Dangan Ronpa:return to Despair Academy

Life is Beautiful

I am nothing...

...I was a fool...

I thought the ending would lead us to hope...

...but all this has brought me is despair.

I fought because I believed things would end up okay...that's because I've never really been through any real trials...I just believed what society fed me,that if you don't give up you can overcome...but that's all bullshit...if I had known that all the heartache,the pain,the near death experiences would result to nothing in my favor then I would have hung myself just like Takumi...when the others went crazy,they weren't really infected with despair.They just saw the truth in our situation...in reality we were all just averting our eyes and those who didn't the rest of us considered crazy.

"...can't do......trying..."

"-MORE!!NO MORE...."

I could only hear the voices of my friends telling Monaca that there was no way we were going to leave the simulation.Not after everything we had been through on the outside.

I could see it.

I could feel it.

We were all in the courtroom now,except the courtroom was the one we were in at the first trial.The only difference was this time Yoshie was there,the first time she ever entered the courtroom.

"This is okay...right?"Masaru asked.

"C'mon how bad can staying here be?"Yoshio was wearing an easy going smile on his face.It had been so long since I've seen him like that.

"It's like a never ending sleepover!"Maiko leaped around at her podium."Satoru let me braid your hair!"

"You will do no such thing."Satoru glared.

Aya piped up,she looked calmer than she had ever since the first trial.Probably because of the person standing beside her."Yeah!Let me do it Satoru!This is my livelihood!"

"Our livelihood to interject beauty in all of it's weird and tiny forms!"Fumiko continued.

"Stop teasing the dude already."Shoichi grinned at the three.

"We could always go for some more music."Takumi offered.

Tomoko smiled."Th-then I shall p-play my best!"

"Perhaps this time I could dance too!"Yoshie clasped her hands together,her eyes sparkling like diamonds at the prospect.

"Once again I shall aid with any efforts."Akihiro murmured.I could see the difference before,but seeing it then I realized just how relaxed he had been when Tomoko was alive.

"Alright!Then Yoichi you shall be in charge of the decorations!"Kimiko ordered.

Yoichi feigned being shot in the heart,but I could see his wide grin from a mile away."Crap why me?"

"Yoshie could you teach all of us your dance?"Minako asked.She looked more like the peaceful actress that I had been so nervous around on that first day of school.

"Perhaps...this way isn't so bad."Igao smiled that rare smile.

Yeah...

This is nice...

...it should be like this...

...after all we are just kids.

We wouldn't have to deal with that stuff.

No.

We should just stay here.I can be with my friends here.I can exist here.

Stop.