Chapter 1: Party 'til Midnight at Hope's Peak Academy

Part(y) 4!

"I would go investigate." I offered as I slowly ebb towards the exit of the gym. The scream that originated from the corridor seem to shaken a few people up.

"Oh no you don't!" I felt a tug on my jacket from behind halting my motion. I rotated my head 90 degrees to the right and saw Kohana. "You guys have done enough snooping around for one day." The Ultimate Drill Team Dancer declared.

"Fine...it someone was go then I will do it…" James seemed reluctant to do it.

"I WILL GO TOO!" Masaaki roared before letting go of Isobel and rushed towards the exit.

"Food!" Isobel screamed as she dashed towards the platters.

"HIYAAAAA!" Kohana sprinted towards Isobel and sidekicked Isobel in her flabby stomach knocking her back and resulted in her landing on the floor on her butt.

"Owww…" The eater groaned as he rubbed her backside.

"The food is for the party!" Kohana scolded her before turning to face me. "So Taka, what was with all this suspicious behaviour?"

"I don't know what you are talking about." I took one step back as Kohana leaned forward towards me in an intimidating manner.

"After Monokuma's motive I saw you and Hayato going upstairs for no apparent reason. Then I see Hayato spend ages in the storage cupboard of the gym." Kohana stated.

"Leave Takahashi out of this." Hayato interjected as he slid in between Kohana and me. "If you need to confront anyone it should be me."

"Kohana relax! He should not be turning on each other like this!" Botan told her.

"Owww..." A drowsy moan broke the tension in the air. I rotated my head 90 degrees clockwise to the origin the noise and I see Masaaki carrying Amy in his hands like a father cradling his daughter. Her left leg dangled over Masaaki's left lower arm as blood drizzled from the top of his head. Masaaki slowly placed her on the floor. James and Hirano followed behind.

"What happened? Was she attacked?!" Colette asked as everyone crowded around Amy.

"She fell down a flight of stairs." Hirano replied.

"Is she okay?" Isobel asked.

"She fell down a flight of stairs what do you think?"James responded sarcastically.

"It appears she has dislocated her angle as well." Daisuke crouched down analyzing Amy's left foot.

"There should be a first aid kit in the storage room." Masaaki spoke out.

"Allow me!" Collete spoke out in a polite manner as she departed for the gym's storage room.

"Hayato, where the heck have you been?" Hirano asked. "It doesn't take 20 minutes to move stuff to the gym."

"I lost my way. I apologise." Hayato said.

" I sent Tora to look for you 'cause you were taking so long!" Hirano added. Hirano rotated her clockwise then anticlockwise as if she was looking for someone. "Hey where is Tora anyway?"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" A scream of horror echoed in the gym. Loud crying slowly followed the scream.

"What the heck? Not again…"James sighed.

"That sounded like Colette…" Homura said in a worried tone as she swiftly moved towards the gym's storage room. Suddenly everyone (excluding Amy) moved towards the gym's storage room where we had our first glimpse of despair.

Blood was sprinkled throughout the floor like chocolate chips on cookies. On the gym mats and the paint cans, the rack of swords and the boxes; they were splattered in blood, and at the centre of the room was Tora laying on the floor stomach down...with a sword erecting from his back, his skin stained red with blood.

"*DUN**DUN**DUN**DUN* A body has been discovered!" Monokuma appeared on the monitor that was in the gym's storage room. "After a certain amount of time, a class trial will be held!"

"SACREBLEU!" Colette cried out as was sitting on the floor as tears poured down her cheeks.

"Tora...it can't be…" Homura spoke in an upset voice. Daisuke approached Tora's body, crouched down and pressed his two fingers on Tora's neck.

"He is deceased…" Daisuke spoke in the calm manner before returning to his two feet.

"I can't believe this…"Kohana mumbled as she turned her head to the side.

"Damn…" James remarked.

"Tora! Why would someone do this to you…" Hirano fell to her knees crying.

"TORA!" Botan wailed as he was on the brink of weeping.

"He was stabbed in the back...such cowardly actions! NO MAN WITH BALLS WOULD DO THIS!" Masaaki exclaimed.

"Hey guys! What was with Momokuma's announc…" Tomo stopped speaking as she arrived at the gymnsium along with Akira. Both were hold platters of food. She suddenly downed

"What the…" Akira looked petrified as she glanced at Tora's corpse. Her body started shaking before she dropped the platter of food breaking the silence that filled the air. I slowly took of my hat and pressed it against my chest.

"Who the hell did this!" Tomo roared.

"AHHHHHH YES! This is AMAZING!" Monokuma appeared out of nowhere. His whole body was shivering from what like enjoyment and sweat poured down his body. "Finally one of you committed murder spreading despair…"

"One of us…" Hirano spoke out as she has calmed down since her freaked out.

"Yep one of you killed Tora and now it means own of you gets the opportunity to…" Monokuma started prancing around on the spot as he twirled around like ballerina. "GRADUATE!"

"So one of you idiots were finally murdered." Teinosuke arrived on the scene. "So this is the reason you called me Monokuma...to the see the corpse of a complete oath." Teinosuke's comments ,as usual, provoked some people.

"Nope, I came to explain the Second Stage of Summer Killing School Life!" Momokuma explained. "Now that a murder has been committed, the students must try and figure it out whodunnit! If the students guess correctly then I will punish the blackened but if the students guess incorrectly then I will punish everyone besides the blackened and they will earn the right to leave this school."

"What you mean by punishment?" Hayato asked.

" Let's just saying some of you will be axed...maybe even literally!" Monokuma giggled. "Pupupupu...HAHAHA!" Monokuma roared in laughter. "You have limited time to collect evidence before we discuss it in a class trial! IT'S INVESTIGATING TIME!" Monokuma yelled. "Which means it's time for Monokuma's File!" Monokuma placed an electronic tablet on the floor close to Tora's corpse. The bear vanished. Suddenly I felt a vibration my pocket. I reached my hand into it and withdrew my e-Handbook just like everyone else.

*ALERT*

New rules have been added to the Rules section

I eventually navigated to the rules section to see the new rules:

Rule #8: Once a murder takes place, a class trial will begin shortly thereafter. Participation is mandatory for all surviving students.

Rule #9: If the guilty party is exposed during the class trial, they alone will be executed.

Rule #10: If the guilty party is not exposed, they alone will graduate, and all remaining students will be executed.

"This is such a waste of time…" Teinosuke remarked before departing.

The rules just appear to confirm what Monokuma just said. I pondered as I placed my e-Handbook back into my pocket. Colette slowly ebbed towards me.

"Taka...you are a prosecutor right?" Colette sobbed. I nodded my head before placing my hat back onto my head. "Can you please find out who did this!"

"Yeah, you are the Ultimate Lawyer, right? If anyone can bring justice it's you!" Botan exclaimed.

"I will do it!" I accepted speaking in a much more serious manner. I walked towards the tablet and picked it up.

"I shall help him. My tracking abilities should come in handy!" Tomo offered.

"The rest of us should leave them to it…" Homura suggested as she was comforting Akira who was still pale,

"Agreed…" Kohana said before everyone departed minus Daisuke.

"Daisuke are you here to help us?" I asked but I received no response as he and Tomo started analysing the scene.

INVESTIGATION START!

"Hey Taka…" I turned around and saw Isobel. "If it helps I noticed that Hayato and Teinosuke both spent a long time in the room." Isobel informed.

"Understood!" I acknowledged Isobel statement.

Truth Bullet Added - Isobel's Testimony

Isobel swiftly departed before I pressed a button on the Monokuma's File tablet revealing a logo while Daisuke was wandering around the room.

MONOKUMA'S FILE #1

Victim Name:Torahiko Hideyoshi

The time of death was around 6:45 pm

The body was found in the Gym's Storage Room

The cause of death impalement in the back.

No other wounds are present.

Truth Bullet Added - Monokuma's File #1

"Now time to move onto the crime scene." I mumbled to myself before my eyes moved onto Tora's body which was resting on top of a mat. The blade that penetrated Tora's back looked familiar. It's golden handle glistened, the name 'Minatoya' was on the handle.

Truth Bullet Added -Sword

"Taka...come check this out…" Tomo spoke out as she was crouching near the edge of mat. I walked over to her. She lifted up the mat revealing a golden liquid that was partially dried.

"What is it?" I wandered.

"From the smell and viscosity it appears to be paint." Tomo reported as she was sniffing it. She stood up turned around. "They must have come from these paint cans." I picked one up and realised it was lighter than it should be.

Truth Bullet Added - Paint spillage

Just when I was about to place the paint can down, something caught my attention on the can. There was a label which said:

Property of Hope's Peak Academy's Drama Department.

Truth Bullet Added - Label on Paint Can

"This is strange…" Daisuke spoke.

"What is?" I asked.

"According to the Gym's Equipment list they are supposed to be two swords with sheaths for each one on this rack. However there is only one " Daisuke realised as he was holding the Gym's Equipment list.

Truth Bullet Added - Gym's Equipment List

"Maybe one of the swords was the murder weapon?" Tomo suggested.

"No I don't think so. For some reason I feel like I have seen the murder weapon before." I informed them. The safe?! I realized. That looks like the sword I saw in the safe.

"I have to check something...I will be right back!" I dashed out of the gym's storage room.

"Hey...how is the investigating going?" Hayato called out but I didn't respond as I dashed out. After a while I arrived at the room where the safe was located. The safe had no visible damage and was still closed.

Truth Bullet Added - Safe storing Teinosuke's Sword

"Dammit I do not have the safe combination…" I muttered.

"So what's the safe?" I heard a feminine voice behind me and saw Kohana. "I have been watching you Taka...now tell me…did you kill Tora?"

"No I swear I didn't." I responsed instantly as Kohana was intimidating me.

"Then why are you snooping around?" Kohana raised one eyebrow.

"Fine. After your fight with Teinosuke we hid Teinosuke's sword in this safe. The reason I did not tell you was because we did not want Teinosuke to find out." I explained. Despite this Kohana was still glaring at me seriously but it slowly morphed into a face of belief.

"I believe you Taka...you don't seem to be the type of person to kill." Kohana said resulting in me sighing. Eventually we left the room and returned to the gymnasium.

"Taka… I went to check the weapons that Monokuma provided but from the looks of it none of the weapons have been taken." Jester and Colette approached me as Jester was nodding franctically. "See…" Colette showed a picture which had all of Monokuma's blades on her camera

Truth Bullet Added - Monokuma's Blades.

"Don't run of like that Taka…" Tomo told me.

"Sorry...I just needed to collect more information." I responded.

"Do you have an idea of who it could be?" Tomo asked.

"To be honest...no…" I replied feeling disappointed with myself.

"Hey Taka…" Amy approached me as she spoke weakly. She was now conscious.

"Hey Amy? Are you feeling better?" I asked.

"Yeah I guess…" She rubbed her head. "I can't believe he's...you know…"

"Neither can Iand to think one of us did i…" I stopped speaking as Amy abruptly hugged me.

"Taka...I believe you can find the truth...you can do it…" She released me and I am pretty sure I was blushing at the time.

"I will do it!" I said now a bit fired up.

"Guys...I am beary bored right now! So the class trial will start soon! Everyone please make their way to the main entrance." Monokuma spoke via the monitor.

"I know he said limited time but that was barely any at all." Hirano commented.

The battle between the Blackened and the Spotless is about to begin.