~ Forgotten ~【Komahina】

Chapter 23 - Towa City

'Hehe! Does Mr Izuru recognise Monaca?'

I grit my teeth. 'I said, call me Hajime.'

Monaca Towa. The mini version of Junko. A crazy, despair obsessed 12 year old.

I'd known her in my days spreading despair when I'd visited Nagito in Towa City. We don't talk about what happened then.

'Well, are you going to get Mr Servant or not?' Monaca smiles at me, acting innocent.

'Okay then...' I say. I walk past her down the corridor, but I don't go to where the comatose Nagito is.

I go to Makoto's room and knock on the door. Byakuya opens it a minute later. 'Hajime? What's going on?'

'We need to leave.'

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Makoto Pov

'Makoto, wake up.'

I open my eyes and immediately shield them from the bright light. 'Byakuya? What time is it..?'

'That doesn't matter,' he says, 'Monaca Towa is somehow here. We've already transported the Remnants and the machines needed to keep them alive to Towa City. We're going too.'

I hurriedly get changed. 'I've already packed your things away, so we can leave now,' Byakuya says, walking out of the room. I follow him.

'Is everyone else already awake?' I ask, 'And who's coming with us?'

'Hajime and the others need to go, because Monaca seems to be after them. All the other survivors of the first killing game are going too, because we don't want to take risks.'

We make our ways to the rooftop where a helicopter is getting ready to leave. I get in and sit in between Byakuya and Kyoko.

'Where's Monaca now?' Hina asks.

'Well... She's still waiting outside Toko's room, where Hajime was staying. I don't know whether she believes that Hajime is going to come back, or this is all a trap,' Byakuya replies.

I scratch the back of my neck nervously. 'If it could be a trap, should we be leaving...?'

'The top priority is our safety. And if it is a trap, the Future Foundation can handle it. They've been dealing with this kind of stuff for months, remember?' Kyoko explains, 'Anyway, it'll be nice to see Toko and Komaru again.'

Byakuya laughs nervously at the mention of Toko. I still haven't told her about us dating. Wait, did I even tell Komaru?

My attention focuses on the view outside the window. I watch as the Future Foundation building and the world around it shrinks as the helicopter gains height. I jump as I feel a hand on mine.

'It'll be okay,' Byakuya says reassuringly, 'And no matter what, I'll always be with you.'

I smile and rest my head on his shoulder. 'Thanks... I needed that...'

'I know...'

*TIMESKIP BROUGHT TO YOU BY KAMAKURA KAMAKURA YASS QUEEN*

I get woken up by someone shaking my shoulder.

'Makoto, we're here.'

I open my eyes to see Byakuya gently shaking me awake. The helicopter lands seconds later.

'The chances are there are Monokumas outside,' Kyoko says, 'So make sure to have your hacking guns.'

As always, Kyoko is right, and we end up having to explode a few monochrome bears before running towards the apartment building where Toko and Komaru are staying.

'That was close,' sighs Hina, wiping sweat off her forehead, 'I hope we won't have to be fighting Monokumas all the time now we're here...'

'No, the Monokumas only come out at night,' Byakuya explains, 'There are a few stray ones in the daytime, but not many. As long as we stay inside after the sun goes down, we should be safe.'

By the time we finished talking, we'd arrived at the door to Toko and Komaru's apartment. I ring the doorbell, before the door opens.

'Makoto!'

Komaru throws herself at me, pulling me into a hug.

'It's been ages since I've seen you,' she says, 'I know we've video called, but it's been over two years since we last saw each other face to face!'

'You've grown a lot Komaru,' I say, 'Hey, uhm... Can we talk to you and Toko inside...'

*****

'So, what is it you wanted to tell me?'

After everyone had sat down on the sofas, Toko and Hajime joined the group.

'Well...' I say nervously, looking at Toko's expression out of the corner of my eyes, 'Me and Byakuya... We're dating...'

Komaru squeals and starts to ask loads of questions, not giving me time to reply. I notice Toko's face cloud over, before silently leaving the room.

Byakuya sighs. 'Komaru... You should check on Toko...'

'Oh...' Komaru says, stricken, 'I... didn't think about that...'

Komaru leaves the room, following Toko. Hajime looks at me with confusion. 'What's-'

I cut him off. 'It's... Complicated.'

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👀 Next chapter will have some quality Tokomaru that will probably make me cry while writing but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Also, I've become obsessed with Amaguji (Rantaro x Korekiyo) so if I were to make a fanfic about them, would you read it?