Blind Jealousy

The Notary & Key Trial (2/2)

*DISCLAIMER*
This story isn't meant to be %100 accurate with the game itself and it's rules. If there's anything you don't understand about this chapter, please read the separate description once you reach the end. There may be a few aspects that would change in the real game, but that's because I'm adding a bit of my own twist! You'll see what I mean~ Ok now enjoy hehe!!

*This Chapter Includes Mention of Dead, Gore, Etc.*
Shuichi POV~

Everyone's eyes are on me right now... I can feel the way they all stare at me in astonishment as I kept my focus on Him. I can't let up on this... I need to prove to them that Kokichi isn't the killer, and show them that they can trust me. And no matter what, I can't lose myself. I have to beat him.

I have to take Rantaro down.

"W-what? Are you serious? That's ridiculous!" Rantaro was almost hysterical in the way he laughed at me. "How could I even be the culprit? I showed up with the rest of you!" "He's right Shuichi," Maki directed her attention to me. "Rantaro showed up to the room with me, I can definitely vouch for him." As much as Maki trusted me, I could tell that she wanted nothing more than to get through this trial alive, even if that meant going against me. She may have told me she would follow my lead, but she definitely had her doubts. But I know I'm right. "That's exactly my point." I continued sternly, earning a couple of confused looks from the others. "Your point is I have an alibi and couldn't have been in the room at the time of the discovery? That doesn't seem to prove your point at all, Shuichi~" Now he's just being cocky. He has this mocking smile plastered on his face as he stared at me, mine much more serious. He takes this like it's a joke, like Miu wasn't just brutally murdered. I bet he thinks he'll get away with this... but I won't let that happen. "My point is that you showed up with Maki, who's room is to the left of Miu's." I grinned lightly and Lowered my eyebrows a bit as I glared at him. "While your's is to the right."

Rantaro looked a little taken back, letting his relaxed demeanor fall for a second. "S-So what? That's all the evidence you have? That doesn't prove anything!" "Well were you not in your room then? If you were in your room you would have arrived with the others that came from the right." He paused for a second, I could almost see the panic that hid behind his eyes. "I... was coming from the kitchen. I was in the eating quarters and went to the kitchen from there, only to hear the announcement. Once that happened I went straight to the dorms." Shit... that could be true. Rantaro never actually said he had been in his room. So what happens now? There's no other way I can prove he- "You're such a pathetic liar." Huh? I turned from Rantaro to the direction of the voice. Kokichi... he stood at his podium, his eyes glazed over with tears. I couldn't tell if the emotion he was presenting was frustration or desperation, but it was definitely genuine. I can't even imagine the amount of anger he holds towards Rantaro after what happened, and it seemed to all have built up to right now. "From being drugged... to saying you were in the kitchen... pretending to be my friend... YOU'RE A HORRIBLE LAIR!" The tears that had collected in his eyes streamed down his face, endlessly flowing as he yelled. His face was filled with determination, his cheeks flushed a light red tint. The room was silent, everyone stunned at the boy's pure emotion. Is this... the real Kokichi? "Kokichi, you have to understand that-" "Shut up." Kokichi quickly stopped him before he could speak, his eyes seething at Rantaro's. "I don't need your half-assed apologies, and I don't need your rushed explanations. After everything that's happened, this is between you and me. I'm not doing this for anyone else, not even Miu. I'm doing this for myself." The boy suddenly turned his attention to me, his lavender eyes meeting my own. My breathing hitched for a second as he stared at me... What is he thinking? He broke our contact and turned to Angie. "Angie, didn't you say you were in the kitchen? You left only a couple of minutes before the announcement because you heard it when you arrived at your own room. That would mean you and Rantaro would have been in the kitchen at the same time, can you confirm he was there?" Woah... Kokichi looks so determined right now. I hadn't even considered the fact that Angie would have been there to be his alibi or reveal his lie... With the way he's speaking he honestly kind of sounds like me... "Ah! That is true! I was in the kitchen for quite a long time, and no one was in the eating quarters as they were all heading to bed! If Rantaro had been there, I most definitely would have seen him!"