Chapter 18: The Trial, Part 2

After a while, the questions stopped and I had time to process all that had transpired. Naegi and Kirigiri were gone a surprisingly long time, and I didn't have much to do at all. That is, until I was approached by the mastermind herself. Enoshima sat next to me and put her hand on my back. "Why did you tell everyone those?" I asked once I noticed her. "It's simple, to get the attention off of me. I could have figured that out myself." she said. Of course, the killing game. I had almost forgotten about the game which I had wasted weeks of my life on. I couldn't tell anyone about this once the trial continued because they either would care more about the less important issues, or worse, I could get killed for it. But if I didn't tell anyone, much worse could happen to everyone. A catch 22 for the ages. "You know, I have an even better question for you. What bathroom do you go to?" Enoshima asked. This was somehow the first time I had ever been asked this question, and I didn't even know how to respond. "Why do you care?"

She firmly grabbed the back of my shoulders. "It's not like I can use this against you, can I?" she said. I rolled my eyes. I didn't see how she could. "I use the women's. Have to be as convincing as possible." I said. She nodded, but then decided to rant at me. "These trials will be a lot more fun once the killing game actually begins, since everyone will be here at the same time instead of having to fetch them from wherever. Makes them a lot more fast paced. The more despair caused, the better!" she said, smiling seductively. Hope or despair, I really didn't give a shit. I just wanted to live without stress. She walked off and I waited a few more minutes, somehow they still weren't back. I evaluated my options until Nanami sat down next to me. "Haha, got em." she said, laughing. I couldn't deny that, even if she was being annoying about it. "Why do you have to be a dick?" I asked. "Because you lied about yours! And of course also messed with Hajime. I want to be nice to you, but god dammit, you could have killed him." she said. Somehow I expected her to make a joke about Hinata being unable to respawn like the epic gamer she is. It was much better that she didn't, though. "I'm sure he'll give you his forgiveness but I'm still mad about that. Don't do that or we can rise up on your ass." she said. It was the type of warning only she could give, but it was an effective one.

Naegi and Kirigiri got back with Maizono and Owada not long after. "Sorry for being late, they were in the weight room." Naegi said. That was pretty clear, considering Owada was carrying a dumbbell and wearing only a white tank top on his upper body. Maizono wasn't in any type of athletic gear, although she was holding the biker's bicep. "About fucking time! Let's get this shit going again!" Enoshima yelled. And just like that, we were back in business. The first thing that was said was almost completely meaningless. "Oh my god, it's Sayaka Maizono! Hi, I'm Hajime Hinata from the reserve course, can I have your autograph?" he said, once again offering a handshake. She actually smiled back. "Maybe later!" she said. It looked like Hinata almost had a heart attack out of excitement. Before anyone could ask anything involving the three people we just brought in, someone else had a question. "I've been having trouble comprehending this, and meant to ask this before. How did you not realize that I wasn't this fat waste of a human being who causes nothing but despair everywhere he walks?" asked Komaeda. The Imposter put his hand over his eyes and looked as if he was about to break down in a fit of sadness. "I don't know, but he was a much better you than you are. He accepted my teachings of despair more than anyone I've ever even seen! I thought that would be you, but I guess it's him." she said, laughing. I could hear the Imposter talking to himself, calling himself derogatory things.

"And what does this have to do with us?" Owada asked. "Oh yeah, I'd like to know why Maizono cheated on me." I told him. Everyone was staring intently at him. "I've begun to see what you meant from the beach trip. Damn, she had good sexual advances. I tried resisting, couldn't help myself. Just like you. I'm sorry, man." he said. His apology was absolutely sincere. It's not like he was saying things to make himself seem apologetic, his voice was shaky and the look of his face was one of distraught. I nodded as a sign of approval. "I thought it was you who did the advances on her." I said. Things had patched up, and I was happy with this. "So it was actually Maizono who was the bitch all along. I like these twists a lot." Enoshima said, laughing. Maizono herself was not pleased, but she also wasn't confessing anything. In fact, she wasn't saying anything at all. She just looked extremely pissed off.

"Good for nothing whore! I always knew you were a stain on the face of music." Saionji said. Now was absolutely not the time for this, but I was somewhat excited to see the two girls I had spent the most time with potentially fight. The pop star's face was beginning to turn red, and she was ready to strike with immense power. "Listen, you little shit. I have infinitely more influence and popularity than you could ever dream of. I'm still pissed off at you for ruining my fucking concert, you titless bastard. If you attempt to fuck with me again, I will grab you by both of your ponytails and slam you to the fucking curb. You understand that?" Maizono said, breathing heavily directly afterwards. Saionji was shocked by her sudden outburst, and most of the rest of us were as well. Maizono closed her eyes and smiled. "Perfect!"

"But why would you do this to me? I showed you nothing but love and you repaid me by seducing one of my better friends!" I yelled at her. "That I'll be keeping to myself. But since we agreed to a breakup, I can have sex with Owada-kun whenever we please. So it really shouldn't matter to you anymore." Maizono said. "But it does, god dammit! I would like to know why you did this!" I said. Everyone stared intently at her, who was still staying quiet. "It's... it's not a big deal, alright? Worry about something else. There's just some things Owada can supply that you simply can not. I'm sorry! Okay?" she asked. Every time she spoke, she was pissing me off more. "Wow, you're all fucking boring. Get to a confession, or I'll make you confess. And it's not gonna be fuckin' pretty." Enoshima said. This was actually a worthwhile threat, and Saionji decided to exploit it. "You're just a little cockslut, aren't you? You probably don't care about either, you just want their sweet juices. Am I wrong? Prove me wrong." she said, laughing.

"Even if Hajime is just a reserve course student as some would say, I wouldn't whore myself to someone else. Because I actually love him!" Nanami said while petting the head of Hinata. "Not even while Komaeda was gone did I have sex from anyone else. Dick move." said Ikusaba. I wasn't even going to bring up how she actually did have sex with someone else, that of course being me. Maizono's face was turning more and more red. And eventually, she snapped. "Alright, I submit! I've gotten the dick from almost everyone in this school! Most boys from both classes have been inside me! And once Kirigiri dropped out of the beach trip, I knew I had to invite the only boy from my class that I hadn't fucked and also wasn't Yamada, that being Ishimaru. But he rejected me! Fujisaki, you're a fucking lifesaver, because when you turned out to be a boy, my night was saved. So I decided to stay with you because of you saving my night. But of course I wanted more and more sex for more and more people, and your Owada connections made that easy!"

She used me for sex. At least she was nice about it. Fucking perfect. After all I had done for her. But now wasn't the time to dwell on this. Enoshima laughed. "This is exactly what I'm looking for! Despair will never show any bounds!" she said. Maizono wasn't done yet, though. "I'm sorry, Owada. I'm sorry, Fujisaki. Because I've had sex with someone within the last week that wasn't either of you. And they're currently in this room." she said. As the plot thickened, everyone began to narrow down the options. Besides me and Owada, there were three other boys in the room. It couldn't have been Komaeda because he just got back from his religious excursion. This left Naegi and the Imposter. "It couldn't have been the Imposter because he was mostly a manslave. So this leaves a single option." said Ikusaba. Everyone looked at Naegi, who said "You've got that wrong! Maizono thinks it was me, but it was actually the Imposter dressed up as me!"

"Do you have any evidence of me doing this?" the Imposter asked. "Well, I..." Naegi tried to say, before I stepped in. "I have evidence to prove you wrong, Naegi. When I was working on Enoshima's project, I hired the Imposter to pretend to be me for a little while. And although I know they didn't get intimate due to Saionji walking in and telling her that the Imposter was a fake, I can tell you that he was not pretending to be you. He was pretending to be me!" I yelled. "Wait, what's Enoshima's project?" asked Kirigiri. "Don't worry about that, it's nothing important." said Enoshima. I already knew I would bring it up again, just not yet. "Whatever. Naegi-kun, I know you spend a lot of time with Maizono because of prior history. The only way this can go for you is down. Just say it was you." Kirigiri continued. "O-okay fine! It was me! I fucked her only yesterday! I'm sorry, please don't do anything drastic, Owada!" yelled Naegi.

Despite his plea, it became clear that he was going to do something. Owada was pissed. But not at Maizono, absolutely not. He cracked his knuckles and said "Alright, you bastard. You better get yourself ready. I'd never lay a finger on Maizono, but you are free game, my man." Naegi had nowhere to go. Poor guy. "Sh-she made the advances on me!" he said, quivering in fear. But it was too late, as after he had said that, Owada started punching him in the face repeatedly. Blood was pouring out of his nose and going every conceivable direction. Kirigiri decided to try to stop him. "Don't you think this is entirely unne-" she couldn't finish her sentence as she was taken out with a single punch.

As this happened, everyone was silent. Tsumiki, who had only really been watching, decided to help the two injured students. The silence continued until one overconfident reserve course student decided to say something about it. "I know I have little authority to say anything, but-" Hinata tried to say, but he was too cut off, although this time not from Owada. "Yes, you have no authority to say a damn thing. So please, shut up." said Komaeda. "How about you shut up? All you've done for this trial is act like an asshole to me and my friend!" said Nanami. "You've done the exact same for me, and you say this is for hope's sake!" yelled the Imposter. Tensions were flaring fast, and this was making Enoshima very very happy. "You know, I have reason to fight as well! I'm sorry, Ikusaba, but it would cause much more despair for me to kick that fucking baby out of you! And you know how much I like that, don't you? With this great hostility, I declare a brawl." she yelled.

Indeed, a brawl started. Owada continued to beat up Naegi while Tsumiki tried (and mostly failed) to fend him off, Hinata, Nanami and the Imposter beating the ever loving shit out of Komaeda, and of course Enoshima attempting to kick Ikusaba in the stomach. Me and Saionji were the only ones not involved with any fighting. "What do we do?" Saionji asked me. "What I've needed to do this entire time! We need to get the fuck out of here!" I grabbed her hand and we ran for the door. But I came to a sudden stop. I didn't know what it was at the time, but something had hit me in the back of the head. I fell on my back as my vision began to fade. But I could clearly see the weapon that was used was the dumbbell Owada has brought in. And just before I faded into unconsciousness, I saw the smiling face of Sayaka Maizono, who put her foot on my chest.