I stumbled out of the locker in a daze, but as soon as I did, I fell to the floor.

"Gahh!" I couldn't even brace for impact as blinding pain suddenly rushed through my head. "Ooof, ahh." But thanks to that pain, I went from dazed to annoyed real quick. I rubbed my throbbing forehead. Yeah, that'll leave a bump alright. I regained my footing and stood up. I looked around.

"A...classroom?" Yeah, it was definitely a classroom alright. Not one that I recognize, though. "Is this a dream? What, do I pinch my cheek and make it all go away?" But pinching my cheek only made the pain in my head spread to my cheek.

I stood for a moment, racking my brain, trying to remember how I'd gotten in this...school...in the first place. In the middle of my thoughts, a locker next to mine started shaking while banging noises came from it.

I turned around with a stoic expression. If they were going to kill me, they may as well get on with it. As much fun as I wanna have with my captors, I'm not too picky when it comes to murder. The locker gave a final shudder and a boy fell out. His platinum hair and metallic skin caught my eye first. He looked up at me with a look of confusion.

"Aughh!" He seems to have just noticed me. "Wh-who are you? Are you with those guys?" I shrugged. "Depends on which guys you mean. Care to elaborate?" The metallic dude stared at me for a few moments before explaining. "The guys who kidnapped me." It was my turn to stare at him. "Kidnapped? Oh-ho, this is getting so interesting!"

I turned around and walked over to the door. As I reached for the handle, I turned my head back to him. "No, I'm not the one who kidnapped you. Not too disappointing that we don't know who, though. Would've made this waaaay less fun. Anyhoo, toodles!" And with that, I left the room with the lockers and metallic dude.

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I was halfway down the hall when I heard heavy metal footsteps behind me. Three sets, actually. I turned to see two giant robot things and the same metallic dude from earlier. He seemed to be running, so it felt like the smart thing to do. He caught up with me and we ran until a room marked GYM appeared in front of us. The giant metal things had stopped following us, so we took a few breaths.

"H...hey, you weren't...really gonna leave me behind in there, were you?" The metallic dude asked me. I shrugged again. "Depends on if you could make this fun. Although I might just keep you with me for fun with myself." He looked at me with a bewildered expression. "For...fun with you?" I grinned at him. "I can't just let a shiny new toy go to waste now, can I?"

We opened the doors to the gym to see a few people inside. A big dude with crazy hair walked up to us. "Who you? Did others wake in locker like Gonta?" I gave him a thumbs up. "Sure did big guy. Gonta, is it?" The big guy nodded. "Gonta gentleman and introduce himself. Gonta Gokuhara." I nodded. "Great, I know one of your names. Hooray."

Gonta looked down sadly as if he senses my sarcasm. "Gonta sorry. Gonta only try to make more social and homey." I grinned at him. "Well thanks Gonta!" His head lifted again as a happy expression planted itself on his face. I surveyed the rest of the people in the room.

A blonde girl in a maid's costume stood a little behind Gonta. She stared at me as I looked her over. I quickly moved on. A dude with spikey purple hair stood in the center of the room. A girl with long black hair stood more off to the side with a really short guy.

A girl with silver hair was in front of a guy with green hair and loads of piercings and a blue haired girl with glasses. A blonde girl with goggles stood to the other side with a dude in a mask and long black hair. A red haired girl in a witches hat was next to them, and a girl with a weird flower looking thing in her hair stood behind her. It seemed like we were the last ones to arrive.

Just as the maid lady opened her mouth to address us all, the door swung open again to reveal another blonde and a boy in an emo hat. The silver haired girl spoke. "Oh look, more students have arrived!" The blonde that just arrived looked confused. "Huh?" The spikey purple guy stepped up. "Did you guys get chased by that monster too!?" The blonde nodded. Then the short one spoke up. "What...are they? What do they want with us?"

I decided to talk just for the hell of it. "Do you want me to check on what's happening?" "No, you can't! It's too dangerous out there!" The goggles girl yelled at me. "It's likely that monster still lurks nearby," Mask-face said. "Wait!"  Blondy shouted. "Wh-what is this place? Who are you guys? And why am I here!?" Hehe, typical protagonist mindset, I thought. "There's 16 of us," green haired dude said. "What?" "16 of us, all highschool students. What do you think that means?"

We all zeroed in on him. "Oh, right, didn't answer your question." He gave a little laugh. "I can give you my name at least. It's Rantaro Amami." I mentally checked that into my brain. He was cute, I'd give him that. Wonder if he could give any more than that. "That's all I can say, I'm afraid." Then spikey dude yelled. "Hey! What does that matter? There could be more of us coming!" Rantaro shook his head. "No, not if this is what I think it is." Everyone started shouting at him with different uses of words. Suddenly a voice we didn't know broke through the gym. "Hey, hey!" Five giant metal things popped up. Oh boy, this'll be a long ride.

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After the giant speech, my mind suddenly went blank. And then I stumbled out of the locker in a daze, but as soon as I did, I fell to the floor.

"Gahh!" I couldn't even brace for impact as blinding pain suddenly rushed through my head. "Ooof, ahh." But thanks to that pain, I went from dazed to annoyed real quick. I rubbed my throbbing forehead. Yeah, that'll leave a bump alright. I regained my footing and stood up. I looked around.

"A...classroom?" Yeah, it was definitely a classroom alright. Not one that I recognize, though. "Is this a dream? What, do I pinch my cheek and make it all go away?" But pinching my cheek only made the pain in my head spread to my cheek.

I stood for a moment, racking my brain, trying to remember how I'd gotten in this...school...in the first place. I was on my way to school, I know that much. And then these guys kinda took me. In the middle of my thoughts, a locker next to mine started shaking while banging noises came from it.

I turned around with a stoic expression. If they were going to kill me, they may as well get on with it. As much fun as I wanna have with my captors, I'm not too picky when it comes to murder. The locker gave a final shudder and a boy fell out. His platinum hair and metallic skin caught my eye first. He looked up at me with a look of confusion.

"Aughh!" He seems to have just noticed me. "Wh-who are you? Are you with those guys?" I shrugged. "Well, y'know, I could be. But I don't think my guys would kidnap me even for a show." Metal dude looked confused.  "Your guys?" I nodded. "Yep, I have my own secret organization, of course I have my own men." He stood up and walked over to me.

We were quite close, but I wasn't about to back down to someone challenging me. He spoke in a quieter tone. "Who are you? I don't know how we got here but if somebody is watching or listening in-" I cut him off. "Easily fixed. But only if you go first." He seemed to be caught off guard but recovered fairly quick. "Oh...K1-B0, but you should call me Kiibo for short. Ultimate Robot." I grinned at him. "Ultimate? Wow, two ultimates in one room is reeeally rare, you know? Well, might as well keep up my end of the bargain."

I stuck my hand out for him to shake. He did, and I introduced myself. "Kokichi Ouma, Ultimate Supreme Leader." H stared for a moment before clearing his throat. "How is someone like you a supreme leader? You're so tiny." And that is how I started to chase him around the room.

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We didn't notice when two people walked into the room. But when one of them cleared their throat, we froze. I looked over to see a blonde girl and a boy in an emo hat in the doorway. They slowly walked into the room. "Who are you guys?" Emo boy looked questioningly at us. Kiibo started first. "K1-B0, but call me Kiibo, please. I'm the Ultimate Robot." I shook my head. It still bewildered me that there could even be an ultimate robot. Suddenly a question popped into my head. Without thinking, I voiced,"hey, do robots have dicks?"

Everyone in the room stared at me. Oh, there we go again with the no filter mouth of mine. Kiibo stuttered. "D-Don't ask such ridiculous question!" I shrugged. "Your backstory just seems kinda flaccid, so I wanted to know." Kiibo huffed and turned away from me. I waited for the other two to introduce themselves.

Emo boy introduced himself as Shuichi Saihara, Ultimate Detective. Odd, I've heard that title before somewhere. The blonde one introduced herself as Kaede Akamatsu, Ultimate Pianist. They both then looked at me expectantly.

"Hey, you don't get to be the only one to show off. I'll introduce myself too." Emo boy- I mean, Shuichi, huffed at my theatrics. What, it's not like this day will get any more fun, may as well make it fun. "I'm Kokichi Ouma, the Ultimate Supreme Leader." The two at the door looked shocked for a moment. Kaede started talking. "Ultimate Supreme Leader? Aren't you...a little small for that?" I gave her a little giggle. "Well of course not! My people do work for me, y'know."

"Your...people?" I nodded. Christ, do people ever take no for an answer and move on? "Yup! My secret organization is full of people like you. And him." I pointed to Shuichi. He looked over at us. "But I've never heard of this organization..." I grinned at him. "Of course you haven't, it is a secret organization."

Shortly after, they left me and Kiibo in the classroom. One by one, the other students found their way to us and introduced themselves.

"Kirumi Tojo, Ultimate Maid."
"Gonta Gokuhara, Ultimate Entomologist!"
"Korekiyo Shinguji, the Ultimate Anthropologist."
"Ryoma Hoshi, Ultimate Tennis Pro."
"Tenko Chibashira, the Ultimate Aikido Master!"
"Himiko Yumeno, Ultimate Magician, but my official title is Mage."
"Angie Yonaga, Ultimate Artist! UwU" (i firmly believe she does those faces.)
"Rantaro Amami."
"Maki Harukawa, Ultimate Child Caregiver."
"Kaito Momota, the Ultimate Astronaut!"
"Miu Iruma, Ultimate Inventor!"
"Tsumugi Shirogane, the Ultimate Cosplayer."

A few of them stuck out to me. Mister Stars over there seemed like someone who could be manipulated with a little coercion. Harukawa gave off a bit of a liar vibe to me, as well as missy disguise. Maybe it's just me, who knows.

My thoughts were interrupted when a hand latched onto my shoulder softly. I jumped, I wasn't used to such gentle touches. Kiibo looked at me worriedly. "Are you okay, Kokichi? You seemed to be lost in thought and you jumped when I touched you." I shrugged his hand off and smiled at him. "Of course I'm okay! Why wouldn't I be, nothing even happened yet!" Kiibo looked doubtful, but he let it go. We walked out of the classroom together and headed for the gym where everyone else was gathered.

(Alright, so a little Kiibouma there, but I'm not sorry one bit. I dunno if it's any good, but I'm doing my best to get better with practice when I have the time. Comments are greatly appreciated as well 😊💜)