Danganronpa: Return of Despair

Chapter 1, Part 2

They stared at us for a bit, they looked very nervous. We walked over to them.

"Hello," I smiled and waved.
"Yeah, hi!" Seiko waved as well.

They nervously waved back to us, Seiko and I exchanged a look.

"Can you talk? Are you scared?" Seiko asked.
"If you are scared, you don't have to be!" I put a hand on their shoulder.

They shook their head and pointed to their mouth, which was covered by a mask.

"So, you can't talk?" I asked.
They nodded.
"Ahh, well, do you have a way of talking? I don't know sign language, sorry," I nervously laughed a little.
They nodded again and pulled out a small notebook from their pocket.

'My name is Takahiro Harasawa, I'm the Ultimate Dentist, and I hope we can be friends!' She wrote on her notecard, she smiled with her eyes.
I smiled back, "I hope we can be friends as well, and I'm Mamoru Kakahashi,"
'Where did the other one go?' She wrote.
"Seiko? She was just-" I sighed, "Why are they all disappearing?"

Takahiro started writing again, but then someone tapped my shoulder. I was startled, and I turned around. Of course, it was another person. He smiled and waved.

"Hello! I'm Shin Hidaka!" He said, kind of loudly.
"Oh- Hello, I'm Mamoru Kakahashi," I gestured to Takahiro, "She's Takahiro Harasawa, she can't talk,"
"Ooh, that's kinda bad, I think," He shrugged, "I dunno, anyway, I'm the Ultimate Knight, so if you guys ever need someone to protect you, I'm your guy!"
I laughed a little, "Thanks, I'll keep that in mind,"
"So, do you guys know where we are? Or what happened?" He asked.
"Nope, you probably don't either," I sighed.
"No clue!" He laughed.
"Great," I groaned.
"Wait, am I supposed to know?" He looked around confused.
"I don't think so, no one else has," I replied.
"Wait, is there more of you?" He asked.
"Oh, yeah, there's Kaz Orisano, Ayu Kimura, Zenshiro Takahashi, and Seiko Nagakawa," I explained.
"That's quite a few people, and Takahiro right?" He pointed to her.
"Yeah, but I assumed you knew she was here," I laughed a little.
"Ohh," He nodded, "That does make sense!"

I sighed and shook my head. I looked around, it looked like 2 others woke up in the time Shin and I were talking. Great. They noticed us, one of them pointed in our direction. We all moved towards each other and met near what we assumed to be the middle of the room. A blonde male stuck his hand out to me for a handshake.

"I'm Daisuke Akaneya, the Ultimate Sailor, you are?" He smiled.
"Mamoru Kakahashi, Ultimate Ballet Dancer," I accepted his handshake.
Shin shoved me over, "I'm Shin Hidaka!" He enthusiastically shook Daisuke's hand.
"Woah, calm down a bit," Daisuke laughed, "And who is the lovely lady?" He gestured to Takahiro.
"She's Takahiro Harasawa, she can't talk, but she's the Ultimate Dentist," I explained.
"Ah, I see," He nodded.
The other spoke up, "I'm Koki Nakahara, the Ultimate Organizer," He sighed, "And I'd rather not interact with you at all if you plan on causing absolute chaos,"
"Oh, you probably won't like anyone else here then," I laughed.
"There are..others?" Daisuke asked suspiciously.
"Oh, yeah! They left to..somewhere..? A little bit ago, I'm not sure. There's Kaz Orisano, she's the Ultimate Bowler, and there's Ayu Kimura, she's the Ultimate Drama Queen, you can tell she's quite rude, Zenshiro Takahashi, Blogger guy I think, he said something about that, and Seiko Nagakawa, I didn't quite get her Ultimate," I explained, once again.
"You seem to have quite the memory," Daisuke chuckled a little, "That's a wonderful gift,"

As we were talking, Seiko ran over to us. That made me even more confused than the whole situation.

"Seiko?! Where did you go? Where's the others?" I asked.
"THEY'RE GONE!!! THEY'RE GONNA RIP OUT YOUR EYES AND TURN THEM TO WORMS! THEY'RE GONNA MAKE YOUR FACE MELT AWAY!!" She hid behind my back and pointed into the distance, where there was some laughter coming from.
"Who orchestrated that idea?" I sighed and asked Seiko.
"Huh? Ayu told me," She replied, slightly confused, "BUT WE GOTTA RUN!!" She tried to pull my arm.
"Yup, definitely duped," I started laughing a little.
"Are these the others you were speaking of?" Koki asked, "I don't like them,"
"You haven't even met them yet, c'mon," I shrugged.

The other 3 ran over to the rest of us, still laughing. Seiko came out from behind my back crossed her arms.

"It wasn't funny, guys," She pouted.
"You're right," Kaz nodded, "IT WAS FUCKIN' HILARIOUS!!"
"She's actually right, which seems like it's rare to come by," Ayu giggled.
"HUH? DON'T BE SUCH A BITCH," Kaz pushed Ayu, she knocked her into Zenshiro.
Zenshiro threw his hands up, "Do you mind?"
"What?! She pushed me!" Ayu shoved him.
He sighed and leaned on Ayu's head, "That's not the point,"
"Huh? What's the point then?" She asked him, trying to get his arms off of her head.

Zenshiro pointed to Kaz and smiled. She responded by flipping him off. I sighed.

"She loves me," He leaned into his hands.
"She hates you, you're aware of that right?" Ayu continued her struggle.
He shrugged, "Same difference,"
I took his arms off Ayu's head, "Are you all done?"
"Who are these folks?" Kaz pointed to the four others.
"Oh, Takahiro Harasawa, she can't talk, she's the Ultimate Dentist, Shin Hidaka, he's a knight I think," I was cut off.
"I'm Daisuke Akaneya," He softly took Kaz's hand and shook it, "It's a pleasure,"
"What the fuck?" She harshly pulled her hand away.
"Kaz doesn't like being touched," Zenshiro told Daisuke, "I learned that the hard way," He laughed.
"Wh-" Daisuke was confused, "Anyway, I'm the Ultimate Sailor,"
"So you like boats?" Kaz asked.
"Um," He sighed, "I guess you could say that,"
"COOL!" Kaz exclaimed, "Boats are cool,"
Koki barged in, "I'm Koki Nakahara, to make you aware, I am not fond of you, any of you."
"Yeah, well, I don't like you either," Seiko crossed her arms and stuck out her tongue.
"Childish fool," Koki sighed.
"I'm not a child! I'm 13!" Seiko exclaimed.
"OH MY GOD YOU'RE A FUCKIN' KID?!" Kaz grabbed Seiko's shoulders.
"I JUST SAID I'M NOT!" She wiggled away.
"You're so little! You're like..umm.... I'm not sure, maybe 3 years," Kaz started thinking, "No, not 3, I think,"
"Huh? Wait how old are you?" I asked her.
"17, why?" She responded.
"That's 4 years then, idiot," Ayu laughed.
"HEY, WATCH YOUR FUCKIN' MOUTH," Kaz grabbed the collar of Ayu's shirt.
"I'm just stating the facts," She shrugged.
"She's not an idiot, she's too hot to be an idiot," Zenshiro shook his head.
"You're not helping, fuckhead," She glared at him.

Another girl walked over to our group.

"Woah, are you all fighting already?" She asked, "Wait, where are we?"
"None of us know, and they've known each other for about 20 minutes or so by now," I shrugged.
"Ahh, I see, in that case, I'm Kunihiko Haneishi! Um, I seem to have forgotten my ultimate, but I will remember eventually!" She smiled.
"Oh, that's kinda bad, I'm Mamoru Kakahashi, and I do remember my Ultimate. I'm the Ultimate Ballet Dancer," I nodded.
"Wow, how long have you been doing ballet?" She asked.
"Um, I think about 12 years now, I started when I was 3," I laughed a little.
"Ahh, that seems wonderful!" She smiled and clapped.
"Heh, it definitely was," It wasn't, I lied.
"Who are the others?" She asked.
"You can meet them yourself if you'd like, but they're a bit, what's the word," I pondered.
"Chaotic?" She suggested.
"That works," I laughed.
She laughed as well, "That seems fun! I'll see you, Mamoru!" She walked towards the rest of the group.
"Yeah," I waved as she left.

I sighed and sat on the ground. There was still quite a few people asleep. Two more had woken up as I began to notice. That's great. One of them walked over immediately, the other was slightly slower. The first one was a red haired male, I stood and greeted him.

"Hey, I'm guessing you don't know where you are," I sighed.
"Um, not really, no," He sighed, he gripped a book that he was holding, "I'm Y-Yokichi Yamamoto,"
"Mamoru Kakahashi," I nodded, "What's that in your hands?"
"O-Oh, my sketchbook, I'm the Ultimate Illustrator," He slightly smiled.
"That's cool! Can I see some of your work sometime?" I asked.
"You- You'd really be interested?" His eyes seemed to light up.
"Yeah! As soon as we figure out where we are, I'd love to see some!" I nodded again.
"That- That means a lot to me," He looked down.
"Yeah, I can tell," I smiled and patted his shoulder, "There's a few others over there if you want to meet them," I gestured to the group.
"O-Oh? Okay," He nervously walked towards them.
The other came over, he seemed to have blue hair under a beanie, "There's a few people here already, huh?"
"Wait, do you know where we are?" I asked him.
He laughed, "Nope, no idea, but I'm Rokuro Kuramochi, I'm a Tour Guide, so I'm kind of out of my element,"
"Ah, I'm Mamoru Kakahashi, and I'm a Ballet Dancer," I replied.
"Oh? Perhaps I may have seen you before? Russian Ballet?" He asked.
"Um, yes actually, have you gone to a showing?" I asked.
"I believe I have!" He snapped his fingers.
"Wow! I wouldn't have known, I don't meet the people in the audience much," I laughed a little.
He chuckled, "Understandable, I'll be off to meet the others,"
"Alright, see ya!" I waved, he waved back.

"These people seem so nice," I thought, "Why are we all here? We're all Ultimates as well, which leads me to wonder,"