I run back to the gym as quickly as I can. While running through the halls I saw nobody. That means I'm probably the last one to arrive there. Before I opened the door to enter, I gave myself a second to catch my breath.

"Ah, there she is!" Kaede said right as I entered the gym.

"Hmm, it's pretty spectacular seeing all 17 of us Ultimates gathered together." Kaito cheered.

"Kehehe...You may not be able to be so easygoing for much longer..." Korekiyo mumbled. What did he mean by that..?

"What's going on?" Himiko questioned

"Hmmmm" Tenko stared at her

"Hm? What are you looking at?"

"Um...Himiko, you can use amazing powers, right!? Cuz you're a psychic and stuff, right?"

"I'm not a psychic, I'm a mage." Himiko replied plainly.

"Whooooa!! That's amazing! I definitely wanna incorporate that into Neo-Aikido! Hey, what sorta training did you undergo to gain your awesome powers!?" Tenko asked excitedly

"Talking about it is too tiring..." Himiko whined

"You're pretty lazy." I say bluntly, Himiko honestly got on my nerves a bit. Can't even answer a question because she's "tired". I heard a little laugh come from Kokichi after I said that.

"Pardon me, but..we need to be on our guard. We do not know if and when danger will strike." Keebo brought up a good point.

"Don't say that...I'm so scared..I don't know what to do.." Kokichi looked like he was about to cry...buuuuut knowing him he's probably just faking.

"There is no need to worry, Atua will protect us." Angie smiled

"Phew! That's a relief!" Kokichi answered, I just rolled my eyes.

"Is your brain full of weeds or somethin'? I'll whack 'em outta that skull of yours!" Miu yelled

"Don't worry about it! Just leave it to me!" Kaito reassured us. "If those teddy bears show themselves again, I'll kick all their asses!"

"Wait...what's that.." I say, starting to get nervous I fidget with my hands.

"Hm? What's wrong?" Korekiyo asked

"Listen closely...hear that?" I watch as the room falls silent. Everyone trying to hear what I was taking about.

"Ah, I think I hear it. It sounds like an engine from a robot anime—" Tsumugi was cut off by these...robot thingys entering the room. Surrounding us.

"Yoo-hoo! Rise and shine, ursine!"

Tsumugi screamed as Gonta ordered us all to go behind him. Everyone was in panic

"Wh-what the hell are these...monsters!?" Tenko yelled

"Whooooooaaaaa!! So coooool!!!" Kokichi stared in awe.

"They're Exisals!" Monokid explained from inside one of them

"Wh-Whatever they are, they better kill off the uggos and save me for last!" Miu shouted

"Run, Y/n!" Kokichi yelled to me, even tho he was right next to me

"Huh? Why just me...besides, didn't someone say they would "kick all their asses?" I say, looking over to Kaito.

"Wh-What the hell?! Nobody told me about these!" He looked terrified, they all did.

"Ughh, if I had my dancing equipment with it lit on fire, I probably would've been able to take these things down.." I look around me to see Kokichi staring at me. But just as we made eye contact, he looked away and walked somewhere else.....weird.

"Alright, chill out, no need to panic...we're probably not in any danger. If they wanted to kill us, they'd have done it by now." Rantaro spoke up and casually walked up to the exisals. "So...what do you want from us? You clearly want something, that's what the guns are for, right? Let me guess. You're gonna force us to do something, and if we don't, we get hurt. Well, you have our attention. So what do you want?"

"Huh, we'll aren't you a wise guy?" One of the Monokubs said.

"I'll start us off! Listen up! Here's what we want you punkasses to do..." a little pause before Monokid continued " Hahhhhhhh! My hearts goin' 100 miles per hour! I'm gonna say it! You ready!? Hell yeah! It's a—" he was cut off by Monodam saying it for him.

"KILLING-GAME."

"...What?" I almost laughed at how stupid it was. Surely, they wouldn't make us do that..right?....right..!?

"W-Wait a second. What did you say?" Tenko stuttered

"If I heard him correctly—"

"It's a killing-game." The Monokubs started fighting with eachother and everyone started to panic

"Are they gonna go at it right infront of us!?"

"We need to get out of here!"

Everyone kept panicking until there was another mysterious voice we've never heard before.

"Now, now, now..."

...what?..

"My cute little Cubs...you gotta knock off this awful fighting..." suddenly the Monokubs came out of the exisals and started screaming for their..."father"...? But then all of the lights in the gym shut off. I let out a little yelp. I'm embarrassed to even say it, but...being in the dark has always been a fear of mine. That's when I felt a warm embrace from behind.

"Huh!?" I panic, who is hugging me!?!?

"Nishishishi~ you're scared of the dark, aren't you? Loserrr" Kokichi. I knew it was him just because of that little laugh of his, god this bastard..

"Ugh, Kokichi! Get off of me! And of course I'm not scared of the dark.." I peel his arms off of me

"Awww you're no funn." He whined beside me. Thank god we're still in the dark, I bet my face was probably just as red as himiko's hair right now.

Then the lights turned on and we all saw another black and white bear.

"I am the god of this new world...and the headmaster of the ultimate academy! The one, the only...Monokuma! Nice to meetcha!"

"Wh-What is this? What's going on?" Kaede asked

"Another teddy bear appeared.." I added

"Yes, but that is no ordinary teddy bear. I can see it...the despair and madness swirling around that cursed thing.." Korekiyo said.

"Whoa...First of all, I'm no teddy bear. I'm Monokuma. And show some respect! I'm the headmaster of the ultimate Academy!" Monokuma yelled

"...Headmaster?" Maki questioned

"It appears to be some sort of autonomous robot with a build in A.I....like me." Keebo said

"Dong dong dong!" Monotaro said randomly

"The exisals are different, though! They're brainless buckets of bolts!" Said monosuke

"They're mindless pretty killing machines that can only be controlled by us, the Monokubs."

"Autonomous robots piloting weapons platforms...this is certainly turning into quite the story." I say, suddenly I see rantaro walk up next to me.

"Well that may be, but what I'm worried about is this "killing game" you mentioned. What exactly does that mean?" He asked, an intense stare on his face.

"Puhuhuhuhu..."

"What is so amusing?" Kirumi genuinely asked

"It's just...when I said it before, I kinda just phoned it in and now I feel awkward...I want you students with your Ultimate-level talents to participate in a killing game." Monokuma laughed

"Killing game? Us?" I turned to look over at kaede and saw a worried expression. To be honest, I was scared myself as well...

"You've got to be kidding me. Why would we ever even agree to that you weirdo!?" I yelled at Monokuma

"Huh? You guys don't wanna do it?" I couldn't tell if he was being sarcastic or genuine anymore.

" 'C-course not! Gentlemen not hurt people!" Gonta shouted

"But if you've looked around the academy, then you already know, don't you? This academy is surrounded by a huge wall. You can't escape to the outside world. And as long as we have the exisals, you can't defy us. In other words...I hold the power of life and death over each and every one of you" you could tell Monokuma was starting to get frustrated.

"So do what you say if we don't wanna die?" Said rantaro

"Y-You gotta be kidding me! Why would friends kill each other!?!?" Tenko yelled.

"...Who said you guys were friends? You guys aren't friends at all... You're enemies out to kill each other." Monokuma had a sinister look on his face.

"Hey, I consider these people my friends? Sure I just met them. But they're not my enemies, and no way will we ever kill one another." I spoke up, my voice was a bit shaky, considering I was nervous... "and..anyway...how would we even kill each other? Are you going to give us weapons or something"

"The fuck!? Why are you even asking!?!?" Miu shouted

"Curiosity. And we also need info on them first, we won't be able to do anything if we know nothing." Oh god why did I even decide to ask that. Now everyone's staring at me as if I'm going to kill them..

"Weapons? Huh? The ultimate academy's killing game is quite a refined and sophisticated experience!" Monokuma answered

"Sophisticated experience?" Maki questioned

"Yes...Here, the killing game is punctuated by class trials."

"Class...trials?" Kaede and I said at the same time

The Monokubs then proceeded to explain how the class trials will work.

"One can likely imagine...but I shall ask, just in case. What is the "punishment" you mentioned earlier?" Korekiyo asked

"Simply put, it's an execution!" Monokumas red eye started to glow "if you do a crime, you get punished for it.? That's, like, the most basic rule of society. But this is a killing game, so the punishment for murder is a bit more...permanent." Monokuma explained.

It felt kind of wrong to wonder this but...I wonder how the executions would be like..

"Alright, I'm over all this boring exposition— let's get this heart-pounding killing school semester started already!" Then Monokuma explained the rules

"Killing school semester...it's like a game." Rantaro said

"Kehehe...Risking our lives for some silly game is absurd." Korekiyo said, his voice was sharp.

"It doesn't seem like it'll be boring though." Kokichi smiled.

"Hey! How can you degenerates be so calm!?" Tenko shouted

"I...don't want to be in a killing game. This is...so wrong. ...I'd never do that!" My eyes started to water. But I held my tears back at all costs. I was actually a very sensitive person, but crying right now would just make me seem like a crybaby..

"Puhuhu...Well, if you don't wanna participate in the killing game, that's gonna be a problem...cuz the killing game is the only reason you're here." Monokuma told me.

"Wait what!?—" I was cut off by the bear again

"Now then, unleash your talents and have a happy, homicidal, horrific, hilarious killing game!"

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