This is NOT the last chapter. There will be one more epilogue chapter to wrap things up. Disclaimer: I do not own Dangan Ronpa.
Chapter 10: Chiaki Nanami
"Are you sure about this?," Kyoko asked the figure in the shadows, "At this point the source of the glitch has yet to be isolated." "I'll be fine," the figure said, "At this point I doubt there's any danger to me. And... I've been wanting my feelings for him answered for a while now. This may be my best chance of doing that." Kyoko sighed. She couldn't help but sympathize. "If you insist. Just be careful. There won't be anyone to monitor the feed for a half-hour." The figure looked at her. "Why? Were are you going?" Kyoko smiled. "My son's getting hungry. It's really that simple." The figure giggled as they prepared to hook themselves into the sim.
Chiaki entered to see the other girls and Hajime looking through the hotel. "Did someone lose something?," she asked. "While we were in the Funhouse," Hajime explained, "Monokuma gave me a set of files that supposedly pertained to us." Chiaki put a finger to her chin. "While you were in the Octagon, right?" Hajime nodded. "I disregarded the files since I don't think it's a good idea to trust anything Monokuma says, but I lost track of them after Gundham's trial." Sonia sighed. "To think the happiest night of our lives would suffer because of something someone could misinterpret." The other three girls looked at her, then at Chiaki. "So," Hiyoko said, "How long before Chiaki joins us? Anyone wanna take bets?"
Chiaki blushed. "Let's just hurry and find those files. Do you remember where you last left them, Hajime?" Hajime thought for a second. "Let's see... I remember at least looking through them out of curiosity, then Sonia called me out to the pool. I think I casually dumped the files in one of the trash bins. You know, just in case leaving it on the table would violate the no littering rule Monomi originally put in place." "Wait a minute?," Kazuichi said coming in, "What was that about Sonia calling Hajime to the pool?" "Ah, that," Sonia said sheepishly, "I had stumbled across a Golden Makango, a tropical creature that is an evolutionary offshoot of the regular Makango that can be found in my home country."
"And you called Hajime out just to show it to him?," Hiyoko asked, "What's the big deal with that?" Hajime thought carefully about how he should phrase his next words, then sighed and simply said, "A member of the Novoselic royal family is not permitted to marry until they find a Golden Makango and capture it." It took a second for the words to sink in, but soon enough the implications of Hajime's words came to light. The other girls were surrounding Sonia congratulating her, while Kazuichi was on the ground, having tried to strangle Hajime and getting knocked out for his trouble.
"It's really no big deal," Sonia said, "It's just... Hajime resembles a legendary hero from an ancient prophecy. I won't go into detail here, but that was the main reason why I had been so torn between him and Gundham, since Gundham seemed like my type, but Hajime felt like my destiny." "Guess Nekomaru settled that dispute quite handily," Mahiru said sadly, "Though I would have preferred a different approach." Just then, the sound of a gunshot could be heard resonating from elsewhere. "That sounds like it came from the fifth island," Chiaki said.
The fifth and final island, which had opened up earlier in the day, contained a military compound, a machine assembly building, a factory for building Monokuma dolls, and a warehouse for holding them. It was in this warehouse that they found a terrible sight. It was Mayuri, lying face-down on the ground, a trickle of blood coming from the back of his neck. From the blaring of the body discovery announcement, it was clear he was dead. "No...," Hiyoko said, "Not Mr. Ham Hands..." At that point Monokuma showed up, but something was different. He seemed to have some serious problems with his voice, but still he was able to hand over the file.
According to the Monokuma File, Mayuri had died due to severing of the cervical spine. Mikan focused their during her autopsy and found what looked like a ball bearing stuck right in one of the vertebrae. "A shot like this," she said, "He would have died instantly. He probably never even saw his killer." She also found a small note clenched in his fist. When she managed to pry it out, she read it aloud. "Meet me in the warehouse. We to discuss something." Not far from Mayuri's body was what looked like a small firecracker next to a microphone. It had been hooked up to a large speaker that looked like it had been dragged over from the music venue. "I've seen this kind of explosive before," Sonia said, "There are several of them in the military compound."
"Hey guys," Hiyoko said, "I've looked around, and I'm not seeing any kind of gun in this warehouse. We should check as many areas as possible to see if we kind find what fired the pellet that killed Mr. Ham Hands." Each of the remaining students took an island, and it wasn't long before Mahiru spotted something suspicious at the hotel. Kazuichi's door was wide open, and in his cottage was something horrified her. She quickly took some pictures before grabbing the items and calling the girls and Hajime back to the hotel. "These were in Kazuichi's cottage," Mahiru said. She showed two things. One was the files Hajime had lost, the other was a makeshift mechanical slingshot. "He couldn't have...," Chiaki said. Hajime closed his eyes. "We'll have to confront Kazuichi about this at the trial."
At the trial, Monokuma was spouting garbled messages again. For once, Monomi was simply standing on a small platform next to Monokuma's throne. "I wish I could say Monokuma's lack of speech means I can boot him out," she said, "But he's still too strong for me to fight. Which means we have no choice but to go through with this." "It's fine," Hiyoko said, "We may have our culprit already." Kazuichi looked surprised. "Wait, really? Who?" The others answered by turning their heads toward him. "Oh... But don't we all have an alibi for when that gun went off?" "I am not so sure it was a gunshot," Sonia said, "The firecracker we saw near the body... There are several more of them at the military compound."
"Come to think of it," Chiaki said, "Is it possible that was what caused the gunshot sound we heard?" "But we heard it from the motel," Kazuichi argued, "How could one firecracker make so much noise?" "Simple," Hajime said, "There was a giant speaker hooked up to a microphone set close enough to the firecracker to pick up the noise, but far enough away so that it wouldn't get blown out. But something like that would take a great of mechanical skill." Mikan nodded. "And you are the Ultimate Mechanic. So you would know full well how to do that." Kazuichi gulped. "That's not the only thing pointing to you," Mahiru said, "There's also the mechanical slingshot that was found in your cottage." "Huh?," Kazuichi said, "How did you guys get into my cottage?"
"It was unlocked," Mahiru said, "I guess you must have bene in some sort of hurry." "If he was the one to light the fuse on the firecracker in an attempt to give himself an alibi," Chiaki said, "Then he might have been in a rush to stash the evidence in his room before the fuse ran down." Kazuichi sighed. "Crap... I should have known it would be too obvious. But it doesn't matter... I've already finished it for good. Yes, I was the one who killed Mayuri, using the letter to draw him to the warehouse and shooting him in the back of the neck with the slingshot. It was designed to alert me when I was aiming at the most vulnerable spot of the human body. But enough of the specifics. Let's just get the voting done already." Once the voting was done, it was tallied up in favor of Kazuichi. "That's that then. But this is the last murder. No that the traitor has already been dealt with."
"The traitor...?," Hiyoko said, "You don't mean Mr. Ham Hands, do you?" "That's right," Kazuichi said, "I found those files this morning, just dumped into one of the trash bins. Most of them contained stuff I expected to see, even Hajime's hidden talent. Not surprised to find he's the Ultimate Scholar." "So that's what it was," Hajime said, "I never even read my file." "The most important thing I found," Kazuichi said, "Was Mayuri's information. Or rather, a lack of it. Plenty of information on the rest of us, nothing on him. It didn't take much to put two and two together. I mean, he was the one constantly telling us there was no traitor. But that was just to distract us from who is was. Now he's gone, and this whole game is over."
He looked over to Monokuma and nodded. The mascot went and hit the big red button, dragging Kazuichi into the execution chamber. Blindfolded and strapped to a giant catherine wheel, Kazuichi was spun round and round. But instead of having his limbs broken, he was sent rolling across a runway. After the wheel evaded several hazards, it finally ran off a cliff and into the ocean, where it sank to the bottom. The others looked sorrowful. "Is it... Truly over?," Sonia asked. "It is," Chiaki said, "The timer on the clock in the park is almost finished counting down." She closed her eyes. "I didn't have the heart to tell him... Kazuichi had the wrong person."
Chiaki and Hajime sat in his cottage. "So you were the 'traitor' all along," Hajime said, "But you sure haven't been acting like a traitor." "I'm not really sure traitor is the right word," Chiaki said, "I am just a mole for the people who brought us here, but they're actually good people. This was supposed to be a giant rehabilitation program, but... There was a glitch." Hajime smiled and grabbed Chiaki in a hug. "It doesn't matter. We all still see you has a friend. Well..." He quickly kissed her. "I actually see you as more." Chiaki giggled. "This reminds me of my boss's family life."
Gently Hajime removed Chiaki's hoodie and blouse. "I've always thought so but... You're body is surprisingly sexy for a gamer girl." He gently squeezed Chiaki's breasts as she bit on her finger. She reached with her other hand and found Hajime's crotch, which she slowly started rubbing. "Incredible...," she said, "Let me see..." She unzipped Hajime's pants, and her eyes went wide at the sight. "I never got the chance to see this before." She smiled at Hajime and kissed him, their tongues interlocking. "I've never been good at dating sims," Chiaki said, "But it looks like real-life relationships are another thing."
Hajime chuckled as he pushed aside Chiaki's panties and started rubbing her pussy. "You've certainly triggered all of my flags." Chiaki moaned as she felt Hajime's fingers. "I can't wait anymore," she said, and she lowered herself on Hajime's cock. The sight of Chiaki's blood told Hajime he had just deflowered five girls in total. "Maybe I did get some of Nagito's luck..." Chiaki wrapped her arms around Hajime and started moving. Hajime returned her embrace and matched her movements. Chiaki's moans grew louder as she reached her limit, finally resulting in Hajime and Chiaki cumming together. As Hajime collapsed on his bed, Chiaki whispered, "Guess I'll be seeing you in the real world soon..." But Hajime was already too sleepy to process this,
To be continued...
The next chapter will rap things up. Read and review.