Chapter 2, You got backstabbed
After an hour of searching all the students gathered in the cafateria. The seventeen students sat around a big table chatting among their selves. Shiro decided to take charge. "Okay everyone. Let's discuss our discoveries and try to make a map of this place." He looked around the group. "Who wants to go first?" Paulien took her pen and note block out ready to write everything down. Nasumi raised her hand. "We will go first!" she said excited. "Yamato and I found a locker room with our lockers, but they where locked. We also found some empty classrooms. Four where locked and the other six weren't. Everything was on the East side and the staircase to the next floor was locked with a gate." Shiro looked at Paulien. "Did you get that?" She nodded "Yep, loud and clear." Mona was the next to speak. "Mona and the others didn't find an exit. All the windows are sealed with steal plates, most of the doors are locked and the entrance is sealed with a big lock where you need to fill in a code of five numbers." The students panicked. I mean, it was now definite that they where locked up. "People, calm your tits!" Kyouko said/yelled. "Thank you Kyouko." Shiro said. "Okay, Ayumi wat did your group find?" The hairdresser stopped re-braiding her hair and started talking. "Well, we first discoverd this cafateria and the kitchen but in the kitchen we found a door. And it was unlocked! So we opened it and behind the kitchen is a whole inside garden! With animals, fruit, trees and other things!" Everybody looked in amazement. Who wouldn't, an inside gardan is pretty amazing.
"Well, I will go next." Fay said, flipping her hair over her shoulder. "So I walked around for a bit and discoverd a music room and movie room close to the dorms. And also a locked staircase, just like the weirdo and ahoge-girl." Haru sighted. "That's not nice Fay." "It's not nice, it's the truth." She replied with a smirk. "Good job Fay, who will go next?" Shiro asked. Melissa answered. "The three of us found the dorms. And just as promised, there where gifts waiting for us. We didn't open them yet. The dorms are devided in four groups. All the rooms are the same and already assigned." "Good." Loia said. "Minami, Shiro and I couldn't find any clues on who the Mastermind is. If it is even one person." Everyone nodded in agreement. They don't know anything about the one behind this. "And Nagisa, did you discover anything?" Shiro asked the know-it-all. "No, shut up!" He yelled storming out of the room.
"That was strange." commented Aki. "So what now?" Nasumi asked Shiro, who was silently chosen as the leader of the group. "Let's go check those gifts." All the students stood up and walked in groups to their rooms. One by one they opened the boxes, a small card waiting for them. On the cards were codes. Everyone looked in confusion at the cards. R was the first to go out of her room and walk to the locker room. She walked to the locker with her name on it and filled in the code. Klik-klak-klik, the locker opened.
Inside the locker was a picture of a family together with a little black box. Inside this black box were white framed glasses with a frameless upside. The red-head's eyes widened and she slammed the locker door back, before she ran off. R saw the others still confused about the codes. "The lockers." She said, no emotion in her voice, before locking herself up in her room.
The group walked to the locker room in silence. After seeing the thief's reaction they where not excited about opening their lockers. One by one the Ultimate's opened their lockers. Looks of despair, sadness and anger came over their faces. Only a few stayed emotionless. Melissa, Ota, Nasumi and Haru broke down crying. Their friends tried to comfort them. The students retreated to their rooms or other places in the building all thinking about one thing. 'Why?'
Around ten o'clock Mononeko's voice could be heard through the speakers. "Hello students! Night time starts now! That means no more access to some areas! Oh, and I forgot to tell you that you can find a student handbook in your dressers. Good night and see you tomorrow! Hopefully not all of you! Mumumumumumumumuuu." and the irritating high pitched voice of Mononeko disappeared. The students locked their rooms and went to sleep, unaware that one of them was already planning a crime.
The next morning around 10 o'clock another announcement was made. "Hello students! Sadly all of you survived the night. But new day new chances! Oh, I almost forgot! At one o'clock there is a meeting in the gym hall! See you all there! Mumumumumumumumu." And the announcement stopped.
All the students got out of bed and went to the cafateria for breakfast. They all sat down at the long table with bread, oatmeal, fruit and bagels. Paulien loaded her plate full with pancakes. The Ultimates chatted among their selfs, the despair of their situation almost forgotten. When he finished his oatmeal Yamato stood on his chair. "Ahem, attention everyone, I would like to say that I discoverd a small office in the west hall. I will be there from three o'clock untill six o'clock, if anyone needs help or someone to talk to." He said before sitting down again. "Thank you for sharing that with us Yamato. Now I think it would be good to decide a time when we all have breakfast, lunch and dinner." Shiro said. Everyone nodded in agreement. "Good what did you think about breakfast half past 10 am, lunch half past one am and dinner at seven o'clock." Again everyone agreed. Shiro looked at Paulien "Did you write that down?" She nodded and smiled. "Okay then meeting adjourd" Nasumi joked. After finishing there food everyone went their own way Paulien, Melissa and R retreated to Paulien's room to work out all her notes. A big group went to the indoor garden talking and joking. Loia and Kai went to the gym to train and the rest went their own way. Still unaware of the killer coming closer to finishing their plan.
At one o'clock everyone gatherd at the gymhall waiting for Mononeko. She appeard from behind the desk in the front waving her hand. "Hello students! I'm so glad all of you joined me for today's meeting! Well, not exactly, 'cause that means that no one is murdered yet... but I will let that slip for now. You all have a lot of questions about what you found in the lockers. Well, find out after you graduate!" Mononeko said smiling. Everyone knew that by graduating she meant murdering someone. "Now one of your classmates has an announcement to make! Miss Komaeda, please come forward." She said stepping to the side. Paulien walked to the front, a stack of papers in her hand. She cleared her throat. "As all of you know I am the Ultimate Journalist. And during these two days I took a lot of notes. Together with Melissa and R I worked these notes out and we made the first Hope's Peak Paper! I hope many more will follow and if you want you can come and get one in the front. Thank you." She smiled holding the papers tight. Mononeko took the word once again. "Well that was that, see you later bastards!" And she disappeared.
The tension in the air disappeared with Mononeko and the students all went to get a Hope's Peak Paper from Paulien. In the paper were articles about everything that happened that day and even an interview with Yamato. "This looks great Paulien!" Ayumi commented smiling. "Thank you Ayumi!" The brunette smiled back. Everyone took a paper for themselves and they went to do their own bussiness. At 3 o'clock Yamato went to his office, R was the only one who spotted him on the way. But after that the thief went off to who knows where. Someone walked to Yamato's office going inside.
At the dinner time everyone gathered in the cafeteria, Fay was surprisingly the first to arrive and Nagisa came in last. As the group sat around the tables Ayumi noticed something. "Hey you guys, where is Yamato?" She asked. "I saw him go into the office around 3 o'clock." R answered, emotionless as always. "Interesting, do you think he got murdered?" Paulien asked curiously. "D-don't say t-things like t-that." Ota said, afraid of what could have happened. "I think we should take a look in his office." Shiro thought. "We'll go!" Paulien said, standing up and dragging R and Melissa with her. The three girls went to Yamato's office. Their faces covered by the shadows, as if they sensed the despair that was awaiting them.
When they arrived at the office Paulien opened the door. Melissa took a glance inside and what she saw shocked her. "No… Why?" She whispered. After seeing the Actress' reaction the other girls also looked inside. Looks of despair appeared on their faces. "Mumumumumumu~ a body has been discoverd! You have time to investigate and after some time a classtrial will commence!" The announcement stopped and the students in the cafeteria where also shocked. One by one they walked to the other three girls. Some were just curious and some wanted to see the body.
As the group arrived at the crime scene they saw that the door was opened wide. And on the desk lay Yamato, a knife sticking out of his back. Mononeko was standing next to his head. "I see you have finally arrived, bastards! And finally, a murder has occured! You can find the details in your student-handbook. Good luck with the investigation!" And with that she disappeared again. "You're sick! Mononeko is sick!" Kyouko yelled at the camera. Ota was sitting on the ground next to Melissa and Ayumi. "W-Who would do so-something like this?" He asked, tears streaming down his cheeks. The girls next to him were also crying. "Well, you could say he was backstabbed." Paulien said a little smirk on her lips. "Badum, tsss..." replied R. "Do you think this is funny?!" Kai yelled at the two girls. "Why are you so angry, Kai? You are the Ultimate Assassin, right? Aren't you used to seeing bodies?" Loia asked, curious. "SHUT THE FUCK UP!΅ Kai yelled, blushing and running out of the room. "And he's gone... good job Loia!" Paulien said smirking. "Thank you, I think." The spy replied. "Are you seriously ignoring that someone just got murdered?!" Shiro looked at the girls like they where crazy. "We're not ignorig it. We're denying it happend." Paulien replied writing something down in her notebook.
Mean while Haru was reading the file out loud. "Victim: Yamato Okumura Ultimate Psychologist, time of death: 3:30 p.m., cause of death: a hit to the head with a blunt object, stabbed in the back with a knife and strangled. Weapons: Kitchen knife, blunt object and strangling. Place of death: Westhall office." he said as everyone listened. "Now we just have to figure out who did it." Loia stated. "I bet Kai did it, I mean he is the Ultimate Assassin." Fay said crossing her arms. "You have a point." Aki agreed with her. "Guys I don't think we should just blame people like that." Ayumi defended Kai. "Yeah Ayumi is right!" Nasumi said trowing her fist in the air "We need to work together to overcome the despair of this situation and hope will win!" She said smiling. "Beautiful speach girl but you know that's not gonna work." Aki said. "The designer is right, we need to find out who did this." Loia stated simply. Everyone nodded in agreement. "And they will get punished mumumumumumu~" Mononeko said suddenly apearing again. "I forgot to say that you have a time limit! After some time we will hold a trial to decide who the killer is! Good luck!" And the cat was gone again. "God dammit we even have a time limit!" Mona said angry. Nagisa just laughed "This is easy as pie. That you idiots just can't figure it out isn't my problem." He said walking out of the room. And so the investigation began.