Chapter 3 - Let The Game Begin - (Part 3)
Investigation Time! It's time for me to give you some clues for this murder. This case is similar to the first on the game/anime but there are a few differences.
I hope you enjoy :)
It had passed ten minutes and the five pupils, Blossom, Buttercup, Bubbles, Robin and Finn, were still there in Blossom's room, along with Jake's corpse.
Blossom was still shaken by the event. She stared at Jake's lifeless body one more time. His eyes were open but showing zero emotion. That was terrifying. So, someone really ended up doing it..., she thought.
Robin had seen some dead bodies during his life but this just made him really uneasy. It was an innocent person that was there. And just to think about how most of the others are kids... could a kid really do something like this?
Buttercup was pacing back and forth. She didn't want to look at the body. It made her somewhat queasy. The fact that someone really had the guts to do something like this... that was insane.
Poor Bubbles, she was still curled in a ball, trembling. It was too much for her to handle. Yes, her sisters and her used to fight big monsters and most of the times kill them. But this was a whole other level. She wasn't expecting to actually see a dead body in real life. It was too much for a seven year old to handle.
Finn... Finn was absolutely devastated. He had been crying non stop since he saw his brother's lifeless body. His brother, his best friend, his buddy... was now dead. He stood up, his face all wet from the tears, and mumbled "I swear to Glob, that I'll kill whoever did this to Jake!"
"Alright, everyone," Monokuma's voice burst through the speakers all over the school "I instruct all of you to gather in the gymnasium, right now!" he ordered.
"W-what? Is he actually serious?!" Finn revolted, his eyes widening.
No one bothered commenting. Bubbles suddenly stopped trembling. Blossom and Robin had reset and Buttercup had stopped pacing back and forth.
"I think we should just do as he says. I don't want to get in trouble." Buttercup said.
Finn turned his head to the green powerpuff girls "Are you kidding? Jake is here lying dead! Jake is here dead and you want to obey some stupid talking bear?" he snapped, trying to hold back his tears "We can't do that... I can't do that."
"I'm sorry, Finn, but we need to-"
"No! Shut up, you!" he forced his eyes shut "We're staying here."
Buttercup stepped back with that sudden reaction. Her expression was now angrier and she narrowed her eyes. No one tells her to shut up.
Blossom noticed the look on her sister's face and decided to step in "Finn, shouting won't get you anywhere. We're all as upset as you. Shouting won't bring him back, okay? Now, we need to do as Monokuma says and meet at the gym."
"She's right." Robin's voice came from behind the two "Arguing won't do anything in our favor. Plus, we need to know who did this."
Finn sighed "Fine." he said, lowering his head "Let's just go." he said as he walked out of Blossom's room, followed by the four other students.
Blossom could hear him whisper to himself something in the lines of "I'll avenge you, Jake. I promise."
A few minutes later, the five pupils entered the gymnasium, all of them with sad expressions, where everyone else, including Princess Bubblegum and Monokuma, were waiting.
"Finally! Geez, what took you so long?!" Mindy asked, with annoyance in her voice.
"Bonnie?" Finn uttered as he saw his friend "Where the hell were you? We were looking for you!"
"It's a... it's a long story." she hesitantly replied "Where's Jake? Is he coming?" she questioned, making Finn cover his mouth by the thought of his best friend being dead.
"So, you don't know?" Robin asked her. "None of you know?"
"Know what?" Connie raised a brow.
"Jake's... Jake's dead." Bubbles finally said something after a while.
Everyone gasped with those news. Most of them covered their mouth in horror and some even let a tear drop.
Bonnie whispered to herself, while covering her mouth "Oh no..."
"Yup! The girl is right!" Monokuma exclaimed "And one of you guys killed him!"
"Are you sure about that?" Mandy narrowed her eyes "How do we know if you didn't kill him?"
"She's right!" Finn shouted "You killed him! You're the one who killed him!"
"Nope." Monokuma smirked "I would never do something that defeats the point of this school. That wouldn't make any sense!"
"Then who else could've..." Ben started to say.
"As if you don't know!" Monokuma interrupted "Whoever murdered Jake is in this room, and, spoiler alert, it wasn't me! So one of you did it!" he said "Oh, and before I forget, from now on, whenever a body is found by three people other than the culript, I'll make an annoucement."
Everyone gasped and looked at each other with suspicion in their eyes.
"That can't be true..." Darwin muttered.
"Is he telling the truth?" Mindy wondered.
"He has to be lying! Don't listen to him!" Bonnie ordered her peers.
"Nuh-huh." Monokuma replied "One of you definitely killed Jake to get away from here."
"Right," Gumball turned to his fellow classmates "whoever killed Jake raise your hand!"
"As if that's going to work, dumbass." Mandy rolled her eyes.
"Wait!" Steven shouted, making everyone shut their mouths and look at him "If the killer is really one of us, then wouldn't they be able to graduate and get out of here?"
Dexter shook his head "I think you're forgetting about the 'perfect crime' aspect to this whole thing."
"Ah yes," Mandy scratched her chin in thought "The murderer has to go undetected. I assume that after the investigation we will participate in some sort of trial, right?"
"Upupupu!" Monokuma giggled "Exactly!"
"And how would this trial work, anyways?" Rigby asked.
"I'm glad you asked." Monokuma smirked "During the class trials, you will debate over who is guilty. To conclude the trial, you will all cast your votes as to who you think the killer is. If you correctly identify the culript, then they will be punished. However, if you vote wrong then only the murderer will not be punished, while the rest of you will. And with 'punishments' I mean... executions!"
Blossom looked terrified "Executions? H-how-"
Monokuma interrupted Blossom "Electric chair, poisoning, get your body split in half. Executions! Isn't it great?"
"Damn, you really are crazy." Buttercup commented.
"Thanks." he said "Now, I think you should start with the investigation. Time flies, y'know? I'll call you when it's time for class trial. Ta ta!" he waved as he disappeared into the floor.
"Guys," Gumball called "I think you might want to check your E-handbook thingys." he said "There are new pages."
Blossom went to check and read it out loud "Monokuma File #1" she tapped on the page, which opened to reveal what looked like a police case file. There was a photo of Jake with a red 'x' marked through it from corner to corner.
"I think we should all read the file together, so everyone is on the same page." Robin suggested.
"I'll read it." Mindy offered. She cleared her throat and began to read.
Clue: Monokuma File #1
"Monokuma File #1- The victim is Jake, the cool dog. Time Of Death: Around 3:20 AM. He was found dead inside of Blossom's shower room, in her private room. He was stabbed multiple times in the stomach. Other injuries include a wound on the victim's head."
"Blossom...?" Steven uttered.
"You're the killer?!" Mordecai questioned her, disgusted.
Blossom's eyes widened. Almost everyone was staring at her with disgust or throwing accusations at her.
"It can't be Blossom!" Buttercup immediately shouted "She's a super heroine and she would never do that!"
"How do we know if that's true?" Mandy snapped "We don't know you and never heard about you. As far as we know, you three could be villains! Plus, you're sisters, right? Of course you would stand up to your dear sister."
There could be heard some "Yeah, she's right." and "She has point." on the room which made Blossom step back.
"You guys really think I did it?" she inquired in disbelief, at how easily almost everyone was turning against her.
"I mean, based on the location of the body... It could only be you." Dexter said "How could've the murderer end up in your room? You're the only one who can enter."
"I- I forgot to lock my door!" she replied.
"How convenient isn't it, Blossom?" Mindy narrowed her eyes, smiling evilly.
"Blossom... d- did you- you really k- kill Jake...?" Finn muttered, clenching his fists.
"Let's not start pointing fingers yet." Robin told the group "We can't tell if she's really the murderer without any evidence. Plus, we still have an investigation ahead. I suggest we search as much of the building as possible within the limited time frame we have."
"Robin's right." Connie said "We're wasting our time with nothing. We should just split up and search for evidence."
One by one, the teens filed out of the gymnasium.
Blossom, Buttercup and Bubbles were left alone.
"Girls, you don't think I really murdered Jake, right?" Blossom asked them, with nervousness on her look.
"Of course not, Blossom! You would never!" Bubbles exclaimed.
"Yeah, you're too innocent to do something like this." Buttercup said.
"Thanks... I guess?"
The girls headed towards her dorm.
When they arrived inside Blossom's dorm, they found Mindy, Steven, Connie and Dexter already there, inspecting the room.
When Mindy noticed Blossom's presence, she decided to mess with her "Oh look, it's our killer." she smirked.
"Shut up, Mindy!" Buttercup snapped "Blossom didn't do anything."
"Yeah, and I'm the ugliest one here." she rolled her eyes "Don't make me laugh, Butt cup. That's your name right?"
Buttercup just gritted her teeth. "Ignore her, sis." Blossom said, placing her arm on her sister's shoulder in a way to comfort her "Let's just investigate."
"Geez, this room is really a mess!" Dexter commented "There must've been one heck of a fight here."
Blossom stared at her destroyed room once again. It was still a mess. She pulled her E-handbook from her pocket and took a picture of her room.
Clue: Signs Of Struggle
She went to check the bathroom and saw that her doorknob was broken. She took another photo.
Clue: Unscrewed Doorknob
"What the hell are you doing?" Mindy asked.
"Well duh, I'm taking pictures of the crime scene." Blossom responded, annoyingly.
She pushed the shower room door's open, revealing Jake's dead body. As much as she was disgusted with that image, she still went to investigate his body.
She was just examining it to see if she could find any clue on who was the culprit. But instead, she just noticed something weird. Carefully, she lifted the left of Jake's body. "Weird." she commented.
"What is it?" Buttercup asked, entering the bathroom. "5OOF?" she read it out loud "What does this even mean?"
"I don't know..." Blossom then noticed something on Jake's left pointer finger. It was... blood? "but I think it was definitely written by him." She took another picture.
Clue: Dying Message
Clue: Blood on left pointer finger
"I see there's blood on the faucet." Dexter pointed out.
"The killer must've cleaned his hands after the murder." Connie thought out loud.
"But they obviously did a horrible job hidding the evidence." Dexter smirked.
Clue: Bloody Faucet
"Hey, look at this." Steven called "there are a few glass shards here on the ground."
"You're right..." Blossom uttered. "So weird..."
Clue: Glass Shards
Blossom turned around to look at the mirror, to see if the shards could've come from it. Nope. The mirror was clean. The shards couldn't have come from it. Then where did they come from?
There were no more clues in the bathroom so Blossom got out of it. But as soon as she did, she stared at her messy bed. Then at her bedside table, which was out of place. Where was her glass lamp? She knew she had seen one when she entered the dorm for the first time. It just... disappeared like that?
Maybe... those glass shards that were on the bathroom's floor were from my lamp?, she thought, No... there were very few of them there. There had to be much more of those.
"You're going to leave, Bloss?" Buttercup asked.
"Yeah, I'm going to search for more clues. I'll tell ya if I end up finding more." Blossom responded as she got out of her room.
She decided to go inspect the bathrooms.
When she arrived at the bathrooms, she saw Robin getting out of the boys' bathroom.
"Hey, Rob-" she was interrupted by the unafraid hero "Blossom, I found some kind of clue here. Come and see." he gestured for her to come in.
"I- I don't think I should get inside the boys' bathroom..." she uttered.
"Yeah you're right. Just a sec." he went inside the bathroom. After a couple of seconds he returned with a garbage bag on his right hand.
"That's... that's a trash bag, Robin." Blossom said, confused.
Robin frowned "Yes, I know that. But just take look on what's inside." he said, as he showed Blossom what was inside.
"Oh my god..." she stared in disbelief at what was inside. "Those are lots of... glass shards... The glass shards that belong to my lamp!"
Clue: More Glass Shards Inside The Boy's Bathroom
"Uh... what?" Robin raised an eyebrow.
"My lamp was missing and there were some glass shards in my bathroom." she explained "I'm pretty sure this has something to do with the murder."
"I'm glad I could help then." Robin slightly smiled.
"Thanks, Robin." she thanked him as she walked away. Until she suddenly stopped.
"Hey, Robin?" she called.
"Yeah?"
"Why did you show me that? Don't you think I'm the murderer like everyone else?"
"Nah. You're a super hero, right? I'm a super hero too and I can recognize another one by looking at them. And super heroes are definitely not murderers. Plus, you're just a kid. You wouldn't murder someone." he said, giving another slight smile.
Blossom smiled "Thank you, Robin. It's nice to know someone apart from my sisters believes me. Bye."
"Bye." he waved her goodbye as she walked away. "Huh, such a nice kid." he commented, walking away from the bathroom.
A couple of minutes later, Blossom met with her sisters in her dorm.
"So, did you find anything, girls?" Blossom asked.
"Nope, nothing." Bubbles said, sadly. "What about you?"
"Robin showed me a trash bag that was inside the boy's bathroom. It had plenty of glass shards inside." she revealed.
"And what does it have to do with this murder?" Buttercup asked, confused.
"There were also a few glass shards in my shower room. And, by 'coincidence' my glass lamp was nowhere to be seen." Blossom explained.
"Huh, weird." Buttercup commented.
Suddenly, the three girls heard a quiet laugh near them. They rushed to the corridor to check what it was and they found Monokuma near Jake's dorm. He placed his hand onto the sensor next to the door. After analyzing his hand, the door unlocked itself. "Since I'm nice, I've opened the door to let you search Jake's room for any clues." Monokuma said.
The three girls quickly rushed towards the victim's room and started searching for anything that could lead them to culprit.
"Okay, girls, if you find anything tell me." Blossom ordered.
Bubbles went to search the bathroom and Buttercup went to search Jake's closet. Meanwhile, something had caught Blossom's attention: the small trash can.
She got closer to it and looked at what was inside. There was a broken E-handbook and a CD. Probably Jake's CD from the day before. She picked the objects up.
"An E-book? Weird..." she quietly said.
Clue: Broken E-handbook
"Did you say something, Bloss?" Buttercup asked.
"Uh, I have to go do something. I'll see ya in a minute." she said as she walked out of the room, with the CD and the handbook on her hands.
Buttercup simply shrugged and continued searching.
Blossom entered the computer room. She sat on the same place she was sitting the day before. She put her headphones over her ears and slid the CD into the disc slop.
For a couple of seconds, the screen was just showing static but then it came to life to reveal a situation somewhat similar to her own. There were five kids seated in a couch. Most of them were similar to Jake but a lot colorful. Blossom noticed all of them had a horn on the top of their head. One of them started talking.
"Hey, dad," the orange one started "where are you? We miss you, dad."
"Please hurry up, dad," the rainbow individual with a ponytail said "Mom said she would abandon us if you didn't arrive."
"Please, dad." the five kids all begged, with obvious sadness written on their expressions.
Suddenly, the scene went static again. Were they... his children?, Blossom thought.
About ten seconds after, the scene returned. But what the screen was showing made Blossom gasp in horror, covering her mouth with her hands.
Jake's supposed children were all lying on the top of the now split in half couch, pouring blood from their bodies.
Then suddenly Monokuma's voice echoed through the headphones "And this was when Jake realized that the only way to save his family was to murder someone."
The scene suddenly shut off, leaving Blossom looking at the black screen, shaking.
Clue: Jake's CD
No wonder Jake's reaction yesterday. This was horrible, she thought, But wait-, she suddenly realized, Why did he get a different one? And this one seemed so real, unlike mine. There's something fishy going on in here-
"Attention, students!" Monokuma's voice bursted from the speakers, taking Blossom off her thoughts "The investigation is over! Please gather at the large red door of the school area of the first floor!"
"I just hope this goes well." Blossom uttered as she walked out of the room.
She walked into a small room where she found everyone already there waiting. Buttercup and Bubbles quickly noticed her sister's presence and ran towards her.
"Did you find anything, Blossom?" Buttercup asked.
"I-" Blossom was about to respond but was interrupted by the sound of the elevator's door opening, which made everyone stare at it.
Monokuma began to speak "This elevator will take you to the conference room." he said.
Everyone started quickly entering it.
As the sisters were entering, Bubbles tapped on Blossom's shoulder, making the latter turn around.
"Don't worry too much, Blossom." Bubbles said with a small smile "After all, you still have an alibi, right?" the blue powerpuff girl entered the elevator.
An alibi?..., she then remembered, Oh yes, thealibi!
Everyone was already inside and the elevator had started moving. Blossom glanced around and noticed that everyone's expressions consisted on sad and serious. Specially Finn. Poor Finn, she thought, It really must hurt to know his best friend died by the hands of someone in this elevator...
The elevator suddenly came to a halt. The doors opened to reveal a grand room decorated in blue and gold, with red curtains. There was also Monokuma seated in a giant kind of throne.
"Now," Monokuma started, cheerfully "Let our first class trial begin!"
Clues: 1) Monokuma File #1 - The victim is Jake, the cool dog. Time Of Death: Around 3:20 AM. He was found dead inside of Blossom's shower room, in her private room. He was stabbed multiple times in the stomach. Other injuries include a wound on the victim's head.
2) Signs Of Struggle
3) Unscrewed Doorknob
4) Dying Message
5) Blood On Left Pointer Finger
6) Bloody Faucet
7) Glass Shards
8) More Glass Shards Inside The Boy's Bathroom
9) Broken E-handbook
10) Jake's CD
Here you got the clues. Can you guess who's the killer now? I'm going to admit, I think I might've given away the killer with one specific class trial is next chapter and I'm really excited for it! I just hope it ends up well.
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See ya next chapter!