With the announcement made,
everyone made their way to the gym for the supposed entrance ceremony. But when they all got there, there was no one else there.

Knuckles: "So, we were asked to come here. But where is the one who summoned us?"

Katsuki Bakugo: "He's not here? Hah, some principal he is! He can't even be bothered to be here before his students!"

Izuku Midoriya: "Now, I'm sure they'll be here soon. We just have to be patient."

Raphael: "There's only so much patience I can have in me."

Claire Nunez: "What do you think this is about, Jim?"

Jim Lake Jr: "What do you mean?"

Claire Nunez: "Well. . . I've got a weird feeling about this."

Lila Rossi: "What are you saying? What's weird about this?"

Loona: "Aside from the wifi still sucking ass?"

Claire Nunez: "Well, doesn't this all seem a little be strange to you guys. I mean, we're the only students here at the moment. If this was a full school, shouldn't there be more?"

Shoto Todoroki: "Come to think of it. . . I haven't seen anyone else, either. And I looked around the whole school while you were all off making friends."

Katsuki Bakugo: "Who gives a crap about that?! I just want some answers, damn it!"

Shinobu Kocho: "What a troubling situation we found ourselves in."

Rias Gremory: "It'll be okay, everyone. Just stay calm and don't think too much about it. If anything had happens, I'll protect you."

Issei Hyodo: "Wow. . . you're so awesome!"

Rias Gremory: "I know. You tell me that everyday."

Loona: "Um, do you two have something going on or what? You're getting along pretty well for kids who just met one another."

Issei Hyodo: "I'm not a kid! I'm 17 years old!"

Douxie: "Yeah. . . a kid."

Rias Gremory: "We're just partners, that's all."

Issei Hyodo: "Yeah! So, get the hell off or backs before I bend yours!"

Loona: "Talking dirty, huh? Save it, you pervert."

Issei Hyodo: "Oh, come on!"

Rouge: "Well. . . this is gonna be a long year."

Raphael: "Tell me about it. . ."

Kanao Tsuyuri: ". . ."

Shinobu Kocho: "Kanao? What are you looking at?"

Kanao Tsuyuri: ". . ."

???: "Puhuhu. . . sorry to keep you all waiting."

Jim Lake Jr: 'What?'

At that moment, everyone looked towards the pedestal on top of the stage as a small black and white bear suddenly emerged from behind it and was sitting on top of it.

Loona: "Holy shit! Where did *that* that thing come from!?"

Monokuma: "I am not a 'thing'. I'm your principal. The lovable, huggable, incredibly handsome. . . Monokuma!"

Izuku Midoriya: "It's a. . . teddy bear?"

Monokuma: "I'm *not* a teddy bear! How many times must I tell you cretins that?!"

Douxie: "Well, now I've seen it all. And trust me, I've seen some things."

Rouge: "Huh. . . it must be a robot then. Could it be Eggman?"

Knuckles: "Nah, this thing seems far too advanced to belong to him."

Monokuma: "I. . . don't know how to take that comment as."

Lila Rossi: "Maybe it belongs to the school? Like. . . maybe it's the mascot or something?"

Katsuki Bakugo: "Whatever it is. . . I'm not getting good vibes from it. It reeks of villain energy!"

Monokuma: "Refer to me as you'd like, but my name is Monokuma. And I'll be taking care of you for the foreseeable future."

Issei Hyodo: "Foreseeable future? You mean, until we graduate, right?"

Monokuma: ". . ."

Issei Hyodo: ". . . R-Right?"

Monokuma: "Alright, let's get down to business then. So, you've all come here for the entrance ceremony, right? Well. . . I lied about that."

Shoto Todoroki: "Come again?"

Monokuma: "I mean, there's not much of a ceremony. This is it."

Loona: "The fuck you mean, this is it!? I didn't take up this job offer for nothing!"

Raphael: "Yeah, you better explain yourself before I beat the stuffing outta ya!"

Katsuki Bakugo: "I'm already close to doing that myself!"

Izuku Midoriya: "Kacchan. . . calm down. Let's hear him out first."

Monokuma: "Well, to put it simply. . . you'll basically have to spend the rest of your lives here. No escape, no nothing!"

Jim Lake Jr: "What?"

Monokuma: "But that's okay. Cause the food is restocked automatically everyday by yours truly!"

Claire Nunez: "That's not the issue here!"

Monokuma: "Think of it as a life of learning and growing as a person. You know. . . home in on your talents. That's why you're here, right?"

Douxie: "Care to explain further?"

Monokuma: "What else can I say? You'll be living a communal life here at Hope's Peak Academy. And I don't know. . . make some new friends or whatever. I honestly don't care."

Douxie: "Why do I feel like there's a catch to this?"

Monokuma: "There's no catch at all!"

Jim Lake Jr: ". . ."

Monokuma: "Well, actually. . ."

Douxie: "I knew it."

Monokuma: "There *is* a way you can leave this place, if you desire to. But I can't promise it'll be great."

Loona: "And that way would be what?"

Monokuma: "By cold-blooded murder, of course!"

Jim Lake Jr: "Huh?!"

Shoto Todoroki: "What did you just say?!"

Izuku Midoriya: "Um. . . I think he said something about murder?"

Monokuma: "Broccoli hair is right! If you want to escape, then you have to murder another classmate! Stabbing, choking, drowning, crushing, dismemberment. . . how you do it doesn't matter. Oh, but you have to actually get away with it. You can't just go murdering people willy-nilly! That wouldn't be fair at all!"

Claire Nunez: "That's insane! You can't possibly think that we'd fall for such an obvious trick!"

Monokuma: "It's no trick, darling. It's the truth. The student who murders another student, and passes the class trial, will be free to leave to the outside world! Think of it as a graduation ceremony. You leave and never return!"

Rouge: "Class trial? What is that?"

Monokuma: "Oops. . . I guess I got a little ahead of myself there. But no biggie! I can explain. The class trial will begin soon after a body is discovered. During the time in between, you'll have to investigate the crime scene thoroughly and father evidence to try and pinpoint the culprit. Once that's done, the trial will commence. During that time, we'll all have an educated debate about who did the dirty deed. We call them the 'blackened.' And if you guess the blackened correctly, then they will be punished accordingly. But fail to guess correctly, then everyone *besides* the blackened will be punished. And then the perpetrator will get to leave the school, scott-free. Sound good?"

Izuku Midoriya: "No, that's doesn't sound good at all! You're gonna have us kill someone and then fight for our lives? That's evil!"

Shinobu Kocho: "And wait a minute. . . you keep mentioning punishment. What does that mean, exactly?"

Monokuma: "It isn't obvious? Punishment means execution!"

Rias Gremory: "Execution?!"

Monokuma: "E-X-E-C-U-T-I-O-N! Anything from burning at the stake to death by guillotine! It's the only way to keep peace around here, you know? An eye for an eye, as they say!"

Issei Hyodo: "That's insane! So, regardless. . . someone has to die in order to keep peace!?"

Loona: "Honestly. . . it's not that different from the outside. Especially where I'm from. Death is normal for me there."

Knuckles: "Dang. . . you're home must be pretty bad to make you think that."

Loona: "It's fine, honestly. I don't hate it."

Izuku Midoriya: "Concerning anecdotes aside. . . what could *you* possibly gain from doing this?"

Monokuma: "I don't know. . . entertainment, I guess."

Katsuki Bakugo: "You bastard! I'll kill you!"

Suddenly, Bakugo was on top of the stage, holding Monokuma by the throat. He went by so fast that no one even noticed until it was happening right in front of him.

Jim Lake Jr: 'What the heck? That guy has incredible speed. I barely even saw him move.'

Izuku Midoriya: "I don't think that's a good idea, Kacchan!"

Bakugo Katsuki: "Shut up, nerd! I don't need your concern! I'll end this bear right here and now!"

Loona: "I'm gonna enjoy this."

Suddenly, Loona took out her phone and began to record the scene happening in front of them.

Monokuma: "Waaaahhh! What's going on? You can't hurt me! I'm your principal!"

Katsuki Bakugo: "Shut the hell up, you villain! I may be the ultimate number 3, but I've got the powers of a number 1!"

Shoto Todoroki: "There he goes again. . ."

Monokuma: "No. . . you don't understand! Violence against the principal is against the rules!"

Katsuki Bakugo: "Stop talking nonsense and DIE!!"

As he said that, Bakugo's hands began to shine brightly as smoke began to form from his palms.

Jim Lake Jr: 'What's going on? Is his hand smoking?'

Monokuma: "Well then, you leave me no choice. . . Looks like I'll have to fight back."

Suddenly, a large gatling gun appeared from the ceiling and was aimed at Bakugo.

Izuku Midoriya: "Kacchan!"

Suddenly, Bakugo quickly dodged out of the way, dropping, Monokuma, just as the gun shot many rounds into the stage, leaving it filled with holes.

Katsuki Bakugo: "Wh-What the hell?!"

Monokuma: "You're lucky to have dodged it. Next time, though. . . don't think you can outrun it!"

Douxie: "Bloody hell. . . this is real. . . isn't it?"

Issei Hyodo: "I'm gonna be sick. . ."

Loona: "Meh."

Monokuma: "Now you know I'm not messing around! And do me a favor and *never* try that again! Or else I won't let you off so easy next time."

With that said, Monokuma suddenly vanished seemingly into thin air, leaving of the students feeling lost and concerned.

Shinobu Kocho: "Well. . . this is troublesome."

Rias Gremory: "I'll say. That bear is even worse than the devil king himself!"

Issei Hyodo: "*sigh* And we know the devil king. . ."

Loona: "It's not that bad, guys. Seriously, I deal with this shit all the time."

Izuku Midoriya: "Okay. . . now I'm really concerned for you."

Katsuki Bakugo: "That. . . asshole! He nearly swiss-cheesed me! Did you see that?!"

Shoto Todoroki: "We saw. . ."

Claire Nunez: "So, what do we do now?"

Rouge: "Is there even anything we *can* do? This whole thing is a mess."

Knuckles: "That robot bear is fully teched out. There's no way we'd be able to fight it head on. I guess we just have to-"

Loona: "Play his game."

Jim Lake Jr: "Huh?"

Issei Hyodo: "Are you out of your damn mind?! We can't just go along with this! Murder. . . it's just wrong!"

Lila Rossi: "No. . . I agree with the secretary."

Issei Hyodo: "What?"

Lila Rossi: "Where's the harm in just living our lives here in this school? I mean, it's not like killing someone is mandatory. We can just live our lives as friends."

Raphael: "So, you're saying we just give in and live here forever?"

Rouge: "The food *does* get restocked fully everyday. And all of the appliances are fully functional. I don't see why not."

Knuckles: "What about the blocked rooms?"

Rouge: "I'm sure they'll open up eventually. We just have to be patient."

Issei Hyodo: "And please make it soon. I'm gonna die if I don't get to peep at the girls bathing!"

Claire Nunez: "I really hope there ends up being a rule against that. . ."

Rias Gremory: "So, that's it then? We just live here forever? And no one has to kill another?"

Douxie: "It's the only way, I suppose."

Kanao Tsuyuri: ". . ."

Jim Lake Jr: 'It's. . . the only way? No. . . there has to be an escape somewhere. We can't be fully locked in here. There's still many places we haven't even got to check yet.'

Douxie: "But how can you be so sure that everyone will consent to this?"

Jim Lake Jr: ". . ."

Claire Nunez: "What do you mean, Douxie?"

Douxie: "I mean, staying isolated in a large building with no where else to go. . . it's not good for the brain to handle. And sooner or later, someone is gonna snap."

Claire Nunez: "Douxie. . . you're not-"

Douxie: "All of you may think it's best to sit around and live out our full lives, but just think about it for a second. With enough time and desperation. . . someone will break mentally and go crazy. And then what do we do? We can't possibly assure that we'll be able to pull off just living. In the end, someone is either gonna betray us or kill themselves."

Everyone suddenly froze at the thought of that. While everyone may all be complacent in living peacefully, there was no guarantee that it would be completely free of violence or death. And just the thought of someone eventually betraying another, sent chills down their spines. If this was any normal situation, then it could be fine. This was not a normal situation. Far from it, in fact.

Jim looked the most terrified though. As he looked around the gym at all of his classmates, the only thing he could think of was. . . Who could he trust, if anyone? Should he be wary of who he hangs around with? And if anyone can mentally break and kill someone else. . . who would it be? The thought of it was enough to overwhelm Jim, as his mind went blank and the world around him went black. . .

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Prologue: Hello, Despair!

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