Danganronpa - Second Chance (V)

Chapter 2 - Daily life part 1 (Reasons to live)

As the morning announcement played, Chihiro got up and walked to the cafeteria. He wasn't the first there, as Taka, Nekomaru, Byakuya, and Sakura were unsurprisingly there before him.

"Hey guys! Getting things underway?"

Taka walked up to him

"Yes! Getting here early means we finish preparing earlier! Would you help me decorate?"

"Of course!"

Eventually, everyone else started coming in after a while, and helped with what they planned on helping with before Kokichi and Angie decided to commit murder. Once everything was set, everyone who was in charge of the food served it on the long table in the middle of the cafeteria, and everyone sat down. Before they started eating, Taka stood up

"Everyone! Before we begin, I'd like to make an announcement! Despite yesterday's events, I am glad everyone is still in high spirits. Whatever may happen, I hope we can all stay close friends, despite not knowing each other for very long!"

After Taka's speech, everyone started eating at their own pace. Ibuki and Byakuya were having a friendly chat, Hiyoko was making Mahiru cut up her food, Miu was rearranging her food like a child, but in very vulgar shapes, Tenko and Sakura were getting to know each other better, after the events of the day before involving Angie, Taka and Rantaro were discussing worldwide politics, Nagito was talking to nobody, just eating by himself, Ryoma was doing the same, Sayaka was still shaken up, but eventually started talking to Ibuki and Byakuya, since her and Ibuki had shared interests, and Nekomaru gulped down his food, and immediately went over to Chihiro

"ALRIGHT, LISTEN UP, CHIHIRO!!!"

startled by the sudden booming voice behind him, Chihiro dropped his fork

"Oh, Nekomaru. W-W-What's up?"

"STARTING NOW, I WILL BE YOU GUIDE TO HAVING A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE, AND MAKING YOU STRONGER!!!!"

"Why?"

"BECAUSE YOUR LACK OF MUSCLE IS WHAT'S HOLDING YOU BACK!!! TAKA AND SAKURA TOLD ME THAT YOU WISH TO BECOME STRONGER, SO YOUR TRAINING STARTS NOW! START BY EATING YOUR VEGETABLES! GO!!!"

Suddenly, Chihiro felt himself immediately start gulping down his side of salad at light speed, and then scoop some more, and start eating that

"GOOD, GOOD. KEEP GOING! NOW ONTO YOUR MEAT DISHES!!!!"

Chihiro did as he was told, and stuffed his face with the steak and burger he had on his plate. After a while, he collapsed in his chair, exhausted

"GREAT!! THAT'S THE SPIRIT!!"

"What was..........the point.........of that? Now..............I just feel.................bloated"

"THE POINT OF THIS EXERCISE WAS NOT THE FOOD ITSELF, BUT YOUR MUSCLE MOVEMENT. YOU MOVED YOUR ARMS AT LIGHT SPEED, AND THAT HELPED BUILD UP YOUR MUSCLE!!"

"It did?"

"YES! IT'S TAKE A LITTLE BIT TO SHOW, BUT YOU JUST GOT A LITTLE STRONGER!"

Chihiro smiled at Nekomaru, surprised that he went out of his way to train him like this. But as it usually does in a killing game, his happiness soon faded as Monokuma suddenly appeared and stood on the table

"Well well well. Even after you lost two comrades, you are all partying? I'm sure.........................................I forgot their names would be incredibly betrayed down in hell"

Taka had his usual stern look on his face

"State your business, bear! You come here for something, and we must know what it is!"

"Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine. I came here to tell you that I now have a motive for you!"

A machine rises behind Monokuma and starts spitting out random objects, which cartoonishly poof away after touching the ground

"Get away with murder, and you'll get an unlimited number of whatever you want!"

The entire room looks absolutely stunned. Taka was outraged

"Wait, so if one of us kills another, we basically get a gift?"

"Yes"

"What kind of stupid motive is that!? Like any of us would fall for that!"

"Well, you never know, Mr. Hall Monitor"

The rest of the room still looked shocked, but a certain short banana haired girl had a scheming look on her face

"Anything I want? hehehehe"

Mahiru lightly smacked the back of her head

"Snap out of it, Hiyoko!"

Hiyoko grumbled

"Anyway, have a good day, everyone!"

Monokuma then disappeared

That night, after the party, which was rather quiet after the motive was presented, Chihiro sat at his desk again, typing on his computer

"Ugh. I'd like to believe that nobody would kill for that, but considering I don't know most of these people that well, I couldn't say that they wouldn't"

He felt a soreness in his arms

"Ah. That exercise really made me tired in my arms. Strangely, I didn't gain any weight from the amount of food I ate"

Chihiro checked his arms, and noticed a small bit of growing muscle

"Huh, would you look at that. I'm actually growing a bit of muscle"

Proud of his growth, Chihiro forgot all his troubles, and kept typing the code on his computer. After a while, there was a knock on his door. Once he opened it, he saw Sakura and Mahiru on the other side

"Oh, Hi guys. What brings you here?"

"Hi Chihiro! We came over to tell you that Sakura and I checked the second floor of the building, since it opened up today, after Angie was executed"

"Oh. That's good to know. What did you find?"

"There was a mini dojo up there, as well as a sauna, which would be much better than the showers, I reckon, a pool as well, and a nurses office"

"Oh, I see. What's in the mini dojo?"

"A bunch of punching bags. One in the center is completely empty, with no sand or anything in it. Besides that, their are dumbbells and a treadmill"

"That's good. I guess I could train there tomorrow. I'm feeling kinda sore today after Nekomaru's..................training"

Sakura took notice that Chihiro's sleeves were rolled up, and that his muscles were growing

"Hm, it seems that it payed off. I am proud of you Chihiro"

Chihiro blushed and chuckled

"Hehe, thanks Sakura. I've decided to do what I originally planned before I.........................you know what in our killing game, and this really helped. I think I'm gonna ask nekomaru to keep training me"

Sakura softly smiled

"Would you mind if I joined you too?"

"Nope. I wouldn't mind at all"

After their exchange, CHihiro immediately saved what he was working on, and fell asleep in his bed. Tired but content with his mini exercise earlier

"Wow. What a day. Even with this motive, I am glad I am slowly growing in strength. With the two strongest people here willing to train with me, I'm sure I'll be strong in no time"

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND THAT DOES IT FOR THIS CHAPTER. I'm so sorry it took me so long t update. I was dealing with personal affairs, but I was finally able to get this chapter out. Next chapter, the second victim will be revealed soon enough, as well as some exchange between each of the characters. I hope ya'll enjoyed the chapter, and of course, stay hydrated and stay tuned