The memories of past trials went through my mind. I couldn't help but feeling a sense of dread come over my shoulders. It weighed me down making it hard for me to move..but regardless me and Shuichi made it into the trial grounds and walked to our designated podium.

"Let's begin with a basic explanation of the class trial! So, your votes will determine the results. If you can figure out 'whodunnit' then only they will receive punishment. But if you pick the wrong one... then I'll punish everyone *besides* the blackened, and the one that deceived everyone else will graduate!" I felt my shoulders slump before I was able to put on my usual smile yet again. I can't let any of the others see me lose my grip on my emotions...not like earlier...god Shuichi must think I was so weak and pathetic...

"Hey Monokuma~?" I asked knowing I had a question ready for him. I wanted to know the rules about if there were two different killers. Would it only be the first one or both of them be executed? I kept my composure as he looked over to me.

"What? Two blackeneds?" He asked pausing for a minute while he had the most annoying groan.

"The first blacked would be executed! Because first come first serve!" He said with a laugh. It made me cringe internally but I kept my smile on my face.

"Well I'm glad that's cleared up! Now I can really enjoy this trial!!" I yelled with my signature laugh. The look Shuichi was giving me was telling me he wasn't buying it, and honestly, I don't either...this whole thing is bullshit...and I hate every minute of it...it's torture...

"Alright, to start we should determine the mystery behind the locked room, because seeing as Angie was murdered first...the blackened that killed her is the one we need to find to get through with this trial." Shuichi said quietly. I felt a weird draft run through the cold dark walls of the trial room...it may have just been because I'm on edge...but it could also be because the room is so damn cold sometimes. I hate the fact that I get cold so easily because the main reason for it is because of how small I am...

"I agree with the ultimate detective! I'm sure he will be able to figure this out!" Kaito exclaimed with a smile before patting Shuichi on the back. I felt jealous because I wanted to stand by Shuichi! Because then I could hold his hand...and tease the shit out of him! That would be so nice~ I love seeing that big blush on his face when he gets all nervous and flustered~, I wouldn't give it up for anything in the world. Well, I can always tease him later when we are alone~ because he tends to be more honest with his reactions~! Even though that means he could tease me back making me flustered...well! It would be worth it anyway just to see him smile and being able to hear him laugh, I wouldn't give this to anyone else...because his reactions are mine and mine alone to see and to cherish!

I smiled to myself before Shuichi sighed to himself. "Kaito we need to figure out this case, and I'm only a detective in training-" He started before getting cut off by Kaito.

"Well that doesn't matter! Because you have shown that you have the skills in the past trials!" He said loudly with a laugh. I almost rolled my eyes because of how much I wanted to call him an idiot...not because he was wrong or anything, just because he was being a dumbass and stealing my boyfriend from me! I mean we are in a trial and it is a regulation to stand in these places...but I still hate him for being able to be next to him while I can't!!

I think Shuichi could sense my jealousy and he gave me a concerned glance before I could say something to get his attention off of my jealousy and back onto the trial. Because that's what we need to be focusing on!

"What about the murder weapon?" Maki asked, making the rest of us turn our attention to her. I was glad the attention was off of Shuichi and Kaito, but this did make me think. There are a lot of things we found that were related to her death. Meaning, the duct tape that was found by her body, the wound on her forehead, and the one on the back of her neck. The one on the back of her neck must have been the final blow that ended up killing her, but the tape on her forehead suggested that she may have not been in that room originally.

"I think it was the sword stabbed into the wax figure of Kaede," Keebo said with his normal tone. I always wondered why he gets so flustered sometimes...isn't he a robot? Anyway- that is the only weapon we found in the room that could have caused the stabbing in the back of her neck. I mean in the evidence we collected it said that from what Maki and Shuichi found out about the room that Miu was killed in, that there was blood on the floorboard underneath were she died, as well as the support board being cut, and there was also a scythe in the back where it could have been dropped under the floor because of the wide gaps in between the floorboards...which reminds me...

...

"Kokichi!" Shuichi yelled before he rushed over to my side. I had tripped on one of the floorboards. I was just walking into one of the rooms and then wam! It hit me square in the forehead. I felt loopy because of the blood I had already lost. At that point I didn't even say anything back to him for a moment as I just lay there on the ground in my own blood.

"Yes, Shumai~?" I asked in my teasing demeanor. I could tell he didn't like that because of how scared he must be. He must have thought I died or something, I mean I have lost a lot of blood...but I really don't want him worried about silly things like that!

"A-are you alright?" He asked with a frown. I slowly opened my eyes and stood while I was a little wobbly.

"Yes! I'm just-" I paused feeling a groan leave my lips. God, my head hurts...I feel so dizzy.

"Just tell me what happened," He asked, holding me up while he let me use his body as a crutch. I smiled at this small act and I may have even giggled from how high and loopy I was feeling.

"I was walking into the other rooms to check for anything that could be considered a clue...and I stepped through...the floorboard and I don't remember much after that..." I admitted softly as I fell against him. I felt bad for the blood I must have gotten on his shirt, but I couldn't do much about it in this state...I could barely even talk.

"Ok, thank you for telling me," He whispered before pulling me close to him. He said something to Maki, but I could barely even hear what he was saying.

"I'm going to take you to the infirmary." He finally started before he picked me up like a toddler and let my head rest over his shoulder. I wrapped my legs around his waist and my arms around his neck lazily and let myself be carried. I was way too tired to walk on my own so I decided it would be a waste of time to struggle at all...

When we got there he set me on the bed that was in there and patched up the wound. It stung a bit when he cleaned it before bandaging it up...but I didn't react much because all of my feelings were slowly coming back to me.

"Here, drink some water, it will help," He said, sitting me up and handing me a glass of water. I took it and drank a little of it. It made me feel better and I could finally open my eyes without feeling my head hurt worse than it already did.

"Nishishi~ You must be pretty worried about little old me~," I teased, poking his cheek. He sighed and held the side of my face with his hand. I nuzzled into his hand loving how warm and soft it was. It made me forget for a moment about where we were. We are in a killing game and another murder occured.

I looked over to the shelves on the walls with all the different kinds of medicine. We have to go and do another trial...and watch another one of our classmates be executed. I let my eyes slowly move from the dark brown walls with white polka dotted wallpaper on the top half all the way to Shuichi's eyes.

"We should get going if you are feeling alright now...but don't over work yourself...and I'm going to make sure you get some rest later..." He said gently moving his hand to the bandage on my forehead. I looked at him while he smiled his gentle smile that made me feel love and the calmness of his aura around me.

"Be careful," He whispered before placing one kiss on my bandage. I smiled at the feeling of his lips on my forehead. He slowly moved away moments after when he remembered we don't have much time before the trial. He slowly helped me up and we returned back to Maki and the others.

...

I gently let my hand touch the bandages on my forehead before I focused back on the trial.

"If that's the case, which seems plausible unless someone has a rebuttal?" Shuichi said before he was met with silence.

"Ok, we should talk about the locked room mystery. Why was both of the doors locked if Angie was killed inside and the killer got back out afterwards?...because there wasn't anything to hide behind in the room." He said. All the others looked confused as another moment of silence passed.

"What if that's why the wax figures were hanging up from the ceiling?" I asked, pointing that out. It was pretty odd to see them hanging up when Angie had them standing up from the last time I got a glimpse of them. I mean it was a slight glimpse when I went to talk to her with Tenko...but I'm pretty sure that they weren't hanging from the ceiling...and there definitely wasn't something in Kaede's chest either.

"Yeah...that was pretty weird." Himiko said with her usual tired tone. I'm sure she is mourning over the loss of her friend...she must just not want to accept it yet...and honestly I can't blame her. Angie and her were close...and it's hard to just not have a person close to you around anymore.

"There was also a rope that was tied to them to hang them up, that may also be important..." Keebo added.

"Yes, wasn't there some of the gold handle of the katana on the slide lock on the back door?" I asked putting my finger to my chin. It is also very odd that the room has two types of locks. A key lock on the front door with a sliding lock on the back door...but maybe it was set up that way for a reason? I mean Monokuma is the one running the show...so I wouldn't be surprised by that.

-Here is the first part of the trial! I'm trying to give myself some time to myself to be able to focus more on myself and on my writing, so today this was really calming for me! I hope you enjoy! Thank you all so much for reading!!

-ShuichiOuma010-