(3rd Person's POV)

"D-Dammit!" Toko cursed as she sat on the bed of the prisoner cell Haiji put her in. "They take away my stun gun, then they stuff me into this dusty room..." She grumbled. "It's all her fault! I hope she chokes on a fish she caught herself!" But at that moment, her expression softened. "Well, I guess I don't want her to actually die... Argh, I gotta focus on Master Byakuya now, not that stupid idiot! I can't just stay trapped in a place like this! I gotta hurry and save Mas--" 

She stiffened up, the dust making her nose twitch. "I-I gotta...sa...save...ah...ah!" She took a deep breath, but no sneeze came. "Th-That was close! I was about to sneeze there!" She let out a sigh of relief. "Ugh, I can't take this dust anymore! I gotta find Omaru and Aki and... Gah, seriously, why am I thinking about them at a time like this!? So irritating..."

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Meanwhile...

Komaru let out a sigh. She closed her eyes as she remembered the ambush on the adult base. The slaughtered innocent who made their end at the hands of the Monokumas...

"When you contacted Future Foundation, the kids must have honed in on you. They tailed you, and you brought them right back here! It's all your fault! You did this to all of us!"

Haiji's words rang clear in her mind. It's all...my fault. Everyone got hurt because of me... Komaru thought.

"And if I had just tried harder, if I were a better person, I could have protected them... I couldn't do it... Because I'm weak..." Komaru sobbed. "It's just like Toko said, I'm so weak... I kept saying "I can't do anything," always relying on others... I never even thought about "saving others," and now this happens..."

She continued sobbing and wallowing in sadness before...

"Sneak sneak~ Sneakity, sneak~!" A voice sang as she turned around to see Kotoko. "Tra la la~ Why, hellooo there! My name is Kotoko Utsugi. I'm the Fighter in the Warriors of Hope. Formerly known as Li'l Ultimate Drama! Well, not like it matters at all... Ooopen sesaaame!"

Suddenly, electricity crackled around the cell door until it flopped forward as Kotoko skipped inside. "Woohoo! Sorry for the intrusion, tank you veddy much!" She giggled. "Phew, I reached waaay back for that reference! I had to deal with baby boomers all the time, so my gags are kinda dated. And speaking of old... Aw, I can't think of any follow-up! I must be nervous!" She sighed. "My heart is racing faster than 16 shots a second! Master Takahashi would be proud!"

"U-Um...?" Komaru had no idea how to respond.

"Yeah, yeah, I already know what you wanna say. You were gonna tell me a Fighter should be a boy." Kotoko assumed. "And speaking of boys, I've heard some people say that slugs don't have a gender... But actually, slugs have both male and female bodies at once!  People who go around spreading half-assed lies about slugs deserve swift punishment!" She declared as she started kicking the ground. "Fighter Kick! Fighter Punch! Chakaw! Hatcha!"

She then went for another kick before tripping and falling backwards, unintendedly showing Komaru her undergarments in the process. The brunette promptly sweatdropped.

Kotoko sighed. "That's what I told them... That I didn't want to be Fighter because I'm not good at P.E. I mean, I am reaaally good at "physical education" though..." She got up and looked at Komaru. "How 'bout you? You good and health and physical education?"

"Is that... Is that even a subject you can be good at?" Komaru wondered, taking an apprehensive step back.

"There are no girls who dislike health and physical education!" Kotoko puffed her cheeks out. "That's my theory, anyway." She then proceeded to stare at her. "Staaare..."

"Wh-What?" Komaru took another step back.

"Truth Is, I'm actually here to hunt you down..." Kotoko said before shrugging. "Buuut, I changed my mind. I'll let you escape."

Komaru blinked. "...What?"

"It's not like my feelings about Demons have changed any. I still hate them deeply. I still wanna kill them all in the most painful, cruel way possible." Kotoko's face turned blank. "Like, for example, drowning them in a septic tank, or putting a razor under their fingernails. But that's not even enough. I hate them with full power." Her expression switched to her usual demeanor. "But anywhooo, despite my hatred, the reason I let you escape was because... You are suuuper adorbs!"

Komaru blinked once more. "...Huh?"

"I looove adorable things! I collect everything adorbs, from faucets to toilet seats!" Kotoko grinned. "So, I'm gonna let an adorable girl like you go."

"R-Really?"

Kotoko then turned around, making Komaru face her back as her face went blank again. "There is one catch. You're the only one allowed to leave. Four-eyes over there is not cute at all. And that babyfaced blondie on the other side...while she is super duper adorbs... I'm more into brunettes, you know? "

"...What?"

"But shhh! Keep it a secret, especially from the Sage, Nagisa. He's super strict with rules! Nagisa says I can't even drink soda during meals! It's not my fault the food is so tasteless!" Kotoko pouted. "I mean, he could at least let me have a little... Tells me to drink milk, even if I'm eating cereal! It's like drinking curry soup with your curry."

"Ah... Um..." Komaru was truly at a lost for words.

"Anyway, let's go! Go on, get out before those chumps notice!"

"B-But I can't be the only one to go... I can't just abandon all the people here..."

"Oh? Something wrong? Is your red flower blooming? Or maybe you just like locked rooms? Like, you're a murder mystery enthusiast?"

"I can't...just leave Toko and Aki behind..."

"Well, I can understand a little hesitation... Why don't you just leave the cell for now? C'mon, just step on out. Girls are more adorable if they're a teeensy bit selfish."

"..."

Reluctantly, Komaru walked pass Kotoko, preparing to leave the cell. But as soon as she did, Kotoko grinned as she pulled out some kind of firearm.

"And nooow... Halyah!" Kotoko cried as she shot at Komaru's back.

"Ah?!" Komaru exclaimed as she fell down to the floor.

Kotoko giggled. "This is a Denture Launcher! So how 'bout it? Pretty sweet machine, right? The smooth shaft! The fresh pink color! The brutal yet hypnotizing shine! Kyaha, it's so adorbs I just can't stand it! Ah, by the way, my dad was a dentist. And also, Papa was always cheating with his dental assistant. But I guess he had an inferiority complex 'cause he always role-played as a brain surgeon. Yes, a great daddy indeed... Neglecting his business and making me earn money instead..." Her face turned blank again. "A perfect Papa who I could kill over and over and over and it still wouldn't have been enough..."

"Wh-What is this?!" Komaru grunted as she tried to recover, but couldn't get up. "I...can't move!"

"Oooh! Your sleepy face is suuuper adorbs!" Kotoko gushed. "I bet your face is cute even halfway through swimming a stroke! Ah, however... Being adorbs isn't always a good thing. Cute girls go through terrible things... And if you're adorable too, you have to protect yourself. On your own. If you can't, you have to take whatever they give you. It's a shitty rule, but I didn't make it. Adults did. So be prepared for that life."

Kotoko approached her as Komaru shivered. "Aki...Toko..." 

Those were the last words she muttered out before she passed out.

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Meanwhile, with Toko...

"...Ah?!" Toko sprang up in her bed. "W-Was someone just...talking about me? Ah... Ha..." Her nose twitched as she couldn't hold it in anymore. "Achooo!"

She sneezed as she suddenly stood up on the bed. Her eyes turned from grey to crimson red and her tongue stuck out of her mouth. Toko had switched to Genocide Jill. "Master Byakuya must have been talking about me! I wonder what he's doing while he's calling my name... Jeez, Master's such a perv!" She blushed. "I can't just stay put here! I gotta get out of here and...help Master out! Kyeeehahaha!"

SLASH, SLASH!

Apparently, Genocide Jill has never been the type to take well to being constricted. She slashed down her cell door and ran to Komaru's cell. "Hey, Dekomaru! Let's go see Master now! If you are of use to me, I'll buy you ramen! I'll even add seaweed for you as a..." She looked inside to see Komaru is nowhere to be seen. "top- eh? Hey, she ain't here! Now that's committing to a joke! Kyeeehahaha! Strange though... her scent's still here... did she perhaps run away on her own?" She wondered before turning her head to the other cell. "Maybe blondie knows where she is! Oooh, Babyfaaaace~!"

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With Akira, moments before Toko turned into Genocide Jill...

SMASH!

Akira's fist collided with a cell wall.

"Dammit!" She let out a low growl. "Dammit dammit dammit! That impulsive idiot...!"

"When you contacted Future Foundation, the kids must have honed in on you. They tailed you, and you brought them right back here! It's all your fault! You did this to all of us!"

Haiji's words rang through her mind. But instead of Komaru, this only irritated Akira, as she punched the wall again. This time, with so much force that her knuckles started bleeding, pink blood pouring out.

"Toko was right..." Akira mumbled. "You are a coward... But I guess I'm no different..."

"You barely speak most of the time, and only watch people do stuff for you, and the moment you decide to actually act, you want us to listen to you?"

"You know...I can tell in your eyes...that you don't have any friends, either..."

"A friendless loner like you could never understand a single thing about me. So why don't you do everyone a favor and do what you do best. Keep quiet and stay that way...Akira."

This time, Komaru's words rang in her head. Her fist shook as she yelled out, punching the bloody wall over and over and over in frustration. Pink droplets of blood were landing on the floor.

Another drop fell. But it wasn't pink. It was white.

"Ugh...Ugh..." Akira felt warm tears fall down her cheeks as she slid down to her knees. "Big Sis...Sora... I miss you so much..." She sobbed.

"Oooh, Babyfaaaace~!"

"...Huh?" Akira wondered as her cell door came crashing down. "Ack!"

"Hereee's Jilly!" Genocide Jill peeped out of the door. Or what's left on it, anyway. "Hey there, Babyface!"

"Y-You..." Akira wiped the tears from her eyes. "You're...Genocide Jack, right?"

"Pbbft! That name's so old!" Genocide Jill scoffed. "Call me Genocide Jill! It's more genderally accurate, anyway!"

"Why... Why're you-?"

"Isn't it obvious! I'm here to bust you out! We gotta save Master, after all!" Genocide Jill smiled before frowning. "But there's just oneee tensy-winsey problem; Dekomaru's not in her cell!"

"Deko- you mean Komaru?" Akira tilted her head.

"Duh-doy! C'mon, don't be so dense!" Genocide Jill scolded. "So c'mon, let's go find her!"

Akira pursed her lips, looking a bit conflicted. On the one hand, she's still pretty pissed at Komaru for what she said...even though part of it is true. But on the other, she can't stay mad at her forever, and even if she's mad at her, she wouldn't want anything bad to happen to her.

But eventually, she sighed and nodded at Genocide Jill. "Okay. Let's-"

"Great! C'mon, Baby Blondie!" Genocide Jill grabbed Akira's wrist as they ran out her cell.

"Whoa!"

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"Alright! So where do we go first?!" Genocide Jill wondered. "Did she go off on her own or something?"

She bended her upper body backwards to see a few Monokuma Kids holding a few items. Specifically, Komaru's Hacking Gun, Toko's stun gun, and a device that had a map on it.

"Is that like a GPS for Dekomaru's wristband? I see... this'll be good for tailing her! Aaaaaanyway, you want me to chase after her, don'tcha?" Genocide Jill grinned at the Monokuma Kids. "Buuuuuut... why are you giving this splendid gift to an enemy like me? Is it perhaps that the other me has some annoying plan hidden up her sleeve, huh?" She shrugged. "Well, doesn't matter, our goal is probably the same anyway." 

She snatched the items out of the Kids hands. "C'mon, shake a leg, Baby Blondie!" She grabbed Akira's wrist again as they ran off. "Kyeeeehahahahaha!"

The Monokuma Kids looked on. Even with the helmets on their face, they're clearly weirded out by what had just happened.

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Komaru's eyes fluttered open as she found herself chained onto a coffin-like object. "...Huh?"

Kotoko smirked. "Now then, let's begin with the "Motivation"!"

"P-Please, no! Please, stop!" Komaru frantically shook her head.

"Nooope! Not gonna happen! Switch on!" Kotoko pressed a button on her controller as mechanical gloved hands appeared out of the coffin thing. 

"Wh-What? What is this?"

"C'mon, c'mon, c'mooon! Let me hear that adorable voice!"

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"Haa...Haa...Haaa..." Komaru panted, though it kinda sounded like moaning. The blush on her face did not help things, either.

"My my, you're persistent!" Kotoko admired. "But we're just getting started... You're going to be slowly but surely "motivated"!

"P-Please... Enough already!" Komaru pleaded.

"Ooo, you're sooo sexy! I've heard women are the best just before they're ripe, but this is beyond my expectations!" Kotoko gushed before her expression became cold. "But when they rot, they become Demons... I have to figure out the perfect timing..."

"Stop it... Why are you doing this?"

"That's what I always asked. I asked them many, many times. The answer was always "because I'm cute"! I'm not a bad girl. This is just payback for what happened to me. If you think this is wrong, then what the adults did to me is wrong too, right? And if that's the way it is, there's nothing you can do about it..."

She pressed the button on her controller as more mechanical gloved hands appeared. "Ahhh!"

"Ufufu, put that lewd body of yours to work and you'll never go hungry!" Kotoko ordered. "By the way! This is the opposite of child porn, so it's A-OK to put in a video game! No problem!"

"What isn't a proble-- Ah!" Komaru yelped as she felt one of the hands grope her chest.

"Is it wrong for a kid to be doing this? But it's wrong for adults to be doing this, too, right? Both are no good! If you're slapped on the right cheek, slap them on the left as they say. 

"No, nooo!" Komaru screamed.

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Meanwhile...

BOOOOOM!

Both Genocide Jill and Akira came flying out of a manhole.

"WHEEEE!" Genocide Jill cheered.

"Whoaaaa!" Akira said.

Genoicde Jill stuck the landed while catching Akira. "Gotcha! Now let's see..." She looked at the GPS. "Huh? Is this GPS broken or what? It's going like 35 miles an hour! Why is it so fast? Is the earth spinning away without me?" 

She puckered her lips in thought before getting an idea. "BINGOOOOO! I see, so that's it. Oh, monorails are a first for me. Totally pumps me..."

"What...Where're we going now-?"

"C'mon blondie, let's go!" Genocide Jill grabbed Akira's wrist once more as they jumped high. "UUUP!"

"Oh not agaaaain!" Akira cried as they went crashing into a moving train.

"Alright! Dekomaru's here! I can smell it!" Genocide Jill smirked. "You ready, blondie?"

"No..." Akira groaned, still feeling dizzy from the landing.

"Too bad! We're doing this!" She responded as they ran through the train.

Chapter 15: End

To be continued...?