Fanganronpa: Destination Despair

Part 2/Chapter 12

When Chidori and I made it, we found that about half of the people, who were alive, were already there. At least We're not the last ones this time...

As we waited around for the others to show up, I mulled over some of the evidence from the trial. Though, my thoughts were a jumbled mess, and I didn't even know where to start. So, I just stood in silence like the rest of everyone.

When everyone finally arrived, I made sure to keep calm. I decided to go over to Hikari.

"Hey, Hikari... Are you... Well, no that's not it..." There's no way I can ask her if she's okay... Her best friend just died. What else am I going to say..?

The silence became prolonged as I had an internal conversation with myself, trying to figure out what to say.

"Sachi... It's...Alright. You d-don't have to force yourself to say anything. S-Sometimes... The quiet is better than the loud." she told me. For some reason, the words put my heart at ease. And so I nodded and gave her a smile. "But... I appreciate all that you're d-doing to help m-me. So thank y-you." she smiled back.

I gave her a small side hug. "If it'll help, then I'll do it. I... Sorta understand what you're going though, so I thought you might want someone to kinda be by your side in all this." I told her.

Her smile turned to a sheepish one. "Th-Thanks. That... R-Really means a lot." she then looked to me, meeting my gaze. "A-And if you ever n-need any help or s-support, then I'll be h-here, too..!"

"I'll keep it in mind. Thank you." letting go of her, I stepped to the side, giving her a bit of space, making the atmosphere more breathable.

Suddenly, Monokuma popped up, from seemingly no where. "Alright, ya' kiddo's! Time to get this show on the road!" he then pointed to part of the flooring, and, just like last time, it began to open up. I still don't understand how he's able to do something like that... I sighed, trying not to give it too much thought. Besides, I already have too much on my hands. "What are you bitches waiting for?! Get the hell down there!" Monokuma shouted. Afraid of what might happen if we disobeyed, we started to huddle around the hole, going inside one by one.

Once everyone was inside, I found my way to the corner of the room. Like usual, the room was dark, and no light seeped in, other than the hole in the ceiling. I shivered. It was still cold in here.

Monokuma then jumped down and moved to the middle of the room. "Down we go!" and suddenly, just like that, the flooring began to move downwards, bringing us to our next destination.

As we descended, lots of thought flooded into my mind. How will this all play out? Will we be able to figure out why Yukiya did what she did? And why it was at this time and hour?

As I thought and thought, I couldn't help but notice that the ride down seemed to take longer than it did last time. I wanted to comment on it, but I figured it was just my mind playing tricks on me.

The floor suddenly stopped, and I wobbled a bit, surprised by the suddenness of it. I stood up straight and tall, swallowing down any fear or guilt. Instead, I tried to make myself look confident, even though we all probably knew that it was a lie.

The new door in front of us was then opened by Monokuma, who wiggled his way through the lot of us to get to it. I peered inside, expecting the same trial room from before. But, instead, the flooring was a dark wood, almost like the shed's. He walls were the same as the floor, but all around were mounted weapons, like spears and swords and even pitchforks. My mind reeled back to the last time we had a class trial. The weapon was the pitchfork, wasn't it..? I gulped, hard.

A few people commented on the new appearance, but I just made my way to the podiums. I found my place and stood behind the podium with my name on it. The others soon followed. Monokuma seated himself in his throne.

Yukiya is dead. She had killed herself. She made her way to the shed and did it right there. What were her last thoughts? Was she thinking of someone? Or maybe the fact that she would never be able to escape? How she won't be able to find the will to escape this hell hole?

I shook my head. No. Don't go thinking about that. You know that only leads to anxiety. Besides... The second class trial...

Is about to begin.

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definitely not me trying to make the ending sound mysteriousssssss....