A/N: ...It's been almost a year since I last updated ODAD...I wish I had a better excuse like something was happening in my personal life, or I was focusing on my school work, but the truth is, I lost motivation for this story and tried to forget about it. In short, I'm sorry.

After reading various Danganronpa SYOC stories, my determination to see this through to the end has been restored, and I realized just how much I love this story, the characters, and you guys.

I can't promise a regular uploading schedule, but I can promise that this time, I will try my absolute hardest to never give up on this story again!

I'm sorry if this trial/case isn't as good as other trials/cases you've read, or if you felt it was rushed. Trials/cases, which ironically I love doing the most, are definitely my weak point. I hope that even with its flaws, you enjoyed this chapter.

One last thing, I'm looking for a new beta writer! Reader? I honestly don't know what it's called! Please, PM me if interested!

The students started at the Ultimate Lucky Student in shock.

"..." Ava silently looked at Sonata.

"What? For real?" Axel looked genuinely hurt and confused.

"Hm, I can't say I'm surprised." Akili sighed, shaking his head.

"S-s-Sonata..." Mitchell couldn't even look her in the eye, and instead opted to stare at the floor.

Even uttering the words, "I killed Selena", disgusted Sonata. Obviously, Sonata wasn't the killer, although she had a plan. Kind of. So, she was, unfortunately, going to have to convince the others that she was the culprit in order to follow out with it.

"Let's not vote just yet..." Ethan spoke up.

Crap. Ethan was one of the people who could ruin this.

Sonata debated whether or not she should whisper or mouth to him that she has a plan, but all eyes were glued onto her, giving her no opportunity to inform the assassin.

"Why the sudden confession?" Now it was Yuline who was grilling her.

Sonata took a deep breath. She was going to try her hardest to make her seem like a cold-blooded killer, and Yuline and anyone else who suspected she was lying was going to make it harder.

"I...feel guilty." Sonata put on a face of false sympathy.

"...That's it? Sonata's the killer? We vote for her?" Nyla asked, her finger hovering over the voting button.

"No, like I said, not just yet," Ethan repeated. "Trust me, I'd like to get this over with as much as you, but do you honestly think Sonata is the killer?"

Everyone slowly shook their head or shrugged their shoulders.

"Why would I be lying?" Sonata scoffed. "I killed Selena, plain and simple."

"Alright then, how?" Yuline questioned.

"Well, it was a little technique I like to call: by murdering her." Sonata cruelly joked.

"Please, you know what I mean." Yuline sighed, crossing her arms.

Sonata took a deep breath, before reciting the story she had planned in her head.

Liar, Liar

In order to successfully tell a lie, you need a story to support it! Sonata will need to formulate a story on how she killed the victim using the evidence she already has. At the end of her story, the students will work together to point out parts of the story that do not add up, which will further strengthen the evidence.

"All right.

I stayed awake after the end of the party. Before Selena went to sleep, I managed to catch her and told her to meet me on the first floor of the school before the night time announcement. She agreed, and I prepared the crime.

I got a piece of tape from a teacher's desk in the classroom and hid it in my pocket.

At last, it was time to meet with Selena. I hid behind a pillar in the hallway, and just as she came down the stairs, I knocked her unconscious by hitting her in the head with a chair.

I took her room key, and stole the cyanide from her suitcase.

I sneaked into the first theme park and made creepy noises in the bushes to scare Caoimhe, Kinsley, and Nyla back to their dorms. I dragged Selena to the fence, and quickly looked in the restaurant for a knife.

I came back, poisoned Selena, and slashed her legs to hide how she died.

Finally, using the old 'there's no evidence against me so I can't be the killer', I put my jacket in the laundry room, and planted the note. I also washed off the blood by standing in the rain, and then changed into my pajamas."

Sonata cleared her throat. "And that's what happened..."

A few minutes passed by as the students recited her story in their heads over and over again, before Nyla finally spoke.

"It all adds up!" Nyla sadly frowned. "Sonata's really the killer..."

"Really Nyla? Because there is one big inconsistency with Sonata's story..." Sam spoke up.

"Yeah, the fact that she said she changed into her PJ's after standing in the rain, right?" Caoimhe quickly interjected. "I don't think that's a big deal, she probably just worded it wrong."

"Uh, yeah..." Sonata awkwardly nodded her head. That wasn't the big inconsistency though...

"No, that's not what I'm talking about. First off, according to Sonata's story, she hit Selena with a chair over the head. But in the Monokuma file, there was no mention of her suffering blunt force trauma." Sam explained.

"Um, I don't t-think we can rely on the Monokuma file too much..." Jessie quietly jumped in. "A-after all, it says Selena was tortured when she wasn't and it doesn't mention the cause of death..."

"Monokuma, would you omit a crucial detail from the Monokuma file?" Aksel questioned.

"Hm...Of course! What's the fun in giving you ALL the information?" Monokuma smirked.

"So the lack of the Monokuma file mentioning blunt force trauma doesn't matter." Akili concluded.

"Well, that's not all," Sam revealed. "Sonata mentioned something very odd in her story. Impossible, actually."

"What is it?" Archer asked.

"Well, recall the rules we talked about the night before the party. Rule number 2 states that the restaurant is locked during Night Time." Sam finally revealed the aspect of Sonata's story that didn't add up.

Sonata sighed in relief that someone realized her mistake.

There was once again a few moments of silence.

"...Didn't we read that rule in the restaurant?" Archer suddenly blurted out.

"Huh. We did didn't we?" Haru realized, scratching his head.

"Monokuma, what is the meaning of this?" Yuline inquired.

"Upupupupu...it means you all broke the rules! Teruka isn't actually locked, but you're still not supposed to go in there! Don't worry, I'll decide what to do with you later..." Monokuma cruelly snickered, watching the student's faces turn pale.

"So that means Sonata still could've gone into the restaurant, which means her story could still be true." Kinsley thought aloud.

"Monokuma." Ethan called.

"Grr, what is it?! This is the third time you guys disturb me in this chapter?!" Monokuma stood up on his chair, looking mad.

"Deal out our punishments now." Ethan ordered.

The students, including Sonata, looked at Ethan with astonishment.

"Wait, what?!" Nyla's eyes widened.

"E-Ethan, no!" Archer looked flabbergasted.

"Are you sureeeee?" Monokuma cocked his head to the side.

"Certain." Ethan replied, ignoring everyone's protests.

"Your wish is my command!" Monokuma laughed. As soon as he finished his sentence, the lights went out.

Everyone began to scream, and Sonata tightly gripped her podium in fear that someone would grab her.

Monokuma started to cackle, and the lights turned on. Everything appeared to be the same, except now, almost everyone looked terrified.

"Since this was your first offense, and you hadn't read the rules yet, I'll make a special exception and not deal out a punishment! But break the rules next time and you won't be so lucky!"

"Alright. Well now deal out Sonata's punishment for going into the restaurant." Ethan once again stunned his classmates.

Although she obviously didn't go into the restaurant, Sonata was still shocked at how sure of himself Ethan was.

Monokuma looked at the ground and sniffed. "Boohoo, there's nothing I can punish her for..."

"So Sonata didn't go into the restaurant?" Ethan questioned.

"All I'm saying is that no one has broken any rules since you all went into the restaurant that night." Monokuma sat back down and yawned. "Can you hurry this up? I'm getting BEARY tired..."

"So Sonata, want to tell us why you lied?" Axel frowned, looking at the girl with a mixture of confusion and slight annoyance.

"Jeez, you wasted like 15 minutes of our time..." Archer sighed.

Sonata's eyes widened as she realized something. Her heart began to speed up, and she looked at the people she now had reason to suspect.

"Sonata?" Natsuko asked after noticing her expression. "Are you OK?"

"Kinsley..." Was all Sonata could say, as she looked at the archaeologist.

"Huh?" Kinsley jumped at the sound of her name. "Uh, yes?"

"In your testimony, you said that Caoimhe and Nyla went to the bathroom in the restaurant. But it was Night Time. So why the hell is Monokuma telling us that no one has broken any rules when Nyla and Caoimhe supposedly did?!" Sonata was starting to get mad as she realized who Selena's killer(s?) could be, and she glared at Kinsley with a look of malice.

"I...I-I..." Kinsley looked dumbfounded, and Sonata could see beads of sweat start to form on her temples. Kinsley glanced at Nyla and Caoimhe. "I...That's what Caoimhe and Nyla told me to say!" She blurted out, starting to cry.

"What? No. I don't know what you're talking about, mate." Caoimhe raised a brow at Kinsley's accusation.

"Me neither..." Nyla quietly added, not looking anyone in the eyes.

"And you Nyla," Sonata turned to the roller skater. "Why were you so quick to accept my story?"

"Because I just want Selena's killer to be found." Nyla claimed, looking unusually calm.

"You three were the only ones who were definitely outside during Selena's murder, and you didn't see anything?" Nagisa joined the discussion.

"Well if you'd taken a look at our testimony, you'll clearly see that we mentioned that we heard something in the bushes." Caoimhe retorted.

"You still haven't explained why Kinsley said you two went to the bathroom in the restaurant..." Ava suddenly spoke, recovering from whatever happened earlier.

"Ava, nice of you to join us, mate! I just remembered something that I saw the morning of the party." Caoimhe revealed. "I saw you grab a knife from the restaurant!"

"You didn't think to mention that before?" Haru sighed.

"She didn't mention it before because she didn't want to potentially incriminate herself!" Ava yelled. "Selena asked for that knife for self-defense, and you probably stole it to kill her!"

"You really expect us to believe that, mate?" Caoimhe scoffed, crossing her arms.

"I-I would never kill Selena..." Ava's voice began to tremble and his eyes started to water. "S-She was my f-f-friend..." As he spoke, the Ultimate Flautist began to sob uncontrollably.

"Ava..." Sonata sadly looked at the boy, watching him wipe away tear after tear in an effort to stay composed.

She once again glared at the party-cleaning trio. "Kinsley, Nyla, and Caoimhe. You know which one of you is the killer! So just give it up already! Are you really going to let everyone, including you, die just to protect your friend?!"

The three remained silent, not meeting Sonata's gaze.

Sonata shook her head.

"Sonata. Think about it. You know who the killer is." Ethan suddenly said. "They said something suspicious before the trial, remember?"

What? Something suspicious?

Sonata closed her eyes, thinking back to what Nyla, Kinsley, and Caoimhe said before the trial...

"B-but why does the killer have to be killed?! They just made a stupid mistake, they don't deserve to die!"

...

"I just hope Selena is avenged in the end..."

...

"Fuck Monokuma and his stupid motive... Selena wouldn't have been killed if he hadn't opened his big mouth. No one deserves to die the way she did..."

...

Hangman's Gambit

What is the suspicious phrase?

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_ _ E _ _ _ _ _ E D _ D

_ _ E _ _ Y _ _ E D _ D

_ H E _ _ Y _ H E D _ D

_ H E _ A Y _ H E D _ D

T H E _ A Y _ H E D _ D

T H E _ _ D

T H E _ D

D

Sonata's eyes shot open.

The way she did...

"Caoimhe," Sonata called. The camogie player raised her head to look at her.

"What is it?" Caoimhe asked, and Sonata noticed that she looked a little nervous.

"Before the trial. You said 'no one deserves to die the way she did, when we had no idea how she died. Why is that?" Sonata slowly started to piece the story together.

"Huh? Oh, I just had an idea of how she died, because of the stab marks and shit. Y'know, like it said in the evidence file." Caoimhe shrugged.

"Well if you read the evidence file, you'd also know that it was established that those wounds were inflicted while she was already dead." Sonata shot back.

"Look, I'm not the smartest, OK?" Caoimhe frowned. "You kinda have to spell it out for me for me to get it."

"Not only that, but do you realize who your two fellow suspects are? Kinsley, who is, no offense, lazy, and Nyla, who is small. You're the only one capable of moving Selena's body." Sonata continued.

Caoimhe stayed silent.

"Also, I finally recognize where the chains Selena is tied up to are from. They were the chains dividing the ticket booths of the first theme park." Sonata realized. "Unless the killer magically got the door to the first theme park unlocked, it had to have been one of you three. And I don't think there's any way to get the chains off other than snapping it off from the pole. A normal person wouldn't be able to do it, but someone with an athletic talent could do it with ease."

"So?! Maybe it was Akili or Archer?" Caoimhe accused, clearly starting to get angry.

"No." Was all Akili said.

"Wa-wa-whatttt? I didn't do anything!" Archer gasped.

"Are you listening? You three were the ones with the key, so it couldn't have been them!" Sonata argued, also starting to get riled up once again.

"Are you forgetting something?! Me and Nyla were outside taking a walk when Selena was murdered! And you even saw that the lights in the 1st theme park were off, meaning we weren't in there!" Caoimhe countered.

"So what? You think the killer magically didn't trigger the lights?" Sonata rolled her eyes.

"You know what, yeah I do! I'm sure, the Ultimate Assasin would have no problem managing to not trigger the lights!" Caoimhe claimed, pointing a finger at Ethan.

He did nothing but shake his head.

"For the third time, WE KNOW THE KILLER WAS ONE OF YOU THREE!" Sonata yelled in frustration. "And yes, there is a way you could be in the park and not trigger the lights! You could've turned off the electric switch in the storage shed!"

Caoimhe clenched her fists and ground her teeth. "I think your dumbass is forgetting that I have an air fucking tight alibi! When Selena was killed, it was RAINING! And I don't have a drop of water on me! So explain that, Detective Rebus!"

Panic Talk Action

Caoimhe: Bampot!

How could Caoimhe be the killer if she isn't wet?

Caoimhe: Bawheed!

It was raining, right?

Caoimhe: Fucking bawbag!

Maybe she used an umbrella?

Caoimhe: Wallpaper!

No, that'd be impossible...

Caoimhe: Numpty!

Wait...

Caoimhe: If I murdered Selena, why am I not wet?!

Truth Bullet: Mitchell's Account, Fired!

Sonata: This is the end!

THE

MAINTENANCE

BUILDING

HOSE

Caoimhe's eyes widened and she immediately stopped talking. Sonata could see her start to tremble.

"The water on the ground wasn't because of the rain, because it wasn't raining. Mitchell's Account describes how the top of the roofs weren't wet, making it impossible for it to have been raining." Sonata stated. "You used the hose to wet the ground and Selena's body to give you an alibi, didn't you?"

"But, isn't the water turned off at night?" Haru asked.

"Only in the school building." Nagisa explained.

"I...I didn't kill her..." Caoimhe insisted, still stuck in the same position.

"Liar!" Ava yelled. "You killed her with her own poison!"

"That's enough, Ava..." Axel put a hand on Ava's shoulder.

"You probably formed a plan after the motive was announced, and decided on Selena because of her talent, didn't you?" Sonata grilled Caoimhe.

"Caoimhe, you're really the killer?" Natsuko looked at the camogie player with sadness and disappointment.

"N-No, now someone else is going to die..." Jessie sniffed.

"I didn't kill her..." Caoimhe repeated.

"You know...Selena asked for that knife for self-defense because she was going to stay up that night to make sure everyone was safe..." Ava divulged.

"Really?" Sonata gasped. "Wow...That must've made it easier for you, right? Having Selena out in the open like that instead of having to grab her from her room?"

"So you killed her because of her talent?" Aksel frowned.

"Th-that's so c-cruel..." Mitchell sniffed.

"I didn't kill her..." Caoimhe said once again.

"Caoimhe just admit it, please! Everything they're saying is true and you know it!" Nyla glanced downward after her sudden outburst.

"Nyla, Kinsley, you have to tell me anything else you might know." Sonata demanded. "Please."

Nyla and Kinsley exchanged a look, and Sonata could tell they were thinking about it.

"Please." Sonata repeated.

Kinsley's eyes began to water. "S-She told us about her plan after the motive was announced. W-we went along with it, b-b-because we didn't want h-her t-to be sad about the m-m-motive anymore...The original plan was to convince Selena to go on clean-up duty with us, b-but then we overheard and saw Ava and Selena talking about how S-Selena was going to stay up that night to make sure no m-murder happened...So...We found her in the bushes and Caoimhe grabbed her a-and brought her to the maintenance building...She took her dorm room key from her and locked her in there...She went to Selena's room and I guess found c-cyanide...Sh-she came back and begged us not to say anything, then sent us to our rooms...I-I guess you know what happened after..."

"I DIDN'T KILL HER!" Caoimhe finally erupted, her face red with anger and her eyes practically bulging out of her eye sockets.

"Sonata, maybe if you recount everything that's happened in this case, it'll help Caoimhe realize that there's no way out." Ethan suggested.

"Alright." Sonata nodded, not taking her eyes off Caoimhe.

Closing Argument

"Here's everything that happened in this case!"

"This murder had been planned ever since the motive was announced. The killer told their two best friends, Kinsley and Nyla about it, hoping that they would keep their secret. Little did they know, Kinsley and Nyla would fail them...

The killer decided to plan a party to try and convince the victim, Selena Haderon, to stay later to clean up, which is when they would proceed with their plan to kill her. But, somewhere along the line, the killer overheard Ava and Selena discussing how Selena was going to stay up that night to make sure a murder didn't occur, so the killer changed their plan.

The party started and ended normally, but then that's when the killer's plan started. They found Selena hiding in a bush, and due to their superior athletic ability, easily subdued her, taking her dorm key and knife, then locked her in the maintenance building.

They broke into Selena's room, and found cyanide among Selena's things. For a normal person, having cyanide would be unusual and suspicious, but Selena, the Ultimate Chemist, most likely brought it along with her for her work.

The killer returned to Selena, and once again, easily found a way to force her to inhale the cyanide. Unfortunately, the killer didn't have much experience with cyanide, so the dose they gave Selena wasn't enough to kill her.

That's when they panicked, and taped her mouth closed with ducktape to make sure she didn't scream, and waited for her to die.

After they were sure she was dead, they decided to stage her body to make it look like she died another way, to most likely allow for a larger group of suspects. The killer turned the electricity off, tied her up with a chain they had snapped off from the ticket lines, and slashed her legs with a knife.

Finally, to give themselves an alibi, they took the large hose attached to the maintenance building, and wet the entire park and the square, but forgot to wet the roofs of the buildings in the first theme park...

The killer was one of the three who had access to the 1st theme park. And the killer obviously needed to have extraordinary strength, we narrowed it down to the one with the athletic talent, who we already suspected due to a strange sentence they said earlier...

And that person is...YOU, CAOIMHE O'LORGAN!"

Several moments of silence occured before Caoimhe slowly unclenched her fists and took a deep breath. "Fine...I give up. I hate losing, but you all won fair and square..."

"Caoimhe...I'm sorry..." Nyla looked at the tall bruntette with tears still in her eyes.

"Nyla, Kinsley, you did the right thing..." Caoimhe said, giving a small smile to her two friends. "I was wrong to be so selfish..."

"Ahahahaha! It seems the trial has come to a close!" Monokuma interuppted, jumping up from his once again. "Now, time to pull the lever in front of you and vote for who the killer is! Will you make the right choice, or the dreadfully wrong one? Puhuhuhuhu!"

The students nervously clutched their levers, and voted...

A large green arrow suddenly appeared in the middle of the trial stands. It started to spin, slowly at first but then gradually got faster and faster. Ocassionally, the student's stands started to glow green, until there was one that remained normal. The arrow suddenly stopped, turned red, and Caoimhe's stand glowed red. The walls of the trial room went black, and the words GUILTY appeared all over them.

"Ding-ding-ding! Selena Haderon's killer is in fact Caoimhe O' Lorgan!" Monokuma grinned.

"Caoimhe, how could you?!" Natsuko cried.

"You ended Selena's promising life, and for what, just to end ours or your own?" Akili frowned, a rare emotional undertone to his voice.

"I didn't kill her for nothing!" Caoimhe claimed. "...The motive...It showed me a video of my twin brother, Saoirse...he was crying over a dead body, and suddenly a loud gunshot sounded. Then it ended..."

Caoimhe glared at Monokuma. "I couldn't not know happened next! It's my fucking brother, for Christ sakes! So...that's why..."

"... Tell me, why Selena?!" Ava demanded to know.

"...S-she..." Caoimhe began to stumble over her words.

"Was an easy target?" Ava finished for her. "The Ultimate Chemist was bound to have poisons, so you chose to kill her."

Caoimhe bit her lip.

"Alright, enough of the sappy talk, it's punishment time!" Monokuma laughed, a button appearing in front of him, and a gavel suddenly in his hand.

"W-wait what?" Nyla gasped.

"No, please!" Kinsley cried, leaving her stand to stand by Caoimhe.

"W-wait, what about the rest of the video?" Caoimhe gulped. "Please, just show me before I die."

"Upupupupu...you would've gotten to see if...IF you got away with the murder! Too bad!" Monokuma giggled.

"You fucker!" Caoimhe flipped Monokuma off, and turned to her classmates. "...I'm sorry-"

A chain suddenly wrapped around her neck and dragged her out of the courtroom. The students screamed, and a monitor descended from the ceiling.

Take One For The Team

Caoimhe ended up in a rainy field, surrounded by gigantic Monokuma's wearing camogie uniforms. They menacingly looked at Caoimhe. She tried to get up, but kept slipping on the wet grass. A whistle was blown and the Monokuma's suddenly pulled camogie sticks out of nowhere.

They began to hit Caoimhe with the sticks, making her roll all over the field. That's when she realized.

She was the ball.

Caoimhe desperately tried to get away, but the Monokuma's just continued to come, hitting her over and over again. Caoimhe could feel the blood seeping out of her various wounds, and knew she didn't have much longer until she was beaten to death. Finally, the hits stopped coming, but Caoimhe struggled to see what was happening due to the rain and dizzyness.

Suddenly, she regained her vision just in time to see a Monokuma slowly swinging his stick to hit her. Immediately after he made contact, she flew high into the sky, and after several moments, landed on the ground with a loud thud.

And with that, Caoimhe was dead.

Almost every student, sans Nyla and Natsuko who were currently in tears and screaming, were dead silent and unmoving.

Sonata looked at them with concern, they had just watched someone being brutually killed, and they were just...standing there. Sonata knew it was most likely shock, but still, she felt sick to her stomach right now.

Actually, she felt worse. She had just sentenced someone to death, and even if that person was a murderer, they were still her friend...She couldn't help but she was too hard on Caoimhe...

And Sonata just watched as she was dragged away, and killed...

And with that, Sonata fell to her knees, and began to cry.

"Oh, my love, everything is going to plan!"

"Of course, my dear, after all 'they' came up with the plan..."

"My love, I want 'it' to happen soon!"

"Haha, patience, my dear. When it happens, it'll be worth the wait..."

"Haha, my love, you're right! We'll plunge this world into total despair!"

Monokuma's Super Awesome Game Board!

18. Selena Haderon - Murdered by Caoimhe O'Lorgan via poisoning in the first case. (0)

17. Caoimhe O'Lorgan - Executed after killing Selena Haderon in the first class trial. (0)

16. Ava Alexandria - Alive (1)

15. Aksel Almstedt - Alive (1)

14. Kinsley Blumenfeld - Alive (1)

13. Yuline Cinder - Alive (1)

12. Archer Clavier - Alive (1)

11. Nagisa Fiore - Alive (1)

10. Mitchell Hukarere - Alive (1)

9. Sparrow Jonas - Alive (1)

8. Jessie Kim - Alive (1)

7. Natsuko Kitaoji - Alive (1)

6. Axel Marx - Alive (1)

5. Ethan Marx - Alive (1)

4. Hatsuharu Oshiro - Alive (1)

3. Sonata Rippana - Alive (1)

2. Akili Roshbell - Alive (1)

1. Nyla Wakahisa - Alive (1)