Hopeful Blacksmith (Danganronpa 1 x OC)

Chapter 30: Tension

*Ding dong, bing bong*

"Attention! Attention! Please gather in the gym as soon as you possibly can! Quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly!", Monokuma's cheery voice rang through the school.

This must be about the next motive... Sakura.

I let out a nervous sigh and made my way to the gym. Makoto and Sakura were already through the door before I could call after them. I lips formed a thin line, my nervousness prominent. I shook myself violently to try and get the feeling out of my body and opened the door before I could hesitate. Everyone was already there, including Monokuma.

"Okay, let's get this show on the road!", Monokuma cheered.

"You're about to give us your next motive presentation, aren't you?", Togami asked.

"Hmm?"

"You got us all together to present another motive, right?"

"I-Is he right...?", Toko stuttered.

"We have to go through this again...?", Hina muttered.

"Ugh...no! Not again! I can't take it anymore!", Hiro shouted in fear.

"I'm impressed by your level of dismay. You finally see just how low on the totem pole of life you really are.", Togami scoffed.

"No... No, no, no... No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no NO! That's not it at all. We're not here to talk about motive. The reason I gathered you all here is so that I could get rid of my grudge.", Monokuma revealed.

If he is going to announce the thing about Sakura, it may as well be a motive...

"We have a grudge against you, of course, but I don't recall *you* ever having a grudge against *us*.", Kyoko glared.

"I told you yesterday, didn't I? An eye for an eye, a fang for a fang."

"Stop beating around the bush! Just tell us what you're talking about!", Togami sneered.

"Well, Byakuya. You've already told everyone how one of you might be working as a spy for me, right?"

"Yeah, so, what about it?"

"Well today I'd like to tell you about that spy."

"What...?", Makoto sputtered.

"So guess what. The spy is actually Sakura Ogami !"

He said it so openly, it made it sound like it wasn't that big of a deal even though he'd just revealed a huge secret. I already knew, but hearing it from Monokuma himself made me go rigid.

"What...? What did you just say?", Hiro muttered.

"He said the spy is Sakura .", Togami repeated.

"Wh-What are you talking about? There's...there's no way Sakura's a spy! Right, Sakura?", Hina turned to Sakura, but the martial artist was silent. "Sakura...?"

"And I might just make Sakura fulfill the promise she made sometime soon... And if she doesn't...I can't be responsible for what might happen to that hostage of mine... Anyway, that's all I wanted to say. What you guys choose to do with that information is up to you. Roast her, boil her. Kill her, don't kill her. Whatever! Puhuhu... Either way, I can't wait...!", Monokuma disappeared shortly after that, his cackling echoing across the gym.

"U-Um... So what does this mean? I-Is it true? Has Ogre really been spying on us for the mastermind!?", Hiro stuttered.

"What are you saying!? There's no way!", Hina yelled.