I awoke with the sun shining into my eyes. With a stifled yawn, I stretched and put on the outfit I just got yesterday.

"After a few days, this body already feels…familiar," I mutter, grabbing the large pale orb attached to my chest. A feeling of heat instantly hit my cheeks…I was touching a woman's breast…but it was mine now…I decided that last night- until I get my body back this…will be mine.

After making sure my dark green tie was…well tied and actually visible…it took a few attempts to make sure it didn't fall into the Breast Canyon…though it will probably do that again later.

Looking in the mirror…it was certainly a strange sight, a crude mishmash of features, desperately trying to cling to "Hajime Hinata," though I called myself average in every way a dark thought briefly entered my mind, one of a quandary that of Theseus's Ship, and a frown was slowly etched into my face. Would replacing the planks of this new body make me more like the old one?

With a sigh, I shoved that thought into the pit alongside the hundreds or perhaps a thousand other thoughts about this impossible scenario.

I stepped out into the beautiful tropical island that for the time being was mine, and the other…fourteen students how much longer until that number drops? That macabre thought briefly entered my mind before I pushed it out, and walked towards the restaurant as Byakuya would most likely want to convene after last time.

"There was that baking party as well…" I muttered it's been pushed back by so many events that I wonder if Mahiru would still want to do it.

I entered the lobby of the restaurant, I could easily go up the stairs outside and head straight to the restaurant but I much prefer going through the lobby especially as…

"Good Morning Chiaki," I say waving at the short gamer girl who, like usual, was enthralled in the little arcade game like a sailor who heard the siren's call.

Chiaki was quite quick with her response…at least quicker than normal.

"Morn' Hajime…" She then tilted her head.

"You got a haircut…" She pointed out her light pink eyes glancing up from the shining lights of the arcade machine and seemed engrossed over my body. Though not much it made my lip curl into a smile. To have the Ultimate Gamer stop her gaming for just a moment, was not many could do in the little bit I've seen of her.

"...and a new outfit,"

I nodded, "Yeah…to cut a long story short Monokuma gave me a bit of a makeover," I say lightly twirling one of the choppy bangs I now acquired.

"Monokuma…did something nice?" Chiaki seemed confused.

"...It is weird huh, maybe he was just trying to show how much power he has over us being able to completely change my hairstyle with a snap of his…paw"

Chiaki's eyes actually lit up at that, and her constantly moving fingers which were moving at such incredible speeds that I couldn't help keep up, suddenly stopped and seemed to grip the poor arcade game harder, before continuing on.

"That's interesting, that does sound like something Monokuma would do…I think. Well, hopefully he doesn't mess around too much,"

I nodded before speaking again,

"Hey, me and Mahiru have a thing later today…but after that can I talk to you? With this insanity and all that I just want someone to talk to…" I could feel my cheeks heat up again, I wasn't one to ask for help - or at least there wasn't anybody I could ask, I wasn't sure maybe when I was in Hope's Peak I did.

"Oh? You were invited as well?" Chiaki said with a raised eyebrow before continuing.

"Of course Hajime, I am always open to talk with you," Chiaki said before yawning and grabbing her bag.

"Now, I believe Byakuya has a meeting planned…I think"

Chiaki loaded quite a bit onto me, but Mahiru invited Chiaki to the baking party. That made quite a bit of sense to me, I do wonder who she all invited?

With a deep breath, we entered the restaurant.

Byakuya's eyes instantly met ours and nodded to us before eating the giant meal prepared by Teruteru most likely.

Byakuya took a giant bite out of a large chicken leg and then spoke food still being chewed, for the Ultimate Affluent Progeny he lacks a bit of tact.

"It seems there are only two left, Peko can be excused after what happened last night, but where is Nagito?"

At that moment Teruteru came out of the kitchen with even more food, which was quickly taken by Akane and Byakuya who glared at each other- though not in a mean way but more in a rival manner.

"Oh? That little connard? You don't have to worry about him…he's been dealt with," Teruteru said with a thin smile.

"Dealt with?" Byakuya asked, mouth still full god knows what, but surprisingly his voice was clear and direct, perhaps that power of the Ultimate Affluent Progeny?

"Oh! Not in that harmful terrible way! No, No I and Nekomaru agreed that…he was …inquiéter you see, a rogue agent that best be locked up, don't worry I still will make him the most amazing breakfast, lunch, and dinner, but he's kept at a safe distance," Teruteru said his eyes briefly darting to the floor.

"While I don't like it, I agree Nagito did say he tried to kill me…so for a while, until he is properly reformed we'll keep him at arm's length, though make sure he gets his fair share of food," Byakuya said, continuing to munch on the food.

It was…pleasant, everyone was sitting there eating the food in front of them, and there was no yelling or people being called pig barf, but of course that all soon ended with Monomi's arrival.

"Hello there! I have something very important to let you know!" She yelled getting on the table seemingly taking great care to avoid the food.

"What do you want!?" Hiyoko instantly started with a snarl.

"U-Um…I just wanted to let you all know that I defeated a monobeast! It opened the way to a second island!" Monomi said, puffing out her chest.

"Fo realz!?" Ibuki yelled getting up from her seat

Monomi quickly nodded.

"We shouldn't be so quick to take the rabbit word, it and Monokuma work together there is a high likelihood it's a trap,"

Monomi puffed out her chest to speak but the quick glares of everyone shut her up.

"So we shall explore this new wretched island like I did with the 6th layer of Hell in my youth!" Gundam shouted with glee and his usual mad cackle.

Byakuya nodded "Indeed le-" His declaration was cut off by someone unexpected.

"Hey Byakuya, can the girls stay back on exploring the new island…with everything that happened we kind of need a break not to mention what happened with Peko…it would be best to get her in good spirits," Mahiru asked with nervous smile.

"A girl's only parta huh…better put up a wet floor sign up, how much I would love to be the janitor," Teruteru said with twirling his pompadour. As all of the girls sans Akane glared at the little chief.

"That would dramatically cut our number, quite frankly the women nearly triple our number, not to mention the elephant in the room," Byakuya said pushing his glasses up

"Ibuki wouldn't mind exploring the new island with ya, I mean the baking party does sound fun but I'll probably just get jealous at well the others' baking skills are,"

"Hajime will be joining us, due to him being the reason we can even do this," Mahiru added which got her a glare from Hiyoko but decided it best not to speak.

'It's cause she wants to laze off and not wander the new island'

"I see, group morale is the most important thing, so if you could get Peko out of her slump then I permit-" Byakuya said with a small smile

"Great! Thanks, Byakuya! You're not half bad for a man" Mahiru interrupted.

"-But I will declare a men's only party at a later date, perhaps when the next island is open, yes that sounds grand though…" His eyes glided over to Hajime as he rubbed his triple-decker chin.

"The psycho bitch is making a pain for everyone!" Hiyoko spoke whatever was thinking with her glare, I could feel the ever-familiar shiver run up my spine but I held back- I won't let it ever happen again.

"No, not him, I won't let him slack off twice, no I was more concerned about Nagito, it would be imperative that we make him join this…male bonding session" Byakuya shook his head as complaints were raised.

"You'd let such a creature escape his bounds in Tartarus!? What a brave move, but one that we'll not have to worry about with the Supreme Overlord of Ice!" Gundham yelled out with laughter.

"I'd make sure that he doesn't do anything while's unchained," Nekomaru nodded.

If you live to see the new island opened up, that bored voice wrapped its insidious tendrils around my mind.

"Good, one more thing before we head out, since Nekomaru, and Teruteru so gracefully decided to lock up Nagito, we should take shifts making sure he eats…and I wonder…" Byakuya hummed before looking at a camera.

"Monomi!" He shouted, and after a few seconds, she scurried out of whatever hole she was hiding in.

"Why are you looking at the camera?" Monomi asked

"Don't you watch us through them?" Byakuya raised an eyebrow as the little rabbit shook her head.

"I can't watch through them after Monokuma took my magic stick…and I don't know about Monokuma," Monomi admitted.

"Doesn't matter, is there a way to lock the old building, and give us a key?" Byakuya's eyes gleamed at the little rabbit.

She quickly nodded and produced a key with a bright pink Monomi dangle.

"Yeah, he-" She was interrupted as Byakuya snatched it out of her hands.

"Every…three days we'll pull straws to see who'll watch and protect Nagito, though I do not wish to doubt any of you, let's be honest with ourselves Nagito is an easy kill," Byakuya said, pulling out the straws.

Everyone nodded though Teruteru nervously raised his hand "And if Nagito kills someone or is able to escape?"

"Then it would be clear who did it, but again that won't happen," Byakuya said, pointing at everyone with the sticks who either slowly or quickly took the straw.

"You gotta be kidding me…" I mutter looking at me.

"Well, if Nagito dies of being drowned in someone's juices we know who did it," Hiyoko giggled.

"It seems I'll be next, it seems, that will surely be Nagito's day…and him trapped and gagged oh my…" Teruteru said with a bright big smile.

Everyone went into order on who'd watch the Lucky Student, though a question remained in everyone's mind no one wanted to ask it, even Hiyoko this…relative peace was good, Fuyuhiko's death was just a fluke…right?

No

"Alright! Meeting dismissed!" Byakuya exclaimed with a pound of his "Ham hands" onto the table like a gavel.

"I'll go get Peko, you guys stay here and prepare everything," Mahiru stated.

"Ugh! You're gonna leave me with the slut?" Hiyoko crinkled up her nose.

"Please Hiyoko, I know you don't like him, but at least try to be civil for just this party," Mahiru gave the much shorter girl a smile.

"Hmph…if you say so…"

Mahiru's nose twitched when she got that close to Hiyoko, but said nothing before running off.

"Alright! Time to munch on some deserts, where are they!?" Akane asked, her nose twitching like a rabid dog.

"You brainless idiot, we have to make the desserts!" Hiyoko said with a thin grin.

"I get to experience the fun of 'cooking', how exciting!" Soina said, clapping her hands.

Chiaki seemed a little out of it but she at least put away her Game Girl.

I rubbed my arm as I slowly approached the girls who surrounded the book, like an alien seeing a primitive human village, this was a world I wasn't familiar with but thrown head first into.

"I say we go for something big!" Akane shouted.

"Hmm, I do not carry an opinion on the matter but no matter what I believe we are able to do this!" Soina said her smile never disappearing.

"I want something traditional, any Western crap would ruin it," Hiyoko said, flipping through the pages.

"I am happy with what anyone wants," Chiaki said.

"So…something big and traditional to Japan? How exciting!" Sonia pumped her fist.

"...What about you Hajime?" Chiaki asked, tilting her head and looking directly into my now purple eyes, I felt a shiver run down my back, it felt like she was trying to figure out everything about me.

"I don't really care, I was just invited…I don't think I baked in my entire life," I said with a shrug

"Hmm, maybe you're the Ultimate Baker and never knew it," Akane said, scratching the inside of her ear.

"Doesn't' that encroach on Teruteru's talent, I don't think Hope's peak would put two very similar talents in the same class," I say rubbing the back of my head, though I do wonder if my talent is something that I would have never thought of?

"OOO! How about this?" Hiyoko pointed at one of the many deserts on the page.

"Sounds good to me," Akane said, rubbing her stomach.

Chiaki and Sonia soon nodded, which I then nodded as well.

"Should we wait for Mahiru and Peko?" Sonia asked.

"I think they'll both agree to this," Chiaki said, moving towards the kitchen and grabbing some of the ingredients, and soon everyone, including myself, joined her moving them and measuring when Mahiru appeared with Peko right behind her. Her hair was slightly frazzled and frizzed but mostly tamed by her braid.

I could feel a smile taking over my face as we enjoyed our tropical life.

Akane took a big bite of the part I made and her pupils turned to stars as she quickly shoved the rest down her gullet.

"Maybe I wasn't wrong Hajime! This tastes amazing!" Akane yelled a frown briefly, taking over her face before sampling another person's part of the dish.

"I doubt the pi- she could make anything half decent" Hiyoko muttered before sampling my dish, her eyes widened quite a bit before they returned to her normal sneering face.

"It's not the worst thing I tasted," Hiyoko crossed her arms before joining Akane.

Chiaki and Sonia soon joined and had similar opinions as Akane.

"I am leaning more towards Akane now, are you sure you weren't the Ultimate Baker or something?" Sonia asked gracefully, snaking down on Hiyoko's piece.

"I would love for my Ultimate talent to be discovered so easily…but something feels off, it doesn't have any sort of connection to me," I said shaking my head as I tried to dig, but only found H̶̛͚͛̄͒͌̔̏̀͜o̸̮͉̪̥̺̞͕͙̼̠͇͓͈͑p̴̢̛͖̫̩̗͖̤̋͂̋̈́͛͛̈e̴͚̳͔̮͎̫̜̫̬̪̺̘̫̞͓͂̓͊̑ bedrock.

"Hey, Hajime, it seems you miscounted," Chiaki pointed at the extra treat I made, as soon as she did so Akane's eyes lit up and she seemed ready to rush it.

"Oh? So I did," I say tilting my head.

"I call dibs!" Akane shouted and went to grab it before I spoke "Actually, I know what I can do with it,"

The girls eyed me, as I grabbed it and some of the leftover breakfast Teruteru made and put it on a plate.

Akane was like a dog having food dangled in its face as I moved about before I let out a sigh and pulled out the key for the building next door.

"Really?" Hiyoko huffed out.

"Aw, why'd haft to waste it on him," Akane pouted.

"You all had one, and though I don't like the guy I'd feel bad if only one of you had two," I said smiling at them, as I prepared myself, after all, it seemed the party was basically down.

"Chiaki, I'll talk to you after him," I say leaving the hotel and going next door with a deep breath I unlocked the door, and stepped in.