Inescapable Despair (Song of Despair AU)

Chapter 5: Class Trial

Kazuki stood at his podium as the trial came to a start. He already had a basic idea of what happened, plus a few suspects, so he wasn't too worried.

"So, Natsumi's dead." Akio stated the obvious.

"And it was bloody." Orochi also stated the obvious.

Kazuki nodded. "Yeah, her head was bashed into the wall repeatedly. Her death itself would've been pretty quick, but whoever doing it wanted to make sure she was really dead."

"So it definitely wasn't an accident..." Willow said.

Kazuki shook his head. "No, not at all. Maybe we should talk alibis now... where was everyone an hour ago?"

"I was with Orochi." Akio said.

"I was in my room." Haru said.

"I was in mine too." Kaiya spoke quietly.

Tomi spoke next, "I was in the kitchen."

"Me too." Willow stated, "Looks like you actually have an alibi for once, Tomi."

"I was also in my room." Kazuki said, "So that leaves me, Haru, and Kaiya as suspects."

"How do we find who did it then...?" Orochi asked.

Kazuki sighed. "Am I the only one who investigated? There was a handprint too. A girl's handprint. It had to be Kaiya..."

Kaiya slowly nodded. "I suck... my murder was so poorly planned, it's like the author just wanted to get this over with."

Everyone looked very confused at her words, and Haru spoke up. "Why'd you do it...?"

"I wanted to forget Satchiko's death..." Kaiya muttered. "But I don't know why I chose Natsumi to kill. She was my fujoshi friend and we wrote gay fanfiction together. I'm a horrible friend I guess."

"Can we get on with the voting?" Monokuma asked.

"No way mastermind, I know who you are and I gotta tell everyone first!" Kaiya exclaimed.

"Really?" Kazuki was shocked. "How'd you find out?"

"The answer was in the boobs!" Kaiya stated. "As a homosexual female, I pay close attention to these details!"

"When Satchiko died, did you absorb her personality...?" Akio asked.

Kaiya ignored him. "Mai's boobs were bigger than the ones on her so called corpse. I didn't bring it up then, but I noticed right away."

"...How much did you stare at her boobs?" Willow asked, narrowing her eyes.

Kaiya waved her off. "I just know that wasn't Mai's corpse. It's even more suspicious that we never found her head. If Willow was in on it, she could've lied about finding the head, since no one else can prove she really did."

"Kaiya... you're surprisingly good at this." Kazuki said, "But why didn't you bring this up before?"

Kaiya shrugged. "The plot demanded more deaths so it couldn't end at chapter three."

"Um...okay?" Kazuki was confused but shrugged it off. "So you're saying Mai's the mastermind and Willow's working with her?"

"Exactly." Kaiya replied with a smile.

Suddenly Mai walked into the room, laughing a bit. "Oh wow, I didn't think I'd be discovered over just some perverted observation! But whatever, I was getting bored of this game anyways."

"It... it was really you...?" Kazuki stumbled over his words, "But why?"

Mai shrugged. "Despair, probably. It sure was entertaining, especially since Willow was the traitor. Having a lover as your partner in crime is really amazing!"

Willow got down from her podium and ran over to Mai, giving her a quick kiss on the lips. "I missed you, Mai~ I'm glad we can end this together now."

Mai nodded. "Yeah, me too~." She held Willow's hand, then looked to everyone else. "I guess I'll let everyone go now. And Kaiya's impressed me so I won't execute her either."

"Really...?" Kaiya looked pretty surprised at being let go, despite her horrible murder. Little did she know, this was the work of the random generator favouring her again, even after turning her into a killer.

"Yup, you gay pervert." Mai said gay as an insult as she was being gay herself.

The mastermind freed Tomi of his shock bracelet before giving Kazuki a key. "Go ahead and leave whenever you like." Mai said.

And so the group of six finally left the city unharmed, being freed from the awful killing game they were forced to endure.