Chapter 4 Epilogue: Part 1

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    In all recent events, Kokichi, Rantaro, Shuichi and myself were in a group to investigate Miu's Murder. Once we were able to investigate all of what we could find, Angie, Tenko, Himiko, Kaito, Shuichi, Kaede, Rantaro, Keebo, Tsumugi, and myself decided to investigate the Virtual World after we came into contact with Miu's dead body.
    All of us were investigating items that were near her body... those items were a cell phone, a hammer, and lattice. I knew the purpose of the cell phone, but all I knew about the hammer was that it was a dangerous object that Miu didn't delete. The lattice, I knew nothing about what it was used for. That wasn't the concern in that situation though.
    Seeing that Miu's avatar somehow disappeared from the Virtual World led us to come back. Black blocked my vision from the visor that was on my head. Once I took it off, I saw that Miu was there. Her hands were grasping around her neck as she seemed to be very confused about what was going on, her being in a panic.
    I could feel shock run its course through my body as I realized something. I never cried on Miu. I never had any alone time with her to be able to do so. How was she alive? What on earth happened? Was there something going on that I wasn't aware of? I could feel panic start to course through my body.
    'How is Miu alive?' I thought, 'I never was able to get any alone time with her, so how...?'
    Looking around the room, I saw the facial expressions of everyone, including Rantaro. He looked just as shocked as I was, a surprising look taking over his usually calm expression. Whatever was going on, I knew it wasn't a good thing. I couldn't grasp how this was able to happen, and it terrified me to the very core.
    I knew that Kirumi, Shuichi, Angie, Ryoma, and Rantaro knew about my ability, but they swore to keep it secret. There would've been no way for them to be able to do something about Miu. I could still see her hands reaching towards her neck as a terrified expression was on her facial features. The once cocky inventor was obviously shaken up about what was going on, and the rest of us were too.
    I knew one thing about this situation... it wasn't good for me... I had the feeling that I was in danger, and it felt like there was nothing I could do to fix that. Someone found me out, but I didn't know who, or how they were able to do it. I was at a stand still, feeling fear shake me from the deepest pits of my heart.
    After what seemed like an eternity, only a few minutes passed by. Miu was calming down, getting a grasp that she was still alive. She took a few deep breaths, letting the cook air of the computer room enter her lungs. She exhaled with a shocked expression on her face. I could tell she was still shaken up about the whole situation, but she was more calm, and more aware of her surroundings.
    "W-What the hell!?" Miu shouted, "what the hell happened!? I was in the Virtual World, when—"
    Miu cut herself off as she looked around the room. She seemed to be looking for someone, and that much was obvious. She was scanning the shocked faces of everyone who was here. Her head was turning as if she was looking for someone, and her eyes seemed to stop at a certain purple haired Supreme leader.
    "You..." Miu said angrily.
    I was at a standstill. Miu had her gaze directed at Kokichi, and ice cold glare on her features. It looks could kill, Kokichi would be dead on the spot right now. By the way the inventor was looking at Kokichi, it was almost as if he was involved with this whole situation, but I couldn't get my head around it. How would Kokichi be involved with something like this? He shouldn't have been involved.
    Miu stood up, not breaking the stone cold glare set on Kokichi. Her movements were unhesitant as she got up. I could hear her heels click the floor loudly as got up from the chair she once laid motionless in. I was silent as I watched this go down, and shock did speak for itself.
    "You fucking bitch!" Miu shouted.
    In a flash, I heard the quick footsteps of Miu's high
heel boots clicking on the floor. Looking to the
direction I heard the noise from, I heard a loud grunt
come from Kokichi's mouth as she held him up by
the collar of his shirt. Kokichi was wincing as Miu
seemed to effortlessly pull him up. She had her free
hand's fist propelled up towards Kokichi as if she
were about to punch the daylights out of him.
    The room was silent as this happened. It was
almost as similar as the situation when Kokichi
decided to reveal Maki's true talent to everyone,
causing her to react by holding him up and almost
snapping his neck. My eyes were widened with shock
as Miu was holding him up. Kokichi was wincing as the inventor held him up by the collar of his shirt.
"You son of a bitch!" Miu shouted, "you knew very
well what I was plannin' and you still came to the
mansion roof! But that wasn't all you did was it, you
brat!? Oho, I'm going to beat the shit out of your
cheeky lying ass!"
"Y-You know me," Kokichi trailed off with a
nervous expression, "as I liar, I can spot the lies of
others easily, which explains how I was able to turn
the tables on you so easily. It's soooo easy to foil your stupid plan."
    Miu gritted her teeth in response to the taunting words Kokichi was saying, no hesitation present in his words. Miu was angry, and she obviously wasn't going to let Kokichi go. I could feel myself start to tremble slightly from what was going on.
    "You are so full of shit!" Miu shouted, "I don't know how the hell you did it, but you managed to get Gonta of all people to strangle me, you psychopath!"
    I could feel my eyes widen in response to Miu's yelling. According to her, Gonta was the one who strangled her. I knew I should believe the words of the former victim of murder, but I just couldn't bring myself to believe that Gonta strangled her. Gonta was such a kind soul, and I didn't want to believe that something like that would even happen.
    "Gonta would do no such thing!" Gonta shouted in protest, "Gonta is gentleman! Gentleman no hurt friends!"
    "Nee-heehee..." Kokichi laughed dryly in response to Miu, "c-can you blame me? You were trying to murder me, so I decided to turn the tables on you... a worthless whore such as yourself didn't even see it coming. I knew you planned this because you had control, but sucks to know I turned the tables on your stupid ass!"
    I honestly didn't even know what to believe any more. Kokichi had a habit of lying all the time, but I didn't know who to believe any more. Was Kokichi telling the truth? Was Miu telling the truth? I needed to know everything from both sides in order to get an understanding on what happened. I couldn't do that with Miu's aggression.
    "Oho, you're asking for it aren't you!?" Miu shouted, "I'm going to beat your ass so badly that you'll be near death! Maybe I should start by stomping your head in with my heels! I'm used to walking all over people, and you are no exception!"
    I couldn't let this happen. I couldn't let Miu do this. Aggression wasn't the key to solving what was going on. We needed to talk about it. If I didn't do anything about it, Miu would beat Kokichi to near death. I didn't want anyone to get hurt. I couldn't let anyone get hurt. If that happened... I wouldn't be able to forgive myself.
    Without me even thinking, my body acted on its own. It was similar to Boku no Hero Academia when Izuku Midoriya's body moved on its own to save the friend that suicide baited him. It felt just like that. My body was acting on its own, moving towards Miu and Kokichi. I was sprinting towards them, without realizing what I was doing.
     I could feel myself breathing heavily as I ran towards them. I wrapped my arms around Miu's waist, in attempt to get her to let go of Kokichi. I knew she had no intentions of letting go, but it seemed that the shock of feeling arms wrap around her waist caused her to drop Kokichi to the ground. Kokichi was breathing heavily, sitting on his butt as he hurried to scramble away from Miu who had a look of shock on her face. That would be short lived, considering she turned from shocked to angry really quick.
    "W-What the hell, you damn Otaku!" Miu shouted, "this has nothing to do with you! Let me go, so I can give this little shit what he deserves!"
    Miu started to thrash around, trying to get me off of her. My legs were wobbling as I tried to stay grounded from the inventor's erratic movements. I kept my arms cemented around her waist, not intending to let go until she calmed down. I couldn't let her go. I had to hold on.
    'I can't let go until Miu calms down...' I thought, 'I have to keep holding on until she calms down!'
    Miu was shouting in protest as she continued to thrash around. She was yelling profanities and throwing out insults along with her thrashing. She wanted me to let go, but I continued to hold on to dear life, wrapping my arms around her tighter.
    In the midst of the screaming, struggling, and thrashing, I could hear something. I could hear footsteps, growing louder with each passing second. I knew what was going on. Someone else was approaching us, and I had no idea who. My eyes were clenched shut as I tried to hold Miu in place, and there seemed to be no end to the energy Miu had.
    Once the footsteps ceased, I felt my eyes open on instinct. I looked up, seeing Rantaro standing there. He had a calm expression on his face as he stared at the situation that was before him. He placed his hand on Miu's shoulder, the thrashing she was doing stopping. She had a shocked look on her face as she stared up at Rantaro.
    "I don't think violence is the answer for a situation like this, yeah?" Rantaro asked, "I think we need to hear both sides to what is going on, so please calm down. We can talk about this."
    Miu was silent for a few moments in response to my boyfriend's words. She let out an aggravated sigh as she relaxed her shoulders. I was mentally thanking Rantaro for stepping in when he did. I didn't know how much longer I would be able to keep her at bay for.
    "Tch, fine," Miu muttered angrily, "since that psychopath ruined my plan, I'll explain it to all of you plebeians. Once I'm done however, I still plan on giving that asshole the beating he deserves!"
    "Let me join you!" Tenko exclaimed in response, "if we tag team it, we can defiantly do some damage!"
    "Shut the hell up, Tencroch!" Miu snapped, "this has nothing to do with you!"
    "Kehehe..." Kiyo laughed, "I think that the ones who aren't involved shouldn't have a say..."
    "No one is going to listen to your creepy ass!" Miu shouted, "damnit, let's just get this over with!"
Before we got set up, Kokichi pranced over to me with a happy expression on his face. It was like he had forgotten what happened. I needed to know what was happening.
"I knew my beloved cared about me!" Kokichi exclaimed happily, "you saved me from that worthless whore!"
"Kokichi, we are going to talk, and you are going to tell me what happened," I told him in response, "I want the truth.... Not any lies."
"W-Why are you talking to me as if I'm a cold blooded murderer...?" Kokichi asked as tears formed in his eyes, "I was trying to thank you for standing up for me, but now you act like I killed her!? WAAAAAAAAAAH- You're so mean!"
"I just want to know what happened..." I muttered, "my head is spinning right now, and I just want to know what happened..."
    After that was said, Miu walked back to the chair in which she sat when she was in the Virtual World, plopping into her seat. I decided pull up the chair I used while I was logged on, Rantaro, Kokichi, Shuichi, and Kaede following my motions. Once we were all seated in a circle, everyone else was standing behind the chairs, in a circle to listen in on what was actually happening.
"Like I fuckin' said before, before I beat Cockichi's ass, I'll tell you shitheads my side of the story," Miu explained, "so as you bitches know, I gave you all a rundown of the Virtual World. I showed you the maps I prepared, and I told you about how all of the dangerous items were deleted. Well, part of that was a lie. The map of the Virtual World isn't actually how the world was set up. First of all, the black wall I told you about does exist, but I extended it to the y-axis of the map. I changed my hot ass avatar's settings as and object instead of a human for my plan to work. In mushier terms, the chapel and the mansion were actually next to each other the whole time, and the world loops like an old ass classic video game."
When Miu explained all of that, I felt myself start to understand everything more. The sounds we heard, it was because the chapel and mansion were next to each other. Another fact was that her avatar was an object instead of human, and that probably explained why I saw her through the dining hall window.
"That wasn't the only thing I changed," Miu stated, "I placed special settings on Kokichi's avatar so when I touched him, he would freeze from my drop dead gorgeous looks. The hammer is self exclamatory. I was going to use that to end his life. If any of you had a brain, you probably figured out that cell phone could log people out. I logged Kaito off of the roof in order to meet with Kokichi, but there was another reason for that. I was going to frame Kaito for my crime. I placed the poison on Kokichi's seat to make Kaito the main suspect, and since I would be at the chapel, and the bridge was gone, I would've successfully been able to frame that idiot and be spotless! I did it because I had all of the control in that situation. It makes sense because I'm the expert in gadgets! Sadly, when I met Kokichi on the roof, I was strangled from behind by Gonta... I could tell from his voice..."
I couldn't help but feel my blood start to boil. From what I was hearing, Miu was planning on framing Kaito for her crime. Kaito was one of my friends, and he was part of the reason I was more confident in myself. Hearing that she was going to frame him for Kokichi's death, it made me angry. Miu was still telling us that Gonta murdered her, and I still couldn't find it in myself to believe that.
"In any case, that was my plan... luring you idiots to the Virtual World, and trying to kill Cockichi," Miu stated, "I mean can you blame me!? He is suspicious. Before I beat his ass, allow him to tell his story."
In response to Miu's words, all of us looked towards Kokichi who was smiling in his chair. His legs were crossed as if he didn't care much about what was going on. I was shocked from what I was hearing, but I would sadly realize that it was just the beginning.
"Where do I start...?" Kokichi asked, "I know! So, Miu explained the rundown of the Virtual World to me before she explained it to you guys. As I listened, I realized she was planning a murder. On me, no less. When I investigated the Virtual World, I found out that a person could die from shock. She was obviously going to use that to plan my murder."
I could feel myself stay silent as I listened to Kokichi. I felt like he was telling the truth because he must've realized the plan. I knew very well that it was possible for someone to die in the Virtual World. If that wasn't the case, then how would Miu's avatar remain. I felt a pit form in my stomach as I heard his words. I knew that this was just the beginning. It was just the tip of the iceberg. The feeling of dread got worse as Kokichi continued with his story.
"So, that's when I decided to prepare my *own* crime with her plan," Kokichi explained, "I pretended to cooperate with her, luring all of you into the Virtual World. That's also why... I worked with Monokuma."
"Wait a damn minute!?" Tenko shouted, "you worked with Monokuma!?"
As if on cue, I heard the all too familiar sound of Monokuma popping up into the room. He popped up into the center of the room with a straight look on his face. I couldn't help but be shocked to find out that Kokichi was working with Monokuma. Why did I have a bad feeling about this...? Monokuma let out a small sigh.
"I guess the jig is up," Monokuma said, "yeah, Kokichi is telling the truth. Kokichi came to me with an idea to make the killing game more interesting... his idea was so masterful, that I decided to place a motive in the killing game simulator."
"You added a motive...?" I asked, "the secret of the outside world....?"
"I have the distinct feeling that Monokuma was taking sides," Kirumi stated, "I don't think that's very fair...."
"I didn't help him with anything, and I had nothing to do with the attempted murder itself," Monokuma explained, "he merely suggested a way to spice up the killing game, and I accepted. Kokichi and I had a *prid quo quo* relationship. Technically, it doesn't violate the rules!"
"I call bullshit!" Kaito shouted, "I'm pissed at Miu, but that doesn't excuse the fact that no matter how you look at it, you guys were working together!"
"Kaito, would you calm down?" Kokichi asked, "I'll explain my relationship with Monokuma soon enough, so please allow me to continue telling my story."
"Why don't you fuckin' continue then!?" Miu shouted, "finish so I can beat the shit out of you!"
"Nee-heehee~ so as you know, I gave Monokuma an idea to make this game more interesting. When Gonta went outside with me, I showed him a motive, and we decided to work together. I came up with the murder plan, and Gonta carried it out."
"Gonta what!?" Gonta shouted, "Gonta did no such thing!"
"Bullshit!" Miu shouted, "you strangled me! That's what happened!"
"Gonta, let me finish," Kokichi said, "so since I couldn't be touched by Miu, I used Gonta to murder Miu, and we used the lattice as a sled to push her off the roof. That's what caused the loud sound. And I put Gonta in charge of putting away the toilet paper he used to strangle Miu. We couldn't use a regular rope for obvious reasons. And that's my story."
"B-But when Gonta murder Miu!?" Gonta shouted, "what you mean, *we*?"
I was silent with shock. Kokichi came up with the murder plan to kill Miu, and according to him, Gonta carried it out for him. His story was matching with Miu, so even though I didn't want to believe it... I felt like I had to. However, specifically Kaito, Tsumugi, Himiko, and Tenko were yelling at Kokichi for trying to *pin* the blame on Gonta.
"Let's all be honest here," Rantaro spoke, "from what I'm hearing so far, it looks like Miu and Kokichi's stories are matching up. Miu did say that Gonta tried killed her, yeah? Then what Kokichi is saying is undoubtedly the truth, even if we don't want to believe it."
"I agree with Rantaro," Ryoma replied, "maybe the next thing we should try to do is see what happened with Gonta."
"W-Why you target Gonta?" Gonta asked, "Gonta never murder Miu! Gonta never even go to Ver-chew-al World place! Gonta not know why he no remember, but Gonta is telling truth! Gentleman do not tell lies!"
    "You were there, Gonta," Kirumi explained, "how do you not remember?"
    Before Gonta could ask, I could hear the sound of small footsteps coming closer. Looking into the direction of the footsteps, I saw that Monotaro who was just at the computer, typing away to try to get more information of the computer just realized what was going on. Tears were falling from his eyes in streams as he ran towards Miu. Monokuma seemed to have a flabbergasted look on his face as his so called "son" was running towards Miu. He made a comment on how he couldn't be bothered with this, so he disappeared.
    "Mommy!" Monotaro shouted, "you're okay!"
    Miu who's face was looking sour and angry noticed Monotaro running towards her. In response to that, I could see a smile play on her lips. I knew very well that she accepted the role to be his "mommy", and she seemed to be quite thrilled about that. I could hear a small laugh escape her lips.
    "Yes, mommy is okay," Miu said with a genuinely happy tone of voice, "why don't you come sit on mommy's lap?"
    Monotaro seemed to be happy to oblige. He ran over to Miu, jumping in order to try to get onto her lap. Because the cub was so small, he was failing miserably. With a loving expression on her face, Miu lifted the red bear onto her lap, stroking the top of his head as if she were actually a mother. The fact that he was a Monokub didn't seem to bother her, and that much was true.
    "I'm feeling a lot better, now that my adoptive son decided to show up," Miu explained, "so Gonta says he doesn't remember what the fuck happened in the Virtual World, so we should figure that out first. I'm still pissed that he strangled me, but Gonta seems to have no memory of the ordeal."
    "Actually, I was here to discuss something that I found while hacking into the computer program," Monotaro explained, "I have no idea if this would have anything to do with mommy's attempted murder, but..."
    Everyone's gaze was directed towards Monotaro as he said those words. I was silent along with everyone else as we waited for Monotaro to continue. What information was he about to give us...? What information would he give that was very substantial.
    I remember that Monotaro was able to get the log in and log out records from the Virtual World, and I was guessing what Miu told us about her and Kokichi's avatar settings was part of what Monotaro found. It had to be.
    "Well, if mommy explained the settings behind the settings on her and Kokichi's avatar, then that brings some things that I don't need to explain," Monotaro explained, "but that's not all that happened. As I researched the program, one thing struck me as more odd than usual. To put it in simpler terms, there was error with one of the avatars."

Alright, so I'm here with another update, but Imma be honest... it almost didn't happen. I accidentally deleted the previous draft for this chapter, so I had to rewrite it. It's probably not as good as the original, but the update still had to go out.

Even if this chapter is not that good, I still hope you all enjoyed it. I kinda thought some of the events I put in this chapter would really cement how upset Miu was, and I kinda thought it would be a good thing to write.

Right now, we are in the epilogue of chapter four, so chapter five is going to be very soon. Hopefully I can start writing it out before I go back to school.

In any case, I hope you all enjoyed the update even though it's not that good! I'll be seeing y'all next week! I hope you all have a good weekend! Ciao!-yuki_no_fuyu

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