Danganronpa: Return of Despair

Chapter 1, Part 5

When I woke up, I had already forgot where I was. I remembered shortly, but it was still kind of a blur. It was a killing game. I survived the night. I hoped everyone did as well. I left my room and took out my map. I decided to go to the kitchen to grab some breakfast. When I got there, there were a few others in the dining area. They seemed like the type to arrive early. Koki, Shichiro, Shin, Takahiro, Yokichi, and Daisuke. I sat at a table next to Takahiro and waved. She waved back.

"Did you sleep well?" I asked.
She nodded.
"That's good," I nodded back, "So, why do you wear a mask all the time? Are you going to be able to eat breakfast?"
She took out her notebook again and began writing, "I can't take my mask off, but I will find a way to get breakfast, it's not much different from home so don't worry!"
"Ah, alright," I nodded again as a sign of understanding.

After a few minutes, some others had arrived. Asa, Arisa, and Kunihiko. Everyone began to settle, getting breakfast and such. Almost everyone had arrived after a few minutes, but there were still a few people missing. Kaz, Ayu, Rukoru, and Zenshiro still haven't arrived yet. I stood and went to leave.

"Where are you off to?" Koki asked.
"I'm gonna check to see if the people who haven't arrived yet are okay," I said, leaving.
Koki got up and followed me, "It's best if you don't go alone."

I nodded and we headed off. We got to the dorm rooms hallway and found Ayu wandering. She saw us and waved.

"You guys are back?" She asked.
"We were actually looking for you, and the others, everyone is in the dining hall," I explained.
"Oh, I'm aware," She giggled, "I just didn't want to come, I don't like anyone there,"
"But...everyone's there?" I was confused.
"That's my point!" She smiled, "Now, go do what you were doing, I'll be here,"

She shoo-ed us off and we continued walking. I knocked on Zenshiro's door, there was no response. I turned his doorknob, his door was open. That was weird. Koki and I walked in. He was nowhere to be seen. We exchanged a worried look. We quickly went to check on Rokuro and Kaz to see if they were still there. I went to Kaz's room, Koki went to Rokuro. When I knocked on Kaz's door, it sounded like she was in there, like she was talking to someone. I leaned against the door, I didn't hear another voice. That was kind of weird. I knocked again. She opened the door and peeked out.

"What the hell do you want?" She grumbled.
"Are you gonna come down to the dining area for breakfast?" I asked.
"Give me a minute," She slammed the door closed.

I sighed and walked over to Koki. He was in Rokuro's room. He was shocked.

"What's wrong?" I asked.
"He's gone too," He shook his head, "Could it really be a double murder already..?"
"We...we should go tell the others," I turned to leave.
Koki nodded, "Yes, I agree,"

We left Rokuro's room and saw Kaz walking down to the dining area. Zenshiro was following her, we both let out a relieved sigh. But, where was Rokuro? We made it back to the dining hall.

Koki cleared his throat, "Mamoru and I have a report, Rokuro was nowhere to be seen,"
"What?!" Seiko jumped up from her seat.
"D-Did someone kill already..?" Yokichi kind of balled himself up in his seat.
Daisuke stood up, "Let's not jump to conclusions, especially drastic ones, perhaps he was...um...using the bathroom?"
"No, he wasn't in his bathroom, the general public restrooms seemed to be closed as well," Koki explained, "There is no other possibility."
"What...what did Rokuro do..? He doesn't deserve this! He can't be dead!" Asa exclaimed.
"Shes right! He has to be alive somewhere!" Seiko ran out of the dining area.
"SEIKO, WAIT-" I yelled, running after her.

Koki ran after us both as well, she got to the public restrooms and started to kick at the door.

"SEIKO, STOP!" I pulled her away.

A few others arrived. They stared at the door, and me holding Seiko. Kaz walked towards the door.

"Don't we gotta know if he's in there? If he is dead that's gonna smell real bad," She shook her head.
Kunihiko nodded, "We should get the door open!"
"I got it," Kaz kicked the door open with one kick, Seiko stared in amazement.
"You have to teach me how to do that!" She said excitedly.
Kaz laughed a little, "It's not something that can be taught,"
"If this is the boys washroom, then shouldn't the girls not be allowed?" Daisuke asked.
"That would make sense," Zenshiro nodded.
"Alright then, only the guys can come with me and see," I said, walking in.

Koki, Zenshiro, Daisuke, and I walked into the restroom. We looked around. There was nothing suspicious, but there was a lot of water on the floor.

"Check the stalls," Koki instructed.
Daisuke laughed, "He's definitely not alive if he's in a stall,"

Daisuke opened the second stall and he immediately screamed and fell backwards from the shock. We all looked over to him, he was pointing into the stall. He couldn't say anything, only shaking his head. The rest of us looked into the stall. There he was. He was definitely dead. The bowl of the toilet was filled with blood, the water was all gone. That explains the wet floor. An announcement went off.

"Ahem, a body has been discovered! Now then, after a certain amount of time, which you can use however you would like, the class trial will begin!" Monokuma's voice announced over the speakers, before cutting out.

"Someone go get the others," I instructed.
"Gotcha," Zenshiro ran out of the bathroom to get the others.
"Should we investigate?" Koki asked.
"I think that's the best thing to do," I nodded.

I started looking around, I examined the body first. His head was completely in the toilet, so that wasn't much to see, but it looked like something had punctured him, there was a wound in his back. It went pretty deep. It didn't look like a would from a knife. I took note of that. I started looking around. It looked like there were faint footprints in the water. I couldn't tell what kind of shoe they were from, or what size they were, but they were pretty small. I looked in the other stalls, they looked normal. I noticed something on the hook of the door in the stall, it was a piece of fabric. It was white, but it looked like it had a stain on it. Was it a blood stain? I couldn't tell, but it was pink. I looked around more. I checked the body for any injuries, when I touched his neck it felt weird, like it was broken? I shuddered. That must've been painful. I went back out. Koki tapped my shoulder.

"One of the sinks looks like it's stained, maybe with blood, the killer could've washed their hands," He showed me the sink closest to the wall, he was right.
"Did you notice anything else?" I asked.
"Check the trash can," He pointed to it.

I looked in the trash can, there was a blade in there. It was like a mini sword. Was that what the puncture was from?

"That reminds me, there was a puncture wound on his back," I told Koki.
"Oh? That does certainly line up," He nodded.
Zenshiro came back in, "There's a report of evidence outside in the hall,"
"Huh? What is it?" I asked.
"Come see," He left again, we followed him.

We got out to the hall, the others were still out there, they were investigating. We noticed what Zenshiro was talking about. There were a few things in the hallway to note. There seemed to be some kind of marking on the floor, it looked like blood, but it seemed off. I decided to touch it. It was sticky. I took note of that. The next thing to notice was it seemed like there was a plastic wrapper. That threw me for a loop. Kunihiko walked over to me, she nodded.

"I saw Rokuro getting a snack when I was in the dining hall. It was 10pm I believe," She explained.
"Ah, so could this be from him?" I asked.
"I believe so!" She smiled and nodded.

I took note of that. That might be important later on.

"So, Kunihiko, you were in the dining hall right?" I asked.
"Yup, why?" She asked.
"Did you see anyone else awake?" I asked.
"Hmm, I saw Zenshiro, Asa, Rokuro, Kaz, and Arisa," She replied.
"Good to know," I nodded.

I went to ask them for their alibis, but then Monokuma made another announcement.

"Hello everyone! Please meet at the red doors at the end of the common area to go to the trial room so the Class Trial can begin!" He announced.

I sighed. I guess we have to head down there now. Maybe I can get some information out of them at the trial. We all arrived at the red doors. I took a deep breath. One of us here was a killer. We had to find out who it was. The doors opened and we entered.