Danganronpa Prodigy's: The Next Generation.

Chapter 10a: Somebody's watching me.

Melody Mioda was someone who's personality didn't fit her talent. There was no doubt in anyone's mind that she was an incredible dancer, and an equally amazing singer, so it was no surprise that Hope's Peak had recruited her as the Ultimate Busker.

The problem mainly lay in the fact that she was a complete and total nervous wreck. Despite having the talents of a performer, she hated having an audience. The only people she ever said she felt comfortable performing in front of were her parents and family, and the people who came into care at her mother's hospital.

So naturally, the problem she was facing right now, despite being an issue where panic and stress was justified, felt even worse for her, and she looked like she was about to pass out when she walked into the classroom and immediately approached Kuroba, grabbing her my the arm and trying to tell her something.

Unfortunately, so was so panicked and so stressed out that the words came out a flubbering mess, and Miu, who was in the classroom at the time, gave her some tissues and a massage to calm her down.

"Alright," Kuroba put her hands on her hips "what's the problem, and what do you need me to do?"

"K-Kuroba *hic!* I..." Melody began to sob "I think someone is stalking me!"

"Stalking you?" Kuroba's eyes widened, not expecting this to be "you serious?"

"What is...stalking?" Miu tilted her head "does it involve herbaceous plants?"

"No, that's the wrong kind of stalk," Genji shook his head "Stalking is the act of following someone or something very closely and watching its every move. It can be said in the terms of hunters, but in this case, someone is following Melody, and she doesn't know why."

"Curses!" Morgana clenched her fist "a shadow lurker is pursuing dear Melody? This transgression shall not go unnoticed!"

"Just ease it off for a second," Kuroba told her, turning back to Melody "why do you think you've got a stalker on you Melody?"

"W-Well...Sometimes when I walk down the street, if I'm going to school or the shops, or running errands, or whatever really...sometimes I get the feeling that there's always someone following me, but when I turn around, no one is there..." she says.

"That could just be your paranoia, couldn't it?" Wakaba asked.

"True...but that's not all..." Melody said "things will often shift around my house, without me knowing about it. I've asked my parents but neither of them have any recollection of touching my stuff. Also...someone often shoves weird documents in my mailbox...a-a-and today, to top it all...o-off...!"

She looked like she was about to cry again, but Kuroba quickly calmed her down.

"It's ok, I'm here. You're not in danger so long as you're here with us. What happened today?"

"I...I received my blood test results anonymously through the mail!" Melody exclaimed "but I didn't know why! Whenever I need to take a blood test or a doctors appointment, I usually do so through my Mom! But when I got the results of the test, I remembered that a few days ago, I woke up in the morning with a band-aid on my arm!"

"Holy shit!" Liam sweated coldly.

"Does that mean that someone came for you in the middle of the night?" Wakaba asked "I'm astounded that you ended up sleeping through that..."

"Ok, I think I get it," Kuroba said "you basically want me to find out who this stalker is, right?"

"I did already try asking Hasami..." Melody said "but she turned me down. She said it wasn't interesting enough of a case to tap on."