Ryoko had been brought into a courtroom to attend her trial and be judged for the crime she had committed as Enoshima Junko. The guards made her sit on a chair, and handcuffed on of her hand to it. The red haired girl had barely slept, so she was extremely tired, and dizzy. It was hard for her to focus, despite the serious situation she was in. She already knew how it was going to end, she just want to get over with this, even if she was going to be most likely executed.
The Ultimate Analyst looked around her. The people present were some Future Foundation's members. She guessed it by the way they were clothed and the fact that Munakata, Sakakura and Yukizome were with them. There was also a bunch of teenagers that Ryoko didn't know, but since Naegi, Kirigiri, Mukuro and Sayaka was with them, they must be her classmates. She then looked behind her and saw that Tengan was the judge.
"Munakata-san already proposed himself to prove this woman's guiltiness, but is there anyone who want to be her lawyer and defend her?" Tengan asked.
Everyone in the room remained quiet. Ryoko wasn't even surprised. Who would want to defend the person who had doomed the world to despair? If no one propose themselves, then she would have to defend herself, and she already had planned to just plead guilty and get over it quickly, and accept her fate, even if it was death.
Suddenly, someone raised their hand, but from where Ryoko was, she couldn't see who it was.
"Very well. Munakata-san, Naegi-kun, you can come here. The trial will begin." the old man said.
Ryoko as somewhat surprised to see someone taking her defense, but at the same time, it was Naegi's type to act this way. Even if she was grateful to him to defend her, she would have prefer if he didn't. She didn't feel like she deserved his kindness.
"Munakata-san, you can begin with the accusation." Tengan said.
The white haired man approached Ryoko and gazed at her with coldness, before he looked at the audience.
"Everyone, this woman is Enoshima Junko, the one known as the True Ultimate Despair. She's responsible for the Tragedy that sank the world into despair, causing the death of billion of people. She may looks different, but she's still the same person who doomed the world..." Munakata began to say.
"Objection!" Naegi suddenly interrupted.
"Objection accepted. You can go Naegi-kun." Tengan said.
"This girl isn't the Enoshima Junko we knew. Her name is Otonashi Ryoko and she isn't the same as Enoshima. She may have been once Enoshima, but she lost her memory and is a total different person. She's innocent because she doesn't remember her crimes and doesn't have Enoshima's lust for despair."
"The DNA test proves that this woman is indeed Enoshima Junko, but we can't prove that she is truly amnesiac, she could be pretending. But even if it was true, it doesn't erase the crimes she had committed. Erasing her own memory could have been a way for her to escape justice."
As the two continued to argue over Ryoko's amnesia, Tengan decided to stop that debate and Munakata began to bring people to the witness stand. The first one he called was Mukuro.
"Ikusaba-san, is that woman your sister?" Minakata asked.
"She's...biologically yes, but...she's not the sister I used to know. She isn't Junko anymore." the soldier replied.
"So you're telling me she's really amnesiac? Why would your sister erased her memory?"
"To...to bring more despair upon herself. My sister she's...she was obsessed with despair, she was so used to feel it...so she couldn't feel it as much anymore. This must be why she...erased her memory, to erase her despair...and caused new one to herself...no, to her amnesiac personality, Ryoko. This girl isn't Junko, she's just a victim of my sister's lust for despair, she's the one paying for Junko's crimes. She never asked to exist, and she shouldn't pay for what her old self did, she has no memory of this and she isn't the same as Junko. She's innocent!"
After Mukuro's testimony, Naegi brought Sayaka to the witness stand. The former Ultimate Idol confirmed that after the time she spent with Ryoko, she can guaranty that she is a total different person from Junko. Kirigiri also claimed this. Munakata then brought Sakakura to the witness stand, and he just talked about all the horrible things Junko did and that even amnesiac, they shouldn't forgive her. Yukizome also approved, but because it might be possible for Ryoko to became Junko again, so it was too risky to let her live.
"I want to interrogate the accused herself." Munakata asked.
"Permission granted." Tengan replied.
"Thank you." the white haired man said, before turning towards Ryoko. "Tell us, who are you exactly?"
"I...I'm Otonashi...Ryoko. Until now, I thought that I was...the Ultimate Analyst. I eventually understood that prior to my amnesia, I must had been an Ultimate Despair, but...I never expected to be Enoshima Junko. I'm...I'm truly sorry for what I did!"
"Apologizing isn't the point. Are you really amnesiac? You aren't pretending just to avoid facing your crimes?"
"No! I'm amnesiac! I really don't remember anything apart from what I had been told about Enoshima Junko's actions."
"Very well, since you're claiming to tell the truth, I think no one here would have a problem if we make sure of it in a more provable way. May I ask for the assistance of Kimura Seiko?"
"You have my permission." Tengan agreed.
Suddenly, a woman with gray hair that was hiding one of her eye and wearing mask that was covering her mouth approached from Ryoko. The latter guessed that she must be the Kimura he was talking about. Ryoko then noticed that the woman was holding a syringe filled with some liquid.
"Wait!" Naegi exclaimed as he blocked Kimura's way. "What is this? What do you intend to do?"
"Using a truth serum on her, obviously. It's the only way to be sure she isn't lying. Don't worry, Kimura is a professional, she knows what she do." Munakata replied.
With some hesitation, Naegi finally let Seiko continued her way. The grey haired woman positioned herself in front of Ryoko. She gazed at the one known as the True Ultimate Despair with some worries, before she approached the syringe from her arm. She then took her arm, and strung her with the syringe, while behind careful because of Ryoko's injuries. After she had injected the truth serum, she recoiled a little bit, while still remaining close.
The red haired girl felt suddenly dizzy and strangely calm. After few minutes, the trial continued.
"I need you to answer some of my question." Kimura began. "First, what's your name?"
"Enoshima...Junko...I think."
"Do you suffer from amnesia?"
"Yes...my memory had been removed."
"And you still have recovered it?"
"I...I had some dreams...they were flashbacks of my past...as Enoshima Junko. And recently, I...I see her, hear her, and I even began...to remember by childhood."
"And do you think there's a chance that Enoshima junko came back?" Munakata suddenly asked.
"...without any doubt. Slowly but surely, Enoshima Junko is regaining control over my body, and when she'll succeed, she will be stronger and even more despaired then before."
Munakata suddenly turned towards Tengan.
"As you can see, the one who claimed to be the Ultimate Analyst, who's currently under a truth serum, admitted herself that she'll eventually be Enoshima Junko again." Munakata said.
"Then we just have to erase her memory again, or try to reform her...!" Naegi tried to argue.
"You really think that this is a life for this amnesiac personality? To always lose her memory, to never have an identity? And there's no way someone like Enoshima Junko could be reform." the white haired man retorted.
As Naegi and Munakata began to argue, Tengan suddenly clear his throat.
"I've take my decision. Even thought this amnesiac girl is innocent, unfortunately she shared the same body as Enoshima Junko, and there's a high possibility that she regains her memory and became even more dangerous. We can't risk that. The safety of the majority prevails on the minority. We can't risk to lose anymore lives just to save one. This is why, I declare that Enoshima Junko, currently known as Otonashi Ryoko, will be executed by lethal injection."
Suddenly, all the noises around Ryoko became inaudible. Even her vision was blurry. She couldn't know what was currently happened around her. The only thing she was certain of was that she was going to die soon.
A strong feeling of despair overtake her. She had realized that the only reason she came to exist was to fall into despair, as Junko as always planned for her. She was truly fated to despair after all.
Then, she realized that there was something sitting on her laps. It was a strange black and white teddy bear with a demonic look.
"Upupu, looks like your trial is finished and you have been voted as the blackened."
"Who...who are you?" Ryoko asked.
"Ah come on you bastard, ya can't have forget 'bout me! I'm Monokuma! Now, get ready, because soon, it'll be your execution. Yup, that's right, it'll be...PUNISHMENT TIME!"
Things don't sound good for Ryoko! How is is going to end for her?
Btw, the story is about to finish soon, be ready!