A/N:This chapter is shorter then normal but I think it's a pretty good little package.

"Oh? Has someone come to kill me?" Nagito's raspy voice echoed through the dark hallway.

I let out a sigh as I followed the origin, finding the white-haired boy tied up with plenty of chains and other things that made sure he was tied and couldn't escape.

"Oh! It's Hajime! So have you come to kill me? No wait…that's food, Thank you for giving this stepping stone something to eat." Nagito said with a wide smile as I approached.

I dared not say anything, I trusted this insane maniac once he helped me, but I feared what I would say.

"Say, before I get to mealtime, can this measly stepping stone ask a favor of you?" Nagito asked.

I let out a sigh. I couldn't just stay quiet this entire time so I answered his question.

"What is it Nagito?"

"You retain some of the Ultimate Nurse's talent if my memory is right, so could you please check the back of my head, Teruteru was quite rough with that rolling pin," Nagito let out a giggle as he stared up at me.

'It would be bad if someone were to die, if Nagito were to die of head wounds Teruteru would be pinned as the killer…' I nodded, setting the food on the floor as I walked over to him.

Pushing my existence as I pushed more of the Ultimate Nurse forward, like instincts I moved without thought, I sat down next to Nagito and grabbed his head placing it on my plush thighs as I moved his wavy hair every way about to find a rather large red bump.

Nothing serious it seems, will go away in a day or two…what I am more concerned about is-

Without thinking I moved Nagito's face forward as I pushed his shirt up and placed my ear on his chest.

"Heheh, Truly amazing as expected of the Ultimate Nurse you instantly could tell something was wrong," Nagito said, letting out a chorus of giggles.

I tried to push my new Nurse-ly instincts back as I slowly regained control.

"The head wound will disappear within a day or two, but…"

"I know, I've known for a while now, It's only fair my luck would turn its ire on me, being accepted at Hope's Peak was a tremendously lucky feat, but with that luck comes a price," Nagito's smile widened.

I sucked a breath in, not sure what to do as the white-haired manic smiled up at me with a wide smile.

"How can you be so calm about dying,"

"Because it's the Ultimate Goal of a stepping stone like me Hajime, I was born to raise Ultimates to greater height, nothing more, nothing less I am destined to die, that's just fate," Nagito said staring into my eyes even with most of his face covered by my breast I could see it all, the malice, and crazed in his eyes.

But there is something much deeper

"Besides the cancer, you're quite malnourished," I say…I don't want to continue his path of insanity.

"Heh, To have all the money and riches in the world but be starving, I knew that of course but it matters not in the face of hope you know,"

There was an urge to punch this self-deprecating asshole but I knew nothing would come of it. Instead, I took a deep breath and felt my hand move on its own grabbing some of the fruits and veggies on the plate.

"Open up," I say moving the food closer to his mouth, I could feel it was that Ultimate Nurse in me, wanting to make sure my patient was taken care of to a degree.

"My not only a shining beacon but a cute girl feeding me must be my lucky day," Nagito said with a shit-eating grin.

My synapse finally fired and realized that I put him onto my lap! My first instinct was to push the hope-manic off my lap, but that could make his injuries worse and he really needs to eat.

I could feel it bubbling in the back of my mind- I hated this feeling- It was like arguing with a piece of yourself. Like a hot scalpel cutting through my brain, it was burning. I took multiple deep breaths trying to regain my senses.

"I fear what may happen next, Hajime, Please don't be near me for a bit, nor the other Ultimates," Nagito said, opening his mouth as I fed him.

Slowly stitching my metaphorical brain back together I ask him a question.

"Why?"

"Hehe I'll tell you later Hajime, I can tell you're uncomfortable, I've had my fill," Nagito said, wiggling off my lap and turning onto his side.

"Are you sure?" I ask without thinking.

"Yes,"

BEEP

The signature sound of a hope fragment appearing rang throughout the halls.

Grabbing the now empty plate I turned and walked away my mind rumbling like a car engine as I tried to push me-myself-Hajime back into focus- while drowning out the other- I could still feel her as always but at least now she was quieter, I can only hope that it stays that way for a long while.

RING RING

I pressed the little doorbell on the side of Chiaki's cottage and waited before Chiaki appeared with a small smile.

"Hey," I say with a wave.

"Hello Hajime," Chiaki said, moving out of the way clearly signaling me into her cottage.

As soon as I walked in my eyes bounced across the room taking in all the sights.

She had a rather large bean bag in one corner with a much larger TV screen with what seemed to be some sort of game console and games scattered about. Like most teens I played my fair share of games, but probably a lot less than the average I didn't exactly have time to play them…I think…that ever-present sear pain returned to my brain as I attempted to delve deeper into my memory- before I even came to Hope's Peak but even that felt…blurry… ill-defined…maybe it was really important to my talent?

Digging myself out of a self-imposed rabbit hole my eyes went around the room and found nothing too out of the ordinary, well there was something…it looked like a Monomi notebook?

As soon as my eyes noticed it Chiaki had a massive blush as she ran over and shoved it into her drawer.

"Sorry about the mess, I wasn't exactly expecting visitors," Chiaki said with her smile, which I was growing ever used to.

I decided not to pry, as I could safely assume that her diary, that's the sort of thing girls have right? I wonder if Mikan had one as well?

"So Hajime, did ya finally hear voices or something?" Chiaki said with a smile as with a bit of an "Oof' and air being squeezed out she landed on the bean bag.

Shaking myself out of the thoughts I walked over and sat on the less than comfortable wooden chair.

I nodded before speaking "Sort of? I am not sure- it's not like the normal stuff you see in movies…but more…like thoughts that slide into my head…Some of them are like Chiaki you are nearly in perfect health but seem a tad under weight" They slip into my head when I am just moving around and I don't even notice them…unless I actively search for them…I can only assume it's the…Mikan"

I wasn't sure why I was telling Chiaki everything...but It felt good to talk to anyone about this complete insanity that was my life now, nothing ever made sense but talking to Chiaki…it felt nice.

Chiaki nodded, not saying anything…she looked as if she wasn't sure I was finished- which to be fair I wasn't.

"Hey Chiaki…I know in some form that Mikan is still rocking around in here…but…what about Hajime? Or Perhaps Chiaki?" I say poking at my head which in turn Chiaki tilted her head.

"Why would I be in there?"

"I meant, not in me, but in you…do you think that we are in here just hiding behind the scenes?" I clarified

With the even more confused look of Chiaki, I went further into this insanity but I already knew the answer.

"Monokuma said that Monomi took away our school memories…so do you think…like Mikan is in my head that future-no-old Chiaki is in your head somewhere?" I know with Mikan I was a special case…but that explains the other one…I thought long and hard and unless some other entity attached itself to my mind that the other version was…me? But it acted so differently so perhaps the other might know something.

Chiaki's smile faltered as she repeated "O-Old Chiaki?"

"Guess not huh, lunatic Hajime once again," I say with a laugh…maybe I was insane, maybe I was really Mikan but simply lost her mind and started to come up with voices for godforsaken reason…

Suddenly a warm feeling wrapped its way around my hand looking down. I noticed Chiaki's hand was gently holding my hand.

"It's fine Hajime just- wasn't expecting that, just I don't think I've had any encounters with 'Old Chiaki' have you had…encounters with 'Old Hajime'?" She looked up at me, removing her hand from my mind.

"No. Just Mikan" I say with a thin smile.

"Well, that's good er better than hearing two voices, hey Hajime wanna play a game with me?" Chiaki asked if her hands were fiddling with each other as she looked up.

"You sure, you don't wanna ask any more questions to the potential traitor and insane woman Hajime Hinata?" I ask with a giggle as I move my hand to cover my mouth.

"We can talk while playing games, there's no better opportunity right?" She grabbed the controllers and offered one to me.

With a thin smile, I accepted the controller from her hand

"What do you wanna play? I don't have many games here. I think Monokuma took any at the store," Chiaki said, showing the five to six games she had at the moment.

"Heh…I am not exactly familiar so you can pick,"

BEEP

A/N:I feel like this a good little bit to end on. I wanted to put this out there:

the tag state there is no shipping or romance, it just isn't my sort of thing and I am not good at it, but I loved the idea of Hajime and Nagito having that scene and I could see it happening, originally I was gonna have Nagito be a lot more forceful and basically demand that Hajime put him on his lap or something but that felt wrong. This also applies to Chiaki, though if any romance would appear it would be between those two.

's never explained how much of NPC Chiaki and Real Chiaki know each other, in my personal opinion Future Foundation just randomly found her file, with the bare minimum info and made an NPC with that so the reason Chiaki froze there isn't connected to Real Chiaki, but more so that NPC Chiaki has no backstory she technically never had her memories erased she's a blank slate.

3. I am not exactly sure what to do with the next couple of days, Free Times Events, Hajime checking out the new island, and some more Nagito scenes (He's gotta eat even though he fears what his luck cycle might do) but besides that I am not sure who knows what FTE might happen if you got ideas or suggestions comments are always welcome!