RevivalRonpa [Resurrection Mayhem!]

Prologue [3]

—It took us a while, but we finally made it to the gymnasium. Mondo pushed the door open, showing that there were now a couple of other people standing around.

"That's a lot of people." A teen dressed in an all white uniform said as we entered the room. He had short black spiky hair and red eyes similar to Celeste's.

He wore a red sash on his left arm, and a red ribbon carrying a small gold medal on the left side of his chest.

This guy looks like a student council member or something.

"I assume we were all late to the gym!" He held his fist out, "We should make sure we're not tardy from now on! Who's with me—?" He stopped suddenly.

He was looking at our group with widened eyes. I was going to ask if he was alright, but we saw a tear escape his right eye.

"B-Bro...?"

Bro?

Who was he talking to—?

"Taka..." Mondo's voice wasn't gruff and sturdy as usual. It had been reduced to a more soft and subtle one.

I take it that these two know each other, but I was still kinda confused on what was going on.

Mondo took a step forward, and the other boy, whose name I guess is Taka, did the same. They did that a few more times before running into each other's arms, hugging one another in a tight embrace.

"Ew." Kokichi gagged, even though he just stood up for Gonta not even ten minutes ago.

"I—I saw you die...!"

"I know!"

"...it doesn't make any sense...! H—how are you...?"

"I don't know!"

The two of them continue to go on, eventually overlapping each other in their sentences.

"Am I missing something?" Leon stepped up to them, "Last time that I checked, you two couldn't stand each other!"

Taka did a slight gesture to blow the red head off, "While that was the case for a while, we became inseparable brothers! We forged our friendship through a great duel of who was manlier!"

"We locked ourselves in the sauna and whoever left first won." Mondo explained with less theatrics.

"What the hell is wrong with you two...?" Leon asked, his eyes stopping on someone else as the words left his mouth. His entire face changed—it contorted into a face full of fear.

"W—What...?"

I turned my head to who he was looking at and saw a girl with blue hair looking right back at him. I almost thought she was Tsumugi, but the differences were very noticeable.

"Sayaka...?"

Leon turned into a ball of nervousness, staring the girl down. Several sweat beads rolled down his forehead as Sayaka opened her mouth.

"Well look who it is." The girl smiled sweetly at the red head, like she was happy to see him. But if she was happy to see him, then why was he so...afraid?

Suddenly, that sweet smile dropped, and what replaced it was a nasty scowl. "My murderer."

Her entire expression darkened within a second, that I hadn't even noticed it at first. Her eyes were filled with nothing but hatred for Leon. "It would make sense that out of everyone, you'd be here too."

Leon held his hands up, holding them in front of himself. "Just wait a sec...okay? Look, that was just in the heat of the moment, I didn't mean to—"

"—you came back into the room, broke the doorknob, and killed me!" Sayaka cut into his explanation, her words filled to the brim with malice. "And you're trying to tell me that was in the heat of the moment?"