Hello readers and welcome to my new chapter. Here's another quick update. I don't know how long these quick updates will last, but for now, enjoy them. I'm very glad all of you are enjoying this fic so far, and I hope that enjoyment will continue.
By the way, do you want only Sayaka to have feelings for Makoto and vice versa, or several girls having feeling for the luckster? I know that Mukuro got a crush on him, so I'll keep that canon, and with either choice, Sayaka will still have feelings for the boy. I just want you readers' opinions, so I know where to go when it comes to pairings. So, with that, I hope you enjoy.
P.S. Personally, I could see Makoto having several girls crushing on him happening, considering he's a super nice guy that's willing to help everyone out, not to mention being able to make friends out of the most anti-social people, such as Byakuya. Plus, something like that could be consider both good AND bad luck. And Makoto got a big batch of both.
Disclaimer: I do not own Dangan Ronpa.
Chapter 02: Watching the Prologue: Welcome to Despair Pt 2
(Prologue - Welcome to Despair)
Makoto felt a sense of dread at the title, as well as the picture being shown. Something tells him that he isn't going to like what he'll see.
"So, will the rest be about the future?" Kyoko asked Spirit. The host of the gathering merely nodded. "Ok then."
"Maybe we can find out if what transpired was a dream for Makoto." Celestia commented.
"Or maybe someone abducted him and is trying to mess with his memories!" Hiro declared. "Digging through his brain to change them!"
Several face palmed while Makoto shuddered at the mental image. Only Hiro.
The scene switched to a classroom, with the only one there being a sleeping Makoto. Slowly, the boy woke up with a grin. "Wha….?" The boy said tiredly. "Where am I?"
"Um, are you still sleepy Makoto?" Hina asked him, tilting her head. "Cause I'm pretty sure you're in one of the classrooms."
"Why are you sleeping there anyway?" Taka questioned passionately. "It's against the rules to be sleeping in class!"
"And why isn't anyone else there, other than Makoto?" Kyoko questioned with narrowed eyes. "Surely one of us would have woken him up if he was sleeping in class. Kiyotaka for sure wouldn't have let that slide."
"That's right I wouldn't!" Was Taka's passionate agreement.
"Well, we won't get anymore answers by asking questions." Makoto said. "For now, let's keep all of our questions in our mind." Several others nodded in agreement to this.
Makoto looked around to see that he's in an unfamiliar classroom. "What is going on here?" Makoto asked himself. "This isn't a classroom I've been in before." Then he noticed the metal plates on the windows. "Metal plates?"
Kyoko narrowed her eyes at the classroom. "Wait a minute," Kyoko slowly realized. "Isn't this one of the classrooms from the old school building?"
Several eyes widened at this, and they began to notice the similarities as well. "Yeah, you're right Kyoko." Makoto agreed. "The only change there is the wallpaper. But why would I would be in the old school building instead of the new one if this from the future?"
"And what's with the metal plates on the window?" Taka asked nervously. No one had an answer to that.
Kyoko sighed. This is becoming more and more confusing with every second.
Makoto went up and tried to pull off the plates, but it wouldn't budge a bit. "No use." Makoto sighed. "It's bolted shut."
'Why are there metal plates on the windows anyway?' Makoto thought. 'It makes no sense.'
As he looked around the room, he saw a note on the desk he slept on. Going to the desk, he grabbed the note before noticing a line of drool on the desk.
Several laughed or chuckled at this while Makoto flushed in embarrassment. "Don't worry Makoto." Sayaka said, after her giggling subsided. "I think you drooling is cute."
That made the boy flushed even more, causing more giggles from Sayaka. Kyoko and Mukuro also had smiles of amusement, silently agreeing with the Ultimate Pop Sensation.
"I should clean that up before I go." Makoto sighed. He then put the letter in front of his face and began to read. What he read creeped him out a bit.
'The Next Semester is about to start. Starting today, this school will be your entire world.' That's what exactly is on the note, written in crayon and a picture at the top of the cheap pamphlet.
"What the heck is this?" Makoto questioned in confusion and slight panic. "Is this some kind of sick joke?"
"That's what we're wondering." Hina stated, feeling creeped out once more. "Cause it ain't funny."
"Far from it." Sakura agreed stoically.
Putting the note down, Makoto held his head in confusion. 'The note, and those bolted doors, makes it feel like some kind of prison.' Makoto said. 'None of this is making any sense.'
The boy sighed, and looked at the clock. "I should probably get back to the meeting hall. It's already on the meeting time, so most likely, others will be there too."
"Um, why are you talking like you never been in Hope's Peak before?" Yasuhiro questioned in confusion. "I don't get a lot of this, but I know this takes place in the future. So why are you acting like it's still your first day?"
"How should I know?" Makoto questioned back. "This is the future me. I can't know exactly what my other is thinking each time." But inwardly, he's got a sinking suspicion as to why his other is acting like this. He hopes his suspicion is wrong.
Others like Kyoko, Mukuro, and Byakuya have their suspicions as well. But for now, they didn't say anything. They'll wait till they see their other future selves.
The boy walked out of the classroom, and into the hallway. The hallway has a purple lighting, the area seemingly more….dark. "This hallways seems kind of weird too." Makoto murmured.
"So the lighting has changed as well." Chihiro commented. "But who changed it? And why?"
"Maybe to put in a more creepy vibe?" Leon suggested.
"If they are, then they're doing it pretty well." Hina shivered.
'This is getting stranger by the second.' Makoto thought to himself. 'Waking up in a classroom with no other students around... This is not making any sense.' He then spoke to himself. "Well, for now, I'll go back to the entrance hall. I might get some answers there."
With that, he went searching for the main hall. It didn't take him long to find it and he soon found the door to the main hall. When he opened the door, he was met with several other students in the hall.
"Hey, there's the rest of us!" Hiro pointed out cheerfully.
"W-We can s-see that, i-idiot." Toko stuttered out. "Y-You, don't need t-to yell it o-out."
"Cool. Maybe we can get Makoto out of his sleepy state." Hina stated cheerfully.
'Don't count on it.' Makoto, Byakuya, Mukuro, and Kyoko thought. They have a feeling that the future Makoto isn't acting like this because he just woke up.
One of the students spoke up. "Woah! Another new kid?"
"Another? Then you guys are….?"
"Yes….We're all new here. Today's was supposed to be our first day of class." A softer, more feminine voice answered Makoto's silent question.
A nasally voice spoke up. "So counting him, that's make fifteen. Seems like a good cut off point, but I wonder if this is everyone…."
If the group wasn't confused before, they definitely are now. "Um, how come all of us are acting like we're new here?" Hiro asked, confused. "Cause this is definitely not our first day."
"And what's with the sealed door and bigass guns in the main hall?" Mondo questioned. "Those were never there."
"Plus, we all look older." Sayaka commented. "Around nineteen at least. We all got here when we were seventeen, or, in Hiro's case, twenty-one."
"What the hell is going on?" Leon asked, holding his head in confusion.
Makoto didn't want to believe it. Didn't even want to think about the possibility. But it's the only logical conclusion. And like Kyoko says, there's only one absolute truth. So taking a gulp, he spoke up. "I think….our future selves lost our memories."
Several eyes turned to him at the revelation, all of them shocked by his words. "Um, you're joking, right Makoto?" Hina spoke up, after a moment of silence. "Cause there's no reason all of us lost our memories!"
"Yeah! The whole fucking class losing our memories of each other?" Mondo stated in disbelief. "There's no fucking way that could happen!"
"And yet, this is the only logical conclusion." Byakuya stated, getting the attention turned to him now. "It couldn't be anything else."
"They're right." Kyoko supported Makoto and Byakuya. "It would explain why we're acting like it's our first day, why Makoto didn't recognize the changes in the old school building, and why we look older. Nothing else could explain all three things at once."
Several of them wanted to deny it, to find any kind of counter-argument against. But Kyoko's logic is sound. "But….all of us losing our memories?" Taka questioned, distressed. "Of the time spent with each other? How could all of us lose those memories?"
"Yeah. I couldn't imagine not remembering Sakura or Makoto." Hina stated, also a bit distressed.
"No answer has been given to us yet." Sakura stated, crossing her arms. "For now, we have to continue. I know this is something difficult to accept, but there's no other explanation."
No one could argue with that, so they stayed silent for now and continued watching the screen.
Makoto looked at the entire group with awe and nervousness. 'Here they are. All of the Ultimates that were hand picked by the school.' As he took in each of their faces, he noticed something. 'I don't know if it's just me, but I feel a kind of aura coming from each of them.'
Sayaka giggled. "That's just your ability to read people well." Sayaka said to Makoto. "You've always had that."
"And it had continued to develop throughout the school year." Kyoko added in, smiling at him. Makoto flushed at the comments.
"I just got to know you guys well, so it can be easy to know what you guys are thinking." Makoto said modestly. The longer he became friends with someone, the easier he could read them. What they're feeling, when they need help, if they need space, etc.
"Um….how's it going? My name is Makoto Naegi." Makoto stated nervously.
Aoi laughed. "Just like your last introduction, so cute and innocent." Makoto flushed while most of the others girls laughed, chuckled, or giggled in agreement. The only ones who aren't making any laughter are Kyoko, Sakura, Mukuro, and Toko, though the first three held smiles of amusement.
"M-Master is c-cuter." Toko mumbled, referring to Byakuya.
"Sorry about being late. A bunch of stuff just happened, and then all of sudden I was just….asleep."
Some of the them looked surprised at this. "Whoa, you too?" A guy with the crazy hair asked in surprise, his reaction causing Makoto to recoil in shock.
The reaction also stumped the entire class. "Wait, what does he mean 'you too'?" Taka questioned, furrowing his eyebrows. "You mean he experienced the same thing that Makoto did?"
"Judging by the other surprised looks, it follows that our future selves have all experienced this as well." Mukuro stated.
Kyoko narrowed. "I see," She said to herself. "So that must be the stopping point."
That got the attention of the others. "Stopping point?" Makoto repeated. "Kyoko….are you saying that the memories we created after entering Hope's Peak are the ones that's been taken from us?" Kyoko nodded.
"Spirit said that the beginning was an important part for this story." Kyoko explained. "Judging by what we've seen, we can conclude that the reason is because our memories stopped after arriving at Hope's Peak for the first time." Several eyes widened and several faces paled.
"We lost over a year of memories?" Hina breathed, covering her mouth. "How is that possible?"
"This is far from a coincidence that all of our memories been taken." Byakuya stated, pushing his glasses up. "Someone must've somehow captured all of us, and took our memories away from us."
The thought shocked and scared Hina even more. "But who would do that? And why?"
"None of us know yet." Sakura said to her best friend. "The only way to find out is to keep watching and see if the one who's doing this reveals themselves."
Junko is nearly bursting with ecstasy. Seeing her plan coming to fruition, seeing the distress on her classmates' faces, is making her feel soooo good. Imagine the despair when they find out the other part of this! The beginning….of the killing game!
She can't wait, she can't wait, she can't wait!
"This is getting curiouser and curiouser…." A goth looking girl mused.
"This is strange…..beyond any doubt, I declare that this is a strange situation indeed!" An overweight boy with glasses declared, looking nervous.
Leon rolled his eyes. "Way to state the obvious, genius."
"That was the future me!"
Makoto looked at everyone in confusion. "What are you guys talking about?" Makoto asked. "I don't have any idea what's going on right now."
Before anyone could answer, a blue-haired boy with red eyes spoke up. "Just a moment! There's something I need to address!" The guy pointed his finger at Makoto. "Makoto, your tardiness is unacceptable! I'm sure you were told to come at the meeting at 8 a.m. sharp!"
"To be late for your first day is unspeakable! I must report you, and you must accept your due punishment!" The guy declared. This just made Makoto even more confused.
Some of the group got disbelieving looks, directed towards Taka. "You wake up in a school with metal plates on the windows and the front of the school sealed up, and that's what you're worried about?" Leon questioned incredulously.
Mondo put his hand on his head. "I hate to say it bro, but you need to sort out your priorities."
Taka flushed and chuckled sheepishly, despite the fact that it was his future self who's doing this. "Sorry Makoto." Taka apologized, turning towards the luckster. Said luckster just waved off the apology, not seeing it as a big deal.
Before Makoto could say anything to that, a pretty blonde spoke to Taka. "What's your problem? It's not like he wanted to be late. He had no control over it."
Makoto narrowed his eyes. Something seems different about Junko. And not just in appearance either.
But when he looked at Junko, he noticed something. "Wait a minute….where's Mukuro?" Makoto questioned. That got the others attention, and they realized that they didn't see Mukuro either.
"Maybe she still asleep?" Hifumi suggested.
Chihiro thought about the possibility. "Maybe, but why isn't Junko looking for her sister? I would've thought that she would look around the school."
"Maybe I tried, but I ended up in the hallway first." Junko suggested. But truthfully, she knows that the 'Junko' on the TV is actually Mukuro. Her attitude and slight differences in appearance gives it away.
Mukuro also knew this. Not only because she knows what her body looks like, but because of how Junko reacted. Her sister wouldn't jump to defend Makoto first, but Mukuro knows that she herself would do so.
"Well, we won't what happens until we keep watching!" Junko stated. "So let's find out what happens to my hopeless sister!"
The group nodded, and went back to watching once again.
"Everyone calm down!" An upbeat looking brunette girl stated. "Listen, how about we all introduce ourselves to each other?"
A big guy with a leather jacket and long brown hair spoke. "The hell?! This isn't the time for freakin introductions!"
"Maybe, but it may be best to find out who we all are before going to the bigger problem." The goth looking girl retorted in a polite tone. "Otherwise, how can we talk to each other if we don't even know each other's name?"
"Celeste raises a good point there." Kyoko agreed. "Now's a better time than any to get rid of introductions."
"She's got a good point." A petite looking girl with light brown hair agreed.
"Okay, so let's get the introductions out of the way, then we can move on to whatever else. Sounds good?" A blue haired girl summarized.
Makoto looked around, still confused. 'I still don't know what's going on.' Makoto thought. 'But I guess focusing on getting to know them will be good. Now's a better time than any other.'
'I looked up nearly all of my classmates here online, but I still don't know what kind of people they are.' Makoto thought to himself. 'This will be a good chance to find out.'
Celeste's eyes lit up in realization. "Oh, I just realized something." Celeste spoke up to all of them, causing eyes to turn to her.
"What did you realize?" Taka asked her.
"Since this will show Makoto's thoughts, we can see what he thinks of each of us when we first introduced ourselves." Celeste stated. That caused several more eyes to lit up in realization, and directing the attention to Makoto. The luckster gulped in response.
"This is gonna be interesting." Junko giggled. There are several grins and nods in agreement while Makoto groaned.
His luck really is the worst.
And that's the end. I hope all of you liked this chapter. Remember to give your thoughts on this chapter, as well as to my question up top. Review, favorite, and follow and I will see you later.
