Danganronpa U.S.A.

Chapter 7: The Reason Why

     I woke up on a white bed, a nurses office, a new floor opened, I was on it. No one was around me, I was alone. I tried getting up, but my shoulder was killing me, I just lay back down. I was starving, I needed food, but no one came up and I couldn't get up, so I pulled out my Game Boy(thank God I got stabbed on my right shoulder, I was lefty).    
     I was playing for about an hour when someone walked in, it was Coco. "Hey," she said.
     "Hello." I said.
     "Is your shoulder feeling better," she asked, I stitched it up as best as I could. I got the experience from a medical book from the library."
     "Cool," then I noticed the plate of food, fish and broccoli, "is that mine?"
     "Yeah," she handed me the plate and I ate to my hearts content.
     "Chill out dude," she said, "we don't live in a barn!"
     "Sorry," a said, "I was starving."
     I finished up and she checked my stitches, when everything seemed to be in order she walked out of the room, she seemed nice, but I can tell her bad side was most likely a spawn of Satan.
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     I woke up and tried to get up, my shoulder was feeling better, so it was easier to get up, but I couldn't let my arm go down. I found a sling, put it on, and walked down to the cafeteria. Everyone seemed surprised to see me, as no one(except Coco) checked or went to see me.
     "Hey dude," Ryan said, "good to see you again!"
     "Good to see you." I said.
     I couldn't really stay in a good mood after Amanda died, I missed her a lot, but I had to keep going for her.
     I sat down where Marvin set a plate of 2 bagel egg sandwiches for me. They were really good, he must of put some sort of seasoning in there, but I couldn't ask because I knew what the answer would be, "Chef's secret!"
     "How are you doing?" Coco asked, "everything holding up?"
     "Yeah." I said.
     "Do you need spinner tricks to cheer you up?" Marvin asked.
     "No, I'm good." I didn't let out a chuckle.
     "You seem to be in a crappy mood," Gaby said, "try my meditation techniques, I use them when I'm in a bad mood. As you know, I'm an actress!"
     "No," I said, "I'm fine. I just need some rest." I got up and walked to my room, I didn't want to talk to anybody at the moment.
     "Hey," it was Ethan, " I know how you feel. After James died, I felt terrible, but I feel better, you just need to move on."
     "Just leave me alone." I said.
     I shut and locked the door. I turned on my Nintendo 64 and started a new file to Super Mario 64. I was playing for about 5 hours strait, and stopped to go eat lunch.
     I played on my Game Boy during lunch, I didn't talk to anybody. I felt back at home, no one talking to me, I didn't talk to them, but it wasn't home. I couldn't go home to my mom, students aren't killing each other, and I have a robot for a crappy principal who wants everyone to kill each other. Why would he want death to all of us, it just bring saddens and made new to us all, what's that called? Despair.
     Then I realized why no one tried to save us, I had to watch everyone's tapes to find out why, it might give me a hint to why....
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     I wanted for everyone to go to sleep, no more playing video games, I had to get us all out of here before there is only one of us left. I'm just surprised no one killed me, yet.
     I found the computer room, it was dark, but I found a flashlight in the bottom drawer alone with a lighter and a box of matches, just in case the battery runs out. There was also gasoline in the drawer, but I wasn't bringing that with me, I had no need to kill anyone with it and I had no use for it.
     I found Amanda's tape still in the computer, I was about to turn it on when I heard a voice, "What are you doing you naughty naughty boy!" It was Monokuma
     "I just want to watch the others' tapes," I said. "Is that against the rules."
     "No," he said, " but it might boost the ratings... oops! I said to much!"
     "Ratings," I asked, "what ratings?"
     "Nothing, nothing, just forget I said that. Just do what your doing!"
     "No, I want to know." I went up to him and was about to punch him.
     "Don't think about that! There is one rule! Don't hurt the principal! If you do, you die!"
     I went back, this was one tough nut I couldn't crack, I needed to know more, maybe if I broke into the principal's room, or could find out more...
     "Ahh forget about it!" He broke me out of deep thought. "Have fun, and try to win! I know your good at games."
     "But not this one, I could lose."
     "True, I'll make an announcement tomorrow! Gather everyone up at the gym for a special announcement!" He walked away.
     I got back to the computer, I'm sorry Amanda, I watched her tape, it was horrific. I saw Amanda singing her heart out. She was good, and she looked beautiful. I was tearing up until I heard Monokuma's voice. "You can go back to this," he said, "but you must win." All the people cheering was on the floor, dead. Monokuma's face was on the huge screen where you could see Amanda singing. Blood was everywhere. I found the nearest trash can and regurgitated in it, was every video like this?
     I put in Rabeya's, the one who seemed the saddest of us all. Her tape was her parents and little sister, they were wishing the best for her, but then they were dead, they had Monokuma's eye for their left eye, the house was on fire, then you could hear Monokuma's voice, "Get back to them as soon as you can, before it's too late.
     I couldn't bear to see the other tapes, but I had to, and each one was horrific. Too many to describe, some were families, some were friends, some were just death and despair all around, they seemed to be mind controlling tapes, trying to drive us toward murder, like it was the only way to escape, but it wasn't. There had to be another way, and I was going to find out, even if it killed me.