Inescapable Despair (Song of Despair AU)

Chapter 3: Investigation

Everyone had gathered in the classroom after Monokuma's announcement, and still Kazuki was struggling to look at the corpses. Though even worse than the blood and gore were the reactions.

Seeing his boyfriend's bloody corpse laying on the floor, Haru had immediately collapsed, loudly denying it as he couldn't hold back the tears. The ultimate director, usually a strong leader, fell away to nothing as he grasped Jirou's cold body. Kazuki had never pitied someone more.

Ichiro had been yelling when he saw the scene, and claimed that this was all some insanely cruel prank. That was before he ran out of the room to throw up.

Willow was more subtle. She approached Mai's body, quietly kneeling by it. She bit her lip as tears traveled down her cheeks, not saying a word.

Monokuma had appeared to hand out all their Monokuma Files, and before he could leave, Natsumi spoke up.

"Where the fuck's Mai's head?" She asked, looking pretty horrified.

Monokuma just shrugged. "Can't say. You gotta look for it." He then left before anyone else could say a word.

"This is fucked up." Natsumi shook her head, looking disgusted. "It's not just that two people died, but there's a missing head and eyeball!"

"Whoever did this probably enjoyed it..." Kaiya said quietly, shaking. "I-I mean... who would go this far?"

Willow stood up, wiping her tears. "I-I'll check Mai's room..."

"I'll come with you!" Ichiro exclaimed as he came back into the room. "I kinda hope we don't find the head, but... I also wanna see my princess's face one more time."

Kazuki didn't miss the glare Willow gave the cyclist, but she just walked past him. "Let's go."

"I guess... I-I can check Jirou's room..." Haru spoke up shakily, standing as well.

Orochi walked over to him with a sympathetic look. "I'll join you, if you don't mind."

Haru nodded, and the two left together.

"I'll look at the rest of the school, this place is gonna make me barf." Natsumi stated. "Kaiya, you look like you're gonna pass out, come with me."

Kaiya nodded, and gave Satchiko a small kiss on the cheek before she left with Natsumi.

Now, left in the room were Kazuki, Satchiko, Akio, Tomi, and Momo. The short pink haired girl was clinging to the author's arm, hiding her face in it.

"I guess we should investigate this room." Kazuki said with a small sigh, and turned towards Momo, who looked up at him with watery blue eyes. "Are you okay in here? You can join one of the other groups if that'd be better."

"N-no..." Momo wiped her eyes. "I-I'm okay... I just wanna stay with you."

Kazuki nodded with a small smile. "Then let's get started."

Akio and Momo were looking around the room, as Kazuki and Satchiko knelt by Jitou's corpse, and Tomi by Mai's.

"He was obviously tortured..." Kazuki pointed out, and Satchiko nodded.

"Yeah, looks like with a knife with the size of the cuts..." Satchiko replied, wincing and rubbing her own arm at the sight of Jirou's. "Whoever did this was probably going for hours."

"It was pretty brutal too... I really can't see a reason to gouge out his eye." Kazuki slowly shook his head. "He probably bled out... like Jikkō."

"Yeah..." Satchiko stared down at the floor.

Soon, the two went over to see Mai's body, which Tomi had just finished examining.

"Good news, she wasn't tortured or anything and has only one obvious wound." Tomi stated. "Bad news is, still no head."

"The killer must've had multiple weapons if they beheaded someone..." Kazuki said thoughtfully. "I don't think you can do that with a knife."

"But why hide the head?" Tomi asked, tilting his head. "That's just... weird."

"It's weirder to behead someone in the first place, I think." Satchiko replied.

The monitors turned on, revealing Monokuma. "I'm bored now, get down to the trial room."