Rantaro's POV:

    The free time I had seemed to fly by very quickly after I had that conversation with Kaito. After talking with him, I did return to my dorm room. I was at a loss on what to do for now, and there was a good chance that Kokichi knew that we were planning something, but he didn't exactly know what our plans were because we didn't even know our true plan to rescue (y/n) yet.
As soon as I got into my room, I decided to check my survivor perk Monopad. It has been quite a bit of time since I used it because of everything happening. I needed to restudy the areas of the school, including the hidden door. I knew of the hint that this Monopad gave me. The time the mastermind could be stopped would be when Monokuma would need a spare. If there was a way we could destroy Monokuma, Kokichi would have to go to that hidden room in order to make a spare. Since we now knew the mastermind's identity, it would make it a lot easier to target him.
I couldn't help the thought that there was something missing from my map though. Every lab was there, including the hidden room. There were only a couple of labs that weren't discovered right now, and Kokichi's was one of them. That however wasn't what I was worried about.
Thinking about Kokichi being the mastermind, there had to be some sort of back route he could take without being seen by anyone. Since I assumed that he would be in the hidden room, it would more or less be obvious that he could use the hidden bookcase to get into the room, but he didn't from what I learned of my case.
I knew I would have to keep what I was thinking to myself, so Kokichi wouldn't be able to know what I was thinking about. I would wait to present my theory with the others once Miu was done finalizing the device she first gave (y/n) as a prototype. If I mentioned this to the others as soon as we could evade Kokichi watching us, there was a good chance we could do more investigating around the school to see if there was any secret passages of any type here.
If we knew of everything that was in this school, it would help try to plan Kokichi's downfall. Truth be told, Kaede's plan wasn't wrong. The only way to end this game for good would be to kill Kokichi. It didn't matter if he was one of the last seventeen survivors of humanity. He was trying to get us to kill each other, and without (y/n) I would've truly died as well as Kaede, Ryoma, Kirumi, Angie, and Miu. Now that Kokichi had (y/n), there was no way for her to save anyone if someone were to die now. That was what Kokichi wanted. Death that was permanent.
    When he realized that the deaths happening weren't permanent, he looked into them. Kokichi was on our trail for awhile, and he finally got what he wanted. At least for now. He wouldn't have what he wanted once we were able to have a plan in action to stop him. I just wish I could talk to (y/n) to ease her mind.
    For now though, I needed to simplify a false plan. If Kokichi was basing his moves off of what we were planning, then it would be beneficial to come up with two detailed plans. One for Kokichi to plan his actions off of to derail him, and another plan that would be the true plan. I was only thinking of ideas, but if Kokichi thought we were doing one thing when in turn we would do something completely different.
    With this in mind, two ideas for each plan entered my head. For the false plan, we could try and gather everyone together to supposedly break (y/n) out of there by force with the Electrohammers. That would be a good plan for Kokichi to base his future plans on.
    It was a good start to a very intricate plan. However, I was still lost on what we could do. I know we needed to somehow make Monokuma need a spare. I would plan on showing everyone my Survivor Perk once Miu created the finalized device for canceling out sound and camera wavelengths. After that, I wanted to recommend investigating the school for a chance on some sort of passage even I didn't know about. After that, we can come up with some sort of scheme behind the fake plan scenario in my head.
    I knew I had to play my hand to the others now. They knew I was the Ultimate Survivor. With that, I needed to show the others what I knew. I needed to show them the message of myself, and what clue that could present. There was a lot of unknown circumstances in the video I had received of myself. Thinking back on it, how could I be the survivor of another killing game?
    While the thought itched at my head, I couldn't focus on that now. I needed to focus on rescuing (y/n). Once I rescued her, we could talk it through. She had the willpower of keeping up with Shuichi and Kaede in Ryoma's class trial. She even risked her life to keep someone from being murdered. I knew I did something terrible to her by ignoring her...but I hoped she wouldn't be upset with me.
    We had to work through a lot of things once we could rescue her. My urge not to trust anyone or myself... chances were, my love for her was the source of her happiness. Once I ignored her, she relapsed because of that... I didn't know if this was the case for sure... but she really needed to learn to love herself. She needed to learn to see herself in a good way.
If I was going to try to fool Kokichi, I had to start now. Kokichi was the enemy, and that meant everyone else was innocent and fighting for the same thing. Well... aside from Kiyo who was trying to murder for his sister. I knew he probably wouldn't have any part of the plans we were trying to make. He wasn't even included during Kokichi's confession, which showed the amount that we didn't trust him. It was obvious why.
For now though, I couldn't write anything down to show for a complicated plan. There was always a way for the surveillance around here to see what I was up to. If I said or even wrote anything, that would be damning evidence of a plan Kokichi could take advantage of.
In the case of everything that was going on, I had to trust the others. There was no going back. I had to trust in myself and the others and hope that we could come up with a solid plan to keep (y/n) safe. I had to trust in myself to make sure that whatever plan we came up with was successful.
"I guess if we gather everyone together to break into the hanger, we can save (y/n)," I muttered, "we would need to charge our Electrohammers in order to have a fighting chance though..."
The words that I said would start everything. It would start the false plan that we would intentionally let Kokichi follow, well a false plan I would let Kokichi follow. I'm sure that the others would come to the same conclusion as I did, so it was best to have a plan in order where we could fool Kokichi with it. Sometimes, you have to fool a liar by being a liar yourself.

Your POV:

    Kokichi had a change in some sort of plan, involving me with a motive. I could tell it was starting to get later in the day from the sense of tired induced fatigue I was feeling. Not to mention I was trying to keep cool, despite being horrified of what Kokichi could possibly be planning.
    "Nee-heehee... I guess I should tell you, considering you are my little guest," Kokichi explained with a smirk, "I like to think that I'm a hospitable host, and it's not like anyone else will know what I'm planning to do with you. You don't even know what I'm truly planning on doing with you. I will tell you that no harm will come to you, at least for now. But the other's choices can influence whether that will change or not."
    Kokichi was being inconspicuous about what he was saying. How no one knew what he was planning with me. How I didn't even know what he was planning to do with me. However, when he told me that he wasn't planning on harming me for now... I somehow knew he was going to use me as the motive.
There was no other choice aside from me. I was his hostage, and my classmates all worried about me, partially because of my ability. Kokichi was going to use me to get to everyone somehow. I had a feeling that's what was going to happen.
I couldn't help but grit my teeth in response to what Kokichi told me. All of this was so frustrating. I was so scared, yet I didn't want to give in to whatever sick plans Kokichi had for me. Being fearful of death despite wanting it at some point... I was afraid to die. I was afraid of leaving everyone here behind just for them to die. I was afraid of knowing the truth as well.
There was so much going through my brain that I felt conflicted on what emotions to feel. I was angry at Kokichi for everything he put all of us through. I was also terrified of Kokichi, and worried about the others. What I was feeling was a cesspool of emotions that were all trying to dominate each other.
"You don't look too happy right now, do you?" Kokichi asked, "you look very conflicted...nee-heehee~! It's like you are conflicted on how you feel. You're probably dealing with soooo many emotions in that tiny head of yours, you don't even know how to feel about anything anymore!"
Kokichi said that as if he already knew what I was feeling. It was like he was reading into me like an open book, mocking me in that said process. I didn't know how to feel about any part of this situation right now, but I knew most of the emotions were anger and fear.
"I think I'll stop beating around the bush and tell you what part of my plan is for you," Kokichi stated, "to put it simply, I think I'm going to use your life as a motive for everyone else."
My eyes widened in response to those words. Every emotion I was feeling suddenly halted when Kokichi said those words. Shock over flooded my other emotions when I heard that it was going to be my own life as the motive. Part of me had to think Kokichi was bluffing when he said that he wanted to use my life.
From what I've heard and what I've been through because of Kokichi... he was obsessed with me. There was no way he use my life to get the others to kill. Kokichi planning this would most likely make the others spring into action quicker. Shock was still present on my face, and Kokichi smiled at that.
"Take a look at that shocked expression on your face!" Kokichi exclaimed happily, "I love that look for you a lot better than the glaring and teeth gritting. Like I said before, nothing is going to happen to you just yet... let's just say that this is going to be another time limit based motive."
    Another time based motive... the last time there was a motive like this was in the beginning that made all of our lives threatened. Since that didn't work the first time... Kokichi wanted to use me as the motive against everyone else in a time based motive. Kokichi lied about keeping the others safe, and Kokichi using me as a motive was proof of that.
    "Nee-heehee~!" Kokichi laughed, "if I don't see any action from the others in a few days, I will present you as the motive, my beloved (y/n)," Kokichi explained, "it's only been one day since I've taken you hostage, so I'll give everyone a little more time before I introduce you as the motive. It's also getting kinda late as well, and I'm sure you noticed that. I mean I see that exhausted expression on your face, plus the night time announcement is going to go off soon."
    As if it were on cue, after Kokichi said that the monitor in this bathroom clicked on, showing Monokuma with his fancy bottle of champagne as well as shrimp and other food surrounding him. He was sitting comfortably in his leather chair as he relayed the night time message. Monokuma always mentioned something about a time to take action during the night. In other words, Monokuma always mentioned night time as the best place to murder before sending everyone off with a "sweet dreams".
    "It looks like I was right," Kokichi laughed, "since it's night time, I'm going to allow you to get your sleep. I mean, it is no fun to torment you when you're too tired or drained to even know what's going on, y'know. It's important that you get your rest, even if it might be uncomfortable for you."
    When Kokichi told me that he was going to allow me to get sleep, my body tensed up slightly. It was going to be so uncomfortable to try and sleep on this cold bathroom floor, especially with handcuffs. Kokichi already knew that this would be uncomfortable for me, and he was using that fact to mock me.
    "And don't you think for a second that I'm leaving the Exisal Hanger," Kokichi told me, "I plan on sleeping the hanger, not the bathroom, so you need to stay well behaved. However, if I find out you try and pull something, I'll have to introduce the motive earlier than I plan to. However it will be hard for you to pull anything with those handcuffs on. I don't think I have anything to worry about when it comes to that."
Kokichi planned on spending the night in the Exisal Hanger to keep an eye on me in the bathroom. Kokichi was telling me not to try and plan anything, when I obviously couldn't. If I did try anything, the motive would be introduced sooner, and that thought filled me with dread. I couldn't allow him to use me for whatever motive he had. Kokichi was going to force action from the others by using me.
    I didn't want this to get to that point. For now... the only thing I could do was keep my strength up. I was still pretty upset that Kokichi force fed me rice balls. Every part of this was like some sort of amusement for him, but then not long after, he would get bored and leave. That's what it felt like he was doing. Only giving me small pieces of information about what his true intentions were as well as what he was planning... leaving me to think about every piece of information... it felt like each and every one of his actions was messing around with me, just to see what my reaction would be.
    "How long do you intend to stay silent for?" Kokichi's asked, "I'm guessing you're still sore about being fed like a little puppy~! Or maybe it's because of the shock that you're going to be involved with the next motive! Do tell me, (y/n) dear~how do you feel about this? I want a honest answer, and not your terrible, terrible silence. You not talking is boring me half to death, so talk."
    Kokichi wanted an answer from me about how I felt about being involved with the next motive after mocking me about being upset that he force fed me. I knew what I wanted to say, and I knew he wanted a honest answer. Kokichi was a liar after all... and liars can spot other liars easily. That was how he worked. It didn't matter what lie I could muster up at this point. He would be able to see through it easily.
    "You want to know how I feel..." I muttered, "well, you are a liar. You lied to me constantly about your motives, and now you're using me to try and get everyone to kill each other..."
"But are you scared, my beloved?" Kokichi asked in response, "or are you more angry at the fact that I'm going to use your safety to get the others to act?"
"I'm terrified and angry," I replied, "that's the truth... you continue to lie to me about your plans with the others, and you continue to mock me as if I'm just some toy... how do you expect me to feel, Kokichi? Do you expect me to return your obsession with me?"
    In response to my words, Kokichi snickered slightly, as if amused by my words. He obviously was amused by them. Why else would he be laughing about it? He wanted me to tell him what my thoughts were on this, so I wasn't going to hold back. I was going to tell him how I thought about everything, no matter how he responded. No matter what happened to me in response to my words.
    "I will admit I am a liar, but the lesson here is that you aren't the one who gets to bargain with me," Kokichi finally said, "you knew perfectly well that I was lying about the safety of the others, yet you still told me what I wanted to know. You were so enamored with the chances of me telling the truth that you took that chance. Even if you didn't, there are other ways I could've gotten you to talk."
    I was sure that there were other ways Kokichi could've gotten me to talk. Like his usual catchphrase, he admitted he was a liar, along with how I knew that before telling him. His point was that I couldn't bargain with him since I was his hostage. He was trying to make it clear to me that I was collateral, and I already knew that bit of information.
    "It's your own fault that you trusted me," Kokichi said, "that's my point. You should never trust a liar, but that bit is pointless when you're in no position to refuse to talk. You will be in no position not to respond, tomorrow, and so on. I don't intend on letting you go for a long while, (y/n)."
    I knew Kokichi wasn't planning on letting me go. He made that very clear to me, as well as how I wouldn't be able to resist talking to him. I knew all of this very well, and at least for now, I wanted him to leave. I wanted to try and get my rest, so I could help the others if need be, but my mind was wandering into a negative aspect of that thought.
    "I'm starting to get bored," Kokichi said with a slight yawn, "since I'm bored, I might as well let you rest now. I hope you're able to sleep well knowing that you're encased in the same handcuffs they were used to apprehend Ryoma before his supposed death."
After Kokichi said those words, he quickly left the room, leaving the glass of water and plate he brought with him when he first got here. I knew most certainly well that he was just going to be outside of the door while I was getting my rest, or whatever he thought I was going to do.
My mind was wandering. What if the others couldn't save me from Kokichi? What would I do then? If I couldn't be saved by anyone, would I have to try and appease Kokichi just so he wouldn't hurt me? I had no idea anymore. I had no idea if I was actually going to be saved, or if I was going to be stuck in the same situation.
It was nighttime, and my first day as a hostage was coming to a close. I hoped that my classmates would help me, but I wasn't so sure anymore. If my life was being held as a bargaining point for murder, Kokichi's plan would more or less force whatever everyone else is planning to do sooner than they would've wanted it to. They still had no definite plan, but all I could do was be patient for them.
    At this point now, the aching of my arms wasn't even bothering me anymore. I had gotten used to having my arms handcuffed behind my back. I had gotten used to being on the floor. I didn't know however if I'd be able to fall asleep on the floor.
    At this time, I'd usually be training with Shuichi, Kaito, Maki, and Ryoma. However...there was a good chance some of them were unmotivated to do so after Kokichi's confession to being the mastermind. I still didn't have the full situation after I pushed Kaito out of the way from that Exisal. All I could hope for was that everyone was okay.
    Having friends with so many different personalities... they dealt with things in different ways. Some of them were probably held up in their rooms to deal with the truth. At least that's what I thought. That's what I wanted to do. I wanted to hold myself in my room and scream my heart out, but I can't. I put myself in this situation, so I had to deal with what came with it.
    The Exisal bathroom was still somehow dimly lit to the point where I could see clearly. I was alone and the only company I had was my captor who was on the other side of the door. Time was basically inching closer towards either me being injured, or dying. At the same time, there could be a chance that the others were going to try and rescue me. I felt conflicted on whether I should let time go by slowly or quickly.
    My body was on this school schedule, so I wasn't surprised when I felt myself grow exhausted. Or maybe it was also because of how drained I felt from talking to Kokichi. I knew I've been through a lot of mental strain, especially for one day. Was every day under his watch going to feel this slow? I do badly wanted to rub my temples to reduce a headache that was starting to form.
    I was so tired, but I only lasted a day so far. I needed to replenish my energy one way or another. It didn't matter how much every bad thought of my situation was swimming though my head. I needed to focus on what I needed to do. I *needed* to stay on my sleeping schedule, so I could function properly. If there was any chance I could do something, I would take it. 
    I finally realizing how exhausted I really was, I got myself into a fetal position on the bathroom floor. I couldn't exactly sleep on my back because of the handcuffs. I knew that my body would be sore by tomorrow morning.
    It took me a bit to fall asleep. I didn't think I'd actually be able to fall asleep, but I did. It was more of a cold sleep, dread filling my body. I had a feeling that something bad was going to happen tomorrow... when he would show up again.

Hello all! I'm here with today's update, and hoo-boy! Idk if I did well on this one XD. Things have been going too quickly in terms of time.

I will take a moment to apologize because I'm going to have to go on a one week hiatus because of finals and moving out of the dorms. I'm graduating from my associates baking and pastry degree next week, so I'm going to be busy.

Please don't be upset with me because of that. I'm only going to be gone for one week. I hope this update is enough for that. I'm going to keep this short and sweet, because some people don't read the authors notes at the end of a chapter. I hope you guys all enjoyed the update, and I wish you all an amazing weekend. Ciao for now!- yuki_no_fuyu