Girl Talk
This place is actually kinda cozy.
Well, I live by myself, like I said, so whatever mess there is, you can blame it on me.
*Komaru walks into the living room of Kanon’s apartment, where she’ll be staying for the evening. Kanon has a kotatsu set up, which Toko is already nuzzling under.
Mmm...It’s waaaarm...
Mind if I squeeze in?
Knock yourself out. There’s enough room for a few people.
*Komaru and Kanon snuggle under the kotatsu and sigh happily.
Excuse me?
Oh. Hey there Hatsudoki. Are you ok?
I was wondering where my client was...There was a matter of which I needed to talk to him about.
But...I can’t seem to find him.
Oh, Kuripa and Yasu are downstairs right now. Kuripa’s trying to teach Yasu how to use an electric baton better in case he needs to fight...
[Downstairs]
AAAAAAAAAHHHH!!! STOP CHASING ME!
THEN FIGHT BACK YOU COWARD, FIGHT BACK!!
Anyway, I’m sure they’re doing alright...But I wouldn’t interrupt them if I were you.
I see...Well, I guess I’ll just wait for him to come back...
*She begins to head into the kitchen.
Huh? Wait, you’re leaving?
I’m not leaving. I’m just going to wait for Kurafto in the kitchen.
Isn’t that a little bit...boring?
Why don’t you join us?
*Kibin looks at Komaru with a surprised expression.
Are you...asking me to stay?
Uh-huh. We haven’t gotten to chat yet, and I want to get to know you.
Sorry but...I don’t really like having close relations with my clients...
Kuripa’s your client. He’s the one paying you, so we’re a separate entity, aren’t we?
I’m pretty eager to talk too. I’m curious as to how someone so young could be a bounty hunter...
Hmmm...Very well...If you insist...
Huh? What’s up? You look a little red?
N-Not true...!
*A few minutes later, Kibin is snuggled under the kotatsu, trying to hide her satisfied expression.
It feels...nice...
Haha...You act all serious, but you’re really just a big softy, huh?
...
That was a joke...
I-I see...It was a joke...
So...What’s your stories?
Huh?
What do you mean?
You want me to talk about myself...something I’m not that good at...But I’d like the three of you to go first.
Please, tell me about yourselves.
What’s there to tell really? For the most part, I’m just a normal girl...
No normal girl has an iron leg...
Well, that’s...a recent addition.
I was part of the demon hunting game that the original Warriors of Hope played in Towa City over 8 years ago...That’s where I learned to use a hacking gun.
Yeah, same here.
I was kind of dragged along. But that’s how I met Komaru and the other warriors.
If I understand correctly, the Warriors of Hope are your friends now, aren’t they? Why make friends with old enemies?
Well, to be honest, they were just as much victims of the Demon Hunting as the adults were.
Monaca manipulated both the adults and the kids, for reasons everyone believed to be making a paradise for kids to live peacefully...
But in the end...She just wanted to slaughter a bunch...And she wanted Komaru to become the successor to Junko Enoshima.
But...well...She made me this leg, so I can’t really hate her...
Well, I suppose people can atone for their misdeeds...I can’t complain on my lonesome...
What about you Nakajima?
Well, my story is pretty similar...
I’m from a pretty rich family. My dad was a director at TAT Television.
That’s a pretty large TV conglomerate...!
The largest in the world actually.
I used to be super infatuated with my cousin Leon, and when we got into high school, I signed up to be manager of his baseball team in order to be close to him.
You were infatuated with your own cousin?
I know...I’m weird...I’m sorry...
D-Don’t apologize, I’m not judging.
I can’t judge...My love life has been a total mess...
But...I still have feelings for Master Byakuya...!
Charming...
But...my real question is how are you associated with Hagakure?
I met him by chance. At first I thought that he was just a random citizen, caught up in the whole mess, so I used my hacking gun to save him...
We...didn’t have the best relationship when we first met...Yasu realized that if he brought me back safely to my father, he would be able to pay off his remaining debt. From then on, he began treating me royally...
Tch...Selfish, money-grubbing dumbass...
Um...is he really that bad?
He wasn’t entirely to blame either...To be honest my own intentions weren’t very...pure...either.
What do you mean?
I hated the Future Foundation. When I found out that Leon had died in the killing game, I resented them and blamed them for allowing him to die...
And so...I swore that after I escaped the demon hunting game...I’d take them all down...and kill every last one of their members...!
Jesus...
But...that didn’t happen, did it?
No...Yasu found out...I’d wrote about it in my pocketbook and he somehow read it. And when I found this out...I...
You tried to kill him?
...
Yes...I tried to strangle him to death...
But as that was happening, Kotoko Utsugi showed up and tried to kill me...And she almost succeeded...
But...Yasu powered up a train and rammed into Utsugi’s robot, then he scooped me up and ran away with me.
We nearly died...since we were being chased by both Utsugi and Daimon...But no matter what, he refused to be the helpless guy that he usually was, and he refused to let me go.
Wow...He really did that...? Maybe I judged Hiro a little too quickly...
Yeah, maybe he’s cooler than we first thought.
[Downstairs]
HELP MEEEEEEEE! GOD! BUDDHA! SAVE ME PLEEEAAASSE!
RAAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHH!!!!
Ok, what about you then?
Me?
Yeah, it’s your turn! Go on, what’s your story?
...
Before the tragedy hit...I had a small family. I was an only child, and I lived with my parents.
When Junko Enoshima and the Remnants of Despair all attacked, one person came into my house and burnt everything down...
I escaped the blaze...but my parents weren’t so lucky...
In the years that the tragedy raged on for...The Future Foundation never found me...So I had to survive by myself...for so many years...
H-Hold on a second...Hatsudoki, how old are you?
Is that really important?
J-Just answer...I want to know if I’m doing the math right...
I’m 19.
Th-Then...if the tragedy first hit, and you lost your family, and were forced to survive in the apocalyptic wilds on your own over 10 years ago...then you would have been...!?
Holy shit...!
...It’s tough living in post-apocalyptic times...And I certainly did things that I wasn’t proud of.
In order to ensure my own survival, I killed anyone who had resources that I needed...For someone like me, it was get busy killing, or get busy dying...
Even after the area that I lived in at the time began going through rejuvenation after the killing game, I still had blood on my hands and no money...And that’s where I first got a job...
Someone approached you and told you you could kill for money, huh?
Yes...and I accepted.
As much as it pained me, I only knew two skills...how to survive, and how to kill...I couldn’t cook well enough, I had no social skills, I didn’t have an education...
I had nothing that would allow me to live a normal life...
Assassin work was really all there was, huh?
After I went through training, I was free to live on my own...But from then on, I had a goal in mind...
I wanted to gain enough money that would last me a lifetime. I wanted to get so rich that I’d never have to live life like a slumdog again...
I wanted to live the rest of my life peacefully...So I began to get better at my job...I charged more because of it...and I also ended up saving money...Just so I could achieve that dream. It’s selfish...But I want it more than anything...
No...After all you’ve been through...You probably deserve a happy life...
You don’t like being a hitman, do you? You just want to be done with that life...
...Who, other than a psychopath, could enjoy a job where you kill people unjustly...?
Hatsudoki...
I always thought something was slightly off...And now I know what it is...
Those clothes of yours barely fit you...Is that because...?
I only own a few sets of clothes. I don’t waste money on new ones when these ones still just about fit me...
...
...
...
Hey...we’re back...
Oh, hey guys! How’d it go...?
I thought I was gonna die...!
Ooookay then...?
Seriously, go easy on me Ripa! I’m not used to fighting like you are!
How many times do I have to say, don’t give me a stupid nick-
...!
Actually, I like that one. It sounds like “Reaper.”
It’s getting late...we should probably turn in for the night...
Agreed...so, what were the sleeping arrangements again?
I’m sleeping on the floor in Kanonball’s room, Toko and Komaru get the other bedroom...
Doki-Doki’s on the sofa and Reapers on the futon in the front room.
Doki-Doki?
Alright then...
Goodnight you guys!
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