Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

Chapter 1: To Survive (Deadly Life) Pt. 1

When I opened my eyes, I found myself staring at a huge ceiling. It was a ceiling I remembered seeing before.

And when I sat up, I saw someone looking at me. Wait...

"Uwah! Lore!"

I immediately sat up. Our foreheads accidently bumped into each other.

"Ow!"

"Shit!"

We held our heads to relieve the pain. We looked at each other before laughing.

Suddenly, she stopped and gave me a serious expression.

She took a deep breath and hugged me tightly. I slowly hugged her back, though I have no idea why she's doing so. Unless--

Sayaka's dead body came to me in a flash. I unconsciously hugged Lore tighter.

"Gh-- Grraaah!"

"H-Hey, are you okay?!" Hina asked.

"So it wasn't a dream? What I saw... It was real...?"

"That's right. It really did happen. Sayaka... is dead."

Lore

It took all of my willpower to not lunge at Byakuya and punch his narcissistic, stuck up face.

Suddenly, Makoto shoved me away then shot up and ran off.

"Hey, where do you think you're going?" Byakuya's words stopped him.

"I have to see for myself! I have to see if Sayaka's--! If Sayaka is...!"

"You can check once, twice, a thousand times. Sayaka is completely and irrevocably dead."

"No! I have to see for myself!"

"Makoto! It's no use! She's already dead!"

Makoto turned to me, "Well what good is it gonna do just sitting around here! I mean, why are we all hanging out in the gym at a time like this?!"

"None of us want to be here right now, either."

The boy turned to Kyoko.

"Then... why?"

"Sh-Shouldn't it be obvious? Monok-kuma... he told us all to c-come here..."

"Well, hold on! Don't talk like that. We all protested it!" Taka claimed. He looked at everyone, hoping that they'd back him up, but received no response.

"I mean, we remember the terrible price Sayaka had to pay... B-But...!"

"I'm the one who convinced them to come. Right now, we need to do whatever he says. We're his prisoners, right? It's not a good idea to defy him without reason. We don't need to make any more sacrifices than we already have..."

"And surprisingly, Lore was the one who suggested we don't do anything unnecessary."

Makoto turned to me in disbelief, "Lore, Sayaka was your friend! How could you say that!?"

I clenched my fists, "We didn't have a choice..."

"Wh-Why should we do anything he says?!"

"Because we could die any second. What's coming out of your mouth right now is the same thing as asking to be killed! Do you wanna die *that* badly!?"

The entire gym had gone silent. I felt everyone's eyes on my form. I looked down, unable to bear the thought of everybody's faces.

Especially *his*.