Danganronpa: Melancholic Mayhem

Chapter 5 Part 10: The Good, The Bad, And The Blackened

"... hey, um, it's okay. We can just do it by ourselves." I said. "Or ask Kawata to let Otani out."

"That's not the point Hirano..." Imamura groaned. I stared at her silently. She took that as a hint to keep speaking. "He may be doing this 'for our own good', but it's not even like that anymore. I bet he's doing some sneaky shit, and he just doesn't want us to know about it."

"... w- well, when I talked to Kawata he said that he made the rules because without them everyone had been dying..." I replied. Imamura rolled her eyes.

"I don't know. I just don't think that's the case." She said. She sighed, looking at me. "But... I guess we can go with that answer."

"Well, do you want to leave?" I asked. "Kawata should be waiting for us."

"What?" Imamura replied, staring at me skeptically.

"Well uh, I asked him if I could bring you out. And he said that he'd wait for me to get out with you." I responded.

"Oh..." Imamura said, still sort of skeptical. She turned her wheelchair around, waiting at the door. I smiled, walking over and knocking. After a couple of seconds, Kawata opened the door.

"Oh wow, I didn't think you'd be able to get her out of there!" He laughed.

"I'm not doing this for you." Imamura retorted, immediately using the wheelchair to zoom past him. Though, there wasn't any place to go, since the other door was closed. Imamura seemed pretty peeved by the fact she was still trapped inside.

"Uh, really quickly, I need to tell you something before I unlock the door." Kawata said.

"What is it?" I asked. He sighed, tilting his hat down in front of his eyes.

"Since everyone else is locked up in their rooms right now, we're gonna have to stay together as a group." Kawata explained. Imamura gripped onto the arm rests on her wheelchair.

"The FUCK!?" She snapped. She growled slightly, taking a deep breath before sighing. "Alright... that's fine..." Kawata stared at her for a moment, before slowly walking over and unlocking the door.

"... hey uh... Kawata?" I started as he opened the door.

"Yeah Hirano?" He replied. I sighed, rubbing the back of my neck.

"... do you think... we should let them all out? I- I mean... it's not really good to have everyone held up in their rooms." I said. Kawata stared at me silently, nervously fidgeting with his fingers. He took a long sigh.

"... I don't know Hirano. There have to be consequences for things." We made eye contact. He could tell just from my gaze that I was pleading with him. He looked away, tilting his hat over his eyes. "I'll think about it..." The corners of my mouth perked up, as we wandered out of the back area.

"Alright, so now that you've got two prisoners with you, what are we gonna do?" Imamura asked. Kawata frowned.

"What are you talking about? You guys aren't 'prisoners'." He replied. She rolled her eyes.

"I beg to differ." She responded. Kawata got slightly irritated, but took a deep breath, calming him down. He stumbled into a chair, placing a hand over the top of his face. After a couple of seconds, he looked back up at us.