Danganronpa: transparent hope prologue “H-huh..” I sat up with my hand on my head. My body was hurting from all over. I woke up in a rich looking class room. Marble floor, dark oak desks, white concrete walls with one wood wall. There were two doors on the other side of the room, both doors wood with no windows. I glanced back at my hands. Do I even remember my name? Just as I was remembering who I was,, *Crash* I looked around the room scarcely trying to locate the noise I walked hesitantly to find the source of the sound. Passing a few desks along the way my nervousness grew. What could even be making those noises? I reached one of the two doors and before I could open the door a small girl fell onto the smooth floor along with the rest of the items in the closet. “Huh- aahhHHHHHH!” A small girl with black hair pulled in front of her chest in ponytails, white sweater and tan skirt, who was now on the ground, looked up and shrieked. I held out a hand. “A-ah don’t worry, I’m just as clueless as you are.” I said trying to comfort the girl, she grabbed my hand and pulled herself up to where she was standing up, now I could see the black headband with a small yellow star on it. Her eyes where black and mesmerizing. “W-what is it?” She asked still sounding scared from before. “I never got your name-!!” “O-oh my name is Himori, I’m the ultimate.. uhhhhhhhhh what was it again?” “H-huh!?! Did you forget your own ultimate?!?” “Yeaaa I think I have short term memory loss. What ever that is.” “O-oh?” “Thinking, thinking. Oh I just remembered my ultimate!” She continued. “I’m Himori The ultimate makeup artist!” Himori screamed cheerfully. “Wow! I could never do makeup. Also not to sound like a creep or anything, but what about your last name?” I asked trying to sound as innocent as possible, we only just met so it must be weird asking a stranger there last name. “I’m sorry I forgot.” “Oh okay,” Just as was about to say my name a small girl stood on what looked like a teachers desk, stepping on papers and notebooks. “ITS ME! YOUR LEADER, YOU MUST DO WHAT EVER I SAY!” Screeched a small girl with brown hair. She hesitated.. then fell off the desk all together. “WHAAAAAA-“ thump I ran out to look behind the desk to see what the little girl had been standing on, on the ground drowning her. “A little help could well help.” “O-oh yea! Here.” I held out a hand and she grabbed it. We walked back over to himori. “Just so you know, I’m Isamu Suzuki, the ultimate movie director.” “I’m Mika kuraku the ultimate Li- Coder, I make video games. And this is Himori.” “Hello!” Himori greeted Isamu forgetting that she fell off the desk 5 seconds earlier. I was about to speak again but I was interrupted by a taller boy with orange looking hair with a white suit and a blue tie. A shorter boy with black hair and a hoodie trailed behind. “Akira, I found 3 more.” Told the black haired one to orange haired boy supposedly named Akira. “Good.” Continued Akira “I don’t have time to explain but go to the gym for school orientation. If you don’t know where that is go look at the pamphlet on the middle desk.” I was only a few feet away so I went a grabbed it “Welcome to the ultimate academy, Hopes Peak High!” I read under my breath. Opened it and looked at the map then at the door where the guy that called the taller one ‘Akira’ was but he was nowhere to be seen. I looked back at the map “Heeeeyyyyy.” Isamu said. “Himori and I are gonna go.” “Then I should come to.” I agreed. After walking around the school opening every door we reached the gym door. I took a deep breath and walked in. 5 other students were there plus Himori, Isamu and I. “Late. How pitiful.” Said a girl with white hair and jean jacket. “Put me down!” Screamed a noise coming from the middle of the crowed. “S-sorry~!”Apologized a blue haired girl with a braid in a maid looking outfit with a black and pink stuffed animal. “And stop apologizing so much!” Demmanded the noise that seemed to becoming from the stuffed animal. “Sor- o-okay.” Suddenly Akira appeared into the room “I’m sorry for I am late.” Apologized Akira “hmph.” Huffed the black haired boy with his hands in his pocket and that foolish smile wiped off his face. “I U-um may I speak?” Questioned a little boy in the back that looked the same age as everyone else but yet his eyes were covered by his hair but then I realized something. “I think it’s okay to be a little late.” She continued “As long as they are not hurting anybody.” “Shut up.” The girl with the Jean jacket mumbled loudly. “I actually agree with the boy. It’s alright to be late I think.” Agreed a boy with a VR headset resting on top of his head. “Yes it’s fine for anyone.” Another boy said then paused then spoke again. “Except for someone like me, this pathetic world just can’t except me. Which I can understand.” “Stop saying that. It’s not true” assured the girl with the hair over her eyes. Suddenly two more girls burst through the door
with one of the girls running through with her hands in the air and grinning from ear to ear.Another girl with pink hair and pastel platforms. “Ya! We are here!” Yelled the platform girl. “TEHEHE! YEAA!!!”Screamed the other girl in a squeaky voice. “Well that seems to be everyone, we should start. I’m Akira Agawa the ultimate mathematician.” “I’m Haruki Sato the ultimate basketball player and you,” he walked up to me. “Your looking mighty fine.” I stepped back in confusion. “Stop being a idiot, leave the poor girl alone. Since I’m talking I say my name, I’m Akihiro Fujita the ultimate assistant.” “Wow! You totally changed your personality! Can you do the same for me?! Like- Me then I can turn into this cool chic that can like kill anyone?!” Isamu yelled “I’m sorry, I-I don’t know h-how to do that.” Akihiro said in the same tone as when I first encountered her. “Aww how boring, anyway I’m Isamu Suzuki the ultimate film director. I’m also your leader and this is my posse.” Isamu pointed to us. “We have himori yaaaaaa. I don’t know your last name. She is a makeup artist I think but uh yea.” She hesitated. “And this is Mika Kuraku a coder I think, that’s so boring did you ever think about that? Anyway we don’t talk to her.” “Hey!” I yelled “Just kidding!” Isamu burst out into laughter. “That isn’t that funny you know. By the way I’m Aiko Amari the ultimate animator.” “I’m Ichika Maru, ultimate poet.” “Pleasure to meet you, I’m Daiki Takahashi the ultimate actor, I’m the worthless one around here.” “Worthless?! We can make movies with lasers and cats and non boring conversations!” Isamu exaggerated. “Hm, an embellishing mind. It works quite differently from the others.” Akira said soothingly. “I don’t even know what that means but I know! I’m so cool!” “Hello? I’m Eiji Abe the ultimate VR gamer-“ a small boy started to say. “A video gamer! Wow I love video games, just never got the ultimate. Instead I’m more into fashion designing, I’m Mizuki Kaori the ultimate fashion designer!” A taller girl interrupted. “And I’m Emiko Ito the ultimate Christmas!!” The girl next to Mizuki said in a squeaky voice again. “Hmph, you all claim to be ultimates but do you really know anything about your ultimate?” Said a yellow haired boy. “What do you mean by that?” I shouted in confusion. “Barely anyone here takes pride in there ultimate,” “They are talents! We either were born with them or practiced for them!” “Mika, you should give it a rest.” Himori said sympathetically. “Yea your getting way to upset. There just ultimates.” Isamu agreed. “That’s the problem right there, no pride in your ultimate.” The boy said. “By the way I’m Yoshiyuki Keomi the ultimate concept creator.” “Hmph.” I mumbled not able to convince him that ultimates are good. Suddenly three other people ran into the gym in a panic. “Sorry we’re late! My brother Kazuno started talking to this other guy and-“ “Don’t worry about it.” I glanced around the room ignoring the newcomers and Akira. “Phuhuhu!” Said a strange noise. “WHAT WAS THAT!!” “It must be a ghost! I can get it!” Continued the girl who didn’t introduce herself “Kazuna Sato the ultimate ghost hunter can hunt any ghost!” So is her name Kazuna? I ask myself “Oo I’m Shuji Hikari! I just thought that was interesting.” Said a stupid looking boy. “Hm I think it’s starting!” Exclaimed the cat plush “Your sure right!” Agreed the mystery man “I’m your headmaster, the one, the only, fabulous..” he paused “Monokuma!” Everyone was silent when a small plush the same looking thing as the cat plush. The black and white bear plush looked around embarrassed. “Aww it worked the last few times, I thought you guys would be more excited about school.” “It’s a ghost controlling the stuffed animal, stay back I’ve got this!” Yelled Kazuna in a worried but loud tone of voice.“I am not a stuffed animal!” “Yea, your some demonic plush just like little miss goth Lolita over here.” “That is quite offensive, don’t you have common sense on what to say and what not to say?” Said the black and pink cat plush. “Exactly, I know I look like a plush from the dollar store but I assure you that I am the headmaster of this juvenile ultimate academy. And my name is Monokuma thank you very much.” Exclaimed the black and white bear who called himself Monokuma. “And I am Monokitty, your teacher.” “Hmph being tout by stuffed animals, how pathetic.” Aiko sighed then pulled her jacket sleeve over her shoulder since it was falling down. “Now can I share my amazing, spectacular, stupendous Idea that will change your lives at the ultimate juvenile academ-“ monokuma started to announce but then monokitty interrupted. “We’re hosting a killing game.” “W-whaaa-!” Akihiro screamed “You stole my thunder!” Monokuma yelled “it’s not my fault that you were to slow, if only you just said it first then....” all there voices made me think, do they always fight like this? “Mika? Are you okay?” Himori asked while waving her hand in front of my face. (TAP FLAG)
