Misaki's Pov.
We started investigating to figure out who is the killer of Ikusaba Mukuro, the 17th high school student. After investigating for awhile it finally commenced.
! !Classroom Trials In Action! !
"--The culprit is definitely Kirigiri! The five of us are alibis and the only one without an alibi is you,"
"--You say that, but it doesn't seem as if Naegi-kun was with you either."
Kirigiri defended herself as Naegi flinched, then Togami started talking once again, cornering the girl.
"--The sprinklers turned on 7:30, during that time Naegi was with us, meaning his innocent."
"--How strange, the corpse was wet."
"The body was only wet from the waist up, that was because we damped water after it exploded." I explained.
"--The reason the corpse was wet had nothing to do with sprinklers, and it's possible that the murder took place before 7:30am."
"--What do you mean?"
"The crime becomes possible for any time between last night at 10pm to when the corpse was found at 9am, in the garden's storage shed, I found a tarp... and I believe this crime was possible for Naegi-kun." Kirigiri explained as my eyes widened a bit, I turned to Naegi who was shocked.
"Looks like Kirigiri-san splendidly found a way to push the blame onto someone else,"
"--The murder weapon found at the crime scene also tells us you're the culprit,"
"--You mean the knife stuck into the body, right?"
"No, it isn't the murder weapon. That knife was sticking through the robe, the culprit remove the tarp and then threw the robe over the body to disguise it..." I said as Togami nodded in my theories.
"--There were 5 chickens, but one was missing. Probably it was used to fake the blood we saw at the crime scene."
"--The Monokuma file said that the victim was hit on the head with a cylindrical object about as thick as a steel pipe. In other words, the murder weapon was a steel pipe!"
"Your wrong, dumbass! The murder weapon was a set of duralumin arrows, which I found in the locker at the dojo." I said my evidences.
"--But aren't this a little too thin to he used the same as a steel pipe?"
"I bet the culprit duct taped it to bind the arrows together, a piece of duct tape covered in blood was found next to those arrows, no doubt my theories is correct."
"Kirigiri Kyouko, you're the culprit!" Togami said while pointing at her as somehow I was puzzled.
"--What's this? I never went to the dojo last night,"
"--No, there's no doubt that you went to the dojo. This piece of evidence was found in your room... a key to one of the dojo's lockers."
"--I am... not the culprit,"
"--This is just unsightly! Isn't it about time you gave it up?!"
"Chill down for a bit, Togami—" I was cut off when he glared at me, I felt a shiver ran up to my spine.
"That I am not the culprit is something you particularly should know best,"
Flashback
"Give me the key to your room,"
"If I didn't gave a key, I couldn't have entered my own room at all."
"Huh? But Kirigiri didn't ya told me and Naegi about the key—" I trailed of as she glared at me, then Togami eyed me in suspicious.
"--What are you talking about?"
"Uh... nothing! I was wrong," I said quickly while waving my hands, I knew it... I didn't want Kirigiri died because I know she's innocent.
But how can I prove it to the others?
Kirigiri lightly bit her lip as my eyes widened, somewhat confused in her reaction... why was she acting panicked? Can it be...?
"--Kirigiri! You're still willing to persist this far is unseemly!"
"Wait a minute Togami! She isn't the culprit... probably,"
"Here you go again, you and your instincts, why are you covering for her Misaki?" No... I'm not covering her, she isn't the culprit, I know so!
"Hey, we don't have all day, you know. The most suspicious one gotta be Kirigiri-san, right? Then is it alright if I resume to the voting time already?"
"--Isn't this trial peculiar?" Naegi said as we turned to him.
"Why is that?"
"I mean—the victim is someone none of us even knee about up until now, and we suddenly hold a trial for her! It's strange, everyone else thinks so too, right?"
"--The victim is Ikusaba Mukuro,"
"Don't you think there's more than this than meets the eye? On top of that, the fact you keep trying to rush us is just strange! I'm sure this is some trap you have set up!"
"Couldn't be it is just a trap you're trying to set ip instead, Naegi-kun?"
"Wait, Naegi is right. The person were holding a trial on is someone we don't know... how can we kill someone who we don't know?"
"No one knows but you, right? Misaki-san~!"
"Huh? What do you mean—!"
I trailed off as Monokuma did told me about Ikusaba Mukuro... could it be?
"Okay, time's up! This school trial is now over, that's why it is the best you stop chatting with each other."
"Why are... we out of... time?"
"Voting time! Place your votes using the switch in front of you!"
"--The one who discovered the key for the locker with the murder weapon was Naegi-kun, wasn't it? There's a chance he pretended to find that key to frame me."
"--What...?" I was surprised as I turned to Naegi who was sweating bullets.
"I couldn't enter my own room, that's the only other possibility I thought,"
What? Naegi is the... culprit?
"--Then doesn't this mean Naegi's the culprit?!" The others turned to them as he was really nervous.
"Let's move on to business—"
"YOU'RE WRONG, EVERYONE!"
Voting: Naegi Makoto is the black
I voted for myself making Monokuma angry at me as I could feel myself shiver nervously.
"What are ya doing, voting for yourself, Misaki-san? Well anyways, thanks to the majority vote your safe~!"
"SHUT UP! NAEGI ISN'T THE CULPRIT! I KNOW SO!"
"You're still covering him?"
"THIS IS STRANGE! Why did you tell us time was up? Nothing is right about this, Monokuma!" Naegi yelled as I could see his face turning pale.
'If he dies now... I would go crazy!'
"Then, let's get started, shall we?"
"Wait! If you're going to kill Naegi, kill me instead—I couldn't take it if he dies now!" I yelled as I ran up to Monokuma, begging.
"I'm just extracting whatever price I deem suitable, Misaki-san~!"
"P-Price... what do you mean?"
My eyes widened as I remembered a phrase written on one of the pages of the death note book.
Once your wish is granted, he will take the what is important to you.
My knees crashed on the ground as my eyes widened, sweat trickled down my forehead, tears flowing from my eyes.
"T-This is the price that... I'm suppose to pay? Just because... I wanted to know some truth? No way..."
Naegi's Pov.
What're they talking about?
What does Monokuma mean by the Price Misaki-san has to pay?
"It's punishment time~!"
"No, I'm not the culprit—!"
Before I could finish my statement, Monokuma rang the buzzer in front of her while laughing manically.
Naegi Makoto has been found guilty. Commencing Execution.
I turned to Misaki-san who was crying, I smiled sadly at her.
"I'm sorry Misaki-san, I couldn't keep our promise..." The promise I made with her that night that I will survive, I won't make her sad... now it's broken.
"Wait, don't go—" She said trying to reach for me but... I was captured by Monokuma as the execution commenced, here it is... my death.
I was forced to seat on the chair as Monokuma was teaching me some stuff while I was nervous because I knew my death was coming closer.
Am I really going to die...?
I shut my eyes as tears ran through my cheeks, regretting not confessing how I feel to the girl I love, I was pathetic.
The engine stopped as I opened my eyes and saw Alter Ego, I fell on the deep, deep place as the last thing I saw was the light above from this abyss.
Goodbye... my beloved Misaki-san.