's Sayaka?" Makoto asked worriedly.
The present Sayaka is shaking in trepidation. Could it be? Did she actually….?
He looked around, trying to see any sign of Sayaka, when he spotted the bathroom door. "The bathroom. I'd better go take a look." He went inside the bathroom. "Let's….take…." He slowly started trailing off. "A….look….in….side…." His eyes widen in shock and horror.
Right in front of him was Sayaka Maizono, dead, on the floor, blood splattered around her and on her clothes, and a knife in her stomach.
Makoto screamed at the site of Sayaka's corpse. "What I saw dug it ways through my eyes and buried itself within my brain." The narrator Makoto stated. "I couldn't stop screaming. And then….And then…."
Makoto voice died down before falling on his back. When he landed, the screen turn black. "...Everything went black."
Silence. Dead silence filled the entire room. Nobody could believe what they are seeing. Hina and Chihiro covered their mouths. Leon and Taka felt themselves pale in the face. Toko fainted from site of blood. Even Kyoko felt herself shock at seeing Sayaka dead, despite suspecting that the idol had died.
Makoto felt himself shaking, his eyes widen in horror. He wanted to scream. He wanted to shout. He could feel himself about to burst. But before he could, he remembered that the present Sayaka is with him and turned to her.
The girl is shaking, her eyes widen with just as much horror, if not more so. Seeing herself, dead on the floor, a knife in her stomach….it's horrifying. And this is her possible future. "I'm….dead?" Sayaka whispered. "Someone….killed me?"
Unfortunately, Hiro chose the wrong time to speak up. "Wait, this is still a prank, right?" He asked nervously. "I mean, sure, that's blood look really real, but…."
Sayaka whirled to him in anger. "You still think this is a prank?!" She shouted in fury. "Newflash Hiro! It isn't! This is real! This is our future! This is my future self dead on the floor!"
"Nope!" Hiro shook his head rapidly. "Nope, nope, nope, nope! Not going to fall for it! Not going to!" A strained smile entered his face.
Sayaka screamed and lunged at him, but Leon and Makoto grabbed her by the arms. "Sayaka, calm down!" Makoto exclaimed to the idol. "Calm down, please!"
Slowly, Sayaka calmed down from her anger. But she ended up latching onto Makoto, burying her face into his chest, shivering. The lucky student wrapped his arms around her in response, trying to give some comfort.
With everyone's attention on Sayaka right now, Junko couldn't contain herself any longer. She tried her hardest to contain herself and to stop convulsing around in her seat from the euphoria of despair. She wrapped her arms around herself as muffled noises of glee and laughter escaped her mouth. Junko didn't care if anyone caught her right now, it'd only make her feel better.
Mukuro gave Junko an odd glance as she started shifting around next to her, but knew that she would be fine. Junko's just enjoying herself. What concerned the soldier now, was how Makoto was going to fare with everything.
'This is only the beginning... Can... Can I really go through with this?' she thought as she looked over at Makoto still holding Sayaka and softly stroking her back in an attempt to reassure her.
"So," Hifumi began shakily. "One of us really killed Sayaka?"
When he asked that, horror entered nearly everyone's eyes. Since Sayaka is laying dead on the floor….that means one of them killed her.
Someone within Class 78th has murdered one of their own.
And that's the end. I hope you guys liked the reactions, and has met your expectations. So, they seen the first murder happen. Next up, they're going to see the second murder. Wonder how a certain Fenrir soldier will react to that. Review, favorite, and follow and I will see you later.