Authors Note: Hello all! While this isn't my first fanfiction, it is my first one that I've ever published! I don't have a lot to say, but please enjoy!Reviews, especially constructive criticism are greatly appreciated! Thanks!Disclaimer: I don't own Dangan Ronpa or Love Live
Honoka awoke with a start. Blearily, she rubbed her eyes and looked around. She was slumped over a wooden school desk in what looked to be an empty classroom. Where was she? The last thing Honoka remembered was Muse meeting up for practice in the club room. She looked around the classroom. Nothing seemed to be out of place, except for the fact that the windows were boarded up. Why?! Was she seeing things?! Honoka rubbed her eyes. No, the windows really were boarded up. There was also a large surveillance camera. Honoka got up out of her seat and stretched her sore back. It was then that she noticed a piece of paper taped to the desk that she had been sleeping on. It read, 'Come to the gym. Everything will be explained there. Up pu pu pu!'
"What could that mean?" Honoka thought. "I guess I'll find out when I go to the gym." Honoka made her way slowly to the door, dodging desks and chairs and opened it. Immediately she was hit with a feeling so horrible it almost made her vomit. The hallway was dark and foreboding, and everything was bathed in a sickly green light. Honoka proceeded to the left, down the dark hallway. She turned right and tiptoed down another hallway, this time bathed in a red light. She walked carefully down the hallway until she came to a room labeled GYM.
"This must be it," Honoka thought. She cautiously pushed open the door, and looked around. The room was large, with blue walls and a yellow floor. Sports equipment was scattered around the room. Around 14 or so girls were milling around, talking in soft, scared voices. Among the people present, she noticed the rest of Muse and A-RISE standing together nervously, as well as three girls she didn't recognize. Honoka ran up to her friends.
"What's going on?" She asked. Eli shook her head.
"We're not sure." She responded. Honoka noticed that the older girl's voice was shaking, and that Nozomi was clutching tightly to her arm, her face pale. "We've received no information since we got here." Honoka opened her mouth to respond, but was cut off by a strange voice.
"Up pu pu pu pu! Welcome to Hope's Peak Academy!" Honoka felt the familiar feeling of Kotori grabbing her hand. Honoka looked over at the taupe-haired girl. Her face was pale and she was shivering. Honoka squeezed her hand reassuringly and turned her attention to the front of the room, where the voice was coming from. A lone desk sat there.
As the 15 assembled girls watched, a small shape sprang from behind the desk and landed on it with a comical squeak. It was a small stuffed bear. Half of it was pure white with a friendly smile, but the other half was pitch black with a wicked grin and a mechanical red eye.
"I am Monokuma! The bear proclaimed in a squeaky voice. "Your new headmaster!" Murmurs went through the group of assembled students. Honoka felt herself relaxing and she sighed, relieved. "How threatening is a stuffed bear?" She thought.
"Why, it's just a cute stuffed bear, nya!" Honoka heard Rin shout. Honoka looked over at the cat-like girl. She was staring at the "Monokuma", her head cocked to one side.
"Hey!" It shouted. "I will have you know that I am a 'beary' important bear where I come from!" Giggles went through the group of girls.
"Hey, 'Beary'!" Shouted one of the girls that Honoka didn't know. She had long burgundy hair tied up in a bun, and Honoka didn't recognize her uniform. "What're you gonna do to us, cuddle us to death?!" She and the other two girls she was with shrieked with laughter. Monokuma's mechanical eye glinted.
"If you don't respect your headmaster, you will be punished." Monokuma's voice was dangerous. A blade suddenly shot from its chest, stopping at the girl's throat. "And I'm sure you don't want to be punished. Am I understood?" The girl nodded slowly, her eyes wide.
"Good." Monokuma said, and the blade retracted. Honoka gulped. Kotori's grip on her hand tightened. This bear wasn't kidding around.
"Now," It said, voice happy once again. "Why are you here?" It raised its plush arms.
"You are here, for the Game of Mutual Killing! You see, all 15 of you are locked in this building. You will be here until the day you die! If you wanna get out, you must kill another student, and get away with it!" Honoka gasped aloud. Kill another student?! Kill one of her closest friends?!
"K-kill…?" Nico's voice rang out. She sounded terrified. "you mean really, truly kill?!"
"Killing each other is killing each other." Monokuma shrugged. "If you need a dictionary I have one right here. Any questions?"
"There's n-no other way to leave…?" A voice trembled. Honoka looked around. It was Anju. From A-RISE. "a-are you sure?"
"Beary, BEARY sure! It's kill or be killed!" Monokuma chirped. "Now, if everyone would pull out their ElectroIDs. They are the devices that can be found in your pocket, placed there oh so kindly by yours truly!" Honoka released Kotori's hand reluctantly and reached into the pocket of her skirt and pulled out the device that Monokuma had spoken about. It consisted of a clear screen with silver metal rectangles on each side to act as handles. As soon as she pulled it out, the device booted on, showing her name: HONOKA KOUSAKA.
"These," Monokuma said, "Are your means of identification. You will use these to get into the rooms that you are allowed to be in. They also have a handy dandy map and the rules! They're also beary beary waterproof, and can withstand an impact force of up to ten tons! Now, everyone, go look at the rules."
[[Rules- 1. Students may reside only within the school. Leaving campus is an unacceptable use of time. 2. "Nighttime" is from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Some areas are off-limits at night, so please exercise caution. 3. Sleeping anywhere other than in the dormitory will be seen as sleeping in class and punished accordingly. 4. With minimal restrictions, you are free to explore Hope's Peak Academy at your discretion. 5. Violence against Headmaster Monokuma is strictly prohibited, as is destruction of surveillance cameras. who kills a fellow student and becomes "blackened" will graduate, unless they are discovered. 7. Additional school regulations will be added as necessary.]]
"And remember, anyone who breaks a rule will be severely punished. Any questions?" Monokuma sounded ridiculously happy about the whole situation.
"W-why are we here?" Honoka asked, fighting to keep her voice steady.
"Gooooooood question!" Monokuma responded. "Why, to spread despair, of course! How do you think anyone will react, to see all of their favorite idols killing each other!"
"Everyone is seeing this?" Erena, one of the girls from A-RISE asked. She seemed relatively calm about the whole situation.
"Why yes!" Monokuma said gleefully. "It's being broadcast to all of Japan! What do you think those surveillance cameras are for? Other than so I can watch you, of course! Any other questions?" No one said anything. Honoka shuddered at the thought of a demonic bear watching her every move.
"Well then, gooooooood luck! Oh, I almost forgot! If nobody kills anybody in the next week, the school will explode!" Monokuma shouted, before disappearing. The moment he was out of sight, he room erupted into chaos. Everyone started talking at once.
"QUIET!" Eli shouted. The room fell silent and all eyes turned to her. Seeing that she had everyone's attention, she kept talking at a lower volume. "The worst thing we can do is panic. Why don't we all say our names? My name is Eli." Eli looked to Nozomi, who was standing to her right. Nozomi stepped forward.
"My name is Nozomi." She said before stepping back and lacing her fingers through Eli's. Honoka noticed that her eyes had lost their usual shine. The girl to her right stepped forward. She had bright blue eyes and forest green hair.
"Sage." She said shortly.
"Fae." The girl next to her had blond hair and purple eyes.
"Vivianne." She was the girl who had spoken earlier. All three girls wore the same uniform. Everyone went around the circle from there.
"Anju."
"Erena."
"Tsubasa."
"Umi."
"K-Kotori."
"Honoka."
"Rin!"
"H-Hanayo."
"Maki."
"Nico."
"Now that we are all acquainted, why don't we split into groups and explore briefly? Sage, Fae, Tsubasa, Rin, and Nico, You'll be one group. Vivianne, Erena, Kotori, Nozomi and I will be another. Maki, Hanayo, Anju, Honoka, and Umi will be the last. We'll meet back here in half an hour." With that, all three groups went to their separate ways.
Half an hour later, all three groups met back in the gym, where they shared their findings. There was an infirmary, the gym, four classrooms, and a hallway where the dorms were located, as well as a sauna. There was also a huge entrance hall with a huge locked door that looked oddly like a safe and a blocked off second floor. There were no entrances or exits to be seen anywhere. When they had all finished talking, the heard the distinct voice of Monokuma.
"Up pu pu pu! Time for bed!" it said. Honoka looked at her Electro-ID. It read, '10 p.m.'
"I guess we should go to bed." She said. A chorus of agreement followed her words and everyone headed off to the dorms. Honoka found her room and entered it carefully, locking the door behind her. The room was orange with a yellow carpet. It had a shower room and surveillance camera, but nothing other than that. Honoka flopped onto her bed, exhausted. She closed her eyes and was drifting off when she heard a timid knock on her door. She dragged herself out of bed and up to the door. Opening it, she saw Kotori standing there, her eyes full of tears.
"H-Honoka-chan, I'm scared." She whimpered. "What if someone comes for me while I'm sleeping?" Honoka felt a rush of pity for Kotori and reached out to pat her head. "It's ok, Kotori-chan, I'm scared too."
"M-may I sleep with you tonight? Just for one night?" Kotori whispered. Honoka nodded and moved aside so the other girl could enter the room. Honoka closed the door and locked it. "Just to be safe." She thought. Honoka turned and walked back over to the bed. Kotori was already nestled under the covers, blinking up at her sleepily. Honoka climbed into the bad with her.
"It's gonna be ok." She whispered. Kotori closed her eyes and grabbed Honoka's hand. Honoka closed her eyes, and fell into a deep sleep.