SONIA'S POV

I can finally atone for my sins. Even though my death is inevitable, I can not help but smile knowing that I will get exactly what I deserve.Well someone is taking despair in nicely. I stepped off my podium for the last time. It is not exactly surprising that my classmates appear to be shocked. I am not despairing; I am only atoning for my crimes nothing more.

"So-Sonia why..." Enma appeared to be at a lost for words.

"We were just about to announce his death as a suicide," Koyo interjected.

"Too bad! Sonia Nevermind, the Ultimate Princess, sentenced Souda Kazuichi to his very own death!" Monokuma rocked in his throne.

"But Souda died from a fucking heart attack!" Fuyuhiko argued, knowing the case has been closed.

"It is okay everyone." I smiled to ease their pain. "I do not fear death. I will miss you all."

"Sonia, this isn't right!" Enma shouted, tears running down his face. Did I make such a huge impact Enma? Is this the power of the Hope Shards? "You shouldn't have to die!"

"Oh Enma," I wiped a tear from my eye. "I am truly glad that I had the chance to meet you. I shall watch you from Heaven."

"Sonia..." Ms. Yukizome whispered. Like an open book with no words, she stood in front of me speechless, urging herself to find the right words but coming up short.

"Shit, Monokuma this can't count!" Fuyuhiko glared at our prison guard. "Sonia forced us to vote for her."

"Upupupupu! Did she hold a gun to your head or threaten you?" Monokuma's laugh rang throughout the courtroom and my head. We very well know the answer to that. Yeah, we do! Time for your execution your highness! Fuyuhiko gritted his teeth together, knowing the answer was not in his favor. "As far as I know, she telling you to vote doesn't count as forcing you."

"This can't end like this." Enma was quickly reaching his breaking point. "Sonia, I don't want you to die because of something this stupid!"

"Enma, may I say something that might change your mind." I finally spoke up. In an instant, I had all eyes on me. Just like old times... "This is unavoidable. That does not mean that you must shed your tears for the likes of me. You are much stronger than that. I wish to bid you farewell one last time your head held high. I know I am in no position to ask for, how you say, a favor, but can you do that for me?"

"Sonia..." Enma seemed to be more broken than before. Nevertheless, the Simon Decimo stood on his two feet and met my eye level. "I won't stop fighting. I will make this right, no matter what it takes. I can promise you that."

"I wish you all the very best if only I could see that promise flourish." I wiped another tear. "This is farewell. Does anyone have any final words? Let us end this on a high note."

"I gotta say. For a frilly ass princess, you got some brass balls. You're not even scared." Juzo chuckled.

"I never feared death. It always appears. I only figured my death would be more graceful, like passing peacefully in my sleep." I answered.

"Sonia, you don't have to do this." Ms. Yukizome begged her. "You can back out. We can change the ruling. There has to be a way. Something we're not seeing."

"Oh, Ms. Yukizome... you truly are a wonderful teacher. Had Monokuma never arrived, our class would have had the chance to bonded. We will never know what could have happened."

"Hey! I'm sitting right here!" Monokuma screamed. "I show you! I'm starting your execution."

Odd...Monokuma usually allows us to say our farewells. Is he rushing for some reason? Nah, it's all in your head. You can't chicken out of this one, Miss Sonia!

"Koyo you have anything to say? You have been awfully quiet."

"Huh?" The Simon Decimo Forest Guardian snapped out his thoughts and snapped his head over to me. "I apologize. I was thinking about something Monokuma said. It was bothering me."

"What was it?" Enma immediately said when the words left Koyo's mouth.

"Upupup! Too bad, it's about that time." Monokuma pressed the execution button. "ITTTTTT'S PUNISHMENT TIME! LET'S GIVE IT OUR THIS TIME!"

"Sonia Nevermind has been found guilty of murder! Proceeding with Execution #17: Princess Nevermind and MonoBoswer!" The same robotic voice rang throughout the room.

"This is farewell. I wish you all the very best in your future endeavors." I smiled one last time before a chain found itself around my waist.

Like a paper doll, I was flung into the long and dark hallway. My classmates were running after me, enough to reach me in time though. I closed my eyes as I felt the very air in my lungs deplete. Oh don't die now, the fun hasn't begun. I will endure this pain. I have no room to complain. Just as I thought I would pass out, the chain disappeared. I collapsed on the ground; I took in a huge whiff of something metallic. It took me a moment before I could get back on my feet. I opened my eyes and almost collapsed once again. Before I was a giant Monokuma with a spiky shell, I was in a cage suspended above an active volcano. How? What? This is not possible! Oh, it is! Oh yeah, you gotta see what you're wearing! It totally adds to the irony! Lord and behold, I was mimicking the princess of the Mushroom Kingdom, Princess Peach. If I am Princess Peach, does that mean Monokuma is the villain known as Bowser? Technically yes, he really should be the hero. He's so misunderstood.

"I do not want to hear about your theories!" I accidentally shouted. MonoBowser snapped his head in my direction. With every exhale, his extremely hot breath covered my body. The heat from the volcano was already making me sweat, but now I was boiling in this dress.

MonoBowser unlocked the cage and pulled me out. His claws were digging deep into my body, and his grip was tightening with every passing second. Is this...how I go? Without seeing...my hero...what a pity... I smiled and slowly closed my eyes, accepting my fate.

"It's me a-Mario!" My eyes shot open when I heard that all too familiar voice. My heart skipped a beat. No...NO... What sick game is this, Monokuma!? Souda should not be here! Souda appeared on the cliff located to the left of the castle.

He jumped and kicked MonoBoswer straight in the stomach. With the air knocked out his, he dropped me. Naturally, I screamed at the top of my lungs. What a cruel fate...To die the same as Souda... I felt a pair of hands catch me. I opened my eyes and saw Souda's smile shining down upon me.

"Sorry for being late Princess." He chuckled. He looks so realistic. "Come on, I gotta take you back to your castle. Your people are waiting for you."

"No...I can not go back... I can not." I muttered lowly.

"Huh? What are you talking about Princess? People are waiting for you on the other side." Souda started running even though I pleaded with him.

My cries fell on deaf ears as we closed in on the Mushroom Castle. Just as Souda though I was safe, MonoBowser crushed the castle in a single stomp. MonoBowser swung his arm, in our direction. Before Souda could react, I jumped out of his arms and pushed him out of the way. I will not allow him to get hurt once again! I took the hit head on. He managed to push me back quite a bit, but I remained standing. I may be a princess, but that does not mean I will go down easily. MonoBowser threw another punch. Perfect. I dodged at the last second and jumped onto his arm. I climbed all the way to his neck. I swiftly kicked him in the central nerve in his neck. MonoBowser roared on last time as he slowly fell to the ground. I lost my grip on his scaly body and realized that I was falling once again. This time I knew very well that there would be no one to save me. I closed my eyes for the very last time and waited for the impact to the ground to kill me.

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Wait, what the fuck?! You should be dead! I no longer felt the wind flowing through my hair nor the sound of my body falling. I felt nothing except a familiar aura and flame. Enma was holding me bridal style as we slowly went back to the trial ground.

"It's time to put an end to this." He simply said. I wanted to argue or oppose him in any way possible, but I was too stunned by the fact that he was willing to risk his life for mine own.

"What the FUCK do you think you're doing Enma?" Monokuma sharpened his claws.

"Saving an innocent classmate." Enma seemed too calm about the whole ordeal. "Koyo."

"Monokuma, you used the words killed and murder so easily when it came to Hiyoko and Ibuki's cases, but you haven't used them once." Koyo fixed his glasses. "Why is that?"

"Not only that, you wanted this class trial to happen at almost any cost." Enma continued. "You even let us see our classmates and bring them food."

"So what? Who cares about the technicalities?! SONIA MUST DIE!" Monokuma refuted.

"No, she doesn't! Souda died from a heart attack, an internal cause of death."

"It doesn't matter. The five of you twerps voted Sonia as the killer. Sorry, but that's how the game is played."

"That's a contradiction. You're willing to say that Sonia telling Souda to never see her again is considered murder counts, but her focusing us on voting a certain way doesn't in the end?" Koyo thought. "There's no logic behind it!"

"Oh, so what's your grand plan to fix it? I dying to hear it." Monokuma said sarcastically.

"There's two ways this can end. Either you admit you that Sonia's power shouldn't affect a person to that extent, and you call off this whole trial. Or, you admit that Sonia's powers do affect a person to that extent, and we re-vote without Sonia's meddling in the end." Koyo imposed.

"Upupup! That's an interesting offer you got there. I'll choose one of them on one condition." Monokuma snickered even though the Simon Famiglia managed to back him into a corner. Odd...I do not hear that voice anymore.

"No, you don't have anything to offer us!" Enma glared at the mastermind.

"Don't I? Sonia's life is still in my paws. I can still execute her."

"Not if I have anything to say about it! Monokuma pick already!"

"God, you're more annoying that Tsuna when Chrome was supposed to die. I tried of seeing y'all. I'll nullify the class trial for now, but first!"

I felt my electroID buzz in my dress. I slowly picked it out.

New Rule! All class trial verdicts are final once voting ends!

"Really Monokuma?" Fuyuhiko sweatdropped.

"What? I don't want to see anyone pulling another Tsuna." Monokuma folded his arms. "For now, Sonia Nevermind is safe. Upupupupu! I can't say for sure she won't get killed by another player...in the future. Enjoy it while you can!"

"Enma...Koyo...why did you recuse someone like me?" I climbed out of his arms just as Monokuma disappeared from the courtroom. "I was just about to atone for my sins! Is that not the point of all of this?!"

"There's nothing wrong with atoning for whatever you think you did!" Enma declared. "However, dying isn't the way of doing it! That's not how you solve anything!"

"If I can not repay my debt with my life, HOW ELSE AM I SUPPOSED TO DO SO?!"

"By living!" Huh? Wh-What? "You have to keep Souda's legacy and memory alive by living! Take up, mechanics! Finish some of his projects! Do anything in his name besides dying!"

"Wh-"

"I get what Enma's saying." Koyo smiled. "If you were to die, a part of Souda's legacy will die along with you. Each of us knows a certain amount of Souda's life. Any dark secrets or obsessions are immediately gone, but the 13 of us hold the rest of Souda's whole persona."

"So will you please fucking drop this 'dying to atone for sin' shit?!" Fuyuhiko jumped with his own two cents. "I know for a fact Souda wouldn't let this shit slide for a second."

"Come on Sonia, let's go back to the others." Ms. Yukizome smiled.

"I-I do not know what to say..." I answered.

"Don't say anything just live." Enma smiled. He turned off his Hyper Dying Will. "That's all Souda would've wanted."
"Ye-Yes, thank you everyone... for everything."

"Most of that should be going towards Koyo though." Fuyuhiko pointed out. "He's the one who saw through Monokuma's bullshit."

"It was simple, really. Although, I thought it would be harder to convince Sonia in the end." Koyo admitted. "It seemed that no one persuaded her otherwise, but I did have one last resort."

"Which was..." Enma edged him on.

"For what I can tell Sonia's power is instantly, and it only works with a command. Like 'vote for me' or 'strip for me'. Right before Souda jumped, Sonia shouted 'Souda no! Don't' like a command. However, Souda still jumped. Therefore, he jumped due to free will, leaving Sonia guilty free in the end."

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"WHY DIDN'T YOU LEAD WITH THAT SHIT!" Fuyuhiko screamed, red in the face. "Do you know how much time that would've fucking saved!?"

"I'M SORRY! I JUST JUST THOUGHT OUT IT, YOU MIDGET!" Koyo snapped back.

"WHAT WAS THAT, YOU LEAF BLOWER?!"

"And we just got him and Mahiru to settle their differences." Enma sighed before going over to the two. "Hey, what are you two doing?

I chuckled softly as I watched the boys go through their usual routine. It seems that I avoided the storm. Upupup! You're merely in the eye of the storm. You will regret not dying when you had the chance. Huh? Who exactly are you? From the voice, I can tell you are most likely a female. Upupup! I'm the hidden yet the obvious. I'm the missing link!

A/N: So this chapter is finally done after two weeks. I never knew how hard it was to find a contradiction that small.