That Wasn't Supposed To Happen

Memories That Don't Exist

As they walked to the AV room, Chihiro's mind was still reeling from all of the information he had gotten these past few hours. Everything just felt so weird- as if something was missing.

And Kyoko's reaction to the notebook just made everything just weirder... And now they have this DVD.

Chihiro just had no idea what to make off all of this, but he had to understand it fast since a trial was just around the corner.

He had hoped to be able to gather at least some of his thoughts during the walk to the AV room since Byakuya always preferred to walk in silence, but when Monokuma appeared in front of them, he knew that wouldn't be the case.

"Ah, my two favourite students!" Monokuma greeted, and Chihiro could see two envelopes in its hand.

Byakuya glared at the bear, "What do you want?" He asked, his arms crossed.

"Since I'm sooo nice, I've decided to give all of you an extra hint!" Monokuma answered, handing the two of them the envelopes. "Bye-bye!" It said, disappearing as fast as it came.

Chihiro shot a wary look at Byakuya who just nodded in return, so Chihiro opened the envelop. And what was inside shocked him immensely.

There was a photo of his classmates. Both dead and alive.

They were all in the garden, most of them, like Sakura, Hina, Taka... Mondo and Makoto, seemed to be planting some flowers or plants. Others, like Toko and Celeste were standing to the side. Byakuya was almost smiling at the camera, Kyoko next to him. Behind them was Junko, her face covered as she presumable talked to Sayaka.

However, what was most surprising was that not only was Mukuro on the photo, but Chihiro wasn't.

"W-what is this...?" Chihiro managed to say, a mix of shock and confusion on his face.

After a long silence, Byakuya looked at him. "I... don't know... You never met any of our classmates before this, right?" He asked, a hint of suspicion is his voice.

Chihiro shook his head, "N-no! I've never met any of them before..." He answered. "D-does that mean you also got a picture?"

"Yes... A picture of all of our classmates, but not myself..." Byakuya answered, nodding.

The heir then sighed, "I believe it's best not to dwell on this for now... We still have that DVD to watch," He said, pointing to the DVD in Chihiro's other hand.

The programmer nodded, "O-okay... You're right," He said, putting the photo in his pocket and following Byakuya again to the AV room, a million thoughts swirling in his mind, and none made any sense.

Just what does that picture mean...?

They looked all so happy, most of them were smiling including Byakuya. It was as they were just normal classmates, just having fun...

It was weird, yet somehow it made sense. Like it was familiar.

Chihiro decided not to think about it for now- that would only make things worse. He still had that DVD to watch with Byakuya. Then he could think about whatever that photo meant.

Not now, later... It'll make sense eventually, right?

It had to. Byakuya or Kyoko would figure it out eventually... and Chihiro would do his best to help. Like always.

That thought made Chihiro a bit happier, so when they reached the AV room, he was in a slightly better mood.

He- a bit clumsily- put the DVD in and both him and Byakuya quietly sat down. At first there was only static. Then a picture appeared.