A despairing memory (Danganronpa Trigger Happy Havoc Fan-fiction)

To Survive (Chapter 1 Part 1)

The atmosphere grew heavier by the second. Her sharp words cut through that silence. 

Kyoko: So? What are you going to do now? Just stand around glaring at each other?

Her comment was directed at everyone. Pulling everyone back to reality.

Taka: R-Right... She's right! Sometimes, even if you're nervous or afraid, you just have to step forward! To forget such a simple fact... I can't forget such a simple fact... I can't forgive myself. I'm so ashamed! Please, someone hit me! I can't forgive myself! Somebody hit me! Punish me! 

Mondo: Jesus. If you have time to yell about it, you have time to DO something about it. 

Hifumi: Perhaps, but... what is the mission, exactly?

Leon: Idiot! To look for a way out, duh!

Junko: And we totally need to find whoever was controlling that stupid bear and beat the hell out of' em.

Chihiro: B-But before we do all that, maybe we should take a look at the handbook... It's probably best to check out the school regulations Monokuma mentioned before doing anything else.

Celeste: True. If we stumble around with no clue what rules are, something like that might happen again...

Mondo: Shit...

Junko: Fine. Then let's hurry up and check ot the stupid rules already.

I took my e- Handbook and powered it one. To my suprise my name didn't appear, where it was suppose to appear there was stars.

Asu: Do all of you handbooks display your names?

I felt many eyes turn toward me.

Makoto: What do you mean by that?

Asu: Just answer the question.

A couple of them noded.

I showed them the screen of my handbook. 

Yasuhiro: What is that suppose to mean.?

Chihiro: M-Maybe your handbook is glitched and the stars represent your name.

I shook my head.

Asu: There's five stars. I am guessing they mean the number of letter in my first name, but the thing is, Asutoraru has nine letters, not five.

Kyoko: Can I see?

I handed her my Handbook. She took a closer look. Shortly after, she gave it back to me.

Kyoko: For now it's not important.

I noded and started to read the rules. After a couple of minutes I raised my face up from the screen. I felt nothing... 

Mondo: This is bullshit! What the hell kinda rules are these!? I'm not gonna let them control ME!

Celeste: Well then, why don't you wander around the school without a care in the world and see what happens? Personally, I would love to see what happens when someone breaks one of the rules.

Hifumi: But if he got punished like what we saw before, I don't think there'd be a respawn waiting for him... 

Mondo: I... Ever since I was a kid, I grew up with my older brother pounding this into my head... When a man makes a promise, he has to keep it, even if it kills him.

Junko: So what?

Mondo: I've made a ton of promises that I still have to keep, that's "so what"! So I can't afford to die in here! 

Celeste: None of that made much sense to me, but you are saying you will follow the regulations, is that it? 

Mondo: Huh? Oh, well... yeah, I guess you're right. 

Sayaka: Hey, um... I have a question. For regulation number six... what do you think it means exactly? 

Makoto: You're talking about the second half, right? Where it says "unless they are discovered"? I was wondering about that myself.

Byakuya: It's saying that if you want to  graduate, you have to kill someone without anyone finding out it was you.

Toko: B-But why...? Why do we h-have to do that? 

Byakuya: I don't see any reason to worry about it. Just worry about following the rules as they've been explained to us. Frankly, I don't want to hear anything from someone who wait for others to decide what to do for them. 

Toko: D-Don't jab at me...

Leon: More like a full-on stab...

Aoi: Well for now, let's forget all that silly junk about murderers or whatever. Now that we know the rules, let's start exploring the school! 

Taka: True. We need to find out where exactly we are. Is there any way out? What about food and supplies? There are tons of questions we need to answer! 

Leon: Damn straight! Okay, then let's all start looking around! 

Byakuya: I'll be going alone. 

Junko: What!? Why? That's a pretty stupid idea, don't you think?

Byakuya: Someone here might already have started thinking about murdering one of us. Are you saying we should stand around with them in our midst and make it that much easier for them? 

Sayaka: W-Wait, hold on a second. That would never-! 

Byakuya: Don't bother saying it couldn't happen. You can't deny the possibility. That's why you all seized up with fear when that graduation rule was made clear to you. Am I wrong? 

Sayaka: B-But...

Byakuya: So, I'm simply acting in accordance with what I think is best for me. 

Mondo: Hold on! Like hell I'm gonna let you run off and do whatever you want! 

Byakuya: Out of my way, plankton. 

Mondo: Wh-!? The fuck's that supposed to mean!? 

Byakuya: One tiny bit of plankton, drifting across the sea. So miniscule, so insignificant, they couldn't possibly have any kind of influence on the boundless ocean. 

Mondo: I'm gonna kick you ass!

Makoto: S-Stop it! We shouldn't fight! 

As Makoto tried to break the fight, I walked closer to them. I knew the situation would end badly if no one actually took action

Mondo: The fuck you just say? You some kinda goody-goody little bitch? Who do you think you are, talkin' to me like that? You think you're my fuckin' dad or something!? 

Makoto: N-No, I wasn't-! 

Mondo: Fuck you! 

As he was about to punch him he felt an opposite force hitting his fist. 

Mondo: Wh-

He looked at me only to be met with a freezing glare which gave him chills. I let go of his fist.

Asu: Don't make the same mistake twice.