Chapter 2
The sound of knocking awoke me. My eyes snapped open. I could feel my eyebags sagging. Of course, what did I expect? To have a good night's sleep after figuring out this was a killing game? I rose from my messed up bed and opened the door. Hikari had a cheerful expression on her face. "Bet you didn't sleep well, huh?"
I rubbed my eyes. "Of course not. What do you need?"
"Come to the dining hall. Everyone's waiting." She dashed off before I could say anything.
Everyone was sitting at a long table in the dining hall.
"Yay!" Hikari exclaimed. "We can now start our breakfast meeting!"
"Breakfast meeting?" Haruto asked. "That's what you woke me up for?"
"Aw, come on," She said with a frown. "A sappy attitude like that won't get you anywhere."
"So, I'm assuming this breakfast meeting is happening everyday?" Hisoka asked.
"Yep!" Hikari replied. "Breakfast meetings are the first thing to get us bonding with each other," Her eyes sparkled. "I'm so excited to become friends."
"Yeah!" Isamu agreed. "That sounds like a great idea!"
"You're all insane." Akemi said, crossing her arms while slouching on her chair.
"It's worth a shot," Hikari said back. "So can we promise that?"
Everybody agreed.
Hikari clapped. "Great! How about we explore the places after we eat?"
"Are we going to split up?" Yua asked.
"Nope," Hikari answered. "We are staying together. As your motivator, I'll keep everyone together and no one will die."
"Hikari is our hero!" Hideki exclaimed.
I looked down at the table. I should try helping out too.
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The fitness room had weight benches, treadmills, and dumbbells in all sorts of sizes. On the side of the room, there was a shelf of jump ropes. There were even two wooden benches sitting on the right side of the room.
"It's calming here," Akemi said, glancing around in surprise. "I think I might be here in my spare time."
"You know the research labs?" Hikari started. "There's three so far and they are themed with Ultimates. One of them is mine, and I think the other two are Yua's and Hisoka's."
Yua's eyebrows rose. "I have my Ultimate lab? Great! I could practice baking there so I won't make such a mess in the dining hall."
"I'll have to look at that." Hisoka said.
Next, we explored the grocery store. It had shelves with foods and items. There was also a cash register.
“I’m so hungry now!” Aimi cried.
Hisoka laughed. “You can do that after we-”
Without hesitating, Aimi grabbed several packets of chocolate and began munching on some.
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Later, everybody was doing their own thing. I could hear the voices of some people. A sudden cry broke. "Ahh! my flowers!"
"Then plant them somewhere else, idiot."
Akemi and Mizu. I followed the voices and found Mizu between Yua and Hisoka's labs. There were crumpled flowers on the ground and he sighed.
"Need help?" I asked.
"Yes please."
I helped pick some up. "Let me guess. Akemi stepped on them?"
"Yeah," he replied, looking devastated. "It seems like I can't plant them anywhere."
"We'll find a place to plant them," I said. "Hopefully."
After cleaning up the crumpled mess he mumbled. "Thank you. You're so nice."
"Me?" I asked. "No, not at all."
"Huh?"
"But thanks. I guess."
He smiled.
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Later that day, I decided to walk around the hotel. Once I made it to the second floor, I spotted Hideki on the ceiling. I jumped back. "Hideki- what the-"
"Hi Akira!" He called. "Sorry to startle you. I'm just fixing this light." Now I noticed the stepladder below him. Though it was tipped over, and he didn't seem to notice.
"Yes!" He exclaimed. "It's fixed, Now let me get down-" He let go and plummeted to the floor. "Ow!!"
"Yeah," I said awkwardly. "I was about to mention the ladder."
He slowly got up, rubbing his hip. "Don't worry about it."
I glanced up. "That's really bright."
"Yeah, I added something to it."
"It looks nice."
"Wanna see nice?" He asked. "Check my dorm."
I followed him to his dorm. When we got in I stared at it in awe. There were neon lights hanging from the wall. "That's really cool!" Then I suddenly had an idea. "Hideki, do you think you can make more of those for the main hall?"
"Sure. What for?"
"I'll explain later."
I left his dorm. I'll let Hikari know. And talk to Yua.
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"So we're making a gathering in the main hall?" She asked. "I love it! I can go ask Yua to make the food. Leave it to me!"
"Sure." I said.
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That night, Everyone was in the main hall. The lights were off as the neon lights were all over the lights in unique shapes and sizes. I was impressed by Hideki's work. Everybody was talking with one another while eating. I smiled to myself. This will keep everyone together. We were all having fun. Until an announcement occured. "Everyone come to the office on the main floor!"
Silence.
"It's Monokuma." Isamu said, biting her nail.
"What does he want now?" Akemi asked, wrinkling her nose.
"We better go." I said.
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We made it to the office. I never explored it because I thought it belonged to what I thought would belong to an employee. Well, it wasn't like there was much anyway. Just a desk and a bookshelf with a storage room in the back.
"I called you here because I'm going to present to you, your first motive!" Monokuma said. I stole a glance at his hand which looked like it had white sheets of paper in it.
He dropped them on the desk like they were nothing. Envelopes. They were labelled with our names, and we all glanced at each other, unsure of what to do. One by one, we each took our envelopes. I gently opened mine and found a photo tucked inside. I pulled it out to let it reveal. It was a picture of my family being captured. Agony in their expressions. It horrified me. My eyes widened in fear. I quickly shoved the photo back in the envelope and looked at the others. Their reactions were the same. No words could come out.
Monokuma just laughed and took the photos back before he disappeared.
It was silent until Hikari spoke, "No. I will not believe it. We will refuse to believe it!"
"Huh?" Hisoka asked.
"We can't be sure that the photos are real right?" Hikari asked. "So don't worry about them. Monokuma is just trying to kill our mood."
"If you say so." Mizu said.
Akemi yawned. "Whatever. I'm tired." She left the office.
"Right," Isamu said. "We have to go to our dorms now. Which sucks, because I wanted to party more."
She left. And eventually, so did the others.
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Once I made it into my room. I lay in my bed, thoughts swarming my mind. There's no proof the photos were real. But there's also no proof that they aren't real either. What am I supposed to believe?
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