Danganronpa: Crimson Hope

Class Trial No. 2

We entered the elevator. None of us said a word the entire way down. We took our places at the podiums in complete silence. Monokuma broke the silence. "Jeez! You guys are such downers! Anyways, let the Class Trial begin!" He banged his squeaky hammer on the podium in front of him. My mind was racing. I tried to think of a list of possible suspects, but that was everyone but Rei and I. I turned and looked at Rei, and what I saw shocked me.

Rei was in tears. I was about to talk to him, until somebody broke the silence. It was Hadosan. "Hey Rei? Mind if I ask you a question?" He didn't say anything. "I'll take that as a yes." His tone got much darker. "Why'd you do it? Why'd you kill Daz?" Rei's eyes widened, and he began to bawl. "Hold on, Hadosan. He was with me after I ran off. He's innocent." Hadosan wasn't having it. "Are you sure you're not just trying to cover for him? For all we know, you could be working with him!" Ian spoke up. "Guys, I have to confess something." I was horrified about what I might hear, but it wasn't what I was expecting at all.

"After examining the body, I came to the conclusion that Daz wanted to die." I was confused, and it seemed the others were too.  "What makes you think that, Ian?" Alex asked. "Yeah! Why would anybody WILLINGLY die?" Linelle asked. "It's just a hunch, but if you saw the position their fingers were in, it looked like a gun pointing at their head." I froze. I remembered what he was talking about. I thought they put their fingers in a "V", for "Victory", but now that I think about it, it looked more like a finger gun than a V.

"Ok, so we may have agreed that Daz WANTED to die, but we still haven't figured out who killed her!" Reese said, sounding very annoyed. I scoured my brain, trying to figure out who killed Daz, but then, something clicked. "Hey Hadosan... I thought you were following me to the cafeteria... but when Rei bumped into me, you weren't there." I pointed at him. "You killed Daz, Hadosan!" He did NOT take this accusation kindly.

"WHY THE HELL WOULD I KILL DAZ? I DON'T WANT TO RISK DEATH!" he yelled. "That's bull shit! You turned around after you couldn't hear Rei and I down the hall! Hadosan looked down and started to laugh. Laughing turned to cackling. "Yeah, I killed Daz!" he said in a maniacal voice. Rei looked up, and his expression went from heartbroken, to enraged. He clenched his fists. "Why Hadosan?" he asked. "WHY DID YOU KILL MY BEST FRIEND?!?" Hadosan laughed again. "It's quite simple, really." His eyes started to glow red. "I. Was. Bored." Monkuma grabbed a vial of holy water from behind him, and threw it at Hadosan.

He began writhing in pain, and his eyes stopped glowing. He looked at us again, his face distraught. "I'm sorry..." Rei had had enough. "Monokuma, start the voting. We know who the killer is." "Okie Dokie! Cast your votes!" After all of the votes had been cast, it was revealed that Hadosan had been voted "guilty". "No... NO... NOOOOOOOO!" Hadosan began screaming as he was handcuffed behind Monokuma, who was leading him away via a rope around his neck. We were beckoned to go to the viewing area, and we reluctantly obliged. All the way there, we could still hear Hadosan screaming.