Class Trial in session. All Rise!
Everyone then took their seats as the class trial began. "Now, let me go over a basic eplaination of the Class Trial. So, your votes will determine the results. If you can figure out who dunnit, then only they will recieve punishment. But if you pick the wrong one...then I'll punish everyone besides the blackened, and the one who decieved everyone else will graduate!" Monokuma explained.
"All right. Before we begin, everyone close your eyes and whoever did it raise you hand." Taka said.
"Don't be a goddamn idiot! Why the hell would they raise their hands?" Mondo asked.
"I have question." Kyoko said pointing to the two crossed out pictures of Sayaka and Junko in two of the court seats. "What is with these pictures?"
"I felt bad that they were left out just because they died. Friendship penetrates even death's barriers." the bear explained.
"And what about that one empty seat?" Celeste pointed out to the one empty seat. "There were only 27 of us to begin with, so why 28 seats?"
"Oh, no reason. Its just that our little courtroom here can technically fit up to sixteen people. Okay, that about does it for the preamble. Get ready to get started! Now, let the class trial...begin!"
"So, where do we start?" Natsu asked looking around.
"I think we should begin with the weapon that was used to kill Sayaka." Aelita suggested.
"It was some sort of sharp object thrusted into her stomach. No doubt, that was used to kill her." Taka said.
"We know that already. It was some knife." Naruto said.
"It wasn't just 'some knife'. It was a specific kind of knife. It was obviously a kitchen knife." Usagi explained.
"So someone took a knife from the kitchen and it was used to stab her." Hina said. "Who cares! We all know Makoto was the one who killed her." Leon said. "Wait! Makoto wasn't the one who took the knife. He wasn't even in the kitchen!" Hina said defending Makoto. "I was in the kitchen with Sakura last night having some tea because I was scared."
"That is correct. And all the knives where there when we had it. While we had that tea, there was someone else who came in. And once they had left, we noticed one of the knives were missing." Sakura explained. "We would have told you guys, but that person isn't here anymore. It was Sayaka. She came into the kitchen and died the next day." Hina finished.
"So, it was Sayaka who took the knife." Kirito realized. "It was probably for self protection." Makoto said. "And yet the knife she had was still taken from her. You may not have gone to the kitchen, but you still could have taken the knife." Byakuya assured. "See! He did do it!" Toko said accusing him. "So, trying to send us off in the wrong direction, eh? You posess a most terrifying talent, Mr. Naegi." Hifumi said. Makoto got worried when people started to suspect him once more.
"Hold it! There is evidence that Makoto didn't do it." Kyoko said. "The killer broke through the door to the bathroom in order to get through to Sayaka."
"Big deal. If the only option is to break something, then you break it." Mondo said.
"But the door wasn't broken in the first place." Usagi said. "Its not fitted the frame quite right so there's a certain trick to it. Plus you can't lock a boy's bathroom. If Makoto really was the killer, he would have known that right away. So, Makoto is completely innocent."
"Usagi, Kyoko. Thank you."Makoto said.
"Just a moment!" Celeste chimed in. "Why is it that the culprit thought the shower room was locked when the room belonged to a male?"
"That's an easy one. While we investigated the room, me and Kyoko noticed something. The name plates on the doors were switched." Happy said.
"Well, that answers that. But what I want to know is, how they got in there in the first place?" Eren asked. "The locks are unpickable and no one would break down the door without rousing suspicion."
"I shall answer that question with the only response: Sayaka obviously let the culprit in herself." Hifumi theorized.
"No way! Sayaka wouldn't do that! She was so scared! She said she wouldn't even open the door for anyone!" Makoto protested.
"But what if that fear was faked?" Kyoko suggested as Makoto and Usagi looked shocked as Kyoko help up a piece of shaded paper with words on it. "I found this in your room." she said. The note read, "Please come to my room and please check the name plate, okay? Sayaka."
"I sketched the pen marks. The memo was found inside Makoto's room. There was no way Makoto could have written this. So, Sayaka wanted to get in contact with this certain individual and sent that note to them. Whoever Sayaka invited was the one who killed her."
"Of course. If someone got a note from the Ultimate Pop Sensation, they would come no questions asked. But it would not work on me since I only do 2-D!" Hifumi stated.
"But there's still one thing that bothers me: why were the name plates switched in the first place?" Tsuna asked.
"I have a pretty good idea why. Because Sayaka planned to kill them. That's why she took the knife. And once she killed them, she planned to switch the name plates back and pin the crime the Makoto" Maka said.
"Yeah. But, her plan backfired on her when the person she invited saw the replica sword in Makoto's room and protected themselves with the sheath. They then drew the sword and struck Sayaka's wrist, causing her to drop the knife. But we still don't know who the culprit is." Kirito said in a serious tone.
"Think, Usagi, think. There has to be something we're missing. I know you tried to kill, Sayaka, and I understand the reason. We could have talked something out. If only you told someone who killed you before you died. Wait!" Usagi thought. "I got it! The dying message!" she said aloud.
"Dying message?" Leon asked.
"Before Sayaka died, she wrote something on the wall behind her. 11037. But now that I think about it, its not numbers, they're letters! They looked like numbers because she wrote the name upside down. But when you turn them rightside up, they spell out the person's name. Instead of 11037, it would be L-E-O-N. Leon!" Usagi shouted before pointing at Leon.
"No way! Those are just some squiggles that just happen to look like my name." he said nervously.
"Not possible. Judging from the angle, she wrote the message with her index finger and her back to the wall. So there's no way its random. And if you aren't the culprit, why did you try to get rid of the evidence?" Aelita asked him. Leon then got an even more nervous expression as everyone looked at him.
"That's right. The small shirt piece that was left behind near the incinerator. Along with the shattered crystal ball." Soul said.
"I think we've answered every question, but just to be sure, why don't you recap the whole case, Usagi?" Kyoko asked.
"Right. Let's begin!" she shouted. "Last night, the killer went to the room Sayaka was in. In other words, Makoto's room. From what we can tell, Sayaka invited that person there intending to kill them. She attacked them with the knife she had taken from the kitchen earlier...but then something happened that she wasn't prepared for. They grabbed the fake sword in the room and fought back. During the fight, a strike from the sword broke Sayaka's right wrist. And that's when she lost her grip on the kitchen knife. Feeling cornered, Sayaka panicked and ran into the bathroom. The killer went after her, but couldn't get the bathroom door open. What they didn't know was that the door gets stuck easily and there was a trick to it. So they forced their way through, took the kitchen knife and stabbed Sayaka. With her last amount of strength, she wrote the killer's name before losing all her will to go on. The killer then proceeded to remove any evidence they had even been there. They then removed their shirt which was covered in her blood. They then headed to the trash room to destroy their bloody shirt. They tried to burn the shirt using the incinerator. But it was blocked off by a sturdy gate, so they had to improvise. They found Hiro's crystal ball in the laundry room, which they probably went to first to wash the blood out. They tossed the crystal ball at the button near the incinerator. A task impossible for a normal person, but they took confidence in this shot because they were the Ultimate Baseball Star! It then roared to life. They then balled up their shirt and tossed it into the flames. Having destroyed the evidence, they left with a sigh of relief, but they didn't know a piece didn't get burned all the way and left behind important evidence. Isn't that right...Leon!?" Usagi said explained the whole case and pointing at Leon.
Leon just stood there shaking in fear and anger.
"So Leon, do you object to this?" Kyoko asked.
"Do I object? Of course I object! I object! I object! I object!" he shouted in anger. "All of you are all so stupid! Stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid!" he shouted repeatedly.
"Well then, would you mind showing us your toolkit then?" Makoto asked. "If I'm right about this, there will be evidence of it being used." he said calmly.
"Stupid stupid stu-huh?" he asked.
"And if you say you used it for something else, you need to explain what for and where." Byakuya said. "And right now, saying you lost it is not is not an excuse." Kyoku added.
Leon then stopped speaking entirely and stood there like a deer in the headlights.
"I think we're good here. Let's get to the verdict." Byakuya said.
"Now, you each will find a lever. Pull the lever for who think is guilty." Monokuma said.
A large slot machine then appeared in the middle of the court with pictures of everyone on it. The slots kept spinning till all three landed on Leon's face.
"Pupupupu! The blackened this time is...Leon Kuwata, the Ultimate Baseball Star!" Monokuma exclaimed proudly as Leon looked scared.
"You bastard! Why did you do it? Why did you kill her?" Luffy shouted.
"You can't just go around killing girls." Mondo shouted as well.
"Don't you get it? I was about to die! I had to kill her! You guys would have done the same thing in my situation!" he shouted as he knelt to the ground crying. "Leon." Usagi said taking pity on him.
"No then, let's get to the punishment!" Monokuma said with Leon being scared again. "Punishment? You mean execution? No! I...I had no choice but to kill! It was self defense!" he said.
"No it wasn't! You could have stopped what you were doing when you ran Sayaka into the bathroom, but no, you chose to continue of your own volition." Kirito said.
"Now then, I have prepared an extra special punishent for the Ultimate Baseball Star!" Monokuma said as a big red button came out of the ground. "Let's give it everything we've got! IT'S PUNISHMENT TIME!" he said as he pulled out a gaval and hit the button.
Game Over! Leon has been found guilty! We will start the punishment!
Leon looked around scared as everyone looked at him. Then out of nowhere, an iron chain clamped around her neck and pulled him through an open door where he was dragged along the floor and into a makeshift batting cage where he was secured to a large metal pole. Then, a pitching machine came out of the ground as baseballs were being loaded in it. Everyone watched from behind the cage as Monokuma donned a baseball uniform and held out a bat.
1000 Blows!
The machine started with just one ball at a time, then it skyrocketed to several at once at a fast pace as it circled around and hitting Leon. Monokuma even joined in and hit some balls at Leon as well. At one moment, Leon opened his eyes only to see the balls hitting him in the face. Soon, the machine ceased to a halt as everyone looked shocked at the dead person before them.
"Pupupu! How exhilirating and what an adreneline rush!" Monokuma said liking the execution as everyone was just in sadness except for Makoto, Kyoko and the heroes. "So, are you guys feeling despair?"
"Not in the least." they said surprising Monokuma. "What? Why not?"
"Because we know its all your fault, not Leon's or Sayaka's. And we're not going to forget their deaths, we'll carry them with us as we try and beat you." Makoto said.
"And if you try and stop us, we'll beat you." Usagi said.
The large group then returned to the elevator and went back up to the regular part of the school leaving Monokuma in the court. "Who exactly are these freaks? I can't even look them up. Just what are they?" he questioned.