1st person POV:
"You two came... Well, then, hold out your arms and stand facing me."
"What is that for?" Chiaki asks
"I'm doing a body check of course, stop asking pointless questions."
"You say like someone asking that before." I say
"Of course, not just someone but everyone."
"Anyway as long as I am hosting this party, you should expect flawless security. I made you a promise, didn't I? I shall not accept even a single victim...!"
"Ok, you can check now."
" ...It seems you are not carrying any dangerous items... Very well. You may step inside. You next Onigawara."
"But I said first!!"
"Hurry up, everyone is waiting."
"Fine..."
"...Why are you still carrying the spoon?"
"Crap, I forgot to give it back."
"Anyway, I guess a spoon is fine. You can go now."
"Thanks, Leader-san."
"Ok, Nanami-san let's go."
"Onigawara-kun, I forgot ask this, what if Monokuma crashes into the party?"
"That will be our excuse to be outside although he won't do it."
"He won't do it?"
"Cause every single time a party always goes with a murder."
"What?"
"No, nothing. We will ask to guard outside later."
We enter the party room.
"Oh, Onigawara-kun and Nanami-san, welcome."
"You too, Komaeda-san."
"I told you to drop the '-san' right? You don't need to call me like that."
"Whatever... It seems you did a good job of cleaning this place."
"Yeah, I even brough a carpet here."
"Well, good job." I walk away
"So where is the knife?" Chiaki asks
"That table over there, also make sure to go with Hinata-san and Togami-san to check the kitchen."
"The skewer..."
"The skewer is hidden in..."
"In what?"
"Uhm... Bone on the meat?... No actually meat on the bone."
"Ok."
" ...Sorry to have kept you waiting." Twogami enters the room
"Hanamura is in the kitchen... And it seems Kuzuryuu is not coming after all."
"I am sorry. I informed him of the party, but..." Peko lows her head
"You don't have anything to apologize for, Peko-chan. It's his fault if he's not coming..." Mahiru says
"This party should've been compulsory participation, but... Whatever. If only one person is missing, it isn't a problem. Nothing is going to happen to a single person, after all."
"That sounds ominous, does it not?"
"More importantly-- Hm?"
"Oy, what is this?!"
Togami's face suddenly became stern, and his eyes fixated on the food-covered table.
"This is dangerous." Togami stomps towards the table
"H...Hey! What are you doing?!"
"That's so unfair! He's eating the food all by himself!"
"I am not eating it...!"
"However you look at it, this is eating!"
"I am telling you, that is not what I'm doing...! Take a good look at this food."
"It looks like delicious grilled meat..."
"And what is this delicious grilled meat attached to?"
"Hm? They're steel skewers."
"That's right. These steel skewers are exceedingly dangerous. And therefore... as the person in charge I must confiscate them!"
"Ah, it seems everyone is here! In that case, let me bring in the main... um..."
"Hey!! You started eating already?"
"Who made this food?"
"Um... I...I did... Um, are you from the Gourmet Club?"
"What were you thinking? How could you use such a dangerous implement in your food...?"
"D...Dangerous...? This is Churrasco, a legendary South American skewered meat dish..."
"See, it fits the tropical mood, so I thought it would be just right for our party."
"The problem is the skewers, not the food."
"Eh?! I can't even use skewers?!"
"From this reaction, I am guessing there are other dangerous items you know about... Oi, Hinata. Come with me. We have work to do."
"W...Why me?!"
"Hurry up."
"Can I tag along too?" Chiaki asks
"...Sure, it would be okay to have more people anyway."
Twogami, Hajime and Chiaki leave the room.
"Damn him! He just ate the meat and went out like that!!" Akane yells
"So for now let's just wait."
Good... There is only the knife left now. If I take it, Nagito won't be able to find the knife during the blackout. Perfect reason to lock him up. Well then...
"Tsumiki-san, can you come here for a moment?"
"Y-yeah!!" Mikan walks to my place
"I want to give this back to you, you forgot it last time." I give her some bandages
"Heh?? It dropped?? I'm very sorry for making you pick it up!!"
"Don't worry I don't mind. Here, take it."
Of course I don't worry cause I just took it from the supermarket. Sorry Mikan but this is for the greater good.
"T-thank you very much!"
I purposely drop the bandages. Gosh I'm feeling like a bad guy now.
"Oh, I carelessly dropped it. Sorry."
"T-that is... Ah!!"
When she picks the bandages up, she trips on the lamb cord and fall down. Wow I didn't expect it to go this well.
"I...I'm sorry! I fell down again!"
"Yay! An indecent pose! This is clearly a fan service scene, isn't it!" Hiyoko says
"H...Hiyaaaaaa... Don't! Don't look at me, pleaaaase!"
"Hyohyohyo, Ibuki can't get enough of her! Mahiru-chan! This would make a great picture!"
"N...No way I'd take that kind of picture!"
"Hyuu... Forgive me...! Forgive me, pleaaaaaase!"
"E...Everyone... should we not help her, rather than standing here doing nothing?" Sonia says
"Don't worry I got her." I take her hand
"T-thank you, Onigawara-kun..."
"Don't worry. Oops the bandages got under the table. I will retrieve it."
Of course it's in there because I kicked it in.
"Wait, Onigawara-kun, you don't need to do it, I will retrieve it for you." Nagito says
"Komaeda-san, don't worry it's nothing at all."
I go under the table and retrieve the bandages and the knife also. Mission completed.
"Here are the bandages sorry for making you trip."
"Hyuuu... Sniffle... U...Uuuuuu... I...I'm sorry to be a constant disturbance...!"
"Just... be more careful next time, okay?" Mahiru says
"I will just clean the food here... Komaeda-san, help me."
"Sure, I will help!"
3rd person POV:
Meanwhile in the kitchen...
Twogami: Oi... There's something I have to ask before you two go cuddle each other. According to this list... there is one steel skewer missing.
Teruteru: Oh, that's right... I believe it was missing since I first got here. Well, things are in pretty good shape here, but this is still the old lodge. This was bound to happen, wasn't it?
Hajime: If it wasn't here in the first place... there's nothing we can do about it, can we?
Twogami: You're right... There doesn't seem to be any place to hide such a long skewer, in any case.
Chiaki: (The meat on the bone... Did he mean by this?)
Twogami: Very well... As long as I remain vigilant, we can let it rest.
Hajime: Remain vigilant... you mean for the entire night?
Twogami: Let's go back. The others must be waiting. You too, Hanamura. Right now, we should all gather at the main hall.
Teruteru: Sure...
Twogami: What are you doing there? Hurry up, Nanami.
Chiaki:...
Teruteru:...
Chiaki: Do you think someone can hide a skewer inside this?
Teruteru: (She found out!!!)
Twogami: That may be a possibility. I guess checking won't hurt.
Teruteru: What are you imagining? There is no...
Twogami:...Nanami, do it.
Teruteru: Wait!!!
Chiaki: Here I go...
Chiaki takes the skewer out of the meat on the bone.
Teruteru: No!!!
Hajime: That's a skewer!!
Twogami: Hanamura, what is the meaning of this?
Teruteru:...
Twogami: You are going to kill someone aren't you?
Teruteru: No.. No...I...I was just trying to save everybody... I was trying to stop Komaeda's plan to murder someone!
Hajime: Komaeda? What do you mean?
Twogami: Let's hear the rest from him then.
.
Teruteru: T...That's right! That's why I decided to stop him!
Twogami:...
Hajime: I can't believe this... Komaeda is that kind of person?
Twogami: Then what is the skewer for?
Teruteru: That's... I just want to threaten him!!
Chiaki: I don't think threatening someone out of nowhere will be the best choice
Teruteru: That...
Twogami: You are going to kill Komaeda. That's why, isn't it?
Teruteru: I...
Twogami: I have told you, haven't I? As long as I'm here, I won't let no one died!
Teruteru: I...I... wanted to go home... no matter what it took... I HAD TO GO BACK HOME WHATEVER THE PRICE WAAAAAS!!
Hajime: What do you mean?
Teruteru: Because... she's waiting for me. Mom... is waiting back in the countryside. She's all alone... waiting for me to come back after graduating Hope's Peak Academy.
Teruteru: I made her a promise...I made her a promise that I'll become a great cook and save the Hanamura Restaurant. Mom... is waiting for me to fulfill that promise. She's prone to sickness... and all alone... and waiting for me.
Teruteru: SO I MUST GO HOME!!
Teruteru: And then... he said our memories have been taken away... and that years have passed since we entered that school... If that's true, what happened to the Hanamura Restaurant?! What happened to Mom, who's been waiting for me?!
Hajime: You believed it... you believed that story... Weren't you saying this whole time you didn't believe it? That everything's alright...? So, why'd you...?!
Teruteru: I...I still don't believe it! There's no way I can believe it... it has to be a lie... That's why I wanted to go back home! I wanted to go back home... and see for myself that it really was a lie... I wanted to see for myself that there was still a place for me to go back to!
Hajime: Gu...! Hanamura... you...!
Teruteru: I don't believe it... I'll never believe it...
Twogami:...
Chiaki:...
Twogami: (I see... I was wrong the whole time... A leader is not enough, even with this Togami Byakuya's name, it's not enough. So what is enough?)
Twogami: (Could it be that... He was right? I can't pull this off alone. If Nanami hadn't followed us... Would someone die? What if that someone can be me?... I can't imagine it.)
Chiaki:...
Twogami: (I have decided...) Hanamura follow us back to the party.
Teruteru: Huh?
Hajime: Togami? What are you going to do?
1st person POV:
Finally finish cleaning... Although I had to keep an eye on Nagito to see if he wants to check the knife, fortunately he didn't. Of course who would find a knife and still here to clean a mess?
"Ah, they're finally back!" Mahiru says
I look to the entrance to see Hajime, Twogami, Chiaki and Teruteru there. It seems that she did it.
"Hey, let's start already! I'm so hungry I can't take it anymore!"
"...No, there is something I must address." Twogami says
"Eh? There's still something left? Whatever it is, we can just beat it up!! I'll do it myself, so just tell me what to hit!"
"First of all, I want to apologize for my incompetence."
"Huh?" Everyone is surprised to see someone like 'Togami Byakuya' say that
"I almost let a murder happen."
"Someone was going to murder??" Souda yells
"It seems that someone has made the first move. Who is that villain?" Gundham says
"..." Teruteru can't say anything
"The one is Hanamura." Twogami says
Everyone is silent for a moment until...
"A guy like him?? Is this a joke??" Akane yells
"No, this is real."
"Wow I expect someone pervert like him to be the one who makes the first move anyway." Hiyoko smirks
"Seriously! What are you thinking Hanamura??" Mahiru yells
"I..."
"No, don't blame him." Twogami cuts in
"I'm the one who is at fault here."
Then Twogami proceeds to do a dogeza... What???
"W-what?"
"If you want to blame someone, blame me."
"Please stand up Togami-san!!" Sonia quickly tells him
"You can blame me a incompetence leader or whatever but I just want to say this... I won't make this mistake ever again! From now on I will observe Hanamura carefully and I won't let him do anything stupid like this!"
"And you think we can believe you?? You just almost failed!!" Hiyoko yells
"No... This time it will be different. I have realized my mistake, I had focused on keeping everyone safe but I hadn't ever though about their desire to get out of here. This time I won't make any mistakes again!! I swear that on my 'Togami Byakuya' name!!"
No one can says anything after seeing the 'Ultimate Affluent Progeny' did something like this.
"You think I'm stupid!!" Hiyoko yells
Oh yeah except for someone.
"Saionji-san, I will give you some gummy bears later so stop for now he knows his mistake!"
"Gummy bears??... Fine I will stop, it's not like I want some from yours anyway."
For anyone wondering... Every morning I take all of the Gummy bears from the supermarket until the point Monokuma got tired of it so Hiyoko doesn't have any... In short, according the plan.
"Please stand up, Togami-san." Sonia says
"I also know the pressure of being someone who leads everyone. You have done well all the time, a mistake is just a mistake, as long as we know it, we can improve ourselves."
"Sonia..."
"Damn right!! You heard what Sonia-san said!! Now stand up!!"
"YOU HEARD IT, TOGAMI!! You are a tough guy so stand up already." Nekomaru says
"Geez... After everything you said, how can I not forgive you. Stand up already, you are wasting Komaeda's effort to clean the place." Mahiru sighs
"Hahaha!! You have done well mortal!! You have earned Tanaka Gundham's respect!! So stand up right now before my Four Dark Devas of Destruction force you to do that!!"
"Togami-kun... You..."
"See, Hanamura-san... I don't why you wanted to escape this place so badly but... Everyone wants too, it is better to go with everyone than alone right?" I say
"I... I'm so sorry!!" Teruteru bursts into tears
.
"So everything is done." Twogami says
"Just now you was doing a dogeza but you sure recover quick." Souda says
"Of course, what kind of leader am I to let everyone wait for too long."
"You are talking like..."
"Saionji-san, gummy bears..."
"... Fine."
"So everything is solved can we continue the party now? I'm very hungry!!" Akane says
"Wait... It's not..." Hajime says
"Hinata, keep silent for now." Twogami says
"But..."
"He is right Hinata-kun, we shouldn't ruin everyone's mood." Chiaki says
"...Fine."
"Also back to the subject, we aren't done yet."
"I'll beat that one down then! Quickly, tell me what to hit!"
"We told you before, haven't we? You can't solve these problems with violence..."
"Actually, she might be on to something. Someone has to keep him away, after all."
"Eh? You don't mean...?"
The one thing that could hinder this party. Monokuma."
"Yes! We get to eat after I take down Monobear, right?!"
"Whoa, easy there... Picking a fight with Monokuma is only gonna stir up trouble we don't need."
"Are you saying I should just wait here until I starve to death?!"
"I...I think you're exaggerating, just a little...!"
"Hmm... Maybe there's a cleverer solution than blindly starting a fight..."
"Ah. In that case, I'll do something."
"Do something...? You...?"
"Hey, hey... what can a little girl like you do? It's too dangerous, isn't it?"
"It isn't dangerous. I am not going to do anything on my own. You're not...?"
"I see... you intend to employ Monomi, then?"
"Yeah. I think I can cajole her with some flattery, and get her to help. I'm sure she can probably help keep Monokuma in check... I think."
"Ah, that sounds like a good idea! She does seem gullible, that rabbit!"
"Monomi-chan and Monokuma-chan do act like rivals, after all!"
Rivals... You mean the rivals in Pokemon who always loses to the main character? Well that is definitely the case then.
"Well, just one of them always gets the upper hand, though."
"But, are you sure you're going to be alright, Nanami-san? It's still dangerous, isn't it?"
"Nah, I will go with her, two is better than one right? Also it's not like we will fight him head on, in the worst scenario we will just throw Monomi as a bait."
"Well... Is that so..."
"Then we will go now."
"Be sure to leave something for us!!"
When I walk past Twogami, I slips a piece of paper to him. Hope he will believe me though and catch Nagito though.
Anyway real work begins now.
"Onigawara-kun!!! Did you say the truth??" Monomi suddenly appears
"What truth?"
"The thing about throwing as a bait!!"
"That's true."
"Hehhh??"
"And that's a lie."
"...And here I thought you will abandon me for real."
"Well let's go!!"
.
"...It is bigger than I expected." I exclaim
"But you saw it before!!" Monomi says
"Oh, sorry for my 'Can't remember anything about a cannon fodder ' disease then."
"You have a disease like that??"
"Ok, enough joking, that should raise our spirit."
"So what are we going to do, Onigawara-kun?" Chiaki asks
"What else? Destroy this thing but Monomi goes first we must observe a bit before getting in."
"Why?? Then I can go alone!!"
"Cause you are the strongest here so you can hold against it. And go alone is not good, we are here to help you to find the way to beat the Monobeast."
"Way to beat it?"
"Yep that's right."
Monobeast is in the minigame after all, they must have their moveset and we have the Ultimate Gamer and the once (self-proclaimed) Ultimate Neet here so it will be fine.
"I see!! I will count on both of you!!"
Actually another reason is she has spares hope she won't get angry because of this...
3rd person POV:
After waiting for Chiaki and Shin to hide behind some random bushes, Monomi finally made her move.
Monomi: Here I come!!
Monomi throws many magic orbs around the Monobeast.
Shin: (It doesn't move??)
Chiaki: (...)
Monomi: Take this!!
The magic orbs form into a storm directly on the Monobeast.
Shin: Wow, she can do that?
Chiaki: I'm pretty sure she can only summon a tree.
Shin:... Are you thinking the same thing I am?
Chiaki: Yeah...
Both: (She obviously hides it!!)
Monomi: Take more!!!
Monomi proceeds to throw magic orbs at an inhuman... inrobot speed and the Monobeast continues to get hurt.
Monomi: (That's enough!!) Now take this!!
Shin: (...Wait.) Monomi dodge!!!
Monomi: Huh? Eh??
Monomi manages to jump before the Monobeast's tail hits her.
Monomi: It move???
Chiaki: It seems that it gets used to Monomi's attack.
Shin: This is why we shouldn't spam a skill on a boss battle huh?
Chiaki: It only exists that kind of thing in some games...
Shin: Yeah... (Lingering Will... I am having flashback at him.)
Monomi: Not so... Ahh!!
The Monobeast lunges at Monomi.
Shin: (Oh no!! If she summons something now, it will surely hit her!!)
Monomi: I won't lose!!
Monomi summons a tree to hit both of them.
Monomi: How is that??
Shin: She really uses a suicide attack??
Chiaki: I think that was her only choice just now.
The Monobeast stands up and lunges at Monomi.
Monomi: I won't fall for it!!
Monomi dodges and summons storms at the Monobeast.
Monomi:...
Chiaki: (It didn't move?)
Shin:...
Then the Monobeast rises again and lunges at Monomi.
Monomi: Ehh?? It moved again??
Monomi holds her stick tightly and throws magic orbs.
Chiaki: Wait!! Monomi stop for now!!
Monomi: What do you mean, Nanami-chan??
Chiaki: For now you just need to focus on dodging.
Monomi: What... Ahh!!
Monomi jumps before the Monobeast's tail hit her again.
Monomi: Take this!! Monomi's Drop Kick!!
Monomi kicks the Monobeast from above.
Shin: (Is that name really necessary?) I thought you shouldn't hit it??
Monomi: Ah! Sorry!!
Then the fight continues for some time until...
Shin: (Wait... Just now it stopped again...)
Chiaki: I found it!
Shin: Found what?
Chiaki: The Monobeast's movement! I can read it.
Shin: What?
Chiaki: It's like a video game. If we consider the Monobeast as a boss fight, I can see how it moves.
Shin: (That's right... If I remember right, this is a minigame in the original game so the Monobeast must have their our moveset.)
Chiaki: According to what I see, the Monobeast only has 2 kinds of attack.
Shin: 2? Isn't that a bit low?
Chiaki: Yeah but I can only see like that. When Monomi is near it, it always use its tail to do a spinning attack, and when Monomi is far, it always lunges at her but after that it will be immobilized for a while.
Shin: That's a bit simple.
Chiaki: Yeah but it is better than nothing, we should announce Monomi now.
Monomi: Take this!!
The Monobeast receives another drop kick from Monomi and the above part of it is a bit broken with the wire out.
Shin: I have a good idea.
Chiaki: What?
Shin: If what you said is true then I have a plan now. Help me climb to that tree over there!!
Chiaki: Tree? What are you going to do?
Shin takes out the knife.
Shin: Komaeda-san really gives me something very useful.
Chiaki:!! I see. Let's go!
Shin: Here we go!!
Shin successfully jump on the tree with Chiaki's help.
Shin: Monomi!! Lure it over there!! Make sure to keep a long distance from it!!
Monomi: Onigawara-kun?? Ok!!
Monomi cast magic orbs about her and does a incredible jump toward the tree.
Monomi: Now, what should I do??
Shin: When it lunges at you jump the highest you can, we will defeat it.
Monomi: Sure!! Leave it to me!!
Monobeast quickly lunges at their direction.
Shin: Now!!
Monomi: Here I go!!
Monomi jumps and dodges the Monobeast's attack.
Shin: (Now it should be immobilized.)
Shin jumps down on the Monobeast.
Shin: (Hope the knife can cut this...)
Shin uses the knife to cut some random wires on the broken part.
The Monobeast slowly stands up.
Shin: (It is not working?? Then how about this??)
Shin holds the knife and thrushes it directly to the inside of the Monobeast.
The Monobeast stops for a moment...
Shin: Now!! Monomi!! To the knife's location!!
Monomi: Here I go!!! Super Ultra Monomi's Drop Kick!!
Shin: (What is that kind of cringe name??? Whatever!!)
Shin immediately jumps out of the Monobeast's back. Monomi's attack hits the knife's location very hard and jumps back to Chiaki and Shin.
Monomo: I..Is that enough?
Shin:...
The Monobeast still attempts to use its tail to attack.
Chiaki: (That movement!!) Monomi, hit it with a tree!
Monomi: R-right!
Monomi summons a tree and make the Monobeast flying. When it drops to the ground, an explosion occurs.
Shin: (Wow an explosion deja vu.)
Then the smoke goes away, leaving many destroyed parts of the Monobeast.
Monomi: W...We did it!!!
Monomi lunges at the other two and hug them.
Chiaki: Yeah...We did it.
Shin: (3 more to go...) Yep, I said trust me right.
Meanwhile the three of them don't notice someone observing them from the beginning of the fight.
Fuyuhiko:...
A/N: Chapter 29 ends!! Gosh I decided to make Twogami acts differently from Togami a bit cause no matter what, they are still different enities, hope that this will make it. Also hope the Monobeast fight's section doesn't sound cringe... I add it in the story for some reasons if you wonder why.
Anyway, thanks for spending your time reading my story.