We stumble back to the courtroom and into the elevator. None of us say anything. First Sayaka, then Junko and now Ishani. I didn't sleep well when I went to bed. Ishani's words and her execution are playing through my head. This is all Monokuma's fault! He did this! Not Sayaka. Not Ishani.

I get up and head towards the dining hall. Almost everyone is there except for Byakuya, Leon and Toko. Everyone is silent. I guess they are feeling the same as me. "So, eh, what now?" Hifumi asks, breaking the silence. "The gate's lifted. I guess we could go check it out." Hina says. "I agree! There might be an exit!" Taka says, doing his best to look upbeat.

We leave the dining hall and go to the second story stairwell. The gate that was once blocking a stairwell is now gone. "I say we split up and investigate." Taka says. "Agreed." Kyoko says. Then we part ways. As I go past the entrance to the rink, I notice that the door is slightly open. I can faintly hear music playing. What is that? I push open the door and go inside. Leon sits on one of the bleachers, looking at the ice rink.

"Hey, we're all checking the new floor." I say, walking up to him. "Cool. Tell me if you guys find anything useful." Leon says, still looking at the ice rink. Ishani's death hit him the hardest. Just like Sayaka's death with me. I notice the music playing. "Ishani must of liked music huh." I ask. "Yeah. It was something she treasured. After, you know. Not being able to hear it for so long. I can almost see her skating on that ice, listening to this." Leon says. "I can't imagine not being able to hear." I say. "Yeah. Isha hated it." Leon says. I can't imagine living like that. Shows how much I take for granted. "I'm going to go take a nap. Tell the others where I am if you want." Leon says, getting up and leaving.

I stand and listen to the music playing in the background. He's right. I may of not known Ishani for long, but I can see her skating on this ice, listening to this song. I leave the rink and begin the search of the new places.

After I finish, I go back to the dining hall where everyone is waiting. Everyone is there. Even Byakuya. "Alright! Let's go over our findings of the new floor!" Taka says. "No way out. Just another blocked off stairwell." Sakura says. "There's a pool! And training equipment!" Hina says excitedly. "The bathhouse and sauna's now open." Mondo says. "There's a library as well. Nothing good though." Hifumi says. "S-speak for yourself!" Toko says. "Anything else?" Taka asks.

"Not of great importance, no." Celeste says. "Well besides the blocked off dorms. But we can't go there anyway." Kyoko says. "Man, we've come up with nothing again!" Leon says, frustrated. "W-we'll never escape." Chihiro says, beginning to cry. "Aw, don't cry Chihiro. We'll all get out of this together!" Hina says. "Well, not all of us." Byakuya says. I look at the seats that Sayaka, Junko and Ishani once occupied. No one really has anything to say, so we eat our breakfast and split.

I mostly spend the day wandering around the school. Who is making us do this and why?! Why are they making us do something so awful?! I'm starting to get hungry again, so I make my way to the dining hall. "Hey! Makoto! Perfect timing!" Mondo says. "Huh?" I ask. "We need a ref. Mr. goody two shoes here keeps shooting off his mouth about how I lack self control or something like that!" Mondo says. "That's because you do! If you didn't, you wouldn't answer every problem with your fists!" Taka says. "Yeah? Says the guy who yells all the damn time! I've got more self control then you, a-hole!" Mondo says. "Bet?" Taka asks. "Bet!" Mondo says. "Come on Makoto!" Taka says.

He takes one of my arms and Mondo takes the other. They drag me to the sauna that opened up on the first floor. "Alright. The one in there the longest wins." Taka says. "Deal." Mondo says. They go inside and crank up the heat to the highest. I watch them sit there and argue for almost an hour. "Hey guys. It's after ten. Why don't we call it a tie and go to our rooms?" I ask. "No way! This is way more important!" Taka says. "You can go Makoto! We've got this!" Mondo says. "Alright." I say.

The next morning I hear laughter from the dining hall. When I open the door it's Mondo and Taka laughing. Everyone else is watching with a confused expression. "What the?" I ask. "You're hilarious bro!" Mondo says. "No, you're hilarious bro!" Taka says. "Hey Makoto!" Mondo says. "Thanks for helping us with our little dispute yesterday!" Taka says. "They're friends now?" I ask.

"Who knows. Even if they are faking it or not, it's super creepy." Hina says. "At least they aren't fighting anymore." Chihiro says. "Yeah, but this might be even worse." Leon says. "Hahaha! As if you guys could ever understand our bond!" Mondo says. "Yeah!" Taka says. "So which one of you won?" I ask. "Put our duel away from your mind little man." Mondo says. "Yeah. It's all water under the bridge. Commensing forget about it 9000!" Taka says . "Yeah..." I say uncomfortably. Something breaks in the background.

"I guess Milk tea wasn't to your taste?" Hifumi asks. There's spilled tea and a pieces of a smashed cup on the ground. "This was a culinary slap to the face. I said royal milk tea. I decree that it shall be simmered in milk and not just slopped in a cup." Celeste says. "That seems like a lot of work..." Hifumi says. "DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE AGAIN YOU DIRTY BOOT LICKER!" Celeste yells. "Yes m'lady! I'm on it!" Hifumi says, rushing back into the kitchen. "I'm glad we could have this talk." Celeste says.

Everyone gasps including myself. The sound of the intercom plays throughout the room. Monokuma appears with a glass of wine on the screen. "Hey, make your principal happy and head towards the gym for a pep rally! That's all!" Monokuma says, before the screen shuts off. We head to the gym where Monokuma is waiting on the podium.

"Alright, I'll just get to it because I have a lot of drinking to do. I look around this room and I all I see are a bunch of teenagers who aren't dead! It's so boring! So today's motive is embarrassing memories or past secrets that want to be kept hidden!" Monokuma says, holding up a bunch of envelopes. He then throws them on the ground. Everyone scrambles to pick up theirs. I pick up my own.

"Ah! How'd you know about that?!" Hina asks. "No one must know!" Taka says. "I don't have any myself, but humans have at least one skeleton swinging around in the closet. It was hard to dig up dirt on some of you though. You really know how to hide things." Monokuma says. I open my letter. There's a single sentence written on it.

Makoto Naegi wet the bed until fifth grade.

Oh jeez. It's embarrassing, but not something to kill over. "Alright, stop standing and start stabbing! If I don't get a corpse in twenty-four hours then all these secrets will be broadcasted throughout the world! And boy, do we have some interesting ones in there! Oh, and I'll also throw her into a deep, dark rotting prison." Monokuma says. "Who?" Hina asks. "Me."

A/N: This chapter is shorter than the others. Way shorter. But, the story from here on out is extremely unedited, so it's going to take longer to make my usual chapters. But hey, at least it's sort of a cliffhanger.