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The last thing Takuto remembered before blacking out, was being grabbed and shoved into a small space. It was just blank after that. Blank until he woke up.
At the current moment, Takuto didn’t know much about his situation. All he knew for sure was that he woke up in what appears to be a hotel room, he’s unsure where exactly he is and how he got there, and his identity as the Ultimate Therapist.
Takuto was given that title a year ago, he started working as a therapist due to his admiration for his own therapist and did his best to help anyone who came to him.
The first thing Takuto had done upon waking up, was having a brief panic attack. But it was over rather quickly as the logical side of him kicked in and he began thinking about his situation as be took a deep breath and opened the door. Letting himself out of the hotel room and into a hallway where another person seemed to have been wandering around confused. “Hello?” Takuto called out.
The other person seemed mildly surprised as they looked over at Takuto, allowing Takuto to get a better look at their appearance.
The other person was shorter than Takuto himself, and had shoulder length red hair and black eyes. They were wearing a dark colored outfit with a mini black tophat tilted on the side of their head. The person looks to be the same age as Takuto and had an androgynous face so Takuto couldn’t tell their gender. “Hi there.” The other person responded cautiously.
“I… Did you also wake up here?” Takuto asked.
“Yes, I believe I was kidnapped and I woke up in a hotel room. And just like you I’m guessing, I left the room.” They said.
“Alright. So we’re in the same situation then.” Takuto stated.
“Are you also an ultimate?” The person asked, “I am one myself.”
Takuto nodded, “I am. I guess I should introduce myself. I’m Takuto Koboyashi, the Ultimate Therapist.”
The stranger smiled softly, “I see, Takuto then… My name is Jiro, Jiro Yoshida. And I am the Ultimate Puppeteer, it’s lovely to meet you Takuto.”
“It’s nice to meet you as well Jiro. Uhm… I’m sorry if this sounds rude, but what’s your.. Gender?” Takuto asked hesitantly.
Jiro giggled softly, it was a pleasant sound, “It’s fine Lovely. I’m a guy, I understand my face isn’t exactly masculine.”
Takuto took a moment to notice the pet-name Jiro had used when addressing him, “Lovely?”
“Ah, I apologize, if you hate it I can stop calling you that. It’s just a habit of mine…” Jiro said almost bitterly as he remained smiling.
Takuto shook his head softly, “I don’t mind it that much… I was just a little surprised is all.”
Jiro nodded, “I see… I’m glad it doesn’t bother you.”
At that moment their conversation was interrupted by what sounded like an announcement over an intercom system. “Testing! Testing! Can everyone listening please head to the lobby of this lovely hotel you woke up in. Anyone who misses this assembly will be punished!”
As the announcement ended, the two boys looked at each other before Jiro broke the silence, “Shall we get going then? I’m sure neither of hs want to find out what a punishment could be. Especially since there’s a good chance that announcement was from our kidnapper.”
“Unfortunately that is true. So as much as I hate obeying someone who could be dangerous, we should get going to the lobby. Wherever that is.” Takuto sighed.
The two boys wandered around the hotel together until they finally found where the lobby was and entered it, discovering that there were fourteen other people already waiting there who all seemed to be of high school age just like Jiro and Takuto. “Is that everyone?” A short girl with ginger hair held in two small curly pigtails said.
“I’d hope so! Anymore waiting and I’ll probably die of boredom before our kidnapper can kill me!” A boy with cyan hair said.
Just then a familiar cheerful voice interrupted the conversations, the same voice from the announcement, “Upupupu, cease your conversations at once! And greet your headmaster properly!”
Suddenly to everyone’s shock, a monochromatic bear with half of its body being black and half of it being white popped up from seemingly nowhere, some people gasped, others made noises of surprise. One girl did none of the above, “Our headmaster? We aren’t even classmates. Most of us are meeting for the first time right now.”
Takuto turned to look at the girl who had said that, she had long white hair that fell down her back in waves with a black ribbon in it, she was wearing what seemed to be a darkly colored performance outfit and she had vibrant pink eyes. The bear didn’t seem exactly happy about her interruption as he spoke, “Well young lady how about you introduce yourself to the class. And maybe not interrupt the person in control of the situation.”
“I’m the Ultimate Idol, Kana Yumiko.” The girl with white hair said.
“Well Kana. How about you keep quiet and let me finish explaining.” The bear announced, “Anywho~. You might’ve already understood this first part but. I kidnapped you and placed you inside this hotel, and if you looked out any windows you might’ve noticed the hotel is inside a giant dome. That dome is keeping you all nice and trapped at my mercy! So I’ve decided to have some fun! With a killing game of course!”
Some of the other people gasped, some made small whimpers of fear. But Takuto noticed two people who didn’t do any of the above. Jiro and Kana both didn’t seem to be scared, Jiro seemed nervous and cautious about the situation but not scared. And Kana was just calmly observing the scene with caution. The bear continued talking, “My name is Monokuma! And I will be the headmaster of this game! Let me explain the rules! All sixteen of you ultimate students will be trapped here until either two options happen. Either you die here, or until you kill one of your classmates and get away with it! There are more rules that are listed in your student handbooks, you should all be able to find your digital copy in your pockets since I snuck them there. The first thing that comes up should be your name so make sure you have the right one! Goodbye now!”
Monokuma disappeared from sight, leaving all sixteen of the students. “A-a killing game?” One girl with light pink hair tied into two buns whispered.
Takuto took the time to take his handbook out of his pocket and turn it on, his name being displayed front and center as he did so, confirming that it was in fact his.
TAKUTO KOBOYASHI
Takuto clicked on the rules section of the handbook and read through them.
Rule One: Students must live inside the dome for the foreseeable future and not leave unless given permission by the headmaster.
Rule Two: Once a murder takes place, all remaining students including the blackened will participate in a class trial.
Rule Three: If the blackened is exposed in a class trial, they alone will be executed. But if the spotless fail to expose the blackened, everyone else will be executed and the blackened will get to leave.
Rule Four: The killing game may continue until there are only two people left.
Rule Five: Violence towards the headmaster is prohibited.
Rule Six: Night time is from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m., some areas may be off limits during this time so explore with caution at this time.
Rule Seven: Students are free to explore at their own risks.
Rule Eight: Monokuma will never directly commit a murder unless it is to hold an execution.
Rule Nine: The body discovery announcement will play when three people have discovered the corpse of the deceased, the blackened does not count in this three people:
Rule Ten: You’re handbooks are important, do not damage them.
Rule Eleven: Any violations of the rules may result in punishment.
Rule Twelve: More rules may be added:
As Takuto finished reading the rules, he understood just the kind of situation he and the other fifteen people were in. They were trapped and at the mercy of some robotic sadistic bear. They were being told to kill each other if they wanted their freedom.
Takuto was so caught up in his thoughts, he didn’t notice when almost everyone else left the lobby. The only two people still there besides him when he came to it, were Jiro and Kana. “Takuto~. Are you awake in there?”
Takuto nodded weakly, as Jiro smiled at him, “Good, I can’t have you dying on me. That wouldn’t be good, would it.”
Kana sighed and interrupted, “Maybe that’s not the best choice of words right now. Anyways both of you still have yet to tell me who you are. I introduced myself to everyone back there.”
“Of course, how rude of us. My name Is Jiro Yoshida and I am the Ultimate Puppeteer. His name is Takuto Koboyashi, he’s the Ultimate Therapist.” Hiro introduced them.
“Alright. Thank you. If you don’t mind, I’m going to go try and meet everyone else, you should both do the same once you can. It would be best to at least know who everyone is that we’re trapped with.” Kana said as she left the lobby.
Takuto looked over at Jiro who smiled at him, “Maybe we should go do just that Lovely. We can go together if it makes you feel better?”
“Yeah. I’d like that.” Takuto nodded.
The two boys exited the lobby and began roaminv the hallways to find the other people, eventually they ran into a person. They noticed a girl who was slightly taller than Takuto, she was examining the staircase with her purple and red heterochromatic eyes. She had straight long dark brown hair with bangs framing her face and she was quite pale, she was dressed in a fully black modest outfit with a considerable amount of lace. The girl noticed Takuto and Jiro and walked closer to them, “Hello there? Have you come to introduce yourselves?”
“That is indeed what we came to do!” Jiro confirmed.
“Alright then… I’m Tsunako Fujiwara, I’m the Ultimate Mortician.” The girl introduced herself.
The two boys introduced themselves in turn (Yeah I ain’t writing out their introduction this many times). Once Tsunako knew their names she seemed to relax slightly but her expression never really changed from her blank expression. “Well then. I’m going to get back to examining our surroundings, you should go meet everyone else. I believe that girl with the pink hair was somewhere nearby…” Tsunako said thoughtfully.
“Alright, we will do just that then. See you around Tsunako!” Jiro said as the two boys left and wandered around until they found the girl with the light pink hair held in two buns.
She was wearing a pink and white frilly outfit that was reminiscent of a doll, she was quite short and had teal eyes. Takuto spoke up, causing the girl to notice them, “Hello, it’s nice to meet you.”
“Oh! Have you come to talk to Fumi?” The girl said.
“Fumi?” Jiro asked.
The girl nodded as she spoke with her slightly high pitched voice, “Yes! Fumi is Fumiko Sasaki, and Fumi is the Ultimate Seamstress!”
“Oh, I understand now. You’re Fumi.” Jiro said to Fumiko.
“Yes! Fumi’s real name is Fumiko but she’d appreciate it more if you called her Fumi!” Fumiko smiled at them.
The two boys introduced themselves to Fumiko in turn before Fumiko waved them out of the room saying she had stuff to do. The two boys walked around until they found three more boys who were chatting amongst themselves. The group seemed to notice Takuto and Jiro as one of them spoke up, “Hey, come to introduce yourselves to us?”
It was the boy with cyan hair who had spoken, he had light gray eyes and was wearing a mostly blue outfit with small yellow stars scattered about. “Well we can introduce ourselves too! I’ll go first, I’m the Ultimate Voice Actor, my name is Ren Kimura.”
Another one of the boys spoke up, he had a darker skin tone with light green hair and light pink eyes with glasses , he was wearing a beige blazer over a white button up shirt, “I’m Riku Naoji, the Ultimate Chess Master. It’s nice to meet you.”
The final person spoke up as well, they had magenta hair tied in a short high ponytail, they also had grey eyes and glasses as well as quite a few moles and birthmarks on their body, they were dressed in more casual looking clothing and was holding a book, “I’m Enkai Shimizu! The Ultimate Marine Biologist! I hope we can be friends!”
Jiro and Takuto introduced themselves and were pointed into one of the other rooms by Riku who was saying he saw two people go there. Upon entering the room, Takuto noticed two people who were both considerably shorter than him. One of the two was a short boy with wavy blonde hair and yellow eyes, he had freckles and was wearing a blue, pink, and white uniform with pink earrings, “Hi there? Are you doing introductions with us? A lot of people have been going around doing that. Maybe I’ll start off this time? I’m Minoru Kuriyama, the Ultimate Baker.
The other girl nodded tiredly and smiled softly at Minoru. She had short curly ginger hair tied in pigtails and had green eyes and was wearing a green school uniform with a cardigan, she also was wearing a flower crown, “My name is Momoka Sonoda. You can use nicknames if you want. I’m the Ultimate Gardener.”
Jiro and Takuto introduced themselves before leaving and moving on to the next room where a single boy was sitting on a couch, he looked up at Takuto and Jiro and scowled, “You peasants need to stop interrupting my alone time… But I suppose you want to get my name while you’re here so might as well. I’m the Ultimate Host, Hiroto Matsuda. The pleasure is yours I’m sure.”
Hiroto had dark green short hair and vibrant yellow eyes. He was wearing a blue blazer over a white shirt with a black tie. Jiro and Takuto quickly introduced themselves before leaving so as not to annoy Hiroto further. (God I’m sick of writing introductions at this point but oh well…)
They moved on to the next room where two girls were having a conversation, one of the girls had dark teal hair tied in two low pigtails, she had black eyes similar to Jiro, but hers were less warm and much more cold. She was wearing a white modest outfit and had cross earrings, she seemed to notice Takuto and Jiro, “Oh hello! Would you two like to join my church? I’m the Ultimate Priestess! My name isn’t as important as my religion is. But I guess you should know! I’m Kasumi Sakakibara!”
The other girl nodded, she had dark red hair tied in one long ponytail, she had purple eyes and was wearing a white blouse and skirt with a white headband, “I should also introduce myself then. My name is Chiyo Nishikiori. The Ultimate Violinist.”
Jiro and Takuto introduced themselves, “You're a violinist? I would love to hear you play sometime.” Takuto said to Chiyo.
Chiyo sighed softly and fidgeted with her hair, “Sure. If that’s what you want.”
Jiro and Takuto moved on to another room where there was a girl excitedly running around and looking at her surroundings, she had light brown hair tied into two long pigtails, she had red eyes and was wearing a black and red minidress with black tights and boots, she had red wrist accessories and a ruffled color. Her outfit seemed like an outfit you could find in the circus and she had on basic clown makeup and a clown mask adorned the top of her head. She seemed to notice Takuto and Jiro, “Oh Hi! I’m sure you’re here for introductions! Ichika Hinode is my name! I’m the Ultimate Circus Performer!”
Jiro and Takuto introduced themselves after s lot of energetic pestering from Ichika and left the room to discover another girl leaning on a wall, she had on a brown tanktop and many necklaces, she was tan with brown eyes and glasses, she had black hair with green highlights that was tied into a side ponytail. She looked over at Takuto and Jiro, “Hey bitches. Here to introduce yourselves? Well i’m going to beat you to that! I’m Kazuko fucking Uchida. Nice to meet you fuckers. I’m the Ultimate Architect!”
Slightly intimidated the two boys introduced themselves to Kazuko and left the room to keep wandering around. As they were walking around Jiro spoke up, “I believe there should only be one more person right? There were sixteen of us. Fourteen not counting us. We met Kana, Tsunako, Fumiko, Ren, Riku, Enkai, Ichika, Hiroto, Chiyo, Kasumi, Kazuko, Momoka and Minoru. So that leaves one more.”
Takuto nodded his head in agreement as they pushed open a door and found a boy wandering around. He had short wavy black hair with part of it held in a very short braid he was tall and was weary a white tank top with a very badly tied orange tie. He looked over at Takuto and Jiro, “Oh hey! Great to meetcha! I’m Akihiro Nakamura! The Ultimate Volleyball Star!”
Jiro and Takuto introduced themselves. And just as they had finished up introducing themselves an announcement went off from the loud speaker, “Attention all students. It is now 10 p.m. which means it is nighttime. Please express caution as you return to your rooms. Goodnight everyone!”
Jiro and Takuto looked over at each other and Jiro spoke, “Perhaps some shut eye would be nice. After all if we’re to find a way out of this mess we should be rested. I’ll walk you to your room. Wouldn’t want you to be murdered!”
Takuto rolled his eyes and smiled softly as Jiro led him back to the room Takuto had first woken up in. As Jiro left and bid him goodnight, he couldn’t help but think that Jiro was slightly attractive in his own way. Was it wrong of him to think that about a guy he just met? Was that kind of gay of him? Takuto sighed and looked around his room. In the closet there were multiple copies of his uniform and the bathroom had toiletries and other stuff already there for him to use. He removed his own tie and choker so as to get comfortable as he sat on the bed he supposed was now his. He put his handbook on the side table and laid back onto the surprisingly comfortable bed. He was still kind of hoping this was just a nightmare and he’d wake up at home. But he knew that was impossible, this was all just too real to be fake. If Takuto said he wasn’t terrified right now he’d be lying. It was a killing game after all, there was a great chance he could die here… He decided to just try and relax and go to bed. Closing his eyes and relaxing as he let the comforts of unconsciousness consume him.
-This is the end of the chapter, the end of the prologue. Now here’s a choice for all of you. The next chapter will have some free time segments so I will allow anyone who comments to pick who Takuto spends free time with. Please select from the following options. (There will be multiple free time segments so feel free to pick more than one.)-
Kana Yumiko
Jiro Yoshida
Kazuko Uchida
Tsunako Fujiwara
Enkai Shimizu
Ren Kimura
Riku Naoji
Ichika Hinode
Hiroto Matsuda
Akihiro Nakamura
Fumiko Sasaki
Chiyo Nishikiori
Kasumi Sakakibara
Minoru Kuriyama
Momoka Sonoda
If there is no votes by the time I write the next chapter, I’ll most likely pick myself. (2 characters will most likely by dead by the next time this choice is available)
Also please feel free to comment your feedback, suggestions, or predictions for future scenes. You could even try to predict the first victim!