Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Danganronpa.
AN: I recently got into Among Us. Then this idea came to me.
Enjoy.
~Among Us Special~
"Is everyone online? Are you? Huh? Huh!?"
"We are, Chiaki! Relax."
"I can't help it, Uzumaki-kun. It's been a week since the sleepover, and we haven't played any games together since then."
"Well, we're just lucky Sonia loaned us some computers for this."
"Oh, it was nothing, Naruto. Since Nanami-san was so excited, I just had to help."
"Don't be like that, Miss Sonia! We're all grateful for this. I know I am. I could never own an expensive computer like this."
Even if they weren't in person, Kazuichi would still gush over the princess.
"We get it, shithead." Classic Fuyuhiko. "Let's just get started already."
"Oh yeah. Um." Naruto looked at his computer screen with his eyes narrowed. "Where am I supposed to go again?"
"For fuck's sake, not even Owari is this bad."
If Akane wanted to say something in response, none of them heard it as only the sounds of munching came through her mic.
"If she eating again?"
"Don't fault me too much, Kuzuryu-kun. I just can't turn a sexy girl like her away!"
"Fucking hell."
Fuyuhiko already wanted to smack Teruteru.
"But who's going to help Naruto?" Mahiru was kind enough to remind the others about that.
"It's a good thing I planned for this."
Naruto didn't need to ask Chiaki what she meant by that as a couple of seconds later he heard the door to his room opening. He already knew who it was.
The Ultimate Gamer only smiled at him, already in her pajamas like him.
"You're really terrible at this."
Naruto could just look on sheepishly. It was a good thing that the girl was sleeping over for tonight in order to help him in case anything came up.
Yes, he was still that bad with computers.
Kazuichi had tried to make some snarky comments about the arrangement, but a quick chop to the back of his head had fixed that.
Anyhow, it was time to get started.
Class 77-B was about to start their first Among Us game.
As Naruto understood it, Chiaki had made several additions to the game. Normally the maximum number of players was 10, but she set it to 16 so that they could all play. Something called "mods" or whatever. Naruto didn't get it, and he wasn't going to act like he did. He just knew that they could all play together. There were also other additions, but Naruto sort of zoned out when Chiaki had been explaining them.
Apparently the rules of the game were simple: there was a certain amount of "bad guys" in their group, and they had to find out who they were before everyone else died. Or that was the gist of it.
Everyone had the same basic avatar. Except it could be customized, such as the color scheme.
Naruto obviously chose orange, and he even had Chiaki don his avatar with a cowboy hat.
Pretty badass.
The others had their colors too.
Chiaki was going white. Sonia was pink, Mikan was purple, Fuyuhiko was silver, Nekomaru was blue, Kazuichi was cyan, Mahiru was red, Akane was brown, Peko was black, Hiyoko was yellow, Gundham was lime, Nagito was green, Ibuki had some weird rainbow color that was obviously customized, Teruteru was a darker shade of red, and finally Byakuya was gold.
How many "bad guys" were there?
Apparently they had four in their midst, and they needed to sniff them out.
It was time to see how this game was going to turn out.
"What the hell is this?"
"It is a spaceship, Naruto. You should know this by now. We went over this before."
Oh yeah. Sonia's special lessons were always so helpful.
"Also, watch your language. We don't need to be vulgar."
Of course, Mahiru. Of course.
"As long as we're close to each other, we're able to hear one another speak," Chiaki informed them. She sounded very gleeful. "I added that feature too, to make things more exciting."
Did she now.
"It also means you can hear when someone dies." Why did Hiyoko sound so happy when she said that? Should Naruto be worried?
"Let's get started then!" As expected, Ibuki took charge. "Ibuki has stuff she needs to do apparently. Who wants to join her?"
"M-Maybe we should stick together," Mikan suggested. "T-That way, it won't be so easy for the imposters to kill anyone."
"H'mph, I wouldn't be so sure." Byakuya's voice came in next. "If we bunch up, it'll be easy for them to blend in and take us down one by one. Then we won't know who to vote for."
Wait, they were voting? Argh, Naruto should have paid more attention to the rules!
"Kekekeke, let those fiends try." Gundham was cackling. "They shall never be able to penetrate through my powerful aura!"
"I am not too sure if that is a game mechanic," Sonia said, always trying to be so understanding.
Hiyoko wasn't as understanding as her huff could be heard. "You don't have an aura in the first place, you idiot. Stop saying such embarrassing things already."
Gundham still cackled.
"I think we should just do our tasks for now," Chiaki suggested. "That's one way for us to win."
"I agree," Peko said. "That is all we can do for now, since we have no way of knowing who the imposters are right now."
"Mhmm, sounds good." Oh god, why was Teruteru moaning!? "Who wants to come with me to one of these rooms? I promise to be gentle."
"Pairs, huh?" Poor Nekomaru. He didn't seem to understand what the cook was actually suggesting. "I don't think that's a bad idea."
"I don't know," Mahiru said. "Isn't that a little risky right now?"
"Every man for himself!" So that was Ibuki's bright idea, huh.
It was exactly what they ended up doing too.
Their starting position appeared to be some sort of cafeteria. At least, that's what it looked like to Naruto. There was also some kind of button on one of the tables, but Naruto had no idea what that was about.
'I really should have listened more.'
One by one Naruto saw the others start to trickle out of the cafeteria area until it was only him, Nagito, and Mikan.
"You guys aren't going?"
"I'd rather stick close to you, Uzumaki-kun," Nagito said, sounding like his usual happy self. "I don't think you're one of the imposters."
How the heck could he know that!?
"I-I also think that we should stick together," Mikan said.
"But what if there are two killers among us, and they're looking to get rid of the other?"
"Ahahaha, I think that would be way too obvious, Uzumaki-kun. Besides, don't you think one of us would have killed by now if that was the case?"
Hmmm…..maybe? Naruto had to really think about it. All he knew for sure was that he wasn't one of the imposters.
Nagito's point did make sense, though. If he and Mikan were the imposters, they probably would done him in by now.
Right?
"Well, let's just go do some tasks then." That's what they were called, right?
The blond saw some yellow arrows on his screen. Probably to guide him to where his tasks were.
He set off, with Mikan and Nagito in tow. He didn't know what their tasks were, but if they wanted to follow him then so be it. It would probably be better this way anyhow, as they could have alibis in case anyone suspected them.
The trio found themselves in the upper engine room.
"Oh, how lucky." Nagito laughed softly. "I wanted to come in here too."
Hmm.
"What about you, Mikan?"
"I don't have any tasks in this room. I have one at medbay, though…."
The room they just passed? How unlucky!
"Ah shit."
Naruto found himself more focused on his task. Only that he had no idea what he was doing at all.
"Something the matter, Uzumaki-kun?"
"I just remembered why I prefer straightforward fighting games."
He could just smash buttons then. This…seemed to be more delicate.
Thankfully, it seemed that he didn't have to struggle for too long as something quickly flashed on his screen.
A body had been discovered!?
"Oh my gawd, Ibuki found poor Teruteru-chan with his head chopped off!"
How brutal.
"How awful!" Sonia had the same idea.
"It's alright," Chiaki said. "All the avatars look pretty much the same after being killed."
That…...wasn't really all that reassuring, but let's move on!
As to what happened now, all Naruto knew was that Teruteru couldn't speak anymore. To make it seem "realistic." And also to make sure that the imposters' identity remained hidden.
It was up to them to figure out what had happened.
"H'mph, I didn't think the imposters would be so bold, killing so quickly," Byakuya said. Naruto could just hear the smirk on the boy's face. "Where did you find the body, Mioda?"
"Uuuuhhhh….it was down by storage. Ibuki swears on her honor!"
"Storage?" Mahiru repeated. "I was just there like 15 seconds ago. So this must have just happened recently."
"Hey, wait a second!" Kazuichi cut in. "Doesn't this make Mioda and Koizumi the most likely suspects?"
Peko disagreed. "I don't think we can say that yet, Soda."
"Yeah, and you have some nerve accusing me like that!" Mahiru exclaimed.
Nagito chuckled. "If Koizumi-san had done it, I don't think she would have said that just now. It would be more convenient if the timing was left unknown."
"But can we even trust that other woman's words?" Gundham asked. "She could also be lying."
"How could you, Gundham-chan! Ibuki swore on her honor, you know!"
"I don't think we should just throw accusations like that around."
"Naruto is right." Yay, Sonia was on his side.
"Well, who was the last one to see him?" Hiyoko asked. "Did big bro Nidai go with him, after all? And then killed him?"
"Gahahahaha!" Nekomaru's loud laugh boomed. "Unfortunately, I did not go with him. I decided to keep an eye on Owari instead."
"To be honest, I was already suspecting the pervert," Fuyuhiko confessed. "His invitation was a bit weird. But now that he's dead, I have no clue who it could be."
"And no one heard him scream or anything either." Hiyoko snickered. "I guess his death will go unpunished, huh."
It looked that way.
"No one was on cameras either?" Mahiru wondered.
No one was.
"It's okay," Chiaki said. "It's hard to find the imposters in the first round unless they're really obvious."
"So this was planned well then?" Hiyoko snickered some more. "I guess we can rule out big sis Owari then."
"Huh?" Akane sounded confused. At least she was done eating. "I didn't kill Hanamura. So you shouldn't suspect me. That's good enough, right?"
Probably. Naruto didn't suspect her at least.
In the end, everyone decided to skip rather than vote for someone.
Apologies, Teruteru.
Naruto found himself back in the cafeteria along with everyone else. There wasn't a discussion this time, as everyone just set off again.
He did hear Ibuki humming to herself, though.
Nagito and Mikan decided to stick with him again.
"Maybe we should let Mikan do what she's supposed to do at medbay first," Naruto suggested.
"I don't have a problem with that."
It was funny, but Naruto could easily picture the nurse blushing as she said, "T-Thank you."
But how ironic, that the Ultimate Nurse had a task at medbay. Sometimes, things just lined up!
The trio ran out of the cafeteria together and headed for medbay. Just as they were walking inside, Naruto found his field of vision narrowing. He could just barely see Mikan's and Nagito's avatars.
"Woah, what the hell. What's going on?"
"Nanami-san told us about this. Someone must have sabotaged the lights."
That was a thing!?
It was embarrassing, but Naruto started to panic a little. It was like a ghost could pop out his screen at any second.
It just was a little bit too realistic for him!
"I'm doing the scan right now." Wow, Mikan was even whispering like they were legitimately in the dark.
It definitely made Naruto's blood pump faster as his eyes darted across his screen. By this point, he didn't know where Nagito was exactly, and it was starting to make him anxious.
In all that confusion and with so little visibility, Naruto had no idea what was about to happen until he heard Mikan let out a squeak.
"What the-!"
Naruto panicked even more and because of it he didn't notice the "report" button light up in his screen.
Thankfully, Nagito was there to save the day.
"Ibuki saw it! Ibuki saw it! So brave!"
Wait, what?
Naruto heard Fuyuhiko sigh.
"So Tsumiki got taken out next, huh."
"How horrible!" Sonia was just so nice.
"Listen to Ibuki! She and Nekomaru-chan saw it!"
"What did you see?" Mahiru asked her.
"Someone was using that square thing in the room with the computer! We totally saw it!"
The room with the computer?
"So someone used the vent from security," Chiaki mused. "But where was the body?"
"It was in medbay," Nagito answered. "Uzumaki-kun and I were with Tsumiki-san the entire time. Unfortunately, we didn't see anything because of the lights."
"No one bothered to go fix the lights, huh." Hiyoko sounded annoyed. "That's supposed to be your job, big bro Soda!"
"Hey! I was doing my tasks in Navigation, alright!" Kazuichi defended himself. "I was with Pekoyama and Kuzuryu the whole time! They can vouch for me!"
"Yeah, it wasn't the idiot this time."
"Hey!"
Naruto rubbed his chin. So if he was getting this right, the killers could also teleport using this "vent" thingy? And they used the thingy from this security place to get into the medbay area where he, Mikan, and Nagito had been and killed poor Mikan there.
"I have to ask Tanaka something," Byakuya said. "We were in storage together, but then I went into the lower engine. That's when the lights went out, and I lost sight of him. Where did you go after that?"
"Kekeke, so the suspicion falls on me, does it?" Gundham didn't sound worried. "But I could ask you the same thing, for I didn't see you either."
"Owari-san and I were coming down from the reactor," Mahiru said. "The lights were already out, though. And I only saw Nidai in the hall…..so I guess that must be when he and Mioda-san headed into security."
Sonia hummed. "Could Tanaka-san have slipped past them, unnoticed?"
Sounded like a tight window.
"Man, these killers are so sly." Don't sound so smug, Hiyoko! "Do you think they're working together somehow?"
If they were planning something, then they had to have a place to meet up. But where could that be?
Unfortunately, time was running out. And with no decisive clue, they had no choice but to skip again.
Naruto was keeping his eyes on Gundham, though.
Mikan shall be avenged!
In Naruto's mind, the only ones that didn't offer any information about their whereabouts in that last round were suspicious…..and also Gundham. So that meant that Chiaki and Sonia were also on his list now.
They were down two people. They couldn't lose anyone else.
He and Nagito paired up again, only this time Naruto was heading to the right side through someplace called "weapons."
They found Chiaki and Hiyoko already there.
"Oh, it's big bro!" Hiyoko sounded gleeful again. "Did you have the same idea as me to stick close to the game freak?"
"Huh?" Chiaki sounded lost. "Is that what you're doing?"
"Duh. You're the best one out of all of us. If anyone is going to survive to the end, it's you. So I gotta make sure I stick close to you."
"Hmm, I don't think that's how that works."
"Nanami-san could also be one of the imposters, you know," Nagito pointed out.
Naruto didn't say anything about his suspicions.
Yet.
"Ah, I hadn't thought of that!" Hiyoko sounded like she was panicking. "But wait, she totally could have killed me just now. So that means she's safe."
"Maybe. Or maybe it would be easy to pin it on her if she did, so she decided to play it safe." Even as he countered Hiyoko's point, Nagito still sounded as pleasant as always. It was weird. "Am I wrong?"
"Ugh…now you're making me rethink everything. Why aren't you here so that I can bop you on the head, big bro Komaeda!"
"My apologies, that wasn't my intention."
Right, right.
"I definitely think Tanaka-kun is one of the imposters." Chiaki's admission surprised the blond. "But I think he might be working together with one of the other imposters…..although I can't think of when they could have talked."
"Ah, so you're thinking the same thing." Nagito sounded excited. "As expected of the Ultimate Gamer. If someone like me could figure that out, then it's no wonder that you could too."
"Thank you."
Chiaki just accepted the compliment like it was no big deal.
Naruto was about to suggest that they move along to the next area, but then they heard Kazuichi screaming as he came running down the hall from where shields was supposed to be.
"What the heck? Kazuichi!"
"I saw her coming out of the vent! She's probably going to kill me now!"
Wait, what?
Kazuichi didn't stop, though, and kept going toward the cafeteria. Naruto had no idea what the mechanic was trying to do, but as he and the others went to follow after him, the lights started to go out again.
"Dammit, not this again!" Naruto was really starting to hate this function of the game.
It went without saying that Naruto lost sight of everyone else, but thankfully he was still able to hear them. So that was something at least.
However, as he and the others reached the table where the button was, Naruto realized something was very wrong. For one thing, Kazuichi should have gotten there before him. But he wasn't there.
Did he just keep running past the cafeteria?
Thankfully, he didn't have to wonder about that for too long as a familiar set of images flashed on his screen again.
The next body had been found.
"Alright, so it's the loser mechanic, and we know exactly what happened!" Hiyoko said that all proud. If Kazuichi could, he'd probably cry at the unfair treatment he always got from her.
Nagito laughed softly. "Ahahaha, I don't think that's entirely true. We did lose sight of him."
"Where was the body?" Mahiru asked.
"It was in the cafeteria somewhere," Chiaki replied. "I only saw the report button, but I wasn't able to see where exactly it was."
"The loser was saying something about seeing someone vent, though," Hiyoko recalled. "So he was probably ambushed in the cafeteria."
"How did the imposter get there so quickly?" Nekomaru had to wonder. "Where was Soda before you saw him?"
Naruto shrugged. "We don't know. He was coming from the south somewhere."
"There is a vent there in that hallway," Chiaki hummed. "And it connects to the cafeteria…."
So that's probably how it happened.
"Seriously?" Mahiru groaned. "He knew who it was, but he didn't say anything?"
Hiyoko snickered. "He was panicking. It was hilarious."
"H'mph, this does leave us at a disadvantage, though," Byakuya said. "Did anyone see anything else worth mentioning?"
"Oh, oh, oh! Ibuki didn't see Byakuya-chan at all during this turn!"
"I could say the same to you."
"Ehehehe, I guess you got me there."
"I was with Soda in the beginning," Fuyuhiko said. "But then I lost track of him somewhere in storage. Then I caught up with Koizumi in electrical, if I remember correctly."
"Where was Sonia?" Since he had been with Chiaki, Naruto had to wonder about the princess next.
"Oh, Tanaka-san and I were in the reactor before heading to security," Sonia answered him. "We only saw Koizumi-san and Pekoyama-san during that time."
"To be honest, Pekoyama-san and I split up after that," Mahiru picked up right after. "I went to electrical since I had a task there."
Hmm. That collaborated with what Fuyuhiko had said. But this meant that Peko could have potentially headed toward storage and then shields, where Kazuichi might have been. Interesting.
"I headed for communications," Peko explained. "I believe Nidai can vouch for me."
"Oh, did you?" Nekomaru said. "I didn't notice you."
"Me either," Akane nodded. "But I was trying to do that stupid mission or whatever."
"Task," Chiaki corrected.
"Whatever."
"So we don't have anything again?" Mahiru didn't sound happy. "There's gotta be something."
Naruto had something.
"I say we vote for Peko-chan."
How cold!
"Oh my." Even Nagito sounded surprised. "Any particular reason?"
"You heard Kazuichi. He said that he saw her venting. And out of everyone, only Peko-chan seems suspicious. If we have to vote, I say it's her."
"So you can be cold-blooded when you have to, huh." Thankfully, Fuyuhiko didn't sound angry or anything. In fact, there might have been some amusement in his tone. At least, that's what Naruto thought. "I still have to agree with you, though."
Since no one was on the cameras, this was the best they had.
"I see, so it's come to me, huh." Peko's voice sounded as firm as always. It honestly made it hard for Naruto to know if he was right about this or not. He couldn't see her face, after all.
"You are not defending yourself, Pekoyama-san?" Sonia sounded worried. She didn't want to vote her friend off just like that.
"I'm not one of the imposters of course. It was just bad timing on my part. If I had to blame someone, then perhaps Nidai…"
"Nah, no way," Akane cut her off. "The old man was with me for sure. I remember that."
"Yes, but maybe the two of you are vouching for one another," Peko countered. "There are four suspects, after all."
That was a good point.
Naruto still kept to his gut, though. "Yeah, but Kazuichi's words still hold more weight in my opinion. There was only one imposter acting against him, and we know it was one of the girls. So if Nekomaru was with Akane, then that makes her safe in my eyes."
That's what really hurt Peko's argument as far as Naruto was concerned.
"I agree with that." Nagito was happy to say this.
Gundham just laughed. "Fuhahahaha! So the fates have chosen their next victim. Farewell, swordsman."
How poetic.
In the face of Naruto's surprising argument, the votes were cast.
And Peko was ejected.
The whiskered blond really felt like patting himself on the back right about now.
'Kyoko would be proud of me.'
Right? Unless he made a mistake somewhere, then he was going to have to apologize to Peko later.
But now, in his mind, three killers remained.
Who were they?
In a surprising turn of events, Nagito didn't follow him this time. It appeared as if the luckster was trying to do some investigating of his own while also completing some tasks.
Naruto also felt like doing the same, to be honest. At least completing one task would be nice.
'I'm sure Chiaki has finished hers.'
It was probably a cakewalk for the girl.
His first stop was the upper engine room again. There, he saw Fuyuhiko and Sonia. It was actually a bit of a struggle for him, but with concentration and some cursing he was finally able to figure his task out. It honestly made him feel like an idiot after doing it.
"I just had to line it up!? This is bullshit!"
Fuyuhiko was enjoying this. "I think you're just shit at this."
Sonia even laughed a little as well. "Do not feel bad, Naruto. Everyone has their weak points."
Yeah, but it still sucked.
Afterwards, Naruto traveled down the hall toward security. This place had seen a lot of suspicious activity. He only met Nekomaru there.
"Checking the cameras?"
"Indeed. I will catch these imposters with my own hands if I have to!"
Powerful declaration, but not surprising coming from Nekomaru.
It was then that things got sucky again when Naruto saw that someone had messed with the lights for the third time.
"They need to stop doing that."
Nekomaru hummed. "They must be planning something else. Quick, toward the electrical room!"
Electrical room?
Naruto followed after the team manager, or at least he thought he was. He just followed the map that he had and hoped it was the right direction.
"Ah, wait!"
As he reached electrical, he saw some movement with what little visibility he had.
Was it a purple avatar?
'But Mikan is dead?'
How curious.
Naruto stepped further into the room, but he didn't get to do anything else as the round was concluded with the announcement of another body.
Who was it this time?
"I swear, someone has been following me this entire time!" Hiyoko sounded annoyed. "Also, stop messing with the lights, you jerk! I can't see a thing!"
"That's part of the game, though," Chiaki pointed out.
But Hiyoko didn't care. "It's still annoying."
"Who died this time?" That's what Naruto wanted to know.
"Ehehehe, this is the interesting part, Naruto-chan." Oh, it was Ibuki talking. "I came across two bodies right next to each other in electrical! Yes, it was the great Ibuki who stumbled upon the scene of the crime this time!"
So Naruto had been right on top of it too, huh. Wait, did this mean that it was Ibuki whom he had run into as he was reaching electrical?
"Wait, two bodies in the same spot?" Fuyuhiko wanted to make sure. "It was Owari and Nidai that got taken out, and if they were together….."
Wait, Nekomaru was one of the victims!? Man, Naruto felt bad about losing sight of him now.
"So Kuzuryu-kun understands," Nagito said. "The imposters messed with the lights, and then they waited in electrical for someone to show up to ambush them there. But the fact that the two bodies were together, it must mean that there were at least two imposters waiting for the ambush."
Chiaki was thinking the same thing. "Nidai-kun and Owari-san must have just accidentally gotten there at the same time, which worked well for the imposters."
What a terrible coincidence!
"Who else was in the area?" Mahiru wondered.
"Well, I was close. Nekomaru and I were heading over there actually, but because I couldn't see very well he got ahead of me."
"Ohohoho, how very fishy~" What? Was Ibuki suspecting him now?
"If our guess with Pekoyama-san was correct, then there are three imposters remaining," Chiaki mused. "If two of them split from the group, then…."
"Yeah, sorry. But I was sort of on my own this whole round," Hiyoko said. "After talking with big bro Komaeda, I realize I can't trust anyone right now."
"Suspicious~" Okay, maybe Ibuki was just accusing anyone she could.
"Shut up!"
"I was up in weapons," Mahiru said. "I think I saw Kuzuryu pass by before the lights went off."
"Yeah, that's right. I left Sonia behind at the medbay."
"There's a vent there," Nagito pointed out. "It connects to electrical."
Did it? Naruto had no idea.
"So it's the princess then?" Hiyoko cheered. "I say we vote her out next!"
"Please, wait a moment!" Sonia pleaded. "I didn't leave medbay at all! I was doing a scan, you have to believe me!"
Hey, wait. What about Gundham and Byakuya? They weren't accounted for either. And they had been awfully quiet this time around.
"Well, fuck. Do we vote or not? We only have seven seconds left," Fuyuhiko said.
And he was right. Naruto saw the timer and it was now down to five seconds.
With so little time left, and with no proper conclusion to their discussion, they didn't vote.
Except for Hiyoko, who apparently voted for Sonia.
So yeah, there was that.
"Tanaka has to be one of them."
At first, Naruto thought that Byakuya was going to kill him when he suddenly appeared in navigation. It was only the two of them, after all.
That didn't seem to be the case, though.
"I've been suspicious of him since Mikan was killed honestly." Naruto still didn't know what to think about Sonia and Chiaki, so there was also that. "I still think Peko-chan was one of them."
"As do I. But it's obvious that two of the imposters are working together, if not all three," Byakuya said. "But how do we convince the others? We weren't able to arrive at a proper conclusion before."
True, but if they talked it over again…..
But thankfully, it seemed like someone else had the same idea.
Chiaki had just called for another meeting.
"Is something the matter?" It was Mahiru who asked.
"Hmm, I think we have to vote Tanaka-kun out."
Chiaki, always straight to the point.
"So I am to don the role of villain, am I?" Gundham's voice was full of excitement. He was really getting into this. "Very well, if you wish to come after my life, give it your best, mortal!"
The dramatics.
"I think you're the one who killed Tsumiki-san. I don't have any solid proof, just a hunch. But I feel like I have to share it with you guys. Just in case."
"How very interesting." Once again, Naruto could just hear the smirk coming from Byakuya. "Uzumaki and I were thinking the same thing."
"It's true that he doesn't have an alibi for that crucial period of time," Nagito said. "But is that really enough? Could he have made it to security without the others spotting him?"
That was the question….and Naruto did think Gundham was capable of it. The Ultimate Breeder could be surprisingly skilled in many areas.
"You cannot break through this illusion, no matter how much you struggle."
Was that…..Gundham's defense?
"We don't have much time left, you guys," Mahiru said, bringing attention to the time remaining.
"I say we do it!" Hiyoko exclaimed. "He totally looks like an imposter to me!"
She just wanted to vote him off, didn't she?
Naruto felt like he already knew this, but it still had to be stated…..Hiyoko was kind of sadistic.
As for Gundham, he was still only cackling as everyone voted for him.
"So I head for the gates of hell, after all. So be it! I gladly embrace the warm flames of PANDAEMONIUM!"
After hearing that…Naruto didn't mind voting for him.
Not when Gundham was so happy with it too.
"Oh my." It was Sonia who let out a small gasp after the voting. "There's only nine of us left?"
Gundham was the seventh "kill," since they voted him off.
"But I feel like if we played our cards right, then there's only two imposters left," Mahiru said, trying to be reassuring.
"The killer will stab again, Ibuki knows it! She'll just have to watch out for them! And keep Hiyoko-chan safe too."
"Ew, no. Stay away from me!"
Naruto watched Hiyoko's avatar run off south from the cafeteria, with Ibuki following after her.
Fuyuhiko let out a snort. "Well, if one of them dies, we'll know who to look out for."
Maybe. It depended on the timing.
Everyone else started to scatter too.
Naruto didn't know if he should be with someone, or just stick by himself. In the end, he decided to just go on with his business. He was probably going to run into the others sooner or later.
Instinctively, he went south too, to a room labeled "admin" in his map. He didn't have anything to do here, but he hadn't been on this part of the map yet.
'I wonder what this does.'
He found something he could click on, and when he did he saw a different map pop up on his screen. He had no idea what it meant, though.
'I already have one map. I don't need a second one.'
Just pointless.
So he exited out of there and went down toward storage. As he did, he found Ibuki coming up toward him.
"Ah, Naruto-chan! Ibuki finally found someone."
Finally?
"Weren't you with Hiyoko?"
"She ditched Ibuki." The girl sounded like she was pouting. "Can you believe it? It's terrible!"
Well, Hiyoko was kind of scared of getting killed. So….
"Wanna travel together?"
Naruto didn't have anything against it. He didn't think Ibuki could be one of the imposters. He was still only suspicious of Sonia at this point…..and maybe Chiaki.
So the new duo traveled through storage and headed for communications.
"Oh, you have something to do here, Naruto-chan?"
Not really. Naruto had sort of given up on doing the tasks and was now focused on just exploring. He sort of wanted to see the entire, uh, spaceship before he got killed or they won the game.
They spent a few seconds there, but no one else showed up in that time.
It was honestly a bit freaky for the blond. And no one had a found a body either. Usually by this point, someone would have already.
How suspicious.
But then, as the two went for shields, an all too familiar announcement flashed on Naruto's screen.
Another body had been found.
"Alright, alright." So Byakuya was taking charge this time. It made sense, seeing as he had been the one to find the body.
But wait….there were two bodies!? It was Sonia and Hiyoko!
"H'mph, so the little bitch died, huh." Fuyuhiko chuckled. "I guess going off by herself wasn't such a good idea, after all."
"But she didn't," Mahiru countered. "Mioda-san was with her….."
"No, she was not! Ibuki has been with Naruto-chan! Hiyoko-chan ditched her. Tell them, Naruto-chan!"
Uh.
"I mean, I rain into Ibuki in the center of the map. And then we went to the right…."
Chiaki had a question. "When did Saionji-san die?"
"I don't know," Byakuya said. "I only found Sonia's body. It was right above medbay."
That place again!
But man, now that Sonia was dead, Naruto had no reason to suspect her. He was gonna have to apologize to her later.
"So two bodies, and possibly two locations," Fuyuhiko said. "Sounds like this might have been two separate killers."
"That depends. Maybe they killed Sonia-san first?" Chiaki guessed. "Did anyone see where she went first?"
"She was heading to the left," Nagito answered. "That's the last time I saw her."
Naruto tried to think it through. If he was getting this right, then depending on who was killed first, they could figure out any potential culprits. But without finding Hiyoko's body….
"I'm still suspicious of Mioda." Fuyuhiko was his usual blunt self. "Saionji is dead, and she was the last one we saw that was with her."
Nagito chuckled. "But is that really enough, Kuzuryu-kun?"
"It is for me."
Hmm…..
"Voting here can be risky, if we're not sure yet," Chiaki said. "So maybe we should just skip for now."
There were seven of them left, and two were imposters, if they had played their cards right. So they were going to have to be extra careful with how they proceeded moving forward.
So following Chiaki's advice, they skipped the voting this time around.
Naruto was alone again, only this time he thought of maybe heading toward medbay to see if he could find anything suspicious there. That place had already seen both Mikan and Sonia killed. Whoever the imposters were, they sure loved using that area to kill.
But after spending about a minute there with nothing happening, Naruto decided to start exploring again. But as he did, his screen started flashing red with some weird horn going off.
"What the hell?"
What was this supposed to be now?
If that wasn't bad enough, the blond also saw that the lights were being messed with. Again!
'I want to punch this game.'
If only he could.
Thankfully, he didn't have to deal with these annoyances for too long as the announcement for the next dead body went off.
It was time to vote for someone.
"It's Mioda."
Wow, Fuyuhiko sounded so sure.
"How could you, Fuyuhiko-chan!" The Ultimate Musician sounded hurt. "We were together the whole time! I won't hug you anymore!"
Horrible punishment right there.
Chiaki was more calm. "Why do you think it's her, Kuzuryu-kun?"
"We were headed for that reactor place that you told us about, and Togami was there too. That's when the lights were fucked with again. And when I tried to look for them, I saw that someone was dead. I reported it right away. Since it's Togami, that means Mioda must have axed him."
"But it could also be you trying to frame poor me!"
Ibuki did raise a good point.
"This sounds difficult," Mahiru said. "I was trying to head for the reactor too, since I remember Nanami-san telling us about it." Whoops, just another thing Naruto forgot about. "But I was all the way down in communications, so I didn't make it in time."
"I saw her there, so I can vouch for her," Nagito said.
Well, it wasn't like Naruto was suspecting Mahiru anyhow.
But this development….was Fuyuhiko telling the truth? Or was it Ibuki?
"Mioda-san was suspicious last round too," Chiaki said after a moment's silence. "So I'm going to vote for her."
"Chiaki-chan! You have betrayed Ibuki!"
Ibuki sounded genuinely hurt, and it made Naruto hesitant for just a second. But as he thought about it, he realized that it couldn't be anyone else. Even if Chiaki was the other imposter, she couldn't have been the one to kill Byakuya this round.
So that only left the Ultimate Musician.
The others seemed to agree, as one by one they voted for her.
"Wait for me, Hiyoko-chan! Ibuki is coming to join you!"
And with those parting words, Ibuki was ejected.
Only five of them remained now.
"Well, if we fucked up, then we already lost," Fuyuhiko said as they spawned back in the cafeteria.
"True, but I think we made the right choice." Chiaki sounded sure of herself, and it made Naruto feel confident too. "Now we just have to worry about one imposter….I think."
Okay, not completely sure of herself, but close enough.
"Has anyone not done their tasks yet?" She asked.
"Uh. I did one….and then I've just been looking around this entire time."
Fuyuhiko snorted. "I'm surprised you weren't the first victim."
"Hey now!"
Naruto resented that. He'd been doing pretty well for himself…..maybe. After all, if the goal was to not get killed and he was still alive and kicking, then he's done well for himself.
Right?
"But still, who could the remaining imposter be?" That's what Mahiru was worried about…..because she really had no idea.
"Not a fucking clue." Fuyuhiko was on the same page as her.
"For now, all we can do is try to complete our tasks and hopefully win that way," Chiaki suggested. "So Uzumaki-kun, start doing that. We can't win unless you finish."
Seriously? How annoying.
"Or he could be lying, you know," Mahiru said. "Maybe he hasn't done any tasks because he can't. Because he's the final imposter."
"I told you I did one already, didn't I! Fuyuhiko can vouch for me!"
"I don't know, you did take a long time….."
"Seriously! I told you I'm not good at this stuff, alright!"
Fuyuhiko just laughed it off.
"Alright, screw you guys. You can be suspicious if you want, but that's only what the killer wants."
"Indeed." At least Nagito was backing him up. "We shouldn't be doubting ourselves. Let's have trust instead."
"That's not the point of the game," Fuyuhiko said, his voice deadpan.
"Well, for now, let's just wait and see what the imposter tries to do. Until then, we can't do anything else."
That was Chiaki's suggestion, and it sounded well enough for them.
And so, that's that they did. Naruto went off to try and complete the, in his mind, stupid tasks as Mahiru tried to help him along.
Chiaki, Nagito, and Fuyuhiko went off on their own since apparently they were finished. Probably to try and draw out the final imposter. Occasionally Naruto and Mahiru would bump into them, but no other body was discovered.
It was like this for the remainder of the game, until finally all the tasks were completed, as even those that had been killed could finish finish theirs in their "ghostly form." It made Naruto shiver just thinking about it.
It was a painful process, but Naruto managed to get it done somehow.
But there was no other killing.
Why?
Well, the reason was pretty obvious as the final imposter was finally revealed at the end of the game.
"It was you, Nagito!?"
The Ultimate Lucky Student laughed as the first game ended.
"Yes, I was the final imposter."
"What the hell, man?" Kazuichi said. "Why didn't you kill anyone? That ended up being tedious at the end!"
"Huh? Kill?" Nagito sounded confused. "There's no way I could ever kill a symbol of hope like you guys. I'd rather die first."
What the hell!?
"So you made us wait for that stupid excuse!?" Hiyoko shouted. She was probably going to kill him tomorrow.
"So wait, you didn't kill anyone this entire time?" Mahiru just had to be sure.
"Ehehe, nope~" Ibuki sounded so pleased with herself. "It was mainly Ibuki and Gundham-chan. Peko-chan did kill Teruteru-chan in the beginning, though."
"Killed off so quickly," Teruteru bemoaned. "But when she invited me to the corner of the room, there's no way I could have refused!"
Of course, killed by his own libido. Made sense.
At least Naruto didn't have to feel bad about accusing Peko like that.
"Fucking hell, Komaeda."
Fuyuhiko was still annoyed about that, as were most of the others.
From that point on, if Nagito was ever one of the imposters, they made him promise he would tell them. Just so they could vote him off.
They still had fun, though.
No, I didn't plan to originally write this. Yes, I wrote it in like three hours.
I regret nothing.
Till next time.
