Danganronpa: Memento Mori

Chapter 4, Part VII

Chapter 4: Out of the Frying Pan, Part VII (Class Trial)

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Again, the screen behind Monokuma's throne flickered to life. Again, it displayed an animation of a roulette wheel spinning around our faces. Again, it settled upon a face - this time Yukiharu's. And again, it played the jingle and showed the confetti that told us that we were correct.

Yukiharu Fuyumura, the Ultimate Snowboarder, was the murderer of Hirou Shinju, the Ultimate Gemcutter.

As Monokuma said, the only mercy he would be given would be the mercy of final words. Execution awaited him afterwards.

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Ayane: And this is how it ends?

Umiko: I never wanted this to happen. Now Hirou's gone... gone forever.

Daigo: None of us wanted this to happen-

Monokuma: Except me, of course! Ahahahaha! I'm feeling really pumped up to finally get rid of that pain in my backside, but I've got to give him his obligatory final inspirational speech beforehand. Bummer.

Yukiharu: Well guys, I guess this is it. The end.

Kaiji: Yeah. And you owe us all an explanation.

Umiko: Wh-why did Hirou have to die...? He must cared for both me... and, and Souta...

Souta: Yes, I do want some answers from you as to why you wanted me dead!

Yukiharu: (sigh) Well, I'll be a good enough sport to say so.

Ayane: And it was...?

Yukiharu: It was to teach you all a lesson.

Souta: Hmm?

Yukiharu: We were just about to get some answers as to who the hell Naoya Edogawa was, and then in comes Souta having lost his e-Handbook because he couldn't help but be curious about the art studio! You wanna learn something? Curiosity killed the cat, they say!

Souta: So that's why you wanted to kill me.

Yukiharu: Yeah...

Daigo: But why would you even think about killing in the first place?! Weren't we meant to stop Monokuma together?

Yukiharu: What led me astray was... was the money he was offering me. I'd be set for life, and... and... I'd be finally free.

Ayane: Free? From whom?

Yukiharu: ...My parents. Let's just say they weren't the best.

Kaori: (His parents...? He did complain about them a bit, but...)

Yukiharu: When they found out that I was a prodigy at snowboarding, they just thrust me into competition after competition, without ever giving me a break! And they expected me to perform top-notch 24/7! Sick? Compete. Feeling drained? Compete. Got frostbite? Compete.

Umiko: ...Ah...

Yukiharu: I even fucking lost a toe and did they finally say enough is enough? No! They waited for me to recover and then sent me out to get another trophy! And I couldn't say no because they were my managers. They controlled everything about me - I was a kid, and I had no say.

Madoka: Why would they go to such extremes?

Yukiharu: Money. Money, money, money. I'd thought if I got enough money I wouldn't have to suffer anymore. I could finally retire and live like a king without having to basically work myself to death.

Madoka: ...And you killed a man. How do you feel?

Yukiharu: I feel like shit. And now Monokuma's going to kill me for it.