Danganronpa: Bitter Bruises

Prologue

"Where am I?" I thought. They were the only thoughts I could get out of my mind. My mind was empty. I tried looking around. All I could see was darkness. I stumbled around, trying to find something, anything, but it was all darkness. Suddenly, I was surrounded by brightness. I covered my eyes. "Sorry! Should have given a warning first...". My eyes finally adjusted and I saw what looked like a closet. A very large closet. Near the light switch, I saw a girl with dark orange hair. "Hey there. You slept a long time," she says. "Huh... Wh- What happened?" I asked. "We all passed out and ended up here. None of us know how," she says. "All? Us?" I ask. "Yeah... There are a bunch of other people. We all started in here but they all left you behind. Except me, I stayed with you," she says.

"Where are we anyway," I ask. "I'm not sure... It's like some kind of hospital... But all the exits have been blocked... we're trying to find another exit" She says. "THE EXITS ARE BLOCKED OFF?" I said, not realizing I had yelled. "No no no- Don't worry! We're trying to find another exit. We'll be fine" she says "Maybe you should meet everyone else...". "Ok... I should probably introduce myself to you first... My name... is Tsugiko Sugiyama," I say. "Do you have an ultimate?" she asked. "Oh yeah... It's kind of dumb... I'm the ultimate singer," I say. "Wow! Could you sing for me!" She asks. I stayed silent. "Oh... Well my name is Izumi Hayashi. I'm the ultimate Graphic Designer"

"It's... nice to meet you..." I say. "We should go," Izumi says, walking towards the door before looking back at me. "I'll catch up to you," I say. "Got it," Izumi says and walks out of the door. I sigh. "Everything will be fine, after all... we're just stuck... we can find a way out" I say quietly to myself. I walk towards the door and walk out. "There you are!" Izumi says "Took you long enough!". "So... Where exactly are we going?" I ask. "Well only two of the floors are open. Though it's safe to assume there are more as the elevator has about 7 button slots. Only two of the buttons are there though" she says.

"I'm sure the buttons are here somewhere..." I say, though I wasn't very sure about that. "Yeah- We're on the first floor right now," Izumi says "I've explored this entire hospital. Here there is a welcome desk, a pharmacy, a bunch of places to sit and a cafeteria! If we were to stay here long term we would probably hang out here- However I don't think that's necessary". I nod, she was speaking a lot. She clearly knew what she was doing. "And on the second floor are the patient wards! Sixteen to be exact" She says "16 people could stay in there if we were stuck here for more than one day."

The more Izumi talked about staying here, the more I started to panic. How long were we going to be here? Are we ever going to escape? "Are you ok?" Izumi asks "You look pale-'' she grabbed onto my shoulder "You don't need to worry... I'm sorry I keep talking about staying here... I know that's probably worrying you... It's hard for me to keep my mouth shut sometimes...". "No... it's ok... I understand you're just trying to take precautions. In case we do end up stuck here" I say. Izumi gives me a hug. It was the first time I had been hugged in a while.

"You should meet everyone else!" Izumi says "They would love to meet a beautiful woman like you!" She stops hugging me and grabs my hand, starting to drag me around. She kept dragging me around until we made it to a seating area, where 3 people were sitting. "Hello!" one of them says. I wave. "Hey guys!" Izumi says "This is Tsugiko! Isn't she pretty". "She seems pretty shy" A girl with long hair looks over. She smiled with a somewhat menacing smile. "Ugh! Ignore her... That's Isako... She's interested in occult stuff-" Izumi says.

[This chapter is a work in progress]