The Investigation began as the students looked all over the school as well as some new opened rooms. Flux and Hope both checked out a room that was freezing cold.

"What's with this room?" Hope asked as he saw lights and tools.

'This looks like a morgue. A place where he's been taking all the murdered bodies of the students." Flux said as he was noticing something. "Hope, can you tell me who;s dies so far?"

"Okay. In order: Sayaka, Junko, Leon, Chihiro, Mondo, Ishimaru, Hifumi, Celeste, Sakura and Mukuro. 10 deaths." Hope said.

"So there should be ten bodies in total right?" Flux asked.

"Where are you going with this?" Hope asked.

"The lights on the doors indicate if a bodies inside. The lights and bodies don't match up. If ten people are dead, why are there only nine lights?" Flux asked.

"Because mukuro may be still alive?" Hope asked.

"I think this goes a lot deeper than that. There may be more to our mastermind than when we thought." Flux said. "The other's should be finish gathering clues."

"Yeah. Let's get this over with." Hope said as they headed down to the court.

"Hello again boys and girls. Welcome to our final trial. But this time, i also will be participating in this debate!" Monokuma said jumping onto the always unoccupied stand.

"So youre planning to outrule us and kill us." Hope said. "But it wont work. This all stops… here."

Class Trial

In Session

"Okay boys and girls. First, let's solve this little mystery." Monokuma said showing the photos on the screen that Alter Ego had shown them in the past. "Care to explain how these photos came to be?"

"They...gotta be fake right?" Rainbow asked.

"No. I don't think they are. I think they are real. But we don't remember them. The reason for this is...we lost our memories of those photos ever being taken." Makoto said.

"What? That's talking crazy man." Yasuhiro said.

"Yeah. We've only been here for a few days." Aoi said.

"Oh. Hehehe. I get you. You six original students think 2 years ago is actually a few days ago. Whatever floats your boat." Monokuma said aloud.

"So what youre saying is we all did know each other, but you wiped all 15 of the ultimates memories. They attended here 2 years ago and you wiped their memories." Hope said.

"Yep. They were all friends who went and murdered each other and they didn't even know it." Monokuma said laughing.

"You bastard…!" Yasuhiro said.

"But you still gotta identify Mukuro's killer after all." Monokuma said laughing.

"She wasn't killed recently. Long before that trial...that woman was already dead." Flux said.

"Huh?" Monokuma asked.

"But, she was posing as someone else. One of the students inside of the gym when we first arrived." Flux said.

"The one you had to kill because she rebelled. Forget already? Or did you think youd cover her death… of Junko Enoshima." Naoto said.

"What? Are you saying I'm Junko Enoshima? Please, where's your proof?" Monokuma asked.

"The bodies in the morgue. 10 died, but only nine lights were shown. There's a reason for that. One of them...died twice." Flux said.

"So how about it? You ready to stop this facade and reveal yourself...Junko?!" Hope shouted.

Monokuma was just slumped over after this revelation.

"Give it up, you hooligan. This game is over!" Byakuya said.

"Over? Hehehe. No. We're just getting started!" Monokuma said as smoke came out of the podium. Standing in Monokuma's place was Junko wearing a crown.

"At long last. Across the oceans of time. Waiting for someone of your caliber to come!" she said standing there.

"How can this be possible? You were impaled!" Rarity said.

"Looks can be deceiving rarity. In fact, she deceived us all by putting her twin sister in place of herself." Hope said.

"Yes! A fairly common plot twist. But for all its worth, I'm mortified. Mukuro and I were two sides of the same coin. We were...two despairs. Fraternal twins. One ruthless military mind dead, the other cunning and compulsively attractive. So guess which one I was!" Junko said.

Junko Enoshima

The Ultimate Despair

She crossed her arms and posed her fingers and she laughed with her tongue out.

"So hows it feel knowing you will lose? Were gonna get outta here and you'll be the one stick here." Hope said.

"Hahaha! Oh, you haven't won anything yet. That plucky attitude, its how that other you acted before I taught him the wonders of despair. You both are mindless sheep." Junko said as she laughed.

"Wait, that means….oh god, you killed your own sister?" ian said.

"Yeah. And my reasons for doing so run deep. Nah! I was just bored! Ahahaha!" Junko said still laughing before calming down. "Forgive me. Not interacting with another human being so long left me quite out of place. I even forgot how to tolerate my own personality." she said.

"Y-youre insane!" Hope said.

"Allow me to explain things. In order for things to run smoothly, someone had to be operating Monokuma while the other remained a student. So it was decided by myself I would do that while Mukuro played the student. But there were three things wrong with her. She was despairingly stinky, despairingly filthy and despairingly gross. So I had her dress as me to switch places. But I didn't account for how different our talents were. She acted like a supporting character, so it was decided she needed to be...bumped off as they say." Junko said. "Sometimes you can just plan stuff out and see how it goes in the long run, you know?" she said acting cute.

"I dont believe it." Hope said.

"Oh, you will. If you wanna know what happened to this world outside, just take a look at the screen!" Junko said as it turned on. A giant monokuma statue of liberty, a monokuma head on the eiffel tower, a monokuma sphinx and a monokuma buddha. There were also people in monokuma masks running around city streets and killing and attacking random people in destroyed cities."

"You all kept clamoring for the outside world, so here it is!" Junko said using Monokuma to talk while holding it. "So sad. I think the world is post apocalyptic hellscape." Junko said now acting depress with mushrooms on her head.

Despair smiled from the camera room. "How does it feel now that you all see this? Are you sad, lonely, or just plain in despair. Well, he can't spin this. Cause this my pal...is how this world really looks right now." Despair said laughing. "Now, everyone in this room will fall to despair, including you!"

"No, we still have a chance to survive." Hope said. "Even with this done, even with the world destoryed,you can still move on."

"Ugh." Despair groaned.

"We can...move...on?" Hope said looking as the students were mostly uneasy.

"Aw. Did you lose the magic in your speeches? Aw. Such a shame." Junko said. "So then, lets see if this final vote is worth it."

Two levers appeared, one saying despair, the other hope.

"This is the final judgment. If you choose to execute despair, all of you, then I will punish myself and let you go. However, the air purifier will stop and you will be plunged into the outside world. However, if a singer person votes to execute hope, then you will remain, and I will execute two lucky students. And I'm eyeing Makoto and Hope." Junko said.

(Cue- Pursuit~ Cornered {Cadenza Remix})

"Naegi…" Hope said sadly. "I know you have a free will, so you...just vote how you want."

"I won't do it." Makoto said. "I won't give into Despair!" he shouted.

Hope then saw Makoto's title appear over him. It was then crossed out leaving a new one.

Makoto Naegi

The Ultimate Hope

"What?! How is this possible?!" Despair said in shock. "I thought Izuru and Hope were the only ones. Now, there's a third Ultimate Hope?"

"Hope, you survived falling to despair down here longer than most. Youre really gonna give up now after coming all this way?" Naegi asked.

"No… no, I'm not! Despair, his brainwashing, it has no control over me. For the last time… I've seen it and I'm not going back to it!" Hope said.

"Hiro, you were the one to get outta here the most, right?" Naeigi asked Hiro. "So stop depending on your psychic vibes and man up!"

"Huh? You're right! What the hell was I even thinking? There's a door that needs opening and I'm gonna open it." Hiro said walking off his stand and standing by Hope and Makoto.

"And Hina, would Sakura want you to give up now? She wanted you to not just survive, but to carry on her will, she said it to me herself!" Hope said. "You gotta carry her hope that she couldnt."

"What doesn't kill us makes us stronger. That's what she would say. Or when the tough get going, you gotta kick ass! Sure! Definitely that last one!" Hina said going over to the two hopes.

"No.. no, this cant be happening!" Despair said.

"Byakuya, you dont need any encouragement, right?" Rainbow said as the heroes joined them.

"Yes. The Togami family isn't gone as she says. I'm still here!" Byakuya said joining them.

"Wahaha! Wherever master goes, I go. After all, school is pretty lame." Sho said joining him.

"Room for one more?" Kyoko said joining them. "This isnt what my father would want. Whenever the rest of us give up, you two always seem to fight for hope. Its amazing." Kyoko said.

Despair then burted out of the camera room to see them all together.

"You see now, Despair? You were wrong the entire time. Tell him why, Naegi." Hope said.

"Its because we dont care how our world is right now. We all carry a beacon of hope inside us, that is what makes us look to the future. I know things are gonna get better. I know it!" Makoto said.

Despair growled as tears left his eyes as he ran from the room.

"Looks like you lose, Junko." Sunset said.

"I...did? This feeling of despair… it just feels so, so...WONDERFUL!" she shouted laughing.

"Shes enjoying this?" Usagi said.

"Yeah, she laid out the perfect plan, killed her own sister and still failed. And now, she's so full of it that she wants to kill herself." Hope said.

"Hahahaha! This weapons grade level of despair, I can imprint it on to my mind for all eternity. I've saved the most wonderful punishment for last. Upupupu! Ahahahaha!" she laughed before hitting the button.

Congratulations! Junk has been found Guilty!

The punishment will now begin.

Junko stood on top of a chair waving as all of the set ups from the previous executions all set up before their eyes.

"Enjoy yourself, Junko. But you wont live to tell anyone about it, because you brought this upon your self." Hope said putting his thumb down. "We'll see you in hell."

The Ultimate Punishment

The 1000 Blows

The pitching machine went off as Junko tried to bat away the balls.

The Cage of Death

She sat in a motorcycle as her eyes spun as she went round and round.

Burning of the Versailles Witch

She sat there meditating before a fire truck dropped on her.

Excavator Destroyer

The excavator repeatedly hit her on the head as she just bore a huge smile on her face.

Blast off

She waved as a rocket went into outer space before crashing down.

After School Lesson

She sat in a chair smiling as she held a Monokuma and wore a crowd as she moved back in forth with a smile before looking up and being crushed by the piledriver.

"YEAH!" everyone said.

"At last. Its over. This whole thing is finally...over." Naegi said.

"Phew! Gonna be honest. I felt really nervous when we entered that home stretch." Flux said.

"Guys, look!" Hope said as the key to the front door was found. "But where's….wait, maybe he's still here somewhere." Hope thought as he ran off.

"We'll wait for you at the front door!" Flux shouted.

Hope was running all over until he found Izuru praying in front of a desk with a potted flower on it. "So, you fought and won."

"Yeah. So now, there are three of us. Do you have your answer now?" Hope asked.

"I do. With that, I want to ask you for a favor." Izuru said. "But first, join me in a prayer."

Hope knelt down and prayed. "So, this desk and flower…"

"It belonged to a classmate and friend of mine, before I became the Ultimate Hope. I come here often to pray for their wellbeing up in heaven." Izuru said. "She was killed by the very person you just put to death."

"Oh." Hope said.

"Her name was Chiaki Nanami, the Ultimate Gamer and part of the 77th class." Izuru said. "And so you know, Izuru Kamukura was a name I was given after being given the talent. My name before...was Hajime Hinata."

"Nice of you to remember. So, what was this favor?" Hope asked.

"Though Chiaki is no longer with us, the rest of her class, the 77th class, they were subjected to the brainwashing into despair you were." Izuru said.

"You want me to track them down and bring them out?' Hope asked.

"It should be an easy task. Despair is taking over Junko's spot and will no doubt be after you as soon as you leave. So please, save her 14 classmates with your power, then I will approach." Izuru said.

"You got it. Though, I dont know where to start." Hope said.

"It's easy to see. Despair is likely to choose someplace that is already under chaos. And I have predicted one. Skylands." Izuru said.

"Skylands? But who would drive that into…" Hope said. "Him?"

"Yes. You may want to call those who have already gone to help you." Izuru said. "So now, I'll let you go to it."

Izuru then left. Hope then went back to see Flux and Ian gone from the hero group as well as the remaining students.

"Flux… and Ian, where did they go?" Hope asked.

"He left. He told me to say this to you. Next time we meet… its back to business as normal." Rainbow said.

"At least he hat the courtesy to break me off from Ian. But I kinda liked him." Titanica said.

"No time to reminisce. We have to go to Skylands." Hope said.

"You mean that video game world that Akame was in?" Sunset asked.

"Yeah. Speaking off…. It's time to make a call." Hope said turning on his now active comm. "Yeah, Spectra? Listen, I need to borrow night raid for a bit. Remember when you picked them up back from their adventure. Yeah… I'm gonna need them for something."

"Hope, that's impossible. They already left." Spectra said.

"Left?" Hope asked.

"Something about old friends in need of help." Spectra said.

"They already departed. Come on, we gotta catch up with them! Skylands needs us!" Hope said.

To be continued...