-勝生翔-

As you take a look at the newly acquired ID you were given, alongside what seems like a visual map of where you are able to go there seems to be a set of rules. When you find the time to look at them they state….

No attacking your hosts at any time, doing so will result in grave punishment.

No attempting to break, harm or destroy DJ Roomboy. He is not a toy, he is here to clean up after you heathens.

No destroying property on purpose for any reason. This includes; breaking windows,doors,walls or any of the furniture. If you are found to be doing so, punishment will be issued accordingly. If property is damaged during a murder occurring, it will be excused.

Wandering outside the manor is allowed, but be cautious as we want you to kill each other, not the wildlife killing you.

You may wander around at night wherever you may please, but do be aware a killer may be lurking amongst you at all times.

You must sleep in your rooms and nowhere else, if you currently do not have a room you must find someone to share a room with until your room is finished. As well do not share your room keys, you will only be issued one. If you lose your key, you will not be getting another.

With a soft ping from your ID you check and see the map has updated!

Is that dubstep music you hear…? The music continues to grow closer until out of the corner of your eye you see it. One of those small vacuum cleaning robots with a MP3 Player taped onto it. As well as a tiny little bowtie. It whirrs around the floor as it continues clean the floor and drop that sick bass.

 "Ah, and that is DJ Roomboy. He’s the one in charge of cleaning up after you during your stay so I’d advise you not play around with him too much. “

“Ah~ and before we forget…there are indeed some rules for this manor…truly just simple protocol to make this easier for all of us~ After all this will be quite the enjoyable experience…”

 How was any of this enjoyable you wonder..but protesting goes unnoticed as the gentlemen continues on.

 “Any harm you plan upon Chuuya, Dj Roomboy or I is strictly prohibited. If any of you think up a plan to try to harm us hosts, or our robotic companion punishment will be issued. As well do not destroy any of the manor, this includes breaking; any walls,doors,beds,furniture…you get what I mean~”

 A pause.

 “You may go outside the manor at any time of your choosing, but do be aware…there are rather dangerous wildlife out there. We would hate for there to be a dreadful accident…so be careful~ You’re meant to kill each other! Not be an animal’s meal. As well be mindful at night..you never know where a killer classmate could be lurking~”

 Just before you think he was done, he goes on to his last point.

“Now for what you all must be wondering~ Sleeping arrangements…! We have prepared rooms for all of you…but some of them aren’t quite done yet~ So you’ll have to make friends quick because you must sleep in a room at night~ Now for those who have rooms…you will be given one key each~ So..without further hesitation; Beau Demain, Raiden Krauus and Katsuki Sho you three will be in Room 1. Sophia Romano and Tsukiko Shimuzu will be in Room 2. Xun Wang and Ryo Shinjitsu will be in Room 3 and finally Yuudai Akiyama and Roland The Blind will be in Room 4. You lucky few have the first set of rooms~ How wonderful~ Well that should be about it for now…pleasant dreams, treasured guests~”

 And with that, Chuuya, Anatol and DJ Roomboy took their leave…leaving everyone with the same question lingering in their minds….

As you and your other fellow classmates were now in the safety of the eerie manor, you could not help but wonder who exactly were the two gentlemen who came to your rescue(?) aside that their names were Chuuya Fukumitsu and Anatol Folland. What was it that the brown haired man meant by ‘game’? Many questions filled your head and before anyone could protest or question either of the men, Anatol spoke.

 “You all will be participating in a game~ But not just any game…A game of…Life or Death! Battle Royal style..kill or be killed! Isn’t that just grand? Our boss is quite brilliant after all. But that’s not all~ There’s more to it…isn’t there Chuuya~”

Anatol looks at his counterpart before looking back at the class of students.

 "Each round you play will require an entry fee of sorts, your most treasured belongings to be exact. Now, no need to panic For this round your entry fee has already been accounted for. After all, I’m sure you’ve had some trouble remembering how you got here to begin with hmmm?“

 "If you wish to leave, to return to the lives which you once had before, then the answer is quite simple really. All you must do is win a round. And to win a round you must take the life of another player and get away with it. A trial will be held and if you succeed then after that you will be granted your freedom and be free to leave the estate. In the case that you do not get away with taking the life with another player, well… We wouldn’t want to ruin the surprise now would we?”

 He pauses but only for a moment…

How these two can even navigate a forest this dense in this kind of fog is beyond you. With the fog and the fading sunlight you can barely tell which way is which, yet these two mysterious men seem to know exactly where they’re going. Eventually after a bit of walking you all come out to another clearing, although this one is much larger than the one you were previous in.

 Before your very eyes a large and grand manor lays before you. Intricate in design as large yet worn down looking statues alongside decorative bushes decorate the outsides as you stare in awe. While looking very well kept it looks incredibly old style wise, looking as if it came straight out of the past. What was a place like this doing so far out in the woods?

 You have little time to question it however as soon you’re being ushered inside by the two mysterious strangers who led you here to begin with.

“Come along~ Hurry inside…it would be dreadful if you all caught colds…we have prepared the manor to hopefully suit all your needs…Just as the boss ordered us to~”

 Boss? Who exactly was this “Boss” that they both seem to be referring to? Who were they?

“We do hope you find yourselves…comfortable…as we have prepared quite the game for you to all take part in…we are dying to announce it…aren’t we…Chuuya~”

“Ah yes, of course… Ahem. Let’s get the formalities out of the way shall we? I’m Chuuya Fukumitsu and this my associate Anatol Folland. We were to be your hosts during your time with us. We welcome you, our beloved guests, to the Rengoku Manor. Here it is where you’ll be participating in a little game that the we’ve prepared for all of you.”

Could this be it? Could the search party you’ve all been hoping for finally be here?

 Unfortunately that didn’t seem to be the case.

 Instead of any large and relieved looking search party you were met with the sight of two very finely dressed men emerging from the fog instead. Both looking as if they had stepped out of another time entirely. One dressed in a fine red striped suit and the other in black, the pair looked as if they belonged at some fancy estate instead of any kind of search party. Flashing a knowing look and a concerned smile, the green haired man clasps his hands together lightly as he finally speaks up.

“There you all are, thank goodness…. What were you doing so far out in the woods? Ah well, it’s a good thing we found you at least. This place can get quite dangerous after sunset you know.”

“We wouldn’t want anything happening to our most treasured guests after all…Would we?”

The other boy who stood at about 5’5’’ next to his similar height counterpart, hands rested at his sides.

“Of course. The boss might get quite upset if we let anything happen to them all so soon…”

 Clasping his hands behind his back, the stranger who was just as short as his companion turns to look back to the group and motions for you all to follow.

It had been a couple hours since everyone’s mysterious awakening and the sun had notably begun the set. What little light there was to begin with was fleeting, making the clearing even more difficult to see through. It didn’t look like In fact it seemed like the wildlife around you were starting to become more active. Tree’s rustling mysterious, howling and cawing birds echoed throughout the forest as you all stood around lost and without a clear way home. Were you really going to be forced to stay out all night in this creepy forest until helped around? Vulnerable to the dangerous wildlife and creatures around it with no protection?

 Before anyone could speak up to try and get together a plan you all heard something very peculiar and out of place. While faint at first, you nearly thought it to be just another part of the wildlife around until they gradually got louder and closer. It was footsteps. Multiple footsteps matter of fact. Whoever, or whatever, was out there was getting closer to your location with each step; And whatever it was certainly wasn’t alone. Just as you all begin to prepare for the worst you hear something.

 A voice.

As you slowly come to your senses and sit yourself upright you find yourself to have awoken in the middle of what appears to be a small forest clearing, one of the few spots not covered with the dense large pine trees around you. Despite being in the clearing you’re not offered much in terms of lighting. The sky above is cloudy and grey, just barely illuminating the area you’ve awoken at while the rest of the woods around you is eerie and dark. The entire place gives off dark vibe, unsettling you deeply. While you can’t even see deep into the woods around you, as a thick and eerie fog covers it all, you swear you can feel eyes on you and hear occasional footsteps from distant creatures.

This didn’t make sense, you were just at Hope’s Peak Academy weren’t you?

It doesn’t take you long to notice that you’re not alone either. Seventeen other teenagers lie around you waking up and seemed just as equally disoriented and confused as yourself. Lost, but not alone, deep within the woods.

Today was the day. The first day of your brand new school year at Hope’s Peak Academy, one of the most prestigious schools in the nation. Students who graduated from Hope’s Peak were almost guaranteed success in life but only those who excelled in their field even got the chance of being invited. And excelled you did. Having been scouted and proved that you were the best in your field you stood in front of the academy’s gates, clutching your acceptance letter tightly in your hands as you look up at the building before you with wide eyes.

With your head held high, you push the gates open and take the first step to your new school life.

As soon as you take that first step you suddenly reel back with a sudden light headedness that takes you over. At first you chalk it up to just being anxiety before the sensation starts to get so much worse.. Feeling incredibly dizzy, you weakly grab on to the gate in an attempt to keep upright. Your vision begins to blur as you feel your knees go weak. That’s strange… Weren’t you feeling just fine moments earlier?

“Ah, there you all are. Did you all get lost along the way? The Haniiro Forest can get quite dangerous at night you know… Perhaps you should stick close to us for now; it’d be terrible if anything were to harm our treasured guests so soon after all…”

Hurt. Pain. Raw emotion.

He almost completely missed the loud yell from his doorway because of what he was feeling distracting him. Even then, he didn’t care. He wasn’t going to bother to get up and see who had just made that yell. He favored curling more into a ball, and tugging his hood over his head with his good hand.

Maybe whoever it was would leave him alone if they realized that Katsurou was currently out of order with no maintenance to fix the issue.

Katsuki couldn’t admit he was hurt that Katsurou didn’t look in his direction. He..He wanted to see his face just once more and tell him he was sorry before disappearing off into the room for the ghosts specifically... He’d stay there forever if Katsurou wanted him to just so he didn’t hurt everytime he saw him.

He fiddled with the glasses on his face again and realized that he was seeing perfectly a just decided to put his glasses in his jacket pocket. It looked like Katsurou wasn’t looking for conversating. 

“She’s not hurt, is she?”

She’d been fine last Ohito had checked, but if Katsuki couldn’t get up, maybe both of them had… gotten into something…? He felt he had an idea, but his head was starting to hurt and he refused to let it surface.

“O-okay. Um, if you… need any food or… h-haha… I’ll… be a-around? Um… h-haha.” He was talking too much, wasn’t he? Didn’t know what to say, either, but that was about as normal as it got, anyway.

Oh shit...No he didn’t mean for that to sound like Peach was hurt!! Katsuki tried to look everywhere but Ohito when he smiled again. “N-Not what I meant...J-Just that...Y-You u-uhh...You should see her...S-She might be looking for y-you...I-I’m sure she’s fine..” 

Katsuki tried to stand. It was hard. Finding that using his legs after his entire midsection was halved and then having it back again was disorienting. “U-Uh...” He could still eat, right? He’d seen Ayaka snacking on things...