A/N:
Haruna Takahashi aka Haru: A fifteen year old soccer player with wavy navy blue hair with bangs clipped to the side, highlights and black streaks, and gray eyes (Silver contacts). She wears a white sailor uniform with elbow length sleeves, a brown ribbon and knee-length brown skirt. She has a soccer ball ring on. She's bossy, foul-mouth, energetic and competitive.
In Friends, We Trust
Chapter 1: Friendships Never Lasts
Dear notebook,
I thought I never had to do this stupid thing again since my therapy sessions, but I figured I really need to lay down my thoughts.
Haru, a famous soccer play, sighed out as she was sitting on her bed. A heaviness was set in her chest.
A stupid stuffed toy, Monobear, told me and a bunch of strangers that we have to kill each other in order to graduate. I thought this was all a practical sick joke
Haru remembered what happened a few hours ago. She sighed in and out shakily. Her hand becoming a ghost but then she knew that if she wanted to control herself, she had to reason with herself.
until one of us killed the other.
Haru remembered the first day they got here. They all woke up in a classroom without any idea of what was going on until the bear showed up telling them that they had to kill each other through any means possible.
After the introductions, there was no way out even with Sakura's strength. And when Togami and Oowada got into an argument, Naegi stupidly got in the middle of it. "W-wait, we shouldn't fight each other?"
"Eh, you think you can tell me what I can and can't do?" Oowada challenged.
"N-no!"
"Shut the fuck up!"
"STOP BEIN' A BUNCH OF IDIOTS!" Haru jumped kicking all three guys in the face.
"Togami-sama!" Fukawa shrieked.
The soccer player glared at Naegi standing triumphantly above them. "I will not allow such reckless behavior! Drop down and give me twenty!"
"Twe-twenty?" The luckster was confused.
"Who do ya-" Oowada got a foot to the face.
"A girl who's sick of your overreacting bull crap. Togami served a good point. There are retards among us but doesn't mean you have to be an annoying prick."
"Heh. And how do you think we should act?" Togami got up having a bruising cheek.
"By not being an arrogant prick rich boy." Haru said firmly. "Just cuz you get off on this bullshit doesn't mean we should, too. Besides, let's start searching the place."
"Tch, who does that bitch think she is?" Fukawa grumbled. "Being calm in a situation like this. It's even more unnerving!"
"But she's right." Celestia said.
"Right! Then we should leave split up and search!" Ishimaru declared.
They went on several ways. Celestia went with Mondo on the gate. Asahina and Sakura checked for a way to an upper floor. Yamada checked the bedroom. Chihiro checked the kitchen. All reports has shown to be useless and that they were definitely trapped in here.
"Are we really going to live the rest of our lives here?" Chihiro asked in tears.
"It's simple. If you want to get out, then one of has to kill someone." Togami responded.
"If you keep talking like that, then I'll kill you myself to shut you up." Haru told him as she was doing push ups.
"Takahashi-san, should you be exercising at a time like this?" Asahina asked.
"When shouldn't I be? When I get out of this place, I need to be in shape." The soccer player responded.
"That is very much like you Takahashi Haruna." Togami said, yet was ignored. "You are the soccer player who bought her team to the FIFA World Cup and the FIFA Confederation Cup three times in a row. You've been called a gifted athlete or a devil for your high competitive spirit that did not only reach out to soccer alone. Who's to say that you aren't plotting to win the game yourself?"
That question caught her attention but refused to act phased by it. "To kill someone over a game is more around your area isn't it? Compared to an athlete, what's the difference between a mass murderer and a CEO?"
The blonde smirked. "Interesting point."
Fukawa did not like that smirk at all.
"There's gotta be something else we can do!" Leon yelled.
"Adapt." Celestia said.
"What?" Junko arched an eyebrow at her.
The gambler smiled. "We should adapt."
"You mean accept living our lives here?"
"It's not the strongest or the smartest who survive, but those who can change to their environment. On that matter we should add another rule."
"Rule?" Mondo looked at her questionably.
"There's a schedule on when it is our nighttime, but let us banned from anyone wandering around by that time."
"Huh? Why?" Fukawa questioned in fear.
"Don't you see? Without this rule, we will continue to cower in fear every night of who will kill one of us. But then, of course, we cannot enforce this rule so we must blindly trust each other not to."
After eating lunch since it was the afternoon, Haru decided to jog around the place, but then was stopped by Asahina. "Takahashi-san, where are you going?"
"Asahina-san. Sakura-san."
I was a bit intimidated by them. Especially by Sakura since everyone knew they couldn't kill her. But they were really nice. It was a great surprise. Not since the mental asylum, did I meet a stranger so nice to me. Asahina is kind of an airhead and Sakura sounded like an old man telling a legend, but it was nice having
Haru knew the word to write down, but then after what happened, she was hesitant. She scribbled the last four words and then wrote down.
they were nice to be around.
"Football is a matter of life and death, except more important! That's what Bill Shankly said." Asahina quoted the famous Scottish soccer player and manager. "You were really mean to Togami-san."
Haru scoffed. "I've met rich boys before so I'm used to him."
"Really? Are you rich Takahashi-san?"
"Yeah."
"That's cool. I come from a regular family, but Sakura comes from a family who runs a dojo!"
"My clan has been operating the dojo for three hundred years. There, one may truly hone their fighting spirit." Sakura added.
"Takahashi-san, don't you think Naegi-san is cute?" The swimmer asked with a blush.
"Hm?"
"I mean, um, he-he's cute-" Her face became a tomato as she was stuttering her words.
"But he's the lazy type isn't he? His talent is luck? What kind of talent is that if we're in this situation?" Haru told them. She wasn't fond of lazy people.
"Ah! I guess your right!" Asahina looked disappointed in herself.
"Perhaps we should discuss more over tea." Sakura said to lighten the mood.
"Yeah! How about it Takahashi-san?"
Haru was hesitant but then figured that this wasn't the opportune moment for them to kill her so agreed. So they bonded. Haru noticed Asahina's insecurities of her struggle between her exercise and constant hunger. Sakura has shown to be secretive on who she must defeat. The soccer player didn't exactly open up either. Just gave the basic details people would find online. Most of the conversation was on training and doing some training.
Later, she left and decided to jog through the hallways.
"You! No running in the hall!" Ishimaru scolded.
"What? You got to be kidding me! It's not like I'm gonna bump into anyone!"
Ishimaru was a real pain in the ass. It was enough that I had nothing to do but eat, sleep, and shit like an animal in a cage.
"It is against school rules to run in the halls!"
"ER! Wrong! It doesn't say so!" She took out her electroID to prove her point.
"Ah, you're right. This cannot be! All rules within school has a no running in the halls rule! I must go over the rules again!" The hall way monitor looked into his electroID with intense concentration.
Haru took this chance to jog away. She then bumped into Naegi. The joke was on her but the green jacket guy was the one who fell down and apologized. "Ow. Sorry."
"Nah. It was my fault."
"Ah, Takahashi-san, I-I've been meaning to talk to you."
"Alright, make it quick." The soccer player crossed her arms.
"I've been meaning to thank you for this morning. If you haven't interrupted, I don't know what would've happened to me."
"Eh? Did I kick you too hard? You should've read the atmosphere before interrupting it yourself numbskull!"
"A-ah, so-sorry!"
"And stop with that stu-uttering! Stand up and talk to me like a man!" She demanded. Naegi was in attention.
"Sorry!"
"That's better! Now stay out of trouble or else you're the first to be killed!" She advised him.
"Yes, ma'am!" Naegi shouted. His terrified expression made her giggle. That surprised the luckster.
Haru tried not to laugh out loud. "Chill dude! I won't kill ya unless ya mess with me!"
"I-I-" The teen cleared his throat. "I won't!"
"Good to hear!" She smiled at him and the boy looked dazed.
"Flirting? I didn't think you were capable of that." Togami appeared with his arms crossed.
"To-Togami-san!"
Naegi seriously needs to work on his stuttering and when to be surprised. It'd be a big surprise if he got out of this alive.
Haru stopped writing realizing what she wrote. She quickly scribbled it away, and then remembered the rest of that day.
"If you thought that was flirting, you seriously don't have your eyes screwed on right." Haru had her hands at her hips.
"So what would you call that?"
"Uh, I don't know. Two genders having a nice chat that isn't sexualized or romanticized." The soccer player responded. "I'm leaving." She jogged away. She didn't like how Togami easily got on her nerves and Asahina was a little bit right. Naegi was kind of cute.
On her way, she saw Kirigiri walking with a thinking expression so didn't bother her. The others must be in their room but she did come across Maizono who happened to be walking around.
"Oh, Takahashi-san?"
"Maizono. What brings you here?"
"Oh, just thought I'd try looking for a way out again." The girl gave a pleasing smile that it was no wonder she was the most popular in her girl band. Haru had actually had a CD of hers but she wasn't going to say that. "What are you doing?"
"Just taking a jog."
"You never stop exercising do you?" Maizono was intrigued.
"Don't see the point of why not."
"Anyway, have you seen Naegi-kun?"
I haven't had any...normal human interactions to call out on someone though I had the faintest hint in my instincts about her. I've at least watched sports movies with romance in it like the one where the girl pretended to be her twin brother just to play soccer and she end up falling for one of her roommates. They were just actors but actors portray how people act in certain situations.
So I'm pretty sure Maizono did like Naegi and Naegi liked her.
Haru stopped writing again feeling that heaviness drop further.
No one is perfect.
She scribbled that out.
Fuck this shit, I'm angry! Why the fuck did she have to do that?! Why the fuck did she have to make the damn bear and the rich bastard right?! That there were idiots willing to kill each other! I can't help feeling
"I can't help feeling..." She scarcely whispered to herself. She hugged herself fast forwarding the events.
The next few days, they continued to search for a way out and there wasn't. Haru gotten closer and closer to Sakura and Asahina that she began to relax on her suspicions on them. She had began to jog around Ishimaru to tease him on that no running rule until Monobear finally added and called her out on it like a kid. Haru found it funny instead of annoying. She had talked to Chihiro over breakfast finding her a bit too nice to have a bug suck your blood out. Regrettingly, she also spent time with Maizono.
"Wow, you have a nice singing voice!" Maizono praised her when she was just singing to herself while searching the classroom again.
"E-Eh?! What are you talking about Maizono? If anyone has a nice singing voice, it's you." Haru blushed after being complimented by the pop idol.
"Well everyone knows that. But you have some other secret talents don't you Haru-chan?" Maizono asked. By around the third day, most of the students had gotten to call her Haru or Haru-chan.
"Nah, you're just imagining things." She saw Maizono smiling at her. Haru can't help thinking that smile was very heart-warming and joyful. She saw why the pop idol was the lead with such a smile.
"Don't be so modest!" Sayaka told her. "Let's sing a song together! It would brighten the place up don't you think!"
Haru didn't see any reason to deny so they began singing simple child songs and then famous songs.
The soccer player thought everything was fine despite the boredom and restrainment but then the damn bear had them watch what happened at their home life just to give them a motive. She put in her CD doubting that she had anything to effect her but then surprisingly it was a video from her therapist at the mental asylum.
"Haru, I hope this new school life will help you give you the friends you always wanted and achieve your dreams in not only soccer but many others as well. I believe in you."
She felt her heart softened by her therapist's words until the video went wrong and then changed into an image of the room destroyed and bloodied as if a zombie apocalypse had taken over.
That person was the only one who made me feel not alone in the world. Saying the name would only hurt more. Seeing what happened in that room, it only fueled me with questions since there wasn't a dead body. It made me want to get out of here even more just to know what happened. Just to know if there was still someone I can turn to in this depressing loneliness. But I wouldn't kill. I'd never kill because that person would be disappointed in me.
Maizono obviously didn't think the same thing.
Haru remembered exercising one night when she couldn't sleep and then realized she didn't have a water bottle with her. She knew they made a rule to not wander around this time but it wasn't a good idea to sleep dehydrated so bended that rule since she had no ill intentions.
It was a good thing she did because she caught Leon about to enter Naegi's room.
"Kuwata! What do ya think you're doing?"
"Ey, Takahashi! I wasn't-"
"Uh huh." She gave a skeptical look. "What do you think you're do going into Naegi's room?"
"Eh? Naegi's? What're ya talkin' about? This is Maizono's!"
"No! This is Naegi's." She said without any doubt until she saw the door plate. "That isn't right. I know I sleep next to Naegi's room." She checked her ElectroID to confirm that.
"Maybe the thing got their rooms wrong." Kuwata hoped he wasn't gonna get told on for entering a girl's room past curfew.
Haru looked at the guy who was an idiot. "Kuwata, you are a pitiful excuse of an athlete to be such a moron!"
"What the hell?! I don't even like baseball!"
"Ha! Don't like baseball! Then why the fuck do you play it!"
"It's not me! The coach n' manager makes me play!"
"Can't stand up for yourself huh?"
"Fuck you! I can stand up for myself whenever I want! I just do it for the perks! Girls and not havin' to do school crap n' all!"
"So ya are a moron with hair like that! How the hell did you grow your beard like that?"
"Shut yer trap! This is genuine punk rock!"
"Well you certainly got the punk down."
"Hell ya I do! N' what are you doin' out here?" The wannabe punk rocker inquired.
"I got thirsty. Now get back to yer room!" Haru demanded. The red head felt like he had no way out of her demand so walked away grumbling, "I got yer back to yer room right here!"
She let out a sigh hoping to have a crisis diverted because she knew for sure that Naegi's room was next to hers.
Haru was jogging back with her bottle of water. She noticed Yamada's door open. She barely knew the guy but he was nice to be around when he isn't perverted. She learned a lot more about doujin from him. "Eh, Yamada? You awake?"
The geek shrieked. "Taka-Takahashi-san."
"Don't worry, I'm not here ta kill ya! What're ya doin' up so late?"
"I barely ate dinner so I'm kinda hungry."
"Then go get something. It's not like the rule we made up is real."
"But what if someone plans to murder tonight!" Yamada mentally cradled in fear.
Haru remembered the switched doors plates. She smiled at him reassuringly. "I doubt anyone's gonna get you in the kitchen. I came back safely. G'night." She jogged away.
The next morning, she was heading to the cafeteria with Asahina, Sakura, Chihiro and Ishimaru since they were the early birds in the group. Haru still felt uneasy after what happened last night.
Kuwata is a lazy bum who had the definition of talent if he could still be as good as he was. Even God makes mistakes. I hate lazy people but then even if he was lazy and I barely knew him, I was still concerned because I didn't want anyone to die. I didn't want anyone to heed to the bear's threats. For a moment, I panicked for his life because that morning, we found Yamada stabbed in the cafeteria on the floor.
Everyone gasped, and then there was a ding dong sound that came before the announcements that a body has been found.
Out of worry, Haru ran back to the dorm rooms to ring on Leon's room hoping he'd come out. When he did, the soccer player hugged him because he was alive and knew that she did good.
"Taka-Takahashi?" Leon was surprised.
"I'm sorry. I thought you were dead." She stepped back rubbing her eyes.
"What are ya talkin' about? Of course I'm alive! I'm freakin' Leon Kuwata!"
"Lean on a Kaola?"
"LEON KUWATA!"
Haru smiled but then remembered the body found at the cafeteria. Monobear then announced for them to go to the gym.
"A body?!" Fukawa freaked.
"What happened?" Maizono asked in worry.
Haru explained to Leon and the others who exit their rooms of what happened. Some ran off to the cafeteria to confirm this and then arrived at the gym.
I didn't want to go to the gym after witnessing a dead body because it was too much to process. I barely knew Yamada, but then it didn't take a genius to know that he was passionate about what he did and I liked that in other people. To have someone like that dead feels like wasted food on a plate that could've prolonged lives.
To process more felt like too much but we had to go there. Kirigiri reasoned that we should follow the rules since we are captives. I hate that she said it but it was true. We were prisoners. Except we weren't guilty first.
"It seems that the game has finally begun." Togami said.
"So Yamada was murdered." Naegi said it with disbelief. "It must be him! Monobear!"
"Nope! I'd never do something like that!" The bear appeared at the podium. "As your principal, I follow all the rules! You can trust me on that!"
"Monobear..."
"You should know that I will never jeopardize the whole point of this whole exercise! I was known in the safari park for being twice the stickler of the rules compared to the other bears!"
"Who was it then?" Chihiro asked.
"But you already know! The one who killed Hifumi Yamada was one of you!" The stuff bear declared. Everyone looked at each other suspiciously. Haru eyed at Maizono who noticed it and looked away. "What's wrong guys? You looked like a bunch of pigeons who've been fired at by Gatling guns!"
Then the bear explained the jury trial. He never told us that! We only knew that in order to graduate, we had to kill each other without getting caught.
Writing it down, I realized that what was the point of the whole thing, if we weren't pursued in catching the killer. It fuckin' pisses me off!
I'M SO FUCKIN' ANGRY!
Haru threw the book to the wall. She gripped her skirt tightly slightly shaking as she remembered the rest of the events. She said to herself, "Why did that idiot challenge him?!"
Junko had challenged the bear and stepped on him. Because of the rule that one cannot attack the principal, she was pierced with spears. That meant two people are dead leaving fourteen more students adding one mysterious student.
Calming down, Haru took the notebook writing down the experience. She did hold hope that her therapist was still alive and would someday read this to help her get through it once she gets out of here.
She remembered the evidence found at the place that wasn't much. It was a quick blunt stab to the abdomen. Yamada died from the loss of blood at six in the morning. Haru knew she left somewhere around one in the morning. She figured that Yamada must've decided to have a light nap but then woke up at five to finally eat something.
If only I was there, then I would've stopped the murder from happening. If only I stayed longer and decided to just exercise a bit longer in that cafeteria, maybe I could've done something! If only I didn't tell Yamada to go that night.
Haru clutched at her heart.
In the kitchen, a knife was missing. Food had been scattered on the floor. In his hand was a hairclip. For other evidence, it was scarce.
Monobear then appeared on screen. "I'm getting bored. Let's head to the classroom trial already."
Everyone was heading out except for the soccer player who continued to stare at Yamada. "Haru-chan?" Asahina was worried.
Haru looked to her unsure of what to do and she hated that feeling. She always knew what to do. In this case, her heart was troubling her. "We should be going." She walked away. Asahina and Sakura looked at each other worriedly.
They entered the elevator to go into the jury room where Haru was in fear for her life. They all took their place where the classroom trial began.
"Then if we are to start the discussion..." Asahina said.
"Where would we start?" Yamada asked.
Kirigiri responded, "First we should start with the murder weapon."
"Then it's without a doubt that the weapon was the knife!" Ishimaru responded.
"That's obvious." Mondo said.
"No, that is an important factor." Naegi said. "Because it means someone took the knife from the kitchen."
"Then that means that whoever killed Yamada-san was waiting at the cafeteria to kill him." Asahina said.
"But how would they know he was coming?" Leon asked.
"A note perhaps?" Celestia suggested.
"No. We've searched his room and his clothing. There was no note of having to meet whoever it was that killed Yamada-san." Kirigiri responded.
"Then the killer asked him to meet later that night?" Asahina questioned.
"It seems so." Sakura responded.
"Takahashi..." Leon called out. Haru was interrupted from her thoughts. "Weren't you leaving to the kitchen last night?" The athlete asked the other.
Everyone had eyes on her.
"Yeah I was and I told you I was thirsty!" She responded defensively.
"How do you know this?" Celestia questioned.
"Ah!" Leon tried not to say anything.
"He was trying to sneak into Maizono's room!" Haru revealed. The baseball player and singer looked at each other and then looked away. Naegi was shocked.
"So you admit to going to the kitchen." Togami clarified. He smirked. "It is no surprise that you would be a suspect in this. Someone of your competitive spirit would kill someone in order to win no matter what."
"Then you are the one who killed Yamada!" Fukawa accused. "Confess already and let us get out of this hell hole!"
"I won't cuz I got nothin' to confess!" Haru was hesitant in her findings and wasn't sure if she will be backed up on this but she had to try.
"But Yamada was holding a hairclip in his hand." Togami pointed out. A hairclip similar to yours."
"Eh? But I have a hair clip right here!" She pointed at her hairclips.
"You could have spares."
"Keep talkin' and I will kick the fuckin' lights out of you!"
"Already breaking under pressure?"
"I'm telling you that, that hairclip wasn't mine!" Haru looked at everyone to see the accusation in their eyes. She glanced at Maizono who looked at her the same way. "What the hell? You think it's me!" She gripped onto her podium facing a dilemma.
Maizono was on of my first real friends in this fuckin' place. All those are fuckers on my soccer team only liked me because I gave them something they couldn't achieve themselves! She was so nice to me! How could I do this? But I knew that if I didn't speak up, Sakura and Asahina would've been killed too.
There's no point in justifying what I did. I killed Maizono and Yamada.
"Kuwata, I know I haven't been the best of company but please back me up on this!" Haru cried out.
"What? Don't drag me into this!" The baseball player was worried.
"I didn't kill Yamada! Maizono did!" She accused the pop idol. Everyone was surprised by the accusation.
"Me?" Maizono was genuinely shocked by being pointed out as a killer. By the look on her face, she must've thought of Haru as a friend despite the short time together. That just made the words bitter.
"What are you talking about Takahashi-san?" Naegi questioned.
Haru swallowed down her doubts. "Last night, Kuwata was going to enter Maizono's room, but there was a problem. The room he was entering was next to mine that was suppose to be Naegi's room. Isn't that right Kuwata?" The baseball player was silent. The soccer player slammed her hands on the podium. "Isn't that right Kuwata?! IF YOU WANT TO LIVE THEN TELL EVERYONE THE TRUTH!"
"Extorting someone to confess won't necessarily mean they are honest." Togami pointed out.
"So confess to being the murderer already!" Fukawa shouted.
"Ye-yeah." Leon whispered loud enough. Glancing at a horrified Maizono. "Last night I was suppose to go into Maizono's room because she invited me to, but then Takahashi exited from her room that was just right next to the room I was going in. She got me to go back to my room. She said so herself that the door plates were wrong."
"Then Takahashi-san knew that Maizono-san was plotting murder just by the change of the door plates." Celestia said. "So you saved Kuwata-san's life but in exchange for Yamada-san's life. How tragically heroic of you."
"Wa-Wait!" Naegi called out. "Maizono couldn't have murdered Yamada! What was Yamada doing there?"
"That doesn't matter." Togami responded. "The real question was why did she do it."
"I'm telling you she didn't!" Naegi looked at Maizono who was silent with a terrified look on her face. "Maizono-san..."
"Did you switch rooms with her Naegi?" Haru asked reluctantly.
"What?..."
"Answer the question! Did you switch rooms with her?" Haru demanded.
"Y-yes! But-"
"It has to be Maizono-san." Asahina responded. "Now that I see it, Maizono-san has the same hairclips as Haru-chan. Right Sakura-chan?"
"Who's Sakura-chan?" Celestia questioned.
"That would be me." Oogami answered. There was a moment of silence.
Kirigiri spoke, "Asahina-san is right. They have similar hairclips and it appears one is missing when you usually have three Maizono-san."
The pop idol wished she hadn't instinctively had her hand feel for the missing one. It proved their point.
"Wa-wait!"
"It doesn't matter Naegi." Togami said.
"Yeah, are you trying to get us killed?!" Mondo questioned.
"No! Maizono-san would never hurt a fly!"
"Just because someone looks and acts pretty and innocent on the outside doesn't mean that's entirely who they are in the inside." Celestia retorted him with grace.
"By the turn of events," Kirigiri cut in, "The killer had taken the knife from the kitchen when no one was looking. She convinced Naegi to switch room and then secretly switched plates in order to lure Kuwata-san into a trap, but then because Takahashi-san exited her room at the opportune time and saw the plates, she convinced Kuwata-san to leave. The killer realized that Kuwata-san wasn't going to come and without a clear train of thought at a late hour, she decided to put back the knife so Naegi-san wouldn't find it. But then Yamada-san conveniently in the kitchen and saw the killer with the knife who took the opportune moment to kill him. In the moment of the kill, Yamada-san reached out and grabbed a hairclip from the killer without her noticing. The killer should none other than be Sayaka Maizono."
Everyone stared at the pop idol for an answer.
"Mai-Maizono-san, please tell me they're wrong. They're wrong! You guys must be plotting against her!" Naegi made a shocking accusation.
"Even if you guys have accomplices, it's the one who truly did it who gets to graduate!" Monobear said.
"It's even said in a journal." Togami showed his ElectroID as proof.
"So there is no point in teaming up against each other." Celestia said.
"Upupupupu!" The bear laughed. "Looks like you guys already knew who did it so let the voting begin!"
"WA-WAIT!" Naegi cried out.
"It's no use Naegi-kun." Maizono said.
"No, Maizono-" Naegi saw her smiling face. A smile that could brighten even a despairing moment like this for him.
"It's okay Naegi-kun because if I don't die, then you will die instead of me and I don't want that. Everything is true. I planned to kill Kuwata-kun last night."
"What the-?!" The baseball player was stunned.
"And I also planned on framing you but then Kuwata-kun wasn't showing up. I did decide to go back to the kitchen so you wouldn't find the knife in the room. I didn't think Yamada would be there. But since he was there, I immediately thought that I should take this chance, but I didn't know it would lead to this." Tears flowed down her smiling face. "I'm sorry for betraying you Naegi-kun."
"Maizono-san..."
I would never forget the look on Naegi's face. I saw that look before. A look of pure disbelief. As if his entire self but his body was running away from the event. Yet, Maizono-san, despite being the one to die, was the stronger one. I hated
She erased the d.
I hate myself for what I did.
"Let the voting begin!" The slot was drawn and Maizono was chosen as the killer. "Yahoo! You got the answer! The one to kill Hifumi Yamada was Sayaka Maizono!"
"Naegi-kun," Sayaka called out to him, "Don't tell yourself that this isn't happening. How can I tell? It's cuz I'm an esper. Just kidding!" She said the joke she told him since they met. "I need you to live on for me Naegi-kun, and still remember me as not the horrible person I am."
"You are not a horrible person Maizono-san! You were-We are all forced to do this! It's none of our fault! It's his!" Naegi pointed at the bear.
"Upupupupupu! Accuse me all you want but it is punishment time!"
The wall opened and grabbed Maizono by the waist.
"NOOOO! MAIZONO-SAN!"
SAYAKA MAIZONO'S FINAL PERFORMANCE
Maizono was placed on a stage shaped as a giant mantrap with a meter to score her. A mike was placed in front of her where she knew that she had to sing in order for the meter to be full to save her. She was close to fulfilling it but then Monobear destroyed it which triggered the failure condition. The mantrap slammed shut instantly killing her.
Everyone was horrified by the fouled death.
Naegi was the most horrified out of all of us that I thought that he'd go beserk attacking Monobear, but then Kirigiri stopped him reasoning that he shouldn't let Maizono's or Yamada's deaths be for nothing.
I don't know what tomorrow will bring. I just hope that it won't kills me. Emotionally I mean because I told Yamada that it was okay that night.
If only I didn't sound so sure of myself, he could've been alive.
Guilty,
Takahashi Haruna