Danganronpa: Return of Despair

Chapter 5, Part 1

It was dark when I woke up. I was confused. The light switch wouldn't work when I tried it. I left my room. The hall was dark, as well. Everyone was out of their room, a few in a panic, a others were unfazed. The speakers rang out with an obnoxious sound. Monokuma's voice was back.

"Ahem, sorry for any technical difficulties! I was having a few issues! But, now the game is back on track! Say hello to your new motive! You will be in the dark until someone kills!" He laughed.

The speakers cut out.

"This has gotta be over anytime soon, right..?" Shin asked.
"Yeah! We gotta be done with this game soon!" Kunihiko smiled, "Stay positive, we're gonna get out soon!"
Kaz rolled her eyes, "If we were gonna get out soon, don't you think we'd be out by now, dumbass?"
"Well, we can still hope!" Kunihiko smiled.
"Hope is bullshit." Kaz stated, harshly, "If you really wanted to get out of here, then you should try killing someone. See how that goes. That's the only "hope" we have to get out of this place. That luck can either help us get away with murder or not fucking DIE. It's fucking obvious that no one here cares anymore,"
"...Do you ever shut the fuck up or do you just like to hear the sound of your own goddamn voice?!" Kunihiko walked towards Kaz.
"Someone just got balls," Kaz scoffed, "But, why the hell do you still give a shit? It's fucking hopeless to keep up that act,"
"I give a shit because SOMEONE has to." Kunihiko pushed Kaz a bit.
Kaz pushed her back, "NO ONE has to. You chose to believe that everything is gonna be alright, and it's NOT. Now give it a rest, fuckhead."

Kunihiko stared at her for a bit, then started walking down the hall. Kaz went back into her room. Koki cleared his throat.

"Well, now that they're done, shall we go look around to see if there's anything new?" He suggested.
"I'm down!" Shin nodded.
"I-I'm gonna go after Kunihiko, s-sorry," Yokichi followed down Kunihiko's path.
"And I don't wanna hang around with you guys," Ayu shook her head.
"Do you wanna come, Takahiro?" Shin asked her.
Takahiro nodded.
"I'll come as well," I shrugged, "There's nothing better to do,"
"Alright, let's go then," Koki stated.

We walked down the hall to the staircase. We walked up. The new floor wasn't interesting. it was just a hallway of rooms again. We walked down the hall. They were all completely closed.

"Should we open them?" Shin asked.
"Something seems wrong," Koki stated.
"Why does it seem wrong?" I asked.
"There's 16 doors. It's gotta have something to do with us, right?" Koki wondered.
"He's got a point," Shin agreed.
"Maybe find your room number and open it, that might be what this is," I suggested.
"That's a good idea," Koki nodded.

We all found our respective numbered rooms. I stared at my door for a minute. There was no lock, they were free to be opened by anyone. I opened my door. It seemed to have a lot of ballet artifacts, items, and other things of the sorts. These rooms seemed to be about our ultimates.

I remembered, Kunihiko said she didn't remember her ultimate. I ran towards the stairs

"Inhave to go back downstairs, there's something we need to do!" I shouted out, hoping they heard me.

I reached the end of the stairs and set off to find Kunihiko. The room would help her remember, but I didn't wanna snoop around in her stuff. She needed to find out herself. The question is, where did she go?

I checked the dining hall first, as far as I'm aware she's usually in there.

She was nowhere to be found in the dining hall. Not even Yokichi was there. I turned around and went to check her room. What was her room number? I didn't know it, she never told me and I never noticed her enter her room. I knew which ones weren't hers, so I checked a random one that I didn't know. It was number 15. The door opened, Kunihiko poked her head out. I was right!

"Kunihiko, the new floor has rooms with our ultimates, you can find out yours!" I exclaimed.
"Um, that's great, but I'm in a bit of a pickle..." She stated.
"Huh? What's that?" I asked.
"I...don't know where Yokichi went, and he's probably an easy target, especially since I was kinda rude to Kaz earlier, I'm worried about him!" She had a worried tone in her voice.
"Oh? Well, let's go, I'll help you find him!" I stated.
"You will? Oh, thank you!" She smiled.

We started walking down the hall, she stopped at room 8.

"This is his room, we should knock and check if he's here first. He wasn't earlier, but he might be now!" She stated.
I nodded, "Good idea,"

I knocked on his door. There was no response for a few minutes. Kunihiko sighed.

"He's not here," She shook her head.
"He wasn't in the dining hall, I already checked, where else would he be? The library?" I asked.
"Maybe, he liked to read, sorta, he's a fan of the arts," She nodded.

We made our way up to the library. Koki was walking down the hall to the library as well once we got there.

"Koki! Have you seen Yokichi?" I asked.
"I have not," He shook his head.

We all continued walking to the library. The door was already slightly opened.

"He might be in there!" Kunihiko exclaimed.

We opened the door. He was in there. But, it was wrong.