Dangan Ronpa:return to Despair Academy

Fame is Fickle.

"Do you think Kimiko will be satisfied with our investigation?" We made our way downstairs to the Dining Hall.

"That woman will probably berate us for not investigating the entirety of the third floor."Satoru sighed,annoyance filling every syllable."Are you sure it's okay for us to finish?"

"It'll be fine!"I cut in before Igao could.I knew that Igao wanted to trust everyone with the investigation,so the least I could do would be to help him."If I know those guys then I know they're scouring every inch of those other classrooms.We can trust them with this."Satoru eyed me oddly,then shrugged his shoulders and continued through the door of the Dining Hall.

And if I didn't know any better,I could've sworn I had seen Igao cast a quick look at me.I didn't see what was in his eyes,but I could make a few good guesses.

To our surprise we weren't the first arrivals.

"SATORU!!!"Maiko cried from the center table.She began cartwheeling towards us.I heard Satoru groan in exhaustion and defeat.In mere seconds Maiko was bombarding Satoru with questions that had nothing to do with anything.

"It's seems she's taken a liking to Satoru."Igao stared after them blankly.

"Do you think we should help him?"I asked.

"He'll be fine."Igao waved his hand and took a seat at the table.I joined in not long after.

The members of Maiko's group,Takumi and Kimiko were slumped over on the table,their foreheads resting on the cool surface.

"Are you guys okay?"I took a seat next to Takumi and tried to get a look at him.

He lifted his head to face me.

"Oh my god!"I covered my mouth with my hands and stared wide-eyed at his face.

One of his cheeks had swollen to the size of a medium sized water balloon.There was a quarter shaped bruise just above his left eye brow,and it was a dark dark purple.His right eye was slightly red and throbbing.

"What on earth happened to you?!"Satoru asked over Maiko's cries."Were you ambushed?"

Kimiko lifted her head to face Satoru and I got a glimpse of her face.

Her pointed nose was purple and bleeding,and there was a bruise on her chin that was as large as my fist that cut into her lip,which was bleeding some.

"Oh crap how did that happen?!"I felt nauseous.

"We investigated the Art Room that's what happened."Kimiko grumbled,sounding very unlike herself.

"I got too excited."Takumi sounded defeated and embarrassed."I wanted to check out the closet,and there were a bunch of hammers used for sculpting in there."

I felt a shiver pass through my veins.

"Maiko saw them and went bananas."Takumi continued."She was throwing them everywhere messing around in the Art Room,she even destroyed some of the sculptures."I saw Takumi visibly wince."And we ended up getting caught in the cross fire."

"I recall us warning you of the dangers of leaving Maiko unattended by Yoshio or Akihiro."Satoru glanced at Kimiko.She wouldn't look any of us in the eye.It seemed she had learned the hard way.

Those hammers...Taeko and Hifumi used them to...

"Hey Shizuko"Takumi broke me out of my thought by crying out my name."Do you think you could get us some ice from the fridge?We asked Maiko to a while ago but..."He trailed off,knowing that it was unnecessary for him to continue.I got the gist of it.I nodded to him and quickly made my way into the kitchen.