Hello readers and welcome to my new chapter. So, this chapter may be a bit shorter than usual. Here, we'll be doing a couple more free time events. And after this chapter, we'll be getting back to the main storyline in the next one. So, I hope you enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own Danganronpa.
Not many questions this time, but we'll still be answering them regardless!
Q: Will Mukuro get a sense of self now that she's seen what happened to her?
L: Short answer: Yes! Long answer: Slowly. Remember what kind of situation she's in right now. Also, even though she knows what happens to her, she still loves her sister very much (source: DR:IF). She just needs some time to work out what she wants :)
S: Agreed.
Regarding the typo on the last chapter:
L: For some reason, when I was proof reading that chapter, I somehow managed to read that exact sentence at least 3 times and not see anything wrong with it o_o Thanks for pointing it out! Spirit should be fixing it as soon as he receives this doc from me :)
S: Got it fixed. Should posted before or right after this chapter is posted.
Comment on the "good cop" "bad cop" with Makoto and Kyoko
L: You know who would be a better pair? Junko and Makoto. Just imagine Junko preparing to break the poor guy's leg and Makoto's all like "Jesus christ that's inhumane! you can't do that!" and Junko's all cackling despair and what not :D (Just voicing my opinion here, there should be more non-despair Junko and Makoto. It's all despair when I look them up :( )
S: Yeah, they do sound like a better pair of "good cop" and "bad cop". They're basically complete opposites.
Chapter 31: Watching Ch 2: Boy's Life of Despair Part 8
"My post-training break is the most relaxing time of my day." Sakura told Makoto, both of which were talking in the locker room outside the gym. "The sensation of your muscles cooling down after heating up during a workout is the only true reward. No matters how many times I experience it, I never get tired of it."
"Do you exercise every morning, Sakura?" Makoto inquired.
"Look like Sakura gets her turn with our favorite luckster." Junko mused.
"Now it looks like the only one who we didn't see talk to him is fatty." Leon remarked. Then he muttered. "Personally, I hope to avoid seeing conversations with him as much as possible."
"F-For once, I a-agree with you." Toko grumbled. The fanfic creator pretended not to hear them.
"Unless there are errands that I absolutely can't get out of, yes, I always do my training." Sakura confirmed. "If I don't, I feel restless the entire day."
"But I'm amazed you can do it every single day. Doesn't it get tough?" Makoto inquired.
"I can't say I've ever seen it as tough." Sakura admitted. "It's all so that I can get stronger after all. And I have to get stronger, because my destiny is to fight."
"Destiny?" Hifumi repeated in slight befuddlement. "Ah, aren't you overreacting a bit?"
Sakura shook her head. "No. Like all of my family, I was destined to fight."
"Just like how mine is destined to lead the world." Byakuya added in, to which, everyone ignored him.
"Your destiny….is to fight?" Makoto repeated, in slight befuddlement.
"From the day I was born, I've been fighting." Sakura told him. "Heaven sent me to live as its champion."
'That's one heck of a legend….' Makoto thought in shock.
"Yeah, no kidding." Leon gaped in shock. "I mean, really? The heavens sent you as a champion?"
"You believe that?" Hiro questioned, also gaping in shock.
Sakura nodded to this. Hina decided speak up. "It's not so surprising! I mean, she's super strong! There isn't anyone who can beat her in a fight!" Sakura smiled at Hina's confidence in her abilities.
"My father was my master, and every waking moment was spent with him learning to fight." She informed him. "As a child, I sparred with boxing champions and hit the mat with wrestling gold medalists."
"SAY WHAA?!" Hifumi gasped in shock.
The others looked at Sakura in shock. "Don't tell me you actually won against those guys?" Hiro asked, in slight fear.
Sakura shook her head. "No, of course not. It would be unrealistic of me to win I first began." That got a few sagging in relief at that.
"I was no match for them when I first began, of course….but before long, they were no match for me."
Of course, that relief was short-lived. "W-What do you mean by, 'before long'?" Hifumi asked hesitantly.
Sakura mused at that. "I would have to say about a year or so."
Astonishment and disbelief swept across the class. "And you're calling that, realistic?" Leon breathed in disbelief.
"Says the Ultimate Baseball Star, who never practiced once in his life." Celeste retorted. "I believe some of our talents are far beyond the norm when it comes to gaining them."
"Ain't that the fucking truth?" Mondo grumbled.
"Y-You mean….you actually started beating people like that?" Makoto asked in slight disbelief.
"My specialty is mixed martial artists." Sakura told him. "It's the most effective real-world fighting style, which is why I chose it. I don't want to just be the best in competitions. I want to be the strongest human on Earth."
"I wouldn't bet against you, that's for sure." Makoto stated. "But aren't you already the best?"
"You would think becoming the Ultimate Martial Artist would make you the strongest." Hifumi agreed with Makoto.
"Yeah. Especially since that even someone like Mukuro, who's the Ultimate Soldier, can't beat you in a fair fight." Leon pointed out. The soldier, though slightly displeased, silently nodded knowing that it's true.
"So why is this whole mixed art thing the best? I mean, I never learned any of it and I still beat people up just fine." Mondo commented.
"The problem with adhering to one martial art is that you're limiting the amount of options you have while also making yourself somewhat predictable in combat." Mukuro explained.
"Each form of art has their own strengths and weaknesses. For example, one traditional Chinese martial art, Wing Chun, is great for self defense as it teaches a lot of hand trapping and short range techniques for your casual encounters in a dark alley. However, its strength is also a weakness as you can only apply that in very specific ranges. That changes when you apply longer range techniques from another art such as Tae Kwon Do."
"I see, so realistically, one would be taking in the strengths of the various arts they have learned, and mold it into one; In other words, the perfect art." Celeste thought.
"The perfect art doesn't exist as each art's strength is a weakness to another in some way. It's a very complicated rock-paper-scissors system because of how flexible and broad each art is, but you get the idea." Mukuro said, earning a nod of agreement from Sakura.
"Wow that was boring. Can we get back to this?" Junko sighed.
Sakura shook her head. "No, not yet. There's still someone I have to surpass…."
"Really….?"
"Until I can beat him, I'll never become the strongest…."
Sayaka was the first to react, completely surprised and mouth agape, she spoke: "You mean there's someone out there stronger than you?"
Like Sayaka, the feeling of disbelief and awe quickly spread amongst the others. "I'm gonna repeat what she said," Leon said slowly. Then, his voice got faster, and louder. "There's someone stronger than Sakura out there?!"
"No! No, no! I'm not gonna believe it!" Hifumi denied, covering his ears.
"Is this guy some fucking monster or something?" Mondo breathed in disbelief.
"It's still pretty hard to believe you know." Makoto added.
Sakura was silent at that. 'I honestly can't believe there's someone out there stronger than Sakura,' Makoto thought incredulously. 'If they're real….can they really be human?'
"Yeah, I agree! They can't be human!" Hiro said, pulling his dreads. "Ogre is scary enough! How can there be someone stronger than her?"
"Stop calling Sakura that!" Hina stated angrily.
"Can you tell us who that is?" Sayaka asked the martial artist.
Sakura looked away, in response to the question. "If this entire... matter, is really a vision of our future, then I'm sure it will be addressed eventually."
"W-Why not tell us, right now?" Toko questioned, with her usual tone.
"Because I prefer to not talk about it right now." Sakura answered softly. "It's a personal matter."
Hina look at her friend with worry. "Are you sure you're okay with it being revealed, Sakura?"
"Hina, it will be revealed, regardless of how I feel." Sakura told her. "And the others will eventually go through this as well, so there's no use worrying about it."
Her words silenced the class, each thinking about their own secrets.
Remembering something else she mentioned, he spoke up. "Um, you said that 'Until I can beat him'. Does that mean the person is a guy?"
"He is indeed, a man." Sakura confirmed.
"So you were talking about….your dad?" Makoto confirmed.
"A logical guess." Celeste agreed. "After all, who else other than the one who trained up to this point?"
"Yeah. It's got to be your old man, right?" Leon asked the martial artist herself.
Again, Sakura was silent, but only for a moment this time. "The family dojo has been passed down from generation to generation for the past three centuries."
"Three centuries….?" Makoto repeated in amazement. "That's one heck of a history."
"I was born into the family as an only daughter." Sakura continued. "Male or female don't matter. It's my duty to protect our legacy. And because I am a woman, I must be even stronger than if I were a man.
"Some would say that a woman is incapable of becoming the strongest human alive." She stated, determining lacing strongly in her voice. "I want to prove them wrong."
"The people who say that are stupid." Leon deadpanned. "All you have to do is look at Sakura or Mukuro."
"Or any of the female fighters in Hope's Peak." Sayaka pointed out. "We certainly have a handful of them at the school."
"No argument there." Mondo agreed.
"Which is why I subjected myself to such feverish training under my father's instruction. Surpassing my father was certainly important to me." Her voice finally went softer, back to her usual tone. "But that was just a matter of time."
"What do you mean….?" Makoto asked slowly.
The implication were hit by some of the them. "Do you mean that….?" Hifumi trailed off, a little disbelief in his voice.
"I was 14 years old when I first beat my father in a sparring match." Sakura answered. "After that, I never lost to my father again."
Makoto's eyes widened in shock and realization. "Wait, then….!"
"Yes. I have already surpassed my father." Sakura confirmed his unasked question.
Once again, that shocked several of them. "You surpassed your own father at 14?!" Hifumi squealed.
"That's fucking insane!" Mondo agreed.
"Amazing! No wonder you're the Ultimate Martial Artist!" Hina praised, looking at Sakura. "But how were you able to surpass him at such a young age?!"
Sakura smiled. "The same way you go in any path. Hard-work and commitment."
"But you must have had some natural talent to get this far." Sayaka pointed out.
Sakura smiled. "You're probably right. But I wouldn't be the Ultimate Martial Artist right now without the commitment I put into this."
Hina grinned. "Yep! You're definitely one of the strongest, Sakura! And I'm cheering for you to be number one!"
"Thank you, Hina." Sakura said, smiling. "I'm glad to hear that I have your support."
Byakuya, Kyoko, Celeste, and Mukuro, meanwhile, were more focused on something else. It wasn't missed to them that Sakura could've just said that she eventually beaten her father. It's clear that she's avoiding the topic of who is stronger than her.
"I don't believe it…." Makoto muttered in disbelief.
"I'm not sure I did the right thing." She confessed. "My father also had the desire to become the strongest human alive. But I can't look back. I can only move forward and try to claim that title for myself. That is my destiny."
She then straighten up. "Well, that's all for now. That was enjoyable. Goodbye." She said, leaving the room.
'Wait, hold on….' Makoto thought as she closed the door. "I never did find out who could possibly be stronger than her…."
"Oh. That's right. We didn't." Chihiro said in realization.
"You were avoiding that line of conversation, were you?" Celeste pointed out, looking at Sakura.
The martial artist nodded. "Again, it is a personal matter that I would rather not indulge in right now."
"Sooo, I'm guessing the only ones who knows right now is donut girl and lucky boy?" Junko asked her. Again, Sakura nodded.
"Both of them are people I can trust with anything." Hina beamed at that while Makoto smiled bashfully.
'Did she avoid talking about it on purpose….?' Deciding not to think about it for now, he left the locker room as the screen faded out.
The next scene faded back in with Makoto eating lunch at the dining hall. "Hey, Makoto!" The luckster looked up to see Mondo right in front of him, at the other side of the table. "What's your ride?"
"Huh?" Makoto gain a confused look at the question. "My ride….?"
"Yeah, man! Your hog! Your chopper! Your motorcycle!" Mondo beamed.
"Oh, uh….I don't ride anything." The luckster admitted.
Makoto's eyes widen at this. "What?! You're not a little kid anymore, right?! And you still don't have a hog?!" He let out a groan. "God, you're a fuckin' dweeb!"
"Not every guy has a motorcycle, Mondo." Leon stated with an eye roll. "None of us guys here have a motorcycle, except for you."
"Not my fault you're missing out on something awesome." Mondo snorted.
"Uh….sorry?" Makoto said hesitantly.
"Alright man, I'm gonna educate ya!" Mondo told him. "A real man rides Kawasaki, okay? That's what I ride."
The biker then grin. "You outta see it, man. The v-twin's got that monster power, it's like you're dancin'. Course, it ain't just for anyone. You gotta have the skills to handle it!"
"Yeah, it was definitely one impressive bike." Leon agreed. During their evaluations, they all got to see Mondo's motorcycle.
"And bro rides it very well!" Taka complimented with his usual passion.
Mondo grinned at that. "Thanks, bro."
"You must really love your motorcycle…." Makoto commented on.
"Hell yeah I do!" Mondo exclaimed. "I'm a goddamn biker, ain't I? We're crazy as hell!"
"Yeah, you're the leader of the biggest biker gang in Japan, right?" Makoto inquired.
"Damn straight! The invincible Crazy Diamond gang!" Mondo stated with pride. "You wanna come ride with us? The monster sound comin' outta that straight pipe….Hot damn!"
"Makoto? Riding with a biker gang?" Junko raised an eyebrow at that. "That would be quite the interesting sight."
"That is, if he can last more than ten seconds." Celeste giggled.
"Especially with his luck of his." Hifumi put in. That brought a chill in Makoto's spine, and a wave of worry amongst the others. Did they really have to point out his horrible luck of his?
Mondo let out a sigh. "Man, that makes me think back to when I first started riding. My big bro used to ride too, ya know. His name's Daiya."
"Daiya and Mondo - together we were the Diamond Brothers!" Again, his word was filled with pride. "Everyone up and down the country knew us! Course, I was always the cool one…."
'The Diamond Brothers?' Makoto repeated in his head. 'That sounds kinda….incredible.'
"Yeah, I agree. It really does sound incredible." Chihiro agreed. She turned to her biker friend. "Did you learn everything from your brother?"
Mondo smiled at that, though it was slightly sad. "Yeah, I did. Every trick and technique I know, was learned from him."
"The first time I went out, I ended up at the back of the pack." Mondo continued. "Eventually the cops got on us, and they surrounded me. I was in some tough shit, man! So I pulled over, but when they came up to me….well, let's just say it was a massacre."
"Mondo, you really shouldn't harm the police force!" Taka scolded his friend. "Nor you should do anything to earn the police's ire!"
"Hey, we weren't hurting anybody." Mondo held his hand up. "Just having some fun."
Makoto recoiled little at his choice of words. "A massacre….? Man, Mondo. You must really be strong…."
"Of course! You can't wave the banner for our gang without that kind of strength!" Mondo stated. "In a fight, they'll go for the leader first. Kill the leader of the pack, ya know? That's why the other gangs come after me."
"That is true." Mukuro agreed. "In any battle, you would take out the leader if you're able to. Without someone in command, the remaining body will quickly succumb to confusion and disorganization. After that, it's easy pickings."
"Have you taken out any leaders, Mukuro?" Makoto asked curiously.
Mukuro nodded. "You could say that if I see an opportunity, I would immediately take it."
"So if you wanna be the leader of the pack, you gotta be a tough motherfucker! You'll see what I mean when we go on our first ride. Get ready for it!"
That got Makoto a little nervous. "Actually….maybe it's better if I don't get involved in that kinda thing. And like I said, I don't have a motorcycle. I don't even know how to drive one!"
Kyoko, Sayaka, Mukuro, Celeste, and Hina silently agreed with their crush. None of them wanted to see Makoto riding with a gang and get into all sorts of troubles given his luck.
"Then you can ride with me!"
"Say what?" Hina cried in shock. "But, didn't you say that the other gangs target you the most?"
"Um, yeah, I think you did." Leon confirmed, looking at the biker.
Mondo rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah, so? That would make it more fun."
'Not for me!' Makoto thought in his head.
Sayaka unintentionally repeated his thoughts. "Not for him!"
'Riding with Mondo….' That got Makoto nervous. 'But other gangs target him first, right?' Makoto shook his head. "No….nooo way…."
But apparently, Mondo didn't hear him. "Hey! I said get ready for it!" Mondo then got up from his seat. "Damn, I am pumped! I can't wait to get outta here now!" With that, Mondo left in a good mood.
"Look like Mr. Naegi doesn't have a choice in that matter."
"Not having a choice in the matter..." Mukuro repeated slowly, looking towards Mondo. "Perhaps we can have a discussion about that?"
"Agreed." Kyoko spoke, also staring at the biker coldly. As part of the law enforcement, she will not let Makoto be a part of any trouble. He's already been in enough.
Mondo isn't stupid enough to argue with those two, so he stayed quiet. But he let out a small huff of disappointment.
Makoto smiled sheepishly at this. "Um, thanks you two."
Makoto grew pale at the thought of riding with Mondo. "Crap….this is really bad…." 'Even if I get out of here, I might still be in trouble….'
"With that luck of yours, there's no doubt about it." Junko snorted. Makoto hung his head depressingly at that, there were more than a few times where he was caught in the middle of danger….but he quickly found a reply.
"Well, despite all the trouble I get into, I still make it out in one piece!" He pointed out, to which Junko ignored.
"That is interestingly true..." Celeste mused.
Trying to put his anxiety back, he finished up his lunch and left the dining hall. Shortly after, he ran into Taka once again in the hallway.
"Oh, hello Makoto." Taka greeted. "I was about to go to my room for a study session. Would you like to study with me, Makoto?"
"Look like you're fulfilling you're promising to Makoto," Chihiro mused. "About inviting him to one of your study sessions, I mean."
"Glad to see I'm studying now!" Taka stated with a beaming smile.
"Yeah. Only you would be eager to do that." Leon stated with an eye roll.
"Come to my room! If there's anything you don't understand, I'm a very attentive teacher!"
"Um….I don't think I need you to be all that attentive." Makoto replied with a sweatdrop. "But sure, you don't mind if I stop by?"
"Of course not!" Taka answered. "Okay, let's do it!" With that, the two went to Taka's room.
The next scene showed Taka and Makoto in the former's room. As expected of the Ultimate Moral Compass, there's a collection of dictionaries and reference books, along with pieces of calligraphy and a pie chart on the wall. An iron board is set up in his room, as well as a practice kendo sword.
The two are sitting at the coffee table, face to face. "Okay, next one." Taka stated. "What country first established 'zero' as a numerical concept?"
Makoto frowned in thought. "It was….India, wasn't it?"
"Correct! Another question answered well!" Taka cheered.
"Look like we have a timeskip here." Hifumi murmured.
"Thank you, captain obvious." Junko stated with an eye roll. "At least most of us got it."
"Most of us?" Sakura raised an eyebrow at the wording.
"It's hard to tell when Hiro gets anything."
"I'm not that dumb!" Hino whined.
Toko snickered at that. "A-At least you admitted it."
"Wai- that's not what I meant!"
"Seeing you excited gets me excited! Let's stack our effort one on top of the other and show those self-centered genius jerks what for!"
Byakuya and Celeste rolled their eyes at that while Celeste winced a little. "How very mature of you." Byakuya drawled.
"Look like the genius thing is still fresh in his head." Leon remarked.
"Well, it's not something you can forget about in just a few hours." Makoto said.
Makoto looked at Taka hesitantly. "Hey, um….Taka?"
"Yeah?"
"Well, I just noticed….you seem to really hate the idea of geniuses." Makoto approached carefully.
"Hmm," Taka had a little frown at that. "I guess that I feel like they're just….my sworn enemy, you know?"
"Huh….?" Makoto looked at him in confusion.
"But you hit the nail on the head. You're pretty sharp!" Taka complimented.
"More like it's obvious, bro." Mondo stated with an eye roll. "Even if you're right about Makoto being sharp."
"But why does he hate geniuses so much?" Hina asked.
"It'll probably be explained on here." Mukuro told her.
"But….why?" Makoto inquired.
Taka balled his hands together at the table, his head lowered and the frown increased. "There's someone….someone I respected, someone I hate. Someone I have to surpass….because he was a genius."
"What….?"
"Toranosuke Ishimaru. Do you recognize that name?" Taka asked him. "He was my grandfather. He was once….Prime Minister of Japan."
A few gasps of shock echoed the room. "Your grandpa was the Prime Minister?!" Hina exclaimed in shock.
"I suspected as much." The Togami heir stated, not really surprised. As soon as he heard Taka's last name, he had a feeling that the moral compass was related to the Prime Minister. Those who has also figured it out, or has been told already, wasn't surprised either.
Taka nodded. "Yes. My grandfather was the Prime Minister of Japan, Toranosuke Ishimaru."
"He was your grandpa?!" Makoto exclaimed in shock.
"He went from Minister of Foreign Affairs to Chief Cabinet Secretary, and finally….Prime Minister." The Moral Compass listed off. "And all without any support network, and only a high school degree….! He was, simply, a genius. Everything he did, he did without any effort."
"Wow." Hina said in awe. "You're grandpa sounds amazing, Taka."
"So why would you hate him for that?" Sayaka asked.
Byakuya was the one to answer. "Because he squandered that success." The heir stated crisply. "He fell from his position as fast as he got it."
Taka nodded in agreement. "As much as I hate to agree with him, Byakuya is correct."
"He sounds like an amazing person." Makoto said in awe. "And he was your grandfather?"
Taka nodded. "He was a genius. He'd never known failure. His success was unimaginable to a normal person. But because of that…."
Taka's hands clenched tighter. "He allowed himself to be controlled by naive emotions, and got roped into a corruption scandal. He had no idea what the world of geniuses was really like. At least, that's how I see it.
"At that point, he fell just as fast as he had risen." Taka continued. "And it wasn't just in politics. The business world had no use for him anymore, and he plummeted. The debts he left behind torments my family to this day. He died a few years ago. By the end, he wasn't speaking to anyone."
"Despite his fame, his legacy….the only people who came to his funeral were family members." Tak concluded.
The story of Taka's grandfather, of his downfall, along with the effects of it, shocked the group. "Damn, dude" Leon whistled. "It's no wonder you're pissed at him."
"And that what you meant when you said that you weren't even middle-class." Sakura observed. "Are those debts really that severe?"
Taka sighed. "Yes, they are." He said. "My family has yet to pay them all yet."
Chihiro frowned in sympathy for her friend, as did a few others.
"That's hard to imagine…." Makoto admitted.
"Some consider this genius' fate a blessing. But I see it as a tragedy more than anything." Taka stated. "The tragedy of finding success without understanding the importance of effort. There's nothing worse than a genius who trips and falls. Just like my grandfather…."
"And you think I would fall like your grandfather did?" Byakuya questioned with a frown. "As if."
"You say that now, but one stumble and you may end up like him!" Taka stated.
"And he sure will!" Junko thought with a smile.
Sakura frowned a little. "I can understand why you would value hard-work, Taka," The Martial Artist stated. "However, not all geniuses are like your grandfather."
"Sakura got a point there, bro." Mondo agreed. "I mean, Chihiro here is a genius when it comes to programming, isn't she? That doesn't mean she's gonna end up in debt like your granddad."
Taka frowned at their words. It wasn't easy to just simply accept those words.
"And that's why you hate the word 'genius'?"
"My grandfather serves as an important lesson why you must never be deceived by words like 'genius'." Taka said. "Relying on my effort, I will reach greater accomplishments than anything my grandfather ever did!"
"But to do that, you'll need to respect those talented in their line of skill or work." Sakura lectured him. "'Geniuses' can work as hard as you can, as well but, you need to respect your rivals and enemies, in order to win."
Taka considered Sakura's words for a moment. He has to admit, considering his time with his classmates, Sakura's words hold some truth to them. But there are still those out there that holds those titles and doesn't value hard-work, aren't there?
"Look, just don't think on it too much, bro." Mondo said, seeing the confliction on his friend's face. "Just think about it later."
The Moral Compass sighed, reluctantly burying his thoughts. "Alright."
"So we have to work hard to build a society where those who put in the most effort are properly rewarded!"
"I-I see…." Makoto looked down. 'I can agree with him, but Taka and I aren't the same. I can't reach for those kinds of big dreams….'
"Yeah, I feel the same way." Hina admitted, rubbing the back of her head. "That kind of dream seems way too big for me."
"Ditto." Mondo agreed.
"But you know, Makoto….I'm really happy!" Taka stated, cheering up a bit. "I figured this school would be full of geniuses. I mean, I thought everyone would be my enemy. I never imagined I'd meet someone here who I could share my story with…."
"How do you see us now?" Sayaka asked Taka curiously.
Taka responded with slight hesitation. "This is rather difficult to admit, but it's clear that I have made a misjudgment. Perhaps not everyone here are pure geniuses, and some of you had worked hard to get the titles you have... but this is a matter I'll have to figure out another day."
"Glad you start seeing us that way." Mondo stated.
"I'm so lucky to have met you here! This kind of thing only happens once in a lifetime!" He gain back his usual demeanor. "I hope we can stay close, and combine our efforts to shape things the way we want!"
"Yeah, definitely…." Makoto agreed. With that, the two continue to study for a while.
"So, we've been seeing Makoto talk to everyone for awhile now," Junko commented on, clearly a bit bored. "Do you think Monokuma will try and get us to become murder happy again?"
"I really hope not." Hina stated. "I'd rather watch us interact with each other."
"But this won't last forever." Byakuya sighed. "The bear seems to get bored easily, at least in the span of a few days."
"Can you not kill the mood?" Leon muttered. "Let's enjoy this while we can."
Right after, the screen turned black. A moment later, the school bell rung, and an image of Monokuma flared up. "Ahem! School announcement! School announcement! Nighttime is quickly approaching, but before it arrives…."
"All students, please gather in the gym immediately." The bear instructed. "Emergency! Emergency!" With that, the announcements ended.
Immediately, dread filled the group. "You just had to jinx it, didn't you?" Hiro whined.
"Well shit!" Leon protested, pretending to flip a table by throwing his arms up.
"He wasn't going to stay silent for long." Kyoko sighed. "It was only a matter of time until he tries to get us to kill each other again."
"But what is this emergency he's talking about?" Taka inquired.
"Guess we'll find out." Mukuro said.
The camera went to Makoto's room, with the luckster sitting on the bed and looking at the monitor suspiciously. "Gather in the gym….?" He murmured to himself. "Why now all of a sudden?" He frowned. 'I really don't like the sound of this. I have a bad feeling about this….'
"As do we all, Makoto," Sakura spoke in. "Anything coming from the bear is hardly ever pleasant."
"N-No argument there." Toko agreed.
"Let just be mentally prepared for what the bear has in store for us." Byakuya stated. Then he sighed. "And I do mean, anything. I haven't forgotten the last gym gathering."
Several sweatdropped in remembrance of the beginning of chapter 2. Some were kinda hoping something like that would happen, but they all knew it would be something bad….
And that's the end. I hope you guys liked this chapter, despite it being shorter than usual. Next, we'll be going back to the main plot. Review, favorite, and follow and I will see you later.
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