Monokuma: Hello and welcome back, humans.

Monokuma: TemUltimate, like this if you cry every time. Pupupupu…

Monokuma: Cielo del Alba, he was too pure for this world. Such a precious cinnamon roll.

Monokuma: Rose the Jigglypuff. RIP Pikachu :(

Monokuma: Crappyfanfiction, thank you. I never found it scary, probably since I already know whodunnit. Upupupu.

Monokuma: Calm Cool Croc, if it was suicide there would've been a trigger warning. Jk, I'm Monokuma and I don't do trigger warnings lol. Anyway I just noticed that Luigi and Mario are twins just like best grill Junko and that other fat girl with no boobs.

Monokuma: MeMe of MeMes, I.

Monokuma: Anyway, Danganronpa and SSB don't belong to us. If it did, V3 would be much cheaper. Now I have to wait until the next sale to get it T.T

After the body discovery announcement, all the other students rushed into the art room to join Zelda, Bayonetta and I. As they saw Pikachu's body, the atmosphere in the room changed. The room that was once full of despair was no full of different emotions.

"W-we're all going to-a d-die," Luigi cried.

"We can't cry right now, we've got to find justice for Pikachu," said Ness.

"Who's going to stay to guard the body?" Bayonetta asked.

Samus and Jigglypuff volunteered to stay and with that, the investigation started.

I turned on my e-Handbook and read the Master File.

The victim was Pikachu Tajiri. He had sustained various injuries, including broken bones, before dying of suffocation. His time of death was just before the body discovery announcement.

Damn it, if only we'd entered sooner… He could have been saved…

Trying to ignore my emotions, I took a look at Pikachu's body. He really didn't deserve this cruel death. His mouth and nose were covered with a large piece of tape.

Truth Bullet #2 Pikachu's mouth and nose have been covered with tape.

A weird cable was tied around the yellow pokemon's neck. I tried to untie it but it was tied too tightly. I guess this is probably what killed him…

Truth Bullet #3 A cable had been tightly tied around Pikachu's neck.

There doesn't seem to be any more evidence on him. I should look around the art room now.

"L-link?"

"Yes, Luigi?"

"I-I think Pikachu committed-a suicide. He was only-a going out of his-a room for-a early breakfast and-a late-a dinner…"

"Did he show any suicidal tendencies?"

"I don't-a think so. Do you-a think Master Hand will-a execute someone randomly if-"

"You shouldn't think like that, Luigi," Ness interrupted, "You should help me investigate! Let's go take a look at his body again. Maybe we missed something. See you later, Link."

"Okay?"

Truth Bullet #4 Luigi said Pikachu only went out of his room to eat breakfast and dinner when no one was up.

That was a weird conversation…

I saw a hammer with some blood on it lying on the floor. The killer must have used it to break Pikachu's bones.

Truth Bullet #5 A hammer covered in blood was lying on the floor of the art room.

I was about to leave the room when something on the door caught my attention. A type of glue had been used on it. The killer must have used it to make it harder for Pikachu to escape. This reminds me of a game I played once.

Truth Bullet #6 There's glue stuck on the door making it hard to open.

I wonder where I should investigate now. Probably the cafeteria since it's the only place Pikachu visited.

In the cafeteria, I saw Kirby making himself a sandwich. He told me that he needed food in order to unlock his mind's true potential. I was about to tell the puff that he couldn't unlock his potential that way but Captain Falcon started yelling.

"Guys! Look at what I found in the trash can," he said showing us a trash can.

Kirby and I looked at him in confusion as he pulled out a photograph. It was a photo of some yellow creature with big ears.

"I wonder who-" I started before being struck with a realization, "Doesn't it look like Pikachu? Could this be…"

"Who is it, Link?" Kirby asked.

"I think this is Pikachu's brother."

"Pikachu has a brother?"

"Yeah, he mentioned him once. He said he was called Pichu."

"But how did Pikachu get a picture of his brother? I don't even have a photo of myself."

"I'm not sure. Maybe Master Hand gave it to him? He did leave a strange photo before."

"I think we need to investigate this room."

Truth Bullet #7 A photo of Pichu was found in the trash can by Captain Falcon.

"Ew, there's a notepad covered in juices and stuff," the driver shrieked in disgust as he lifted a notepad with illegible writing on it.

Truth Bullet #9 A notepad was found in the trash can. Juices and sauces have rendered the writing illegible.

This trash can is proving to be quite interesting. I never thought Captain Falcon could do something useful.

"I've noticed something, Link," Kirby cried angrily, "None of this food has been touched yet it's in the trash!"

Truth Bullet #10 There's a lot of untouched food in the trash can.

What a waste. I totally get why Kirby is so upset by this.

"Hey, why's the broken plate still on the floor?" the pink puff said sounding even more upset.

Truth Bullet #11 The broken plate is still on the floor.

That seems to be it for the cafeteria. Where should I head to now?

"Kirby, don't you think it's weird that the floor doesn't have any yellow fur on it?" Captain Falcon noticed.

"Hey, you're right for once. Pikachu had to have come here to eat, how come there's no actual evidence of him coming in here?"

"That's weird… Luigi said Pikachu came in here to eat breakfast and dinner," I recalled.

"We've definitely got to bring this up once we're in the trial," Kirby smirked, "Maybe there's some evidence in Pikachu's room."

After dealing with an annoying speech by Monokuma, Kirby, Captain Falcon and I managed to get into Pikachu's room to investigate.

The state of Pikachu's room really surprised me. I never saw him as the kind of person to have a tidy room with books. Maybe he liked reading despite being a mascot?

I got closer to a book stack on Pikachu's desk and noticed all the books were about Hope's Peak.

Truth Bullet #12 Pikachu appears to have kept multiple books about Hope's Peak in his room.

Was he trying to solve the mystery of the school on his own?

I continued my investigation and found a list in Pikachu's drawer. It was a list of all the classes in Hope's Peak from the first one to the sixty-second one.

Truth Bullet #13 A list of class 1 to class 62 has been found in Pikachu's drawer.

"Hey, do any of you know in which class we were supposed to be?" I asked.

"How am I supposed to know?" the puff replied.

"I think it was sixty-four," Captain Falcon answered.

"That's weird. If we're class sixty-four, what happened to class sixty-three?" I wondered.

"It isn't on that list? Maybe the list is two years old," Kirby theorized.

"Probably, the paper does look a bit old."

I continued looking around and noticed there were some leftovers and juice boxes in the trash can. Didn't Luigi say that Pikachu ate in the cafeteria? Maybe Pikachu only went to make food there and Luigi thought he was eating…

Truth Bullet #14 The leftovers and juice boxes in Pikachu's room seem to indicate that Pikachu ate in his room and not the cafeteria.

I looked around the desk once more to make sure I didn't miss anything and I found a note.

If you're reading this then I'm probably dead. I've been feeling really depressed and useless lately. So I've decided to do some research about Hope's Peak. Every night, I've been going to the archive in order to figure out as much as I can. But I think someone has been following me lately. I think they're going to kill me at night when no one will be able to come up with an alibi. I've left a box in the archive with some of my findings, I hope that person hasn't moved it. I think Link should keep the box (if it's still in the archive) in order to continue my research and get everyone who's still alive out of this school.

Pikachu

Truth Bullet #15 Pikachu left a note in which he wrote about his time in the archive and how he thought he was being followed by someone who wanted to kill him.

I showed the note to Kirby and Captain Falcon and they agreed to help me move the books in Pikachu's room to mine so that we'd be able to use them later.

After leaving the books in my room, the three of us went to the archive on the second floor. We found the box and opened it. There was a notebook, some photos and some books in it.

Truth Bullet #16 Pikachu left a box in the archive. It has a notebook, a few photos and some books in it.

I read a few pages of the notebook and was pretty interested but decided to stop as it didn't seem relevant to the trial. I told myself to make a mental note to read it later.

I looked through the photos in the box and noticed they all had "class 63" written at the back. The class seemed really weird. There were only fifteen students…

Oh, wait. There's this blond guy who's face is never visible. He was even pushed out of the official class photo by this blue haired girl, or maybe pretty boy, who seems way too happy in it. He seems really unlucky… Maybe he was the Ultimate Lucky Student…

"Link, did you notice that this blonde girl is always circled?" Kirby pointed out.

"She's almost as pretty as Samus. Almost," Captain Falcon said as I mentally face palmed.

"No… Maybe it's important to the case," I sighed.

"I thought you'd be the first to notice," the pink puff puffed.

"I kinda got distracted by the other students. She seems so normal compared to the others. I mean this big guy's got green skin, there's a giant turtle, a bird, this redhead is burning things, this-"

"Hey, this is Pichu's class!" the driver interrupted.

Truth Bullet #17 All the pictures of Pichu's class have a blonde girl circled in it.

I closed the box and noticed there was a bit of blood on it. A broken nail covered in blood was next to the box. It's definitely a human nail, someone must have been here before us. I wonder if this narrows down the suspects to only humans.

Truth Bullet #18 Someone seems to have broken their nail in the archive.

I took the box back to my room and heard the beautiful announcement I know and love.

*Ding Dong Ding Dong*

"Yeah, I'm bored… Everyone head to the red door in the first floor of the school area. It's time for the firs-I mean third class trial."

I headed towards the trial site while wondering where the others had investigated. It's kind of weird that I didn't see anyone else besides Kirby and Captain Falcon while investigating. I hope the others found useful clues.

Once I arrived, I noticed everyone was silent. Usually we all accuse each other but now we have no 'obvious' killer. No one here had a motive to kill Pikachu. He got along with everyone. So why did he get killed?

Sighing, I stepped into the elevator. Once everyone entered, the doors shut and the elevator started shaking. The shaking that was once the most disturbing feeling ever now felt familiar. Even the tension in the atmosphere felt familiar. I really hated how everything here was starting to feel normal…

When the doors opened, I noticed the trial ground had changed. It looked like a tropical jungle with lots of stacks of bananas everywhere. What kind of cruel joke was this?

"No need to praise me, boys and girls. I know we did a fantastic job," Master Hand giggled.

"We?" Zelda asked.

"Me and Monokuma, of course!"

"It's Monokuma and I, dumbass," Cloud corrected.

"Shut up! I'm the one in charge here. If I say it's me and Monokuma, it's me and Monokuma!"

"Master Hand, stop teaching everyone wrong things! How can you call yourself a principal?" the princess yelled angrily.

"She's-a right," Mario added.

"Oh, shut up, Italian plumber who never does any plumbing and is still fat despite doing sports."

"That's so mean!" Jigglypuff cried.

"Upupupupupu!"

"Shut up, Monokuma!" everyone, including Master Hand, yelled.

And with that, everyone took their usual spots and mentally prepared themselves for the trial. A trial that could have easily been avoided if only I had arrived in time. I wanted to cry but I knew Pikachu wouldn't want that. I had to solve this case for his, no, everyone's sake. The familiar feeling of contemplating about life and death filled my thoughts once more. I was prepared to jump into this fight between life and death once more. I had to make sure the killer didn't get away with murder. I had to make sure to keep the amount of deaths as small as possible. I needed to solve this case so that the innocent ones could live to see another day.

A/N: This is so late and we all have this amazing thing called school to blame. Since it's vacations right now, I hope I can get the trial done this week.

Also since I can't decide on who the sequel's protagonist shall be, I decided I'll let you guys decide. You can vote for anyone as long as they're a playable character in SSB. So if you want to vote for wire Little Mac instead of normal Little Mac you can, or maybe Dark Link. You can vote for any of the koopalings. You can vote for Alph, Samus but with armor, Luma without Rosalina.

You can vote for anyone really, except Young Link since I want to avoid time traveling or anyone who's already died. You can vote once per chapter and for as many characters as you like. You can even spam my inbox if you want to guarantee that your fav is in the story.

Anyway, the character with the most votes that I deem doable as a protagonist will be the protagonist. If they're from Melee, the two other characters with the most votes will appear as fellow participants. If they're not from Melee, only the runner up will appear as a fellow participant.

Hope you enjoyed and see you next chapter :)