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“Fresh meat, fresh meat, Ibuki smells fresh meat!” A girl screamed. This was not what Hajime expected when he signed himself and his twin brother Izuru up to be counselors at a summer camp. Currently, a girl was screaming at the top of her lungs. This girl had too many piercings to count and about four different colors in her hair. This was somewhat discouraging to Hajime. Had he signed up to work at a camp that is full of crazy people? If he did he knew he was going to have a long conversation with Izuru and usually those don't turn out well. There were other people on the bus that seemed to be ‘regulars’ and completely ignored the girl's outburst. Hajime looked over at the girl sitting in the seat across from his. This girl was wearing a cat ear hoodie and was basically a walking video game reference. Looking at her bags and the accessories she was wearing reminded Hajime of all the video games him and Izuru would play when they were younger. The girl was playing on a handheld console and was completely ignoring everyone else on the bus.
In the seat behind her was a boy with bright pink hair that was in a black beanie, a bright yellow shirt, and jeans with what looked like oil on then. “Hey, Ibuki have you got Meiko's phone number?” The boy yelled out. “Maybe Ibuki does, maybe Ibuki doesn't. Which will it be?” The girl screamed back. Hajime guessed the girls' name must be Ibuki or either that was her nickname. “If I may ask Kazuichi, why do you want Meiko’s phone number when she will be getting on the bus soon?” A girl asked who was sitting across from the boy she called Kazuichi. “Well, Mikan how am I supposed to call her when we're not at camp? Answer that for me!” Kazuichi said as he looked at the girl he called Mikan. “I'm sorry!” Mikan screamed and quickly scooted next to the window in her seat. With that, the bus stopped to let some people on. Two people got on the bus and started putting their things above the seat in front of Hajime and Izuru’s. This made Izuru look up from his book. There was a girl with light brown hair, brown eyes, and tanned skin smiling at them. “Hello, fresh meat.” She said with a smile.
“My name is Meiko and the boy with the uncontrollable white hair is Komaeda.” The girl said as the bus started moving again. Next to her was the boy she called Komaeda. He was tall, pale, and kind of skinny. “I know it must be really weird for me to just start talking to you guys out of nowhere,” Meiko says as she leans against the window. “Yes, it is very weird.” Izuru mumbles. “Izzy!” Hajime whispers to his brother. “It's fine dude. It's actually pretty cute. Usually, people wouldn't talk to me like that so it's a nice change.” Meiko says as she locks eyes with Izuru. With only those few seconds of eye contact, Izuru's pale face turned red and he began to start reading his book again. “Meiko quit flirting with the fresh meat!” Komaeda says. “You're hurting my feelings!” Komaeda giggles after he says this. “Fine Komaeda. I don’t wanna make you jealous,” Meiko says. “I guess we’ll talk more when we get to camp,” Meiko continues as she sits down in the seat.
The regulars continued to talk to each other as the ride continued. “You know since we have so many new campers this year Ibuki heard that all the counselors will be staying in the same cabin!” Ibuki yelled. “Is it true Meiko?!” Kazuichi asks excitedly. “Yes but don’t get too excited because there’s going to be a folding wall so the boys' side will be separate from the girls' side. Usami forced me to buy it.” Meiko answered. Kazuichi groaned. “Is Kuma going to show up this year at least?” Kazuichi asks. “Yeah, he is coming this year,” Komaeda answered. “He called me yesterday with a list of things he wanted Meiko and me to buy.” The white-haired boy said as he rubbed Meiko’s leg. At one point during the ride, Meiko had thrown her legs on the boy’s lap. “Let’s just say the stuff he wanted wasn’t anything Usami asked him to get,” Meiko added. “What did he… wait don’t even tell me. I don’t want to know.” Kazuichi said. “Well, you can ask him right now because guess who is standing at the entrance,” Meiko replied. Hajime looked out the window to see a man leaning against a sign that said ‘Welcome to Camp Jabberwock’ in big white letters. “So that guy’s name is Kuma?” Hajime asked. “Yeah and try not to talk directly to him. If you have anything to say to him then you should tell Komaeda or me first. Kuma can be very mean to newbies.” Meiko says with a smile on her face. “Well, not just newbies but also our regulars. He’s especially mean to Usami.” Komaeda added. After he said this the bus stopped and the door opened.
“Hello, you worthless pieces of shit!” Kuma said as he got on the bus. Kuma had short hair. On the right side his hair was black and on the left it was white. This wasn’t the only strange thing about the man, his eyes were also very strange. Hajime noticed how his left eye was black and his right eye was red. “Before any of you new little bitches ask I got into a really bad accident and now my right eye is permanently red because of some blood loss,” Kuma swears. “That’s BS Kuma, you're wearing contacts,” Meiko says. Kuma scowls at the girl. “Shut. The. Fuck. Up. Meiko!” Kuma growls. “Getting back on subject, I’m Monokuma but most of the stupid regulars call me Kuma. I don’t plan on showing anyone around so just head to the cabin and then Monomi will explain what you have to do. Alright, I’m gone.” Kuma said as he walked off the bus. “Who is Monomi?” Hajime asked as he grabbed his bag from the compartment above the seat. “Kuma has this little thing where he’ll call people out of their names or give them weird nicknames. He nicknamed Usami, Monomi. He calls her his ‘little sister’. I know creepy right.” Meiko says as she grabs her bag. Everyone grabbed their stuff and started getting off the bus.