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Hope’s Peak Academy. What is there to say about this 5 story building that people don’t know. It’s where all the best students of their craft go in order to change the world. They’re called Ultimates and since I’m here, I know I’m one too.
My name is Hajime Hinata and I’m the Ultimate… Well, that’s not important, it’s entirely possible I forgot about it in my excitement, it’s a big day for me after all. Speaking off, what am I waiting for, I’ve got a whole new life ahead of me. I could only take one step before falling unconscious.
Consciousness is returning to my body at least, but what the heck happened? Suppose I should be ready for anything, I’ve heard classes in this school can get weird. Although being in a void is something I’d never expect from something like this. At least there’s a door, let’s go in there, not like this can get any weirder.
Turning the handle, I should really watch what I say, because things just got stranger. There were 15 other students there, all of different shapes and sizes, either panicking or bored out of their minds. The largest one then looked down on me.
“Hmph, so then you’re the sixteenth student, hidden from us for quite some time. Considering the amount of chairs we have, it seems we’re all here. So now what?” As the large(as in both height and width) man finished his sentence, a noise came out from the front desk.
The class turned their attention to it, and a plush rabbit came out. Silence was the only reaction, I can only assume they were as dumbfounded as I was. “Hello everyone! I am Usami, your teacher for this school trip!” The thing that called itself Usami was a pink rabbit, wearing a tiara and dress combo, all finished with a magic wand. If the wand was activated and emitting drugs or something, I would not be surprised.
The biggest man then spoke up, “School Trip?”
“Hold on, we’re being taught by a rabbit? I don’t really know how one of those would help us.” Another student spoke up, female I presume, but since my eyes were fixed on the rabbit, I couldn’t tell where it was coming from.
Nevertheless, the rabbit continued on. “Yep! This school trip is designed to make you all friends!” It made some sort of smooshed face, which only served to add to the weirdness.
“Hold on, we all came here through a void, at least that’s what I’m getting from this? Are we supposed to have some sort of an escape room or something? If so, all you boys better step up to help out.” That was a firm voice, and apart from that last comment, she did raise a good point.
“E-Escape? But you’ve only just got here…” All of a sudden, the rabbit looked dejected, but quickly changed her tune. “Well, how about I convince you to stay with a magic trick?” It waved its wand, starting a chant or something that I couldn’t even think of understanding. “Three, two, one and ta-dah!” All of a sudden the walls came apart, revealing a beach. A beautiful beach? B-But, we were just… “This is where you’ll be staying for your two week holiday! Be sure to try and become as close friends as possible!” The rabbit giggled as if nothing was wrong.
My head is feeling pretty light, and my vision is blurring… I think I’m just going to take a nap…
H-How long was I out… That was a weird dream, seeing a rabbit in a void, then going to a beach. The sea is peaceful to listen to, honestly, this feels like bliss…
Wait, the sea? That doesn’t sound right. “Hey, are you OK?” A male voice called out to me. I opened my eyes, to see the world blurred, which thankfully fixed itself to reveal a man with pure white hair looming over me. “You were out pretty bad, are you going to be OK?”
I pressed my hand on my head as I pulled myself up and slightly away. “No. I’m going insane, seeing rabbits and thinking I’m on a beach…” All this did was give the unsympathetic boy a laugh.
“Well, I suppose this situation we’re all in is a little weird compared to what you’d be used to. Anyway, I guess I’ll introduce myself, my name’s Nagito Komaeda and my pathetic excuse for a talent is the Ultimate Lucky Student. How about you?” I’m surprised Nagito was able to change the conversation so quickly, as if nothing about this was insane. Looking closer at him, he was wearing a green hoodie with a white top, but outside of his hair and very unneat clothes, there wasn’t really anything too off with him visually.
But I suppose I should introduce myself as well. “My name’s Hajime Hinata and I’m the... “ I stopped after my short introduction. What exactly is my talent? It’s not like a white shirt with a green tie exactly screams out a certain talent. I guess I have to be honest. “I don’t know…”
Nagito simply looked at me and smiled. “Well, I’m sure it’s a great talent, better than my worthless one anyway.” Even though he’s putting himself down, he’s still smiling. Either he enjoys putting himself down, or he just has awful self-esteem. “Hey, don’t worry about me, I only got in here due to a lottery, I don’t deserve to be in your presence.”
Ignoring his smiling self-deprecation, I think we should do something. “Hey, should we go meet the other students?”
“That’s a wonderful idea, let’s get going.” He gave me a smile and we both walked onwards. The first place we went over to was an airport.
There were two students, male and female and both of them were disgruntled, although they looked towards me.
“Hey hey, you’re up! What’s up, man?”
“Seriously? You just completely change topics after someone else arrives? How on Earth are you supposed to help anyone else out, or be taken seriously? Although with your look, nobody could take you with any amount of seriousness.”
“Hey, come on! I just don’t want to deal with an engineless aeroplane! An aeroplane without an engine is just a useless husk!” He and the girl argued until he turned towards us in a relaxed manner. “Don’t mind her, she’s just bossy. My name’s Kazuichi Soda, the Ultimate Mechanic.” Kazuichi Soda was dressed in an odd manner. Pink hair, a cap and a yellow jumpsuit, so I would say odd. But he was relaxed and had a big grin on his face.
This was a complete contrast to the other student, who outside of red hair, wore a simple green dress, a tie and a camera around her. “Oh, you’re the person who fainted, right? Well, you’re going to have to show you’re better than that if we want to get out of this place. My name’s Mahiru Koizumi, Ultimate Photographer.” She sighed loudly and was pretty rude, but I can totally understand why she’d be in a bad mood, after all, we’re all in this situation. After giving out my own introduction we walked away, having nothing else to do in the area.
I quickly turned to Nagito. “Why didn’t you introduce yourself?” He simply laughed.
“Well, I don’t deserve a private introduction, that’s why!” I rolled my eyes at his words, but I’m going to guess everyone else introduced themselves while I was unconscious.
The next location we arrived at was a farm, with two more students, not interacting with each other. I walked up, and the male came up to us. He was certainly a unique design, wearing a big purple scarf and a scar, but normal clothes otherwise. “Hi, who are you?” I decided to speak up, just to make some sort of conversation.
This shocked him. “W-What courage to speak to the The Supreme Overlord of Ice without any fear, it seems you’re greater than your pathetic looks entail mere mortal.” Before I could inject to his loud overbearing point, he did a pose, letting hamsters out. “I am Gundham Tanaka, the Ultimate Animal Breeder and these creatures are the Four Dark Devas of Destruction!” He cackled all of this out, which weirded me out.
“Ugh, will you shut up, I’m trying to play with Mr. Ants!” We turned to the female, who indeed was playing with ants. I leaned down in order to get a closer look.
I can’t exactly tell what she’s doing, so maybe she’ll give me some answers. “So, who are you and what are you doing?”
She then turned into a pout. “Sheesh, you’re so rude, you could have said please. But whatever, my name’s Hiyoko Saonji, the Ultimate Traditional Dancer, and I’m playing with Mr. Ants, like I said.” She regained her happiness pretty quickly, although she was pretty rude.
She’s still not answering my question, so I’ll just be more direct. “So, what are you doing with Mr. Ants?”
“Playing a squishing game! Squish~” Her smile remained, but as I closed into her fingers, I cringed. I got up and walked away, mostly out of disgust, although I heard Gundham in shock and horror from this, guess he cares for all animals.
Footsteps came from behind me, as I turned to see Nagito. “Hey, I think she made a bad first impression with you, but I’m sure she’s nice.” I simply kept walking.
The next place I ended up being was at a mall or mart. I couldn’t tell thanks to the weird looking letters.
There were three more people here, all having a look at the items around. I walked over to the first person a saw, who was a busty woman with a full body blue gymnastics underneath simple school clothes, drooling over the food. “Man, there’s so much here…” We stood in silence as it dawned on me she didn’t even notice my existence.
Realising my mistake, I pushed onwards. “Err, hi.”
She turned to look at me with disinterest. “Hey, you’re that Harrison guy, right?”
“Hajime.”
“Ah, OK. Well, my name’s Akane Owari. I’m the Ultimate Gymnast. Nice to meat you.” She gave me a smile before returning to her food situation. Guess she has a one track mind. I simply walked away.
The next person I found was another girl, this one covered in bandages. She was clearly scared and when she looked at me she got even more scared. “I-I’m sorry, did you want to look at these things, I’ll get out of your way!”
The woman is almost crying at this point, this isn’t good! “Wait, no I just wanted to introduce myself!” I ended up flapping my arms around like crazy, trying to calm down the situation, and most likely failing, as she wasn’t changing her tune.
“Aaahhh! Y-You just wanted to do that? God I’m so useless, why am I like this. I-If it’ll make you not hate me, then I’ll introduce myself, I’m Mikan Tsumiki, the U-Ultimate Nurse!” Sadly, my words only made her feel worse, she’s like Nagito with her self-deprecation, but somehow even worse about it.
“H-Hey, don’t worry about it OK? You clearly haven’t given me a reason to hate you, so let’s just calm down, OK?”
“O-OK…” She then quietly walked away, and I couldn’t help but feel awful…
“Man, I can’t tell who feels worse about themselves, you or Mikan.”
Again, the Ultimate Lucky Student kept his smile on his face, “Well, I can’t quite say either, but I definitely deserve to feel like this more than she does.” My attempt at lighting my own mood fell flat on his face.
But there’s still one other student to look at. This man was buff. Heck, calling him buff would be a bluff, he’s just that buff. Unlike the other two he noticed us right away, which was a nice change of pace. “HOW ARE YOU TWO TODAY!” He was as loud as he was buff, I noticed Nagito covering his ears, so the Ultimate Lucky Student clearly knew what was about to happen, which is nice for him. “It’s very nice to meet you both, I’m NEKOMARU NIDAI, THE ULTIMATE TEAM MANAGER AND I’VE GOT TO SHITTT!” He ran off at the speed of sound, and I couldn’t say anything.
“Yeah, he has tells for when he’s going to open his mouth. Or maybe I’m just lucky. Either way, you’ve got to be careful.”
This meant we just walked off for now. We were surprised to find no one at our next and last location, which was the hotel of the area.
This caused Usami to pop up. “Hello! I’m sorry, I know this is the last area for you to explore and you haven’t found everyone yet, that’s because they’re either in their rooms or in the lobby and restaurant area… I’ll try to get them out for you though!” She then left us to our goal as the two of us walked towards the hotel lobby.
There we located two girls playing on an arcade machine. One of them was a pink haired girl, with a pixel spaceship hairpin and green jacket to go over her white shirt, while the other one had black hair with horn accessories, a pink scarf and mismatched tights with holes in them. I quietly walked up to them, trying not to disturb them so much, but instead to just watch and hope they’d notice me.
Thankfully the horned girl noticed me and turned to me. “Hello! Do you want to play, because right now you can’t, for Ibuki is in the middle of her game.” So her name is Ibuki then, but even so, she was trying and failing to focus on me and her game at once, so I better make this quick.
“Hey, so could you introduce yourselves, please?”
“OK, my name is Ib-uki Mi-oda and Ibuki is the Ultimate Musician! Since Chiaki’s not introducing herself, I’ll help her out! She’s Chiaki Nanami, the Ultimate Gamer. She can get so focused on a game she forgets to breathe, like she’s doing right now!” The girl pointed at Chiaki, who didn’t seem to be breathing.
Alarm bells dinged their toll, as I knew how bad that was. “That sounds incredibly unhealthy!”
“Nah, she’s fine! She usually beats her opponents before she dies anyway.” Ibuki was pretty joyful, so I let the two got back to their game and I figured I’d just let them do it, if nothing else it’ll give Chiaki a chance to breathe.
The last place that we needed to visit was a restaurant, which admittedly, looked really nice. The biggest man I saw earlier was there. Maybe I should go over and say hi.
He’s eating a lot of food, which I can’t say is healthy. “Hey, how are you?”
He looked up to me and started to speak. “Hmph, Byakuya Togami, Ultimate Affluent Progeny . “ He went right back to eating. His mouth was full to the brim, and the way he dug into his food seriously made his otherwise nice black suits and trousers seem like an afterthought to him, but at least his blond hair was safe
“I-I need help, my loins are poisoned!”
“O-oh no! Don’t worry, I’ll get the poison out!”
My head swung to the direction the voice came from. There was a short chef person and an elegant girl in a dress, speaking in that order. “Nope! You do not want to do that.”
“But he’s poisoned right?”
“He’s lying.” The small chef person started to sweat at my deadpan reaction.
“W-Well, I might not be. Anyway, you’re the hunk of meat that fell unconscious right? Might have missed my chance with you right there, but I’m Teruteru Hanamura the Ultimate Chef.” I’m very creeped out by this tiny man, who sounds a little pleased with himself.
“But doesn’t it say ‘Ultimate Cook?’” The girl counted his point which caused him to sweat a little bit more.
“Well, technically yes, but Chef sounds more classy wouldn’t you say?” Everyone in the room just shrugged at his comment.
I then just turned to the girl. “So, who are you?”
She simply smiled. “My name is Sonia Nevermind, the Ultimate Princess. Pleased to make your acquaintance.” I stood shocked. I’m speaking to a princess and I didn’t even realise it. Looking at her, she fits the bill of a princess very well, with a necklace, green dress, long white hair and a red tie. She started to look a little nervous. “Please don’t treat me any differently just because I’m a princess! I have more to me than just that, plus I just want to be me for now…” it’s a lot to take in, but eventually I smiled at her.
“Yeah, I promise to do that. Don’t worry about it Sonia.”
This caused another smile to appear on her face, I can see how she’d be popular, even without her talent. “Thank you, Hajime. I hope to get some more time to meet with you later.” I nodded in response as I left.
“Wow, I’m in the same school as a princess… and a pervert…”
“Well, even if he has undesirable qualities, the mere fact that he’s an Ultimate means that he is important.” Nagito’s response made me go quiet. Is that all there is to it?
Going to the lobby, I saw two more people. One short male and one tall female. The tall one was closer and so I went over to go and say my introductions. She wore mostly a black outfit with her white hair and her red bow being the standouts. She quickly noticed me coming up to talk with her, so she did the same to me.
She folded her arms as soon as she got to me and opened her mouth. “My name is Peko Pekoyama. Ultimate Swordswoman.” I didn’t get a sense of emotion from her voice, but I guess that makes sense, you’ve got to be calm in battle otherwise you’ll lose.
“Well, it’s nice to meet you Peko, I guess…”
I then stood there, without much to say. “Don’t worry about making friends with everyone or talking to everyone. Things like this take time to adjust to.” She then walked off, not exactly sure where to though.
But that just leaves one more person to check out!
The person I went to talk to last was short, having an almost baby-like hair style and a really nice black suit on. “Hi, how are you?”
This got a reaction that I didn’t expect. “This is what I was fucking disturbed for, what a waste. My name’s Fuyuhiko Kuzuruyu, nice to fucking met you or whatever.” He then walked off. Well that was certainly pleasant wasn’t it.
Let’s see, is that everyone? I’ve counted sixteen including myself, so that checks out.
Then a TV, that I just noticed, started to flicker on. “Alright, so now everyone’s gotten to know each other, so let’s head to the beach!” The rabbit popped up on there and after she was done the screens shut off.
I saw people going there, so I guess we should as well. Nagito nodded and we walked off to the beach where everyone was gathering.
Once everyone got there, the rabbit popped up once again. “Alright everyone, as a reward for getting along, you all get to play in the ocean! I’ve placed some swimsuits in each of your rooms, so go and have some fun!” Once again Usami left us, but everyone just went with it? Does nobody see anything wrong with this?
Evidently not, as all but three others seemed to be wearing swimming costumes and in the sea now. Turning around, I saw Chiaki, Fuyuhiko and Hiyoko as the only three who didn’t decide to swim. Chiaki seemed to notice this fact as well. “Why didn’t you guys go swimming?” Her question definitely came off as an innocent one, as if a child wondering why their parents did or didn’t do something.
“Why didn’t you?” A simple yawn answered that one for me.
I noticed that Hiyoko was there as well. I didn’t really acknowledge her existence, but she seemed like she wanted to be noticed. “Well, I kind of just want to get information to get under people’s skin.” I could only sigh at this. Fuyuhiko didn’t speak up.
I just ended up watching everyone, just having fun. After a while, Chiaki had fallen asleep and Hiyoko went over to prank people and I presume that Fuyuhiko left the area. Mahiru came up to me and gave me a camera. “If you’re just going to stand there, then why not help us out a bit, everyone can take a photo, right?” I just nodded before she went back. She didn’t let anyone else know about it, guessing she wants to moment to be as real as possible? My hands are shaking, but I just took the photo anyway. Looking at the product of my picture taking, Hiyoko was pranking Teruteru, Chiaki was sleeping to Gundhan’s shock. Mahiru and Mikan were chatting, and everyone else was in the sea. A sea of envy clawed into my skin, why can’t I be just like them, not caring about anything and just having a good time in the sea…
Suddenly, the sky darkened, to the shock of everyone there. What made the situation weirder was the screen came down. “BWAHAHAHAHA, glad to see you’re all having a wonderful time! Anyway, I’m not sure if you know this, but this place has 5 big islands and one small one, with a bridge to the small one in place for all 5 of these stinking lands. Please head to the park in the middle of Jabberwock Island for the best announcement of your lives!”
The voice was ominous for sure, but the rabbit seemed the most worried. “Oh no. Oh god please no. E-Everyone, just head there for now and I’ll try to get this sorted out…” It seemed the voice changed but it disappeared for now. Everyone was grumbling as they walked off to the changing rooms, even those who had not gotten changed, for some reason.
I just went to the big bridge and walked across it, after placing the camera down for Mahiru, as she forgot to ask me for it back, therefore having the park all to myself. It was a simple park benches and stuff, the main standout being a statue in the middle of the park, which was some ungodly combination of a horse, snake, tiger, eagle and gorilla.
Well, if there’s no one here, there’s no shame in getting things off my chest, right? I took a deep breath and started to shout. “Of course! I get to the place of my dreams and what happens, I get transported to a goddamn island without my consent! Everyone else is seemingly fine with it, but I can’t be? Why the hell not? Is it that they’re just able to overlook the fact that there is a magic rabbit, or that we don’t know how we got here? How do you even overlook something like that? I just wanted to be in a normal class, learning with people that I’m going to be able to befriend in the future, but instead I’m dragged out here. What is my luck…” I turned around as I was catching my breath to find everyone else just standing there, most likely not knowing how to react to my outburst. It certainly made us all quiet, for a couple of seconds that is.
The rabbit appeared, but a voice that wasn’t the rabbit also spoke up. “BWAHAHAHAHA, oh what joy it is to have a new class for me to play with! Welcome one and all!” Then a red and white plush bear appeared in a similar manner to the rabbit appeared.
“N-No, so that was true.” The rabbit spoke up, fear within her voice. “Get out of here, now!”
“And ruin the fun, nah?”
“Well I’m the teacher and so I’ll get you out by force! Abra-Kadabra… Ala-“
Before the rabbit could finish, the bear attacked. “Oh no you don’t, I’m the teacher here now!” This caused a giant puff cloud to appear, as if it was a cartoon, with the grunts and pained sounds of the two brawling it out emitted constantly, until it cleared, revealing that the bear won, with the rabbit upside down in defeat. “And now you know why I’m always the best! Monokuma the headmaster stands supreme again! For my prize, I think I deserve a new little sister!” The whole audience was silent with confusion as Monokuma then attacked again.
“Wah-Hey what are you-?”
“Oh be quiet Usami, or should I call you Monomi, yeah that sounds much better!” The pink rabbit was now wearing a diaper, and was in stunned silence. “Anyway, I’m making some small adjustments to your two week trip. It’s now a killing game, that will end in two weeks!” The bear stood proudly as everyone else was mortified.
“Hmph, as if we’ll do that, you have no way of making us do anything you freak?” Byakuya stood proud, as this caused everyone else’s confidence to spark up.
“Indeed! It’s time for you to die monster, you don’t belong in this world!” Gundham then gained some confidence as well.
This only got Monokuma to silently giggle to himself. “Oh, I don’t have any way of making you do things, well then, get a load of this!” Then he launched himself on top of the statues. “Surge... O gods who dwell between light and darkness... In accordance with our contract, I summon thee now... Come forth, Monobeasts!” Before we could question this chanting, the earth rumbled. Some of us fell down but those statues came to life, turning into robot creatures! None of us could believe our eyes. T-This isn’t real is it? “Now, for the non-believers, allow me to show you a demonstration of my power!”
“E-Everyone, get back, now!” What happened next was the robots getting a gatling gun on each of the machines, all pointed at the rabbit, destroying it and turning it into fluff without even trying. In addition, I felt one speed by my cheek, cutting it. Thankfully it didn’t hurt much, but it wasn’t an experience I enjoyed to say the least.
Monokuma simply grinned. “So, quick rundown for all confused. You all will die within the next two weeks, but if one person manages to kill someone and get away with it, you all die but that singular person lives? Got that, good, cuz your time is ticking kiddos. Better put those talents of yours to good use now. Also, by the way, your rules have been updated, so be sure to check your e-Handbook!” Monokuma disappeared.
All of the students reacted with shock, as they dove into their pockets, to see that they in fact did have electronic handbooks. Turning them on, it had a lot of information, such as a map system, basic details about everyone else and a pet system? The thing I wanted was the rule books though, and there were in two categories, one with the rabbit and one with the bear:
- Extreme violence is prohibited on this island. Please live peaceful and relaxing lives with your fellow students.
- Be considerate of each other and work together to obtain Hope Fragments.
- Littering is not allowed. Let us coexist with this island's bountiful nature in "mutual prosperity".
- The lead teacher cannot directly interfere with the students. An exception to this rule is made if any student violates a rule.
- Once a murder takes place, a class trial will begin shortly thereafter. Participation is mandatory for all surviving students.
- If the blackened is exposed during the class trial, they alone will be executed.
- If the blackened is not exposed, the remaining students will be executed.
- As a reward, the surviving blackened will be forgiven of their crime and allowed to leave the island.
- The Body Discovery Announcement will play as soon as three or more people discover a body for the first time.
- Destroying any property of this island without permission is expressly prohibited. This includes surveillance cameras and monitors.
- You are free to investigate this island at your own discretion. Your actions in this regard are not limited.
- Last Rule: Additional School Trip Rules may be added at any of the teacher’s discretion.
Now my head is feeling light again. “Hey, I’m just going to go to my room and faint. Please don’t wake me up until this nightmare is over, thanks.” Figured I should warn everyone before I fainted for the third time today. I got to my room, which was unlocked, although I didn’t feel like locking it, and collapsed on the bed I had for company. At least this is somewhat normal…
*DING DONG* “It is now 10pm and that means it's officially night time. Get some shuteye kiddos, because tomorrow’s going to be another beautiful day for you!” The bear singalled my time to rest, which I guess isn’t too unusual, apart from everything, but at least there’s nothing going to happen to me.
“H-Hello?” The scream my pillow had to take was painful for both of us. “I-I know you don’t want me around and I get that. I’ll just give my piece and go. I heard what you said at the park, b-before Monokuma attacked. You had every right to be suspicious and I don’t blame you for that, but please, just try to get closer to the others. They want to be with you.” The rabbit looked around for a second, before placing ten shiny coins. “These will help. There’s a machine on the beach, get some gifts. It’ll make people want to hang out with you, plus you seem like the type who’d prefer to give than take. T-Trust is important now, more than ever and you need to get trust to help as many people as possible. Y-You’re the only one that can do it… Good l-luck, your teacher is counting on you…” The rabb- No, Monomi left me with some coins, and some strangely helpful advice. If I can help others… Then, yeah. I have to get close to them. Plus she’s right. The trust I can place on others, that’s going to be the most important thing. I’ll have to decide tomorrow who I’m going to place that trust in. I just hope they’ll trust me back.
Day 1/14 Finished!