What's Missing...

*DING DONG DING DONG*

"Good morning, everyone! It is now 7 AM, and Nightime is officially over! Time to rise and shine! Get ready to greet another beautiful day!"

Jason woke up to the morning announcement. A similar announcement was heard last night, and it seemed that the bear will do announcements at the start and end of Nighttime every day. Jason stood up off the bed and started to do his morning routine:

He took a shower, brushed his teeth, did a couple of morning exercises, changed clothes, took both the chessboard and the box with the chess pieces in a small suitcase, and then headed to the dining room, to prepare breakfast for himself.

As he arrived at the dining room, there were already a couple of others there, who were Aoi, Celestia, Chihiro, Kiyotaka, and Sakura. When they noticed him, Aoi approached him, saying:

"Good morning, Harris-Kun!"

"Good morning, Asahina. Is there something you want?"

"Well, nothing in particular... I just wanted to greet you! Isn't it what friends do?"

'Friends? I just met you yesterday... well, I guess that she tries to view everyone as friends, as to not worry about the possibility of someone who will try to kill her...'

"Anyway, I haven't had breakfast yet, so I need to go and prepare myself one..." Jason said and tried to walk past Aoi

"You can cook!? We all just arrived, and the only one who can cook here is Ishimaru-Kun, but he arrived before everyone else and already prepared himself breakfast!" said Aoi, and gestured at herself and the others.

"You want me to cook for all of you AND myself? I'm not some kind of chef..." Jason said with a tinge of annoyance in his voice.

"I'm sorry..." said Chihiro in a low tone

"I feel bad to burden you, but I'm afraid that I also can't cook..." said Sakura

"I can't cook too!" said Aoi with a careless tone.

" I'll ask you to cook me a proper breakfast as well..." said Celestia

**Sigh** "Fine. However, I'm going to do it only this time, so you're all going to watch, so you can learn how to make breakfast for yourself, and I won't have to cook for you for the rest of the time we'll be trapped in here" Jason said and went to the kitchen, with the four following him.

After they finished eating breakfast, Jason took the chessboard and pieces out of the suitcase and started to arrange the pieces. Aoi saw what he was doing and asked:

"That's chess, right?" she asked curiously

"Yes"

"I never learned how to play... can you teach me?"

"Why would you want to know how to play chess?"

"Because it's always fun to learn new things!" Aoi said enthusiastically

"Well, it's not like I have anything better to do..."

"Yay! Thanks!"

"In that case, why won't we play a game? She could learn while we play" said Celestia

"You want to play against me?" asked Jason in surprise

"Yes. I want to witness your abilities" said Celestia

"Well, I always welcome a challenge. Do you want to be white or black?"

"I would like to be black"

"Black? That's an unusual pick. Usually, people choose white, since then you get to start"

"I'm rather fond of the color black so I chose to be black"

'I would've never guessed...' Jason thought sarcastically, as he looked at her outfit.

"Well, then I guess I'll make the first move..." Jason said, and the match began.

.....

.....

8 minutes. That's how long it took for Jason to beat Celestia. It was a flawless victory for Jason.

"It looks like I'm no match for the Ultimate Chess Player"

"You shouldn't underestimate yourself. The game with you was longer than with average people. You are good, but not good enough"

"You won because you managed to trap her king, right?" asked Aoi

"Yes. The objective of chess is to trap the king, making him unable to move when also threatening the king. Think you got it?"

"Yes! I'll do my best!" Aoi said, and another match started

.....

.....

"I can't believe you beat me in 10 moves!? You're too good at it!" Aoi exclaimed after her defeat.

"Well, I AM the Ultimate Chess Player... I'm sure it'll be the opposite if I'll try to do a swimming match against you" said Jason, and started to place the chessboard and pieces back to the suitcase.

As he looked around, he noticed that a couple of more students arrived while he was playing against the two, so he decided to head back to his room.

The rest of the day was uneventful for Jason, as he stayed inside his room most of the time. The only time he went outside, was to eat or to put his clothes in one of the washing machines.

Soon, it became Nighttime, and after Monokuma's announcement, Jason went to sleep.

~~~ Time Skip ~~~

Jason woke up to the morning announcement, and after he finished his morning routine, he heard someone knocking on his door. He opened it and saw it was Makoto again.

"What do you want so early?" asked Jason

"Well, Ishimaru-Kun decided that we should gather every morning from today at the dining room, after the morning announcement"

"He did? And why did he get to such... bothersome decision?"

"Well, he thought that we should all bond with each other, as we need to cooperate to get out of this place..."

"I see. For a change, he did something useful. Let's go then" Jason said, locked the door, and went to the dining room together with Makoto.

As they arrived in the dining room, everyone was already there. Jason sat at the corner of the table, with Celestia sitting on his left side.

"Excellent, everyone's here! Let's begin the breakfast meeting right away! I appreciate everyone cooperation to come here this morning"

"Like hell we did! You dragged me here!" said Leon in annoyance

"I already mentioned this earlier, but to escape, we must cooperate! I proposed this meeting as the first step to strengthening the bonds between us! I trust that everyone will be here every morning, after the morning announcement. Now, let's eat!" Kiyotaka said, and they all started eating.

Even Jason did, only because it was the polite thing to do, but he did it only after seeing that everybody is fine after eating, in case that someone poisoned the food.

"Did anyone happened to find any clues?" asked (fake) Junko. After seeing that no one is answering, (fake) Junko said:

"Seriously? Nothing at all!? No clue about how to get out of here, or who's behind it, no one found anything!?" (fake) Junko said in anger

Before Jason could say that she didn't find anything too, Celestia said:

"You are going to die..." she said, looking at (fake) Junko straight in the eyes

"Huh?" (fake) Junko said in confusion and fear

"If you can't stop showing weakness in front of others, you'll die..." said Celestia, maintaining the eye contact

"What the hell!? Don't even joke about it!" exclaimed (fake) Junko in anger

"I'm not joking. Adaptability is survivability. So you better adapt to your new life here"

"You're insane! Adapt to my new life here? Do you understand what you're saying!?"

"No way in hell I'm living here!!! I'm getting out of here, and I don't give a fucking shit!!!" exclaimed Mondo in anger

"So... nobody has any clues?" said Leon, trying to change the subject.

"One thing I can tell you is that whoever behind this, is messed up!" said Aoi

"I'm talking about ACTUAL clues..." said Leon

"If you want someone who's not sane, maybe it's Genocide Jack?" said Chihiro

At the mention of Genocide Jack, everybody was shocked, but one reaction specifically caught Jason's attention. It was Toko's reaction, who instead of shock, her expression showed recognition and fear.

'...Is she a spy, and fears that we uncovered the mastermind's identity? Or, she has some unrelated connection with Genocide Jack?' Jason thought, seeing Toko's expression.

"You mean that serial killer that's all over the news!?" asked Makoto

"They say that he has thousands of victims" stated Yasuhiro

"Isn't that just rumors? I mean even, like, 10 victims is insane!" said (fake) Junko

"He's some kind of super crazy killer, but like I said, we can't be certain. We don't have any evidence..." said Chihiro

"But, if it's him, isn't that like a huge problem for us!?" asked Leon

"It's okay! Everything's, one hundred percent, going to be okay! Because help's going to be here soon!" said Aoi optimistically

"H-Help?" asked a puzzled Toko

"We've been stuck in here for a while now, right? We didn't contact anyone, so I'm sure they're worried, and called the police already!"

Then they heard the loud laughter of Monokuma, and he appeared on the table.

"The police? You're counting on the police!? The police are always just the cannon fodder for the villain, just to show how badass the villain is! Are you sure you want to count on a bunch of unreliable losers? I mean, if you want to get out of here so much, just kill someone!" the bear said

Then, Yasuhiro laughed loudly, and Leon asked him:

"Why the hell are you laughing!?"

"I'm just impressed at the commitment for this whole act!"

'He still thinks that it's an act!?'

"So, what the fuck do you want!?" asked Mondo

"Maybe if I ignore him, he'll go away..." said the bear and turned his back to Mondo.

"Don't ignore me, you asshole!" exclaimed Mondo in anger

"Okay, okay, let's get back to business..." the bear said and turned back.

"Your life here has already begun for a good amount of time, but nobody has killed! And here all of you are working together, but I'm bored..." the bear said and showed a depressed expression, and then his expression turned into an evil one, and he said:

"But now, I figured out why! Everyone is here, at the right place, so why no killing has occurred? I just realized what was missing all this time! A motive! It's so simple, I just have to give everyone a motive!"

"Motive? What the fuck are you talking about!?" asked Mondo

"There's something I want to show you guys! I have a little video to show you! It's a video about what's going on at the outside world!" the bear said, ignoring Mondo

"The outside world? What are you talking about?" asked Makoto

"You'll have to wait and watch the video! Everyone has to come to the A/V room at 8 PM! Someone who won't come will receive a punishment! I'll see you later!"

"Hold on. What exactly are you? What exactly do you hope to accomplish by doing this to us?" Kyoko asked

"What I accomplish? Well... your despair. That's all" the bear said with a serious expression.

'Our despair? Why would he want our despair? Does he receive something for making us feel despair? Or maybe, he's just a psychopath? Normally, I would have thought that he's bullshiting us, but for some reason, I feel like he's telling the truth... Why? Normally, I would never rely on my emotions, but I just feel that I can't disregard it...' Jason thought as he narrowed his eyes at the bear

"The rest you'll have to find out on your own. Do whatever you want to try and solve the mystery of the school. I won't try to stop you" the bear said and disappeared.

'Now he's bullshiting us...'

The appearance of Monokuma ruined the atmosphere, and slowly, everyone started to go and do their things.

~~~ Time Skip ~~~

'8 PM... I guess it's time to see what the bear has prepared for us...' Jason thought and started to make his way to the A/V room