Hopeful Blacksmith (Danganronpa 1 x OC)

Chapter 13: Unknown Figure...?

We all stood there, stunned and helpless. I couldn't even wrap my head around Mondo's execution... It was just bizarre and brutal. My head was spinning, my legs were weak, my hands were sweaty... (A/N: VOMIT ON HER SWEATER ALREADY, MOM'S SPAGHETTI!! i am so sorry...) 

"Laugh at death, and your soul will forever be at peace.", Monokuma chuckled, eating the "Mondo Butter" with a plate of pancakes that he pulled out from behind his tiny throne. It made me sick, forcing me to look away with a few tears of anger and disgust rolling down me cheeks.

"It... can't be... My... brother...", Taka was shaking and looked so broken... I wanted to help, but how? "Urraaaaaahhh...! URRRRAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!", Taka was now screaming at the top of his lungs, making my heart sink further and further.

"What a disappointment. This is the end of the game?", Byakuya's voice seemed to reach my ears over Taka's screams. My head shot up to his face, eyebrows knitting together with my scowl.

"B... Byakuya...?", Makoto muttered out.

"You're completely insane, you know that? A game? One of our friends is dead! Do you realize that!?", Hina yelled at Byakuya with tears of her own spilling out of her eyes.

"Of course I do. Because this game is life or death.", Byakuya glared at Hina.

"Byakuya... What the hell is wrong with you!?", I was about to charge at him, when Sakura held me back by my waist.

"L-LET ME GO!!", I cried, a mix of rage and depression causing a storm in my mind.

"I want you to calm down, Kuno...", Sakura held me back with even more strength, causing me to crumble in her arms in exhaustion. The back of my head rested on her chest as I silently cried, sniffling and trying to calm my mind. Sakura pet my head gently, calming my nerves with her touch.

"I don't have anything to say to you. I don't have a response, except that... I just don't understand why. Why did you go out of your way to disguise Mondo's crime?", Kyoko asked Byakuya with the faintest scowl on her face.

"Why...? Isn't it obvious? Because it made things more interesting.", Byakuya's voice made me stop. His voice was calm, emotionless. Like the voice of death. It made me shudder in fear. "Last night, when the murder took place, I was in the library as usual."

"So you ignored the nighttime rule, too...", Celeste sighed in disappointment.

"That rule never mattered to me. I don't recall agreeing to it.", Byakuya shrugged.

"Well, I don't particularly care. Please, continue.", Celeste urged with a gaze filled with disappointment boring into Byakuya's back.

"The night grew late, and I decided to return to my room. Which is when I stumbled upon him... I spotted Mondo coming outt of the girls locker room. After he'd gone, I looked inside and saw the corpse.", Byakuya revealed.

"Wh--!? You mean you actually witnessed the murder!?", Hiro gasped in fear.

"He was such a fool. He didn't have the slightest idea that I'd seen him.", Byakuya chuckled.

"So... you're saying you knew who the culprit was from the very beginning?", Hifumi muttered.

"Indeed. But if that had been the end of it, how boring would that have been? I mean, what a waste of time to have the answer revealed right at the beginning. Which is why I decided to... lend a little helping hand. I thought it would liven things up.", Byakuya explained with venom in his words.

"You did all that... to "liven things up"!?", Makoto gasped in anger, a rare emotion he displayed.

"So after hearing about Genocide Jack from Toko, you decided to use that... to create the fake murder scene?", Kyoko deduced.