So, yeah, sorry for the lateness and if this Chapter isn't as good. I'm kind of out of my element right now with having just finished nDRv3 a few weeks ago, so I thought I could give you guys an early Christmas present followed by another present on Christmas eve!

Also, there will be no Naezono lemons in this fanfic. It's kind of awkward for me to write sex seeing as though I haven't had any yet. Also, so far only two pairings I have, I can actually see having sex. Anyway, here's Part 1/? of Chapter 3.

Chapter 3: Jokes can kill! (Daily Life Part I)

It was around 7:30 AM, and Maizono and I were very on edge, because already 4 of our classmates were already dead and it hasn't been a week since this killing game started. As I ate my breakfast, Joshen sat down in front of me with a bowl of cereal in his hands.

"Hey Makoto." He said to me, I replied with a greeting back to him as he started to put spoonfull's of cereal into that big mouth of his. "Hey Makoto, I've been wondering this for a while."

"What is it" I replied to the comedian.

Joshen was a bit nervous when he continued. "Well, if the clothing Sayaka and Kyoko are wearing are their school uniforms, then how do they stay warm in winter?"

I then stared at him for a few seconds before asking "What?"

Joshen then continued his rant on a school girl's uniform. "Don't you see?" He twisted my head towards Maizono. "All she has are a pair of stockings and a short, plaid, blue skirt. How is that supposed to protect her from the cold!?"

Suddenly Fukawa, or what we assumed to be Fukawa, burst through the cafeteria doors and shouted "Where the fuck is my white knight!?" The ones that were in the cafeteria jumped ad Fukawa's shout and turned towards her.

"Fukawa! What did I tell you about shouting in school!?" Ishimaru ironically shouted back at her. She then pulled out a pair of scissors she was keeping somewhere and pointed it at Ishimaru.

"What have I told you about not answering my questions?" Kirigiri told Fukawa that Togami isn't here and she took a sip of her coffee.

"By the way, when did Fukawa get such an attachment to Togami?" I asked Joshen as Fukawa started to search the cafeteria. Joshen told me that Fukawa was spying on him while he was in the Library reading a book. Togami noticed her and told her that she stunk. She misconstrued this in believing that Togami was looking out for her, which made her fall for him. I sighed at the story about how hopeless Fukawa was.

"Speaking of people being M.I.A., we haven't seen Mondo either." Cal said looking around the room.

"H-he's probably still upset about Fujisaki's death." Ishimaru said as he tried to calm himself from the fact that Oowada could be dead.

Suddenly Monokuma appeared on the monitors for an announcement. "Congratulations on the 11 of you who are still left for passing the 2nd Class Trial! New facilities are open for you all to use as you please, so go up to the third floor to check them out!" The monitors turned off as we heard the sound of rumbling, as if a garage door was being opened. We finished our breakfast and headed to the third floor to see what was opened to us, and hopefully find Togami and Oowada still alive.

There were a variety of new facilities added when we got to the 3rd Floor. The first one Maizono and I checked out was the Game Room, there was a variety of object laid out around the room, such as a Pool table and a dart board. Though no one else was there.

Once we left, Joshen came around a corner and grabbed me by the shoulder. "Makoto! Come check this out!" Joshen then grabbed me by the hand and dragged me away leaving Maizono alone. The doors to what seem to be a physics lab, with a giant machine in the center. "I have no idea what this is, but I want to know! Wanna find out with me?" I took a step away from him signifying no to him.

"Sorry, Maizono was worried about me, and I should probably find her." Joshen then frowned at me and responded.

"Fine, you filthy casual… Go and be lame with your soon-to-be harem." He turned around and banged his fist on the device as I headed out.

Walking out of the Physics Lab, I saw Maizono running down the hallway that Joshen dragged me through, "Was Joshen trying to be funny again?" She asked, I nodded my head and we heard a noise behind us in the Physics Lab.

"I have feelings ya' know!" Joshen shouted behind us. Maizono and I left to check out the other rooms.

We had also discovered that there was an art room and a storage room, along with two more classrooms. After our search was complete, we all headed down stairs to discuss what we found.

The conversation was the same as always, we talked about what we found and that we haven't found a way out yet that's when someone entered the room abruptly.

"Sorry I'm late *yawn* must've over slept." Oowada said as he walked into the cafeteria to sit at his seat. We then heard a slight giggle among the sudden silence in the room; it was Celeste. "What are you laughing at?" Oowada asked.

Celeste then folded her hands together and replied to Oowada "My, my. Who knew that biker gang leaders are such terrible liars." Oowada then tensed up. "He should take an example from me."

Oowada then slammed his fist on the table "You knew!?"

"Not until you just said so."

Oowada's shock froze him in place as he sat back down. We all then stared at him until Ishimaru spoke up asking what Oowada did. He then told us that it would be easier to see than for him to explain it. We all got up from our seat and headed to where he was headed; the sauna.

He then pointed towards a specific locker as Kirigiri opened it to show the green laptop that was in the library. We were all confused until it suddenly turned on showing the face of Chihiro Fujisaki.

"What the hell?" Joshen mumbled as the Fujisaki on the computer screen started to speak.

"Ah, good afternoon everyone! My name is Alter-Ego, how are you all doing?" this program communicated to all of us.

Joshen then spoke up next to Kirigiri "What are you?" Alter-Ego gave the same look a dog makes when staring at its owner. Kirigiri then noticed the command bar and typed something on the keyboard

He's asking what are you

Alter-Ego just gave a simple giggle and replied to Kirigiri.

"I just told you, my name is Alter-Ego! I'm an artificial intelligence created by my master, Chihiro Fujisaki."

"So this thing's an A.I.? I didn't know it was possible…" Cal said, Alter-Ego's 'eyes' went large searching for someone.

"Excuse me, I don't see my creator anywhere. Hello? Creator? Where are you?" It started to shout.

"Creator?" Ishimaru asked. "Who is this creator?"

"I think it's referring to Fujisaki" Celeste said in response to Ishimaru's statement.

"Well he's dead, so how are we going to break it to Alter-Ego without it crying. That could alert Monokuma." Oogami said. Just as Kirigiri was about to type something on the computer, a hand grabbed her arm to stop her from giving a response to Alter-Ego.

"What are you doing?" Joshen asked Kirigiri, she just simply looked at him in intrigue.

"Do you not want to inform Alter-Ego about Fujisaki's death?" She responded, questioning Joshen's motives.

"Bitch please, that's the most traumatizing thing you can do in this school, and we have to kill each other. I'm not stopping you to hide the truth, I'm stopping you because what you're going to say will be very straight forward and only show apathy. Which is why I suggest giving the liberties to someone who knows how to say nice stuff. Sayaka." Joshen spoke as he led Kirigiri away from the keyboard.

Maizono stood in front of the laptop, took a deep breath and typed:

I'm sorry, but Fujisaki has passed away.

"Oh…" Alter-Ego drooped its head down in sadness. Joshen then scratched his chin in nervousness. The A.I. then sprang back up full of energy. "Anyways, is there something you need me to do?"

Kirigiri stepped in front of Alter-Ego and began typing.

We are trapped in this school, and we need to know how to get out.

Alter-Ego smiled and then replied to Kirigiri "Master already told me the situation everyone is in. I've already started working on how to get you all out. I'm connected to the school's cloud. And I've started trying to decode some of the encrypted files in the cloud to see what I can uncover. Here take a look at the files I've already decoded." Alter-Ego then displayed a File Explorer window for us to examine.

Kirigiri then clicked on a JPEG image that caught her eye. Once she opened it up, we saw Fujisaki, Kuwata, and Oowada all acting buddy-buddy in a classroom. We all lean in closer to the screen to get a better view of the image.

"Wait… Why the fuck am I in this picture!?" Oowada shouted in confusion Ishimaru tried to calm his friend down from this sudden reveal.

"You think the mastermind used photoshop for this image. He could of used the tool that lets you take stuff out of pictures and place it in a different picture." Joshen suggested. Kirigiri then typed on the keyboard asking Alter-Ego to decode some more files and notify us when its done. Alter-Ego then nodded as we started to discuss about what to do next.

"We're gonna need someone on guard for Alter-Ego" Kirigiri suggested, no one volunteered for the first few seconds. But then one person stepped forward.

"I'll do it, I've gotta keep my promise to Fujisaki." Oowada said with determination burning through him, Kirigiri then nodded and pulled him aside to tell him how to proceed.

Just as a bunch of us exited the Salon we heard the bell ring.

*Ding dong, Bing bong*

Monokuma appeared on the television in the plaza.

"Alright, I know that it's kind of early, but will everyone please head to the Gym? I've got a surprise for you all!"

Instantly, dread filled the remaining students of Hope's Peak Academy as we all headed to the Gym, where Togami was already.

"Hello! My white kni- ah ah ah!" Genocide Jill said as we walked into the Gym.

"ACHOOOO! h-huh? Where am I?" Just as Jill sneezed her long tongue retracted into her mouth just and Fukawa's calm demeaner became the dominant personality.

"Wait, so when she sneezes she changes back? Who is she Launch?" I chuckled at Joshen's statement for the first time. "Oh, so now you laugh at my joke!"

Just as it seemed like a light hearted moment was appearing Monokuma jumped up from behind his podium to greet us.

"Good Evening students! I hope you're all loving your school life so far! Anyway, I know that we just had a motive the day before Yesterday. But I've been thinking that we should speed this game along faster. So… Ta-dah!" Suddenly, large stacks of money filled up the stage where Monokuma was standing. "Yeah, I know this is kind of lack-luster, especially because last time we had the whole skeletons in the closet, but here you go! 10 Million Yen!"

Joshen started to scoff at the motive saying, "Lack-luster's kind of an understatement, the correct word to use is useless." Joshen was right. Togami and Maizono probably have more money than they'd need for the rest of their life. And Joshen and Cal are American, so when they go back to their country the money would be less in value.

"Anyway, I know that someone is going to be tempted by this Motive, so just stab someone when you're ready!" Monokuma then jumped behind the podium disappearing from our sight. We all then headed our separate ways.

With about one hour to spare, I decided to take a look at Maizono's motive video, I told her to head back to my room and I'd join her in a moment.

Once I saw her video, I realized what Joshen said about her video. I was surprised by how horrific it was. Monokuma's influence was strong enough to tear apart a chart topping Idol group. I now see Maizono's pain when she saw the video.

I returned to the room and hugged her, "I'm so sorry, for what you experienced. Don't worry, I'll get you out of this hell hole and then we'll become a real couple." She then hugged me back thanking me for my optimism. The two of us then climbed into bed and fell fast asleep.

-Monokuma

"So, you got the papers?" I told the figure in the shadows. He handed me what I wanted and I started to examine them, and started laughing. "Oh man! These are priceless, looks like you've fulfilled your and of the bargain. So what do you want in return? Floor plans? A skeleton key? Access to the surveillance room?"

The figure then shook his head and said "No, nothing to give me an advantage in the killing game."

"Well then buddy, I'm all ears!" I said excited for something to give him.

"I want ******************"

I was confused with his request but then chuckled.

"Puhuhuhu… well it does make sense with your talent, very well, I'll get everything prepared here. You just have to be ready."