The next morning I was awoke by a harsh knock on my door. I rolled off the couch and walked over to the door. I pulled it open, and came face-to-face with the black-haired prefect herself, Reiko Muranaka.

"Hey, Aisho. Can you do me a favor?" She asked. I nodded. "What is it?" I asked. She smiled. "I'm going around waking everyone up, and it'd be much faster with two people on each floor. I've already woke everyone on this floor up, but I need my right-hand man to help me." She said, grinning. I couldn't help but smile too.

"Alright. I'll be glad to help." I said, walking out of my apartment. We ascended up to the third floor. She knocked on the room of Maya Shinohara, and I knocked on Akira Miyamoto's door.

Akira glumly said she was gonna take a quick shower before coming out, but Maya bounced out of her room and said she felt like joining me and Reiko. We approached another room, and found it to be already opened. As we stepped inside, we were greeted with a horrible sight.

The owner of the room was dead. I'd never been good with blood, as whenever I saw it, I always had this high-pitched ringing in my ear. This time, it was much louder. I couldn't keep my eyes in one spot.

They had been stabbed in the back by a black knife. They were face-down on the coffee table. They had bled out everywhere, which had stained the once-white carpet a light red.

The worst part was who the body was. I didn't have to see their face. Their purple spaghetti-strap shirt, their white pants, their shoulder-length brown hair.

'Not her!' I thought. I couldn't bring myself to say anything. I realized I was screaming, as I looked at the dead body of Aimi Wakahisa.

I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Someone could murder Aimi... Aimi? The beauty who was so nice to everyone? I heard Monokuma say something over the monitor, but I couldn't make it out. The ringing was still going as everyone gathered behind us. However, over the ringing... I could hear her. I could hear her voice from yesterday, when she said those words.

"I'm scared. I'm terrified that I'm gonna die."

"Wha- Ah. I see. They chose to murder someone we wouldn't expect." Hotaru Tsukino said, walking in the room. "I mean, the lovely Aimi Wakahisa wouldn't be anyone's bet for who would die first in the tragic game of ours."

'Seriously, the fuck is this dude's problem?' I thought. At this point, the ringing was gone, and I could finally look at her. Aimi Wakahisa, the Ultimate Beauty. Dead.

"So... Now what?" Akira asked, fidgeting nervously. Monomi popped up out of nowhere.

"Do not worry friends! I'm sure everything will be okay!" She said, trying to reassure us. Toshio Ashikaga rushed forward. "You expect us to believe everything will just 'be okay', hmm?" He said, his eye-color black.

"Toshio-" Monomi began. He screamed and grabbed her. "The name is TOM!" He said.

"Oh... It's his bully act." Hoshimi Aozora sighed. Hotaru smiled and stepped forward.

"I doubt it's just an act." He said. 'What is he going on about now?' I thought. "You know, he seems really devoted to his 'Tom' persona." Hotaru said. "Something we all can agree is a talent only the Ultimate Actor could possess. However, if said 'Tom' persona is actually an alternate personality..." Hotaru said.

"You better not be joking around." Takeo Gushiken said, cracking his knuckles. "I'll fucking fight you."

"No, you won't." Reiko said. Takeo growled. "The fuck did you say to me?" He asked, getting in her face. She pushed him back. "You heard me. No fighting, and no using that language near me. Got it?" She said. Takeo huffed as he pointed his finger at her. "Nobody, tells me what to do."

"That's it." Reiko said, grabbing his finger. She bent it backwards and wrapped his arm around his neck. "Now, Gushiken. What aren't you gonna do?" Takeo gasped. "I-I'm not gonna cause any more trouble!" He spat. He grinned and let go.

"Um, back on topic. That would make a lot of sense actually." Kumiko Sugawara piped up. "Yesterday, he decided he wanted to be a Mr. Toby, the Ultimate Nerd." She said. "His eyes turned a weird grey color."

"Precisely. So I would assume that Toshio Ashikaga has Multiple Personality Disorder." Hotaru said, grinning. Toshio blinked and looked around. "Uh, where am I?" He asked, his eyes changing from black to brown. Takeo said nothing, but pointed to Aimi's body. Toshio screamed and fell over.

"A-Aimi?!" He sputtered. "What happened? Who did that?!" He asked.

"So... Now what?" Mistuo Hamasaki asked.

"Upupupu!" A voice cried out. "Oh no..." Kazuko Hachimitsu said, grabbing onto Monomi.

Monokuma popped up. "Hahah! You don't know what you gotta dooooo?" He laughed. "It's time to investigate!" A few people around me gasped.

"W-What do you mean investigate?" Isamu Ishihara asked. Monokuma laughed and spun around in a circle.

"Basically, I'll send you unprofessional, unprepared, and untrained kids out at the crime scene, where you gotta investigate everything. If you can't find out who offed Wakahisa, I execute you all-" Some people gasped. "But, if you get it right, I'll execute the murderer instead." He said.

"There's a problem with that." Katashi Yamauchi said, stepping forward. "Oh, what's that?" Monokuma asked. "None of us killed her!" Katashi yelled. "None of us would stoop as low to murder Aimi Wakahisa! I think it was you." He said. Monokuma laughed.

"What's so funny?" Katashi asked. I stepped forward. "Monokuma isn't allowed to hurt us, unless we hurt him. And he's gotta tell us when a student hurts him." I said. "So, logically, it's gotta be one of us." More gasps around the room. I didn't wanna believe it, but it was the truth. One of us murdered her.

"That's right!~" He laughed. "You have exactly ONE hour to find as much evidence as you possibly can. Don't forget, on your Digital I.D., I have a special surprise for you! It's called the Monokuma File! Anyways, time is starting.... now!" Monokuma said, disappearing.

"Friends, do not worry! I'm sure you will be okay!" Monomi encouraged us. "I want to stay with you and help, but that meany said I can't. I'm not even allowed to visit the class trial!" She said, disappearing.

"So, we gotta investigate..." Mitsuo sighed. "I-I don't think I can do it!" He said. Kazuko Hachimitsu and Kumiko Sugawara agreed. "I'll stay out in the hall with yah." Katashi said, running out of the room.

Everyone scattered around her apartment. Reginald Brazier and Toshio Ashikaga immediately went to her bathroom. Takeo kinda just, stood around. Reiko and Isamu talked near the doorway. Maya was trying to calm Akira down. Hotaru and Hoshimi immediately went to her body and began investigating, as if they'd done it multiple times.

Akiko Akiyama immediately went into Aimi's kitchenette. I followed her into the small, white room. She was looking at a small piece of metal. "I found it by the refrigerator." She said.

The piece itself was weird. It was shaped like an arrow, that was going in a circle, with a line down the middle of it. The back of it had three weird dots that seemed to form a triangle. "What the hell is this?" I mumbled.

NEW EVIDENCE: Scrap Metal

Akiko opened Aimi's fridge. "I-I don't think we'll find anything there." I said. Akiko frowned. "That's odd." She said. "Come look Aisho." I walked forward and looked in her fridge. There was no soda, whatsoever.

"Why doesn't she have any?" I asked. Akiko shrugged. At that moment, Brazier ran into the kitchenette. "Hey, I found this." He said, handing us a small booklet.

"Dieting Tips, drink no soda." I read aloud.

NEW EVIDENCE: No Soda in Fridge
NEW EVIDENCE: Diet Book

We walked out of the small room. Hotaru grinned and waved us over. "Hey look." He said, pointing at the small, purple can under the table. Takeo walked over and joined us.

"Is that... a can of Ishimaru's Grape Soda?" He asked. Hotaru nodded.

NEW EVIDENCE: Strange Soda Can

"Why would she have a can of soda?" Akiko asked. "It doesn't make any sense..." Hotaru frowned. "You wanna know something else that doesn't make sense?" He asked. He pointed at the knife. "The actual knife itself is a switchblade knife. But look, the cut in her shirt is much wider than the actual blade." He said.

I looked at the part he was talking about, and I felt nauseated. Here I was, looking at my friend's dead body... and it felt natural. I felt sickened with myself. That's when Hotaru spoke up again.

"Also, if you notice, the blood is also caked on the inside of her otherwise tight shirt." He said. I looked and noticed it too. Her shirt was covered with blood on the inside. Hotaru smiled and walked off.

Reginald pointed at the knife. "Hey, look Aisho. The knife had three weird spots on it. It looks like it could match that piece of metal Akiko found." He said. I nodded. "That's probably where it came from." I said. I looked at the knife.

The blade was coated with blood. Otherwise, it was a shiny silver color. The handle was black, and the three dots that made a triangle stood out, not being painted at all. That's when I noticed something. The knife was cutting through half of her bra.

NEW EVIDENCE: Black Switchblade Knife
NEW EVIDENCE: Strange Tear in Shirt
NEW EVIDENCE: Aimi's Bra
NEW EVIDENCE: Three Dots

Takeo walked off to talk to the others. Reginald tapped me on the shoulder. "Hey, Aisho. Where exactly where you last night?"

"A-Are you suspecting me?!" I asked. "Reginald, you know I wouldn't be able to kill anyone, right?" He nodded. "Please, just answer the question." He said.

With a sigh, I said. "I was with Akiko Akiyama last night. We were planting flowers in the garden." Akiko nodded. "We were." She said.

"Okay." Reginald said. "Sorry I doubted you." He started to walk off.

"Hey, Reginald." I said. He turned around. "Yeah Aisho?" I couldn't believe I had to ask him this. "Where were you last night?"

He frowned. "I was in my apartment. I had taken quite a few shots and I was out by 10." He said. He rubbed his temples. "I've still got a massive headache too."

NEW EVIDENCE: Brazier's Testimony

I walked over to Hotaru. I had to ask him what he did last night. Everyone here is a suspect, after all. He was talking to Hoshimi Aozora.

"Hey, Hotaru. Where were you last night?" I asked. He smiled. "I was with Hoshimi." He said.

NEW EVIDENCE: Aozora & Tsukino's Testimony

She nodded. "It's completely true." She said, adjusting her backpack straps. "Hey, what's that?" I asked, pointing to the beige backpack she was wearing.

"Oh, it's a parachute. A good pilot never leaves one behind." She said, smiling. "Uh... Okay." I said. I walked over to everyone else.

"Hey, can you guys tell me where you were last night. Or anything else that could potentially help with this case?" I asked.

Kazuko smiled. "Of course Tatsuo-kun! Last night, before I went into my room, I saw Gushiken-kun on the stairs from floor two to floor three." She said.

"Wait, why weren't you on your floor? Your room is on floor one." I said. She smiled. "I was visiting Brazier-kun! He had alcohol and was stumbling around, so I helped him to his room." Kazuko said.

NEW EVIDENCE: Hachimitsu's Testimony

"Um, last night, on floor one, I bumped into Wakahisa." Kumiko Sugawara said. I stiffened up at the mention of Aimi's name. "She said she had a visitor in her room, and left soon after."

"Did... did she say who it was?" I asked. Kumiko shook her head. "Unfortunately, no."

NEW EVIDENCE: Sugawara's Testimony

"Last night, I was still in the hospital." Katashi said. "I got released this mornin' when Monokuma said there was a murder." I nodded. I remembered that. I had been hospitalized soon before that. I thought about afterwords when I ran into... her. 'Damn it Aisho, you gotta get it together.' I thought. 'You gotta solve this mystery.'

NEW EVIDENCE: Yamauchi's Testimony

"Um, last night I was going to hang out with Akira and Maya. When I went by the park, I saw Hotaru Tsukino and Hoshimi Aozora." Mitsuo Hamasaki said.

"About what time was that?" I asked. He put his hands over his face for a second as if he was concentrating. After almost a minute he looked up. "Maybe about 10:15."

NEW EVIDENCE: Hamasaki's Testimony

"Hey, uh. I actually saw something last night." Toshio said. "I was in the lounge reading this magazine, and I saw Akira Miyamoto, Aimi Wakahisa, and Reginald Brazier walk in and buy a can of soda."

"Hey! Are you trying to insinuate that it was me?!" Akira yelled. Toshio and Kazuko stepped back, and I felt myself flinch.

"N-No! I'm just telling the truth!" Toshio yelled. Akira sighed and laid her head on Maya's lap. Maya ran her hand through Akira's hair and smiled.

"W-Well, what about you two?" I asked them. Maya smiled. "Me and Akira were in my room." She said. Akira frowned. "Yeah, Mitsuo Hamasaki came in later."

NEW EVIDENCE: Miyamoto & Shinohara's Testimony

"Hey, you bastards! It's time for our very first class trial!" Monokuma said. His voice echoing out from the intercom. "Please meet up in front of the Monokuma Statue in the park!"

"I-I don't want to do this!" Akira screamed. Maya grabbed onto her shoulders. "Y-You'll be fine Akira! Trust me!" Akira slowly nodded and grabbed Maya's hand. I could see Akira's other hand though, it was shaking, rather uncontrollably.

One by one, we all stepped out of the room. I could see everyone slowly trudging their way down the stairs. Everyone was upset. Some, like Kazuko Hachimitsu, were trying not to cry, and some, like Mitsuo Hamasaki, were trying to comfort others. I saw Akira squeeze Maya's hand till her knuckles were white. However, despite the fact that I just wanted to lay down and cry, I was determined. I was gonna find Aimi Wakahisa's murderer, and nobody was gonna stop me. Not even Monokuma.