Where It Begins

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As you approached Monokuma Rock, you could clearly hear the chatter of the other students.

"Noo!!! Lemme go! Help meee!" Hiyoko whined and cried out. "WAAAH! He's gonna do something crazy to me! I'll be ruined!"

She was being pulled by Monokuma before he eventually let go. "Hey! Shut up and stay put, you stubborn little lolita!"

Monomi gasped. "Hey, stop harassing little girls!"

Hajime, who seemed to have just arrived as well, blinked. "This is... what's going on?"

Nekomaru sighed, crossing his arms. "Hiyoko tried to run away, so Monokuma brought her here by force. But Hiyoko's still trying to run away, so Monokuma's trying to wrap her in a full nelson."

"Hey!" Monokuma growled to Hiyoko. "If you don't stay put, I'm gonna make you part of this island's food chain!"

Hiyoko hiccupped a time or two, wiping her face with the sleeves of her kimono.

"Jeez, making me waste my sweet-ass time," Monokuma groaned. "But there's another problem to deal with besides this one... Where the heck is Fuyuhiko!? That guy... He totally ditched! He totally ditched my appointment. He... pisses... me.... off... aa... aaa... aaaaaa...."

And there was a bright flash of light before revealing...

Muscular... monokuma...?

Ibuki shrieked. "EEEK! His anger changed his form!"

"... I'm right here."

You turned, seeing Fuyuhiko finally arrive.

"ah... huh?" Monokuma blinks.

"Ah, Fuyuhiko, you came. I was worried about you," Chiaki smiles.

Fuyuhiko only shrugs in response. "There's nowhere for me to run anyway.... so i kinda have to accept it, right?" He looks away. "But still... I'm a Yakuza. Accepting defeat's not an option!"

Hajime blinked. "What does that mean?"

You blink as well. Defeat? Huh... He didn't know if we'd find the killer or not yet, so it's not defeat... yet. 

After a moment, Monokuma speaks. "Well, it's all good. If the trial heats up, it's all good. Anyway, looks everyone's here, so let us depart! I'll go first and be one step ahead of you guys!"

As Monokuma leaves, Kazuichi palms his forehead. "Ah, i'm not mentally prepared yet..."

Akane puts a hand on her hip. "Do you even hafta prepare?"

"If you don't have enough power, harness your latent energy! C'mon, bring out that energyyyyyyy!" Nekomaru exclaims.

"So it begins.... the beginning of the end..." Gundham murmurs.

Nagito raised his hands. What's he doing, worshipping God or something? "Now then, let's keep our spirits high! So we can one day find that shining hope!"

The familiar shaking commenced, and when it stopped, the escalator lowered itself to the ground. 

Stepping onto it, you prepared yourself for what was to come.

You didn't want to die.

so you had to find the killer.

You had to.

"Is death, is life, is death, is life, is death, is life, is..."

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As the elevator opened, you all filed out into the trial room.

The trial room you never want to see again. 

ever.

"Aim! Defeat the boring routine!" Monokuma exclaims."Sooooooo, i've decided to start redecorating! How's it look? Mr. Monokuma's redecoration is awesome, isn't it? It's not like i'd allow you to think otherwise anyway!!"

Sonia pressed her knuckles together and frowned. "To go through the trouble of putting together something this elaborate... Really... What is your true intention?"

Monokuma giggled. "Nothing, really... Essentially, this killing game is just to kill time anyway."

Akane grits her teeth. "Kill time...!?"

"To break away from my purpose!" Monokuma laughs aloud. "That alone is my purpose!"

"That doesn't even make any sense, you little dipshit!" You spat.

Monokuma goes silent and stares at you fro a long moment.

You shift uncomfortably.

He eventually speaks again. "A purpose is only gonna be weakness! Those who have purpose are always the weakest of the bunch! That's why you should all forget about cheap-ass purposes like 'trying to survive'. ... ... And enjoy the class trial from the bottom of your heeeeearts!

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