Danganronpa: Song Of Despair

Chapter 2: Class Trial - Part 1

As I walked through those red doors for the second time, a familiar feeling of dread crashed down on me. Everyone was silent as we stepped into the elevator, and still no one spoke as we made our way down. Seeing the debate stands once again, and stepping up to my own, I couldn't help but think... This is where Momo died.

Once more, there was a killer among us, and again, we had to lure them out.

"Alright, everyone's here? Good, now let the second class trial begin! You all know how this works." Monokuma said, sitting back in his chair to enjoy the show.

Jikkō wasted no time in starting the trial. "Well, we should all know what the murder weapons are, that much is obvious."

"Yeah, of course for Jirou it's the knife, but what about Orochi?" Mai asked.

"The bar." Jikkō simply stated. "It's obvious his head was smashed into it. There's nothing else it could be."

"Great, we know the weapons, but that's it. We don't even know the time they died!" Akio exclaimed.

"That's wrong!" Satchiko shouted out. "I found this note from Jirou! See?" She took the note she had showed me out of her pocket, and read it aloud to everyone. "So the murders had to happen between 12:30 and 1:10!"

"I was with Katashi and Satchiko then." Kaiya spoke up.

"I was with Riku in the hotel entrance, I think Akio was there too... oh, and Michio." Natsumi added, and Akio gave a nod.

Mai was the next to speak up. "Me and Willow were together..."

"I was in my room." Jikkō stated.

"I was taking a walk." I said.

"I- me too." Haru added.

"So the ones with unprovable alibis are Kazuki, Jikkō, and Haru! It's gotta be one of them!" Natsumi exclaimed, pointing at each in turn. I started to grow nervous, seeing everyone stare at me and the others that were called out.

"That's not true, me and Kazuki passed each other." Haru pointed out.

I quickly nodded, "yeah, that's right!"

Natsumi then pointed her accusing finger at Jikkō. "Then it had to be you!"

"What?" Jikkō seemed somewhat shocked. "But that's not true, I didn't do it."

"Well, who else could?" Natsumi pressed. "Plus, you're an assassin, I knew you'd kill someone from the start!"

"Wait." Satchiko spoke up. "There's still something we aren't considering."

"And what's that?" Michio asked curiously. 

"Whoever the killer is had to know about their meeting." Satchiko explained, "so, who knew that they were meeting?"

Immediately, one person came to mind. I had to be wrong though, he just couldn't be the killer... could he?