𝓓𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓕𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻

𝟎𝟏𝟎

Kill to Return

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"Say what!?" Monomi replied in surprise, "... Wait, huh?"

"You guys don't even remember how you got to this island, am I right?" Monokuma continued, "Well, that's because Monomi stole your memories!"

"Wh-What are you saying all of a sudden!?"

"But wait, there's more! She didn't just steal your boring memories, like how you guys got to this island. She completely took away your memories of the years you spent at Hope's Peak Academy! What a shocker!"

"... Ha-wa-wa!"

"Phew... I feel great now that I shared that with you. Seriously, memory loss plots are so old hat nowadays... Only a total hack would wait until the end of the story to reveal such a clichéd twist like that!"

"P-Please stop!"

"Puhuhu... Wasn't that a huge surprise? In truth, you guys aren't freshmen students at all. You guys just thought you were because you've lost all of your school memories! Quick, someone get a plagiarist, because I feel like I've heard this story before!"

"S-Seriously, this is bad in so many ways!"

When Monomi said that, Monokuma kicked her in the face.

"I'm through dealing with you!"

"Ugyaaaah! Owww! It hurts a lot when you kick me, too!"

Everyone was quiet, nobody able to come up with a reply.

"... Huh?" Hajime hummed in disbelief.

"... Wh-What did he mean?" Nagito asked, breaking the silence.

"How was it? Was it funny? Or was the comedy too high-brow for you?" Monokuma asked, now out of the suit.

"Hey... What were you saying just now?" Byakuya asked.

"What was I saying just now... Oh, you mean when I said that your school memories were completely stolen?"

"Aha... hahaha... There's no way..." Ibuki uttered, "'Cause... I just entered Hope's Peak Academy, and then I was brought to this island... right away..."

"That's because that's how you remember it. All thanks to Monomi stealing your memories..."

"Wh-What are you saying!? That's impossible!" Hajime exclaimed.

"Man... how many years has it been since you guys first entered Hope's Peak Academy...? I wonder what happened to your friends and family? They're probably worried sick about you... Maybe?"

"Our school memories were stolen!? That's ridiculous!" Nekomaru yelled.

"That's right! There's no way I have memory loss!" Kazuichi followed.

"D-Don't... don't listen to what he says..." Monomi, who was also out of her attire, said, trying to make her voice loud.

"Blub-blub-blub-blub... Limit breached..." Ibuki muttered, foaming at the mouth again.

"I refuse to believe such a thing. Yep, everything's okay... I don't believe it..." Teruteru said to himself.

"Y-You're lying, right...? Stealing our memories... that's a lie, right?" Mikan asked hopefully, "You're just trying to make fools out of us, right...?"

"Nope, it's not a lie. If it was a lie... then how do you explain this?" Monokuma replied, "The moment you arrived at Hope's Peak Academy, you all experienced a strange dizziness..."

"Wha-!? H-How... do you know that?" Hajime asked.

"Puhuhu... Why, that was the cut-off point. Your memories beyond that point have been completely removed."

"Wh-What the hell...!?"

"Eh...? I'm so confused..." You uttered, starting to feel a bit lightheaded.

"So... a long time has passed... since then...?" Mikan uttered.

"I-Impossible! There's no way!" Nekomaru exclaimed.

"On the contrary... why is it impossible?" Monokuma asked.

"Whether or not it's possible... there's no way we can believe it," Nagito said.

"You just don't want to believe it, right? But don't worry... I'm a generous guy! I can give you back your memories!"

"... Huh!?" Monomi hummed.

"However... there's a catch."

"Don't tell me the catch is..." Chiaki uttered.

"Puhuhu... figured it out, yet? That's right, you guys have to kill each other!

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A/N: I was kinda imagining the reader's outfit being a white shirt with some overalls... Idk, I thought it would be cute.

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