"I guess not knowing someone
doesn't mean you don't
understand them."

In the morning, we've been instructed to meet in the gym. I walked past our classmates, some waving and others ignoring us completely. Taka was the first to speak after everyone gathered, "Hmm... Asking us to gather together all of a sudden like this... What could he possibly want?"

"Indeed. What might await us this time?" Celestia agreed.

"Hmhmhm. He keeps things interesting, that's for certain."

His face darkened watching Byakuya, "How is that funny? Can't you smile like a normal person once in a while? Like how the housewife on a classic TV show smiles at the end of an episode?"

"Yeah! There's something totally messed up with you if you can laugh at a time like this!" Hina shook her head, agreeing with the fanfic creator.

"Which of us is actually 'messed up,' hmm?" Byakuya immediately combatted her.

"Wh-What's that supposed to mean...?"

"Nothing in particular. Just admiring, that's all. I don't want to kill anyone. But I also don't want to stay here, living in blind denial day after day. I was just admiring how you could live like that and still keep your sanity."

"I'm not in denial..."

"That reminds me. Remember how you kept talking about how the police or whoever would come help us? How'd that turn out? It seems to me there's no sign whatsoever of possible rescue."

"Th-That's just..." She bit her lips. "...I wonder what actually happened."

"It's strange, that's true. There's no way the police wouldn't know about it. We're right in the middle of a major urban area." Kiyoko raised a hand to her chin.

"The police suck!" Hifumi shouted.

"On the contrary, the mastermind may be just that powerful, to take control even of the police..." Celestia hummed.

"Oh! This might not be related, but--"

"Then don't say it." Hiro was cut off by toko.

"Nope, gonna say it" He grinned at her, "It's about last night. I was near the main hall just staring off into space. When all of a sudden, I heard it."

"You heard what?"

"A sound that... I don't really know what it was..."

"Wh-What kind of sound?" Taka asked.

"Well like I said, I don't really know. But if I *had* to describe it..." Hiro hummed, "...it was like...a construction site, I guess?"

"A construction site?"

"I mean, I could just be making that up. I only just barely heard anything...

"Then you d-definitely made it up. M-Must've just been the sound of the ocean in th-that head of your..."

Monokuma suddenly appeared in front of us as music played, I whined as the bear started up his monologue. "What Hiro heard wasn't the sound of construction...but it could have been an explosion!"

"Huh?"

"Or maybe a machine gun! Puhuhu... That can kinda sound like construction in a way!"

"What are you talking about...?" Makoto asked.

"Ah-ah-ah! Beyond this point my mouth is zipped, my lips are sealed, I am fully puckered! It's a secret little secret!"

Mukuro flicked her hair around, "Fine, then let's move on to what you *can* tell us. Why did you call us all here?

"You don't beat around the ol' bush, do ya!? Ready for me to get to the point, huh? But before that, you mind if I vent a little?" Monokuma didn't wait for a response he just continued on, "I'm low on energy these days. My stitching is even losing all its shine and luster... I'm thinking, it's probably because of this ho-hum, boring old everyday life. I'm looking for something with a little more stimulation, something rife with danger and intrigue! The next blackened hasn't shown up yet, and I'm getting booooored! So, I've decided to come up with a new way to motivate you!"

"M-Motivate...!? Is it another set of videos or something...?" Sayaka asked.

"Are you gonna show us some demented thing to try and drive us all to murder!?" Leon asked.

"Drive you to murder!? What a mean thing to say! Just awful!" Hina bit her lips again.

"I don't know what you've got planned, but we're not going to kill each other anymore!" Mukuro shoutd. "No matter what you do, I swear to God we won't!"

"Hmm. That's very big talk. Do your best to back it up, okay? Now then, with your permission, let me begin! So this time it's..." Monokuma dug through his pockets, pulling out envelopes and flashing them like playable cards. "embarrassing memories and secrets! As long as you're alive, it's a given that there's things you don't want other people to know about you! So I did a little investigating of my own, and I dug up some of your darkest secrets! Those embarrassing memories and secrets are all contained in the envelopes I have right here... I'm going to hand them out now, so take a second to take a peek!"

As Monokuma spoke, he tossed the envelopes at our feet. I quickly snatched the envelope with my name written on it. I nervously pulled out what was written inside...and my entire body suddenly went rigid.

"Y/N can predict the future."

'Nobodys going to believe it, right...?'

Everyone started talking at once.

"You have 24 hours! If someone doesn't become blackened by then...all your deepest, darkest, most embarrassing best secrets will be exposed to the world! Maybe I'll roll by a crowded intersection in a van strapped with loudspeakers and spill the beans!" Monokuma shook his body, "Kyaaah! Wouldn't that be so embarrassing!?"

"...So that's what you meant by 'motivate'?" Kiyoko turned away.

"Yup, you got it! They're all pretty unpleasant, trust me. None of you want me to reveal that stuff, right?"

"It's definitely something I'd rather people not know, but..." Hina waved her paper around.

"We'd never kill over something like that!" Makoto should.

"Wh-What'd you say!?"

"He's right! Your plan is doomed to fail! No one's gonna murder someone for this kind of thing!" Hiro grinned, grabbing Makoto

"O-Oh no... Is it because...for better or for worse, your memory is still a way to connect to the outside world? I have stuff I wouldn't want anyone to know no matter what, so I assumed you'd all be the same... Which is why I put so much effort into preparing this next motive!" Monokuma started to fake cry, 'Kokichi Kinnie...' "Maaan! You're saying you really won't kill each other over this stuff? That just sucks! ...Well, what can ya do? Okay, then in 24 hours, I'll expose all your secrets just to make myself feel a little better!"

With an almost convincing look of depressed dejection on his face, Monokuma receded into the gym's depths.

"I didn't know what to expect at first, but...maybe we dodged a bullet on this one."

Sakura turned to Leon, "I mean yeah, having those secrets revealed is gonna be totally embarrassing. But that's seriously not enough to give someone a reason to kill, right?"

"Good news, everyone! I have a brilliant idea!" Taka grinned, "Why don't we all just confess the secrets in those envelopes right here and now! If we do that, any and all motive for murder will vanish! That's pretty smart, right!? Okay, so my embarrassing thing is---"

Toko immediately cut him off, "I d-don't want to hear your stupid s-story!"

"What!?"

"Besides, I don't...I don't w-want to talk about it... I don't c-care what anyone says, I don't want to talk a-about mine!"

"Neither do I. Not because it is unpleasant, but because it is impossible." Celestia hummed in agreement, However Hifumi disagreed with her.

"Well it's just human nature to wanna hear it when you say it's impossible! C'mon, it'll be good for ya!"

"--Absolutely not."

"It's okay, just a little bit. C'mon c'mon c'mon...!"

"As I said--"

"C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon!"

"I said I don't wanna talk about it, you human bag of lard!"

"Kyaaah!"

Byakuya shook his head at the two. "I agree with them. There's no need to discuss it."

Taka looked over to the smaller boy, hoping to get a positive response. "What do you think, Chihiro?

"Um...s-sorry, I don't really want to talk about it right now." He looked back between Taka and myself. "But I also don't want to leave things the way they are. So maybe I can talk about it later... After I try my best...to become strong... Then I can tell everyone."

"If you don't wanna talk, you don't have to. I'm not super-excited to talk about it, either..." Hina giggled.

Mondo lowered his head in shame, "If everyone's that much against it... Even if my bro's the one that suggested it, I gotta say no."

"W-Well, that's okay, then. Either way, if it's just a few secrets, I'm sure nobody's about to kill anybody over it. Okay, I'll stop with all the secret talk. But... Each of us has 24 hours to get ready! Having our secrets exposed isn't going to be fun, but it's not like we're gonna die cuz of it! So, you know, um... Don't do anything hasty!"

"The way you keep repeating it kinda makes me worry even more..." Mukuro scratched her cheek.

"Oh... Uh, okay, sorry. I know it's gonna be tough, but..." Taka was immediately cut off as the nightime announcement went off. He grumbled and we all started to walk back towards the dorms. I didnt even get to leaving the gymnasium before someone softly dragged me back to the gym.

"We have a problem."

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