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Last time on Tsuna Sawada, the SHSL Mafia Boss:
Yamada and I left the kitchen, and I left Yamada and Celeste together. I walked back to my room to watch Yamada and my first conversation. I found a comfortable spot on my bed; I slowly drifted to sleep.
I woke up the next morning feeling refreshed and optimistic. I ignored Monokuma's morning broadcast and did my morning routine. I walked into my bathroom with my clothes in my hand. A weird sensation shot through my body as I walked into the glass shower door. I gave it little thought and showered.
Ten Minutes Later
I dried myself off and got dressed. I decided to wear my mittens because I haven't worn them in at least four days. I slipped my ring around my neck and put Nat su and my pills in my pockets. I brushed my teeth and then head out to the dining hall.
I walked in and saw Leon, Chrome, Kirigiri, Mondo, Junko, Togami, and Ishimaru. Chrome and Asahina were conserving; Junko and Kirigiri, each, were deep in their own thoughts. Ishimaru, as usual, was on patrol. I decide to take this time to talk to Junko.
"Hey Junko, what are you thinking about?" I asked as she switched back to reality.
"Huh…oh, I was just thinking about what you said yesterday." The model answered sheepishly.
"Did you find your resolve yet?"
"Y-Yea, I think so. I want to live for myself."
"I'm proud you. I wish you the best."
"Um…Tsuna, I hope you don't mind me asking, but why are you wearing mittens?"
"Oh… I wanted to wear them. I usually get the chance to wear them every day, but I keep forgetting to wear them."
"I'll let that fashion crime slide this time since you gave me great advice yesterday, but you shouldn't expect it to happen again."
"Thanks?"
I looked around to see if everyone had arrived yet. The only person still missing was Maizono. Usually, she would be here by now. Is she still affected by the video? I went on my electroID to check her location on the map app. The singer was still in her room.
"Has anyone checked Maizono?" Junko asked. No one gave her an answer. "Shouldn't someone go check on her?"
"No! We must wait for her to m come on her own!" Ishimaru declared.
"Oh fuck this bullshit again." Mondo groaned.
"We should go check on her. It's not a good idea to leave a traumatized person alone." Asahina pointed out.
"That does not matter. If Tsuna and Kirigiri can come on their own, Maizono can do the same." Ishimaru insisted.
"Ishimaru! Don't you remember how much pain she went through when she watched that video? "Junko cried out. "She had a mental breakdown."
"I think it's for the best if someone went and comforted Junko." Sakura added in.
"I agree. Who knows what is going through her head right now." Celeste said.
"I cannot allow anyone to leave at this moment." Ishimaru declared.
"So what, if that singer wants to be depressed in her room, I certainly don't care what she does." Togami said but was ultimately ignored.
"Wait, why are we listening to Ishimaru? He doesn't even have any power over us. He isn't Monokuma." Leon spoke up.
"Leon has a point." Chihiro agreed.
"No one can leave!" Ishimaru said while blocking the only exit.
"Great, I needed a reason for beating the shit out someone." Mondo said as he cracked his somewhat healed knuckles.
Sakura stepped between the boys. The martial artist lifted Ishimaru into the air. "Go! Someone go check on Maizono. Mondo and I will handle Ishimaru."
Junko grabbed Kirigiri and my hand and bolted out the door. Not only did her impressive speed catch me off guard, but Junko was able to run so fast while pulling the two of us along. Once we could see Maizono's door. I questioned how we would be able to get into her room with the key. I was puzzled when Kirigiri pushed open the door. She caught the confused look on my face.
"What? The door doesn't have a doorknob, so it wasn't locked." She answered.
I followed the two girls into Maizono's room; there were slash marks on the walls. Maizono, however, wasn't in the room, so we concluded she was in the bathroom. We noticed how her bathroom doorknob was unscrewed. Junko told me wait around the corner and not be pervert. I blushed at the thought of a naked Maizono and did as I was told. I waited to hear Maizono's voice, but it never came. Junko signaled for me follow her into the bathroom. Her face is kind of pale. I walked in to see Maizono, the Super Duper High School Pop Idol, was sitting lifeless on her shower floor. She had a stab wound through her stomach. Blood was spilled onto her blue miniskirt. Her blood splashed everywhere. There was a knife to the left of her. I took a step back in horror. What the hell? How could this happen? Then, to make things worse, I heard his voice.
"A body has been discovered! Following a brief period of investigation, we will commence our class trial." Monokuma's voice echo throughout the room while we exchanged glances. "May everyone come to the gymnasium? I would like to make a special announcement."
Kirigiri was the first to leave the room. Junko gave me a worried look before following behind the mystery girl. The walk was completely silent since each of us was trying to process what we just saw. Who would want Maizono died? We reached the gym and saw that everyone else was already gathered. Each of them seemed to fear the worse.
"We found Maizono Sayaka dead on her bathroom floor." Kirigiri informed. Gasps escaped everyone's mouth.
"What are we doing in the gymnasium? We shouldn't have an assembly after a horrible event." Ishimaru said with confusion in his voice.
"I think it's for the better if we listen to Monokuma. He could very well kill us if we resist."
"Why do we need to listen to him? He's the one who killed Maizono!" Leon argued.
"Upupup! My paws haven't killed anyone." Monokuma said. "I only punish those who break school rules. As far as I know, Maizono followed the rules to the best of her abilities."
"Then who did it?" Chihiro asked.
"It's someone in this gym. There's your hint."
"You're lying to us! That's impossible"
"Nope! The killer is someone among you students. They know who they are!"
"You're not lying?" Chrome asked.
"Someone here killed her?" Fukawa almost fainted at the realization.
"Really…who would do something so terrible?" Celeste said in disbelief.
"There's something I would like to confirm with you Monobear." Togami spoke up. "Since Maizono is dead, does that mean the killer can leave now?"
"Upupup! Do you really think graduating is that easy! Killing someone was only the first part!" Monokuma laughed. "Togami, we still need to get through the main event. Then, the killer can have a chance to leave."
"There's more?" Ishimaru questioned.
"I should explain meaning of graduating. The meaning of 'someone who killed can graduate.' is unchangeable. However, I doubt you guys know the true meaning of the second of the other clauses."
"You're talking about the second part to rule six, right?" I asked.
"Correct. You can't simply kill someone. You have to successfully hide it from the rest of your classmates. I created a system to test the killer's skills. I liked to call it a class trial."
"Class trial?" Mondo wondered.
"Basically, I pit the murderer against everyone else. If the murderer wins the trial by convincing everyone else that another person committed the crime, the killer, and only the killer, may leave. However, if y'all pick the right person, only the blackened will be punished."
"What do you mean by 'punished'" Kirigiri speculated.
"When I say punished, I mean I'm gonna execute their ass! The same goes for if the murderer wins, I execute everyone except the blackened."
"Execution?!" Fukawa shouted.
"So we're fighting for our lives at this point?" Kirigiri asked.
"Yep!"
"So if we choose the right person, everyone but the killer can keep living. If we choose wrong, the killer gets away." Leon summed up. Monokuma nodded a yes.
"Wait a goddamn minute!" Junko was radiating a red aura. "You can't just say we have to debate until we reach a culprit."
"Is there a problem?"
"Yea, I don't want to do as you say anymore!"
"Oh really, why is that?"
"I don't want to find out who killed Maizono!"
"You do know if you fail to cooperate, I'll punish you!"
"Punish?"
"How does the idea of sitting in a cell sound?"
"Screw you in the ass! I don't give a fucking damn about what you say anymore!"
Hey, you're the one in control of your body."
"Aaargh! I don't want anything to do with you!"
"So much determination, however, I can't bend the rules for you."
Junko charged at Monokuma. She stomped her boot on Monokuma's face.
"Stop Junko, you're going to get yourself killed." I pleaded with her.
"No someone has to stop him!" Junko countered.
I unconsciously switched into Hyper Intuitions mode and changed my mittens into my X-gloves. I blocked out everyone's voices and propelled myself towards the model. I grabbed her and carried Junko in one hand. I felt something pierce my foot. I got Junko a distance from Monokuma. I looked down to see what happened to my foot; I saw blood dripping from the side of my foot. I didn't care about that at the moment because I was beyond pissed at Junko. She was acting so irrationally.
"What were you thinking?!" You know that Monokuma is dangerous!" I shouted.
"I know, but it wasn't supposed to happen like this." She said.
"Umm…Tsuna, you do know that your foot is bleeding." Chihiro said.
"We have more important things to deal with." I said. "I can take care of my foot later."
"Hey Monokuma! Why the fuck did you use spears on me?" Junko exclaimed.
"What else did you expect to happen? You should thank your lucky stars on how Tsuna saved your sorry ass." the bear said without any care in his voice.
"Whatever, I'm done being your puppet. I should have done this a long time ago." Junko groaned and jumped out my grasp.
"What are you talking about?" I questioned her, fearing she'll do something dangerous again.
"This." She grabbed her strawberry hair and ripped the hair off. Under the wig, she had black "hair that was cut short and uniformed.
"What is the meaning of this?" Monokuma shouted with fear in his voice.
"I don't care how disappointed you are in me. I am NOT going to let you get the best of me any longer. I'm moving on with my life. I founded my resolve, and I'm taking you down one way or another." she said in a new voice.
"How so?"
"By saying who killed Maizono Sayaka, first off. Then, I'm going to tell everyone everything they need to know."
"Upupup! Is that really a good idea? I mean, to me, you're a rule breaker that hasn't been punished."
"What are you getting at?"
"In exchange of you keeping that information to yourself, I won't punish you with my spears."
"…Fine."
"Good! I'm going to say one more thing before I let you guys start your investigation. I'm gonna leave y'all with some information about Maizono's death on your electroID. I call it the Monokuma File #1"
I opened up the electroID and noticed an exclamation point next to the Ammunition app. I pressed on the app and up came the Monokuma File #1.
Victim: Maizono Sayaka
Time of death was around 11 pm. The body was found in Maizono's private room in the dormitories. The victim was killed in that room's shower. The cause of death was a wound to the stomach area which was made by a sharp object. Other than that, she took a blow to her right wrist which caused her to break her wrist.
Monokuma said his goodbye and left us to investigate. We didn't know where to start. Togami was the first to speak up.
"Do either of you wish to explain yourselves?"
"What do you mean?" I asked in return.
"Your forehead and hands are on fire, and we don't know who she is. Did you really expect to go under our radars?"
"My name is Mukuro Ikusaba, and I am the Super Duper High School Level Soldier. The mastermind wanted me to impersonate someone, and I picked Junko Enoshima, the model." her voice lack all emotions.
"So you know who's behind all of this, and who killed Maizono?" Asahina asked.
"Yes, but I can't answer either question at this moment."
"I suggest we investigate for now. The class trial is the most important thing." Kirigiri thought out loud.
"Why should I listen to you?" Togami questioned.
"For one, our lives depend on whether or not we win this trial. Second, the investigation is the only thing that can help us win. Third, if we win the class trial, we can interrogate them all we want" Kirigiri counted the reasons on her hand.
"Kirigiri has point, dude." Hagakure said. Everyone mutter in agreement and headed out the gym.
DONE!
A/N I'm going to end the shipping poll since it's clear that Chihiro isn't going to beat Kirigiri. So the pairing so far: Chrome x Asahina, Tsuna x Kirigiri and Chihiro x Leon.
IF ANYONE WANTS TO GUESS THE KILLER, YOU CAN! Whoever can guess correctly will see a hint at the execution. Good Luck!
