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Okay guys.

I'm pissed.

I'm so lucky I copied this and published it on Quotev too and I don't have to rewrite...

Wattpad just...

Decided to show this chapter as one of my other book's undone chapter.

And I was like 'wtf is this doing here' and deleted it...

...

Yeah...

That was this chapter and....

I'm about to scream out loud

Luckily I have it still

But

Okay, Sakura... Take a deep breath and ignore it...

Just ignore this chapter guys...

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You pulled the lever in front of you and chose Teruteru's name, voting on the cook. The machine began calculating, then showed the word 'GUILTY' and confetti came out from it - meaning your vote was right.
"Correct!" Monokuma cheered, dancing around like a mini balerina. "That's right! This time, the blackened responsible for killing Byakuya Togami is Teruteru Hanamura!"
"N-No... nonononono...!" the cook cried out in panick.
"A-Are you serious...!?" Fuyuhiko gritted his teeth. "I mean I already knew but... Seriously, a ponce like him is the one who killed Togami!?"
"B-But..." Catmaru looked at the ground. "WHYYYY!? WHY DID YOU KILL HIM!?" he screamed, a waterfall of tears escaping his eyes.
"I-It was a mistake... I'm telling you it was just a mistake..." he mumbled with teary eyes. "I... was only trying to save you guys... I was only trying to stop Nagito from murdering one of you!"
"Huh?" you tilted your head and made a confused face.
'That's not what he said in that voice clip...'
"'Trying to stop'... What do you mean?" Hajime asked, with a just as confused face on.
Nagito opened his mouth, then closed it and stayed silent.
"I spent all morning in the old building preparing the dishes for the party... a-and then..." Teruteru started, gulping. "I heard a weird laughter near the dining hall... and when I peeked over there... I saw him. I saw Nagito, in the middle of cleaning duty, putting the knife under the table...! I-I had a bad feeling about it... so I continued to watch what he was doing... And I saw him place the irons he brought in the storage room... and mess with the air conditioner timers... Plus, he was grinning... Just grinning by himself the whole time... S-So... I questioned him... W-When that happened... he...!"
"No need." you interrupted him. "Fuyuhiko, can you please...?"
The yakuza just bluntly nodded, and once again pressed the 'play' button on the recordist.
""... Oh, I've been caught?"
"B-Been caught...?"
"What are you doing? What are you scheming!?"
"... I'm planning to kill someone, of course."
"Huh?"
"Teruteru... Just so you know, it's pointless of you to stop me. If you stop me now, it doesn't matter. I will never give up. Whether it's tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, or the days beyond that... I'll definitely start the killing."
"Wh-What? No matter how much you want to leave this island, that's just...!"
"I see... So that's what you think... But, that's not it at all. This isn't about my survival. I just... Want the killing to start."
"W-What are you saying...?"
"I love everyone here, escepially a certain someone. I want to be a good use to her... And them. I love all of the Ultimates... And I admire them for being symbols of hope. That's right... In the name of hope, I love everyone's talents from the bottom of my heart. That's why... I don't want them to lose aganist something like killing. I want them to prove to me that hope will never lose, no matter how daunting the despair they face may seem. I want everyone to prove to me that hope will never lose aganist despair!"
"W-What are you saying...? I don't understand at all!"
"See, isn't it typical that if you face a strong enemy, you will become even stronger yourself...? Which means... The stronger the despair you face, the stronger everyone's hope will become, right? I... Want to see that brightness. And in order to see it, I'm going to become everybody's stepping stone. I want to make your hopes shine... It's as simple as that... That's right, I yearn for a powerful hope that can overcome any kind of despair!"
"A-Are you kidding...? Don't tell me... You're actually serious...?"
"So you don't understand... That's fine... I don't really mind... I'm just an obsessed fanboy so it's all right that this love of mine is unrequited. I suppose... I can be called the Ultimate Ultimate Fanatic!""
You started to get curious, because you weren't paying attention to the conversation from this point.
""Y-You... There's something wrong with you!"
"Really? Do you really think so? Do you really think... There's something wrong with me? But... isn't that what love is?""
With that, the voice clip ended.
'Well looks like we didn't miss much.'
"N-Nagito... What is the meaning of this?" Hajime looked at the luckster. "E-Explain it to me! I don't understand... anything about this story at all!"
"You see, if you have a favorite boxer, don't you want him to fight aganist a stronger opponent and win?" he asked with a half-hearted smile. (Was I the only one who thought he was talking about his underpants when he said "if you have a favorite boxer"...? Am I the only idiot like that?)
"You better not compare us to that." Fuyuhiko hissed.
"Huh? Am I wrong?" Nagito tilted his head. "It's a given that trials are necesarry to become strong, and the harsher the trial, the stronger you become, no? For mere humans, killings are simply a tragedy, but... for worthy humans, a trial such as this can elevate their status to an even higher level. It's amazing to me that someone as untalented as myself can become that trial! There's no point in someone like me surviving... It's far more significant for me to die as everyone's trial. There's no greater honor than becoming the foundation so that your values may ascend to brave new heights--"
*WHAM!*
Nagito fell to the ground with an 'oof'. You gritted your teeth and placed your hand on the fist you just used to punch him in the face.
"Just... stop it already." you hissed. "Don't you see that you're hurting everyone? Is that what you call hope?"
"Y-Yeah... I just don't understand!" Mahiru cried out. "Are you saying you basically wanted to commit murder for fun!?"
Nagito groaned, and slowly got up from the ground, rubbing his nose in pain. "Nice punch, as excepted from the Ultimate Assassin." he commented, then turned to Mahiru. "It's not the same as someone killing for fun, but... I guess it'd look the same in your eyes. I have no intention of surviving and leaving you all to die."
"Is that why... you didn't mind when Teruteru discovered your plan?" Hajime sweatdropped.
"Or perhaps that was intentional too?" Chiaki asked sharply.
"... Huh?" Teruteru gasped.
"Nagito wanted to involve us in the killing... Plus, it'd be better for him if the mystery was more complex..." she explained. "Is that why you blatantly revealed your plan to Teruteru? You expected to pique Teruteru's curiosity... And you looked forward to the mystery becoming more complex."
"Well... you're basically right. It's true I was looking forward to that." Nagito nodded with a smile. "That's why I took the time to tell him about the secret passage I found while I was cleaning..."
"That was your doing too?" Gundham widened his eyes.
"I just casually mentioned it: 'Oh, it's dangerous if you fall, so don't get too close to it.'" he shrugged.
"U-Ugghhhh..." Teruteru groaned. He blindly fell in his trap.
"This dude... He's seriously batshit crazy! He's insane!" Kazuichi cried out, with a little fear in his voice.
"T-That's right! That's why I tried to stop him, you know!" the cook quickly nodded, sweating like crazy.
"But why... why did you kill Byakuya instead?" Sonia muttered sadly.
"I-I don't know!" he cried out desperately. "Because... Nagito was the one who was supposed to take that knife... T-That's why... I aimed and thrusted the iron skewer there... But why is Byakuya the one who died!? It was supposed to be Nagito, not him!"
"Byakuya... probably tried to stop Nagito from grabbing the knife..." Hajime muttered. "And then... in place of Nagito..."
"... No, I don't think that's it." Chiaki suddenly cutted him off.
"...Huh?"
"Byakuya was probably trying... to protect Nagito." she stated confidently.
"W-What did you say!?" Catmaru yelled with wide eyes.
"Cuz... Byakuya said so, didn't he?"
Flashback(author: whoops. *scribbles something* Looks like I skipped that conversation too. Anyway, with magic, I'll give it to ya! Bibidi-bobidi-boo!)
"Don't worry, as long as I'm the leader, I won't let anyone become a victim." Byakuya said with a detirmened look on his face. "I will guide you all! That much, I promise."
Flashback ends
"C-Could it be...? In order to keep that promise...?" Mikan muttered silently as a tear escaped her eye, rolling down on her cheek.
"As long as he was wearing the night-vision goggles... I'm sure he saw someone moving under the floorboards." the gamer explained sleepily. "And that someone... was aiming for Nagito."
"S-So Byakuya gave his life to protect Nagito? Even though he was trying to take the knife?" Mahiru sweatdropped with wide eyes.
"I see... Byakuya is amazing..." Nagito smiled, still rubbing his punched nose. "To keep his promise to protect everyone, he actually threw his own life away... And yet... " his eyes grew suddenly darker, "I never expected an ending like this... Such despair..."
"Wha-!?" Hajime jumped.
"But... we shouldn't let him die in vain." he continued, finally releasing his - now growing quite purple - nose and hugging himself. "I'm sure everyone will become even stronger by overcoming this despair..."
"Could it be...? You knew Byakuya would protect you, so you set him up to fail?" Peko narrowed her crimson eyes.
'Okay, not to be rude, but that's just stupid.'
~Why you gotta be so ruuuude?~
'...'
~Don't you know I'm human toooo~?~
'... No you're not.'
~.... Ah! Oh-Uhm- Ignore me.~
'It's quite hard if you are in my freaking head.'
~True. Then I will just shut up.~
'Thank you.'
"... Of course not. I'm not that good at calculating." Nagito gave a half-hearted smile. "I just took some precautionary measures. The results of that were going to be my fun for later... Just kidding. But I never expected it would turn out like this. I never thought I'd be the one to survive. But since it was my life that had been saved, I didn't want to just waste it... So that's why I decided to help Teruteru."
'He is just completely gross. How can someone... change so much in a matter of seconds? I don't understand.'
"Why... Why...?" Hajime muttered silently and sadly.
"Well, because... Teruteru decided to commit his crime because he also had strong hope, right?" he smiled. "Which means his actions were motivated by hope... If he was willing to go that far, I thought he might truly be the person whose existence I was waiting for. I thought he might be the hope that could defeat any type of despair. In order for me to confirm it, I decided to help Teruteru!"
"W-What do you mean, 'confirm'!? Just stop it already!" the brunette ahoge-boy cried out desperately.
"Plus... I couldn't really help myself when I also empathized with Teruteru..." he sighed. "After all, he wanted to kill me but he ended up killing Byakuya instead, you know? If I left him in that confused state, this trial might have been ruined, right? But in order for our hope to grow, this trial was absolutely necessary. That's why... I decided to help him! I told him, 'I don't care if I die, so you should just focus on escaping this island'... Those were my exact words to him before the investigation... Isn't that right, Teruteru?"
"Ugh... ughhh... ughhh..." Terureru groaned in frustration.
"In the end, my help just wasn't enough, and this turned out to be a bad ending for Teruteru..." he made a small - and pretty fake - pout, then turned it back to his crazy smile. "But you should be proud of yourself. You will not die in vain! You will become a splendid sacrifice for everyone else so their hopes can grow even more powerful!"
"S-Sacrifice...!?" the cook widened his small eyes.
"S-Seriously, stop it already! I'm gonna go crazy just listening to you!" Kazuichi cried out, gritting his shark-like teeth.
"Hey, is it really okay for us to just leave this crazy bastard alone like this?" Fuyuhiko asked, sweatdropping. "Isn't it better if we just fucking kill him off!?"
'I think he will seriously murder Nagito one day. That bastard can't be lucky forever... Or can he?'
~No one will ever know... Oh wait. Maybe I wi--~
'Shut up, I'm trying to concentrate.'
You shook your head and sighed. This voice really started to piss you off, but what was the most annoying that you were unsure about what was it and where did it come from. Maybe you were really going crazy?
'Ugh, [F/N], concentrate!' you mentally yelled at yourself, but then Monokuma's high pitched voice could be heard and you were already getting a headache.
"Kyaaaah! 'Kill', he said! High school students are soooo violent these days!" he laughed, spinning around like a child.
'You were the one who forced us to kill... Although I was killing before that too... Ugh.'
You groaned slightly to yourself, then the bear spoke up again.
"But the person who's gonna get killed now isn't Nagito. It's Teruteru."
"...Eek!?" the cook let out a not-so-manly squeak, his eyes growing wider.
"Puhuhu, you didn't forget, right?" he giggled in his own stupid way, placing a paw in front of his mouth. "Cuz I told you already at the beginning, right? If the blackened killer loses... a fun punishment awaits them."
"H-Hold on..." Teruteru yelped weakly. "T-That was... how should I put it... an accident... Uhm... an act of self-defense... Uh... not intentional... Anyway... I feel it's possible it's not my fault..."
"It doesn't matter if it's an accident, self-defense, or intentional, a murder is still a murder! If you kill someone, that's murder!" Monokuma yelled at him, and you couldn't help but agree with that. No matter why he did it, he did it. End of story.
"B-But... Isn't there anything like sympathy judgments, extenuating circumstances... or maybe even probation...?" he asked, playing with his fingers and sweating hardly.
"I don't accept any of those claims!" the bear shook his head.
"T-That's not..." he muttered, as fat drop of tears started to espace his small eyes. "H-Hey! Save me you guys! I was only trying to stop Nagito... so...!"
"... Were you really?" you muttered with closed eyes.
"... Huh?"
"In that voice clip, you said..." you looked at Fuyuhiko, who sighed and played the voice clip again.
"D-Don't worry, momma... It will be all okay... When I killed him, and got out... I will return home... It will be all right... As long as my name is Teruteru Hanamura..."
"I don't hear any sign of you trying to stop Nagito in that." you said sharply.
"Be honest... After learning about Nagito's plan, you saw an opportunity, right?" Monokuma grinned. "You probably thought nobody would find out if you killed him after messing up his plan, right...? That's what you thought, right?"
"Y-You're wrong! I--!"
"There's no way a person who has no malice... would kill someone like that." the bear cutted him off.
"... Ugh!" Teruteru groaned out, fresh tears rolling down on his cheeks.
"In truth, you were just desperate to kill Nagito... and willing to sacrifice everybody else to survive, right?" he continued, grinning evilly even more. "Just be honest already... at least, in the end."
"Ugh, ughh, ughh, ughh..." he held his head in his hands, trembling violently. "WAAAAAH!" he cried and cried, falling into despair more and more.
"T-Teruteru...!" Sonia gasped with a terrified and worried look on her face.
"If only you didn't try to kill Nagito... Byakuya would still be alive..." Mahiru clentched her fists and glared at the cook, who was now on his knees, crying hard. She ran there, grabbed his collar and pulled him up, screaming at him, full of anger. "Why did you try to commit murder!? Answer me, Teruteru!"
"U... Ugh..." he sobbed, trying to catch his breath. "I... I just... I just wanted to go home... I needed to go back home no matter whaaaat!" he yelled, pushing Mahiru back. He was sitting on the ground, looking down with empty eyes. "Because... she's waiting for me. Momma... is waiting for me at home. She's waiting all by herself... for the day I graduate Hope's Peak Academy and come home."
Flashback
"Okay, I'm going now!" a slightly younger Teruteru shouted, letting know the woman who was cooking in the kitchen that he is leaving - his mother. "When I come back, I think we should talk again about opening an Aoyama and Azabu location!"
"Oh my, you're still talking about that..." the woman chuckled. She looked kind of strange. She was sweating hardly, and she was quite pale.
"I'm serious. The academy guarantees success for it's graduates, right?" he smiled bittersweetly. "So, I know it's gonna be difficult by yourself, but... wait for me until then, okay?"
"Yes, you're right..." she nodded. "Then I'll just have to do my best to keep the Hanamura Diner from going out of business until then..."
"Mom, you don't have to work so hard! What if you collapse again while I'm gone!?" Teruteru yelled at her with an awfully worried look on his face.
"... I'll be fine. Moms are strong." she smiled sweetly, turning the food in the frying pan she was holding. "I won't lose to some illness... Haha... I know that already..."
Teruteru pressed his lips together, looking at his mother's back with a sad look. "I-I know that... already..."
Flashback ends
"I... promised..." Teruteru whispered weakly. "I promised her I'd become a full-fledged cook and save the Hanamura Diner. Momma... is waiting for me to keep that promise. Even though she's sick... and alone... she's still waiting for me."
Then he jumped up from the ground and looked at everyone with a panicked face. "That's why I need to go home!"
'... I... never knew that. His mom is sick? And... God. Of course, everyone has their own reasons. How could I forget that...?'
"T-Teruteru...!" Sonia cried, putting her hand in front of her mouth and sobbing.
"B-But... if we were told that our memories were stolen... and that several years have passed since our first day..." he mumbled with wide eyes. "Then what happened to the Hanamura Diner!? What happened to my mom who's still waiting for me!?"
"So you did believe what Monokuma said..." Peko gritted her teeth.
"You were saying all along... 'It's okay... I'll never believe something like this...'" Kazuichi muttered as he fought with his angry tears too.
"So... WHY!?"
"I-I still don't believe it!" he cried. "There's no way I can believe it... It... it has to be a lie... That's why I wanted to go home! I wanted to... go home and confirm it... I wanted to make sure... it was all just a lie... I wanted to make sure that I still have a place to call home!"
"Gh...! Teruteru... you...!" Catmaru clentched his fists, closing his eyes in frustration.
"I don't believe it... I... don't... believe... it..." Teruteru mumbled with wide eyes like he completely went insane.
'... He... believed it. He tried to deny it... But he believed it... Damn it...'
"I-I... wanted to confirm by any means necessary... I had to do something..." he said. "... That's when I heard Nagito's plan. I-I found out he was going to kill someone if I left him alone... That's why... That's... why..."
"Sooooo you wanted the first kill?" Monokuma cutted in, with a huge evil grin on his face.
"..." he bit his lips, looking down. "I'm sorry... you guys... It doesn't mean I wanted to sacrifice any of you. But... it was the only thing I could do... And... I ended up killing Byakuya... instead of Nagito... Ah... I see..." he made a small, hopeless smile. "I think I'm the one... who went crazy."
"T-Teruteru..." Hajime muttered sadly.
"I see, I see... interesting." that goddamned bear laughed, but then, if it's even possible for him, he pouted and had a gloomy arua around himself. "But... As far as motives to kill are concerned, wanting to see your mom is booooooooooring."
"Wha-!?" Hajime gasped, and you widened your eyes slightly, too.
'That bear- He is just cruel! Too cruel!'
"Soooo..." he grinned, ignoring the stares he got for the comment. "It seems there's no point in basking in the afterglow, so let's hurry up and begin the punishment!"
"N-No! You can't!" Monomi cried out, as she started to move back and forth while she was hanging, trying to get herself in front of the bear. He groaned in annoyence and punched her with some kinda super-paw, making the rope that was holding her body rip and she flew all the way to the other end of the trial room with a horrible cry in pain.
"Geez! Get outta my way!" he yelled at her, then clapped his paws together, cleaning them from dust. "There... now that the annoying little sister has been dealt with, let's get back to business..."
"H-Hold on a sec..." Teruteru said with a sniff. "I'm not asking... for forgiveness anymore... B-But... at least..."
"I've prepared a special punishment for Teruteru Hanamura, the Ultimate Cook!" he continued spinning around, completely ignoring him.
"P-Please... Please tell me at least... What happened to the Hanamura Diner... to Momma?"
"Let's give it everything we've got! It's... PUNISHMENT TIIIIME!"
"L-Lies... I won't believe this..." he shook his head while crying silently. "I... won't... believe... it...!"
Then, he screamed at the top of his lungs, crying out loud again...
"..... MOOOMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!"
And then...
It began.
Monokuma jumped back on his throne, which had suddenly a huge red button in front of it. He took out a hammer from nowhere, and with a big wave of his arm, he pressed it aganist the button. Then, a screen came to life on the side of it, revealing a chibi Teruteru in the middle of the screen, a chibi Monokuma soon joining him and dragging him away, with the subtitle:
ɢᴀᴍᴇ ᴏᴠᴇʀ

ᴛᴇʀᴜᴛᴇʀᴜ ʜᴀs ʙᴇᴇɴ ғᴏᴜɴᴅ ɢᴜɪʟᴛʏ.
ᴛɪᴍᴇ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴜɴɪsʜᴍᴇɴᴛ!

Teruteru stood in the middle of the circle of seat, fat drop of sweats rolling down on his face. He gritted his teeth and waited for his faith.
Then soon, a chain came out of the door that you didn't even realize was there, wrapping around his neck and pulling him harshly in the mysterious room that was hidden behind it - then the door was shut closed.

Deep Fried Teruteru

The huge tablet that was on the wall came to life so that you all could see what was happening. Teruteru was on the beach, with ropes tied all around his body so that he couldn't move. Then soon, Monokuma approached in a helicopter. He pressed a button with his paw... then, many rockets were shot towards the cook. You widened your eyes in horror as you saw how they crashed into the ground and into his body, but as the smoke cleared you saw that he only seemed a little dazed and his body was covered in... yolk? Then the bear grinned and pressed another button - that resulted in one, huge rocket crashing into Teruteru, which caused a rather large explosion - but the cook was still unharmed, except the huge amount of flour covering his whole body. After that, another chain appeared from the helicopter and grabbed Teruteru, then Monokuma flew away with him... But to where?
Unfortunately, you soon found the question to that answer...
The helicopter stopped above a huge volcano, full of boiling lava. You gasped in horror as you realized what was the yolk and flour for, and what's his real execution gonna be... The chain slowly let go of Teruteru... You cried out a loud 'no', but of course, that didn't stop him from falling. It was like everything was in slow motion. You watched with eyes as wide as saucers how he fell into the hot liquid with a splash, and he cried out his last breath. He instantly became fried, and his lifeless body slowly sank deeper towards the who knows how far bottom of the volcano.

You couldn't breath. That was just... brutal, even for you. You saw a lot of deaths of course, but you always tried to kill your victims fast so that they won't suffer, and you can get through it faster. Burning - no, fried alive... that was just too horrible to bear.

Speaking of bear, Monokuma's high-pitched voice broke the tense silence.

"YAHOOOOOO!!! EXTREEEEME!!" he cried out in excitement, jumping up and down like a child.
"Kyaaah!" Monomi screamed in horror, tears falling from the buttons that were her eyes - how was that possible, you didn't know.
"Phew! The adrenaline is rushing through me!" he made yet another spin, laughing happily and evilly.
"T-Teruteru!" Mikan screamed, crying a waterfall of tears.
"Ghhh... oooohhh...! A-Are you... fucking serious... ughhh....!" Kazuichi groaned, desperately trying to stop the tears that were falling uncontrollably from his pink eyes.
"Aaaah... aaaaah.... aaaaaaaah...!" Ibuki screamed, having a complete panick attack, mouth foaming.
"W-Why...? Why... did you do something so cruel...?" Sonia sobbed into her palm.
"Huh? Didn't you learn when you were in elementary school?" Monokuma stopped his happy gangnam style dance and looked at the princess, tilting his head. "If you badmouth someone... The teacher writes it in a note, and makes whoever you badmouthed read it to you in front of the class... When that happens, only then do you think about how it feels to be badmouthed. The same applies to murder."
"Y-You're the one who drove him to do it!" Mahiru yelled, crying tears of anger.
"Ugh... so cruel... This is just too cruel...!" Mikan sobbed loudly.
"Well, it can't be helped." the bear shrugged with an evil grin. "Rules are rules and this is the killing rule after all!"
"What... rule..." Hajime started in a dangerously low voice. Then he looked up at Monokuma, eyes open wide in anger. "You're the one who's breaking the rules!"
"Huh? I can't just let that slide..." he muttered darkly. "What do you mean?"
"When you mentioned the motive... Didn't you also promise something!?" he yelled, and you remembered. He did promise. And he of course broke the promise.

Flashback
"However... There's a catch."
"Don't tell me the catch is..." Chiaki started.
"Puhuhu... Figured it out yet? That's right, you guys have to kill each other! That's my bargaining point!"
"Ha-wa-wa!"
"You guys wanna know, right? You want your school memories returned to you, right? Then you better start killing! A penny for your thoughts, and a murder for your memories!"
Flashback ends
"W-Why... why didn't you tell Teruteru about his mom or his diner!?" he yelled, furious. "He had a right to know!"
"Yeah... us too..." you muttered.
"We all have a right to know...!" Fuyuhiko shouted, clentching his fists. "Hey! Hurry up and tell us! What did you mean earlier when you mentioned our 'school memories'!?"
"Oh yeah, I did promise to return your memories after the killing began..." Monokuma nodded with a grin.
"Huh? You're gonna do it? But... telling them is kind of..." Monomi gulped, sweating like crazy.
"But I never told you guys that I'd tell you right away." he interrupted her, smirking.
"Wha-....!?" the poor yakuza was at a loss of words.
"T-That's not fair!" Akane whined angrily.
"Of course, I'll keep my promise to return your memories someday." he waved his paws. "But... it's still not clear when that 'someday' will actually be... Bwha-hahahaha!"
And with that one last laugh and one last bubbly spin, he disappeared into thin air.
"U-Uhm..." Monomi played with her paws, looking at the ground. "I must excuse myself as well! Th-There's something that I need to do!"
Then she teleported away too.
"Wh-What the heck...!?" Kazuichi cried, pulling his beanie in his eyes.
"That's not fair! They both ran away!" Ibuki huffed, puffing out her cheeks.
"M-Monokuma had us wrapped around his finger after all...!" Mahiru gritted her teeth, looking at her feet in shame. "Teruteru... you stupid...!"
~Does he even have fingers? I mean he just has this... paws.~
'Seriously? Not the best timing.'
~Oh... sure.~
"An ending like this is just full of despair... A seriously tragic despair..." Nagito sighed sadly. "But still, at times like this... As the symbols of hope, you guys need to keep doing your best!"
"You... why're you smilin'?" Akane glared at him.
"How can you smile in a situation like this, you creep!" Ibuki cried, squishing her cheeks.
"Hold on... I'm sad too, you know." he muttered with a sad face. "... Didn't I tell you? From the bottom of my heart, I truly love you all. You Ultimates who inspire hope... and your splendid talents. There's no way I can be happy when we've lost such a talented individual."
"Don't go sayin' creepy shit! I'll fucking kill you!" Fuyuhiko yelled at him, ready to jump on him.
'And to think I was like that at the beginning...'
~A small angry child?~
'What the fuck-- Hell no.'
"... Please, kill me any time." he smiled widely.
'...Eh...?'
"... Huh?" he widened his eyes.
"If you hate me, I don't mind you killing me! I've already prepared myself to become your stepping stone!" he said, his smile growing crazy once again. "If absolute hope can be born from that... then my life is nothing special."
"You... how messed up are you...!?" Catmaru yelled with wide eyes.
"However, if you're going to kill me, make sure you discuss it with me beforehand, okay?" he smiled carefreely. "You see, if you do that, then I can cooperate with the killer."
"Are you seriously... intending to help the killer?" Hajime glared at him, sweatdropping.
"It's really not that big of a deal." he shrugged. "If you're students of Hope's Peak Academy... If you're the symbols of hope who possess the chosen talents... Then it shouldn't matter to you guys at all if I cooperate with the killer, right!?"
"Hmph... Declaring so confidently that you'll side with the killer..." Gundham sweatdropped, trying to remain his calm.
"Maybe this was his plan all along." Hiyoko huffed, narrowing her eyes. "Since he's willing to work with the killer, he wants us to think it's better for us not to kill him..."
"Well, I don't mind what you think of me..." Nagito smiled. "In actuality, thanks to Byakuya, I'm starting to feel a small desire to live. Mostly, I just want to watch everyone destroy all the despair that comes for you, one after the other...! Ahaha, just kidding!"
"Hey, can I punch ya like [F/N] did? I just won't be satisfied till I punch ya!" Akane yelled at him, rubbing her fists.
"Fine..." Hajime sighed. "Let's stop this already... It's just going to be a waste of time... if we keep dealing with him...!"
"Yeah... And it will just result in some kind of brain stroke." you muttered.
"Huh? Even Hajime and [F/N] hates me now?" Nagito gasped.
'No, I punched you in the nose because purple suits you, what do you think!? Jeez...'
"That stings... I felt Hajime and I were quite similar." he sighed.
'If only Hajime then why the heck did you mention me- You know what, nevermind.'
"What does that...?" Hajime furrowed his eyebrows.
"You hold a special feeling toward Hope's Peak Academy... just like me." he smiled.
"Don't put me in the same category as you...!" he yelled, his ahoge standing up a little.
'How the hell does he do that? What the fuck?'
"But how can you say you're not?" Nagito asked, tilting his head slightly. "Monokuma said it himself... We don't know anything about each other's true nature. No, if it's true that our school memories were stolen, it's the same as not knowing our true selves, too. Especially for you... right? Someone who can't even remember what his talent is..."
Hajime gritted his teeth, his hazel eyes glaring daggers into Nagito's soul.
"Akane, [F/N]... Please feel free to punch him."
"Did I ask for your permission?" you tilted your head. "Anyway, gladly..."
"Will do!" Akane shouted at the top of her lungs, ready to jump on the luckster.
"... H-Hold on!" he quickly stuttered, putting a hand to his purple nose in reflex.
"P-Please stop this at once!" Sonia yelled with a wide wave of her arm. "Nothing will come from fighting like this. There... there is something else that we must do."
"Something else...?" Kazuichi sweatdropped.
"We must not argue with each other in a place like this." she nodded. "There... is something more important we must do."
"... Which is?" Gundham looked at her.
"Do our best." she said with a determined look.
"... Hm?" he sweatdropped.
"We must first leave here... and get some rest. And then... we should all work together and do our best. Do our best so we never have to come back here again. That is what... I believe we must do right now..." she ended her monoluge with a gulp. "I am sorry... If only I was a better motivational speaker..."
"No... That really touched my heart...!" Kazuichi sniffed, putting a hand to his chest... on the right side.
"Other side, Romeo." you rolled your eyes, and he quickly changed hand, putting it on his left side where his heart is, then continued.
"You're totally right... What we need to do right now... is do our best...! If we do our best... it's definitely going to pay off, right?"
"Yes, that is right." Sonia nodded with a smile.
"But... what do we have to work hard at?" Fuyuhiko sweatdropped.
"I do not know, but we must do our best!" she said, her smile growing better.
You sweatdropped.
'I see why her name is Nevermind.'
"... Jeez, I don't get you all. Are you some kind of moron?" the yakuza sighed.
"It's fine if you don't know." Chiaki said with a yawn. "What matters is that you hold on to the feeling that you have to do your best. So... let's do our best. Let's make sure a killing like this never happens again."
"It's scary but... doing our best is our only option. There's no way I'm doing what Nagito said." Mahiru muttered.
"All right! I dunno what you're all talkin' about, but let's do our best for now!" Akane yelled with a grin.
"Very well... Even if we are not able to change the future, I guess I should at least change my tomorrow..." Gundham mumbled into his scarf. 
"Damn fiend... I won't give up until the very end! I won't die in vain..." Catmaru grumbled. "I'll give my entire existence, my entire power, my entire body and soul, and fight to the very end!"
"Yeah, you're right..." Hajime nodded slightly, smiling a little. "Let's definitely work together and leave this island!"
"... Well... What about you... [F/N]?" Mahiru looked at you.
"..." you sighed and smiled. "I think I got a headache from how many times "do our best" were said in a matter of a minute, but... I guess you're right. We should definitely... try. We can't fall... and let them die in vain. We gotta get up... and try... Together, right?"
The hopeful looks were soon changed into smiles and determined looks.
"Because... we are survivors." you finished with a grin.
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You were sitting near the pool of the hotel, bluntly staring into the clear water. After those motivational speeches, everyone decided to go to bed, but you just couldn't sleep, so you decided to come out. You once ran into Hajime too, who seemed to have the same problem, you talked a little then he continued to walk around, and you decided to glare at the pool for no reason.
Long day. Definitely long day. Two persons are gone just like that, disappearing into infinity. A voice in your head just appearing out of nowhere. You opening up to the others... Insane.
You sighed and stared up at the night sky. Full of beautiful, tiny stars, shining far away. You wondered... if they are up there. Byakuya, Teruteru... and your parents. You couldn't help but smile... It's now easier for them.
But that smile quickly disappeared when you got a weird feeling.
You felt like the sky stared back.
You didn't get the feeling. You felt like the million amount of stars were eyes, staring at you and your soul. It was pretty uncomfortable.
".... I should head back..." you muttered.
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Surviving students: 15