"Wake up!"

Something was thrown at me, almost suffocating me.

I sat up as quickly as I can, coughing.

"What the hell," I muttered.

"Well finally! We have work to do," that same person said.

"Minami, couldn't you have waited until after breakfast to do this thing?" I asked, rubbing my eyes.

"If I did that, then we wouldn't have time to work on the play and start it maybe this afternoon," Minami explained, placing her hands on her hips.

"Work? This early? We're not office workers," I cried or at least tried.

The lack of my loud voice made that sentence seem monotone.

"Get the actors and actresses up. I'll be waiting in the costume room," Minami turned heel and left my door.

I should have locked it, I thought as I got up from my bed.

I smoothen down my clothes before leaving my dorm.

"Noya, wake up," I knocked on his dorm door.

No response.

"F*ck it," I muttered and grabbed the knob to turn it.

It was open.

I kicked the door open and that caused him to fall out of his bed.

"Costume room. Minami wants all of us there," I said, placing my fingers in the pockets of my trousers.

"What the hell?! This early?" Noya cried.

Oh to yell at people again. I already miss it.

"Yes now come on," I said and walked out to wake everyone else up.

Isabelle was already up so I didn't waste anytime to tell her that we're meeting in the costume room.

I woke Mukuro up, I woke Mami up, I woke Ed up (and had to endure a whole lot of beeping) and so forth.

Everyone (that was in the play) followed me to the costume room.

There were some people who weren't in it but they open their doors to see what was going on.

I feel pitified! I thought.

Ok that may not be a word but who cares?

Minami was organizing some clothes on the rack when I entered the costume room with the others waiting outside.

"Tommy come and help me find the costumes for them," Minami ordered.

I grumbled a swear word under my breath before walking up to her.

Minami picked aside a red kimono top with a white ribbon, made a face at it before putting it back.

"There was no description on what the characters wear so I'm going to need your help on it," she explained.

"I got you," I said and went over to the brown trench coat and the yellow sweater and red beanie.

"Soot," I said, noticing Minami's face.

And so I went around the costume room, picking out costumes and handed them to the actors and actresses.

"This look very...ohhh what's the word for it? Odd!" Mukuro exclaimed.

"Hey it's what I imagine how they look like," I said.

"Well then. Now get to the stage!" Minami clapped her hands together, rather loudly.

I rubbed on my ears at this.

Yeah if only I can yell at people again, I thought, anime crying.

So we all went to the theater and attempt to practice again.

It went better than last time, at least Minami didn't went to lay down.

That's a plus.

"No no! That's not how it goes," Minami sighed.

"Well how the [BEEP] do you want us to preform!" Ed yelled.

Minami listed down the problems that were happening to Ed.

Mukuro was giggling like a schoolgirl, Isabelle kept apologizing after throwing a bottle prop at people, Hibiki tried to hide behind the curtains multiple times, Lloyd kept doing commentary about his lines after saying them, Noya...well he didn't have a problem per say other than when talking to Mukuro a lot, Mami kept screaming something about bees and don't ask why she volunteered to play as Bee and Ed looking like he didn't want to be there.

So I kind of take back what I said. Kind of.

"Take five everyone," I said through the microphone.

Everyone sat around and some of them chatted with each other.

"Tommy, this is never going to work. Maybe this wasn't a good idea as I thought," Minami said.

"Well why did you came up with it?" I asked.

"The USB motive. If nobody turns it in by tomorrow, one of us dies randomly," Minami explained.

I stayed quiet at this.

I kept on debating on whether to turn in the USB to Monokuma or not. I could lie and say that I found it or come clean. I felt like a coward debating this.

Even though it's inevitable that someone may die to the motives, no one should die die to Monokuma being a b*tch and whiny over the USB. I shouldn't even think that someone will even die again. Not anymore, I thought.

If Minami thinks that doing a play to cheer us up and have at least someone have a good time before tomorrow, then I'll honor that.

I stood up immediately.

"Tommy? Where are you going?" Minami asked.

I held onto the microphone and went up the stage.

I cleared my throat before speaking into the microphone.

"Can everyone hear me? Good. Now listen up. We're going to practice the hell out of this play and preform it this afternoon. If we are going to have roadblocks in the road, so be it but I'm not going to let that stop us. We will preform this today," I explained.

Everyone stayed quiet, even Mukuro.

"What's with this sudden motivation?" Hibiki asked.

"Doesn't matter, now get on the stage," I said and got off.

I went to where Minami was sitting at.

"Where did you get that motivation?" She asked.

"What? Can't I help someone out without wanting something in return?" I asked.

Minami sighed before turning to direct the current scene.

"Remember to mention the traitor, Lloyd," she instructed.

"Roger that," Lloyd said.

"And no commentary after your lines. You are playing an antagonist like character, it's just pretend," Minami explained.

"Ok," Lloyd sighed before resuming his line.

[Time skip]

"Are you sure this is going to work?" Isabelle asked me as I set a clipboard down.

For the people who want to go to the bathroom during the play.

"I'm sure. We spend hours and hours on this. It's nearly five. This isn't going to go to waste," I replied.

"Ok then," Isabelle's paws began to fidget.

Mami walked up to me.

"Hey Tommy, I have a question," she said.

"What's up?" I asked.

She handed me the script.

"Here it says that there may be a song at the end. But it also says that it's optional. Did you write this?" Mami asked.

I stared down at it.

...

"Maybe...you don't have to sing this if you want," I said before giving the script back to Mami.

"Oh ok then...,"Mami walked away.

"What was that all about?" Isabelle asked.

"It was just something in the script," I said.

This didn't really satisfied Isabelle though but she didn't push.

Minami and I went backstage to prepare the props.

"So when are we starting?" Ed asked, everyone who will be performing gathered around us.

"Right about now. Just letting you know that while this may not be the best play in history, we made a lot of process on it and I'm really proud. Go out there and show off your acting skills," Minami explained.

"Umm yeah what she said," I backed her up.

Minami ushered everyone to their places so they can preform.

First, it was the planning stage.

"If we take down Schlatt, Manberg will be given a new president and a new name. It will return back to its original glory," Noya said.

"We're going to war now. Let's hope the best," Hibiki muttered.

Meanwhile Minami was doing director commentary.

"I wonder why the name Manberg. A war play was a really good idea," she muttered.

I tapped on my trouser's leg nervously as I watched.

Then it was Pogtopia finding where Schlatt was.

Ed held up a fake crossbow and was about to take a canon life from Isabelle when she began to twitch uncontrollably and fell onto the floor.

Noya held up a poster with the words:

Schlatt has a heart attack and f*cking dies

"Well a heart attack is bound to happen if you drink that much alcohol," Minami muttered.

I held my hands together and just stared at them.

"There is a traitor among you," Lloyd said as Noya and Ed gave up leadership to Mami.

"What?! What do you mean?" Ed shouted in disbelief.

"A traitor. Watch your backs," Lloyd repeated.

"Of course we would see this rivalry/going at each other's throats from Innit and Dream but why the names? Why did you come up with the names?" Minami asked me.

I didn't answer her. I was too busy calming my breathing down.

I was hoping that this went well.

Then it cut to Noya sitting down and looking at a button.

"You know Crow. I had these...thoughts. Thoughts of seeing L'Manberg going up in flames. I don't know when I had these thoughts but they crept in. And for the longest time as well," he said.

"..." there was a faint giggle from Mukuro but since she lost her seriousness, that was no surprise.

"Look if I can't have L'Mamberg...then no one can," Noya got up shakily.

"Soot...look at me. Y-You're my son...," Mukuro finally stepped up.

Face to face.

Noya took a step back.

"You know...as an old traitor would say...

IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE..."

He pressed the button.

L'Manberg would have blown up.

Minami was looking really invested now. She didn't even speak during this scene.

Clear as day, I was starting to....remember. And yet, I can't make it out.

It's like I could...but also can't.

Why can't I remember? I thought.

Noya, as the script says, requests Mukuro to kill him. Fake kill him of course.

Mukuro seemed hesitant but ended fake killing him.

They seem to hug as Mukuro fake killed him and I swear I saw Noya's face gone red.

Simp! I thought.

Another sign was shown.

Soot was slain by Crow

"Oh the tragedy of a father killing his own son. The trauma it would have lasted," Minami said.

"Yeah...," I agreed.

Cut to the final scene.

"If you want to become a hero Innit, then die like one!" Hibiki placed props to make a T with three skulls.

"Why would they get an anarchist to gain back L'Manberg only to bring back leadership? Seems like betrayal," Minami wondered.

"He is one of the strongest players on the server. Of course recruiting him would be the best choice for Pogtopia, the only problem is that they needed a stable government. (Unfortunately it wasn't stable for long)," I said, muttering the last part under my breath.

After the play was over, whoever was in the audience clapped and cheered.

Minami read over the script.

"Huh! Looks like there's a song at the end," She muttered.

"Oh that was optional! They don't really have to-," I said but was cut off by the tapping of a microphone.

"Excuse me. Can I have your attention please? There is one final thing," Mami said.

"What's she doing?" I asked.

"I think she's planning on singing the song," Minami noted.

"Oh I told her that she didn't need to," I said.

"Well she doing so anyway," Minami said.

Mami cleared her throat and began to sing.

"I heard there was a special place
Where men could go and emancipate
The brutality
And tyranny
Of their rulers
Well, this place is real
You needn't fret
With Soot, Innit, Bee, F-F*ck Eret
A very big and not blown up L'Manburg

My L'Manburg
My L'Manburg
My L'Manburg
My L'Manburg

For freedom and for liberty
Our nation sought to build on these
A victory for all under our freedom
Well the darkness came and then it went
We built a home and watched it sink
And from the rubble
Emerged my great
L'Manburg

My L'manburg
My L'manburg
My L'manburg
My L'manburg

With bloodied hands
And weakened knees
Our peoplе rose like
The phoеnix
Our empty fields and canals 'round
L'Mantree
With sweat and tears we armed our ranks
We laid foundations in our land
And from every lips for
Here up to infinity

We sing L'Manburg
We sing L'Manburg
We sing L'Manburg
We sing L'Manburg"

The audience began to clap once more.

Minami looked at the stage, proudly.

"Wow this was way better than I expected!" She exclaimed.

She glanced back at me.

"Right Tomm-,"

...

"Tommy?" She softly tapped my shoulder.

I blink the salt out of my eyes and turned to her.

Minami was looking at me, concern in her eyes.

"Are you ok?" She asked.

"Yeah...I'm fine. Just emotional driven," I said.

"Okay then...," Minami didn't look quite sure.

I wiped my eyes as Minami stepped onto the stage, taking a microphone with her.

Get it together Tommy. You can't cry yet. Not quite yet, I thought as I relaxed my shoulders.

I saw Minami motioning me to the stage and I stepped out into the bright light.

"We thank you for sitting down and watching the play. This was a rushed production but I hope you enjoyed it," Minami bowed down and I followed her example.

I held my hand out to take the microphone.

"And now we'll show off who played who. First Dream played by Lloyd, the Ultimate Ninja," I said.

Lloyd stepped out and waved.

"Crow played by Mukuro, the Ultimate Soldier," I said.

Mukuro walked out, nervously.

"Schlatt and Blade, played by Isabelle, the Ultimate Secretary and Hibiki, the Ultimate Audio Technician," I continued.

The two of them walked out.

I continued to list off the actors and actresses and they walked out as soon as their name was called.

"And finally, Soot played by Nishinoya, the Ultimate Libero!" I said.

...

...

"Noya?" I asked.

Minami blinked quickly at this.

"Hey where's Noya?" I asked everyone who was on the stage.

They shrugged.

"We have to go search for him!" Isabelle said, her paws no longer fidgeting.

"Right," Ed agreed.

They all went in different directions.

"Damn it! Where did Noya go?" Minami grumbled.

"Let's not jump to conclusions. Maybe he got caught up changing from his costume back into his regular clothes," I said.

"I dunno. I have a bad fe-," Minami was caught off by a scream.

"That's Mami!" I cried.

"It's coming from over there," Minami pointed to the opposite side of where we were at. It was covered by the curtains.

Everyone heard the scream.

Minami and I ran to where the scream came from.

Minami was on her knees, sobbing.

"Mami, are you ok?" I asked.

"Tommy...," Minami said, her face pale.

I looked up to see what caused her face to turn pale.

CW: dead body

...

NO! NOT HIM!

A/N: *laughs in evil*

Ok death chapter time. Let's go!

Also some of the events in the play may not be accurate because it's been a while. So ya know, my bad.

Anyway take a guess on who killed him. You may be right, you might be wrong. Who knows. Who knows.

Cya in the next one -Flare

Edit: so the original CG was taken down by me because Wattpad was like: "inappropriate! We don't glorify this type of thing" and such. So I replaced it. I talked about it in the extras so yeah. That's why this Dead Body looks crappy.