Danganronpa: DISCONTINUED

Riches and Rights

Later that night, Naegi was laying down on his bed. He couldn't stop feeling the cold, aching, empty feeling within himself. He could only curse himself for any reason he can come up with, whether it was real or not. Honestly, his mind was just making him think of self destructive thoughts that he would be better off not even thinking about...

Fortunately, he was pulled out of his thoughts when someone knocked on the door. He leaned up from his bed and readied himself for anything. He clenched his fist and leaned in to try and listen to who ever may be there.

Kyoko: Naegi. May I have a word with you?
Naegi: K-Kirigiri. Ahh, Yes. Yes, come in..

As Naegi opened the door, it revealed to indeed be Kirigiri at the door. She walked into Naegi's room and as requested, Naegi closed and locked the door.

Again as instructed, Naegi sat down on his bed while Kyoko gave him the reason as to why she was there.

Kyoko: I know this may be a bad time, but I need to talk to you. Naegi: About Sayaka...
Kyoko:...I'll be frank. What do you believe her last thoughts could have been?
Naegi:...how the hell should I know.. I apparently didn't know anything about her..
Kyoko: She tried to frame you. That much is undeniable. However, You know her well enough to have a possible guess as to what her last thoughts about. My own guess would be on how to save you.

At that moment, Naegi paused... save him?

Kyoko: Why else would she have the name written? She certainly didn't have to leave it.
Naegi: Nice try.. I know she was just using the message to kill Leon.
Kyoko: Did you ever look into her eyes?
Naegi:...what?
Kyoko: I may not know much about the mushy romance she may have been in, but I know that when she looked at you, there was genuine affection that fluttered in them. She only did what she did because she was desperate. However, she hesitated.
Naegi:..and.. why are you telling me this?
Kyoko: Resilience is a trait that I don't see amongst many of our fellow students. I've only really seen it within you and (YN). And I am sure you know how (YN) could be at this point.
Naegi: Yeah... He really is strong..
Kyoko: So are you. Just keep giving people the hope they need. I know you can do it.

I merely nodded in agreement as Kyoko turned from me and walked towards the door. However, she took one step before turning back to me.

Kyoko:.. how did you know I was going to ask you about Sayaka?
Naegi: Well.. I can read your mind..

Her eyes widened slightly towards me as I just chuckled and shook my head.

Naegi: Nah.. just intuition. After all, I'm an ordinary guy..

...

Once the night ended and morning came to pass, Monokuma opened up the gates that led us to the 2nd floor. Fortunately, the data we have on our digital notebooks have been updated. We all went up to the 2nd floor to go explore what new areas we had access too.

Aoi: C'mon Naegi! Turn that frown upside down. We'll get outta here if we work together, I'm sure of it!
Byakyua: Please spare us of your blabber, Woman. One of our compatriots butchered another. As soon as that line has crossed, further killing is ensured.
(YN): And thinking like that will only guarentee it.
Toko: Either way, that dead girl screwed us over..
Aoi: Okay... well, if we want to save ourselves, we have to team up. We have to find who is behi-
Byakyua: Quiet, you. Unless you want us all to drown in your naivety.
Celestia: What me meant was that who ever kidnapped us is clearly capable of more things then us.
Sakura: so we give up?
Byakyua: The bear has been very blunt with us. To graduate, one needs only to deceive their classmates. Given my classmates, there's nothing to it.
Chihiro: It's deceiving about murder.. I don't want to kill anyone.. I can't..
(YN): Said the Ultimate Heir. Doesn't that mean you're only here because your parents essentially bought you a ticket?
Byakyua: A simple minded optimist such as yourself could never understand what real work is.
(YN): Yeah, Yeah. Go on and ask your Dad for some money.