Danganronpa 4-Despair Loop

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"Well looky here! Turns out someone was thirsty for more blood! Everyone, please head to the dorm that belongs to Miana!" Monokumas smiling face was projected onto the flat monitors.

Yuki is sitting in front of the lifeless body that used to be Miana. Her skin, mostly stained with her own blood, is paler than it normally is, and her bright green eyes have become dull. Her skull was split open, her dried blood all over the floor and her mousy brown hair. Yuma gets closer, and realizes that Yuki is just... staring. Staring at what used to be her closest friend, what used to be her main way of communication. Yuki's normally vivid purple eyes had become grayish in the time she had been sitting there, her face slack and devoid of all emotion. Yuma couldn't tell who looked more lifeless; Miana, or Yuki. Yuki's hands are on one of Mianas, and her face is streaked like she had been crying.

"Yuki... what happened?"

"...What... you think?" Yuki's eyes don't move, her voice is just as dead as she looks.

"So why the hell are we supposed to come in here?" Izumi walks in, followed by the rest of the crew, everyone's faces going slack as they saw the horrible murder scene.

"Here we go again..." Koko sighs, looking down at the two of them on the floor.

"Oh you stupid sonofa..." Naoto's face became really upset, Chinatsu placing a hand on his shoulder to help him calm down.

"One...ποιος το έκανε..." Yuki's voice, barely audible, says.

"One?" Yuma sits down next to her and waves her hand in front of Yuki's face. "C'mon, I need you to tell me what happened. Didn't you say you'd be with her?"

Yuki nods, but doesnt say anything.

"...So what happened?" Yuma asks.

"Φύγε." Yuki's eyes never left Mianas body.

"Koko, what did she say?" Yuma asks.

"Go away." Koko kneels down next to Yuma.

"Well, I'm not leaving until I find out what happened. Yuki, you need to te-" Yuki's eyes flitted to Yuma's, and she saw the unspoken rage in them, the intense violence she had suppressed until now, the first emotion she's shown since Yuma found her. Yuma stiffins out of impulse, though she tries her hardest not to show it.

"Φύγε." Yuki repeats.

"Hey, let's not provoke her." Koko stands up, holding out a hand to Yuma.

"Yeah..." Yuma takes it and walks over to Naoto and Chinatsu. Koko walks over to Sayuri and Izumi. Yuma looks at the two of them together, Naoto still seething, and Chinatsu in tears. "Okay, what were you two doing? When was the last time either of you saw Miana?"

"After I dropped off Chinatsu, I collapsed in the cafeteria. Izumi and Sayuri can vouch for that. Both Yuki and Miana walked in at some point, and that was the last time I saw her."

"I fell asleep at the end of the party, and the last time I saw her alive was in the afternoon." Yuma nods.

"Was Yuki with her at that time too?" Chinatsu gives a small nod. "Thank you." Yuma walks over to Sayuri and Izumi and Koko, who were starting to raise their voices.

"Alright Koko, just fess up already!" Izumi yells.

"W-what? Why does everyone always think it's me?" Koko shouts back.

"I saw the look you gave anyone who got close to Yuma yesterday! Theres no fucking mercy in those eyes!"

"Izumi, Miana wasn't there..." Yuma says.

"S-so fucking what? She's got murder written all over her!" Izumi yells while Sayuri, also in tears, nods.

"...I never really interacted with her..." Koko looks off to the side.

"YOU LYING LITTLE BITCH! Y-YOU DID THIS, I KNOW YOU DID!" Izumi gets closer to Koko, practically yelling in her face.

"I-Izumi! T-that's enough!" Sayuri tugs on Izumi's arm, tears streaming down her face.

"Stop this! We're wasting time... we need to investigate..." Yuma brings herself between the two, pushing both of them away from each other.

"T-thank you Yuma... sh-should I begin an autopsy?" Sayuri wipes off her face.

"Yes please."

"It looks like she's been hit over the head." Koko says.

"I-I know, but we need to figure out how many times!" Sayuri gets closer to Miana, then hesitantly kneels down beside Yuki. Yuki, in response, stands up and walks out of the room.

"So, we're looking for a blunt weapon then." Naoto says as Yuki walks past.

"Yes. A blunt weapon."

"Hey... isn't that blunt?" Nao, really shaken up, points to something on Miana.

"What are you pointing at?" Koko looks at her. Nao walks over and shakily pulls out a hammer from Mianas tool belt, trying to look away from the blood all over Mianas body as much as she could.

"Any bloodstains on that hammer?" Naoto takes it from Nao, who is still shaking and hands it to Yuma.

"Doesn't look like it... I don't think this is our weapon. I'll have to look somewhere else to find it..." Yuma places the hammer back on Mianas body. Yuma then walks over to the other side of the room. She looks through the droors, not finding anything, then looks on the top of her nightstand, finding a note.

"There's something..." Yuma inspects it closer. "Crap it's all in Greek... Yuki... oh. Koko... could you read this?" Koko walks over and takes it from her, nodding.

"It says, 'I have something I need to tell you. At 2:25, I'll come to your room. I've figured out the secret to this school... and the rest is torn. Here." Koko hands the paper back to Yuma.

"Thanks, this is a big help." Koko nods.

"So somebody beside Yuki wrote that note, right? But that means one of us can write and understand Greek as well..." Naoto says.

"Koko literally just read the note. She knows Greek! I'm telling you, it's her! All the signs point to her!" Izumi yells.

"It's not...?" Koko looks over at her, even more confused.

"Izumi, you're acting just like Kayden was at the trial..." Yuma examines Izumi.

"Well, who else could've done it? You saw how Yuki was acting, and she's the only other person who speaks Greek. Koko has to have done it!" Izumi glares at Koko, who, in turn, opens her mouth to fight back.

"Anyway! We can talk about this at the trial! Whoever wrote that note is our prime suspect. I suggest we all copy it to find a match." Naoto says, cutting everyone off before they could argue more.

"Well, I would say it's a good idea, but the killer might falsify their handwriting." Yuma says, looking around.

"Yeah, I guess you're right." Naoto looks down. Yuma walks over to Sayuri, who is in the process of performing the autopsy, her hands skillfully and carefully examining the body.

"Anything yet?" Sayuri shakes her head.

"I-It'll take a little while... y-you guys c-could investigate somewhere else... i-it would help if there's quiet..." She doesnt look up, and Yuma nods, walking out with Koko, Chinatsu, and Naoto, Ayane, Nao and Izumi staying with Sayuri.