Danganronpa 2.5 : Welcome Back To Despair Island

Prologue - 0.2

~ Old Building - Hallway ~

Hajime Hinata:
I... I didn't wanna be here. This place... It holds... Too many memories...
However, before I knew it, Akane had gone ahead in search of food.

Kazuichi Soda:
Woah. It's wayyyy dirtier in here than I remember.

Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu:
Well yeah, after all... Na-Nagito cleaned up this entire place for us...

Sonia Nevermind:
*sniff* *sniff*

Hajime Hinata:
As Fuyuhiko and Kazuichi also went on ahead around the corner, I turned to see Sonia who looked like she was on the brink of tears.

Hajime Hinata:
Huh? Sonia? What's wrong?

Sonia Nevermind:
Ha-Hajime... I...
...I miss them.
I... I want to see them again.
I... would... I would do anything just to see them again...

Hajime Hinata:
I felt a burning sensation in my eyes.
I began to think about the times that I spent with all of my friends.
I even realised that I really did miss everyone, even a person like Nagito.
After all, I can understand his intentions. I just wish I got to know him more. But...it's too late now.
B-But, I need to be someone Sonia can lean on right now! I can't think of myself!
I... I know Sonia. It's hard. It's not fair...
It's so hopeless.
So full of despair.
This. This fills me. With such...

Such Despair.

Sonia Nevermind:
Huh?
Ha-Hajime?

Hajime Hinata:
Hm? What's wrong?

Sonia Nevermind:
Ah, I-I am sorry. It... must have been my imagination.
...
On another note, I am sorry that I am in such a mess Hajime. It is not like someone of my status to do such things.

Hajime Hinata:
It's not your fault Sonia! The things we've been through give us a reason to feel sadness. A reason to feel-

Sonia Nevermind:
Despair. That is all I feel right now. I would do anything for this empty feeling to go away.

Hajime Hinata:
The way Sonia's voice changed when saying this made my heart jump. It was almost... as if she was a different person entirely.
Huh? Y- Yeah... you're right.
A-Anyway, w-we should catch up with the others.

Sonia Nevermind:
You are right. Please. Pardon me. I would like to tidy myself up in the bathroom.

Hajime Hinata:
Sonia replied to me with her perfectly normal voice as if nothing had happened.
She bowed slightly then walked around the corner of the old building's hallway to the bathroom.
What... was that just then?
It was strange to say the least.
I guess I shouldn't get worked up though over nothing.
I mean, it was nothing right?

Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu:
Yo Hajime. Hurry the hell up. We found the food.
Suddenly, Fuyuhiko popped out from around the corner to get me and so, I followed him obediently to where they discovered the food.

~ Old Building – Dining Hall ~

Hajime Hinata:
Agh!
I walked into the dining hall in which our friend, was killed. Where this nightmare started. The worst part is that I didn't even know who he really was. No, none of us did. I guess that was his talent after all but still...
As I looked around at the faces of my friends who had gathered in the hall, I saw the sorrow and pain that was breaking through their strong facades, clearly eating away at them. Except for Akane of course. Right now, she's too occupied by the masses of food stacked up in the dining hall.

Akane Owari:
Hell yeah! Finally! I feel like I haven't eaten in weeks!

Kazuichi Soda:
S-Seriously Akane. How can you be so upbeat about food all the time? Don't you realise where we are right now?

Akane Owari:
Hey! Don't you guys realise that we hafta be strong.
Besides. Food... gets my mind off all the crap we're goin' through.

Hajime Hinata:
I guess even Akane feels the way we all do. She must not be as absent-minded as she makes it out to be.

Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu:
L-Let's just take as much of this food as we need at the moment.
I can't stand being here anymore.

Sonia Nevermind:
I-I do agree. P-P-Please... Let us hurry.

Hajime Hinata:
Everyone, including myself, grabbed the food we wanted at the time ranging from fruit to bread to cakes to drinks from the coolers around the edge of the dining hall walls.
After that, we left the old building and went up to the restaurant.

~ Hotel – Restaurant ~

Hajime Hinata:
We placed the food on the tables as we lost our appetite. All except Akane of course, but even so, she was eating with less enthusiasm than usual.

Kazuichi Soda:
Um. It's getting late. We've had a long day so... why don't we call it a night?

Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu:
Yeah. You're right. I'll go on ahead first.
Goodnight guys.

Sonia Nevermind:
As will I. Let us meet tomorrow morning once again at the restaurant.
J-Just like... we always did.

Kazuichi Soda:
Y-Yep. Night guys. See you then.

Hajime Hinata:
Everyone apart from myself and Akane left the restaurant leaving us alone. I looked up at Akane's face expecting to see her still eating but what I saw was a dead face. A face filled... with Despair.
Huh? Akane? Ar-Are you alright?
She was looking down at the table at such an angle that it was as if...
Her eyes were filled with darkness.
I got out of my seat and cautiously approached Akane who sat at the other end of the table.
Akane?
As I placed my hand on her shoulder gently and shook her, but...

There was no way I could've seen her next actions coming. It all happened so fast.

In what could've been less than a second, she shot up and wrapped her hands around my throat, pinning me to the ground.

A-AKANE? Wha-What are you doin...gh.ghhhhhh!
The world was turning dark. My surroundings were blurring from my vision.
Was... this...it..? I-I was... dying... after... everything that happened..?

This... was all meant to end...

A-Ak...a...ghh... wh...y...

I couldn't force out the words anymore.

Before the world finally went black.

The last face I saw was... Akane's despair ridden face.

AN

Damn. The despair of cliffhangers, right?

Next chapter up in a few days! ^^