Danganronpa Au

Prepare for angst (òwó)

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"So why are we having this trial Soraru?" Mafuneko asked the raven-haired.

Soraru just glared at the robot, his eyes showed complete malice, which honestly scared the others.

"No one died," Lon stated as she looked at the raven-haired, "so why are we?"

"Hey, Soraru," Eve called out to the male that was still glaring at Mafuneko, "why are we—"

"Because this game is a load of bullshit with its lies and rules." Soraru finally said as he looked at them.

"Eh?" Amatsuki tilted his head, "what do you mean?"

"I've been bothered by this since Shima's trials. I still don't believe that he killed Senra, or Nqrse."

"I kinda felt the same," Urata said as he looked at them, "after all everything about that trial seemed....off."

"So, we're going to talk about it again? But why?" Eve asked the raven-haired.

"Because I found evidence to show the truth that Mafuneko wanted to hide from us."

"Eh? What truth?" The robotic cat asked in a bored tone.

Soraru just glared at the mascot, "the truth that Shima didn't actually kill them. He was falsely executed."

"W-Wait, y-you mean we...." Lon's voice was shaking as she covered her mouth, "....n-no......"

"Eh? But that's the truth, he did kill them. If it was wrong then I would've just executed you all for getting it wrong." Mafuneko matter of factly stated.

"Not unless you did it to protect someone." Urata stated as he glared at the mascot.

"And why would I do that tanuki?"

"Because the mastermind is the one that killed Nqrse and Senra."

"E-Eh? Seriously?" Amatsuki was shocked for a split second before realizing, "actually, that would make sense since the mastermind can control and bend their rules to suit them."

"Oh, is that why you asked us to look around to see if we find things that seem strange?" Eve questioned the raven-haired, who nodded his head.

"But if Shima was falsely executed, then that means that this game is a fraud, the rules don't matter at all." Lon stated as the red eyed brunette began to realize something.

"If the rules didn't matter then that means that the others could've also been falsely executed!"

"I doubt that," Urata said as he crossed his arms, "I think the other trials weren't forged."

"Eh? What do you mean?"

Urata let out a weak sigh, "the others confessed to the crimes, saying that they did kill them...even Sakata admitted to it...."

"Shima was the only one that kept denying it until the very end." Eve sadly said as he remembered the purple-haired trying to run away.

"That could also explain why Mafu and Sakata did what they did." Soraru stated as he shifted his eyes away, "they probably also figured it out and decided to use the trial as a way to show that Mafuneko's game wasn't perfect."

"But Sakata stopped their plan and ended up confessing to being the culprit....." Lon said as she gave the short brunette a worried glance.

"That doesn't matter, what matters is the fact that we can't trust what you say." Urata said to the black-and-white cat.

"You can trust me," the robotic cat's words earned a scoff from the others, "I'm telling you that that mole killed those two. You can't spin the truth."

"But you can spin lies to which ever way suits you." Amatsuki glared at the mascot, who slightly frowned.

"Fine, since you keep pestering about it, I'll allow you guys to talk about that trial." Mafuneko's red eye then glowed bright as he showed his claws, "but if it turns out to be pointless and a waste of my time. I'll execute you all."

"So what should we talk about first?" Eve asked as the short brunette shrugged.

"I don't know, Soraru this is all up to you."

"Geez thanks." The raven-haired said sarcastically as he gave the short brunette an annoyed look.

"You're the one that dragged me into this, you lead the trial."

Soraru rolled his eyes at the short brunette's statement before looking at the rest.

"Let's start with how the rope was placed in Shima's room."

"So the mastermind did that to place suspicion on him, which ended up causing us to accuse him." Lon held her arm with a shameful look, "I'm ashamed to have used that weak evidence to point the finger at him."

"It's fine, that's what the mastermind wanted us to do in the first place. We just completely did what they were hoping for." Urata then glanced at the raven-haired, "though I'm not sure how we'd find the mastermind, the rope is really the only thing we have as evidence."

"What about the blackout that happened during the investigation?" Eve questioned them as he thought about it, "we all agreed that Senra was killed because he saw the killer with the rope, correct?"

The others nodded their heads, causing the mushroom haired to continue speaking.

"Maybe the blackout was caused by the mastermind so they could kill Senra without having to worry about others seeing them."

"That makes sense, they'd have control over all of that since they're the mastermind," Amatsuki then paused for a bit, "but could this mean that the mastermind could be one of us....?"

They all looked at each other with uncertain eyes.

"T-That can't be true, m-maybe the mastermind faked their death." Lon suggested, but the short brunette shook his head.

"Again, the others confessed to killing someone," Urata then thought about something, "though Kuro could be a suspect, since we just assumed that she poisoned herself. She could've faked—"

"Kuro would never do that!" Lon exclaimed as she gave the short brunette a small glare.

"I was just saying that could be the only exception."

"Let's not get off track," Eve tried to calm down the two.

"So the mastermind killed Nqrse and later used the blackout to kill Senra. Now the question is, who is the mastermind?" Amatsuki nervously shifted his eyes to look at the others.

They were all silent.

They didn't want to suspect anyone, they didn't want to end up seeing another one of their friends die.

"Puhuhu~ so in the end you guys are still too afraid to accuse each other," Mafuneko looked at the short brunette with a grin on his face, "well if you ask me, Urata's the most suspicious."

"What?" The short brunette just stared at the robotic cat, who was laughing.

"U-Urata wouldn't kill Senra and then blame it on Shima!" Amatsuki shouted, "t-they're close friends!"

"Doesn't matter~" Mafuneko made a fake thinking face, "Urata was with both Nqrse and Senra at one point."

"B-But he said that Nqrse left to go back to his room!" Lon exclaimed, earning a grin from the black-and-white mascot.

"How can you be so sure? Nqrse and Senra aren't here to prove it."

"I didn't kill them. You just want to place the blame onto me now." Urata glared daggers at the mascot.

"But if it's not Urata, then who is it?" Mafuneko asked them, they all became silent at the question.

"W-Well....um...." Eve tried to say something but nothing came out.

"Well, actually, one of you already knows the answer. You just don't want to say it," Mafuneko grinned as he looked at a certain male, "puhuhuhu~ you're trying to protect him, even after all he's made you gone through."

I-I know that this would eventually happen, b-but I still don't want to believe it.

The others turned to look at where the robotic cat was looking at. They all stared at the male with confused expressions.

"Soraru?" Lon asked, the raven-haired shifted his eyes as he spoke. His voice barely managing to get out.

"T-The mastermind is......M-Mafu....."

"W-What?" Amatsuki croaked out before shouting, "WHAT?!?"

"M-Mafu, h-he....." Lon was stunned by the raven-haired's words.

"W-Wait, how do you know Soraru?" Eve asked, the short brunette narrowed his eyes at the raven-haired.

"So that's why you seemed nervous when I asked you what you found in the secret room."

Soraru avoided looking at the short brunette.

"W-Wait, you guys managed to open the door?" Lon asked as she looked between the two.

"Yeah, Soraru decided to check it out while I went to check up on you guys." Urata said, he turned his gaze back to the raven-haired, "he found the card key, though I don't know how."

"How'd you get the card key?" Eve questioned the raven-haired, who was silent.

"Soraru?"

"Please Soraru, tell us." Lon looked at the male, who looked away.

"It...." Soraru sighed and just took out the teru teru bozu doll that the redhead gave to him before his death.

"Wait, t-that's the....." Lon stuttered as they all stared at the doll.

"On the doll there was a note tied around with the bow, it said to go to Mafu's room and look under his bed," Soraru began to say, "I saw the card key there, and went to open the room."

"But Mafu said he found it somewhere." Eve furrowed his brows, "unless he....."

"He lied about it," the raven-haired looked down at the ground, "I used it to enter the door we found in the library. It had control panels to control the lights and such."

Soraru couldn't find his voice, he forced himself to continue speaking.

"After looking around for a while I saw a key that was left on one of the control panels. I grabbed it and decided to look at where it could be used, turns out it was the room that Sakata was in during the last trial."

"W-Wait, y-you mean...." Urata's voice became silent as he stared at the raven-haired in shock.

"S-So Sakata knew that Mafu was the mastermind...." Lon couldn't believe it, "b-but why didn't he tell us?!? W-Why did he work with Mafu?"

"Wait does that mean that when Mafu said that he killed Senra and Nqrse during Shima's trial, h-he wasn't lying...." Eve stuttered, he just couldn't believe it.

"B-But this doesn't make any sense. Mafu tried to throw the blame onto himself, he confessed to killing them. But why would he go through that much trouble to kill them and then later confess, although we didn't believe him." Amatsuki stated, he didn't know how to process all of this.

"What if Mafu wanted to get executed?" Urata suggested, causing the others to look at him in confusion.

"B-But...."

"M-Maybe it was so that we wouldn't suspect him as the mastermind." Lon thought as the mushroom haired shook his head.

"But he gave Soraru a Mafuteru doll that said where the card key was. The card key that just points to him being the mastermind."

"A-And why would Sakata help him if he's the mastermind? I-I know Sakata could be an idiot but I don't think he's that stupid to work with someone that framed his friends." Amatsuki stated as the raven-haired was still silent.

Mafu had been panicking a lot during Shima's trial. He even confessed to his crimes but.... The raven-haired glanced at the robotic cat, Mafuneko seemed to be control during that trial while Mafu was at his limit. Soraru then widened his eyes once a thought crossed his mind.

"What if Mafu had wanted to end the killing game ever since Shima's trial?"

"Eh?" The others stared at the raven-haired in confusion.

"B-But that doesn't make sense. He's the mastermind so why—"

"The game ends if the mastermind is dead. Mafu killed Nqrse so that he could be executed." Soraru stated, only confusing the others even more.

"But why would he...." Urata then began to think about the raven-haired's statement, "actually ever since the killing game began Mafu had been nervous. I even heard him mumble things like 'this shouldn't have happened.'"

"Wait, you said that he killed Nqrse, what about Senra?" Eve noticed that the raven-haired hadn't mentioned the blonde's name.

"Because he didn't need to kill Senra, if Senra saw him that would just make it more likely for him to get convicted. That's what he wanted." Soraru then glared at the robotic cat, "Mafuneko was the one that didn't want Senra alive."

"Huh? What do you mean?" The mascot asked as he tilted his head, acting like he didn't know.

"Unlike Mafu who wanted this game to end, you didn't. You wanted us to suffer, and since your 'rules' said that the game ends if the mastermind is dead, you began to panic."

Mafuneko became silent, his red eye glowed as he began to angrily grumble.

"Grr. Who knew someone as lazy and pathetic as you could be such a pest." Mafuneko glared at the raven-haired, who gladly returned the look, "fine. I admit it."

"Y-You admit it?" Amatsuki said uncertainly as the black-and-white cat frowned in irritation.

"I killed that mole's precious boy toy."

"W-What...?" Lon said in disbelief as the raven-haired sharpened his glare.

"So I was right. You didn't want Mafu to die so you killed Senra to stop him from saying anything. Then shifted all the blame onto Shima."

"Grr. Maybe I should've just killed you all instead and left Shima to suffer alone."

"You piece of shit." Urata barked as he glared at the robotic cat.

"That's why you were also frustrated during the last trial," Eve stated, "because you didn't know if Mafu died or not."

"Looks like all my hard work to keep that albino freak alive was thrown away," Mafuneko was pissed off, "he should've just appreciated that I saved him."

"Mafu didn't want this game to happen," Amatsuki said as he gave the robotic cat an annoyed look, "he wanted to stop it, that's why he risked his life, to end it."

"Mafu was the one that brought us here, and he is the mastermind in a way," Lon uncharacteristically glared at the mascot, "but you were the one that pulled the strings and controlled the game, not him."

"If anything, Mafu was your scapegoat, the one you would throw the blame onto once you get found out." Urata remarked, the robotic cat was getting even more frustrated and pissed off.

"Grr. What a useless puppet he was, he could've just behaved and act like the mastermind that I wanted him to be." Mafuneko then grinned, "oh wait, he is the mastermind. A mastermind that loved watching you guys suffer."

"Mafu isn't cruel to enjoy watching his friends kill each other." Soraru barked as the robotic cat laughed.

"Puhuhu~ I'm sure he says otherwise," Mafuneko then pushed a button.

The podium with the albino's x'd out frame went down, once it came back up the rest stared at it in shock.

"W-What....?" Soraru mustered to say as he stared at the person on the podium.

"H-Hi guys...." Mafu said as he smiled at them, "sorry for everything."

"T-This is a sick joke." Urata said as he glared at the robotic cat, "q-quit fucking with us."

"It's not a joke, I'm sorry Urata. I'm sorry for hurting you," Mafu then grinned as his eyes lit up, "I'm sorry for faking my death just so Sakata can die. I know you can't forgive me."

Urata snapped his head to look at the albino in shock.

"W-What....WHAT?!?"

"He was an idiot even to his death," Mafu stated, "easily believing me. All I had to say was, 'this can end the killing game' and he'd be ready to help me."

"Y-You—!"

"T-That's not Mafu!" Lon shouted.

"Y-You're just trying to mess with us." Amatsuki said to the robotic cat that laughed.

"Puhuhuhu~ no I'm not, this is the friend that you guys so easily wanted to forgive, despite all that he's made you go through."

"Hey Soraru, I'm sorry for making you cry, I-I was just afraid that you'd hate me once the truth gets found out," Mafu smiled at the raven-haired, who was still staring at him like a deer caught in headlights, "but seeing how you'd forgive me makes me happy."

"I-I...."

"You're just a fucking piece of shit." Urata barked at the robotic cat, that grinned.

"Looks like the tanuki is starting to become aggressive, maybe this will calm him down."

Urata froze upon seeing the redhead standing in his podium.

"Urata look, I'm fine." Sakata beamed at the short brunette.

"W-What's happening....?" Eve said before widening his eyes.

The brown-haired male was standing in his podium.

"Www this was all just a big prank Eve," Sou said as he giggled, "none of us are actually dead."

"It was a cruel joke I admit," the red eyed brunette tensed up upon hearing the voice he missed, "but we're all fine now."

"Of course we're still trapped here."

Lon could only stare at the red eyed blonde in shock.

"But at least we can be stuck here forever~" Luz cheerfully said.

"W-We're just imagining this..." Amatsuki stuttered, "t-this isn't real!"

"Puhuhuhu~ what's real and what's fake. What's the truth and what's the lie?"

"T-Those are not our friends!" Lon shouted as she covered her ears, not wanting to listen to the, whatever they were.

"Come on Lon, we're your friends. We're fine now see." Alfakyun said as she smiled.

"We can play this game over and over~" Shima said as he laughed, "it'll be okay since we won't die for real~"

"S-Stop...p-please..." Lon quietly cried out as she crouched down, blocking out their voices.

"T-This isn't seriously happening...." Amatsuki muttered, his eyes met the brunette's.

"Aren't you happy to see me Amachan? Or are you going to push me away again?" Kashitaro asked, the red eyed brunette widened his eyes as tears began to fall.

"This game will never end." Sou said cheerfully.

"T-This'll never end....?" Eve mustered to ask, the red-haired male chuckled.

"It's alright though, as long as we're all here together." Araki stated as the pink haired male looked at them.

"I mean this was kinda fun, trying to figure things out like a detective. I'm impressed at how good you were Soraru."

"Yep, yep~ Soraru was a pretty great detective, always rescuing us from death." Kradness exclaimed at the light purple haired female crossed her arms.

"Though he also did a good job at sentencing his friends to death."

The raven-haired froze upon hearing Reol's statement. I-I did do that....I-I got my friends killed....

"O-Oi! D-Don't blame him for—!" Urata was cut off by the robotic cat's laugh.

"Puhuhu~ Soraru has done a good job at saving you guys, but it costed your friends' lives." Mafuneko grinned even more once he saw the raven-haired wince and look down.

"Ah~ how lovely, the usual bored and nonchalant Soraru has been broken down to a crying mess."

"It's fine Soraru, we don't blame you. It's all Mafu's fault for trapping us." Sakata said as the albino looked at the raven-haired.

"I-It's all my fault that you suffered. I-I should be punished for it..."

"But look, you guys got to live, at the expense of us dying." Senra said as he looked at the five.

They were silent, they couldn't say anything.

All their strength was slowly fading away.

"I-I....." Lon cried out as she was still crouched down.

Amatsuki was covering his face with his bangs while Eve was looking at the ground.

Urata could only just stare at the purple-haired, blonde and redhead with wide eyes. He lost all his strength to respond.

Soraru was looking down at the podium, the guilt a accusing his friends was starting to eat him. The robotic cat's words didn't help him at all.

"Puhuhu~ look at you, all hopeless. Well? Was it worth accusing your friends as killers just so you could live? Was it worth trying to act as the hero?"

"......."

"Puhuhuhu~ what a lovely sight indeed! Watching you guys fall to despair is just enough to entertain me."

"Let's play this game again." Mafu said as he smiled at the raven-haired, "let's work together to end this game."

The raven-haired could feel the tears start to form in his eyes. He was losing any strength he had to just stand up. The others were looking away in guilt.

Their hopes were beginning to dim.

It was hopeless.

They'll be trapped, playing this killing game over and over.

They'd be stuck in this cycle forever.

The only thing they could feel right now was despair.

There's no point anymore.
Is this the end....?

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A/n

T-There'll be a happy ending I swear ww

Hope you guys liked the chapter~