You said that despair is as
contagious as any disease.....
but the same is true of hope.

"A bodys been discovered!" Monokuma announced. We stood around the bed in Mukuros room where Kiyotaka Ishimaru was lying, face blue, broken out into hives, and eyes rolled to the back of his head--that's what I could find on the outside.

Earlier that morning we all woke up to Mukuro shouting and screaming, the chains on her handcuffs half broken, it was bruised purple and she was holding it, "Y/N?! Where's Y/N!"

"What happened?" Kyoko asked when the other female ran up to us.

Makoto held her hands, "Woah?! What happened to your wrist?"

"Shut up! That doesn't matter?! Please-- somethings wrong with Taka!"

Kyoko ran off first without us being aware, we picked up our speed and followed the purplette before she ripped off our hands. Mukuro opened the door for us and that's where we're here now.

Some more people showed up as I turned to the two chained to me, "Let me inspect the body...you guys can close your eyes if you feel uncomfortable..."

"Go crazy..."

I walked over to the bed and first inspected his neck... red marks ran down it, some actually breaking skin... I moved onto his mouth, I opened it up and inspected his mouth. Swollen tongue..

"Tell me doc, how is he?" Mukuro asked.

"I'm not a doctor im--"

"We hear it all the time, you're a florist not a doctor!?! Now tell us what's wrong with him?" Mondo groaned.

I mumbled under my breath before standing up again, "It looks like his breathing failed while he slept.. Choked on something in his sleep--but i'm not a doctor so you might want to look at his body as well Kyoko."

"Why me?" She asked, my blood ran cold.

"You're uh,,,the smartest out of everyone here?"

She sighed at my voice crack, "We'll talk about this later...."

'Aww shit...'

"Where's that damn bear?!" Aoi mumbled, "If i had to be chained with this lady one more minute i might start breaking through these chains myself!"

"Speaking of breaking handcuffs, Junko how did you do it?" Hifumi cleaned his glasses.

The female lifted up a chipped nail, "I was able to open them with my nail....Awh man, i just got those done too!"

"Worry about your nail later, tell us what happened before and after you woke up."

"Are you accusing me of murder?" She crossed her arms, 'There's really nobody else...' "Nothing happened between us, we went to bed all normally and I woke up to him....Well like that!"

"Nothing else? You didn't notice his breathing getting harder? Nothing?"

Junko placed a hand on her chin, "His face was a little red... but that's all I know! Now don't go around saying i murdered him!"

The girl walked away with her arms crossed, she stood in the corner as Monokuma walked in. Byakyua immediately asked, "There is no question that he was murdered by someone among us. Isn't that right, Monokuma?"

"Right as rain! But don't take it as a bad thing. It's just a fact of life! Because that's how graduation works!"

"Stop monologuing and give us what you came here to give us. You did bring it, right?"

"Hehehe... I sure did, chum! Allow me to present the next Monokuma File. I know how much you must be looking forward to it! So, please do you very tippy top best on this investigation--"

I stood in front of the bear shaking our handcuffs, "Aren't you forgetting something...."

"Forgetting whaaaaaaat?"

"Give us the damn key, bear."

"Fine fine... you guys looked so cute chained together! I bet you had loads of fun--"

"Give us the key!" We all shouted. Monokuma grumbled about us being no fun and how he should kill us all this instant, he threw the keys into Sakura's hands and she immediately walked over to Hina.

"Do we really gotta do another investigation...?" Aoi kicked her shoes into the ground,"Examining the corpse of one of our friends... Having to suspect all our other friends... I hate this... I can't take it anymore!"

       "I hate it, too! I-I-I've had enough! I'm gettin' outta here!" Toko immediately tried to leave as soon as the handcuffs were freed from her wrists.

      "Where do you plan on going? There's nowhere to run." Sakura walked over to byakuya and Mondo.

     "Just accept it already. After all, blood is just a liquid. A dead body is a simple object."

     Celestia hummed at the blond's answer, "You are very...enthusiastic about all of this, are you not?"

     "How can I not be? If we don't unmask the culprit we all die."

     "Th-That's true, but...to jump into it so soon..." Makoto played with the chains one last time.

      "What? Do you want to die?" The taller male rubbed his wrists, "Fine, then go off and die somewhere. Right now, go ahead. You're a waste of space."

       Mondo threw the handcuffs to the ground in anger, "A dead body is an...object? Taka wasn't an 'object'! Show a little respect, or I'll beat some into ya!"

       "Everyone stop bickering." Sakura walked over to us as Kyoko yelled at them. "Listen, there's some truth to what Byakuya said."

      "K-Kyoko!"

         "If we don't solve the mystery and find the killer, our own lives are forfeit. And unless we do something, more victims could start piling up."

        "Forget more victims! If we mess this up, we're all dead meat!"

       "Hold on, hold on. If that's your worry, you don't gotta worry any longer! In any one killing game, the guilty party may only kill a maximum of two people."

        "What...? I don't remember any rule like that." Hifumi scoffed.

      "I just came up with it. I mean, if one person went around and killed everyone, your lovely student life would be all over, right?" Our monopod buzzed as I assumed the new rule was updated to the regulation.

        "In that case, why not limit it to one person?" I asked.

         "Well in a good mystery, you don't want to miss out on at least the potential of a serial killer angle! Nyoohohoho! Just one would totally murder that possibility! Farewell for now! I'll catch you guys at the class trial!"

           "I can't say I understand his thinking, but if we can kill up to two people then one more person's life could still be in danger." Celestia softly smiled.

         "Don't do anything.." I warned.

        "Which is definitely not good. We need to uncover the culprit before something else happens."

         Mondo turned to Byakuya, "YOU need to shut the fuck up!"

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Boom Baby
Cooking mama
Are Ya Making Friends Son?
THE GIRLS ARE FIGHTING
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Fortune Teller