A/N: I'm really pleased to be saying this. We have some fanart! Check out Second Term Semester by Little-Shy-Joker on Deviantart. Thanks a lot :D. uh... there are descriptions of blood and stuff in this chapter. So if you're like Toko, stay away.


''Whoever did it, confess now.''

Ryuka folded his arms and looked at the others scathingly.

''Nobody's gonna confess, dumbass.'' Moriko rolled her eyes. ''Whoever did this, did it because they want to get out. Why would they give up their chance of escaping? I wouldn't.''

''H-How can you be so calm...?'' Kanade murmured, trembling. ''S-S-Someone here i-is a murderer! They just killed o-one of our friends!''

''It's so horrible...'' Inshu nodded, looking around for some more alcohol, but there obviously wasn't any.

''Well, well, weeeeell!'' a familiar voice called, and once again Monokuma had appeared.

''What d'you want?'' Blackjack snarled.

''I have another little something for you! It's... THE MONOKUMA FILE!'' It gave out the said files, each with Monokuma File #1 written on them. ''In here is alllll the details - sorta - of the murder! You'll need to know this stuff if you want to survive, after all.''

Nanoko opened the file and read out its contents.

''Victim: Shiko Asane
Estimated time of death: 12 am
Location: AV Room
Cause of death: Deep stab wound from the shoulders to the lower back. There is also a large abdominal wound.
''

[TRUTH BULLET ADDED: 12 am]

[TRUTH BULLET ADDED: AV Room]

[TRUTH BULLET ADDED: Autopsy]

''Well, I'll be off! Have fun! I know I will!'' Without another word, Monokuma disappeared.

''Go away.'' Mavis called after him.

''Hey... maybe this was an accident? W-We don't know that someone... actually...'' Nero trailed off hesitantly.

''Yes, sure. A deep stab wound from the shoulders to the lower back is CLEARLY an accident.'' Ryota laughed, but it was a laugh without any real humour.

''We should begin... investigating.'' Sekai continued.

''Heartless.'' Moriko commented.

Sekai flushed. ''No, I... I see bodies a lot in my line of work... so I'm not... heartless, I'm just used... to it...''

''Yeah, whatever.''

Chikuma was crying, but everyone was feeling too shocked themselves to do anything about it.

''Awful... This is awful.'' Shioko said through gritted teeth. ''I can't believe this.''

Kouhei couldn't deal with it and ran off to the bathroom.

''...Sekai is right.'' said Inshu. ''No matter how we feel about this... If we don't solve the case, we'll all die too.''

Pressure returned, crushing as ever.

''H-H-Hey, um.'' Kanade spoke up. ''I-I know you've already worked this out, but... the w-weapon is missing. S-Should we start by finding that?''

''No thanks. Let's start with what we know. I'm not wasting the investigation period looking for a weapon.'' Ryuka replied.

''Something's odd...'' Sekai continued, getting into her element now. ''...About the position of the glasses, that is.''

''What?'' asked Inshu.

''Well... how come they're beside her, close to... the wall? Did she use her final moments taking them off? It's odd. Or did the killer put them there? If so, why?''

[TRUTH BULLET ADDED: Shiko's Glasses]

''Hey, guys.'' Ryota began, hesitantly drawing closer to the body. ''Apparently she died from a shoulder wound... Sounds a bit weird. Should we take a look?''

''Euugh... I don't want to see this.'' Chikuma turned away as Ryota prised Shiko's corpse away from the wall. Just as the Monokuma File said, there was a rather obvious flesh wound deep into her skin, all the way from the shoulders to her lower back. It looked as though it had been punctured with something small, but sharp, and the killer had just kept digging in. Random and erratic paths through arteries suggested a struggle.

''What's more, this blood is dried. The blood on her stomach... is fresher. Recent.''

[TRUTH BULLET ADDED: Difference in the Blood]

''That hurts to look at.'' Nero winced.

''What the hell is this?'' Mavis said, voicing what everyone was thinking.

''Did they really need to... stab her in the front too?'' Sekai frowned.

''Uuuugh, e-enough...'' retched Kanade.

''Yeah, shut the fuck up!'' cheered Shion.

Moriko made a small surprised voice. ''Hey guys, Shiko's DVD is still in this player! The screen's a bit cracked. Let's turn it on-''

''Uh-uh!'' Monokuma once again popped up, snatching the DVD. ''Sorry, but I can't let you look at that!''

''Why not?!'' Shioko folded her arms.

''The killer made a very reckless gamble,'' the bear responded. ''That's all I'm saying! Bye-bye!''

''...No hint coins for us...'' the gamer seemed dejected.

[TRUTH BULLET ADDED: The Killer's Gamble]

''W-W-While we're on the s-subject of those videos...'' Kanade began. ''Was it people y-you care about being hurt for you guys too?''

Yuki nodded yes.

''There was s-something very odd about mine.''

''Oh yeah? What?'' Blackjack asked.

''Well... I-I didn't recognise the people in it.'' she continued. ''T-There was a blown up grave, and a g-girl in a coma, but... I don't know who they were.''

[TRUTH BULLET ADDED: Kanade's Account]

''Something similar happened to me,'' Ryuka murmured thoughtfully. ''I didn't recognise the man in my DVD either.''

[TRUTH BULLET ADDED: Ryuka's Account]

A disgusted-looking Kouhei returned to the group, still not looking entirely functional.

''I found the weapon.'' was all he said.

''Recently you're finding everything, aren't you?'' Moriko sneered. ''The body, the weapon... Maybe it was you, Kouhei Sakae.''

''No! It wasn't!'' Kouhei shook his head frantically.

''What was the weapon?'' Nanoko asked him.

''This,'' he said, holding out a bloodstained knife. Ryota's eyes widened.

''Look familiar?'' Mavis asked. ''Of course it does, it's your bloody knife!''

Bloody in both the literal and the swear word sense.

''It was in the toilet.'' Kouhei elaborated.

''In the toilet.'' Shion repeated incredulously.

''The killer just... chucked the murder weapon down the pan?'' Nero asked.

''It seems so.'' Sekai said completely seriously.

''WHY?'' Chikuma wept, although whether she was talking about the knife's location or the fact the murder had even happened was unknown.

''Why did you kill her?'' Shioko's voice wavered.

''Hasn't it occurred to your dumb minds that someone's trying to frame me?!'' exclaimed an indignant Ryota.

''Maybe! But the fact remains; that knife's yours, and it killed her!'' Moriko scowled.

''Didn't we throw those away?'' Shion asked.

*Ding, Dong, Ding, Dong*

It's time for the class trial! Please meet up in the gymnasium.

''What?! But I don't understand anything! Uwaaaahh...'' Chikuma cried more.

''Stop being a baby. We all have to go through with this. You're not special.'' Ryuka said coldly.

With the knowledge that they could not all leave that place alive, they headed to the class trial.