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Andre had woken up in what seemed to be a classroom. Andre noticed his surroundings and discovered that the windows were barred and not just barred but had barbed wire around them. Andre got up and walked out of the classroom to then bump into someone else who was being accompanied by two others. One had multicolored spiked hair a black tank top under a blue jacket and dark blue leather pants, while the other boy had messy blond hair a white t-shirt under a green jacket had wore blue jeans, and the girl that was with them had been wearing a purple vest, skirt, and shoes while wearing a white blouse and had long blond hair unlike the boy next to her.

"Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one here, my name is Andre Neromaki (The Ultimate Duelist.") Andre told them.

Andre then went to hold his hand out to the multicolored hair boy who introduced himself.

"It's nice to meet you Andre my name is Yugi Muto (The Ultimate Puzzle Solver,") Yugi said.

"And I'm his best buddy the one, the only, Joey Wheeler (The Ultimate Lucky Student,") Joey said to Andre.

"Well, I guess that's my cue to tag in boys," the woman said.

"I'm Mai Valentine (The Ultimate Queen,") Mai said flicking her hair out of the way.

"Well now that we got the introductions between us out of the way we should search for others," Andre told them.

"Hey good idea, I think I hear voices from the dining room I passed on the way before I found Joey and Mai," said Yugi.

We came into the dining room to hear nothing but complaining from at least three other people.

"This is bullshit. I have a multi-billion-dollar company to run, and I have to find my brother. I swear it's like I'm always having to look for him," said a man in a tall white coat with more flare to it than a race car.

"Kaiba, so you're here too." Yugi said as he was shocked to see his rival here as well.

"Yugi you're here as well and you brought your mutt Wheeler and the harpy reject herself," Kaiba said while chuckling at his own remarks.

"Wow I knew you were a jerk, but I didn't think you would be this bad in person Seto Kaiba (The Ultimate Billionaire,") Andre said to him.

"Well, well I guess my reputation goes even further than I thought if this random nobody even knows about me."

KAIBA, I heard a man who looked like Yugi shout at him. Except this guy was a lot taller and had a serious face about him.

"Eh what the two Yugi's, what's going on?" Said Joey.

"No, we may look alike but my name is Atem and I'm (The Ultimate Pharaoh,") Atem said with his serious voice.

"If that is you pharaoh, why aren't you inside the millennium puzzle and connected with me?" Asked Yugi.

"Hey sorry if I'm being rude and interrupting but what about my introduction," said a very rash and brooding teenage girl.

Andre apologized and told the girl it was okay to introduce herself.

"Well thank you. And as for my introduction my name is Tea Gardner and I'm (The Ultimate Friendship speech giver,") but as Tea said this Andre fell over because he wasn't expecting that.

"And before you four walked in we were in a discussion on if me and Atem should just leave Kaiba here in the dining room alone for being a jerk to see if we could go find an exit. Since all the windows are a no go," said Tea.

Andre then told the others he'd go search while they got to discussing what they already know about the situation. Andre walked into the main hall and saw two more girls. One with straight long auburn hair who wore a pink shirt and short Jean-shorts, and the other was a short blond with pigtails who wore a yellow sweater and was carrying a teddy bear.

Hey, Andre said without thinking breaking the two of their silence.

Oh, it's another one except he seems nicer than Kaiba Serenity thought when her friend Rebecca stepped up to the boy.

"Um, yes?" Andre asked nervously as Rebecca then held out her hand.

"I'm Rebecca Hawkins and I'm (The Ultimate Archeologist,") Rebecca said in a cutesy tone.

The other girl approached as well. "Hello, I'm Serenity Wheeler and I'm (The Ultimate Moral Support,") Serenity said.

"Wait did you say Wheeler?" "Then you must be related to Joey." "He's currently in the dining room with Yugi, Mai, Atem, Tea, and Kaiba," Andre told Serenity.

"Really oh thank you for telling me my big brother is okay," Serenity said and left Rebecca and Andre to go to where her brother is.

"Hehe," "Well Rebecca I'll talk to you later I have to go see if there are others around," Andre said to her.

Rebecca said alright and went to follow Serenity and left Andre alone.

Andre then turned his attention to what was a dormitory to find four more people that he went to approach.

"Uh hey are you four looking for the others or a way out because everyone else is in the dining hall," Andre told them.

"Hehehe," one of them chuckled. "Oh, look another newbie. I bet he can't duel as much as he can't dress," said a boy with teal hair in a bowl shape but like a beetle who also wore a green shirt with a bug on it and dark brown cargo shorts.

"Yeah, this guy looks like he wouldn't make a decent meal even for a chumpasaurus rex," said another boy a bit taller than his friend. He wore a red beanie, a black shirt, green button up, and a beige vest.

"Okay I didn't need this right now. But you guys don't need to be pricks." "My name is Andre Neromaki, the Ultimate Duelist," Andre told them.

"Ultimate duelist you please don't make me laugh shrimp," said the other person that was with them.

"Oh, I recognize you three now your Weevil Underwood (The Ultimate Bug Enthusiast,") Andre said to him then looked at the other two. "And your Rex Raptor (The Ultimate Dinosaur Pun Maker.") I then looked at the tall man with the American flag on his head. "Your Bandit Keith (The Ultimate Bandit.")

"Well, well aren't we popular huh," said Keith.

Andre then looked at the woman behind the three guys and she was tall, tan skinned, really beautiful and dressed like an Egyptian princess.

"Uh hello ma'am I'm Andre Neromaki the ultimate duelist," Andre told her.

She looked at me with a somber look that said she wasn't sad or scared or depressed, just an emotionless stare.

"I'm Ishizu Ishtar and it would be wise to be careful around this place. By the way my talent is being (The Ultimate Tomb Keeper,") Ishizu said.

After meeting the three pricks over by the dorms and talking to Ishizu Andre decided to head for the dining room to see if the others were done discussing things. That's when Andre found two other girls and one boy in the main hall where there seemed to be a school store, a nurse's office, and a path leading to the gym. Andre then approached them.

"Um hey who are you three?" I asked.

"How about you introduce yourself first,'' said the girl with white hair.

"Oh, I'm Andre Neromaki, the ultimate duelist," Andre said to the three of them.

"Well, I'm Kisara and I'm (The Ultimate Dragon Lover,") as Kisara showed him a picture of her with all her dragon accessories.

"I suppose that leaves me then. Well, I'm Miho Nosaka (The Ultimate Waitress,") Miho said.

"And I'm Ryou Bakura (The Ultimate Game master,") Bakura said looking just as confused as the rest of us.

Ding Dong Bing Bong

"What the hell was that as Andre looked at a monitor that came to life but all he saw was the silhouette of what looked like well he couldn't even tell that much.

"Hello mic check one two this is a test of the schools broadcast system. Anyway, please make your way to the gym," said the voice on the monitor.

"Well, I suppose we should meet up with the others on the way there," Andre said to Miho, Kisara, and Bakura to which they agreed and followed him to the dining hall to get the others before going to the gym.

When we got there Andre ran over to Yugi and Joey who were talking about what might happen since we're all confused and didn't know what was happening. Although he looked at Kaiba who seemed really irritated and was about to speak out but was cut off by a dreary voice.

"Why hello my students," said the mystery voice.

"Get out here and quit wasting my time whoever you are. I have a company to run and don't have time for this crap," said a very angry Seto Kaiba.

"Oh, very well Mr. Kaiba but until I finish you will keep your mouth shut and listen. Now without further ado I'll appear before you all," said the mysterious voice.

We all looked to the stage and podium and then out of nowhere a black and white teddy bear came up and landed on the podium.

"Why hello I am Monokuma, and I am this school's headmaster nice to meet Ya," Monokuma said in a voice that seemed nonchalant but was chilling all at the same time.

Andre then approached the bear.

"Uh, Monokuma right. why are we here? And why can't we leave the school?" Andre asked him.

"Well since your way more mannerly than richy rich over here I'll answer your question. You all will now have to live in this school forever because if you want out you must do one thing," Monokuma said.

"Oh, and what's that you build a bear reject," said an unfazed Joey Wheeler.

"Very funny Mr. Ultimate Lucky student but it's fairly simple, you must kill one of your classmates and survive the class trial," said Monokuma.

"K-Kill a student and get away with it," said a frightened Serenity.

As everyone contemplated what Monokuma said, said bear was passing out a strange tablet to each of us.

"This is the Monopad and it contains all your information as well as the rules so look over them carefully.

One by one we turned on our monopads and Andre saw it display his name and talent as he went over the rules.

Rule 1: Students must live at the Ultimate Academy for the remainder of their foreseeable future.

Rule #2: Once a murder takes place, all surviving students must participate in a class trial.

Rule #3: If the blackened is exposed during the class trial, they alone will be executed.

Rule #4: If the blackened is not exposed, all remaining students will be executed.

Rule #5: If the blackened survives the class trial, they will graduate and re-enter the outside world.

Rule #6: The killing game and class trials will continue until only two surviving students remain.

Rule #7: "Nighttime" is from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. The dining hall and gymnasium are off-limits at night.

Rule #8: Violence toward Monokuma, the headmaster of the Ultimate Academy, is strictly prohibited.

Rule #9: Monokuma will never directly commit a murder.

Rule #10: Your monopads are very important items. Please do not damage them.

Rule #11: The "body discovery announcement" will play when three or more students discover a body.

Rule #12: With minimal restrictions, you are free to explore the campus at your discretion.

Rule #13: students who violate these rules will be immediately exterminated by Monokuma.

Rule #14: Further, there may be new additions to the school rules according to the convenience of the headmaster.

"Now you can go have some time to talk amongst yourselves," Monokuma said before disappearing.

"Well, this is just fantastic. I can't believe I have to be stuck in a place with people I despise," Kaiba said.

"Well, you rich mook it's not like we all want to be in here with you either," Joey shot back.

"Guys, we need to stick together if we want to get out of here without killing one another," Andre told them.

"Whatever dweeb I know no one's killing me," Keith said as he walked off to explore.

Andre then told everyone it would be best to go to their rooms and then regroup in the dining hall as it would seem none of us have actually been in our rooms yet.

Welcome to Despair

Done

Surviving Students 16

Deadly life

No one could have predicted that Bandit Keith would have been the first victim of the group of hopeful survivors.

"GUY'S, WE HAVE A BODY," Andre shouted for them to hurry as soon as they could and in minutes everyone showed up but because of that the body discovery went off and Andre couldn't tell if that also counted the killer too, I'll just ask Monokuma at the trial.

"A Body Has Been Discovered Everyone Please Gather At Bandit Keith's Dorm," Monokuma said but didn't realize everyone was already there.

"Wow this is the first time I didn't even need to dish out a motive. I congratulate the killer on this kill," Monokuma said sarcastically as he gave out the Monokuma file.

INVESTIGATION TIME

Andre took a look at the file and read it to himself while the others all read it at their own pace,

The victim is Bandit Keith the Ultimate Bandit. Time of Death was 2:30 a.m. The victim was stabbed in his own room. Do to a struggle he died in the bathroom. No other injuries found on the body.

We all began investigating and Andre had gone over to check the body to see if he could find more clues.

"I know you weren't the best guy Keith but even you didn't need to die," as Andre looked all around him but couldn't find a single thing besides the two knives in his stomach and back.

"I found something by Keith's bed," said Serenity.

"What is it, Serenity?" Andre asked her as he ran over to her while Joey and Kaiba watched the door to Keith's room.

Serenity had found a glasses lens, but it was shattered into bits, so it was hard to distinguish who the lens belonged to as Andre saw the younger wheeler sibling picking up and putting the pieces into a baggy, she had labeled evidence.

"Alright everyone keep looking for evidence here I'm going to the trash room to see if I can find anything and Atem you and Weevil will come with me," Andre said to them.

"Why do I have to join you two roaches in the trash room? This is starting to bug even me," Weevil said annoyingly.

"Because I trust you as much as I could throw you, not very far you slimy bug."

"I agree with Andre, you are the last person I'd trust to gather evidence alone, Weevil," Atem said.

"Whatever let's just go," Weevil said and pushed past me, Atem, Joey, and Kaiba.

"Little prick isn't he huh Atem. So, you've known Weevil for how long and he still acts like a little punk?" Andre asked him.

Atem sighed before speaking.

"I've known Weevil ever since I first dueled him on the duelist kingdom islands. He's a cheat and a coward. He's also thrown Yugi's Exodia cards into the ocean when we were on our way to the duelist kingdom," Atem said.

"What you're kidding he's that petty about being beaten that he has to destroy someone else's chances at winning, man what a bitch. Oh, sorry pardon my language man I just get ticked at idiots like him doing dumb stuff like that," Andre said to the  pharaoh.

"No, I understand I got severely angry with him at one point because of a dirty trick he played," as Atem told Andre what happened to Yugi because he activated the Seal of Orichalcos and when he had to dual Weevil and him lying about having Yugi's soul card and ripping it in front of him and calling it a prank.

"Dude, I don't even know what to say as just a regular duelist who's never had to deal with that kind of stuff that's fucked up even by the stories on what Maximillion Pegasus did," Andre said to Atem.

We came up to the trash room only to hear Weevil freak out as we opened the door to see what he saw Andre and Atem nearly threw up. Inside the incinerator was burning but the smell coming off it was like cooked flesh. As Andre took out the keys because Monokuma randomly nominated him for trash duty. They went further and found several burnt clothes and what looked like a severed arm burned to hell, which caused Andre to almost throw up on the spot.

"This is definitely one hell of a clue we should look around for more things," Andre said.

"Hey fleabags I found something that looks like a part of something sharp, maybe glass but the shards are too small to tell," Weevil said.

"Good work Weevil, maybe your clue can help us," Atem said.

"Tch save your praise Yugi or Atem whatever you want to call yourself I don't need anything from you," Weevil said.

"Guy's, we have a problem," said Tea as she barged into the trash room.

'What's wrong tea?' Atem asked her.

"It's Keith I went to look him over again and I opened his jacket, and his right arm was missing," Tea said crying.

"No, that's impossible. I checked him myself and the Monokuma file said outside of the stab wounds he had no other wounds inflicted on him," Andre told the other three in the trash room.

"What if our killer had hidden that fact from Monokuma and used something or some place with no security camera to make sure not even he could see all the damage done to Keith's body," said Atem.

"Good thinking Atem, we definitely can't rule it out."

As we left the trash room all we heard was the bell.

Ding Dong Bing Bong

"Yeah, so I'm getting bored. Please make your way to the red door to begin the excitingly awesome Extremely Awesome Class Trial," Monokuma said, which to the dismay of the others made him happy that they felt hopeless.

"No, no we didn't even find out a lot of information," Andre shouted, damn that bear.

"Calm down Andre getting upset won't help anything," said Atem.

Andre then sighed and thanked Atem as we met the others at the elevator.

Andre didn't know what to think. We didn't even get everyone's alibis, and he didn't know who to pin it down to but his suspects that he personally thought that did it are Rebecca, Weevil, and myself because they were the only ones with glasses.

"But we know you didn't do it Andre," said Tea.

"Yeah, well it will still be difficult to convince the others," I told her as we met the others in an elevator."

EVIDENCE:

1. Bloody knives in stomach and back.

2. Broken glass lenses.

3. Burnt severed arm.

4. Unlocked Dorm.

5. Sign of a Struggle.

6. Figuring out everyone else's alibis

Equipped Skills:

Rich Authority from Kaiba: Will let me use aggressiveness to force anyone to back down easier.

Dino Force from Rex: Causes me to see the lies in someone's statement.

CLASS TRIAL

"Let's begin with a simple explanation of the class trial. If you can figure out who killed someone only the blacked will receive punishment but if you can't I'll punish everyone but the blacked and only they will leave this academy," Monokuma said.

"I'd like to start by asking what everyone's alibis were from ten P.M to two-thirty A.M this morning," Andre asked them.

"From ten to two-thirty I was sleeping in my room and did not leave the whole night," Atem said.

"I left my room only for some water and asked Joey to go with me to make sure nothing happened and then Joey went to his room before I went into mine," Tea said.

"I can back up her story, neither of us grabbed the knives," Joey said.

"How do we know you two fleas aren't lying to protect one another," Weevil said.

"WEEVIL, the point is establishing alibis not pushing blame yet. So, since you spoke up, where were you from ten P.M to two-thirty A.M?" Andre asked him.

"Well, if you must know you cockroach, I was in my room coming up with new dueling strats," Weevil said snarkingly.

"Well after our duel I went to the sauna to relax and to get away from everyone else. But the Tomb keeper woman over to my left is my alibi because of the mixed bathing she came in and went to the hot tub and saw me walk out of the sauna. I then returned to my room and stayed there all night," Kaiba explained.

"Is this true Ishizu? Andre asked her.

And as he turned to look at the tomb keeper, he saw her face somewhat red like she was trying to hide that she was blushing.

"Yes, it's true after breakfast I had been in my room but after a couple of minutes, I went to take a bath and ran into Kaiba. I saw him as I changed and went into the bath house and stayed in the bath till lunch and then went back to my room to where I stayed the rest of the night," Ishizu said.

"I appreciate the honesty, Ishizu," Andre said to her as she nodded.

"Not that I believe my alibi will be good or not, but I was with Kisara hanging out in her room, but I did Leave for a few minutes to go back to my room to grab a book to read while we spent the night together because I had been scared because of this killing game," Rebecca said.

"Like Ishizu I can back up Rebecca's alibi. She was only gone for maybe five minutes at best," Kisara said.

I went exploring on my own till lunch then went to do laundry since I accidentally spilled tea on my shorts," Kisara explained.

"And you did this all day till ten then. I have a hard time believing that unless someone can claim they saw you there the whole time," Andre said to her.

"Believe what you want but when I returned to my room, I was with Rebecca the entire night," Kisara retaliated.

"I believe Kisara is telling the truth. What about you Mr. Ultimate duelist you say you went back to your room after hanging out with not just Kaiba but Rex, but you expect me to believe that from lunchtime to ten you were in your room," Mai said to Andre.

"Yes, I just wanted the day to end, and I didn't even run into Keith the entire day. I took a few supplies to my room to keep myself busy so I wouldn't be bothered to do anything to fall into Monokuma's bullshit," Andre said back to her.

Oh, really and what supplies were those?" Mai asked, not convinced.

"I got the supplies to practice on how to make a prototype dual disk because in case both Kaiba and I got out of this bullshit and after my duel with him I was going to try to pitch an idea and try to join his company but wanted it to be a secret so thanks Mai for attacking me like this," Andre said to her.

"Yeah, it was a real bore watching him build his prototype out of cardboard and the blueprints were just as boring," Monokuma said.

"Oh, piss off Monokuma. You're just a cheap imitation of a child's toy, you have no right to talk trash about what I do," Andre shouted at him.

"Oh, really well I don't honestly care about your opinion. To me you're just a lowly student who's trapped and its fun watching you and everyone else suffer," Monokuma said.

"Well back on topic there's still a lot to discuss about alibi's," Andre told the group.

"Well, what about discussing the other evidence? It might lead us to everyone's alibi's," Bakura said.

"Great idea Ryou," Miho said.

"Okay let's talk about the room being unlocked when we all locked our doors at night," Andre said to the group.

Non-stop Debate

Truth Bullet's:

Evidence of a Struggle

Leaving the door unlocked

Keith leaving room

"Is it possible Keith left his room for any reason," Atem said.

"Why would he everyone had to be in their rooms at ten P.M," Mai said.

"Mai he is one for not following the rules also Keith himself never agreed to anything so that stands to reason he would ignore Monokuma's rule's," Yugi said to her.

"Well, what if Keith just  left his door unlocked ," Tea said.

Using evidence of a Struggle

"No that's wrong," I told Tea.

Break!

"Huh? Why is that wrong," Tea asked.

"Because if that were the case there wouldn't be a struggle but that would also mean Keith was expecting someone to come to his room. But I'm also assuming he wasn't expecting an attack because we hadn't received a motive, so it was mostly a talk gone wrong," Andre told the group.

Non-stop Debate:

Truth Bullet's:

Tea's account

"But who would want to talk to dat bastard sleazy slime Keith in the first place," Joey said.

"That's we're trying to figure out you third rate loser," Kaiba shot back at Joey.

" What's zat Kaiba? I didn't quite hear you; did you say something," Joey annoyingly retaliated.

"Enough Joey before we assume you did it for what happened this morning before I stopped you from hitting Keith," Andre said to him.

"Stop it stop picking on my brother he never even went to see Keith," Serenity shouted but regretted it immediately.

"Serenity I never said he did or didn't go to Keith's room and in the afternoon Tea and Joey came back from the dining hall before nighttime no one mentioned either of them going to Keith's room so how would you know he didn't go if you were in your room when it was ten P.M," Andre shouted at her.

"Alright I did it I stabbed and murdered Bandit Keith with my knife," Serenity confessed.

"Wait, you only stabbed him once and did nothing else correct?" Andre asked her.

"Yes?" Serenity said, confused.

"Keith was stabbed twice so you can't be the killer because not only was he stabbed he also had one of his arms severed," Andre revealed to the group.

"Wait, Keith's arm was severed and  tossed away ," she said mistakenly.

Used Truth Bullet

Tea's account

"No that's wrong," I shouted.

Break!

"Rebecca now I know for a fact that Tea only knew about it before she told me, Atem, and Weevil and not one of us mentioned that the arm has been tossed away. So, unless you checked the body or went into the trash room and saw the arm there's no way you could know about it," Andre said to her.

"No, what I meant was I saw that his arm was gone when I looked at his body," Rebecca lied.

"That can't be true Rebecca, only Andre and myself actually checked the body over and when he, Atem, and Weevil left Keith's room not once did you come to check out the body," Tea countered.

"It's over Rebecca because of Serenity I also have one piece of evidence to put you down," I said to her.

"No, I refuse that one piece of evidence will convict me," she shouted calling Andre a dumbass.

Bullet Time Battle

Final Strike

I had whittled Rebecca's influence gauge down and fired the truth bullet that would seal her fate.

Final Truth bullet

Shattered Glasses Lense

"You have no solid proof," Rebecca was about to repeat but her statement was destroyed.

Break!

"I'm sorry Rebecca you lost and it's because of the shattered lenses found from the signs of struggle between you and Keith," Andre said.

At this point the girl had given up; Rebecca knew she had been caught and her alibi of her going to get a book was just a cover so she would have an excuse to kill Bandit Keith.

"I better look back at everything and if I missed anything you better let me know okay Rebecca," Andre said to her, but she only nodded.

Closing Argument

Act 1

"It had only been a few days since we arrived at this academy. During that time, we were forced to play this twisted game by Monokuma, but we chose to try and find a way out without falling for whatever the mastermind had in plan. Only one of us thought they were too tough to be killed and that person was Bandit Keith the ultimate bandit. But he hadn't expected to be assaulted not once but twice. The first by Serenity who for whatever reason went to Keith's room most likely for what happened this morning and so she went to talk bringing the first knife with her but that backfired, so she left before he caught her.

Act 2

Next Rebecca who most likely had seen Serenity went over to see why Keith's door was opened only to see him struggling not to die with a knife in his chest, she decided that she would attempt to escape using him as her ticket home, so she went to the kitchen and grabbed a second knife.

Act 3

What she hadn't expected was Keith to turn around last second and catch her by surprise with a counter attack of his own but because Rebecca is small and nimble she could get around Keith to stab him in the back and with the confusion after her glasses fell and were most likely crushed she waited for Keith to pass out from the pain and went back to her room to get a spare pair of glasses because Monokuma would most likely have spares if needed.

Act 4

After coming back and most likely had used makeup to hide any bruise Keith gave her, Rebecca got to work making sure he would actually die so she took the knife in his chest, cut his arm off and then tied his jacket sleeve so he wouldn't leave a lot of blood on the floor before returning the knife to his chest in the same spot so we wouldn't know he died of blood loss.

Act 5

Rebecca probably knew she couldn't get into the trash room without the key in my possession so she asked Monokuma to open the gate for her since the rules specifically say he himself will not commit murder but that does not stop anyone from asking him for assistance. So, with that in mind she fed Kisara a lie and in turn she lied to us about her being gone for only a few minutes.

Act 6

After that you went back to Kisara's room and stayed there the rest of the night Rebecca Hawkins the Ultimate Archaeologist.

Break!

"I don't have any regrets. I did what I thought was right to get out of here," Rebecca said.

"Well, it's voting time so pull the lever in front of you and cast your vote," Monokuma said nonchalantly.

After everyone voted a screen appeared and it showed that everyone had voted for Rebecca and then the screen disappeared.

"Well now before anyone tries to tell me to wait it's time for Rebecca Hawkins execution and since I never got to use this first motive, I'll show you all and I know this will make Miss Hawkins feel just so much despair," Monokuma chuckled.

Monokuma then showed another screen and when it turned on, we all gasped when we all saw people we knew and the sign above them said hostages.

"Now that I got your attention the motive was that if anyone didn't kill someone in the next few days after I gave this motive the hostages would start being killed one by one," Monokuma explained.

"But now that someone was killed the important person belonging to the victim and the killer because the killer was also caught will die as well," Monokuma said chuckling.

As Andre looked at the screen, he saw that for Rebecca it looked like her important person was an old man most likely her grandfather.

And for Keith it seemed to be well, a woman that no one else knew.

"Well, there you have it. Now that Rebecca has been caught both she and her grandfather will face execution and the woman you see before you is a childhood friend to the now late Keith. Her name is Tala, and she doesn't even know why she was kidnapped but to find out she's going to die without knowing is such sweet despair," Monokuma laughed.

"MONOKUMA," Andre shouted.

"Stop this, you can't just take people who haven't done anything bad lives away. It isn't right nor it fair," Andre said to him.

"Oh, hum you still don't get it well let me remind you," Monokuma said as he pulled a lever and two miniguns were pointed at the woman named Tala and Rebecca's grandfather.

Rebecca then begged for Monokuma to spare them before he cackled and lit them both up causing the girl known as Rebecca Hawkins to simply break down and feel utterly destroyed.

Andre happened to see the other victims and his important person was there too and they looked like they were beaten to hell but kept alive. Yugi saw his grandfather and his mother in chains. As for Kaiba he was beyond livid because his brother was chained up as well and looking just as bruised as any of the adults.

One by one we looked at the state of our friends or relatives in the states they were in, and we all began to break down in one shape or another.

"Now you all see how serious I am. I have a special punishment for Rebecca Hawkins the Ultimate Archeologist," as Monokuma hit a button and out came a chain that reeled the girl backwards into a room with a bunch of dirt."

As Rebecca looked around, she saw a sign that said execution Dig of Death as she looked around and saw a shovel thinking maybe she was supposed to try and dig her way out.

But as Rebecca kept digging and digging she noticed she was lower into the ground but dirt was hitting her head and then she realized she was being forced to dig her own grave as she tried to get out but the dirt she already dug up was pushed back into the hole right on top of her until she suffocated taking her last breath all Rebecca could do was cry one last time before she stopped breathing signifying she was dead.

Andre couldn't believe what he saw. A girl that was sweet, kind, and strong like her crushed and suffocated to death after not realizing she was digging her own grave thinking she could escape the punishment. Andre lost it and got sick and vomited on the floor. The others couldn't blame him after Monokuma forced us to watch her execution.

"MONOKUMA YOU WON'T GET AWAY WITH THIS DO YOU HEAR ME," shouted Atem in his deep sounding voice.

"I SWEAR ON MY LIFE AS THE ULTIMATE PHARAOH, I'LL BRING YOU DOWN," Atem shouted again at the black and white bear.

"Whatever you say your majesty you know as well as I do that without your silly card games and magic, you're just a man in leather pants and a black tank top pretending to be a hero," Monokuma said and walked away so the others could go back to their rooms.

For the first time that night everyone lost hope and believed they were all going to die, and Andre wanted to believe that but in the back of his mind he didn't want to give up, so he got back up.

"Guys, we can't give in to Monokuma. We have to fight back and survive," Andre said to them, trying to act like tea and motivate everyone to try and get over this pain."

After everyone that didn't want to listen to Andre left, Atem was the last person in the room besides him to leave as he helped Andre up and to his room. When Andre got to his room, he told Atem he'd be okay, and Atem returned to his own room before Andre shut his door and laid down and fell asleep hoping that when he woke up Keith and Rebecca would still be here. But he was only deluding myself.

 

 

  No Safe Zone part 2

End

Surviving Students 14

Daily Life

After the events of yesterday everybody didn't say anything, they just went to their rooms upset or angry especially Yugi. It didn't hit him until she was gone but it turned out that Yugi actually liked Rebecca because Atem had told Andre about their relationship and what Yugi had done for her with something called the ties of friendship card. Andre did care about Yugi's feelings, but he will have to live for Rebecca's sake.

Andre sat there in his room angry, upset, and frustrated that he couldn't save Rebecca and Keith from their fate.

"I don't know who is behind this, but I know one thing," as Andre looked at the security camera in his room from which I'm sure the mastermind was watching him.

Andre had taken a long look and he only had one thing to say. "I don't know who you are mastermind but when I find you, I'm going to fucking kill you for every person you take from us," Andre had said loud enough so that he got the point.

The night had been rough while they all slept but by morning hopefully everyone would be better.

The next morning

"This is a Hope's Peak School announcement. It is now 8 a.m. so rise and shine and let today be a good day," Monokuma said.

Andre had gotten up and showered before heading to the dining room and saw that no one but Serenity had been sitting at a table eating what looked like fruit and toast.

"Hey Serenity, how are you doing?" Andre asked her.

"Hey Andre, I'm not really in a much better mood than yesterday especially after my attempted murder on Bandit Keith," Serenity said.

Serenity looked so defeated because now people might look at her and think she might snap and try to kill someone else.

"Hey, I know things look bad, but we still have to keep our spirits up," Andre said to her.

At that moment everyone else came in and sat down and discussed what they were going to do today. But then Monokuma arrived.

"I hope you all got some rest because a whole new world will open up today as a reward for getting through the class trial," Monokuma said.

"New world you mean the second floor is available and I suppose you want us to explore then?" Mai asked.

"You betcha blondie. Now enjoy your morning and have a despairingly good day," Monokuma said and disappeared.

"Asshole bear," Andre had said out loud.

We all wandered up to the second floor and Andre noticed Kaiba went to the library first. Andre assumed he liked books and maybe he could find something to help us escape. Because if anyone was strong enough it was Seto Kaiba. Andre then came up to a door that led to a workout room and a swimming pool where he noticed Tea, Serenity, Mai, and Miho talking about wanting to swim to take their mind off the two deaths that happened yesterday.

"I think this second floor is pointless, no killing should happen here," Andre said as he ran into Yugi, Atem, and Joey.

The guy's found more classrooms on the second floor but they didn't change much from the first floor. So, after checking the second floor we headed back to the first floor to discuss what we found.

"So, with what we all found, how should we all go about this?" Bakura asked.

"I for one enjoy the library because it allows me to get some peace and quiet. I even found a laptop that doesn't seem to work but I can work on it in my spare time," Kaiba said.

"I found that there's a gym with separate workspaces for guys and girls but both places lead to a pool," Andre told the group.

"Oh Andre, after you left the gym and pool area Monokuma came and told me, Serenity, Mai, and Miho that only girl's e-handbooks will open only the girl's gym door and the same with the guy's door with the guy's e-handbooks," Tea said.

"Did he say what would happen if a guy or girl went into the opposite gym room?" Yugi asked.

"Oh, Monokuma said if someone of the wrong gender went into the wrong room, they would get pumped full of lead from the mounted machine gun pointed at both doors to each gym room door," Mai said.

"That's good to know thanks Mai," Andre told her.

"I think we should go about our own business, no doubt Monokuma will present a motive for the next kill to happen. We all just have to be careful," Andre told the group to which everyone split up as he went back to my room.

We all returned to our rooms.

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Free time

Andre left his room and went to the second floor to the boy's gym and found Joey drying off from what seemed like an after-shower workout.

"Hey Joey, did you just finish working out man. You look like you put a lot of effort into your exercises," Andre said to him.

"Yeah, I have to be prepared in case someone tries to fight me if they're going to kill me, I don't want to go down easy if not at all," Joey said back to him.

"I understand man I'd hate to be a victim too," as Andre lifted a dumbbell for a few reps as he spent time talking about dual monsters and working out while Joey was done working out.

Andre had returned to his room, but it was still sunny out according to Monokuma. It's still the afternoon and he could hang out with someone else.

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Free time

Andre found himself in the pool area after working out. Andre forgot to shower so he did so and decided to go swimming where he ran into Mai.

"Hey Mai enjoying yourself by the pool, is it okay to join you?" Andre asked.

"Sure, Hun I don't mind," Mai said and set her book from the library down and hopped into the pool enjoying the cooling sensation of cold water.

"So, Mai, what did you do before all this?" Andre asked her.

Mai then began telling Andre a little bit about her life like how she met Joey and Yugi. What she wanted to do if she had won duelist Kingdom and battle city and really all of it amounted to how she got her title because of just wanting to feel like a rich queen that didn't have to struggle for anything.

"Wow Mai, that's one way to live it up, especially when you were down that you didn't win the two tournaments you were a part of. But at least you enjoyed the adventure that made you who you are right?" Andre asked her.

"Well, you are right on one thing it was a crazy experience but one I wouldn't want to redo," Mai said as she got out of the pool.

"Well, Hun I'm heading back to my room don't swim too long someone might try something before another motive happens," Mai said to Andre.

Andre thanked Mai for the advice and had also gone back to his room but had gotten some coffee and a bowl of ramen to eat while he thought about today and what tomorrow might bring.

The Next Day

Andre woke up before the morning announcement and went to meet up with the others. But as he left his room, he could hear a commotion coming from everyone outside the dining area.

"Hey what's the big idea locking the dining room door? It's morning you stupid bear," said a very annoyed Joey.

Upupupu chuckled Monokuma as he came out of the ground. "Silly Ultimate lucky student if you haven't figured it out then your new title should be the ultimate dumb student," Monokuma said continuing to laugh at Joey.

"Say what, you want to run that by me again you damn bear," Joey yelled at the bear and wanted to punt Monokuma into the wall which he went to try until Andre got in the way taking the hit and being kicked into the dining room door.

Andre felt pain in his side as he slowly got up and walked over to Joey and looked him dead in the eye. "Joey think for a goddamn second, Monokuma wants you to do something stupid think about it, it's the motive he wants us to starve and as long as someone doesn't kill, we have to calm down and not act up it makes us look like an easy target okay," Andre told him.

"You're lucky Joey, had you kicked me it would have violated my rules so next time try again when you're alone I accept any challenge," Monokuma said.

We all decided to ignore Monokuma and just went to do our own things, but one thing is for sure if someone decided to play the death game it would happen sooner than anyone thought.

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Free Time

Since Andre couldn't eat, he went to see if he could find someone to talk to kill his boredom when he walked into the mixed bath and sauna room and went to change when he saw Tea coming out of the mixed bath.

"Oh Tea, did you just get done soaking? I'm going to hit the sauna if you want to hang out?" Andre asked her.

"Oh, sure just don't peek at me okay," Tea said and both of us sat on a bench a bit away from one another facing back-to-back.

"So, Tea, what do you want to do you know when you get out of here or high school in general?" Andre asked her.

"I want to go to America to study how to be a dancer," Tea said with a smile on her face.

"A dancer, that sounds cool. Well, I believe you'll achieve that dream Tea," Andre told her.

"I appreciate that Andre, I really do," Tea said to him.

After talking to Tea, Andre went back to his room.

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Free time

Andre decided to go check out the library to see if it had any more information to help the rest of the group. But when he walked in, he saw Serenity drinking some water and decided to chat with her.

"Hey Serenity mind if I hang out with you for a while?" Andre asked.

"Sure, I don't mind I'm just doing some reading since we can't eat," Serenity said to Andre.

"Wait how did you get water if the dining hall is locked," Andre asked her.

"Oh, Monokuma got it for me because I asked nicely," Serenity said.

"So, we can ask for drinks, but food is a no go huh interesting," Andre said.

"Yeah, but I would like a snack to at least have something in my system," Serenity said.

"Well, we'll just have to hold out as long as we can," Andre said to her.

After chatting with Serenity Andre headed back to his room. but he still had a bit of free time left.

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Free time

"Weevil mind if we chat?" Andre asked him.

"And why would I want to hang out with you, you insect," Weevil said snarking and giving Andre a smug grin.

"You don't have to talk to me. We can sit here in silence, or you can listen, and I'll just talk," Andre said.

"Do whatever you like, I'm not part of your stupid friendship circle," Weevil said.

"Very well, I don't know what your problem or your past is, but the bottom line here Weevil is that we're all stuck here and we all, yes that includes you to need to work together or we will all die," Andre said to him.

"You want to know why I'm this nasty, hateful, and A asshole, it's because I was a champion, a dual monster's expert, and then I met Yugi, and he cheated me out of winning duelist kingdom and his lame friend Wheeler cheated me out of Battle City," Weevil said.

"It can't just be their fault Weevil, Atem told me about your so-called prank you pulled and I'm no expert, but you got what was coming to you for that," Andre said to him.

"This conversation is over I'm out of here," Weevil said.

"Okay good talk," Andre said sarcastically as he returned to his room for the night.

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The next morning

Ding Dong Bing Bong

"It is 8 A.M time to get up and have a despairingly beautiful day," Monokuma said.

Andre woke up completely hungry and with no energy for the day. But the moment he opened his door he heard the one notification he wished he hadn't.

"A body has been  discovered, will everyone please meet me at the second-floor pool area at your earliest convenance," Monokuma said with a hideous chuckle.

I wouldn't believe it, I ran as fast as I could and when I got there the others hadn't arrived well except for Joey, Rex, Bakura who must have discovered the body. But when Andre walked up to Joey, he was shocked and looked dead on the inside and didn't say anything all he did was point at the door that led to the pool and walked away.

Andre mustered up all his courage and when he did and opened the door to the pool he screamed, for what he saw was the body of Serenity Wheeler the Ultimate Moral Support face down in the pool drowned to death.