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Trial Mode: Begin!

We finally got off the elevator. We found ourselves in a well-designed courtroom. The floor was covered in black and white tiles, and the room had curtains. In the center, there were seventeen wooden podiums in a circle. On one podium stood a gray and black picture of Maizono with a red X cross. Monokuma was sitting on a throne and filled with unneeded excitement.

MONO: Welcome to your first, and definitely someone's last, trial.

ASAHINA: So all we gotta do is pick the right person?

MONO: Yep… but bear in mind that if you make the wrong accusation, heads will be rolling.

TSUNA: Might as well get this over with. I'm ready.

We took our places at the podiums. I stood between Chrome and Kirigiri. From right to left, the order was me, Kirigiri, Yamada, Maizono, Leon, Sakura, Celeste, Ishimaru, Asahina, a blank opening, Hagakure, Togami, Chihiro, Fukawa, Mondo, Mukuro, Chrome, and back to me.

CHIHIRO: Are we missing someone? There's an extra podium.

MUKURO: That's for the mastermind, whenever they want to reveal themselves.

MONO: Upupup! Let's get this trial rolling!

ASAHINA: What are we supposed to do first? I mean where do we even start?

HAGA: How about the murderer raises their hand?

LEON: Dude, think before you speak. The murderer wouldn't give themselves away like that.

SAKURA: Agreed. How about we discuss the murder weapon?

NONSTOP DISCUSSION BEGIN!

Ammunition:

Broken Glass

CHIHIRO: How did Maizono die? I couldn't bring myself to see her body.

MUKURO: She had a single stab wound in her stomach. Her wrist was broken too.

LEON: So what was the murder weapon?

ISHIMARU: The kitchen knife was the weapon! There's no doubt in my mind.

TSUNA: No! That can't be right. The murderer used a shard of broken glass.

NONSTOP DISCUSSION ENDED!

Ammunition Used: Broken Glass

ISHIMARU: What?

SAKURA: He's right. There was glass sticking out of the former pop star. The knife was next to her.

ASAHINA: Then how did the killer get glass? We don't have any missing cups or plates.

HAGA: Did you really count all the cups and plates?

ASAHINA: I thought it would help.

KIRIGIRI: We can't afford to get sidetracked. The killer used the glass from her shower door. That's the only place where it could have come from.

TOGAMI: Then do you care to explain the knife. Was it just a red herring?

KIRIGIRI: We haven't gotten there yet. First, we must answer some other questions before we get to that one.

MONDO: So what's next? We only know two things.

NONSTOP DISCUSSION BEGIN!

Ammunition:

Broken Glass

Marked Walls

CHROME: Where do we go from here?

YAMADA: How about we discuss the kitchen knife and its surprise appearance.

KIRIGIRI: I just said that we'll get to that later.

ASAHINA: Wait…I'm confused again. Was the knife even used?

LEON: Nah. I don't think so. I think Maizono died without putting up a fight.

TSUNA: No! That doesn't make any sense. The marks on the walls prove Maizono fought back.

NONSTOP DISCUSSION ENDED!

Ammunition Used: Marked Walls

TOGAMI: Interesting, Maizono must've had the knife on her person when the killer came in her room. She must have used it for protection.

KIRIGIRI: …

CELESTE: But how exactly did they get into her room? The only way in is through the electroID.

CHIHIRO: Celeste has a point. Maizono would just invite someone into her room.

KIRIGIRI: What if she did invite someone into her room to kill them?

TSUNA: That's a long shot Kirigiri?

Kirigiri presented a sheet of paper covered in pencil marks. The sheet had imprints on it. They almost look like words. Once I focused on them, I read it over. It basically asked for someone to come to her room later on.

KIRIGIRI: I noticed she was missing a sheet from her notepad, so I shaded the next sheet since people leave a series of imprints on the next page.

ASAHINA: Wow. You're like one of the detectives on TV.

MONDO: So if we want to find the culprit, we have to find the person Maizono gave the note to?

ISHIMARU: Correct, that is what we must do!

FUKAWA: But how? No one's name is on the paper.

HAGA: Hey wait, I've seen that note before! I know who the culprit is!

CELESTE: Oh really, Have you finally proven your worth?

HAGA: I saw that note on Leon's desk last night!

LEON: You dick!

ASAHINA: Leon, you killed her!

LEON: Like hell I did! I didn't even go to that girl's room last night.

NONSTOP DISCUSSION BEGIN!

Ammunition:

Unscrewed Dorm Door

Taped Wooden Swords

LEON: I didn't do it, you asshole!

ISHIMARU: Yes you did. Hagakure said so.

TOGAMI: Honestly, this trial was far too easy.

MONDO: Shut the hell dude.

LEON: Y'all can't be serious. I'm not the culprit. You're going to get us all killed!

CELESTE: Even though Hagakure is an idiot, he did see that note in your room.

LEON: AAAHHH!

ISHIMARU: You're the one Maizono invited into her room. It's as simple as that!

TSUNA: No you're wrong! Leon can't be the culprit! If Maizono summoned Leon into her room, the why is her dorm door missing?

NONSTOP DISCUSSION ENDED!

Ammunition Used: Unscrewed Dorm Door

MONDO: Dude, Monokuma gave every guy a toolbox. It makes sense for a screwdriver to in there. Or are you trying to tell us that Leon is girl?

LEON: Oh screw you! I threw my toolbox away a long time ago.

KIRIGIRI: How can we know for sure that you're telling the truth?

CHIHIRO: He is! Tsuna, Leon, and I threw our weapons into the incinerator at the same time.

LEON: Chihiro's right. There's no way for me to unscrew her door.

TSUNA: Therefore, Leon can't be the killer!

SAKURA: Tsuna and Chihiro have no reason to lie.

ASAHINA: So Leon isn't the killer?

TOGAMI: I'm not sorry. I will need more proof than a computer geek and mafia boss in training's testimony to prove he's innocent.

CROSS SWORDS BEGIN!

Useable Swords:

Yamada's Testimony

Asahina's Testimony

Hagakure's Testimony

TOGAMI: You'll need more evidence if you ==/== want me to believe you.

TOGAMI: I will not ==/== simply take your word.

TOGAMI: Leon Kuwata ==/== is the murderer.

ADVANCEMENT!

TSUNA: Leon isn't the culprit!

TSUNA: Chihiro and I can testify to seeing him throw his toolbox away.

TSUNA: Without a toolbox, there's no way for him to unscrew the door!

TOGAMI: That might be the case. However, there's no evidence to prove his whereabouts last night. He could very be the culprit!

TSUNA: That's where you're wrong! I'll cut through your claim!

Used Sword: Hagakure's Testimony

TSUNA: Hagakure was with Leon until the 11:00 pm and Maizono was dead by 11:00 pm. Leon had the chance to kill her.

ALL: …

Everyone turned to face Hagakure with anger in their eyes. Hagakure in turn took the time to think about last night.

HAGA: Oh yeah… I was with Leon last night. Hahaha, my bad.

LEON: Fuck off. They were about to vote for me.

CELESTE: Once again, I say that you're undeniably an idiot.

HAGA: Hey! I made a simple mistake.

FUKAWA: That almost got all of us killed, you nitwit!

ASAHINA: So where do we go from here?

CHROME: Now we know that the blackened has to be a boy, and it can't be boss, Leon, or Hagakure.

KIRIGIRI: Which leaves us with Mondo, Ishimaru, Togami, and Yamada, one of them has to be the murderer.

FUKAWA: Who are you to question Master?

MUKURO: You're on the right path. Don't mess up.

MONO: Hey! I don't want to hear your voice, Mukuro!

MUKURO: …

CHROME: Where do we go from here? Is there anything left to discuss?

MONDO: Yea, what the hell are those numbers suppose behind Maizono mean?

ISHIMARU: Numbers?

MONDO: I couldn't figure out what '15141' meant. It gave me a fucking headache.

MUKURO: Her dying message. There's important meaning behind it.

MONO: Quit yapping traitor.

MUKURO: …

TOGAMI: How can we know for sure that Maizono wrote it?

FUKAWA: Master's right. The killer could have written it to throw us off.

TSUNA: There's evidence proving Maizono wrote those numbers.

PRESENT EVIDENCE:

Asahina's Testimony

Marked Walls

Bloody Fingers and Numbers

Monokuma File #1

TSUNA: Maizono's finger was covered in blood. If the culprit wanted to frame someone else, they wouldn't waste time writing number on the wall.

KIRIGIRI: Maizono most like wrote it in her last moments.

CHIHIRO: Those numbers look kinda weird. As if, they're supposed to be something else.

HANGMAN GAMBIT

-/-/-/-/-/-/-

-/-/T/-/-/-/-

-/-/T/-/E/-/-

-/-/T/-/E/R/-

-/-/T/-/E/R/S

L/-/T/-/E/R/S

L/E/T/-/E/R/S

L/E/T/T/E/R/S

LETTERS!

TSUNA: They're letters! Maizono tried to write the culprit's name!

KIRIGIRI: If we go by that logic, the first letter should be 'I'.

LEON: The '5' must be an 'S'.

CHIHIRO: The '14' has to be 'H'.

CELESTE: Which means the '1' should be 'I'.

ASAHINA: Ishi…Ishi…Oh my god! It was Ishimaru!

ISHIMARU: What?! I am not the killer! I didn't kill her.

KIRIGIRI: Then disprove the evidence.

ISHIMARU: What?

KIRIGIRI: If you didn't do it, you have to disprove the evidence. If Tsuna can do it for Leon, I'm sure a person of your caliber can do the same.

ISHIMARU: Fine! Maizono had blood splattered everywhere, correct? If I'm the killer, how come my clothes are clean?

NONSTOP DISCUSSION BEGIN!

Ammunition:

Yamada's Testimony

Taped Swords

Asahina's Testimony

ISHIMARU: I'm not the killer. If I was, then I should have blood on my suit.

CELESTE: That's not enough to convince me, but do keep trying. It's quite entertaining to watch you struggle.

ASAHINA: Celeste umm… was that last part needed?

CELESTE: For me, it was.

LEON: It doesn't matter. Ishimaru is the killer.

MONDO: Yea.

ISHIMARU: There's no possible way for me to dispose of my clothes! Therefore, I should be covered in blood.

TSUNA: That's where you're wrong. There's a way for you get rid of your clothes.

Ammunition Used: Taped Swords

TSUNA: Yamada and I found some swords taped together when we went to the garbage room.

YAMADA: He's right. The sword closest to the fire was burned.

TSUNA: Those swords could easily fit through the iron bars even if clothes were attached to it.

CHIHIRO: I see. Ishimaru must have used the wooden swords from the gym and taped them together then tied his clothes to it.

KIRIGIRI: Logically, he must've turned the incinerator on by pressing the button by using the tip of the sword, and then burned the sword with his clothes.

ASAHINA: But the swords are wooden, so wouldn't they all be ash by now?

ISHIMARU: S-she's right. Tsuna's claim is false.

MONO: Upupup! It would be if I hadn't stepped in.

KIRIGIRI: What did you do?

MONO: I put the fire out once the blackened left. I had to or they would have burned the entire school down.

KIRIGIRI: Still want to argue?

ISHIMARU: I didn't do it! I'm the boy's leader and representative. Someone's framing me! We still don't know all the answers.

CHROME: What else is there to figure out?

ISHIMARU: We still do not know who brought the kitchen knife?

SAKURA: I can answer that. Maizono was the only person who could have done it.

ISHIMARU: How so?

ASAHINA: Well… Sakura, Chrome, and I were drinking tea, and we saw Maizono walk in and out the kitchen. She was the only person.

ISHIMARU: WHAT?

KIRIGIRI: Anything else?

ISHIMARU: …

KIRIGIRI: I'll take –

ISHIMARU: FOR THE LAST FUCKING TIME, I AM NOT THE FUCKING KILLER!

PANIC ATTACK BEGIN!

ISHIMARU: I'M NOT THE FUCKING KILLER!

X/X/X/O/XX

ISHIMARU: YOU DUMBASSES ARE GOING TO GET US KILLED!

X/O/X/O/X/X

ISHIMARU: I'M THE ONLY PERSON HERE WHO WOULDN'T KILL!

X/O/X/O/O/X

ISHIMARU: ALL THE EVIDENCE IS WRONG!

O/O/X/O/O/X

ISHIMARU: SOMEONE ELSE KILLED MAIZONO GOD DAMNIT!

O/O/X/O/O/O

ISHIMARU: A BUNCH OF BLOODY NUMBERS ISN'T ENOUGH TO CONVICT ME!

O/O/O/O/O/O

ISHIMARU: THERE'S NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE LINKING ME TO THE CRIME!

TSUNA: Yes there is! The blood on the kitchen knife is enough prove you're the culprit!

Ammunition Used: Kitchen Knife

TSUNA: The kitchen knife was too far away from Maizono, for the blood on it to be hers. She must've cut the killer in the struggle.

KIRIGIRI: Whoever is the culprit, they have to have a fresh wound. Just to be safe, Mondo, Togami, and Ishimaru take your shirts off.

Mondo nodded and stripped off his Crazy Diamond jacket with no problems. The outlaw biker had scars but they weren't too recent.

MONDO: Is this good enough?

KIRIGIRI: That's good enough for now. Togami.

Togami hesitated in taking his jacket off since Fukawa was drooling at the thought of a shirtless Togami. Kirigiri's glare got him to do though. He unbuttoned his dress shirt off and took it off. The heir lacked any wounds, but shocking had abs.

TOGAMI: Don't ask me to do anything else.

KIRIGIRI: Ishimaru would you rather strip or confess to your crimes.

ISHIMARU: …

KIRIGIRI: Tsuna, do you mind going over the crime.

TSUNA: Right. First, Maizono wrote a note to Leon that said she wanted to talk to him later. In actuality, Maizono was planning to kill him. She went to the cafeteria, afterwards, to get a knife. Unknowingly, Chrome, Sakura, and Asahina watch the pop star walk in and out the kitchen. Ishimaru, somehow caught wind of her plan, and he decided to confront her. By this time, Maizono was already waiting in her room and waiting for Leon. Ishimaru used his tools to force open her door. Maizono attacked him and they began their fight. Ishimaru must have broken her hand. Maizono, then, fled into her bathroom. Ishimaru unscrewed her bathroom door knob since all the girls had locks. Then he broken her shower door and used a shard of glass to kill her. Realizing how much blood was on him, Ishimaru rushed to the gym to get the swords and tape. Meanwhile Maizono waited until he left before she started to write ISHI as her dying message. Ishimaru, on the other hand, was taping the sword together and then turned the incinerator on using his makeshift pole. Lastly, he burned his shirt as a way to get rid of evidence.

TSUNA: Ishimaru Kiyotaka! You're the murderer!

MONO: Upupup! I guess y'all came to an answer. I guess its voting time. All you have to do is press your finger on the face of the person you think is the blackened.

I pressed Ishimaru's face. A rotating hourglass appeared as I waited for everyone else to vote. Once it was done calculating our votes, the hourglass faded away and a slot machine replaced it. A hand pulled on the lever and spun the slot. After a moment, it landed on Ishimaru's face and confetti came out signaling us that we were correct.

A/N: I would like to congratulate the one person who was right. Anon! Sadly, I can't reward you since you don't have a profile. I wanted to send the preview through private messaging. Still congratulation for being correct!