Hope | Danganronpa | Naegi x OC

6| The 1,000 Blows

Naegi's Pov.

We finished investigating and headed to the red door that Monokuma instructed us to go, somehow I'm really nervous.

"--This is the court?"

"--It is surprisingly big."

"Your finally here, what do you think of this place?" Monokuma asked as he sat on his comfy throne.

"--You have a bad taste,"

"--Hold on a moment," Kirigiri-san said as we turned to her to hear her complaints.

"What does that mean?" She asked as she was referring to the picture frames of our dead classmates.

"It's not nice to exclude them just because they're dead~"

"--And what about those places? There are 16 of us, so why are there 17 places?" Celes-san asked as she referred to the seats around the court.

"There is no meaning behind it, a maximum of 17 people can participate in—"

"What if we are really 17 and not 16?" Misaki-san said as we all gasped in her theory, '17 Students? No way...'

"Pupupu, your imagination is really powerful, Misaki-san... but your wrong."

"Is that so...?" She said in reply.

"Let us end the introduction and begin with the Class Trial!"

With that, we started walking up to our places individually as Misaki-san walked up to me with a worried face.

"Are you nervous, Naegi?" She asked me as she turned to me, I smiled weakly at her and nodded.

"Don't be, your innocent that's why there is nothing for you to be nervous."

"B-But... if this continues,"

"Relax, didn't I told you I will prove your innocence? Just trust me." Her words reassured me as I nodded, 'She's right... I need to relax.' I thought as I bit my lower lip.

"I'll be going now, later." She said, my actions caught me in surprise as I grabbed her wrist.

"I-I'll go with you," I said as I sweat drop, I didn't want to face this alone, she nodded as I sighed in relief.

We walked to our places as I stood next to Misaki-san and Maizono-san's picture frame was beside me while thinking of this game is making me nauseous.

"Is the culprit... really one of us?" I asked nervously as Monokuma chuckled an turned to me.

"Of course, that's the truth."

"--Everyone close their eyes and the culprit raise their hands!"

"--Are you an idiot? There's no way they would do that!"

"Please begin the discussion,"

'We can't afford to make conclusions that are false... Misaki-san is helping me with this, I should do my best to assist her.' I thought nervously.

! !Classroom Trials In Action! !

"--It was clearly Naegi was the one who killed Maizono Sayaka!"

"--Yeah, there is no other explanation to this if it isn't him."

"No, I didn't do it! Believe me!" I said as I gritted my teeth, saying the truth.

"--Do you have proof to show us?"

"No, I don't have... but I'm not the one who did it!" I said as I shut my eyes in nervousness, silently begging for someone to help me.