**Forever 3rd person pov**

Atsushi woke up in bed, in a room he was completely unfamiliar with. For a second he thought he mightve been kidnapped, or worse, sent back to the orphanage he came from. However, it looked to fancy to be either of those. He hesitantly made his way to the door, and opening it, to see a large hallway with other doors. He didn't get why he was there, until he looked at the door next to his. Akutagawa. Fuck. Of course it had to be him of all people to be right next door. Atsushi wondered if he was even in the room though, or if anyone else was even in their rooms. He began to walk down the corridor, taking note of all the names. MEIKO, Miku, KAITO, Sans, Frisk, Kunikida- Atsushi almost walked past before doing a double take. Kunikida is here, thankfully. He won't be entirely alone. Atsushi kept going, Blitzø, Moxxie, Fizzarolli, Millie, Makoto, Shuichi, Hajime, and finally Kaede. Those were all the names. Atsushi was about to venture further till he heard a door open and turn around, only to see Kunikida stepping out of the room with his name on it, looking slightly confused.

"Kunikida!" Atsushi shouted for him. "Do you know where we are?!" He had hoped Kunikida would have some answers, at least something. Kunikida walked over but shook his head.

"No.. I just woke up in some strange room, but I don't have any clue how I even got in there. Before I left I checked for my phone in my pockets but it was gone. Check if you have any way to contact the others."

Atsushi began to rummage through his pockets, coming up empty, no phone, no way to contact anyone they knew. "Nothing I usually have is on me right now.. we have to be careful, Akutagawa might be here, there's a door with his name on it."

"Figured.. alright, did any other door have the name of someone we know? If anything, we should knock and get help from others here-" Kunikida was cut off by the sound of a door opening. When he and Atsushi turned to look, there was a child wearing a blue sweater.

"What's a kid doing here.." Atsushi muttered, and calmly went over to the kid. "Hey, I'm pretty sure you must be lost huh? What's your name?"

However it wasn't long before Atsushi could feel a presence behind him, and Kunikida shouted "What the?!"

Once Atsushi turned around, he was face to face with a skeleton. A LIVING skeleton. Atsushi went pale, wondering if this was some sort of sick joke, or maybe someone's skill. He planned to possibly grab the kid and run, until the skeleton actually spoke, without moving his mouth at all.

"That kiddo there is Frisk. They don't talk much. I'm Sans by the way. Sans the skeleton." Sans held his hand out, and Atsushi was about to shake his hand, to be nice, only to hear a shout.

"Oh SHIIIT!" Came from behind Sans, as everyone there saw some sort of red creature, a demon or something, fall face first onto the floor. He was bald, with horns that curl backwards a little. At this point, Atsushi didn't know what to expect next. He's seen some crazy shit within the last five minutes, though he was still surprised when two other red demons left their rooms, and some sort of clown, one going over to the one that had fallen.

"Sir! Are you okay?" The one with white hair asked, only to be lightly shoved by the taller, fallen one.

"Yeah I'm fine Moxx. Now where the FUCK are we? Oh, hey Fizz." One said. The others around noting the names. The clown simply waved af tbe fallen demon. The black haired one, a lady, went over to Kunikida since he was closest. The lady looked back at the other two before speaking.

"Well maybe this man can help!" She turned to look at Kunikida "Hello there, do ya got any idea where we are? I know seein' demons and stuff must be surpisin' for a human, but we gotta get some information. My husband Moxxie and my boss Blitz and I probably shouldn't be here. We should be in hell, cuz I don't remember having an assignment to do."

Kunikida was bewildered, and honestly thinking he might be hallucinating. Was it a Port Mafia trick? He didn't know, but decided to answer

"I apologize, but I have no idea where we are right now. I haven't gotten a chance to explore, nor has my friend." Kunikida then gestured towards Atushi, who was still by Sans and Frisk.

"Well that's just great, I'm guessing everyone here is fucking useless huh?" The bald demon said. Presumably Blitz.

"Hey, chill out man. It ain't that serious, and try to keep the cursing to a minimum. We got a kid here" Sans said, gesturing towards Frisk, who had an emotionless face.

"Fuck you and your kid you walking sack of bones" Blitz said. Atsushi soon tried to get between them. Hoping to get control of the situation, until he heard another door open, and a familiar voice speak

"Were-tiger."

It didn't take long for Atsushi to turn around, seeing Akutagawa start getting closer. Atsushi started stepping back, not wanting a fight to break out, especially with a child here. It seems Sans caught into this, as suddenly blue bones appeared out if the ground, around Akutagawa

"I wouldn't take a step closer if I were you. Those are blue attacks, if ya move, you'll be having a bad time."

Akutagawa attempted to test if this was true, and sure enough, it was. When trying to move his arm, it causes a sharp pain. He stood still, understanding he was surrounded by such, and this skeleton is not his target nor concern. His target is that were-tiger. The demons just watched, with Blitz having the most 'what the fuck is this?' Look on his face. Soon they all heard an announcement through hidden speakers

"Helloooooo! Please make your way over to the gymnasium please! It seems a few of you were even early! The rest of you... HURRY UP!"

Upon hearing this, Blitz was ready to call out whatever bullshit this was, but Millie put a hand on his shoulder to signal hint to calm down. Sans lowered the bones, and Akutagawa didn't attack, planning to do so later. Most of the group began looking at each other, and without speaking a word, all agreed to go to the gymnasium as told. They all began searching for the gym, and finding it soon. Turns out there was already people there, people that must've woken up earlier than the rest. The most notable being a girl with bright cyan hair and a man with bright blue hair. Then one man there spoke up.

"It seems the others are here now.." He looked at the others, specifically the most worried ones. "Let's hurry and introduce ourselves. Monokuma won't give us much time afterwards," then the man looked at the group that just entered.

"My name is Makoto Naegi. I'm the Ultimate Hope. The people here are Hajime Hinata, he doesn't have an Ultimate. Then there's Shuichi Saihara, the Ultimate Detective apparently... then there's Kaede Akamatsu, the Ultimate Pianist. The others are Miku, Kaito, and Meiko. I'll give deeper insight soon, but Monokuma will show up at any second and probably explain the rules."

"Thaaaaats right!" Monokuma then sprang out from the floor of the gym stage. A black and white bear, with one red eye. "Puhuhuhu, it's nice to see some returning faces! And the couple of new ones we have here too! Now as Makoto over their said, there's gonna be rules! I am Monokuma by the way, your kidnapper! You will all be stuck here till the end of your meaningless lives! Well, there is one way out.."

"Spit it out already you fucking build a bear reject!" Blitz shouted.

"LET ME SPEAK! Sheeesh! Anywayyyysss! The only way out is to kill another person here and get away with it! Once someone dies, a class trial will be held, and if the majority gets the killer correct, the killer gets publicly executed! If the majority votes wrong, everyone but the killer dies!"

"Are we assigned a target or are we allowed to choose?" Akutagawa spoke up, already having someone in mind to kill. Atsushi broke a sweat when hearing Akutagawa ask such, knowing that if allowed to choose, Atsushi himself is the first target. Monokuma just chuckled to himself.

"It's a free for all! Kill anyone! Except me of course, but there's a limit of two! Otherwise you're gonna expire! Also, if anyone dares try to hurt me. It's gaaaaame overrr! No more chances! No beat in your heart!"

Blitz then sighed and rubbed his temple. "Alright, an average Monday. Great."

The only ones not seeming affected were the demons and Akutagawa. The clown, and everyone else seemed lightly terrified. The idea of being randomly killed for nothing, other than freedom sent chills down the spine of everyone there.

"And for the record, I know at least one person here has some reviving bullshit. Guess what, that won't work here! Nobody is safe from death!"

The only one to change faces to that information was the kid, Frisk. Sans gave Frisk a look, as if feeling a bit sorry.

"Now for some extra information! You'll never run out of food! Everything is constantly replenished! You'll all have your own rooms, unless you took it, the keys are in your rooms. And one final thing. If nobody kills within the next forty eight hours, you all die!"

Well shit, now they HAVE to kill. Everyone was looking at each other, Atsushi looked at Kunikida for support, as Kunikida put his hand on Atsushi's shoulder, trying to re-assure him it'll be okay. Kunikida had been looking at everyone's reaction, trying to see who isn't surprised. If this is happening, there's a reason. A psycho like this would want to see the action first hand, so he looked for anyone not shocked, not scared, or enjoying this. The only ones who seemed to know what's happening were the four that used ultimates to introduce themselves. They knew about Monokuma before he showed up. Kunikida knew to talk to them first. He motioned for Atsushi to follow him as he walked up to the group talking, seemingly..  making a plan?

"Well someone I knew, named Kokichi came up with a good plan.. but someone would have to die. And we don't have the resources.." The dark haired boy said, from what Makoto said earlier, this one is most likely Shuichi Saihara.

"Jeez, what did Kokichi even do once I was gone?" The blonde girl asked, wondering how bad things must've been.

"A lot, Kaede. Kokichi did a lot of things once you were gone.." Shuichi said. Hajime was rubbing his temple. Someone chaotic like that gave back some pretty rough memories to him.

"Sounds like a guy I know, Nagito. He was chaotic and ended up using himself to find the traitor.." The one, presumably Hajime, said. Just then, Kunikida cleared his throat to get their attention, the group turning to look at him. Makoto hoped this wouldn't end up being a repeat of Byakuya.

"I'm sorry for interrupting, but I noticed that you all seemed to have prior information about what's going on. I'd like to ask a few questions about that. Any information would be useful for our predicament, and can help the whole group possibly find a way out." Kunikida was trying to be calm, as to not scare or alert the group. Makoto sighed, and decided to take the lead on the situation.

"Well yeah, we do, because this isn't our first killing game. Turns out the four of us have all been in one before, so we know how it works. As for leaving.. you mostly have to find out who the mastermind is. There's someone behind all this, presumably someone named Junko Enoshima, as she pretty much started it all. There's also possibly a traitor, who is working with the mastermind."

"Well then finding the mastermind should be top priority. Although our top investigators aren't here, me and Atsushi here work for a Detective Agency. If we all work together, it shouldn't be that hard to figure out who the mastermind is."

Makoto nodded. "Well then we'll definitely need your help. Forty eight hours aren't a lot, but we need to work fast to prevent anyone dying."

Shuichi then spoke up. "We should look for hidden rooms or entrances! The Mastermind must have at least a few."

Everyone nodded in agreement, as they all went their own ways in search of such hidden passageways. Atsushi and Kunikida stuck together, searching as much as they could. Then, during their search, Blitz walked in, staying by the doorway. Both Atsushi and Kunikida noticed quite quickly, both on guard. Blitz didn't speak, simply staying and glaring at the two. Finally, Atsushi spoke to him, trying to be nice. "Hey uhm, is there anything you need?"

Blitz gave him a disapproving stare. "No. Even if I did, I wouldn't need your damn help for it."

Atsushi just sighed, continuing his search in the room he and Kunikida were in. Once they cleared that room, the both began walking to the exit. Blitz seemed a bit oddly angry when noticing they were both leaving. "Fuck..." He muttered to himself once the two left.

Time seemed to pass by so fast, as there was a nighttime announcement, revealing that it's time to sleep.

Atsushi stayed with Kunkida, not wanting to be separated and possibly the first victim. It seemed somewhat like factions, everyone stayed with those they knew. Akutagawa was one of the few alone. Soon, it reached night time with no deaths so far. Atsushi hesitated about going to sleep, what if someone tried breaking in?

"Kunikida, I don't think it's a good idea to sleep right now.."

"You have a point, let's try to stay in one room together just for the night. That way if a murder occurs, we have each other as an alibi."

Atsushi nodded, as they both entered Kunikida's room, it was safer just in case Akutagawa tried to find and kill Atsushi. They took turns sleeping, until a morning announcement came on. Everyone went to find some breakfast, just to eat. Everyone but one. Once everyone had gathered and gotten food, Millie looked around, then turned to Blitz. "Blitz.. where's Moxx?.."

Blitz looked around, realizing that Moxxie wasn't in the group. When Makoto overheard Millie's question, he knew something was wrong. There was little possibility, but he had hopped that the one person missing was alive. Yet deep down, he knew that probably wasn't the case.

"Hey fuckers!" Blitz yelled out to the group. "Any of you dipshits seen a guy about this tall?" Blitz held his hand up to approximately Moxxie's height. "White hair, horns, small dick?"

Nobody answered him. Nobody had seen him. Miku then spoke up. "Maybe if he's missing, we should all go look! Maybe he just slept in!"

Some nodded, others seemed reluctant. Akutagawa was the first to speak of his reluctance. "I have no interest in searching for someone I care so little about. Waste your time." He said harshly.

"I'll go help you look." Atsushi spoke up, wanting to be helpful. Those that agreed to help, Miku, Kunikida, Atsushi, Makoto and Hajime, went with Blitz and Millie to search for Moxxie. They tried to stay and a group, though spreading out a little to try and find what they could. Atsushi and Kunikida were searching the gym till they heard a shriek from Miku. The entire group came flocking into the room, only to see the dastardly sight.

Moxxie slumped against a desk in the room, eyes open and glazed over. Blood coming from his head, staining the desk he was against. There was no doubt about it, Moxxie was dead and gone. The first murder has occurred.