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He wish it didn't turn out like this, He really did.

Charlotte Katakuri woke up with a groan, his head soared with pain. He remember what happened before, of course he would. He's a perfectionist after all. Raising his head up, he wondered where he is before he realized that his two sisters were missing. Panicked, he quickly raise from his seat. But something snapped him out of his panicked state, he accidentally hit his head on the ceiling. His damn height at it again... Katakuri calmed down. He's sure his sisters are alright, they're his sisters after all.

A small shriek comes from the door. Katakuri glance to the side to see a little girl poking her head inside the room. She wore a white T-shirt with green stripes, her hair tied into a high ponytail. Katakuri takes another good second to analyze her, he knows her from somewhere.

     State your name. Katakuri said out loud, his height gives him the advantage of being intimidating.

     Eek! Her whole body shiver, like in kids cartoon Katakuri saw when he babysits his younger siblings. Um... I'm Chihiro... Chihiro Ogino. The girl reply, still looking up and intimidated by Katakuri.

Ah, Chihiro huh? He heard about her before from an acquaintance of his named 'Queen'. Chihiro Ogino, the Ultimate Spirit Communicator. She did wonders helping grieving families to communicate with their passed loved one. At such a young age she gained name for herself.

     Ah, please excuse my rudeness, Charlotte Katakuri. He introduced himself, Chihiro's eyes widens before relaxing and sighing out a relief.

     Oh.... You're just Pudding's sister. I thought you were someone else! I didn't expect her brother to be this tall... Chihiro said with relief, she scratch the back of her neck with a nervous smile. Still intimidated by Katakuri's height.

     My sister? You know where she is? Katakuri is surprised that Chihiro knew where his sister is.

     I'll brief you about it! Everyone is in the gymnasium, we seem to be in some kind of school, though I don't know if you can even call this a school.... Chihiro said with a doubtful tone about the school, the school looked abandoned with vines and grass growing everywhere. Though, the electricity is still working so that's a relief. Come on, follow me Charlotte-san!

     Just Katakuri is fine... Katakuri is not used with these honorific names yet, he just moved from France to attend Fonto De Academy. 

Katakuri stands up and starts following Chihiro, and he is grateful for the ceilings being so high, he don't want to humiliate himself crawling around. Though seem to warm up, Chihiro remains silent on the way, still scared about Katakuri's height. Katakuri took note of the sealed windows, and the dimmed hallway. It lacks life and a very big contrast to what he is used to. And after a awful long walk, they finally reach the gymnasium.

     Big Brother! Two young voice shout at the same time, next thing he know, Katakuri was attacked by two people jumping on him. And he did everything he could not to fall on his back. Turns out, those two people were his younger sisters, Brulee and Pudding.

     Brulee! Pudding! I'm glad you two are okay. He said with relief.

Katakuri glance around and notice the other students inside the gym. Many people with different appearances were looking at him, but he doesn't mind. Away from the siblings reunited, a blonde and an albino were arguing.

     Shut up already! You're creeping me out! The blonde boom with anger.

     Come on, you, a symbol hope right in front of me.... a worthless trash like me don't deserve this!

     Jeez! You two really got the energy to go on don't you? Well whatever, it's nothing I can handle! Your next line is going to be, "Well, why don't we cheer up a bit?"

A person who looks like a bard was about to say something but gasp in shock.

     H-How the?! 

     You two, you aren't hurt anywhere are you? Katakuri asked with worried tone, his sisters only smile at him.

     Don't worry big brother! We can take care of our self. Charlotte Pudding, the Ultimate Chocolatier.

     Yeah! We'll beat anyone who dare to approach us! Brulee punch the air, mimicking the training she saw her Mama gave to her older siblings. Charlotte Brulee, the Ultimate Illusionist.

After making absolute sure check up on his sisters, Katakuri approach the others to question them. Though he succeed a little because of his height, some were around the age of Chihiro or some were too shy to speak to him. Luckily he was approached by a little girl.

     You seem quite puzzled, is there anything you need help with? The little girl asked him. She was dressed in a white and green dress that resembles something like a flower.

     And you are? He asked, not really familiar with her.

     Ah, sorry for my rudeness. My name is Nahida! Though some may call me Lesser Lord Kusanali. Nahida, the Ultimate Botanist.

Now that does ring a bell for Katakuri, a while back, his family's garden was suffering from countless ruining by the energetic children. His mother called a company called 'Little Dendro Layout' to come and find a solution for their garden. It is safe to say that Nahida is a prodigy among prodigy in this subject, she knows many things about nature and is very knowledgeable. Katakuri have some kind of respect for her, able to start her own company that young.

     Then, I am Charlotte Katakuri. He reply back, he knows basic manners. Charlotte Katakuri, the Ultimate Perfectionist.

     Well Katakuri, it seems that you have some kind of trouble on your mind, is there any question you would like to ask?

     Certainly, is there any people besides us in this building?

When he was walking here with Chihiro, everything was so quiet and lifeless. He knows what makes a place lively, considering his.... family size.

     I don't think so, there's only sixteen students, including you and me, and there's no faculty member that we all know of that is around here.

KABOOM!

A huge explosion was set off, it seems to be coming from the blonde who was arguing the albino earlier. Katakuri only glance at them before sighing, because both him and Nahida were approached by an angry blonde and a fellow dressed in black with a hat the almost covers his face. The black hair tries to calm down the blonde, but he seems to fail terribly.

     Hey you! Why don't you drag your ass here and kick this guy's butt? He's pissing me off! The blonde shout at Katakuri, pointing his fingers at him.

     Please calm down, Bakugo-san! The dark hair tried shyly but still failed.

     And who might you be? Katakuri asked, kind of annoyed by the blonde's yelling.

     Huh?! You don't know my name? Fine! I'll bless you with it!

Is he supposed to or?

     Katsuki Bakugo, and I'm the Ultimate Combat Specialist!

Huh, he heard of Bakugo before. In middle school, Katsuki Bakugo was known for training high military candidates and was successful later in a battle. He knows Katsuki, well just from his name. A file from his mother's office could get the job done briefing but he's not in her office now is he?

Katakuri close his eyes, thinking if he should help the blonde or no, but decided against it.

     If you want help, go ask someone else, or you can get the job done. After all, you're the Ultimate Combat Specialist.

Katsuki, now pissed off, just turn around and to go bother someone else.

     That guy is a lot of handful... The dark hair mumbles tiredly.

     And who might you be?

     Ah! Excuse me... I'm Shuichi Saihara, Ultimate Detective.

Odd, he never heard of him before.

     Please excuse me, but I have to go! My friend could be malfunctioning anytime...

With that, Shuichi runs off to what seems to be like a white hair robot. Now, he had heard of this and seen this before. A well known Professor by the name Idabashi created various of robots, and the most humane out of all was a robot name K1-B0, but the professor insists it's pronounced as Ki-Bo, like a normal person's name.

K1-B0, the Ultimate Robot.

     Yo! How ya doin? Oh god, Katakuri knows who this is very well. The name's Joseph Joestar, Ultimate Strategist!

     You don't look like one... Nahida said in a whisper. Joseph, I'd like to ask you who the person Bakugo was arguing with earlier.

     Ah... him? He's Nagito Komaeda, the Ultimate Lucky Student.

Ah, so it is true Fonto De Academy use some kind of system same as Hope's Peak.

     Yo big guy! You know everyone here yet or nah?

     I'd like to know why there's two cats walking and talking in here.

     Oh those two? The blue one's Oggy, the Ultimate Homemaker and the green one's Joey, the Ultimate Trickster.

Nope, doesn't wring a bell, he never heard of talking cats before, but he does heard of are talking inanimate objects. Thanks to his mother.

A strange melody, calming and relaxing, filled the air. It was played by a lyre, Katakuri knew this instrument well, his 'great friend' King used to play it to him before.

     Oh, greetings, my friends, new faces abound,A

gathering of talent where wonders are found.

I am Venti, a bard with a song divine,

The Ultimate Bard, where music intertwines.

He never knew a wandering bard could attend such schools. But nonetheless, some arguments seems to settle down. Thank you very much Venti.

     Um... Nahida-san? Are you busy right now?

Satsuki Kusukabe, the Ultimate Caretaker. Katakuri knew her, she travel around the world and offers the best babysitting services any parents could ever wish for. He saw her before in his house, taking care of his newborn siblings when his mom was busy with her 'work'.

     Sorry Katakuri, it seems like I have to go.

He only nodded in response.

A little while later, he heard a boastful voice talking about their ultimate.

     The name's Nobara Kugisaki! And you may know me from magazines, I'm the Ultimate Fashionista!

Katakuri does seen her some where before, his younger siblings love to read fashion magazines, and he had heard before from his older sister about an upcoming model who even got her own magazines dedicated to her.

Off the corner, he sees a kid who's oddly quiet. Thankfully, Joseph approach the kid and was loudly talking with him. The kid in return replied back in mumbles.

     Oh! Hayato Kawajiri huh? Aren't you that kid who won a competition in observing things?

     Yes, I'm the Ultimate Observer. Though it's kind of lame in my opinion.

Katakuri was about to go check on his sisters when a strong sense of smell interrupted him. The smell of a rotting corpse.

     O-Oi... what's that smell? Oggy cover his nose

     I didn't know that someone's fart could be this bad! Joey joked slightly before wrapping its arms around the blue one.

     This reminds me of those smell my father used to have, coming back from work. Hayato mumbles.

Katakuri knows what kind of works his mother does, he knows what kind of names she had made for herself. He was there with his big brother when his mother was called into a meeting with this group called 'Rocks'. He saw his mother's works, and knew what disgusting deeds she had done.

But they didn't expect to see something... this disgusting.

Some screaming can be heard as a disturbing scene was unfolding in front of everyone, on the stage.

He truly wish he hadn't brought his sisters along.

A creepy eerily melody was playing, heavy footsteps dragging along the stage.

A corpse... or is it a zombie? A reanimated corpse of a young girl drag itself to the podium.

It smile at everyone, bloody face smiling at everything. It throws its arms up before announcing cheerfully, "Welcome, to Fonto De Academy!"

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I Hope This Hurts.

Katakuri stares at the stage along with the other students. He couldn’t believe his eyes, that corpse… Why does it seem so familiar? He looks over to his sisters, seeing the horrors in their eyes. After a long pause of silence, someone brave finally broke the bit.

“Who the FUCK is that?!” Of course, it was none other than the hot headed boy, Bakugo. Then, one by one, the younger students who can’t handle the terrifying state of the corpse started to scream. Katakuri wasted no time and he rush forward to his sisters, making sure they are okay and tries to calm them down. On the other side of the room, Shuichi stared at the decaying corpse in front of him, he was trying to assess the situation, to make sense of even the smallest thing. Where are the teachers, who is that behind the podium, is everyone safe?

The decaying body giggles, settling its hands down on the podium, “Well well well! Look at what we have here! 1…. 5…. 13…. 16 students!” It said cheerfully, and in a disturbing sense, blood was dripping down its mouth as it speaks. “As I said before, Welcome to Fonto De Academy! I am your headmaster for this semester, Nova! Nice to meet you all~”

The corpse, or Nova as it called itself, tries to cheer things up, but it seems to be failing. Shuichi glance over to his classmates, he knows something is wrong, after all, the school looks abandoned even though everyone knows that FdA (Fonto De Academy) just recently open its services to many people world wild, offering opportunities to whoever got the talent to join in.

Then, someone brave enough to ask something spoke up, “Hey…. Is this a joke or something? I know a trickster and I too am one, but I know damn well this is too far!” It was Joseph that spoke up. The corpse only glance at him with those dead eyes before beaming up again, “Aw how sad, to know that you all think this is all a prank is too hurtful for me, ya know?” Nova spoke, its voice sounded like a dog that was kicked. “I am your headmaster for this semester! I’m sorry but, no one ain’t coming for ya. You are all stuck here meant to live in harmony, Shihihihi!” Its laugh sends shiver down many spines, especially the young ones. “Those sealed up windows? It’s for you! To not escape! You’ll be trapped in here, FOREVER!”

At that moment, Shuichi can hear the bubbling anger of a certain blond, and then he knew it was too late.

Bakugo exploded and immediately jumps towards Nova, intending to punch the shit out of it. Of course, Nova reacts to his attack very quickly in an instant, it grabs his hands before swinging him around a few times and throwing him back into the crowd of students. The next who wanted to try their luck was none other than Joseph, but of course he just went straight pass her and fell down the stage.

Nova clasp her hands together, still smiling all the way through, “Now now class, you shouldn’t act like this! There will be consequences for hurting me, the headmaster! That is violating the rules misters!” It points at Joseph and Bakugo. “But of course, I myself am kind enough to let you off the hook!”

It looks over all of the student, “I know that some of you guys might want to leave. That is why, I made a special clause! I call it, the Graduation Clause!” Shuichi perks up along with some of the other students.

Satsuki, though nervous, ask the question that many might wonder, “What is the Graduation Clause? How…. How does it work?” She asked nervously. Nova immediately got to work on answering, “As I mention before, you are all meant to live in here forever in harmony. But if someone were to disturb that harmony, they and they alone would be allowed to leave the school!” Many seems interested, but of course, there must be a catch.

“What do you mean by disturbing the harmony, I guessed that is the catch?” Hayato asked, he knows there aren’t things as freedom served on a silver platter. “Glad you ask oh student of mine! Shihihihi… You know, if one person were to murder another.”

“Murder?!”

“Who in the right mind would do that?”

“Big brother… I’m scared!”

“There’s no way, this is bullshit!”

“Stabbing, strangling, poisoning, drowning, bashing, skinning, hanging… how you do it doesn’t matter. You must kill someone if you want to leave, it is as simple as that.”

Venti, wanting the safety for his peers guaranteed, he asked with a serious face, "And what happens when a murder occur?" Nova makes a gesture like she's thinking, "Hm, well there will be a trial held, the culprit must try to stay undiscovered! If they managed to do so, they will be let off scot free while the others suffer the consequence for the wrong guesses!" Nova giggles before it turns serious.

"Remember, that this trial serves as a purpose to give both sides to fight for their lives, the culprit must fight for their chance to graduate, while the innocence must fight for the truth."

It’s been a few hours since whatever happened inside the gymnasium, many had taken the liberty to explore and get there minds off of things. Katakuri on the other hand, is trying to calm his sister, Pudding, down with the help of Brulee. It’s a slow process but they are still trying. One of the students, a robot, Ki-Bo approach them and also offers to help. “How about this, why don’t we do something you like?” He asked Pudding with a smile, “Like…. B-Baking…?” Pudding look up from her hands, she was a mess but no one was complaining. “Yeah! Like baking, we can try if you want to, it could help getting your minds off of things” So with that, Ki-Bo, Pudding, and Brulee stayed behind in the kitchen to do some baking.

Katakuri, with nothing else to do, walk around the school. They were only allowed to roam the first floor, the second one was of course blocked. He looks at the booklet given by Nova, before walking towards the place he finds interesting, The Garden.

Okay, maybe it might not be that interesting but still, he went anyway to do some exploration. There he found none other than Shuichi, who seems to be stuck between some kind of rocks. “Um…. A little help might be appreciated.” Shuichi said, his face flushed with embarrassment. Even Katakuri was dumbfounded but he decided to help, with a little pull he managed to pull Shuichi out. “How did you even get stuck in there anyway?” He asked, crossing his arms while looking down at Shuichi, “Oh…. I was just exploring, then I found something shiny and tried to get it. Turns out, it was a Gaiden coin, but then I realized I was stuck.”

“Gaiden coin? What are those?” Asked Katakuri with a confused look on his face, “Well… it’s essentially a coin that can be use for Gacha Machine, you can get some useful items out of those…. Sometimes.” Shuichi hides his face under his hat, still feeling a bit embarrassed.

Later on, they both decided to join together on exploring, their next destination? Dormitory.

Katakuri look around the lounge area before looking upward at the ascending stairs that leads to two floors, each having eight rooms. Shuichi plops down onto the sofas, feeling comfortable on it he can’t help but can’t seem to get up. “Save me.” Katakuri sigh as he pulls Shuichi up again. Suddenly, a scream was heard from the outside corridor, both boys immediately rushes out to see Venti clinging to a wall with a running nose. Below him was Oggy, who was very confused on what was going on as much as Kat and Shu.

“I’m sorry Oggy… I’m- *ACHOO* I’m allergic to cat furs….” Venti keeps sneezing and Oggy seems to get the hint, “Oh….” He step back many times before reaching a safe distance from Venti. “Didn’t know a bard could be allergic to cute things such as cats!” Joseph said jokingly.

Somewhere on the other side of the school, Nobara and Satsuki was exploring together. They decided to team up since Nobara found Satsuki still crying on being in this whole situation, Satsuki was worried she would never see her little sister again. “I took up this offer… I thought if I join, my father wouldn’t have to overwork to pay for mother’s medical bills….” Satsuki said before.

Nobara sighs, she and Satsuki were inside what seems to be a warehouse. They were searching for something, maybe anything entertaining even. Then she hit a jack pot, “Whew! Look at what we have here, come here Satsuki!” Nobara laughs gleefully, Satsuki rushes over and see that Nobara was holding a deck card.

“Huh? Are those cards that adults love to play?”

“Psshh, not only adults, us teens can also play it!” Nobara laughs and she grabs Satsuki’s hands, “Let’s go! At least there’s gonna be something entertaining!”

Hayato sat in his dorm alone, he wants to be alone for now. He got into the Academy because he knows that he’s not safe at home. He knows that whoever the man pretending to be his dad isn’t who really, he said to be. There’s a knock on his door, “Hayato? Pudding baked some cakes and sweets, thought you might want some… if you do, then come to the cafeteria, ‘kay?” That was definitely Joey.

Hayato thought for a moment and then decided to join them. When he arrives at the canteen, it was absolute chaos.

“I know that you symbol of hopes can overcome this madness…. Such trash like me can’t really do what you all do!”

“SHUT UP YOU HOPE FREAK!”

“Shuichi, how does that cake taste like?”

“Brulee, you didn’t add too much sugar, right?”

“Please just take those scarf off for once man!”

“If Shuichi can keep his hat on, so can I with my scarf.”

“Hey…. Wait never mind you’re right.”

Maybe, it isn’t going to be that bad like Hayato thought it would be, maybe, it’d be okay, with them. He picks on what seems to be a chocolate covered buns. When he tasted it, he knows right then and there, he would be eating good foods.

THEATRE

As good ol' time loves to tell.

Way long ago, the founder of Hope's Peak Academy, Izuru Kamakura, founded Hope's Peak to nourish talents to become symbols of hope that inspire many people. And as time tell, that didn't end well for Hope's Peak didn't it?

Oh, but what about Fonto De Academy? Did it suffer the same fate? Why we don't know, it's now just a pile of metals and dusts, left with just memories to be filled in those old senile minds of Boomers. Perhaps, maybe the fate of these two Academy won't be so different. One loses its purpose and original goal, while the other fell into an abyssal pit, full of mysteries to be uncover by those who dares. Maybe the innocent face of what it used to be will shatter.... just like these unfortunate souls.

Well whatever! If I get too ahead, I might uncover too much! enjoy while your time last, students. Because they would never know what hit them.

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A little girl runs across the hallway as fast as she could, she was scared, especially of the person chasing her. She used to trust them, but now with a wound in her stomach, she couldn’t.

Suddenly the chaser pinned her down, and with a scream from the girl, everything fades to black.

DING DONG BING BONG

“Ya-Ho! It’s 7 in the morning, rise and shine kids! It’s going to be a fa~antastic day!”

Katakuri mumbles in his sleep, to hell with that morning announcement. But of course, he got to get up and check up on everyone. It’s been a few days since they were trapped inside the school, and he thinks it’s hard to snapped with so many people like his classmates around…. Minus Nagito and Bakugo, he guessed.

Upon getting ready and dressed up, he exits his dorm which was on the third floor of the dormitory. Katakuri noticed some people lounging around the lounge area, he descends down the stairs and greets them. Some people are up early while some are still sleeping.

Nahida approached Katakuri with a smile, their height difference can make some people think that it came out straight from a cringey book Novels his siblings love to read all the time. “How’s it going, Katakuri? I’m taking you’re adjusting well?” Weird question to ask, but nonetheless he replied back with a nod.

“Of course, I expected no less from the ultimate Perfectionist…. Such divine person with that ultimate being my classmate? I can hardly contain my excitement!” And of course, the one boy who sounded and looked sick commented on his ultimate.

He felt undeserving of that ultimate sometime.

“Damn…. He sounded like he’s bouta nu—” Joey was about to make a comment but was cut off by Ki-Bo. “Um, why don’t we change the subject? Like… who know’s how to cook? Because I know some of you guys must be hungry for breakfast!” Ki-Bo smiles nervously, he took the opportunity to cut Joey off of whatever dirty comment he was about to make after noticing Chihiro and Hayato coming down the stair into the lounge area.

Shuichi sighs, how is he going to deal with this? He had just woken up but he noticed his hat was gone from the bedside! He’s too embarrassed to go out without his hat. After a while of contemplating he decided to just give it his shot and at least try to interact with his classmates, without his hat.

Exiting his dorm, he saw everyone already up and about, he’s actually one of the last few people not yet out of their dorm room. He wonders what they are up to, so he decides to approach them and get some glimpse of their conversation.

“Are you fucking with me right me right now?! There’s no way I’m gonna cook for this low hopesexual bastard!”

“I understand.,. even my own cook and maids doesn’t want to be around me, so I expected that you wonderful people would also don't want to be around me!”

“I’m actually getting tired of this behavior of his not going to lie.”

“Eh?”

On second thought, he decided to join Hayato on the other side of the room to observe them, not wanting to join the chaotic conversation.

Katakuri sighs, he took it upon himself to actually work with Bakugo and his Satsuki to make breakfast for everyone. Thanks to Satsuki being the ultimate caretaker, she actually learned some cooking skills so that she would be able to make food for whoever she is taking care of. Bakugo on the other hand, knows how to cook like a four-star restaurant cook. He doesn’t really specify why so, he just snarled at him and got to work. Katakuri on the other hand, is one of the eldest siblings in his family. So, whenever his mom would go out for ‘work’, he and his other siblings who are old enough to do chores, would cook and feed their younger siblings. And thanks to that he obtains some cooking skills with him.

“Breakfast’s ready you damn lazy bastards!” Bakugo screams from the kitchen window with multiple plates laying on the counter. Nobara approach the kitchen window and pick up one of the plates with an annoyed frown on her face, ‘’Look, you’re the bastard here, look at yourself for a second and like think if you’re really a fucking angel.” Nobara snarled at Bakugo and he was about to bite back, but Katakuri comes in and drags him away from the window with Satsuki replacing him instead. “Sorry, he’s a handful, but still! Enjoy your breakfast, Kugisaki-san!” And with that, one by one they all got a plate of their own.

They all sat together, but some doesn’t. Nagito was sitting near the corner and away from everyone, Hayato, though he was starting to speak more often than few days ago, still chose to sit nearby and not at the same table. Oggy was eating his fill when suddenly Jack, who was sitting beside him, starts to choke out of nowhere. Immediately he panicked, hitting Jack’s back to force whatever food crumbs that got stuck in his throat to come out. Not long after, Jack spat out a bread into his plate, earning a lot of concern looks. But of course, Joseph suddenly broke into laughter then after was Jack, “Aw man- you guys… should’ve seen your faces! AhaHa!” Jack was holding his stomach.

“ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS?!”

Shuichi was hoggin around in the warehouse, until he found some strange rope, it had dried up blood in it but he decided not to dwell on it too much. It could be a prop for the theatre club he saw on a poster on the announcement board, though it seems that this thing is old as hell as the announcement board near the main hall where the exit is at was covered in dusts and webs. “Usually, in a locked room mystery, the culprit would use ropes as a key factor to distract detectives from what actually happened during the murder.”

Katakuri huffs, crossing his arms and raising his eyebrows. “Really? Did you face these problems before in your work?” He asked, intrigued. “Y-Yeah…. Actually, it happened once during my intern as a child with my parents. They were famous detective in their own rights, and with me as a rising detective, they took me to crime scenes sometime to teach me how to do detective works.” Shuichi explained his story, waving his hands in gestures along the way. “Of course, they would disguise me as an intern to wave off suspicious eyes. Then came the problem.”

“Once, there was a particular case where the room was locked and the body inside, when we got into the crime scene, we thought that what happened was that the culprit was using the rope to shut the door and allegedly locked it.” He sighs, thinking back to that moment was something, everything was so brutal and gruesome, and yet… “But that was where we were wrong, we found out later that it was a suicide and the victim was trying to blame a person they were holding a grudge against.”

“A suicide? To go that far and make a person you hold a grudge against, that’s another level of dedication.” Katakuri commented, he knows keeping grudges and nourishing revenge for too long would lead to people’s downfall.

“Yeah, but have you ever heard of an author who actually committed suicide and paint if off as a murder, and all of that was written in his final story? Many polices and detective tried to solve the case but ended up giving up.”

‘A suicide case where the victim painted his death as a murder and written it in a book?’ Katakuri thought for a moment before a name pops up in his head. “Ah… was it the case with Yokomizo?” He said. “Y-Yeah… a well-known detective named Ranpo solve the case by just looking at the case file! It’s actually amazing how fast he could solve it, and I wanted to be like him one day….”

Hopefully, if the killing game were actually going to happen, he hopes that there aren’t gonna be any murder like these cases.

“Kugisaki-san! You’re so cool after winning all of those rounds against the Ultimate strategist!” Satsuki walks by with Nobara, they were going to the garden to hangout there after Nobara won five rounds of pokers against Joseph. “Heh, what can I say? I got the looks and the skills after all!” She chuckles and ruffles Satsuki’s hair. “Ne, Satsuki-chan, why did you accept to get into the school? I mean like you already told me why, just…. Not in details.” Nobara suddenly asked as they arrive at the garden. “Oh… well, Fonto de Academy saw my talent, but they also…. Know of my financial state. Dad was working so hard to support us and Mom is sick so she is often at the hospital to recover. And with my little sister’s graduation coming up soon…. I just know that the money needed to get her into a middle school would be massive.” She and Nobara sat down besides an artificial river that goes around the room.

“So, I started to take babysitting jobs at first before gradually becoming a caretaker of people of all ages. But of course, with those money I earned, it still wasn’t enough to get mom treated or to pay off me and my sister’s tuition fee.” Satsuki starts to tear up as she remembers her family, “And when Fonto De Academy invited me, they offered a large sum of money to pay for everything…. Then…. I…” Nobara hugs Satsuki tightly, she didn’t know that it was possible for schools to do these things, but then she realized that Satsuki was worried that the agreement wasn’t met and that her family could be in danger now that all of them are trapped in here.

Meanwhile, Nobara was offered something too, her grandma was the only thing she could lean on and definitely she wants to repay her back. She started modelling in the fashion industry and quickly became one of the most popular teenage models, and then Fonto de Academy butted their heads in and offered her a place where she can study to boost her skills and become more successful than she already is and to established her own fashion agency. She accepted it of course, with the hope that she could give her grandma a life of comfortability.

The two share a heartful moment of silence, then Nobara spoke up suddenly, “Want me to teach you how to play cards?” She said with a soft smile on her face, with the intention to get Satsuki’s mind off of the current situation. Satsuki of course agreed to this while wiping away her tears.

Pudding huffs slightly as Venti continues to play his lyre, “Hey, Venti, do you know that my brother knows how to play this too?” She said, a boastful smile on her face. “Heh, really? I didn’t expect him out of all people to know how to play this instrument!”, “And I didn’t know that a bard like you could even go to schools!” Venti was shock for a moment before he retorted back. “Hey! I’m not just some drunk bard on the streets, I’m a bard that is free as the wind!” and in the background, Bakugo was laughing his ass off at Pudding’s comment.

“Actually, how does your brother learn it?” Chihiro asked, curiosity in her eyes are evident. “Oh! Big bro learned it from his ‘friend’, King!” Brulee said with a smile on her face. “King? Who would even named child that? Honestly, I would cry if my name was that.” Hayato commented, he was sitting on one of those comfortable couches. “Well, his name isn’t King, he just told us to refer him as that.”

“Weirdo.” Bakugo sat up on the couch, huffing slightly as he muttered.

DING DONG BING BONG BABY

“Ahem, Ahem! It is now 7 P.M! Student’s please gather at the gym, I wanted to make some announcement as it had been quite boring these past few days!” The screen shuts off.

Katakuri wasn’t sure what the corpse was up to, but he got a bad feeling about this.

Arriving at the gym, he found everyone there, chatting while some are in their PJs already. “Man! I was about to sleep when that damn awful ear scratching announcement suddenly played…” Joey rubs his eyes as he yawns, Oggy on the other hand was focus on some books he found in a library a while back in the afternoon. Some other younger students were sitting on the side on the benches, while the older students stand around chatting.

A rotting stench filled the room, so familiar yet so uncomfortable. Heavy footsteps filled the room. There on the stage where the podium is at, came Nova, dragging its legs slightly. It stood at the podium with a smile on its face, and its eyes at everyone.

“Now that everyone is here! I’ll begin my announcement!” It said in a cheery voice. “Since it’s been so boring the past few days, I remembered that all murderer needed a motive to commit their crime!” And this, blows everyone into a nervous state.

“A motive….”

“I expected it to do something like this, it’s been too calm these past few days.”

“Oh no…”

“What could it be?”

Many mutters were heard and Katakuri glanced towards his sisters in worry. He knows that whatever motive this corpse had in mind, it would affect everyone. Some might brush it off, but to Katakuri, he knows that these motives are planting seeds into everyone’s mind and it would grow as time pass, then that person would break soon enough.

Nova raises its hands, a remote in its hand. “Now, you all know that you got invited into Fonto de Academy for educations and enhancing your skills in your specialized fields. But you guys also left loved ones behind to attend the school!” Suddenly, it smashes the remote controller into the podium. Several CDs drops down from the ceilings followed by clatter sounds as it hits the floor.

“There are several DVD players inside the library, your motive can be found in the CDs! So, good luck everyone and make sure to watch it,” It suddenly turn serious, “Or else I will force you down on a chair and make you watch it over and over until you collapse and die from exhaustion and hunger.”

It giggles slightly before waving its hand, some remote fragments had penetrated its palm but it seems like it doesn’t mind that. “Good night, sweet dreams! Don’t let the bed bugs eat your brains~”

So, that’s what brought them here inside the library. Katakuri inserted the CD inside the player, his mind is all over the place under his calm façade. The screen flickers slightly with static before clearing out to make up a figure of two people.

His eyes shot up in surprised, it was his close friends, and they were at the park where they all would hang out. “Hey Kat! I’ve heard you’ve been picked to attend knock off Hope’s Peak Academy?” One of his friends, Touya, snickers while the other, King, just rolls his eyes. “Come on, be serious! We gotta record this so whenever he misses our ass, he can just replay this shit over and over” King slaps Touya's head lightly. At this moment, Katakuri felt like everything was okay, like this could all just be a bad nightmare.

But that was his biggest mistake.

“So, anyway, good luck Kat, also make sure to bring tasty foods too when you visit during holidays!” Touya smiles at the camera. “Yeah, you better Kat, and good luck, we miss you­.” Katakuri watch as the screen fades to black, before it cuts to a horror like scene. The park was bloodied and everything was destroyed, King and Touya were nowhere to be found.

Nova’s voice can be heard as it narrates the video, “Katakuri’s friend King and Touya, whom he loves and cherished, tragically disappeared from everyone’s radar. What happened to them, you might ask, well….” The screen fades to black again before a big text pops up on the screen.

‘FIND OUT AFTER GRADUATION!’

Katakuri was shocked, as the video ended, he could only stare at the screen hoping that another video would pop up and show that his friends are okay. But such hope wasn’t answered easily.

A scream suddenly snaps him out of his shock daze. He turns his head into the direction and saw Satsuki crying, Nobara trying to calm her down, but she wasn’t that much better, she too was shocked and scared of whatever was in her video. Looking around, he saw many shocked, even Bakugo was quiet. He got up and quickly made his way to his sisters. And he saw the state they were in, they were shaking and scared, he could tell. He pulls the both of them into his arms and tries to comfort them.

Hayato couldn’t believed it, was his father really an imposter like he had always thought?

Nagito stares at the screen, his video doesn’t really affect him that much, but the possibility that his previous class in middle school could be in danger was worrying.

Joey doesn’t really get it, the girl he had a crush on was suddenly gone…. Just like that? There must be something he could do!

Joseph doesn’t really want to think about it, granny Erina….

After a while of calming down, everyone decided to return to their dorm.

The next day was gloomy, no one really spoke up. Shuichi is in the lounging area, where everyone would usually meet up. Nahida approach him before settling down near him. “Um…. Hey…. Shuichi, is everything okay? You seem…. To be out of it.” She asked, her chin between her thumbs and index finger. “O-Oh…. Well it’s just…. Yesterday that’s all, and you—” Shuichi was cut off by a loud sound of the door being slammed open. It seems like Bakugo woke on the wrong side of the bed.

Nothing really happened as everyone was occupied with their motive video in their mind. The day ended quickly as it came. And just like yesterday, everyone returned to their dorm room. But it was a different story for Chihiro. She received a letter asking her to meet up and just try to cheer up. With some doubts and guards up, she decided to meet up with ‘them’.

THEATRE

Fun fact! Touya, one of Katakuri’s friend, is actually Touya Todoroki from the hit anime series My Hero Academia!

Instead of being discovered by AFO like in the anime and manga, he was instead founded by a doctor named Moria Emily. She nursed him back to health and managed to save some of his burnt skin and restore them, thanks to her being the ultimate Doctor. Then they moved to France as Moria said that she was just on vacation in Japan. Touya would eventually meet Katakuri and King who are already friends

So yeah, he didn’t become a villain in this story, yes, he still has his grudge but Moria managed to guide him away from madness.

King on the other hand, was taken in by Kaido, they both flee the polices and heroes from Japan and move to France, where Kaido reunited with LinLin, an old member from a gang he used to be in. This eventually lead to Katakuri and King to meet each other and became friends.

Chapter Text

A grumble sound comes from a stomach, “Ow…. My stomach is hurting so bad. Well, it’s just my luck….” The person mumbles, they ate something wrong but oh well, it’s their fault for being so bad at cooking.

:P

DING DONG BING BONG

“Ya-ho! It’s 7 in the morning, rise and shine kids! It’s going to be… a fantastic, day.”

Katakuri rubs his eyes, he lets out a yawn and turn on the lamp on his bedside. He had a strange dream last night, not that he could remember it anyway, just that ominous feeling that came with it. Getting up, he does some exercise to make sure his blood is flowing smoothly and that his body would be in ‘perfect’ function for the day. (No puns intended… maybe)

After a while, he enters the bathroom and came out looking fresh, not like his classmates would notice anything, he grabs his scarf and slowly fixes it around his neck. With frequent checking if the lower half of his face is covered up completely, he mentally prepares himself and exit his dorm. Descending down the stairs, he can hear some chattering from the lounge are. Looking over he saw mostly everyone. With a quick huff, he joins in on a conversation with Shuichi and Venti, “Look, I know SOME music artists NOT all famous people…” Venti sighs.

“What’s going on?” Katakuri crosses his arms, his brows raised. “Um… Me and Venti are trying to name some celebrities we know personally, I assume he would know many because he is kind of a famous bard.” Shuichi fidget around with his fingers, quite embarrassed of his assumption on his friend. “Well whatever, if I actually got acquaintances with any of those people, I’d be delighted!” Venti laughs.

“You know, in one of my pranks I’ve done, I used a fake gun!” Joey chuckles, Oggy on the other hand did not find that funny at all. Joseph raise an eyebrow, intrigued, “Ehh? Really? Are those guns like the one Joker used to catch his opponents off guard, with a bang flag and everything?”, “Yep! And let me tell you, I pissed off that dog neighbor of ours and it’s fucking hilarious!” Joey throws his arm around Oggy’s shoulder while laughing it off. “Yeah it might be funny when you aren’t the one being chased around the damn entire neighborhood.” Oggy groans at the memories.

The door from the second-floor swings open, Chihiro looks around with a nervous glance. She…. Saw something she shouldn’t.

Nobara notices the little girl and calls out to her, “Hey Chihiro! Come, let’s hang out for a while.” Chihiro snaps out from her trance and quickly descends the stairs. She nervously fidgets around, credits to Hayato’s observations, and wouldn’t speak and is avoiding eye contacts.

The conversation flows smoothly as time passes on, but Katakuri notices that on the clock, it is almost 9 A.M and only one person is missing. “Hey, where’s that chick that was cooking with us?” Bakugo asked as he looks around the lounge area. With that question voiced out, everyone starts to become nervous. Chihiro flinches at the mention of Satsuki, “Um…should we go find her?” Joseph suggested. Nahida nods her head in reply, “I think so, I was the one who first came out of the dorm room, and I never saw anyone leave the dormitory wing of the school building.”

Thus, people began searching for Satsuki.

Joey looks around the warehouse, he wasn’t sure if he could find Satsuki inside here but he had to try somehow. “Any luck?” Oggy asked as he enters, Joey shakes his head in reply. The two of them continues on in that area. “Did you finish the book you got from the library or did you forget to bring it along with you?” Joey flinches at the question posed by Oggy before sighing, “Nah, I… forgot it at my dorm.”

Joseph would be lying if he said that he is worried. In fact, he’s not, but there’s that feeling in his stomach that’s telling him that something is wrong. His guts are always right, it runs in the Joestar family! So, he scavenges in all of the classroom there is on the first floor. He runs into some people along the way of his investigation. Though… He has some suspicious on someone, but he is not sure yet.

Somewhere in the hallway, Nobara is FREAKING out, no that was an understatement, she is beyond worried AND freaked out. Satsuki and her was the closest among everyone, so when she just suddenly disappears in the morning it made her beyond imaginable worried. Considering everything, the motives and their situations, she’s sure that something bad happened to Satsuki.

Nahida pats Nobara on the shoulder, trying to calm her down. “It’s no use to panic right now, our main task is to focus on finding Satsuki.” She said calmly. Nobara took in a deep breath before composing herself, “Right…. Thanks, Nahida.”

“No problem! Though, I’ll go check around The Garden, there might be some useful information or not, but it doesn’t hurt to try.” Nobara nods at that, and they wave to each other before going their separate ways.

Katakuri walks alongside Shuichi, he had tasked Ki-Bo with watching over Pudding and Brulee (He’s worried something bad will happen to them if they’re alone). They stopped when they pass by the door to The Garden, seeing Komaeda standing alone and looked like he was about to explode from the amount of shaking he seems to be having. Looking at each other, they decided to leave him alone for now and continue to their search.

Their first place to check is one of the many classrooms. Shuichi saw Joseph and decided to ask him if there’s any progress, “Ahh… Nah, not that much, I checked almost every single classroom on this floor, let’s just hope she didn’t sneak off into the second floor with out Nova knowing.” That’s all they got from Joseph. Exiting the classroom, they pondered where to check next, “How about the library? It seems like no one has checked there yet.” Shuichi suggested and Katakuri nodded in agreement.

They start walking towards The Library, the furthest room from the dormitory yet the biggest with the number of books. Strangely enough, every single room of the first floor has something weird going on. The Dormitory is the most sound proof, even if you are standing in the lounge area facing directly at the exit, little amount of sound will still be heard like whispers, no matter how loud the person is shouting from the inside, yet it couldn’t be said the same for when you shout from the outside. The canteen was supplied with infinite amount of ingredients, not looking like it would run out anytime soon (Nova just laughs it off when asked).

The garden has a small river that runs around the room, though Nahida said that this wouldn’t be possible as the depths of the river are the same, usually it would be a body of water that surrounds the room and not flow like it is right now. So, having a running water like that in the garden seems to be impossible even for her. Then the Library, it’s the weirdest of all, with the number of books and how most people would occupy the place even though it’s so far from the dormitory, people would think that there wouldn’t be so many dusts. That’s where everyone was wrong, the dust would accumulate in the shortest amount of time, keeping the aesthetic like that of old yet dark academic fantasy vibe.

Shuichi wonders why these things are even a thing, the one that creeps him out the most is the one with the dormitory. A few days ago, he was walking down the hallway with Ki-Bo when he heard someone whispering, it creeps the shit out of him and then that was when everyone came to learn of the strange circumstances of different rooms.

When they are near the library, they bump into Nahida who had the same idea to check out the furthest room too. So, joining together, they walk towards the library. After a while, they finally got to the library, but, Katakuri could feel something was wrong. Horribly wrong, he looks over to Shuichi and could see the same expression on his face. He takes a deep breath and pushes the door open.

And right then and there,

He knew that the killing school life had begun.

They scan over the room, their visions all over the place before focusing on the one thing that they thought was just a bad nightmare.

There, on the ground, lays Satsuki Kusukabe’s body. Her throat was slit open with bloods oozing out, a pool of hot pink blood was formed around her body.

DING DONG BING BONG

The screen turns on, static for a while before a figure appears on the screen. Nova’s face can be seen on the monitor that was placed all around the school.

“A body has been discovered! Please gather at the library. After some given amount of time, which you can use however you pleased, a class trial will be taking place!”

The screen shuts off.

After a moment of silent, Nahida was the first one to break it, “What….? Sat… Satsuki…?”

People starts gathering at the library, some people who couldn’t handle the gore screamed on top of their lungs. Nobara on the other hand, was devastated. “……Satsuki.” She mumbles, her voice shaking. Thinking back, Nobara remembered all the time she and Satsuki had spent together. She couldn’t help but think,

‘why does Satsuki deserve this? She’s…. just a kid.’

Nova interrupted the moment, popping out of the vent on top of the shelves. “Ya ho! I know you all miss me, I’m here to provide a file for you all to give you a better understanding on how these events played out!” It chuckles before throwing multiple files down at them. Nobara was enraged, she points towards Nova in anger and shouts, “You! It’s all your fault, you killed her! You killed Satsuki!” Nobara cries out.

Nova tilts its head to the side, “Hm? I killed Kusukabe-chan you say?” It giggles. “Nope! It is definitely one of you! One of you killed Satsuki Kusukabe, your very dearest friend’s killer is standing among you all! Shihihihi!” Then it disappears into the vent.

This poor girl who have so much to live for, is lying dead in front of him. Katakuri wants to throw up, he really did. But he kept his composure and thinks back. He has to do something and avenge Satsuki.

He will not let her death be in vain.

INVESTIGATION TIME

! START !

First things first, Katakuri look into the file Nova provided. He picks up a file and looks into it.

Name: Satsuki Kusukabe

Ultimate: Caretaker

Weight: Unknown

Height: Unknown

Estimated Time of Death: 01:35

Injuries: Head Injuries, Throat injuries

The victim was subjected to Head Trauma, but that wasn’t the killing blow! Take that in mind kiddos!

Katakuri overlooked the files one last time, eye twitching at the small doodles made by Nova. He looks over to see Shuichi investigating the body, and over to everyone else. Some people were crying (mostly the children) and Nobara was silent. Oggy points a finger at Nobara, “How can we be sure that she didn’t kill Satsuki? I mean… those two are always together and stuck to each other like glues.” He said accusingly. With anger Nobara rushes to Oggy, and grabs him by the collar. “You bastard! Don’t you dare accuse me of such things… I would never…. I would never kill someone…” She said with tears streaming down her face.

Suddenly, someone pulls Oggy away from Nobara. Joseph stands in front of the blue cat, “Nobara, please calm down. We don’t any more trouble than there is.” Nahida tries to calm her down and it seems to be working.

‘CASEFILE#1’ has been added into ‘TRUTH BULLET’

With a sigh, Katakuri approaches Shuichi. Looking up Shuichi sees Katakuri and stands up, “Any luck?” Was the question, and he sweat nervously a bit. “Um… I won’t go into much details. First, like the file said, the blow to the head isn’t the fatal blow. The weapon the murderer used was probably something light to carry yet heavy enough to injure someone.” Shuichi pause, looking over to Satsuki’s corpse and sighing, “Second, Satsuki’s body seems to be moved. If we take account of the bloods near the bookshelves are, then it is safe to say that was where the first injury was dealt with. Then, either Satsuki moved herself or the killer did.”

‘FATAL INJURY’ and ‘MOVEMENT OF BODY’ has been added into ‘TRUTH BULLET’

“I’m sorry to intrude but, I would like to share something.” Someone butts in, they both look over to see Nahida standing there. “Hm? What is it that you want to share with us?” Katakuri crosses his arms. “It might sound weird… but before meeting up with you two, I was at the garden. There, I saw Nagito acting weirdly and mumbling something. ‘I’m sorry Kusukabe-chan’ was what he was mumbling.” Nahida summarized.

‘Weird… what kind of involvement did you have Nagito? And why are you apologizing? I sure hope you didn’t… no I am sure you didn’t do it.’ That was all Katakuri had to say.

‘NAHIDA’S ENCOUNTER’ has been added into ‘TRUTH BULLET’

To reassure his thought, Katakuri excuses himself from the two and walks over to where Nagito has been standing at, doing his own investigation. He calls out to the white hair boy, and surely that caught the attention of said boy. “Ah! Charlotte-san! How may I be of help to you?” Katakuri cringed at the title. He lived in France his whole life and he isn’t going to get used to the title anytime soon, even if he told everyone that it’s fine to call him by his given name. “Look, Nagito, I just want to know what you did last night.”

“Hm? Ah, well I hope to entertain you with my voice then and not annoy you. Last night, since everyone was feeling down and practically skipped dinner, I managed to make myself some food without setting the kitchen on fire! Though, it is only my luck that after I ate it that I got a stomach ache… I am still feeling some kind of pain right now but don’t worry, I’ll make it through the day before it goes away.”

‘Does he know that isn’t normal? Maybe— no definitely after class trial, I will make sure you get checked on.’

‘ NAGITO’S ACCOUNT’ has been added into ‘TRUTH BULLET’

Nagito looks away for a while, before looking back at Katakuri again. “You know, I was asked to meet up with someone.” He starts, and that sentence intrigued Katakuri. “I was supposed to meet up with someone, but sadly the person remained anonymous. It is sad that I couldn’t make it, yet I’m also glad that I didn’t go.”

‘SECRET MEETING’ has been added into ‘TRUTH BULLET’

Shuichi looks around and determines who he will approach first for some information. Some people already left the library to investigate on their own, some stayed behind. He sees Chihiro in the corner, looking scared. Concerned, he decided to approach her, but not before he overheard something. “Hey… you said you the book in your room, right?” Oggy starts in a whisper. “Huh— oh uh…. Nah, I actually just placed it back just now. The book was kinda… boring.” Is all that Joey managed to whispered back.

‘Hm, is that really true? I must check something later then.’

Chihiro starts crying, and Shuichi was surprised at that. “H-Hold on! I didn’t mean to make you cry!” He tries to comfort her but it seems to be failing. Just now, he had asked Chihiro for her account. She said that she was asked to meet up with someone at the library… and that someone happened to be Satsuki.

"I didn’t… kill her… please believe me...” She cries out softly. Shuichi sighs before adjusting his hat and place a hand on Chihiro’s head. “Of course, I’ll believe you… Satsuki is like a friend of yours, right? So, I’ll trust you.”

‘SECRET MEETUP WITH VICTIM’ has been added into ‘TRUTH BULLET’

Sometime later, Katakuri meets up with Shuichi again. “Katakuri, can you come with me for a second?” Shuichi asked. He raised an eyebrow but nodded anyway, trusting whatever that Shuichi was thinking. Both of them make their ways to certain cats. “Hey Joey, we kind of want to ask you something. You said you read a book, right? What was the name of it?’’ Shuichi starts, earning a flinch that goes unnoticed to everyone… everyone but Katakuri.

“Oh, well, it was called ‘The Raven’ by Edgar Allan Poe… I randomly picked it by accidents… haha.” Joey chuckles nervously. Shuichi nods and thanks him for his time.

“What was that for?” Katakuri had asked, and Shuichi shrugs. They spent the next few minutes searching through the Novel section for the book Joey had read, and when they found it, Shuichi could only nod in confirmation. “Do you remember the weird phenomenon of each room on this floor? I was bored back then when we’re exploring and had experimented on how long a book would be covered in dust when left alone. Turns out, it took about 2 hours to do so.” Katakuri could only look at Shuichi dead in the eye with concerns written on his face. Was Shuichi THAT bored?

“And? What does it have to do with our investigation?” He asked, “Well… Earlier, I had overheard Joey saying he placed the book back, somewhere around the time the investigation had begun. But that was just about an hour ago…. And clearly, this book is completely covered in dusts.”

‘DUST IN LIBRARY’ and ‘RETURNED NOVEL’ has been added into ‘TRUTH BULLET’

DING DONG BING BONG

The monitor turns on with a static and remains like that for a while, then it cleared itself and shows Nova who look quite bored. “Aw chucks! Would ya look at that, time’s up! For your first class trial, please gather up at the gym.”

It laughs, black liquid oozing out of its mouth. “Good luck! I sure hope to see everyone push through!” The screen then turns off.

Katakuri looks over to everyone, some was scared, some determined, some undeterred. Wishing that the stars and seas would protect everyone, and give everyone the strength to overcome the situation, he makes his way to the gym with everyone else.

He vows to uncover the truth, no matter what.