Author's note: Sorry, I forgot to release Yesterday's chapters, but now I will, I just have a lot going on.
"Mm, ahem, this is a school announcement. It is now 10 p.m. As such, it is officially nighttime. Soon the doors to the dining hall will be locked, and entry at that point is strictly prohibited. Okay then...sweet dreams, everyone! Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite..." the familiar voice of Monokuma says.
"Oh, um, Sayaka, I should probably get ready to go to bed" I say.
"Oh okay" she replies.
"Trust me, it was very great talking to you."
"Same."
Sayaka smiles at me.
"Well I am off" I say.
"Okay, see you Tomorrow!" she exclaims.
"Okay" I reply.
I then head off.
I go to my dorm, and sit on my bed. I sigh. I have had a long day, mostly with Sayaka but still. I am already tired. To tired to just walk around, or take a shower.
"I can do that stuff Tomorrow" I mutter to myself.
As my eyelids began to slide closed...the conversation I'd had with Sayaka that morning began to replay. In a way, it's almost frustrating... Even if I understand where her desperation is coming from, I can't share in it. The pressure she's under is way different from anything a normal high school like me goes through. She didn't just stumble into this school the way I did. So I can't say I feel things the way she does. Compared to her...no, compared to everyone else here...there's no doubt I just don't match up. I guess that might explain my own frustration...
I hear the last of Monokuma's voice for today
"Ahem, so...I'm sure that you've noticed the killing game has begun, but... there's still room for a little laughter. It seems our newest students, already so filled with despair, still have some hope of escape! Puhuhu... So when will it begin? When will their hope begin to die? Is it time yet? Is it time!? Heartpounding excitement!"
I let all my stress go away, and drift to sleep.
Almost like I never fell asleep, I hear another announcement.
"Good morning, everyone! It is now 7 a.m. and nighttime is officially over! Time to rise and shine! Get ready to greet another beee-yutiful day!" Monokuma exclaims.
My eyes open, I still lay in bed for a few minutes, I watch as a clock ticks, ticks, and ticks, for five minutes straight.
My vision clears, and I get out of bed, I get some clothes on, and head out.
Morning has come. What should I do today? I think to myself.
"Uh, I guess I'll go give Leon and Byakuya those presents."
I head out of my dorm, attempting to find them.
I find Leon in the halls of the Dormitory.
"Hello Leon" I say, as I yawn.
"What are you doing, Akira!? We gotta hurry up and find a way outta here!" Leon exclaims.
"Well, I just woke up" I say.
"If I do that, I better actually let my body wake up first."
"Hey Akira...?"
"Yeah?"
"Y-You're not trying to get me alone so you can kill me, are you...?"
"What! No way! I would never kill you!"
"My fans will all go psycho on you if you do! I'm as popular as any international superstar!"
"But if you're NOT gonna murder me, then let's hang out. I don't really wanna be alone, anyway..."
"Because y'know, it is better to be around people, that you can trust I guess, rather then be alone, like in some horror movie, where I am the first to be killed."
"Yeah, I know what you mean" I reply.
"Uh, Leon?" I ask him.
"Uh yeah?"
"I actually have a present for you."
"You do!?"
"Yeah."
I give Leon the present. Non like Sayaka, he just immediately rips the wrapping paper off the present.
It is a little video game called Project Zombie.
Project Zombie: A mature game designed for the Funplane, where a former runway model takes zombies as slaves in a post-apocalyptic world. It's been out of print for a while...
He looks at the present.
"Are you kidding me? I can have this!?"
"Yeah, it is all yours, I got it for you, Leon."
"This is cool. Super cool! I feel like maybe I don't have to get outta here anymore!"
"Well, I still will, but this is sick! Great present!"
Seeing Leon so pleased with something I gave him makes me actually feel good for once even though I am empty
"I'm not even afraid anymore. Now I'm just angry..."
"Why!? Why is this happening to me!? This isn't fair, man! I mean, am I wrong?"
"Oh, um... Yeah, it really isn't."
"Right!? Totally unfair. Ultra unfair! Just like having to shave my head right before every baseball game!"
"Well, I mean...you chose to do that, right?"
"C'mon, man! Are *you* against me now, too!? I didn't even wanna play! But the coach and all the teachers begged me, so I did it! And then they made me shave my head, just cuz it's "tradition." How's that fair!?"
I notice how he said man, though I am a woman, but that doesn't matter
"You really hate baseball that much, huh...?"
"Dang straight I do! Who has fun running around on a dusty field for three hours!?"
But...for baseball players, the field is like sacred ground, isn't it?
"But it's so not cool! Spending all that time at practice, getting covered in sweat and dirt..."
"It's just baseball, right? It's easy! Who needs practice!?"
I think the gods picked the wrong person to bless with that much talent...
"Still...I gotta admit, baseball wasn't all bad. It did have a few things going for it..."
"Like the feeling of camaraderie between you and your teammates, I suppose."
"Nah, nothing like that! I can't stand being around a bunch of sweaty guys. So totally uncool!"
"Then...what did you like about it?"
Leon grins
"Well, I hate studying, right? But I still got into this super fancy school on a sports scholarship. As long as I kept playing, I never had to study! And besides that..."
"It made me have lots of fame, some fame..."
"Very nice... in ways you might not understand..."
"Uh okay."
I feel weird, like something uncomfortable that I wouldn't like, because well... it would be super weird if I was him, I guess we do have other interests.... some very weird...
"..."
"Heh-heh. I got plenty more where that came from! Maybe I'll tell ya more about that next time. Anyway, let's hang out again sometime! Talking to you helps me keep my mind off this place...
"Well, see ya later!"
With a grin on his face and a spring in his step, Leon strolled away. I'm not really sure why, but I guess Leon likes hanging out with me...
"Well, I better give Byakuya his present... I am kinda scared... that he won't enjoy it... how Hifumi said, he immediately declined Toko's present."
I gulp.
I know that Leon and Byakuya are two very different people.
I go to the Dining Hall.
There is Kiyotaka and Byakuya.
"Oh hey, Akira!" Taka exclaims
Byakuya is smirking.
"So the only way to get out of here is to kill someone. Interesting..."
"Uh, hello Byakuya."
"Oh, it is you."
"Yeah, uh... it is me."
"..."
I spent some time with Byakuya in silence...
"Well..."
Byakuya rolls his eyes.
"What?"
"I thought you'd like this present."
I give him the present.
It is a globe
Prince Shotoku's Globe: A spherical representation of Earth, about the size of a softball. Some believe it to be an "OOPArt", An out-of-place artifact since it depicts a round Earth, despite being many centuries old.
Byakuya opens the present
He stares at it, if he was studying it.
"Now this is a rare moment. Coming from a noble family, I've never been exposed to such Beauty. Interesting. I think I'll keep it."
Seeing Byakuya so pleased with something I gave him, surprises me.
"...I have a question for you."
"Huh? You do?"
"Something's been bothering me for a while now, and I can't take it anymore. So to answer my question..."
"What is your Ultimate ability?"
"Oh, well... I don't know..."
"Huh...?"
Byakuya is surprised, himself.
"You don't know?"
"No. I think, I have... what is the word?"
"Amnesia."
"Yes."
"I see. Well, that answers my question."
"Poor you" Byakuya begins.
"Huh?"
"Oh, how much you remind me of Kyoko."
"You just are her but actually talk."
"Maybe compared to you, the Ultimate Affluent Progeny and all..."
"You seem to think it's merely an issue of title. But make no mistake... My lineage, intelligence, figure, athletic ability--they are all ultimate."
"Which is to say, I am the Ultimate Perfection. Feel free to begin calling me that, in fact."
He's really taking this to the extreme...
"You, who have nothing. I, who have everything. We are living proof that all people are *not* created equal. You have my pity, Akira. Life can be very cruel indeed."
"..."
"And because I pity you so much, perhaps someday I'll allow you to hear my tale of glory. Consider it a blessing, a gift from me to you, to allow you to bask in my glory."
Byakuya leaves.
Having finished his mean-spirited lecture, Byakuya left me standing there in silence.
"Welp" I say.
"I learned one thing about Byakuya today... Anytime I talk to him, I need to be prepared for extreme psychological trauma" I jokingly say to myself.
"But really you kind of are right."
"Huh? Oh, Taka! Sorry, forgot about you, there."
"It is okay, for now, Akira but you should never forget about your classmates!" Taka exclaims.
"Sorry. I apologize."
"Thank you" he says.
"Byakuya, is kind of a bully, he's a..."
Taka's mind ponders.
"Showoff" I finish Taka's sentence.
"Yeah."
"You know, some of the students are just rougher than others, like Byakuya and Mondo are very rough, but people like Sayaka and Chihiro are not so much, I would say, myself, I am in the middle of that, but some others are to mysterious to really know."
"Like Kyoko and Celestia."
"Yeah."
"Maybe you should try talking to them."
"I don't know about that."
"Maybe, or maybe not."
"Or you could possibly hang out with me."
"Yeah."
"But not right now. I am sorry Akira, I uh... got to go!"
"Okay."
Taka then went off, leaving myself there, with no one else around me.
I sigh, and then walk away.
"Maybe I will, Taka. Maybe I will."
Wow, already 10 pm, time flies, most of the time today, I was in my room. But, I promised to talk with Sayaka... better talk to her quickly.
I go through the hall, to mine, Makoto's, Hina's, Byakuya's, Celestia's, Chihiro's, Hifumi's, Junko's, Taka's, Kyoko's, Leon's, Mondo's, Sakura's, Toko's, Yasuhiro's, to Sayaka's dorm.
I knock on her dorm room
"Akira!" Sayaka exclaims.
"Come in."
I go into Sayaka's dorm room.
"Why are you here, so late?"
"I remember I said, I would talk to you Tomorrow, Yesterday. So I decided maybe I should."
"That's nice of you, I don't know how long until we should get to bed, already, but..."
"But what?"
"We can talk for a while."
"Okay."
"Uh, Sayaka?"
"Yes, Akira?"
"If you are comfortable with telling me... do you believe in this?"
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"Do you believe that... we are actually in a murder-mystery?"
"Oh."
"Like, do you think... y'know... someone is gonna get murdered..."
"Maybe, Akira. I don't know... but, I am scared about that...."
"But, I will protect you, through this Sayaka. Whatever's really happening, I am gonna save you."
"And maybe, I'll save you... as your "Ultimate Assistant."
"Maybe. Maybe."
"Oh, I am sorry, Sayaka, I have to go now."
"Oh okay."
"I'll talk to you Tomorrow! Bye!"
"Bye Akira!"
I then leave
I go to my dorm. Do what I didn't do last night, before I go to sleep.
I lay on bed, pull the covers of the blanket to my face, I close my eyes and drift to sleep... letting all the worries away, knowing that I'll probably be safe.
*Knock knock*
"Huh?"
I get out of my bed, and start walking around, I look around, in worry.
"Am I going to be the first person killed?"