Celestia

LIVES CUT Class Trial (2)

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Now that I'm cleared, I should ask Hagakure about that.

"Hagakure-kun, I have a question for you."

"M-me?"

He's not meeting my gaze? Suspicious…

"About that crystal ball of yours…" Wait, if I interfere too much, Naegi won't get the spotlight. I don't really want Togami to drag me around the next investigation…

"Naegi-kun has a question about it."

"Eh? I do?" He gave me a puzzled look.

"Ask him about that, Naegi." Kirigiri added.

"What is that?"

Pretty sure that Naegi did his epiphany anagram thing inside his head and finally asked Hagakure about that. That, being his crystal ball if you still don't get it.

"M-My crystal ball? I lost it last night…" He stuttered. He ruffled his extraordinary hair and looked away. I wonder if that is his habit… whenever he lies that is. I'll have to make sure though, he may have really lost it and then Leon found it somewhere. If so, where did the blood on it come from?

Hagakure testified that he lost his crystal ball around afternoon but was refuted by Naegi. Naegi told him that Fukawa clearly witnessed him with his crystal ball last night as he entered Leon's private room.

"W-what are you talking about?! Besides, why would I visit Kuwata-chi?" He ruffled his hair again. When he lies, he tends to ruffle his hair huh. Better keep that in mind. It might come in handy in the future.

"Why are you lying?" I finally asked.

"What do you mean…?"

"You have a habit of scrunching your nose when you lie." I can't tell him his true habit can I? He might try to fix it… It's good but not now. Not while we're still trapped in this school with the class trials and etc.

"Eh, I do?" His eyes widened in surprise.

"Fufu~ I lied. However, you have just confirmed that you indeed lied to us."

Hagakure eventually gave up under Naegi's persuasion and told us the whole truth. Apparently, Leon wanted him to see his future; to see if he would become a successful vocalist. Hagakure told him that he would be a famous baseball player instead. Leon refused to believe Hagakure and called him a sham. In the heat of anger, Hagakure punched Leon and walked out of his room, leaving his precious crystal ball. Hagakure thought that it would be awkward to go back in to retrieve his crystal ball and decided to get it back the next day instead.

"So that was how Kuwata-kun got the bruise on his right cheek?" Asahina thought aloud.

"I didn't mean to punch him that hard." Hagakure answered.

"Eh? Did I say that out loud?"

Sakura merely nodded in silence.

So the bruise on his right cheek was caused by Hagakure… If so, the crystal ball was probably used to knock Leon out. Despite his looks, he is still the Super High-School Level Baseball Player. He's not that weak.

Bruise on Leon's right cheek
White bobby pin – Inside Leon's fist
Blood Stained Crystal ball
Walls had scratch marks all over
Kuwata Leon's room's clean state (Roll cleaner)
1120L
Celes disc found inside Leon's dustbin – by Togami
Missing knife
Fukawa saw Hagakure entering Leon's room

Alright… 5 solved so far. I should re-start the debate on the missing knife. Only 3 people could have taken that knife: Sakura, Asahina and Sayaka who were in the kitchen. Asahina and Sakura had alibis, which leaves Sayaka without one.

"We should get back on the missing knife then." I suggested.

"Yes. That has been bothering me." Kirigiri nodded in agreement and took a glance at Yamada.

Well, it was Yamada who suggested that we should change the topic… I wonder why though.

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"If Asahina and I did not take the knife," Sakura began. "Then the only one who could was Maizono."

"Sakura-chan and I were together the whole time. So if either of us slipped a knife out, the other would know."

"The whole time…?" Fukawa bit her nail and asked.

"Un…" Asahina nodded.

"…" Sayaka kept silent.

"Maizono…san?" Naegi glanced at her.

"Let's say that hypothetically, I did take the knife. How did I kill Kuwata-kun?" She finally asked.

"Hn." Kirigiri smiled. "Confident, aren't we?"

"W-what?"

"I found a crumpled note inside Kuwata-kun's trashcan," Kirigiri revealed. She dug out a crumpled piece of paper and presented it.

"Kuwata-kun,

I wish to discuss something with you. I'll meet you at your room at 11pm, an hour after Night Time.

Maizono Sayaka."

Naegi read out loud.

"That… I won't accept it." Sayaka glared at Kirigiri. "There's no proof that I wrote that! Besides, what about his dying message? 1120L." She gave an idol like smile.

"About that…" Chihiro spoke up. "I had Celes-san write it out and… etto…" Chihiro who could never hurt a fly, how could he ever accuse somebody else of murder?

"It says IDOL. It is written slightly cursive though." I revealed. "Kuwata-kun was a right handed was he not? He had something hidden inside his fist. He did not want to risk the culprit finding it. Therefore, he had to use his left hand. Of course, it turned out into a sprawl but with Chihiro-san's help, I managed to decipher it." These words seemed to be naturally coming out of my mouth. I don't feel like myself somehow.

"IDOL… you say?" Sayaka said softly, almost as if she was whispering.

"The hidden item inside is a white bobby pin. Does it look familiar, Maizono-san?"

"… As I thought, killing a person… I can't do it." She broke down and cried.

… She admitted to her crime? Huh…?

She began telling us how the murder came to.

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An hour or so before Night Time, Hagakure visited Leon to do this fortune. Leon who refused to believe his future was punched by Hagakure. Hagakure then left his room, leaving his crystal ball behind.

Sayaka went into the kitchen to get her knife as planned. However, Sakura and Asahina witnessed her.

Minutes before Night Time, Sayaka visited Naegi to start her plan. However, I was inside Naegi's room and Sayaka changed her mind.

Sayaka wandered around the place and found Celes' disc inside the A/V room's dustbin. Desperate, she made a new plan. She wrote a letter to Leon and hid the disc inside her skirt's pocket

At 11pm, she visited Leon. She was hesitant until Leon said those words.

"Being an Idol must be pretty easy right?"

Sayaka unclipped one of her bobby pin and threw it under Leon's bed while he was not looking. She requested him to help her. While his back was facing her, she quickly stabbed him and staggered away. She hurriedly cleaned the room with the roller but didn't notice that Leon was still alive. He managed to hide her bobby pin and leave a dying message. Sayaka who noticed this grabbed the crystal ball and hit his head with it.

"Why did you admit it?" I asked.

"… I was unable to bear it… the guilt of killing another person. Besides, I didn't want to disappoint my fans…"

"Upupu! It seems that you have reached your conclusion! Well then, let's get voting!" Monokuma announced. "Press the switch in front of you to vote, you bastards! Oh, and don't think of not voting anyone. Wouldn't want to be punished, would you?" It giggled like a little girl.

"Well, since the culprit confessed it's not really fun but… the culprit who killed Kuwata Leon was Maizono Sayaka!"

Celestia

Omakes

1. The Crane (1)

"M-maizono-san! You dropped this!"

A boy who had brown hair with light, grey brown eyes said. He wore a brownish green hoodie, black jeans and red sneakers. He was rather short for his age. It felt kind of weird to be taller than him…

"Thank you!" I flashed him a smile. I wondered if there's something wrong… he wasn't meeting my gaze.

"Ah… uhm here you go!" He handed my handkerchief back and ran off before I could say anything.

Weird… that was my first impression of Naegi Makoto.

"Maizono-chan came to school today!" I heard one of the students yelled.

Did I introduce myself yet? I am Maizono Sayaka, an idol. I'm currently the singer of the most popular idol group in Japan. Etto… I have long dark blue hair with several hair clips and blue eyes. I'm usually seen in my sailor school uniform.

Exams are a month away, therefore, the group decided to take a break to study. I barely attended lessons due to my busy schedule. I had to admit that it was great though, seeing those smiles on my fans' faces. I should do my best in the exams and not disappoint my fans!

"Maizono-chan, welcome back!" I was welcomed back warmly by my classmates.

All of them started asking questions about other idols and my future activities. I answered them one by one patiently until the bell rang.

Ah~ I totally didn't understand what the teacher was teaching about. I should review on my own at home later… Are all seventh grade questions so hard to understand? Or maybe it's just me…

"News!" a student abruptly slammed opened the door and yelled. "There's a crane in the school pond!" He announced.

A crane…? I wonder if it got lost.
Curious, I stopped whatever I was doing and walked out of the classroom.

There was a crowd forming around the school pond when I arrived. Everyone was staring at the poor bird. I managed to make my way to the front. I was curious. It's not often that you would see a crane, especially in a school pond.

I marveled at the sight of the crane. It was big, bigger than normal cranes. I could hear the teachers nearby discussing about it. They weren't sure what to do about it.

Just then, a familiar-looking boy wearing a pair of red sneakers walked towards the crane and led it into the forest behind the school.

Where have I ever seen that boy before?

Thanks Arii-Hime for beta-ing this :)

I'm sorry if the quality dropped. I wrote this in a rush.

The next chapter will be one Sayaka's execution and 2 or more omakes. It would be out in either Mid September or Late October.

I'm really sorry for delaying this chapter for such a long time. I was busy with school activities and test. I had like 4 tests in a week.

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