A/N: Welcome one and all to the First chapter of Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Sisters. This is a direct sequel to my story, The School Life of Mutual Killing, so if you haven't read that, I advise that you do, as there will be mentions of everything that happened in that story. I would like to say that this will be the only chapter I post for now, to cement the overall plot down and prepare it for posting. I am still working on The End of Hope's Peak Academy, and until I am in a place where I am satisfied, I will not continue this. I couldn't help myself, and that's the reason why this chapter came into fruition.

As I said in the final Authors Note at the end of Chapter 6 Act 2 of the School Life of Mutual Killing, This story will be from the Point of View of Yukki Maizono, the little sister of Sayaka Maizono, who was being held captive as a motive for Junko to use. It will also follow Yuno's little sister, Kotoko Utsugi Kirigiri, and Akira Tetsujima, as they try to stop the destruction the Remnants of Despair and the Warriors of Hope are causing throughout Towa city. The characters from the first story will be making cameos throughout it, but will not have a major role until the very end, when they come to capture the Remnants of Despair in preparation of the Neo World Program, and the start of the School Trip of Mutual Killing. For now, I hope you enjoy this Prologue of sorts. Leave a like and a review, I really appreciate it. And who knows? maybe I might continue this a little earlier than planned. Things don't always turn out as they seem, especially for someone like me. So, I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Update: 7/3/17: I have edited and re uploaded Act 1 of Ultra Despair Girls. I ended up fixing all of the continuity errors as well as some grammatical issues that I noticed in this story. Hey, if someone would be kind enough to draw Yukki Maizono for me, I would appreciate it. If you do, I will not only give you a shout out, but I will allow you to create an Oc who will take part in any story you wish, including the School Trip of Mutual Killing. I have special plans for that story...I want to blow it out of the water, and that includes adding extra characters and the like. So seriously think about it, it would make be beary happy! Upupupupupu!

Danganronpa Another Episode

Ultra Despair Sisters

Act 1

Hello, World of Despair

"Hope. Hope is something that I have yet to understand. It's a feeling of determination that wells up inside you. It's something that you just get, when you stare at death in the face, telling it that you won't go out with out a fight, that you will do everything in your power to survive to survive through the night, no matter the bleakest situation or the darkest of nightmares. Hope is something that you can't live without, and in it's absence, despair runs amok. We thought that by defeating her, we would be filled with hope, once those gates opened, nothing was on the forefront of our minds, nothing but escaping the hell in the hallways we were put through.

Serenity Enoshima

Mondo Oowada

Kiyotaka Ishimaru

Touko Fukawa

Chihiro Fujisaki

Nicholas McFay

Bryce Kotenok

Hisashi Kirigiri

Junko Enoshima

Even now, those names will haunt me for the rest of my life. They were the names of the students I had grown to know. The name the person I ceased to be, and the name of the one who set it all in motion.

Hope may open doors, and we may walk through them, but that doesn't mean that at the other side Hope is waiting for us. Sometimes, we'll try to escape Despair, and only be greeted with nothing but despair in return.

"Just keep running, we need to find a place where we can hole up!" shouted the voice of Ryouko Otonashi, the Ultimate Soldier.

"Easy for you to say, you can easily dodge those bullets soldier girl!" replied the voice of Leon Kuwata, the Ultimate Baseball Star.

The two, along with everyone else who had made it out of Hope's Peak Academy, hid behind an over turned bus, just a few meters from the school entrance. They looked around, making sure everyone was with them.

Beside the baseball star was the injured Ultimate Lucky Student, Makoto Naegi, who was still recovering the stab wound he had received from their previous captor, Junko Enoshima. He was clutching his chest tightly, pain exploding from the wound on his chest.

His girlfriend, Mikan Tsumiki, the Ultimate Nurse was standing over him, checking him over for injury while making sure no one else was hurt. She couldn't help but start to cry, knowing full well the reason behind their hasty escape was because of her. Ryouko dropped the spent magazine from her AR 15, slamming a new one in place before jumping out from behind the bus, opening fire on the ones chasing them.

Aoi Asahina was panting hard, not expecting to be put through this type of thing after escaping the academy. The Ultimate Swimmer had been expecting the worst, but when the gates opened and she got a good look at the world past them, her hopes came crashing down.

It was hot, and she was having a hard time breathing, but she wasn't going to give up, she owed it to Sakura and Nick, who had laid down their lives in there.

The Ultimate Affluent Progeny, Byakuya Togami, was enraged at the fact that he had been shot at. His very image should have been enough for them to cease fire, but not even he could get them to stop, not after what had happened. He looked at the sky, the crimson despair had over taken the world, and taken his family with it, it had been a bitter pill to swallow, but he wasn't going to give up, not yet.

Taeko Yasuhiro, once known as Celestia Ludenburg, had put her mind body and soul into her final gamble, hoping that everything on the outside wasn't as bad as Junko made it to be. But she under estimated the True Ultimate Despair, and she had underestimated Despair. Everything around her was covered in a thick blanket of despair, where hope was barely radiating. Her dream of building a European castle had slowly started to shatter, but she had decided at that moment not to give up. She wouldn't give up, not after everything that had happened.

Hot shell casings flew past Kyoko Kirigiri's face as she looked back at what had been their home, their home turned prison. Hope's Peak Academy, towering over the city like a ghost in a shell. It's large turrets and anti-tank rifles poised and ready to fire, were lifeless as the stream of bullets rained toward them. The building was damaged, several cracks could be seen on the sides of the walls, the glass that made up the housing over the second floor pool had been destroyed, the metal plating barely visible.

The golden crest near the top of the building, once glowing and shimmering full of hope, was now cracked and displaying a visage of despair. The gates had been knocked down, and the fences were littered with bodies, half rotting corpses of the Reserve Course students who had committed suicide nearly two years ago. The Ultimate Detective was confused, confused and for the first time in her life, scared. Scared of the outside world, of the world she had turned her back too, the world that was trying to kill her with all of it's might.

When she had walked outside, Sayaka Maizono had been expecting a camera crew, and first responders. Rescuers and people who wanted to hear their incredible tale of survival. Instead, she had been greeted with nothing but death and despair. Seeing her friends die one by one was one thing, but seeing the bodies of hundreds, piled up outside the academy, it was nothing short of a nightmare.

The metal plates held true, several holes littered them, but the layers of iron had held true against the strongest of fire arms. Millions of shell casings from the Gatling Guns atop the academy danced around her feet and if she wasn't careful, she would end up falling to the ground. The buildings around her had been knocked on its side, and even the tallest buildings hadn't been spared, save for a single one miles away from them, the only other building that seemed to have survived the three year onslaught brought upon it by The Tragedy.

He knew what he had gotten himself into, as soon as those gates opened, and he got his first glance of the outside world, he knew. To Yunosuke Kirigiri, he had been expecting a broken world, devoid of reason, a world tainted in despair, but even that had exceeded his expectations. The Ultimate Private Investigator, turned Ultimate Hope had been willing to start from scratch and clean up the malefaction brought upon them by Junko Enoshima, but he wasn't expecting the thick quilt of despair that was covering the entire world.

The skies, the trees, the animals, the very sun itself, everything upon everything was covered in a thick fog of despair. It would take much more than planting seeds of hope for the world to return to it's previous splendor. He knew, and as the looming shadow of Hope's Peak Academy looked down on them, mocking and berating them, he questioned if it had been a wise idea to leave their sanctuary.

"Daddy, I'm scared."

Looking at her face, he saw nothing but her. He saw it in her blue eyes, in her strawberry blonde hair. He saw the face of despair, he was holding it in his arms. And yet, when he heard that voice, when he felt her breathe, saw her move, he couldn't bring himself to hate her. She was his daughter, his beautiful ray of hope, a child born in the midst of despair to the Queen herself, a Princess of Destruction by name alone, and yet she was going to be his hope.

She was his hope, a strong shining hope that everyone held dear. Junko Francheska Kirigiri, the daughter of Junko Enoshima was destined for great things. He knew, as soon as he walked through those gates, that it wasn't going to be easy. But seeing her smiling, seeing her run around and act like a kid, had become his hope for the new world, and he would fight tooth and nail for it, even if it killed him.

(Thirty Minutes Earlier)

Yuno and the rest of his friends, waited patiently as the gates to the outside slowly opened, the blinding light of hope blinding them for a few seconds. Finally, the doors finished opening, slamming to the sides of the wall like a train into an oncoming vehicle. The echo filling the Entrance Hall behind them. Their eyes widened in shock and horror. Fires were blazing, buildings were burning and toppling over. The trees were dead, bodies littered the area, shell casings intermingled with fresh blood.

The skies, the beautiful blue skies they had all wanted to see, was nothing but a shell of it's former self, dyed with the hues of despair. Little Junko started coughing, and Yuno pulled her shirt over her nose.

"Don't breathe the outside air sweetie." he whispered quietly.

"What...what is this?" Byakuya asked, looking around wide eyed.

"There's no way...there's no way this is our world. It can't be possible." Sayaka said, looking around. Everything she knew, everyone she knew was dead and she couldn't accept it.

"Guys, I know it's bad, but look at it this way. The gates are open, Junko is dead, there is nothing we can do but walk forward. We promised to find new life out there, and we have to keep to it. We can't fall into despair, and we can't turn tail and hide in the academy anymore. If we stay here, eventually we'll die. So let's go." Makoto said taking the first steps forward.

Yuno trailed after him, holding Junko close to his body, making sure her nose and mouth were covered so she couldn't breathe the air. He knew the shirt wouldn't do much, but it was better than breathing it in without any protection.

"These bodies...they're Reserve Course students correct?" Taeko asked, examining the half rotting corpses.

"Indeed, they are the 267 Students that took their lives before the world went to hell. In fact, the world ended that very day, when class 77B blew up the New School Building." Ryouko replied.

She hadn't regained all of her memories yet, but seeing the outside world had awoken a few of the memories of her life before the despair had set in. She spared a glance at Mikan, who was looking at the ground in shame, tears threatening to spill from her purple colored eyes.

"Yeah, but what about the ones dressed in black suits. They're holding guns." Leon said, looking at one of the recently deceased bodies.

He cringed, seeing one literally riddled with holes. Icky pink blood was running down the path leading down to the front gates of the academy, dribbling into the drainage system.

"That is a very good question. Perhaps these bodies are the people that tried to rescue us, but seeing those atop the academy, they didn't have a sliver of a chance in the first place." Byakuya said, pointing to the large mounted guns on top of the academy. Leon swallowed hard, clutching the wooden bat in his hands.

"It may look bleak but...it isn't so bad right?" Yuno asked, earning a no from his daughter.

He kissed her forehead, hugging her tightly to himself. Sayaka wrapped her arm around his waist, pulling him close to herself. They had gotten half way to the gates when several sirens forced them to stop. The walls around the academy had been destroyed long ago, so it allowed any vehicle to drive right onto the courtyard. Black vans, armed vehicles, unmarked cars, almost every kind of vehicle was there, and Yuno didn't like it.

As soon as he saw them, he got a bad feeling. Ryouko had also seemed to react poorly to them, the look on her face was one of worry and fear, and he didn't know if it was a good thing or a very bad thing. Finally, one of the large armored trucks opened up, and several armed men came out, pointing their guns right at them. Junko let out a scream, clearly distressed at the sight of these unknown individuals. It didn't take them long to be surrounded.

"Survivors of Hope's Peak Academy. Do not be alarmed, we mean you no harm." a calm voice said.

Yuno looked ahead, at one of the armored vehicles. He saw a man, around twenty three years of age, standing in front of the soldiers. He was wearing a white suit, pressed and with a blue tie. Underneath he wore a matching white shirt, and white slacks. He had white steel toed boots on his feet, and a katana sheathed to his side. His stern face held no emotion, his blue eyes were an ocean of uncertainty.

"My name is Kyosuke Munakata, and I am the Vice President of the Future Foundation, an organization dedicated to eradicate despair." he said firmly.

"Munakata? Weren't you an alumni here? I saw your file in the headmaster's office." Byakuya said firmly.

"Indeed, I am a graduate of Hope's Peak Academy. It is an honor to meet you, Mr. Togami." the man said.

"So what's the deal then? You here to help us or something?" Leon asked, still clutching his bat.

"Yes, we've been monitoring all of you and keeping an eye on the School Life of Mutual Killing. I would like to give my condolences to those who perished within the academy. We had no idea that it was Junko Enoshima who had set everything in motion. I assure you, if we had known, if we had known she had been responsible for this...we would have stopped her, the before all of those kids killed themselves." he said, spitting at the ground.

"Something tells me this guy totally hates despair." Taeko said, causing Sayaka to let out a giggle.

"Regardless, I have come here to retrieve all of you and extend an offer to join our ranks. We have need or your particular skill sets, especially the skill sets of Kyoko Kirigiri, Sayaka Maizono and Byakuya Togami." the man said firmly.

"What about Yuno? He's a Detective too. You completely ignored Ryouko here, she's a freaking soldier." Leon said.

"I didn't forget them. Not entirely, you see...those of you who have fallen to despair serve no purpose to the foundation, and have been sentenced to death for your crimes. Mukuro Ikusaba, Mikan Tsumiki, Hisashi Kirigiri, all three of you have fallen into despair. You are nothing more than Ultimate Despair, filthy individuals who have no purpose in this world, except fill the world with despair." the man said.

"You...you're gonna kill them?" Sayaka asked firmly. Fear coursed through all of them, making them get defensive.

"Of course, that is unless they are willing to barter. How about handing over that little product of despair? That vile excuse of a creature masking itself as a human being needs to be purged to the depths of hell." Munakata said, pointing right at Junko. Yuno grit his teeth, hugging his daughter tightly.

"What makes you think I would hand my daughter over to you? Especially knowing that you want to kill her? Sorry, but if that's the offer you are bringing to the table, then we decline. We'll take our chances out there." he said, turning to leave.

All of the soldiers cocked their guns, lasers filling their line of sight. They were covered in them, everyone had a dot right on their forehead. Munakata chuckled.

"You are under the impression that you had a choice. Ultimate Despair, stand down, or your friends will die. Is that what you want? To bring more death onto this world?" he asked.

"Yuno...what do we do?" Leon said, through his grit teeth.

"I don't know man, just stay calm."

"I think I have a better option." Kyoko said, her voice firm and filled with confidence.

"Oh? Does the daughter of Headmaster Kirigiri have an idea?" Munakata asked.

"Indeed, all of you can bend over and kiss my ass!" she said firmly, kicking a black canister into the air. It burst, covering them in a thick blanket of smoke. Using it as cover, the students sprung into action.

"Open fire! Make sure none of them live!" Munakata cried out.

All of the soldiers opened fire into the smoke, hoping to hit their targets. Instead however, they were greeted by one of the vans exploding, followed by a second and then a third. Ryouko was standing atop a pillar, what remained of the gates that proudly sat around the academy, separating from the outside like a moat to a castle, was now nothing more than a tool for her.

In her hand was a Bazooka, smoke billowing from the end as she had fired it's rockets. She tossed it side, pulling two 1911's from her boots. She opened fire into the crowd, sending the soldiers sprawling for cover.

"Shoot her! She's an Ultimate Despair. Make sure she's dead!" Munakata said, unsheathing his sword.

Ryouko smirked as she flipped off the post, using it as cover. Bullets ripped through the bricks as she tossed her guns aside. Ahead of them, her friends had been using some trees for cover. They wouldn't do anything for them if those soldiers got close.

"I promised I would never become her again, but seems I'll have to use her skill set if I want to make sure my friends are alive."

Ryouko nodded to herself, her face loosing all emotion, as she fell into the mind and body of Mukuro Ikusaba, the Ultimate Soldier she once was. Grabbing the knife she had pried from one of the bodies, she leaped into action, dodging the hot artillery shells flying right at her.

"Ryouko!" Yuno shouted.

"Let her go, this is who she is. We need to get out of here, or else we are going to die." Kyoko said, looking at her brother and her niece. She was putting their lives ahead of her own, and for that, she was thankful.

(Present Time)

Somehow, Ryouko had come back to them, carrying weapons for each of them. Leon felt clumsy with his rifle, and the Ultimate Soldier's brief explanation of how to use it really hadn't helped. Byakuya seemed to be a pro with his pistol, and had been letting off a few rounds whenever he had the chance.

They had succeeded in keeping the Future Foundation at bay, but what were they going to do then? When they ran out of ammunition. It was a horrible thought. Yuno handed Junko over to Sayaka, giving her a nod.

"Keep her safe." he said simply, kissing her on the lips.

He walked over to Ryouko who had been busy firing at the soldiers, and grabbed the gun that was tucked into her skirt. He pulled the slide back, placing his finger behind the trigger. It had been awhile since he had fired off a gun, and he wasn't sure if he remembered how, but he felt it, in his mind and heart that he had done it before. He would just follow his instincts. Looking ahead, he saw several cars piled up a few feet away from the academy's exit. He licked his lips.

"Ryouko, Byakuya, Leon, can you keep them back while I lead everyone else to that car pile up over there?" he asked, gesturing to the end of the path they had been following.

"We'll buy you some time, but do hurry. I can't keep firing forever." the Affluent Progeny said, loading a fresh magazine into the receiver of his gun. Ryouko grunted her reply. Leon however handed Kyoko his rifle, and took off his dufflebag, throwing it open, Yuno had been surprised to see baseballs.

"Junko had hundreds of these lying around. I couldn't just let them go to waste. I have the fastest pitch in the entire world, I can't fire a gun, but I can throw a ball. I got your back." he said firmly, grabbing a white baseball in his hands.

"Alright, get ready to move on my signal." he said, holding his hand up. He looked over to the bus, seeing Munakata slowly walking toward them, deflecting bullets with practiced skill.

"Go!" he shouted, urging his friends to run.

Mikan struggled as she helped Makoto, who was still gravely injured. Kyoko ran along side them, looking all over the area in case she had to shoot anyone. Yuno let out a couple of rounds, hoping to injure Munakata, but the man just deflected them, no hint of emotion on his face.

"I'm out!" Ryouko cried, tossing her rifle aside.

Leon threw a baseball at the Future Foundation Vice President, only for him to slice it in half. Thread and leather hit the ground, leaving the baseball star shocked at what he had seen. Yuno could see his friends, hiding behind the cars, he grit his teeth.

"This is hopeless. At this rate all of us will die...but I can't...I can't let my daughter die at the hands of them. She's innocent...it's me they want."

"Yuno, let's go." Byakuya said, forcefully pulling him along.

Soldiers started pouring out from both sides of the bus, giving chase. It was relentless, they had too much firepower, while they had nothing but a couple of bullets and a few baseballs. All hope was lost it seems.

At least, until they heard the sound of a Chopper. Everyone stopped momentarily, as an Apache Attack Helicopter flew over them. The back of it opened up, and several Parasoldiers dropped out, opening fire on the future foundation. The sleek maroon paint job on it seemed a little odd, but when they saw the Crest of Hope's Peak Academy, they couldn't help but wonder who was piloting it.

Another helicopter, a Mil Mi-17 flew over head, this one had been clearly modified, and had added rocket launchers on it's sides. Several rockets shot out, slamming into the bus that Yuno had preciously used as a shield.

"What the hell is going on?" Leon asked.

"Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. Just go with it." Yuno replied, firing a few rounds at some nearby soldiers.

One final helicopter appeared over the horizon, a sleek black helicopter, bearing the name Togami Enterprises on the side. It landed right beside them, as the Future Foundation soldiers had been forced to back away, though they still kept firing. A squadron of F-16's had flown over heard, and had started spinning around the academy.

The side door of the black helicopter opened up, and a young white haired woman stepped out of it, wearing the uniform of Hope's Peak Academy. She was holding a bullhorn of sorts in her hand. She stopped a few away from the helicopter, turning the device on.

"Members of the Future Foundation, this is Musashi Togami, Second Lieutenant of the Remnants of Hope. Stand down or we will continue to fire against you. The 78th class is under our protection, as is the entirety of Hope's Peak Academy, leave immediately." she cried, her voice towering over the sound of the choppers.

"Togami?" Yuno asked, looking at Byakuya, who looked like he was about to cry. He took his glasses off, wiping his eyes. When he placed them back on, his vision cleared, and the smiling face of his sister greeted him.

"Hello big brother. It's been awhile hasn't it?" she asked.

"M-Musashi...Junko Enoshima said the Togami family had been killed." he said. She frowned, looking at the ground.

"It's true. Our siblings, those outcast by our family, our associates, our parents...they're all dead. We are the last remaining members of the Togami Conglomerate. Which is why we have to fight, so we can bring it back to it's former glory. Don't worry, the Foundation isn't going to hurt you guys anymore." she said firmly. She looked over his shoulder, setting eyes on Yuno. She smiled, walking up to him wrapping her arms around his body.

"I'm glad you are alive and well Hisashi...um...do you want me to call you Yuno from now on?" she asked.

"Uh...Yuno is fine...you are part of the 79th class correct?" he asked.

"Oh right, I forgot Junko wiped your memories. Worry not, the 78th class is now under our protection. We have someone back at Headquarters who will be able to restore your memories, but it will take a few days to get them back fully." she said.

"Our memories? We get them back?" Sayaka asked, earning a nod from the younger girl. She smiled, waving at Junko who hid her face in the Pop Sensation's blue hair.

"Yes, but we cannot risk the memories of certain individuals. Mikan, Mukuro, I must apologize, but due to you being Ultimate Despair, I cannot allow your memories to be restored, not until we can determine a way to eliminate your memories of despair without you causing harm to anyone. I hope you understand." Musashi said.

"It's alright...I'm fine living without them for now." Mikan said.

"Well, I'm surprised you are looking well for a stupid pig faced idiot. You know, I thought you were gonna die in there, but color me surprised." a familiar voice said.

Yuno's head whipped to the side, eyes landing on the familiar blonde girl. Even without her kimono, he could recognize the Ultimate Traditional Dancer. Mikan's lip quivered as she bounded for the girl, wrapping her arms around her.

"Hiyoko! I missed you so much!" she cried loudly, weeping into the girl's shoulder. The girl sighed, her look of annoyance turning into a smile of pure happiness.

"I...missed you too Mikan." she said softly. This seemed to make the Nurse cry even louder.

"You...never...c-called me by...my name...before." she wept.

"Yes I have, I made you my honorary sister...wait, the memories...never mind. Let go you are making me an embarrassment in front of my soldiers. You are lucky I was able to get here this quickly or else you would be a shit stain on the ground. Men! Take them into the helicopter and prepare for transport!" she called out, once the girl had let her go.

"Yes Ma'am." they all cried. Hiyoko walked toward toward Yuno, slapping his back, making him cringe in pain.

"Hey you, didn't think I would see you top side ever again. I'm glad you are alive. However, we'll need to skip over pleasantries...I've located your little sister." she said.

"What?" he asked. Kyoko perked up, and stood next to Yuno, along with Sayaka who was still holding Junko in her hands.

"Kotoko is being held captive in an apartment building in Towa city. She, along with those close to everyone within the killing game were being held in this building. It seems they were all being held captive as part of one of Junko's motives." she said.

"Motives? Momma had motives?" little Junko asked, tilting her head curiously. Kyoko smiled, taking hold of the little girl, for the first time.

"How about I take you to the helicopter? Auntie Kyoko will show you how they work." she said.

"Okay Auntie, by daddy, my new momma." the girl said, waving goodbye to her father.

"I...can't believe she's your daughter...the daughter of that bitch." Hiyoko spat angrily.

"Me either...but what's this about this motive?" Yuno asked.

"Yeah, and how is my little sister?" Sayaka asked.

"At this moment, I have no idea how they are doing. They've been locked in this apartment complex for the last three years. Junko had them captured by my fellow classmates, and placed in this complex until further notice. Just recently, we discovered that the motive behind it was a gruesome one. It was called, Fighting among Loved ones. She was going to force all of your family and friends into a killing game much like the one you were all in.

She would then stream it live into the academy, to bring you to despair. Thankfully, this motive wasn't used, but we have reason to believe it was going to be the very first motive used in the School Life of Mutual Killing." Hiyoko said.

"Junko was...going to have our family and friends...kill each other?" Sayaka asked.

"Yes, we tried to mobilize a squad in the past to help them, but there was a heavy presence of Reserve Course students located around the complex. Me and Daisuke tried taking down two Ultimate Despair, your classmates from class 79, to capture them and bring them back to HQ, but we were unsuccessful, and total war has broken out in Towa city. Daisuke is there right now, trying to locate everyone." the blonde said.

"I have to go there. I can't just let Kotoko die." Yuno said.

"Me too, Yukki...Yukki is in danger." Sayaka said.

"No! Neither of you can go there. If survivors of the killing game show up in town, then who knows what can happen, especially if it's the Ultimate Hope. The Reserve Course students might just kill them off. Daisuke is on the case, and we've sent our best agent out there to assist him, however, the Foundation has also sent their own agents there, so we can't be assured of who will survive. We have an inside man though, in the form of Kanade Naegi." she said.

"Makoto's mom?" Sayaka asked, recognizing the name.

"Indeed. We need to get you back to HQ, the faster we restore your memories the better." she said, leading them toward the Apache.

Yuno spared a glance back, seeing the towering building of Hope's Peak Academy. It was still a symbol of hope, an academy that was going to nurture it. It stood tall and proud, the blanket of despair not affecting it a single bit.

"I promise dad, I will return to this academy, and I will make it great again. Your vision of hope, it was thanks to you that we survived this tragedy, but it's time for us to do our part, so you can rest easy."

With that, he walked into the helicopter, sitting next to his fiancee, watching his daughter interact with all of his friends. A story that ended with despair, was finally starting to see a little hope, but who knew how long it would be, before he would see his little sister again, if he saw her at all.

"No, I don't fucking identify as an Apache Helicopter, and I am not adopting an Attack Drone!" Leon cried out, earning a glare from Taeko, as Makoto burst out laughing.

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A small groan escaped her lips, as her alarm started blaring in her ear. Her dainty hand slammed down on the off button, almost breaking the poor device, as the room was once again thrown into silence. She rolled over, knowing full well that she wouldn't be able to sleep for the rest of the day. Sighing to herself, she got up, stretching her tired limbs, her long chocolate brown locks falling down to her mid back. Her vibrant pink eyes scanned around the room, lazily focusing on their surroundings. She yawned loudly, getting out of her bed, the white tee shirt she was wearing barely covering her clearly visible pink underwear. She walked into the adjacent bathroom, opening the tap water. She splashed some onto her face, waking herself up a bit more. She dried her face off, looking at herself in the mirror.

Staring back at her, was a beautiful young woman, of seventeen with a light complexion, and a bright pink eyes. She had a small nose, and full pink lips, which bore a frown on them. It had been a long time since she had smiled. She grabbed her tooth brush, slathering the generic tooth paste onto it before sticking it in her mouth, not bothering to wet the brush first. She tugged at her hair, it was becoming long and unruly, but she didn't have the luxury of getting it cut, she hadn't had it cut for years, aside from the times she had to do it herself. She didn't trust anyone but herself with her hair.

After she was done brushing her teeth, she took off her shirt, tossing it into the pile of dirty clothes, followed by her underwear. Even though she was seventeen years of age, she had the curves of an adult woman, she hated to admit it, but they had attracted a lot of attention to her, especially due to her line of work as an Idol.

Of course, everyone always payed attention to her older sister, something that her fellow band mates hated, but when she was the front man of their group, the leading lady, it was obvious everyone would pin after her. When they shared the stage with the great Sayaka Maizono, none of them were going to get half of the comments she would. Then again, being related to her did have it's advantages.

Being in the same middle school for one. Black Root Junior High had been her chosen institution, though she wished to have been selected into Whispering Oaks Middle School, so she could have her own Super Middle School Level title, but since her older sister already had the title of Ultimate Pop Sensation, she knew she had a snowballs chance in hell of getting into Hope's Peak Academy. Still, she could only dream. After getting out of the shower, she grabbed her fluffy pink towel, and dried herself off, walking into her bedroom. She pulled out a set of her normal clothes.

Once on, she looked at herself in the mirror. She was a short girl, being five foot four for her age, something that annoyed her, as everyone literally looked down on her. She was wearing a ruffled black tank top, with thick black shoulder straps. The top was a bit silky, and decorated with round white dots, all over. If it had been red and black, surely people would have called her Ladybug or something close to that. She was also wearing a ruffled white satin mini skirt, which was in fact so short, that if her father caught her in it, she would get her ass beat for sure.

She was wearing a pair of pale pink tights underneath it, along with a pair of black laced boots. Finally, she had brushed her hair free of tangles, pulling it behind her head in a high ponytail, tying it with a red and white ribbon. She combed her bangs, letting them fall over her right eye, as she grabbed a strand of hair and tied it into a small braid, using a black hair tie to keep it from unraveling. Sighing to herself, she gave the reflection a nod.

"You might all think that all of this dressing up serves a purpose...but to me, this morning routine is only something that keeps me sane. I haven't spoken to another human being in so long, you might think I'm a hermit or something. Oh oh, but I promise, I'm not a hermit, after all I don't have a chin beard, and I don't smell like sweat and dirt, and I don't live under a bridge!"

The brown haired girl stood in her lavish living room, staring down the metal door that was currently keeping her imprisoned within the tiny apartment.

"It's just...if I lie down and don't keep focus, don't keep my hopes up, I'll never see the outside world again. You see, it's been over a year since I've been here. One second, I'm with my band mates, holding a charity concert, and the next, I'm being kidnapped. I don't know the reason why, but it has something to do with all of those disappearances that I heard about, before any of this happened."

She stretched her arms, cracking her neck and loosening her leg muscles. She popped her back, moaning a bit at the pleasurable feeling she got when she did. Her face became serious as her pink eyes focused on the door in front of her.

"Several people in my school went missing, and people started killing themselves for no reason. I remember, wishing my older sister good luck as she entered her new semester at Hope's Peak Academy, but that was the last time I ever saw her. When I woke up, I found myself here...this little apartment has been my life for the last year and a half. I'm an above average girl, in a not so average situation!"

She broke into a sprint, letting out a shout as she dropped kicked the door. One would think the door flew off it's hinges, but it held true. She spat at the ground standing up as she delivered several more kicks to it.

"Let me outta here! Do you know who I am? I am Yukki Maizono. If someone finds out I've been kidnapped, your sorry asses will be in big trouble. Let me go, right now!" she screamed, pounding the door.

"This pointless resistance, all part of the routine. I know that one of these days, this door will open. And I'll get to see my captor for the first time, and when I do, I'll deliver a firm kick to their balls, for keeping me captive for so long. Maybe, today will be my Lucky day. I can only hope right?"

Suddenly, as she was about to deliver another fierce kick to the door, she heard the handle rattle. She backed away from it for a second, eyes narrowed.

"Hello? Anyone out there? I could really use some help right about now!" she cried out, her dulcet voice smooth and calm.

She suddenly let out a scream, as three sharp claws punctured right through the metal door. The claws were pulled down, leaving a wide gash in the door, and she could see a glowing red light just beyond it. She backed away, wishing she had a baseball bat or a golf club, anything to defend herself with.

The door cried as it was twisted and then ripped right from it's hinges. Her eyes widened when she saw the black and white bear, looking right at her, that malicious grin, those sharp teeth. In that moment, she felt nothing but fear, nothing but fear and despair.

"My name is Yukki Maizono, and I'm about to be thrown into a world devoid of Hope. For three years I've been sitting here, living a normal life, but what would greet me beyond those walls would be nothing short of normal. In fact, you could say that the thing that would great me, would be nothing more than a massive dose of despair!"

Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Sisters

"What...what is this?" Yukki cried out, unable to understand what was going on.

The white and black bear, it was waddling toward her, with it's arms raised above its head, sharp claws coming out of its paws. That grin, it was a permanent grin, its teeth sharp enough to bite through bone. The red glowing eye that bore into her mind. She stumbled back, dodging the claws.

"A...teddy bear? Why is...a teddy bear here?" she asked herself, taking a few steps back.

The bear lunged at her again and she screamed, reacting fast enough, she threw a couch cushion at it, only for it to tear it to shreds. She fell to the ground, struggling to stand before racing into her bedroom, slamming the door shut behind her. She panted for breath, holding her head in her hands.

"Okay...this is a nightmare...that's all this is. I am going to wake up, and everything will be normal. I'll be in my little apartment prison, eating American style breakfast and playing Space Invaders for the millionth time this month. Nothing bad will happen." she told herself.

Sadly, that wouldn't be the case, as the mysterious black and white bear sliced the door in half, and then into fourths. The large pieces of wood fell onto the floor as it waddled inside the room. She jumped into her bed, looking for a weapon. She settled on her alarm clock, remembering how annoying it was. Pulling it from the wall, she swung it over head before launching it at the bear, a distinct metal clang filling her ears.

"What the fuck is it made out of?" she howled, yelping as it tried to cut her to bits.

She slammed into the ground, groaning a bit. She quickly stood up, running out of her bedroom. Once in the living room, she noticed the front door was torn in half. The door keeping her barred in her prison, was gone. She nodded to herself breaking into a sprint, past the doors and into the hallway.

"Ah...it's on fire!" she cried out, looking all over the place.

Similar doors littered the hallway, apartments just like hers, all barred, though she noticed sixteen other doors had been torn to shreds much like hers. The hallway to her right was set ablaze, and smoke was starting to fill the hall. She coughed a bit and turned to the left, hoping to find an exit. She looked back, seeing the bear running after her. She quickened her pace, ducking into another hallway.

"Please, there has to be a stairwell around here. Please just let there be one." she cried, running into another hallway.

Flames cut off her path and she had to turn right. She grit her teeth, the smoke was starting to take it's toll on her, and she was beginning to feel dizzy. Her sister had told her that in a situation where there was a fire, she had to stay low to the ground, where the fresh air was, but at this rate, the bear would kill her if she decided to start crawling. She didn't even have time to soak a rag and put it over her nose and mouth. Finally, a ray of hope shined on her, as she ran into a bigger room, with three elevators. She knew it was a bad idea to take them during a fire, but she had run out of options. Running toward them, she pressed the button as hard as she could, looking at the floor counter.

"Come on damn it." she cried, seeing the number seven change into the number eight."

"Monokuma arrives!"

She turned around, pink eyes widened in horror as the monochrome bear lunged at her. She grit her teeth, closing her eyes tightly. The elevator dinged, the doors sliding open, and in that precise moment, a blue light soared past her, slamming into the robotic bear.

Standing in front of her, was her savior, a young man who couldn't have been much older than her, twenty one at most. He was tall, being around five foot eleven inches, with long spiky hair, that fell to the nape of his shoulders, one long spike was covering his right eye. He had a long thin braid on the side of his head, decorated with an Eight Bit Spaceship hair clip, which shined slightly in the light.

He was wearing a uniform that she was vaguely familiar with. It had a maroon colored blazer, with a left breast pocket bearing a golden crest on it. The young man was wearing a long sleeved button down shirt underneath it, along with a bright crimson tie. He was wearing a matching pair of slacks, with a studded silver belt.

He was also wearing a pair of black leather boots, with several belts and buckles on the sides. He had a light blue messenger bag slung across his shoulder. He looked back at her, a firm look on his face. His eyes were crimson, and it frightened her quite a bit.

"Yukki Maizono I presume?" he asked, earning a nod from her. He turned back to the Monokuma, letting out a couple more rounds, making it explode into a million pieces.

"Lieutenant Daisuke Del Rio of the Remnants of Hope. You are lucky I arrived when I did." he said with a smile.

He pulled out a white auto injector from the pocket on his messenger bag, and stabbed it right into this thigh. He grit his teeth in pain, but slowly his crimson eyes turned a bright cerulean.

"What is going on?" she cried, still unsure of what was happening. He grabbed her by her shoulders and threw her into the elevator, handing her his bullhorn.

"Across the street there's a restaurant. One of my colleagues is there, and will explain everything to you. Good luck!" he said, as the doors slid closed.

She saw him pull a katana from his messenger bag, in time to slice the oncoming bears. She held the bullhorn in her hands awkwardly, looking at the screen at the top.

"What...is this thing?" she muttered. She looked it over, seeing a pink button on it. She pressed it, yelping at the sound.

"Knockback!" the device cried, in a robotic voice.

She noticed the screen had turned sky blue, as well as the outer ring on the bullhorn. She pressed it again, this time turning pink.

"Dance!"

"This gun must do something to those robots, or else it wouldn't have all of these firing options. I better be careful with it." she muttered to herself, holding it tightly.

The elevator dinged and she raced out of the small room, looking at the lobby around her. What was once a fancy lobby was now in shambles. Dead bodies littered the place, large pools of blood filling ever corner of the room. She gagged when the smell hit her nose, not used to the overwhelming scent of copper. She looked at the cracked windows, seeing a hand print, along with a message. The word, written in blood! She closed her eyes and ran forward, toward the rotating doors. Once outside, she looked around eyes widening.

The skies were crimson. Sirens could be heard all over the place. Cars were overturned, bodies littered the pavement, and worse of all, those monochrome bears were running around, killing anyone in sight. It didn't matter who they were, women, men, children, they stopped at nothing to kill anyone in sight. She held back a scream, spotting the restaurant.

"This can't be happening. I have to get help, I have to call the police!" she cried, running across the street, dodging an oncoming car, which slammed into a pole a second later. She raced up the steps, pulling the doors open. She took a deep breath, stopping in front of the counter.

"Welcome to Piggly Wiggly, table for one?" the waitress asked, making the brown haired girl look at her. She stumbled onto the counter, eyes wide with desperation.

"Please...you have to call the cops. Bears, people are dead, fire." she cried, pointing at the doors.

"I'm sorry miss, but I would like to ask you to keep it down. You are disturbing the customers." she said, glancing back at all of the people in the restaurant. They were all looking at Yukki with wide eyes, muttering things.

"Isn't that Yukki Maizono?"

"I heard she had been missing for the past couple of years!"

"Poor thing probably doesn't know what happened to her sister and her friends."

"I don't give a shit, call the cops, the Army, the Marines, anyone!" Yukki cried, slamming her fist onto the counter. The woman huffed, grabbing a hold of the phone.

"Alright, if you insist." she muttered, dialing the number.

Before she could place the phone to her ear, the window exploded, and three monochrome bears flew inside, slicing her head clean off her body. Yukki slammed her hand over her mouth, ducking below the counter. Screams echoed through the restaurant. She was panting heavily, her eyes soaked with tears.

"Jesus Christ, that poor woman." she thought, as she saw three claws pierce through the wooden counter, just above her head.

She yelped, dashing away from it just as the claws came down. That would have certainly killed her. She looked down at the weapon in her hands, remembering that Daisuke had used it against them. She nodded to herself and stood up, holding it up with a shaky grip.

"You...you monsters stop killing people!" she cried, bringing their attention to her.

"Monokuma strikes again!" one of them cried. She pulled the trigger, the blue energy slammed into it, knocking it to the back wall, causing it to explode.

"The eye...it must be their weakness." she muttered, realizing that the energy had hit the bear in the red eye.

She took aim at the nearby bear, pulling the trigger. The bear flew back, exploding right after. Her theory proven correct, she continued taking down her would be killers. By the time she had killed them all, it had been too late. Everyone in the restaurant was already dead. Her shoulders shook, breaking into tears. It had been the first time she had seen someone be killed in front of her. If she had eaten anything, surely she would have vomited all over the place.

She made her way to the back of the restaurant, heading toward the back door. She saw a man laying back against the wall, still alive. She raced to his side, dropping to her knee. He was only a teenager, maybe a year older than her, wearing the same uniform as Daisuke.

"Hang on. I'll take care of these wounds." she said, setting her gun down.

"Don't...worry about me...that bear, got me good." he said, blood leaking from his mouth.

"Please, I don't want more people to die." she said, pressing her hands against his wounds. Pink blood smeared on them, but she didn't care.

"Yukki...Maizono...the world you knew...it's gone. Those bears...they're named Monokuma, they will kill you...run." he said, taking his final breath. She gasped shaking him a bit.

"Hey...wake up! Don't leave me alone!" she cried.

She hated being alone. It was her single most greatest fear, her mother had died when she was young, and she had lived alone with her solder sister Sayaka and their father. She would always be with one of them, but she had been alone for three years, she didn't want to be alone anymore. She wanted to see her dad, she wanted to hug her sister.

"Upupupupupu!"

She looked up, seeing one of the bears, a Monokuma approaching her. She wiped the blood off her hands and grabbed the gun, opening fire at it. She had missed its eye, and had managed to push it back. It stood up, claws ready to strike. She fired again and again until it exploded, setting the building ablaze. She slowly stood up, walking through the door.

"He must...be the man Daisuke spoke of. Now that he's dead...I have to...I need to get out of here...but where the hell is here?" she asked herself, as she ran up the street.

Finding out where she was was the first priority. Looking around, she saw all of the signs of a normal city, sans the crimson skies. She had yet to understand the reasoning behind them. She hadn't spotted a single animal, not a bird nor squirrel, not even a stray cat. Just what had happened? And what did that boy mean, the world you knew is gone?That only served to confuse her even more.

Finally, she spotted a nearby park, with a sleek black helicopter. His eyes widened, when she saw the black outfits the people outside of it had been wearing. She raced toward them, falling onto the sand.

"Help me!" she cried out. One of the men walked up to her looking her over for injuries.

"She appears to be fine." he said.

"Yukki Maizono, one of the captives." the only woman said, whispering it to the other man. He looked at the device in her hands, a frown on his face.

"I'll have to take that from you miss. That is a dangerous tool, and I cannot permit it to fall into the wrong hands." he said, reaching for the bullhorn. Yukki rapidly stood up, clasping the bullhorn tightly in her hands.

"Listen, I just want help. Someone rescued me, and gave me this, it isn't mine." she said.

"Yes, and that someone is a dangerous individual. A Remnant of Despair, most likely responsible for what is currently happening to Towa city." the man said.

"Towa city...is that where I am?" she asked firmly.

"Indeed, if you come with us we will explain everything. But you must hand over that device." he said.

Yukki looked at it, remembering the look that Daisuke had given her. It was a smile, a smile full of hope. These people, they weren't dressed like him. She didn't know their motive, or what they wanted with that gun. She rose it up, standing her ground.

"No! I have no idea what you could do with this. What the hell is a Remnant of Despair? Tell me what the hell is going on right now, if you don't I'll call the police." she said firmly, hoping they caught onto her bluff. The woman chuckled.

"Girl, we are the police. We are the military, we are your only hope of escaping this hellhole. Now, hand over the device, or we will use force." she said, pulling out a taser from her pocket. Yukki grit her teeth, taking a step back. As the woman was about to shoot, they all heard a chuckle.

"Now now, don't you know it's wrong to harm young ladies?" the voice said. The three looked to the right, spotting a young man, standing by the swing set.

He was a fairly tall person, being around five foot twelve in height. He had pale skin, as if he hadn't seen the sun in years, and had a pretty lanky physique. He was wearing a stripped shirt under a black pea coat, which had differently colored buttons. The shirt was a light gray in color, with thick red stripes. He was wearing a pair of dark jeans, which were dotted with paint and tiny specks of pink blood. He was also wearing a pair of black boots, which looked very old. His whitish gray hair was pointing in all directions, and he had a calm look on his face, his eyes were a mix of crimson and light gray in color. Around his neck was a collar, which had a long chain hanging from it.

"Nagito Komaeda, stand down." the woman shouted. The young man chuckled, shaking his head, raising his hands up.

"I assure you, I mean you no harm. Not when all I want to do is spread my message of hope." he said.

His left hand was covered in a mitten of sorts, which was dirty and seemed out of place for the outfit he was wearing. The woman didn't waste a second to shoot her gun. The thin wires shot past the teenager's head, stabbing right into the swing set. The woman cried in pain as she was shocked by her own gun. Yukki noticed the puddle that the woman had been standing on, along with the soaked swing set. That's when she noticed a nearby fire hydrant had been soaking the area for the last few minutes.

"How did...I didn't even see that." Yukki muttered. Nagito walked away from the swing set, looking at the now dead woman. He stopped next to Yukki, looking at her closely.

"You...you are filled with such beautiful hope. I want you to spread this hope throughout the entire city, show them all that in the bleakest despair, hope will shine through." he said.

"Uh...I don't follow what you are trying to say." she said.

"Stand down Komaeda, this is your last warning!" the men said.

The teenager chuckled, looking right at the agents dressed in black. They tried firing their guns at him, only for them to click loudly.

"They're jammed...how the hell is that possible?"

"It must be his Ultimate Luck, that's why he's a high profile target." the other said.

Taking her chance, Yukki decided to run for it. The agents in black weren't going to help her, so she might as well use the distraction that kid was causing to get away from them. She ran far away from the park, making it to a nearby building. She ducked into the alleyway, hiding behind a dumpster.

"What is this...I can't even.." she swallowed the lump in her throat.

She was dizzy, hungry and confused beyond belief. She didn't know what was going on or why the police were firing at random people, and most of all, she didn't know what was so important about that weapon in her hands that made those people just want to attack her. She slowly stood up, facing the wall.

"Can this day get any worse?" she asked herself.

As if to taunt her, she felt a gloved hand cover her nose and mouth. She tried to scream, but only muffled sounds came out of her mouth. She looked up, seeing the smiling face of the teenager that had distracted the agents for her. His crimson eyes bore into her mind.

"Hey there little lady, how about you and I play a little game?" he asked, his voice smooth and calm.

In her mind, Yukki saw this as the final ending, where she ended up being raped and killed by some teen in a back alley. Her focus started becoming hazy, and her eyes felt heavy. It wasn't long before she had fallen unconscious.