"I'm proud of my heart, it's been played, stabbed, cheated, burned, and broken, but somehow still works."

The smoke started to get clearer as they spotted a blonde haired girl with a mischievous grin on her face.

"I've missed, Nao-chan."

Everyone turned to Misaki, who was surprised when the mastermind mentioned her name.

"It's been awhile since we last saw each other, how are you?"

"I'm fine, anyways do I know you?"

"Of course silly, me and my sister often visits your parent's piano school, don't you remember?"

"I remember... I've been experiencing few flashbacks recently about you and your sister."

"That's right! Ikusaba Mukuro was the physically adept older sister, and the cute, genius younger sister was me—Enoshima Junko! We were both Super Duper High School Despairs—the Despair Sisters!"

"--She's... the mastermind?"

"--So you switched roles with your own sister?"

"--Are you trying to steer the topic away from the mystery of this school?"

"--The mysteries of this school, it has something to do with our amnesia, right?"

"Yes, the answer should lie within your lost memories. Pupupu, maybe you'll remember when you see this."

Enoshima frequently changed her character, but the students didn't mind as they kept their attention at the screen above.

In the screen was filled with different kinds of pictures of Monokuma statues and buildingd.

"You all wanted to go back to the outside world so badly, well, take a look at what it's become!"

"--If we can't remember anything, then we're done for. There is nothing we could do now!"

"Wait, Fukawa-san. Maybe she remembers! The other you!" Naegi said as the gloomy girl shook her head.

"--No way, I don't want to!"

"--Fukawa, your our last hope." After Togami said that, she sneezed as the another her appeared.

"The serial killer who always had a smile on her face has appeared—wait, who the heck are you?!"

"The mastermind, nice too meet you Genocider Sho."

"It's nice to meet you too,"

"--Anyways, do you remember that video, look above!" Togami said as the girl looked up and saw what he was talking about.

"Oh my, have you forgotten about that catastrophe, Byakuya-sama? It's an incident that resembles a natural calamity rather than a man made disaster, as the result—the world turned into that thing. That's all."

"--That's all? You haven't explained the details yet!"

"I don't know the details, either."

That's when Enoshima started to talk about absurd stories such as Togami's family was destroyed and many lousy stuff but when she mentioned about 2 years ago was just another day... this made them thinking.

"--Could it be our lost memories... they're the memories of the last 2 years we've spent at Hope's Peak Academy?"

"--We were already classmates that had spent 2 years ago together,"

"Exactly, that means you were killing your friends! A year ago, you all had a peaceful life... but it didn't last long, that's because an incident occurred that drive mankind to despair—Hope's Peak Academy was turned into a shelter to protect the survivors, my gosh!"

"--Then... the one who trapped us here was the principal... he wanted to protect us by turning the school into a shelter,"

"--He did... to protect us?"

"Correct, let me tell you about who sealed off all the windows and exits... it was—"

"None other than us, I know." Misaki said as everyone turned to her.

There faces was filled with despair and disbelief, not expecting that they were the ones who sealed every exits and windows... it was absurd!

"Correct, and Naomi-chan... this young lad next to you is someone who you hold dear before."

"Huh? You mean Naegi?" Misaki said while pointing at the brown haired boy standing next to her.

"Yeah, he was special to you."

"What are you talking about? Naegi is just my friend y'know," An imaginary arrow struck Naegi's chest, anime tears fell from his eyes.

"No, he is something more."

"Then, best friends?" That's when Naegi fell on his knees, there was an gloomy air around him, sulking.

'I-I'm just Misaki-san's friend... that's what she sees me? Even though that's a fact... it hurts.'

The others sweat dropped at seeing Naegi's reaction, but Misaki seem to not to notice it, hence she kept talking yet again.

"Poor guy, let me tell you who he is to you, you see he is—your Lover!"

Silence filled the room, Naegi and Misaki blushed furiously from the mastermind's words, and it seems no one dared to speak.

"N-N-No way! There's no way Naegi is my lover! I mean—our relationship wouldn't work at all!"

Naegi was saddened by her protest, his eyes widened at first then his gaze softened as he lowered his head, now his eyes were being covered by his hair... it was clear that he was hurt.

"You don't believe me? Even all of the clues I gave you, Nao-chan?"

"What do you mean...?"

Misaki's eyes widened as she remembered the clues, the picture of them from the locker, the price that she had to pay, and the times that they've been together.

Flashback

"Don't ever forget me, Naomi?" A brown haired man stood next to her with a smile curved on his face.

"Of course, I will never forget you, not even if I die!" A violet haired girl that was standing next to him said with a smile.

"I love you, Naomi."

"Yeah, I love you too... Makoto."

She held her head while her eyes widened, the flashback that she just saw was from the memories that were stolen... she couldn't believe it, so he was the guy of her dreams. 

"Do you remember now? A piece of fragments of your memories..."

"Yeah... I remember everything."

"Seriously?"

"Having an amnesia doesn't mean your memories were erased, they were just locked down in your heart... that's what I think it is."

"Is that so? How cliché but, I'm afraid we're out of time for casual conversation, let's end this."

"--Let's end this?"

"It's voting time, since this will be the last, I decided to change the rules—You beacons of hope, or me the idol of despair, you all decide who should be punished. If one person votes for hope, then I'll take it that I won and punish everyone."

"--Even if it's just one vote?"

"Oh, don't worry. I won't be voting, let me tell you the punishment when I win... all of you will grow older together inside this school!"

"--We'll live like this?"

"--So what? At least we get to live."

"You call that living? I don't care what you say, we won't fall into your trap!" Naegi yelled as he was fidgeting but doing his best to fight her.

"Hang on, I've decided that one of you will suffer a harsh punishment, I also took the liberty of choosing someone—you, Naomi-chan!"

Enoshima pointed at Misaki like she was crazy and drunk by drugs, the said girl widened her eyes as her body shook violently, everyone turned to her, shocked.

"I always hated you, Nao-chan! You stole the piano from me, my sister's affection, music scores, you stole everything I wanted!"

"...What? I-I never stole anything! I never stole Mukuro's affection from you, nor the piano, I never did!"

"Yes you did, and I hate you for that, I have always hated you! You should just go to hell!"

All this time, Enoshima was jealous of her childhood friend, Misaki, she had everything, the adorable face, perfect gleaming green eyes, and her talent.

"If you sacrifice Naomi, you all live on happily together!"

There was a long pause of silence, despair was written on everyone except the mastermind faces... she was delighted by their expression.

"Trust takes years to build, seconds to break, and forever to repair... how sad your life will be."

"...Everyone, would you betray me?"

No answer, complete silence. That's when she realised that they were hesitating, it hurt her feelings.

"...Once again, I was betrayed..." She murmured as she lowered her head down, tears flow out from her eyes.

"NO, STOP!"

Everyone turned to the person who shouted, it was Naegi, all of them were shocked when he did that.

"Don't hurt Misaki-san... please, let her live... I'll switch places with her, let me be the sacrifice!" His voice was shaky as his grip on the bars tightened immensely.

"Naegi... why are you doing this?"

Misaki was on the verge of despair, everything is just so messed up and wrecked, she didn't know why Enoshima was like that.

Her heart was aching from the pain that was inflicted by her, it was too suffocating to breathe, she couldn't handle the pain as ears stream down from her sad eyes.

"Because I love you, that's why."

He smiled at her with a mix of hope and despair, he was scared, scared to meet his death in such a early year.

"Just don't hurt her... I-I love her too much... to see her dead," He hung his head and tears fell to the floor in silence, Misaki gasped as she covered her mouth, tears flowing from her eyes.

"NO! I'm the one your gonna punish, don't hurt Naegi!" She fought back, she couldn't see him dead... just no.

"What are you saying, Misaki-san? You can't die here! I'll be the one—"

"Alright, I decided. The sacrifices will be Naegi and Naomi! In other words, if you sacrifice them both, you all live here safely!"

"Wait a minute, I'm the one who should be punished—don't drag Naegi here damn it!"

"I've changed my mind, you have no rights to defy me Nao-chan."

Misaki's face became paler, knowing that Naegi is dragged on her mess, this was unfair, really unfair.

"What's wrong you two? Cold feet? Oh, let me guess... you don't trust your friends? Ahahaha!"

Naegi and Misaki turned to each other, then to their friends... all of them were filled with despair, they were hesitating in the decision making.

"The outside world has been contaminated, this school is safe thanks to the air purifier in the physics lab. If you voted me for execution, your school life will end here and forced to leave here."

Despair was eating their faces after she mentioned the horrible facts, she smiled happily despite their situation and turned insane.

"You're gonna die if even one if your friends despairs, this has to be the wort situation for you two!"

There was along pause before Naegi spoke, his voice was shaky, his feeling were wavered by fear, but still...

"You're wrong, none of us will despair, nor none of us will lose to you! It won't be just death and despair, we'll be here. Hope lies within us!"

"Not that I care, let's just get this over—It's time for the final vote!"

Misaki was really nervous, scared, and stressed but, it all disappeared when Naegi held her hand. She looked up to him as she saw him smiling.

"It'll be alright, you have me." Her eyes glistened in hope as her lips curved in a smile and nodded.

She remembered that words, it was what she said back then when he was accused as Maizono's murderer, their hands laced together, as the counter back started.

"If the world outside is void of hope and if despair is contagious, then I'll just have to infect everyone with my hope. Living in despair isn't living at all...Right, Hagakure-kun?"

A bullet of hope shoot to Hagakure's chest as his doubts shattered.

"You're right, I still want to live!" Hagakure said as he walked up to the two with hope.

"Asahina-san, as survivors we carry the hopes of everyone who died!"

A bullet of hope shoot up to her chest as she smiled, walking up to them as well with hope.

"All right, I've made my decision!"

Now, it was Misaki's turn to speak, she turned to Togami who was hesitating and in fear.

"Hey Trashy Togami, I don't know your circumstances are, heck I don't really care, but—If your gonna give up, think about what made you hold on, damn it!"

A bullet of hope shot to his chest as he straightened up his posture and fixed the position of his glasses.

"I know that, I don't need you to remind me about that Misaki. Plus, I'm gonna kill the mastermind." He walked up to them filled with hope.

"Darling, you're the best~! The serial killer will follow you to the ends of the earth!"

Misaki looked up to Kirigiri who was hesistating, she scoffed a bit.

"Hey Kirigiri the detective, you said you're never going to give up, I trusted those words of yours—don't make me regret it!"

A bullet of hope shoot to her chest as she smiled, just few words from her made her chest faltered.

"We just need to create new hope, Kirigiri-san!" Naegi said as she nodded.

"You're right, my father would never sacrifice you two." She said as she walked up to them, now she walked up to the two of them.

"Besides, I don't think you were enrolled to this school as the Luckster Naegi-kun, your title is most likely Super Duper High School Hope, wouldn't you agree?"

Now the gang is all here, Misaki gave his hand a tight squeeze before letting go, he admits that he missed her touch, but then shrugged it off.

And then the voting time begun.

Voting: Enoshima Junko is the black

Of course they voted her that's when she felt despair, she also said that she has no hope in living, she's like a masochists, she loves pain.

She pushed the buzzer, special punishment just made for her.

Enoshima Junko has been found guilty. Commencing Execution.

Her execution was all of the previous punishments that was put all in together, she's very delighted to it.

"--So, this is the ticket to the outside world, isn't it?"

"--Looks like it, how nice."

Naegi was holding a buzzer from opening the exits, they can be free once it is unsealed.

"--Before we go, why don't you answer Naegi's confession first?"

"--That's right, Naomi-chan!"

Misaki blushed as Hagakure and Asahina reminded her about that, it also made Naegi flustered.

"W-What? How should I do that?"

"--Tell him how you truly feel, be honest right now Misaki."

"--Togami-kun's right. Misaki-san."

She gulped loudly as she turned to face Naegi, her face was bright shade of colour red.

'All this time I was afraid to admit how I truly feel about you...'

She clenched her fist tightly and balled them into a fist, bitting her lower lip in nervousness.

'I never seen you who you really are, I regretted that...'

She looked up to meet his gaze, his eyes was filled with hope and pure emotions, her lips curved in a smile.

'I actually have fallen in love with you before I even realised that I did.'

"I'm in love in with you, Naegi."

"Yeah, I love you too. Misaki-san."

*Clap*

Everyone rejoiced to the new couple, cheering and gawking them, the two born couple laughed.

"U-Uh... this is awkward, let's g-get out of here first!" Misaki said while blushing furiously.

"Yeah, let's get out of here." Naegi said as he leaned down and kissed her forehead and smiled.

"W-W-W-W-What the heck?!" She blurted flustered, Naegi just ruffled her violet hair and opened the gate.

Light spread as hope once more will shine through the lands...

Flashback
(2 years ago before this horrible tragedy)

"Hey Naomi," Naegi said a year ago, the girl turned to him while furrowing her eyebrows.

"What is it, Makoto?" Misaki said, the mentioned boy smiled, he leaned down to her eye level until...

*Chuu*

He kissed her lips, it caught her surprised at first but then she returned it and closed her eyes.

They stayed like that for a moment, then they both back away from each other and grinned.

"I love you Makoto,"

"I love you too, Naomi."

Their romance bloomed in a peculiar time, setting, and place... yet their love was filled with hope, no despair.

This was you're no ordinary cliché love, anyways who can fall in love in such scenery anyways? No one but them. That piece of memory flashed on the couple's mind as they smiled.

And they lived in the city filled with despair but, it didn't made them scared because they will inflict it with their shinning hope.

THE END