Danganronpa: Despair Avenue

Chapter Two // Sleep is a Dead Man's Practice // Daily Life

My eyes slowly opening, the morning announcement was already halfway through being played.

"Ugh." I groaned, sitting up.

I greeted Kimika, ate breakfast and we walked together to the daily meeting.

We were the first to arrive, apart from Chikako.

"Hey guys!" She smiled.

"Hi." I said.

Taeko, Yoshi, Jiro, Ichijo, Haruhi, Sumiko, Yuzuru and Zenzo showed up not long after.

"Where's Issei?" Chikako asked.

"Oh, he's probably being an asshole elsewhere." Jiro smiled.

"Ok, so I'm gonna be starting a daily bulletin." Chikako said, standing on the stage. "The motive has two days left including today, so if nobody dies between now and then...our items will be destroyed."

"Gee, thanks for the reminder." Haruhi said.

"Second on the agenda is the fact that Fuyuko woke us all up last night with her boss-ass roast of Issei."

I stood there sheepishly. I wasn't exactly proud of how I acted.

"Yeah, well done, 'Yuko!" Haruhi said.

"If that's all-" Chikako began.

"No, it isn't." Kimika said, rifling through her pockets.

"This." She said, holding up the note we found under the sofa in our house.

Everyone read it.

"The...gang?" Read Sumiko, with a puzzled look on her face.

"Wait, you guys had a *key*?" Eiji asked.

"Not the Point." Said Jiro. "The point is that A: there were prototype versions of the killing game, and B: The mastermind is referring to themselves as 'The gang'"

"Yeah!" I yelled. "That means that there is more than one mastermind-"

The auditorium door flew open.

"But how do we know it isn't you, Fuyuko?" Asked Issei from the doorway.

"What?!" I said in surprise.

"It was you who found the note, right? Your house also conveniently had a key, and we were onto you when Monokuma announced the motive, so you created this as cover." He said, walking over to us, stealing the note and ripping it up.

"What? No way!" Haruhi said. "I trust Fuyuko. She wouldn't do that to us."

"I don't think she'd do it, either." Sumiko smiled.

"I dunno..." Chikako said. "It's pretty suspicious."

Jiro crossed his arms. "I like to think I know Fuyuko well. We became friends recently. And I'm sure Kimika will agree."

"Of course. Fuyuko's my best friend." Kimika replied.

"Taeko thinks it's a possibility. It's the closest thing we have right now."

"Taeko?" I said. "Really? It isn't me, guys."

Zenzo sighed. "Fuyuko isn't lying when she says it's not her. From what I can tell, at least."

"I'm not sure..." Yoshi began "She's been-"

"Ugh!" I yelled. "Kimika, Jiro. Come with me, please."

Everyone stood there and stared.

"Please!"

Kimika and Jiro awkwardly looked at each other, before following me out.

"Sorry, I just didn't really like being suspected."