*knock knock knock*

You groaned and got up from your bed, opening the door to your cottage reviling a smiling Ibuki.

"Nice to have met you!" She exclaims waving. You shoot her a look of confusion as she gets closer to you and practically yells in your face. "Get it? Ibuki used the perfect tense to describe an event that's already taken place!"

You just smile at her unsure and invite her in.

"So, whats up Mioda-san?" you ask her. "Its late, what are you doing up?"

Ibuki looks down awkwardly.

"Let Ibuki deeply apologise for this surprise visit...but... Um... Ibuki has special invitations for everyone! ...For some reason!"

You tilt your head.

"You do?"

Ibuki nods and hands you a brightly colored piece of paper.

"Here's yours!"

You hum and read the invitation.

""A welcome back party for Kuzuryuu, tonight at 9:00, at the Titty Typhoon"? " You read a loud. "Did you make these Ibuki?"

Ibuki laughs awkwardly.

"W...Well... how should Ibuki put it..."She begins. "S...She's not really sure...Ibuki's just here... to deliver this invitation. That's all..."

Ibuki shoots you another smile and walks to the door, opening it to exit.

"Well, Ibuki still has lots of preparations to make! See you around!"

Just then, she closed the door behind herself and skipped off. You chuckle.

"Definitely all her. you say to yourself with a nod. "Now lets see.." you say as you look back down at the invite. "'Titty Typhoon,' okay thats on the third island aaaaaat...9 o' clock." you look up at the clock on your wall. "That's in around 30 minutes."

You groan not wanting to go because you were lazy but really didn't want to interact with anyone else, the loud music and noise and people in general making you very anxious, but you decided to get ready for it anyway.

Soon enough, the buzzer on the timer you set went off and you headed out of your cottage. On your way there, your mind was pestered with thoughts of if Nagito was available to talk that night or even wanted to for that instance. Your mind also could not process why Ibuki was having a welcome back party for a kid who just stabbed him self this morning...was he even going to be able to attend his own party?! You pondered over these questions for quite a bit until your anxious and shaking self finally made its way to the path to the club. You had spotted Nagito picking a few dead-looking daisies by the front door and when you went to wave he just looked at you and quickly scattered inside the building making you sigh sadly wonder what you were doing wrong or if he was okay. Shaking the feelings and thoughts off, you enter the building and are immediately greeted by multiple peers of yours and the noise of the area making you hide yourself slightly in your hoodie. You did NOT like parties and figured you would just stick to the back of the room balled up on the floor to yourself like you did any other time. The only time you didn't do that was a middle school formal, however, the only person that made you feel good that day didn't bother to talk to you anymore, so you went back to your old ways pretty quickly because of the depression of that one thought your weak mind always went back to. You were always loosing friends and had a hard time keeping them, and you never knew why, thus why you weren't surprised if you did something to Nagito that was making him not even think to talk to you despite you not even fathoming what that might be.

Going to the back of the room and huddling down with your backpack, you survey the area around you too see all the attendees so far. Mikan, Nekomaru, Nagito, Chiaki, Sonia, Ibuki, Kazuichi, Hajime, and Gundam who just walked in. Even Fuyuhiko was here! Your eyebrows furrowed in confusion.

"Wheres Akane and Hiyoko....?"

Suddenly, the music shut off and a spot light shone on Ibuki standing on the stage, guitar in hand looking like he was ready to rock.

           "Well at least their will be good music tonight." You said to yourself. You never liked pop music but loved rock, metal, and some blues along with jazz and other stuff thrown in.

          "Thanks for coming this evening! The name's Ibuki Mioda!" She started as she screamed into the mic. "You know? Ibuki can make really good nikujaga. Ha ha, homelier than you expected, huh? Ibuki gets that a lot."

You sit down completely and hug your backpack as you watch her smiling.

"Tonight, Ibuki's going to sing her heart out to lift everyone's spirits! Time to get excited, everyone!"

You sigh happily and lay your back to the wall suddenly noticing Nagito staring back at you, quickly turning his head away once you realized him. He seemed like he blushing almost but you didn't dwell on it too long and got back to focusing on Ibuki.

"Let's get straight to the first song!
Here we go – "Let My Feelings Reach You Too!""

https://youtu.be/yuChnDVUjGY

"Thank you, thank you!" Ibuki says appreciatively bowing.

You clap and everyone else looks at her in complete horror. You liked it but for everyone else...

"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
WE'RE BEING CURSED!!" Kazuichi screamed out with an awful look on his face.

Gundam shuddered and held his hamsters close to him.

"W...What foul sorcery...! The Four Dark Gods of Destruction can endure no more!" He yells.

Sonia gasps I'm horror.

"I...I feel a chill, too...!"

Mikan screeches and covers her face with her hands.

"I thought it was going to be a soothing love song! It's called "Let My Feelings Reach You Too"!"

Hajime laughs awkwardly and rubs the back of his neck turning to Chiaki who was next to him.

"U...Um... What was the reason Mioda broke up with her band...?"

Chiaki takes a second to think.

" It was... "creative differences"... wasn't it?"

"Yaaaaay! That was amazing! I've never heard such a great song in my life!"

Everyone turned to the voice reveling a happy little smiling Loli girl.

" S...Saionji?!" Hajime questioned.

Chiaki smiled and took a step forward.

"Ah, you came after all?"

Hiyoko pouts slightly

"I...Is that so strange...? I was invited, wasn't I...?" She remarks.

Mikan fiddled with her fingers and spoke up.

"But... this is Kuzuryuu-san's welcome back party... So, if you're here...Does that mean you've...?"

Fuyuhiko stays silent and looks down at the floor.

"D...Don't be stupid... It's not like I can forgive him that easily..."She starts then huffs. "He's yakuza, isn't he? Deceiving and exploiting people's just what his lot does. It's so obvious his regrets are fake. He's just trying to deceive us!"

Sonia stands up for him.

" ...That can't be true."

Fuyuhiko sighs and finally picks his head up to speak.

"But it's natural she'd think that way..."

Hiyoko nodded confidently.

"Yep, it's natural. So remember, we don't trust you. Do you get it? This is not a reconciliation. I'm just going to work with you while we're stuck on this island."

Fuyuhiko gave her a look of shock.

"...What?"

Hiyoko gave another angered look.

"Just keep in mind... when worst comes to worst, you're the first one we're throwing to the wolves."

Fuyuhiko thought about it for a few seconds finally coming to terms and nodding as he admitted to accepting that fact.

Mikan immediately starts to tear up.

"Uyuu... " she cries. "Thank god... Oh, thank god..."

"Don't you dare cry! Pigs like you have no right to! It's gross!" Hiyoko scolds her making her cry out even more.

You sigh and smile.

"I guess everything will go back to normal after all." You say to yourself getting up off the ground and collecting your stuff and putting your backpack on so you can stand and lean against the wall or try and socialize.

"So," Hiyoko exclaims throwing her hands in the air. "How long are we going to keep being gloomy?! We're here to party, aren't we?!"

Everyone looked around the room and nodded at each other in agreement then looked towards Ibuki.

"C'mon, big sis Mioda! I want another song!"

Ibuki raised her arm, guitar pick in-hand and ready.

You saw Nagito facepalm.

"...What? There's more?" He asks.

Ibuki nods happily.

"Since this turned into a real welcome back party, Ibuki has a special ballad for this special occasion...
Here we go, our next song: "I Had Fun Giving Birth But I Don't Know Who the Father Is"!"

Kazuichi goes back to making that...horrid face and screams for his life.

"E - N - O - U - G - H!!"

" W...Wait! What are you doing, everyone?!"

Everyone goes silent and turns to you cowering at the sudden attention. You look behind you and out comes Monomi suddenly stepping forward.

"M-Monomi...what are you doing here?" You ask her.

"Hey, don't interfere! We were having such a nice party until you showed up!" Hiyoko shouts.

Mushrooms sprout from Monomi's back and she stifles tears.

"A party...? But no one invited me..."

"Aww..." You say and put a hand on Monomi's shoulder. "I'm sorry. I know what it's like being left ou-"

Suddenly you were cut off.

"Kyahahaha! Of course not! Why would we just ruin the party like that?" Hiyoko asks cackling.

Monomi sniffs.

"...I've been wejected...Wait!" Monomi starts to panic. "Now's not the time for that! This is not the time for partying!"

Everyone looks at her wondering. She continues.

"I...It's Owari-san... Owari-san just...Owari-san just challenged Monobear to a duel!"