"Laugh at death, and your soul will forever be at peace," Monokuma said, breaking the silence after watching the execution.
"It...can't be... My...brother... Urraaaaaaahhh...! URRRRAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!" Taka cried.
Another murder...and another execution... Mondo Owada, the Ultimate Biker Gang Leader, had been turned to butter... Everyone's lives are taken so lightly here... I feel like I might be at the end of my wits... And as Taka's screams invaded our skulls, we were each forced to realize once again... But he...of course he had to...
"What a disappointment. This is the end of the game?" Byakuya asked.
"B...Byakuya...?" Makoto questioned.
"You're completely insane, you know that? A game? One of our friends is dead! Do you realize that!?" Hina yelled, tears streaming down her cheeks.
"Of course I do. Because this game is life or death," Byakuya merely said.
"I don't have anything to say to you. I don't have a response, except that...I just don't understand why. Why did you go out of your way to disguise Mondo's crime?" Kyoko questioned.
"Why...? Isn't it obvious? Because it made things more interesting." Byakuya's voice was calm, emotionless. Like the voice of death. It made me shake with anger.
"What do you mean, "it made things more interesting"?" I asked through gritted teeth.
"Last night, when the murder took place, I was in the library as usual," Byakuya began, and Celeste interrupted.
"So you ignored the nighttime rule, too..."
"That rule never mattered to me. I don't recall agreeing to it."
"Well, I don't particularly care. Please, continue," Celeste insisted.
"The night grew late, and I decided to return to my room. Which is when I stumbled upon him... I spotted Mondo coming out of the girls locker room. After he'd gone, I looked inside and saw the corpse."
Hiro gasped. "Wh--!? You mean you actually witnessed the murder!?"
"He was such a fool. He didn't have the slightest idea that I'd seen him."
"So...you're saying you knew who the culprit was from the very beginning?" Hifumi asked.
"Indeed. But if that had been the end of it, how boring would that have been? I mean, what a waste of time to have the answer revealed right at the beginning. Which is why I decided to...lend a little helping hand. I thought it would liven things up."
"You did all that...to "liven things up"!?" Makoto yelled.
"So after hearing about Genocide Jack from Toko, you decided to use that to create the fake murder scene?" Kyoko questioned.
"But damn, man... If we hadn't figured out who'd really done it, you woulda been dead too, right?" Hiro asked.
"Well obviously I would have revealed the truth before it reached that point. Of course..." Byakuya turned and glared in my and Makoto's direction with his sharp eyes piercing into us. "Thanks to two certain remarkable people, it never did. And I was able to perform an interesting experiment. Once I do decide to become blackened, I now know who I'll have to watch out for."
"Wh--!?" Makoto stuttered.
"Oh, we'll see about that..." I threatened.
"So that was your reason..." Kyoko said.
Byakuya smirked. "Are you satisfied?"
Kyoko nodded her head. "Yes. We're done listening to your story. Moving on... There's something I'd like to ask Monokuma." Her eyes shifted towards Monokuma.
"Ohh? I'm up next?" Monokuma asked.
"You like to perform these elaborate executions each time, correct? My question is...why?"
Monokuma giggled. "Puhuhu... Do you like them? But you know, this punishment, this despair--it's not just for you. All this punishment, all this despair is my gift to mankind itself!"
"You're overexaggerating," Kyoko said.
"I am not overexaggerating! These punishments are meant to transform all hope to despair!" Monokuma shouted.
"...What do you mean?" Sakura asked.
"Mean...? Meeaaan...? Mean? Mean mean mean mean mean mean mean mean mean mean! Good GRIEF! I don't understand why you have to pick apart every little stupid thing!" Monokuma shouted.
"Hmph. Whatever, it doesn't matter. In the end, I'm going to stand alone as the victor. And then everything will be revealed to me," Byakuya said with confidence.
"Ahh, the noble son of a noble family... Truly you understand me! Puhuhu... I think this is the start of a terrifying friendship!" Monokuma announced.
Byakuya scowled. "Shut up. I would never stoop to the level of a childish criminal like you. Let me just say this... After I have achieved complete victory...you're up next. I'm going to find you and kill you. Understand? In the name of the Togami family, for which victory is a foregone conclusion..."
"Oooh, so cool! It's like you're the main character of a video game or something! No trash mob for you!"
"I swear, whatever it takes...I will kill you!"
"Puhuhu... Temper, temper! Sounds like someone needs a nap! Puhuhu... Puuhuhuhuhu! Ahh-hahahaha!" Monokuma's laughter pealed across the courtroom, and the curtain closed on the case of Chihiro and Mondo. But I knew that wasn't the end. The killing game would still continue... Because the mastermind wouldn't let it end. For those of us who were still alive, our worst fear and despair kept on multiplying... It was the kind of despair that felt like a blind puppy in hell had more of a future than us... All of our courage, our effort, our friendship... It felt like it amounted to nothing at all.
...It was the worst kind of despair.
Boy's Life of Despair
THE END
Surviving Students: 11
To Be Continued
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Checkmate of Death (Danganronpa THH x OC)
FanfictionHanako Yasashiku was accepted into Hope's Peak Academy as the "Ultimate Chess Player." However, she, along with 15 other students are forced to participate in a killing game hosted by a robotic bear. Will Hanako be able to get out of the game alive...
