This is not a main chapter since it's short. It's just what happens while Chiari passed out from the body discovery.

Now other characters get to be the main protagonist for once! Yay!

Oh! And happy belated birthday to me! And happy early birthday to Mami Akiyama! Just saying... Not that you guys care x3.

"A body has been discovered! Please meet in the cafeteria immediately for details!"

"At this hour?" Naoki ruffled his hair while sitting up from bed. "Wait, a body!?"

Naoki jumped out of bed and slammed the door open.

"BODY! BODY! GUYS!"

"Wha?" Sousuke rubbed his eyes and exited his room.

"Are all boys this obnoxious?" Sora stretched and shut her bedroom door.

"A corpse! Sousuke, Sora, someone murdered!" Naoki yelled.

"What!?" Sousuke said in shock. "I didn't know it would happen this early."

"C'mon! We have to go to the cafeteria, before we miss anything," Naoki waved for them to follow him.

"If you insist..." Sora groaned and reluctantly ran along.

Naoki, Sousuke, and Sora's footsteps echoed throughout the quiet lobby as they ran down the stairs and busted open the cafeteria doors. Everyone jumped and turned towards them in surprise.

"Geez! Not so loud!" Reiko flinched.

Naoki looked at the others around them. They all had worried expressions on their faces, and still in their pajamas.

"W-What did M-Monokuma meant by a b-body h-has been found?" Mami trembled.

"Doesn't matter. Who cares?" Ayano sighed.

"Ayano, that's very insensitive!" Akira pouted.

"...Sorry..." Ayano muttered under her breath.

"We all care! Shing!" Monokuma jumped out of the counter.

"Ah!" Yuzuru said. "Monokuma?"

"Yes! Aren't you glad to see me?" Monokuma gleamed.

"No! Not one bit!" Everyone shouted.

"Well!" Monokuma scoffed. "I guess I should explain what's happening! As you can see, one of you isn't here right now!"

"Yeah! Reina isn't here!" Romeo realized. "You didn't do anything to her, did you?"

"Upupu, and a body means corpse in this case! Am I right?" Monokuma smirked.

Romeo's eyes suddenly became wider, and he clutched his head. "No, Reina's... dead? D-Did you... k-kill? KILL!?" He rushed towards Monokuma in pure anger.

"No! Romeo!" Naoki grabbed Romeo's arm as hard as he could. "Calm down! Please, there's a chance she's not dead! This isn't like you!"

"I'm not the killer! It's one of you! Heck, maybe Romeo killed his own twin!" Monokuma said.

"I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL MOTHERFUCKING KILL YOU! YOU WORTHLESS BITCH!" Romeo yelled at the top of his lungs and shoved Naoki onto a table, making the table fall along with him.

"N-Naoki! I-I think he's unconscious!" Mami yelped. "R-Romeo! T-That wasn't n-nice!"

Romeo took heavy breaths to calm down as Monokuma laughed, seeing him in pure despair. "Alright, alright. I'm calm." Romeo disguised his anger and sadness with a smile. "I-I'm going to find Reina."

Shinobu cupped her hands together. "Well, m-me and Vonda will help wake Naoki up,"

Vonda had a surprised look on her face. "Eeh!? W-Why me?"

"No reason," Shinobu shrugged her shoulders.

"Ugh... What happened?" Naoki moaned.

"Long story short, Romeo knocked you over on a table," Shinobu calmly answered. "He just has some anger issues to deal with."

"I'm tired of this! It's already been thirty minutes and I haven't explained the rules!" Monokuma fumed.

"What rules?" Erik asked. "The corpse or something? Why would there be rules for a dead body?"

Sora glared. "For an investigation and judgement to who's the killer of course."

"Woah! Sora! Don't be so salty first thing in the morning! Well, the sun hasn't risen yet," Akira joked. "But don't assume that! I can't see the sun because I'm blind!"

"Yes, the sun still isn't up yet, Akira," Ki sighed. "And I don't think blind jokes are good at this moment."

Ichirou scowled at everyone. "Will everyone be quiet? Monokuma is explaining."

Monokuma cleared his throat. "As I was saying, a body was found by Chiari! Your fellow friend!"

"Wait, Chi?" Naoki asked, rubbing his head. "You don't think she... you know..."

"Absolutely not!" Sora growled. "Chiari would never do that!"

"I know that!" Naoki retorted back. "I mean, where is she now?"

Yuzuru stood up from his seat. "Me and Mami will look for her."

Mami jumped in surprise and blushed. "U-Uh, okay!"

They rushed out of the cafeteria and looked for Chiari.

"For a short period of time, you will investigate to see who's the killer! Then we will host a trial!" Monokuma announced.

"Ah, I see! A trial! Now time for some justice!" Naoki said.

"S-So... Reina's really dead huh? Romeo won't like that," Vonda said.

"In the trial, you guys will try to find out who is the blackened. If you manage to find out who's the culprit, then only the killer will receive punishment! But if you can't, everyone but the killer will be punished! And the blackened gets to escape!" Monokuma said.

"Nevermind then! Where's the justice in that!?" Naoki said.

"Yeah! Trials aren't supposed to be like that!" Sousuke crossed his arms. "And besides, it's your fault that someone killed with all these motives and incentives!"

"Those motives and incentives were very cruel. And you decide to punish them for being under your control," Sora said angrily.

"Bye bye!" Monokuma ignored the three's complaints and disappeared. But where's Monomi? Oh don't worry, she's beaten up... again.

"Are you sure this is where Chiari is?" Yuzuru asked Mami.

"I-I guess! This is the only place w-we haven't looked," Mami said.

Yuzuru told Mami to enter the locker room herself since he is not allowed to go inside. Mami swiped her e-Handbook and peeked inside the dark room.

"H-Hello? Hello- AH!" Mami screamed.

"W-What is it?" Yuzuru said worriedly.

"R-Reina! S-She's... And Chiari!" Mami cried and sobbed, and opened the door for Yuzuru to see.

Reina was stabbed in the chest with scissors, and Chiari was collapsed on the floor, right next to Reina.

Yuzuru looked surprised. "I never thought she was the first to go. Who did this...?"

Mami looked petrified. "A-Ah! Chiari! Is s-she okay!?"

"She'll be fine, we need to help her," Yuzuru said.

Mami nervously nodded, with a face full of tears. "R-Right!"

Mami weakly dragged Chiari out of the girl's locker rooms and Yuzuru picked her up as soon as Chiari was outside.

"Let's take her back to your room," Yuzuru said, and they walked upstairs to Mami's bedroom door. She inserted her handbook into the slot and the door unlocked. The duo placed Chiari onto Mami's bed, and Chiari winced as Yuzuru covered her with a blanket.

"S-She doesn't look s-so good," Mami hiccuped, trying to wipe away her tears with a tissue.

"Just give her some rest, we should get her some tea before she wakes up," Yuzuru said. "I'm going to do an autopsy on Reina after."

Mami fidgeted. "H-How are you s-so calm a-about this?"

Yuzuru sighed sadly. "Well, I've dealt with death before. I can deal with it now. Come on."

Mami frowned, knowing that Yuzuru looks like he's hiding something. "O-Okay..." And they quietly closed the door to let Chiari sleep.

It seems like Mami and Yuzuru got a little closer today.

"Well, fuck you too, Monokuma!" Naoki said.

"Well, what should we do now? Should we investigate?" Sousuke suggested.

Yuzuru and Mami then walked inside the cafeteria.

"Oh! You're back! Find Chiari?" Naoki asked.

"Yes, she was collapsed in front of Reina... who is dead," Yuzuru hesitantly announced.

"She was a fine individual. We'll never forget her," Sora said.

"How come you're so nice to girls and rude to guys!?" Naoki grumbled.

"N-Nevermind that, we're g-going to m-make tea for h-her." Mami said. "C-Could you guys start the investigation w-without us?"

Sousuke grinned. "You can count on us. We'll start with Vonda!"

"H-Huh?" Vonda said.

"Did you see or hear anything on the night of the murder?" Naoki asked. "Doesn't have to be much."

"Not really," Vonda bit her tongue. "The only thing I saw last night was someone in the storage room."

"What!? Then tell us!" Ichirou joined in the conversation.

Vonda hesitantly responded. "S-She or he seemed to be grabbing a knife from the kitchen tools box. I just wanted a snack from the convenience store, but I ended up seeing her or him instead," Vonda said softly. "That's all I can say. I don't exactly remember the time, but I think it was before twelve."

Naoki beamed and nodded. "That's all we need! Thanks!"

Vonda silently got up and awkwardly walked away.

"...So is that all we're going to do!?" Sora grunted.

Naoki shrugged. "We had to start somewhere. We can't rush on a very important thing that might potentially kill us."

Sousuke nodded. "You have a good point."

"But this case is impossible to point out the killer if we don't know the time of death, murder weapon, etcetera," Naoki said.

"Oh! I almost forgot about that!" Monokuma appears once again. "Go to your e-Handbooks and tap the autopsy reports app!"

"Monokuma, stop freaking appearing randomly!" Naoki yelled. "And why do you keep forgetting things!?"

"Let's just do what he says," Sousuke said. He turned on his handbook and tapped the file looking app. What popped up on the screen was a manila folder. Sousuke tapped the folder, and it opened to show a paper on the screen filled with Reina's information and stuff about the murder case.

Naoki thought about the information he was taking in, and snapped his fingers. "Yep, this is the thing we need!"

"Oh? Well I hope it is useful to you!" Monokuma laughed and walked outside.

"Sometimes, I wonder why Monokuma appears and disappears repeatedly," Ichirou sighs.

"Yeah. Seriously!" Akira said.

Sorry if it feels rushed. I haven't posted a chapter in a while and I wanted to treat you guys.