DanganRonpa- Despair Falls *COMPLETE*

Chapter 4- Just One Bite

It has been two days since Daniel and Elizabeth have died and Monokuma has removed all traces of them. Their rooms were unlocked and you could look through their belongings, though Monokuma made it clear that he hated thieves. Monomi has been around me much more often lately, but I don't honestly seem to mind. I feel as though she is trying to help me get through this, as though she had been in the situation before. Everyone was still pretty upset about the horrible execution we were forced to watch. I had actually forgotten that I was covered in Daniel's blood and Bee had to remind me. I took an hour long shower. Anyways, I'm outside in front of a closed off bridge, one to another island. Monokuma had told us all to meet him here. The mecha-tiger was staring down at us and nobody dared to make a move. Monokuma suddenly appeared from out of nowhere. "Good morning, punks! I forgot to mention, whenever you successfully solve a classroom trial, you receive a reward!" Suddenly, the tiger shut down and disappeared, causing the gates behind to open. "I reward good students and all of you are, so now you have another place to explore! Have fun and happy killings, punks!" Monokuma disappeared and we all just stood there for some time. Krista, who had her surfboard in hand, turned around and accidentally knocked Angelina into the ground, "Well, we aren't going to find out what's over there if we stand here and wait!" She turned back around and hit Angelina in the back of the head, making her fall again. Krista ran off and we waited a few seconds, to see if she explodes or something. Angelina's eyes were slit and she was hissing as Karkhov helped her up. "I swear if she hits me one more time, I'm going to kill her," she hissed brushing sand out of her hair. Angelina and Karkhov began walking through the gate. I turned to Bee and Teiko. "You think we should check it out?" Both of them nodded and we walked into the new island. It was definitely smaller but on it was a beach house, a bowling alley, and a surf shop. Kueriji ran by me, followed by Komaeda who was screaming at her. Those two are like master and pet, which quite honestly is creepy. After awhile, Bee, Teiko, and I parted ways. I decided to go the beach house, since I have no where better to go. I walked in and instantly heard Monomi. "Thomeone get me off of thith shelf!" Way above my reach was a shelf, which Monomi was stuck on. While I found it amusing, I couldn't just leave her there. "What were you doing up there anyways?" Monomi said as a matter-of-factly, "Well you thee, there waz one can of cawbownated cothee left. They awe my favowite. But Monokuma took my ladda away fwom me. Ath well ath the cothee.....Oh god, my lithp ith getting wowth!" I gave her an awkward look. "Why would you want coffee? You can't even drink it." Before she could answer, Reokyu walked in. Without even glancing at me, he said, "Good morning Shane and good morning Monomi." Monomi, now getting agitated, starts pacing on the shelf. "Can thomeone pweaze help!" Reokyu walks over to the shelf and without looking at Monomi, grabs her and stops her right in front of his face. Reokyu's glance is above Monomi's face and I look in the same direction, but there is nothing there. Reokyu gently slides his thumbs across Monomi's stomach, who just waits. "You are not female. Mono...Kyojuro, my most sincere apologizes." Reokyu finally puts her down. I am confused though. "How can you tell, Reokyu, you didn't even look at her...him..." Monomi or Kyojuro, which ever, said, "Wow, I undewethimated you Weokyu." Reokyu sighs and turns in my general direction. "Shane, since I do trust you, you may know. I am blind. I know being a swordsman and being blind don't mix, but how I "see" and how I can tell gender even if robotic is by this aura I can see. It's very unique. I actually had to get close enough to Kyojuro to realize he was male. But Shane, do not spread this information. I do not want anymore attention." He began to walk out of the beach house before saying, "Shane, I know you are a good person because your aura says so. That's why I didn't jump to conclusions about you being an Enoshima. Good day." Kyojuro finally looked at me. "thee, now you know I'm male. Tho thop calling me Monomi!" He sighs and looks around the room. I did as well and noticed something. There's no cameras in here... Kyojuro closed the door and waddled back in front of me. "Thane, lithen to me. Monokuma ith deciething you. I can't weally tell you mowe becauthe he'th contwolling my pwogwamming. I will twy my hawdeth to help you. But if he keepth me tied up duwing twialth, it ith up to you to lead the othewth out of here. My life ith not impowtant. I'm not ath good ath I wath made to theem. But I am twying to fix all my wong doingth. I mutht go now, befowe Monokuma becometh...cautioth." And like that, he disappeared. A few seconds later, Collin walked into the room, wearing black swimming trunks. "Oh, hey Shane. What are you doing in here alone?" First off, I am not gay. But damn, he is fine. Then again, he is an actor, so he kinda has to be. Secondly, this is the first time he has really talked to me since I met him. I took a second to answer. "Just wanted to get out of the sun. I haven't felt too good recently." Wow, that was pitiful Shane... He walked over to me and slung an arm around my shoulder. "I feel you dude. The deaths and all this despair stuff has really gotten to me, but I've tried to keep my mind busy. Plus some the chicks keep eyeing me up, so the attention helps." He started flexing and I put a hand on my scrawny arm. He raised an eyebrow at me. "So, how close are you and Bee? You guys...you know?" I gave a nervous laugh. "No, we are just friends.......Her, me and...Teiko. We've been best friends for a couple of years." He laughed. "Dude! C'mon, you are so into her! Just try to ask her out. Well, I'm gonna hit the showers." Collin left whistling a show tune. I was frozen in place for some time. I wanted to make sure I wasn't blushing when I walked out. I like Bee, don't get me wrong, but why would she ever want to date someone like me. Besides, I know her and Teiko are close. I walked out of the beach house and got a face full of sand. I wiped my face and saw Kueriji digging in the sand. She was about two feet under and she stopped when I looked at her. "Haha, sorry Shane..." Komaeda was standing a foot away from the hole and watched her. Kueriji has been acting more "human" lately since she's been around Komaeda, but the way they are together just freaks me out. I walked over to him. "Hi Komaeda. How are you?" Despite his feminine features, he had a very deep, relaxed voice. "I'm alive. I have been trying to help Kueriji with her "instincts". I've grown very fond of her." I have noticed that. They are inseparable and anywhere Kueriji seems to be, Komaeda is a few feet away. I asked, "Did you know her before coming here?" He smiled and shook his head. "No, I just met her on this island. Do you know she's never been in a developed place like this? She was raised by wolves. They found her when she was an infant. According to her, her mother died giving birth to her in the woods. But she literally lived with the mother wolf until she died, learning how to be a wolf, explaining her title amongst us. At 12, she fought an alpha wolf and took over the tribe, but some campers found her at 14 and turned her over. She had never seen another human before and was put into the care of an elderly woman who taught her to control some of her instincts. When Kueriji was invited to Hope's Peak, she declined until her care taker passed away. Many of her instincts came back though, since she didn't have anyone to help her fix them. So that's how we met." I look at the girl still digging in the sand. She's not crazy, she's just misunderstood... I walked to the edge of the hole. "Hey Kueriji. Why are you digging?" She stopped for a brief moment to answer. "I'm not sure. Digging just comes naturally to me." She smiled at me, showing me four large canines before digging away. Komaeda laughed. "She sure is something else." His smile vanished suddenly and he pulled me away. "Shane, if I die, Kueriji might lose what's left of her human self. If I die, promise me you will help her. I know we don't know each other too much and I've given you no reason to trust me but...she needs a friend. Someone who will understand her. Will you promise me you will care for her?" Woah, this conversation got deep. But I couldn't turn him down. "I promise Komaeda." He smiled and wrapped one of his lanky arms around my neck. "You know Shane, I'm kinda in the same boat as you. I had an uncle named Nagito, but like me, everyone called him Komaeda. I often get frowned upon because when Nagito was stuck on this island, he was crazy and tried to kill some of the other students. Apparently he tortured and killed himself to get someone executed. So I know where you come from when people don't trust you because of your last name. But you have to make your own destiny, don't you?" He sighed and let go of me. "You know what confuses me? I remember coming to Hope's Peak with a cousin of mine. Another Komaeda. I can't remember his name though. I wonder where he is...well anyways, enjoy the rest of your day Shane!" Komaeda ran off with Kueriji, who had something in her mouth. So I learned a little about Komaeda and Kueriji today. I wonder who else I can know a little more about. It was around three and I began walking back to the main island. My stomach growled loudly. Maybe I should go to the Supermarket... I was about to enter when I noticed something outside of the window. Karkhov had his arms wrapped around someone. I ducked down because I didn't want him seeing me. I peeked into the store again and saw something black wrap around his neck. Am I seriously going to witness a murder? I didn't want him to die so I ran into the store only to catch him and Angelina in a kiss. I felt my cheeks get hot and Angelina instantly hissed at me. "What are you doing in here?!" I swallowed before I answered. "I came here to get food but...I saw.." She walked towards me, Selene posed and ready to strike. "I'm sorry, please don't kill me!" Angelina chuckled at me. "Shane, I'm not gonna kill you." Karkhov came up behind her. "He is a spy, is he not?" She shook her head at him. "No, he wasn't trying to disturb us. No reason to be upset dear." Karkhov picked me up like a teddy bear and set me on my feet. Angelina did look back at me and asked, "Why did you run in like you did though?" Selene was still glaring at me. "I...I saw Selene wrap around his neck...I thought...Karkhov...I don't know...may have been getting murdered." Angelina again laughed. "No Shane, Selene was just showing affection towards him like I was. My little babies and I share emotions. When I'm angry, they are. When I'm sad, they are. But trust me, Selene and my little ones would never hurt anyone unless I was in danger. Selene may look all dangerous and all, but she is a sweetheart. See." Selene instantly wrapped herself around my neck and I froze up. There is a damn Black Mamba on me. I'm gonna die... Selene centered her face in front of mine and my eyes widened. I was waiting for her to strike but instead she flicked her tongue at me and rubbed her face against mine, sort of how a kitten will rub against your leg. I sighed from relief and pet her gently. "Woah, she really likes you. I've never seen her so nice to someone. You must be very kind of heart to have her be this affectionate towards you. Selene, back now." Angelina held her arm out and Selene slithered back up around her neck. I could see the baby komodo dragons peak their heads out of her hair. Karkhov laughed, his accent heavy. "Shane is good people. At Gulag, though, we did not have people like you. I didn't have anyone like her. Something about her just hits me like a bullet. But bullets hurt, trust me." I couldn't hold back. "How long has this been going on?" Angelina smiled, showing me her white fangs. "Recently. The day I met him I knew we would get along but I wanted to help him out first, get him a bit used to today..." He chuckled, "I don't bite as much." "...before I tried to make a move. Turns out a few days ago, he asked me out. But we are trying to hide the relationship. We don't want the attention from the other students. Would you keep us a secret Shane?" I nodded and smiled. "Of course. I promise." Karkhov picked me up into one of his bear hugs and almost broke my ribs. Angelina flicked her tongue at me and they went their way. So far today, I've made two promises, got to know something about three other people, and there is now a tremendously venomous snake in love with me. Great... Suddenly, the intercoms turned on. "Hello punks! Please make your way to the middle of the main island. I have a beary special announcement Pupupu! Hurry, hurry!" I grabbed an energy bar and made my way to the center. I found Bee and Teiko, squeezing myself between them. Bee gave me a slight punch to the shoulder. Monokuma suddenly popped up from the stage, Monomi seconds behind him. "Good afternoon! I hope you all are enjoying the second island. Well, anyways, time to announce the motive of the week!" Milono sighed. "I had a feeling this was the topic." Krista had her board and yelled, "I'm not killing anyone." Teiko looked at me. "Do you think the motive will be serious this week?" I couldn't say. Monokuma finally said, "If no one is murdered in the next 24 hours, I will completely distort your face like so." A screen came down and a video played. Someone was screaming and getting operated on. It must have been a girl because the scream was too high pitched to be a guy. Suddenly the girl is shown and her face was completely melted off. The video turned off and Monokuma looked sad. "Poor Kihanna struggled too much, so she died. You won't though and will be deformed for your entire lives! Happy killings!" Everyone burst into conversation. "There is no damn way that is happening to me!" Collin screamed. "I would lose my acting career." Krista turned around, knocking Angelina down with her bored. "He can't be serious!" Seh remained calm, "I wouldn't be surprised if someone died tonight." Milono seemed to agree. Reokyu walked to me and whispered in my ear, "Well at least I can't see the horror everyone is freaking out about." Bee was crying and Teiko and I decided to bring her to her room. Teiko asked if I could talk to her alone and I said sure. I was walking to my room when I bumped into Collin. "Hey bruh, that mono bear has me creeped out. I mean, I can't act with a distorted face. It took me years to look how I look now and I'm beautiful. Well, I need to go..." He walked into his room. To be honest, I'm scared but I don't care too much. At least Reokyu would remain my friend even if I was hideous. I sighed. Just when everyone has gotten better, despair creeps its way back onto us. I walked into my room and Monokuma was waiting there. "Shane, you are just full of bad luck. Your bathroom is malfunctioning so you are gonna have to use the one in the hotel until it's fixed. Don't worry though, I will have it fixed by tomorrow!" Like that, he disappeared. I groaned. Why am I the only one who gets the bad luck? I went into the hotel after I laid down for about an hour and everyone was gathered for dinner. I had my toothbrush with me because I always brush after I eat dinner. I sat with Komaeda and Reokyu today. Bee came out with Seh right behind her. They had created some really good Jamaican food. Seh looked proud that he made something that was delicious. I noticed Coraline was skeptical at first, probably because a voodoo kid prepared her meal, but she ate the little she usually did. Krista was sweating profusely. "Umm, Bee, is there peanuts in this dish?" Before Bee could answer, Krista dropped to the floor and began having a seizure. Coraline was the first one to her and quickly started mixing things together in a small grinder. I've never seen her work so fast. She suddenly pulled a syringe from somewhere on her dress and stuck it into Krista, who calmed down and began breathing right again. She grounded up the mixture and said something in some dialect that I couldn't even guess. She dumped the mixture into a glass of water and slowly made Krista drink it, who calmly fell asleep. "There, she will be better in the morning. She'll be out all night though. I carry epipens for any occasion like this. Now we know she's allergic to peanuts, so Bee, remember that when you cook. I will get with her in the morning to see what else she's allergic to. If any of you have an allergy, I advise speaking to Bee or I, because I only have so many remedies and epipens." She got Karkhov to help her carry Krista into her room. As with that, dinner was over. I went to the Community Bathroom in the hotel and found Trickxie in there, picking meat from her sharp teeth. "Oh hey Shane-y hahaha!" I waved slightly to her and took my toothbrush out, realizing I forgot my toothpaste. "Umm, Trickxie, do you have any toothpaste I could borrow?" She turned to me trying to look normal. "I don't brush my teeth, so no I don't. My teeth are just naturally white hehe." Uhhhh... "Oh ok, thank you anyways. Have a good night." As I left I heard her angrily muttering to herself. She is one weird chick. I finally got back to my room, staring at the ceiling, wondering what tomorrow will bring. Except I woke up to a distant scream. It was late in the morning and I thought I maybe dreamt it, but I heard it again and ran to it. It was almost noon and when I ran into the Supermarket, I saw Angelina on the ground crying, with Karkhov next to her. Then I saw the body. "Ding-dong, Ding-dong! A body has been discovered! After a set period of time we will commence our class trial!" I couldn't identify him at first, but then I saw what was left of his face. Collin was lying in a large pool of blood. His clothes were drenched in blood and torn to hell. He was obviously stabbed numerous times as his shirt was nothing more than tattered cloth. But the worst part of it wasn't his chest. Both of his ears were missing and half of his face looks like it had been eaten. He had about 25% of his face left. I gagged and ran out of the Supermarket, bumping in to Bee. "Shane, who is it?" I shook my head. "It...it's Collin. He's dead..." I watched as Trickxie, Kueriji, and Komaeda entered the store. I could hear someone vomit, causing me to as well. "I need to go back and investigate..." I got up and made my way into the store. Komaeda was the one who got sick. Milono soon entered and winced a bit. "Whoever did this must have had something against him to do this." "Where the hell is his face!?" screamed Komaeda. Karkhov replied, "It must have been eaten. Maybe an animal?" Monokuma popped up. "Pupupu! I wouldn't say animal haha! Someone was hungry for Collin-tartar! Well, have fun!" Seh had appeared and Teiko was behind him. "It had to be Kueriji. She's the only one who would have eaten him. She's a wolf child!" Kueriji started pouting and Komaeda stood up. "No, she didn't do this." Angelina screamed, "Almost all of his face is gone and he's missing two ears! They were clearly bitten off! You can see the teeth marks!" She was right, there were visible marks on the little skin he had. "I'm gonna go investigate her room. Something isn't right here." Seh said to Komaeda. A few people followed him and I was left with Milono, Bee, and Trickxie. "Poor boy..." Trickxie said with remorse. "You're damn right. Who would do this?" Bee exclaimed. As their conversation went on, I walked around the store. I noticed that there was blood throughout the store. I'm surprised no one heard him scream. There was blood splatter on the windows in the back of the store, and that is where I found one ear. I gagged and walked a little further and found a syringe and another ear. Blood covered the floor and wall around the syringe. I picked it up and sniffed what little was in there. It smelled of the mixture Coraline used last night. Weird... I walked back to Milono who pointed out a small wound that matched the size of the needle on his neck. "We need to ask what Coraline made last night," Milono said. Back at the cottages, Coraline was just coming out of Krista's room. "Who was the victim?" I answered. "It was Collin. Coraline, we found this syringe and it has the same mixture in it as you used on Krista last night. What is it?" She looked at me confused, "It's my own natural chloroform mixture. I use it to calm people down. Krista fell asleep after it only because of her seizure, but it keeps people in a sort of paralyzed state....no one would have known how to make it..." Milono looked at her. "Interesting how it was found and you say no one could make it but you..." Coraline looked worried. "I did not kill Collin. I've been with Krista all night." Krista weakly walked out of her room. "What...has happened?" I helped her up. "Krista, you still need to rest. Question, when did you wake up and was Coraline with you?" I laid her down in bed and she said, "I woke up around 4 a.m. and yes, she was here. She told me to go back to sleep and she put a cold cloth on my forehead. Shane...what happened?" I sighed. "Collin is dead. And Coraline and Kueriji are main suspects, but with your testimony, Coraline may be clear." Krista tried to get up. "Coraline didn't do it...I will attend the trial." Suddenly Monokuma appeared in the room. "No, no, no Krista. You need to rest. You are innocent and I will tell everyone. But you are exempt and are staying here. It's no fun watching someone die of natural causes or collapse during a trial...ugh. Well Shane, Pupupu! I think your investigation time is about up!" Krista fell asleep the moment he disappeared. Bee met me at Krista's door. "I found something in Collin's hand, but it is hard to identify." She put a bloody piece of cloth in my hand. I couldn't tell the color of it because of the blood. Suddenly the intercom came on. "Time's up punks! You know where to go!" This trial won't be any easier. With little evidence and fingers pointing everywhere, this may be rough. But I will not let Monokuma win. I will do everything I can to figure out who murdered Collin in our second class trial!