Despairful Music

Where Are We?

"Huh? What?"

Where am I? Why does my head hurt? What happened?

"Mizuki?"

Huh? Who?

"Mizuki, is that you?" Kanade says. I slowly turn my head and see Kanade seated at a desk to my left.

"Kanade?"

"What?" I hear a voice to my right.

"An?" Kanade asks.

An is here too?

"Where... are we? How did we get here?" An asks, rubbing her head.

"I... don't know." I tell her

"Did someone kidnap us?" An asks.

"That's a possibility," I tell her. I start scanning the room around me. It looks like an ordinary classroom. There are a few instruments and a telescope. The windows are covered for some reason but there's a night sky painted over the coverings.

"Shh," Kanade suddenly quiets us, "I hear something."

Hm? She hears something? Oh yeah! It sounds like a Vocaloid song.

"Do you guys hear that?" Kanade asks.

"Yeah! Is that Monochrome Dream-Eating Baku?" An asks.

"I think so," I respond.

Kanade gets up, "Let's find where it's coming from."

"Are you sure?" An asks.

"What else is there to do. You're free to stay here if you want."

"No thanks, I'll come along."

I get up and follow Kanade and An follows behind shortly after. We walk through the hallways following the music. I never knew Kanade had such good hearing. She doesn't take one wrong turn on our way. We eventually end up in a gym where I recognize many of my friends and even a few people I've seen on TV. I see Mafuyu and Ena. I see Ena's younger brother and his friends. I see those troublemakers from school and their friends. I see a few idols from TV. There are even a few people I don't recognize.

"What's going on?" An says running off to meet Kohane.

"I have no idea. That's what we've been trying to figure out," Kohane responds.

One of those idols with long blue hair pitches in too, "All we've figured out is we all have ultimate talents."

"Really?" Kanade asks but it sounds more like a statement.

"I'm Shizuku Hinomori, the Ultimate Model."

"Airi Momoi, the Ultimate Dancer."

"Minori Hanasato! I'm the Ultimate Perseverance!"

"Haruka Kiritani, the Ultimate Idol."

I think we all know who they are, and I know who almost everyone here is, though I didn't realize some of these people were ultimates as well.

"I'm Kanade Yoisaki, Ultimate Composer," Kanade introduces herself. Guess that's my cue to go.

"Mizuki Akiyama, Ultimate Video Editor."

"An Shiraishi! Ultimate Barista!"

"K-Kohane Azuzawa. I'm the Ultimate Photographer"

"Toya Aoyagi, Ultimate Violinist"

"Akito Shinonome, Ultimate Beatboxer."

"Ena Shinonome, Ultimate Artist."

"Mafuyu Asahina. Ultimate Perfectionist."

" I'm the great Tsukasa Tenma! I'm the Ultimate Star!"

"Rui Kamishiro. Ultimate Engineer."

"Wonderhoy! I'm Emu Ootori! The Ultimate Acrobat!"

"Nene Kusanagi, the Ultimate Artiste. Please don't confuse that with artist. Everyone does."

"Saki Tenma! Ultimate Keyboardist!"

"Shiho Hinomori, Ultimate Bassist."

"Honami Mochizuka, Ultimate Drummer."

"Ichika Hoshino, Ultimate Vocalist."

"Now that you've all met each other, let's get started, shall we?" A strange voice appears out of nowhere.

"What?" Nene asks.

"Is that Miku's voice?" Ichika points out.

"Right you are!" Says the mystery voice then the floor starts to opens up and smoke starts to fill the room.

"What's going on?!" Honami yells.

A figure of a small bear with pigtails appears and finally the smoke clears so we can see the figure clearly.

"I'm Mikukuma! Nice to meet you all!"

"Mikukuma?" Toya asks.

"And these..." the curtains pull back revealing 5 similar bears, "Are the Monokubs!"

"I'm Monolen, the one I assume you all heard singing!"

"I'm Monolen's twin, Monorin!"

"Monoluka."

"Monomeiko!"

"Monokaito! Say, none of you happen to have ice cream right?"

Monomeiko wacks him, "Not now!"

"Sorry."

"So, what exactly is happening?" I ask.

An chimes in, "Yeah! Why are we here?"

"Well for a killing game of course!" Mikukuma shouts happily.

...

What?