Misery | Komahina

The Future

Hajime was finally ready to go.

He walked through the gardens, headed to Kazuichi's garage to remove the dreadful chain around his neck.

It was peaceful outside today. Despite the red sky tainting the atmosphere, there was no smoke rising from the city, no piercing screams resonating of death and no psychotic laughter floating in the air. Painful memories of the old days flew through Hajime's mind. He shook his head, no need to think about all that, after all, everything is much better now.

The Ultimate Despairs were almost completely cured, he couldn't worry about it anymore.

Ah, there was Kazuichi's garage.

As he was finally approaching it, he noticed everyone was there. They were all waiting in front and... even Nagito was there. Hajime was surprised; after all, Nagito wasn't one to hang out with anyone but Hajime, yet here he was, casually chatting with Fuyuhiko with a smile on his face.

The others noticed he was approaching and turned around to wave at him with cheerful smiles. The brunette waved back, picking up the pace a little as to not make them wait any longer.

But something flashed in his friends' eyes. Their face switched from happiness to complete terror and before he could react, he felt something wrap around his chest.

He gasped as he felt something metallic dig slightly into his stomach. When he looked down, he noticed huge long metal...claws? wrapped around him.

Feeling the panic slowly rise into his chest as he was lifted off the ground, he looked back. His heart almost stopped.

A giant Monokuma stared right into his eyes as it held him in its paw. The brunette shuddered and tried breaking free from the grip, but without success. He looked back frantically in front of him and noticed his friends all running towards him. He met Nagito's eyes. They were filled with a mix of worry and panic, and his lips were pressed together in a thin line.

"Puhuhuhu... well well well, what do we have here?!"

A woman with strawberry blond pigtails came out from behind the big Monokuma bear, a wide grin on her face.

"Release him Junko!" shouted Sonia as she stopped a few meters away from the bear and Hajime, a panicked yet furious look on her face.

"Jeez, that's no fun! You guys have definitely been cured of my brainwashing to worry about such a worthless former Reserve Course student like this guy!"

The woman cackled as the others frowned. "He's not worthless, he may be talentless but at least he's not complete scum like you, Junko Enoshima."

This seemed out of character coming from Nagito and Hajime's eyes widened at the uncharacteristic annoyed and angry tone coming from the white haired man. I don't thing he'd ever seen Nagito get angry before.

"Is my wittle Nagito angwy?! Awww, man, I'm so sad I'm going to start crying, you're so mean my darling!" Junko was fake crying. But she quickly switched to another personality.