Elliot and Zinnia arrived at the main hall, where the rest of the 13 ultimate teens were.

Hijime bumbled up to Elliot, as Zinnia walked over to her friends -- Yoshiki. Hijime awkwardly looked around, and looked at Elliot.

"I-I-I w-was looking for y-you-ou. Th-the placement of Koha-Kohaku re-reminds me of a vid-"

"Okay, kiddies! It's trial time!" Monokuma yelled, teleported in. Monokuma also had a pedestal with a myriad of buttons. "Now... which one of these buttons..." Monokuma pressed something, which made fifteen trial stands come up from the ground.

Also, a big door near the back and a flat screen tv near it.

"Now, find a stand which has your first name. Of course, you can't be in either Kohaku-me and Yige-me stands..." Monokuma said slyly, referencing two... funeral stands.

"Why are those there, anyway?" Ayameko asked, pointing at the funeral stands.

"Sigh... a wise bear once said 'The power of friendship bursts beyond death! A fiery outcome like this is right out of a teen manga!'... or something like that. Now get to trialin', kiddies!"

God, this is weird. Elliot thought, walking to her 'post' -- which was next to Zinnia.

((A/N: Order -- Elliot -> Zinnia -> Hijime -> Eda -> Ayameko -> Albert -> Yui -> Kosabachi -> Kaoru   -> Monokuma  -> Yoshiki -> Kohaku -> Nichibotsu -> Yosuke -> Yige -> Leon))

"Let's start with a simple explanation of our class trial! The result of the trial is determined by your own votes. If the correct culprit is chosen, they alone will be punished. However... if the wrong person is voted for..."

Monokuma giggled as he continued, "...EVERYONE BUT THE CULPRIT WILL BE PUNISHED! The culprit alone, having manged to fool everyone, will be able to leave this catacomb !"

"Well," Leon began, "lets start with what we know."

"How about we go over alibis and the sorts?" Albert responds. "I know that I was studying with Kosabachi in the cafeteria."

Kosabachi quirked her head up. "B-before you ask, it's because I'm greedy knowledge, fools!"

"Nichibotsu and Yosuke were in the gym! Nichibotsu was practicing b-ball, and Yosuke was doing that sword stuff!"

"Correct. Thy knows that leige Yui was in cafeteria."

"Well, I know Tsui, Luden, Tatabana, Kaiba, and of course I was in the cafeteria." Elliot spoke up, "Wait, did I already talk about Tatabana and Kaiba's ali-"

"Weeeeeellllll.... I was in the gym the entire time! Tending to my for my cute flowers that I wub wub WUB! Especially my Great Bladderwort, ufufufufu... do you believe me, Elliot-oneesan?" Zinnia looked at Elliot, which wasn't hard -- being that she's literally standing next to her. "Big sister Elliot! Let's continue to who did it!!" Zinnia chirped, then looked at Leon. "Is that okay with you, Big Brother Sonnenblume*?"

Leon crossed his arms. "We can't do that yet, let's talk about the murder weapon and some supplementary evidence." Leon answered.

"G-God, th-this is l-like a real t-t-tr-trial..." Hijime stuttered. "A-and also... w-we never found t-t-th-the murder weapon!"

"Ha-ha! I think I know the answer to this predicament!" Eda said smiling and putting his hands on his hips. "Judging Kohaku's wounds... it's obviously caused by a knife."

Ayameko blankly looked at Eda. "That is incorrect merely by the fact that no knives had gone missing." Ayameko responded blankly.

"What!? Hell no! What else could Kohaku been killed by then?" Kaoru denied Ayameko's assertion.

>>Agree with someone, dammit!<<

K. Taichi It was a damned knife, okay!
A. Yayashi Are you a panel imbeciles?
It was not a knife.
Y. Furamenko Don't wanna put suspicion on Yosuke-tan...
but maybe a sword...?
Y. Enoshima ...How about...
Scissors...?

"I agree with that, Tsui!"Elliot stated, pointing at Yui.

"Oh... thanks...?"

"Huh? Why's that...?"

Yui perked his body up. "Um... well, looking at the closet, I noticed...." Yui went silent for a second, and pulled something out of his dark blue jacket. "...These..." Yui mumbled holding a bloody pair of sheers.

The blades were stained with a crimson liquid -- which was obviously Kohaku's blood. "I found them on the upper shelves."

Elliot put a finger on her lips. "Well, I thought it was scissors because of the number of stabs. Er-- let me explain." Elliot signed. "Why just stabs someone six times over and over when you just stab them multiple times with just three stabs...?"

"That's soooooooooooo smart, Big Sister Elliot! Now-"

Leon smiled. "I kinda thought it was a knife at first." Leon admitted. "But now the evidence is starring me in the face... anyways, accounts? Theories?"

Ayameko blankly looked at Leon. "I have an... 'account'. I found his body when I passed the Artroom when I left the school store. I smelled a peculiar strong iron-y scent coming from the room. I went inside, the closet door was being held shut by a chair. I removed the chair, opened the door and hanging their was Kohaku."

"W-wait, you were in the art room? I didn't see you." Yoshiki asked awkwardly. "Darn, I should've asked you for help."

Ayameko blushed. "Well... I-I was watching you. It's not weird."

"Oh."

"The time limit!" Elliot blurted.

"The hell?" Kosabachi responded back.

"I mean- okay, let me say something I said to Tsui earlier." Elliot breathed in. "Huh... so I left around 1:30 and Kohaku's body was found around 2:00. So that gives the killer about 30 minuets to kill Kohaku... So, instead of thinking 'where was I the whole day' to 'where was I during the time frame of 1:30 and 2:00'."

"That's make shit a whole lot more clear! I can't believe they had time limit!" Kaoru screeched.

"Thee was still in the gym at that point." Yosuke states, "Thee believes Nichibotsu went to thou's room by then."

"I was... hilariously in the school store still!" Yoshiki says awkwardly.

Zinnia glarred at Yoshiki. "Little Brother Yoshiki... you're such a liar."

"I know it's really pathetic! But I was really intense about look for paints, okay!" Yoshiki retorted. "But listen -- I'm an art geek, through and throughout! That's my excuse okay!?"

Zinnia continued to glare at him. "Little Brother Yoshiki... you killed Kohaku, didn't you?"

...!

"What? No I didn't!"

Leon spoke up. "Hey! Please -- we don't have suffice enough evidence for that!"

Zinnia stared at Leon, her green eyes looking reddish. "But he did? Why drown yourself in a blissful lie...?" Zinnia said coldly, and looked at Elliot. "You believe me, right?"

Elliot looked down at the tiny girl. "Not really."

"... Of course." Zinnia said, standing still. "It's simple. Yoshiki killed Kohaku. He used the scissors, which were in the art room, of course. He then used Kohaku's scarf to tie him up."

>>Prove someone wrong, dammit!<<

Z. Nagisa Yoshiki killed Kohaku. It's quite obvious.
He has no one to back him up, no 'real' alibi,
and his murder weapon is obviously the scissors
-- to which can be supplied in the art room.
L. Luden That... makes sense...
Y. Furamenko No... you're wrong, dammit!
H. Namaeda ...
Z. Nagisa Let me repeat myself.
Yoshiki killed Kohaku. It's quite obvious.
He has no one to back him up, no 'real' alibi,
and his murder weapon is obviously the scissors
-- to which can be supplied in the art room.

"No, shut the hell up!" Elliot blurted, looking at Zinnia.

Zinnia grimaced, her face looking downtrodden. "Big Sister..."

Elliot glanced at Ayameko. "I know you said this offhandedly, but Yayashi... you mentioned watching Furamenko at the school store, right?"

  Ayameko blushed. "Well... I-I was watching you. It's not weird."

"Oh, yes. I guess I did mention that. Before you say anything... It's not weird." Ayameko stated. "But... yes, Yoshiki was in the school store for a duration of thirty minuets. This clears him of any suspicion, being that I saw him never once leave the school store."

Zinnia darkly stared at Ayameko. "Darn." Zinnia giggled. "Well, if Little Brother Yoshiki didn't do it... who did?"

Yui perked his head up. "Maybe... let's talk about how the body.... was set up."

Leon placed a finger on his lips. "How his corpse was set up... what does that half to do with anything? I mean, unless we are trying to prove the killing is some sick freak. Or..."

Yui rested his head on his shoulder. "Well.... looking at how it was done... the killer must've had some sort of vendetta against him..."

"Thine is right." Yosuke responded. "Lord Kohaku was tied up in a way whereth his undergarments are showing. Unless the killer wanted some twisted irony -- being that Lord Kohaku was male, it may have been some sort of jealousy."

"Jealousy?" Zinnia said awkwardly. "Wasn't the motive like, money?"

"W-well... bein-ing tha-that I read up on th-the pre-previous 'games'... no-not all the motives were used." Hijime stuttered. "The motive ma-may have been a-an th-the loss of memories, bu-but the killing was spawned through the wa-wa-want to ju-jump start it."

"Huh, that's specific." Elliot mumbled.

"Thank you lord Hijime, that makes a lot sense." Yosuke stated, placing a hand on her chin. "Now, who could have a vendetta against Lord Kohaku, then...?

"Nichibotsu knows, right? Kohaku was a paragon of virtue!"

"Paragon of virtue...?" Zinnia said coldly. "Don't make me laugh - he was nothing more than a lying, stealing...!" Zinnia gritted, her tone of voice harsh. "Ufufufu, I'm sorry! My jokes can be over the top at times. Tee hee...!"

"Lying...?" Elliot asked.

"Stealing...?" Yoshiki mumbled.

Zinnia grimaced. "A comedian doesn't like explaining the joke. But if you want, I could!" She states warmly. "You see, I'm pointing out the traits that make Kohaku a useless weed -- not some poor innocent flower, killed by some ruthless monster."

The class became silent.

Monokuma grumbled. "Can y'all please go faster? I'm bored to death -- and I can't even die!"

Elliot sighed. "Nagisa, this whole time... you've been acting... strange."

"Pointing out a weed is useless? Big Sister..."

"Constantly rushing the trial, contradicting others, saying Furamenko did it, despite him having a rock solid alibi." Elliot said, looking at the short girl. "Zinnia Nagisa... answer me this - did you kill Kohaku?"

"WHAT!? NO!" Zinnia yelled, a look of betrayal on her face. "Why would I dirty my hands with dealing with such a weed like that?" She giggled, "I'm ditsy, but not stupid."

"To be honest... Thee never saw thou in the gym." Yosuke states, added to Elliot's assertion. "Plus... wouldn't playing with thine plants isn't something thou should do in a gym."

"I..." Zinnia mumbled, looking at her feet. "I... I... I-!" Zinnia mumbled, tears streaming from her eyes. "I did-didn't do iiiiiiiiittttttttttttt!" She wined.

"Wait!" Yui boomed awkwardly. "Elliot... do you... still have that broken... hairpin...?"

"The pink petal hairpin?"

"...Yes..."

Kosabachi glanced at Elliot, and then at Yui. "What are you two talking about...?"

"This." Elliot said, pulling out the fractured hair pin out of her pocket. "I found it near Hoshi's corpse."

Yosuke leaned over her stand. "Wait! Thou knows that hairpin!" She said, and then looked at the still crying Zinnia. "That's thine hairpin!"

Zinnia glanced at Yosuke, her eyes puffy and red. "I never wore a hairpin!" She murmured. "Wait... Big Sister Kosabachi, don't you wear hairpins...?"

"I wore hairpins." Kosabachi answers, "When I was like, ten. Plus, that hairpin is a petal, right? Zinnia, aren't you all about flowers, plants, and stuff?"

"I... I..."

"Zinnia-tan..." Yoshiki spoke to Zinnia. "If you killed Kohaku..."

"Yoshiki..." Zinnia said, a soft smile on her face and her eyes still puffy. "Calling me 'Zinnia-tan', how I've longed for you to call me that..."

Yoshiki gave a confused look. "What...?"

"You seriously don't remember, huh." Zinnia stated, a blank look on her face. "Maybe this will bring you up to speed..."

Zinnia brought her arms to her chest, her face with cocky smile. "Kwaaaa, Yoshiki-senpai!"

Silence covers the trial room.

"What...? Is that some kind of joke?"

Zinnia shakenly smiled. "Yoshiki-senpai... we went to the same primary school...!"

"I... I don't remember that...?"

"Of course!" Zinnia said, a smile on her face. "Forget me, an adorable and cute girl and go skirt chasing after a disgusting, homely, wormly, whore of a CROSSDRESSER like the gross horndog you fuc- you fricking are!" Zinnia ranted, red hot rage on her face - despite that, a smile was still on.

"Nagisa...? I really didn't wanna think this but... you killed Hoshi. Because jealousy." Elliot stated, looking at the angry botanist. "So... let's end this here. You killed him."

"Jealousy...? Huh. Whatever helps you sleep at night," Zinnia looked up at her, anger plastered on her face. "But yeah, I guess I did kill that bitch. But, we can't end it there - can we? I'll only let myself get executed unless you figure out what happened!"

Elliot grimaced. "Oh..., well, let's... talk about how you were able to attack and subsequently kill Hoshi."

"You know," Yoshiki stated, "despite his looks, Kohaku-pyon was actually pretty muscly."

Hijime timidly raised his. "Ummm... i-is it poss-possible she startled Kohaku? A-as i-in, she dropped something, Koh-Kohaku was caught of guard... and Zinnia to-to-took the adva-advantage."

"That reminds me... the magical girl wand..." Yoshiki mumbles.

"Oh! If it made of glass, clay or porcelain... the noise may have alerted and Zinnia would have tackled him. Then cover the mouth, and then..." Hijime mumbled, "'Stab. Stab. Stab!'" He stated, in a feminine falsetto. "'Haha, you're such a bitch and a whore!'."

"That's preeeeeeeettttttttty true. Including the 'Haha, you're  such a bitch and a whore!'."

"...Oh..." Hijime mumbles.

"Now, I hope you don't ask 'Well, where is it?', it's in the trash because that ugly thing is trash. Well, piece everything together now."

>>Agree with someone, dammit!<<

Z. Nagisa Let's start with the beginning.
L. Luden You automatically smashed the wand...
to the ground!
Y. Enoshima That doesn't work.
H. Namaeda Uh... you waltzed in...
You then told him too... do something...

"I agree with that!" Elliot said looking at Hijime. "Because Kohaku would've been able to yell or escape."

Hijime nodded, looking a bit happy. "R-right. Probably, 'Go t-to the closet,' o-or so-something like that..." Hijime mumbled.

"Wait, Monokuma," Yoshiki said, looking at the monochrome bear, "how come no one heard anything from there?"

"Upupupupup, everyone's room is soundproof, of course!"

Elliot addressed the group. "Anyways, next I assume Nagisa tackled Hoshi, and started stabbing. Once Hoshi was dead, Nagisa dragged Hoshi to the closet. Thereafter, Nagisa tied Hoshi on the the closet shelves."

Zinnia laughed lightly. "Right on the nail, Big Sister Elliot and Big Brother Hijime!"

"So blase.... god damn, you really were jealous of him! Christ!" Kaoru cursed, looking at her.

"Jealous? Well, I guess I was kinda jealous of him at first." Zinnia stated, matter-of-factly. "But, I got over it. I still was mad, beyond belief. But then, it spiraled to an incurable want to kill."

Silence.

"You're... evil." Yoshiki mumbled, looking away from her. "I think I remember you now. Even then you were bad, when you just a girl in middle school. I... you're..."

Zinnia tilted her head, smiling. "No more words, senpai. I'm glad you remember me." She looked at everyone else. "Well, since you technically figured it out -- a bid you adieu."

"Nagisa, wait--"

"Monokuma, I suppose it's..."

"Okay, we're all done! Let's get rolling, then! She disturbed the peace and now she must pay the price!" Monokuma yelled happily, "Now then, I prepared an extra special punishment of... her! The Ultimate Botanist!"

"Nagisa, I... why are you doing this?"

"Well, what was I trying to hide? Everything, of course! Bye-bye, Big Sister Lavender!" Zinnia said, disturbingly cheery.

>>ZINNIA'S LITTLE SHOP OF TERRORS!<<

Zinnia cheery facade nearly shattered when a green rope
-- a vine --
bursting through the big door, wrapping around her thin, white neck.

((It hurts, as she feels thorns nearly penetrate her neck.))

It's drags her out of the courtroom to the big door, everyone's ugly and demure
eyes glaring at her.
When the vine is done dragging her, in brings her to a green room.
(There are flowers all over the wall are not blossomed
but beautiful
Birds of Paradise, Lotus', Sweet Peas and her namesake.)

Below her, a giant plant -- a Venus flytrap, open and snapping.
Obvious fake.

This feels like a joke.
And she isn't laughing.

The flower suddenly bloom --
They aren't real flowers,
no, that'd be too kind.
They're Monokuma's.

The look at her with hate,
like they get the joke.

"This isn't funny!" Zinnia cries,
and then the vine's grip tightens.

She's losing more and more breath.
The thorns penetrate her neck,
and she's screeches in agony.

It tightens, tightens, tightens, tightens...

and then it stops.

How Zinnia didn't die already, she doesn't know.

It's grip loosens,

the flytraps 'mouth' opens,

and Zinnia falls.

And the flytrap closes.

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S U R V I V O R S -- 12 (Elliot K., Hijime N., Eda S., Ayameko Y., Albert T., Yui E., Kosabachi K., Kaoru T., Yoshiki F., Nichibotsu I., Yosuke K., Leon L.))
V I C T I M S -- 02 ((Yige P., Kohaku H.))
B L A C K E N E D -- 01 ((Zinnia N.))
OVERALL -- 03 ((Yige P., Kohaku H., Zinnia N.))

  ❄❄❄❄CULTURAL/RESEARCH NOTES❄❄❄❄ 

Sonnenblume - Sunflower in German. Is occasionally used as an affection nickname.

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CHAPTER ONE -- "I DESIRE AND I CRAVE" -- {{PART 4 OF 4}}... END.

CHAPTER TWO -- "I AM NOW WHAT I AM" -- {{PART 1 OF 4}}... BEGIN.

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