Well, I'm back at it. If you guys noticed last chapter, Kaito wasn't there, so I'm going to fill in on the last perspective.

Also, sorry about the super late update! It's been over a year and I apologize for the long release. Last year was really hectic and serious, but this time around, I think I got a lot more time! I plan to finish this fanfic and for all you readers out there that are still reading this, I appreciate all the support!

Chapter 13- This World Is Mine

Three hours ago before the incident

Kaito felt like hell. His whole body was betraying him and he felt like he was on the verge of death. Yesterday had sure taken a toll on his body. The astronaut fervently searched for Maki, but it was to no avail.

Currently, the astronaut laid in his bed, waiting for the pain to subside. Although his body was in a tremendous amount of pain, Kaito wondered where Maki was. Usually, she would be the first person to knock on his door and wonder where he was. Without her presence, it felt lonely to be here. And in some ways, he felt pathetic. Everyone was living their life to the fullest and here he was, lying in his bed.

With a sigh, Kaito got up on his feet. He was wobbling, which was a sign that he didn't have much time to live.

"Kaito!" a demonic bear happily called out to him.

Kaito glared at Monokuma and demanded, "What do you want!?"

Unfortunately, his voice must have seemed weak and delated, because Monokuma snickered. But soon enough, Monokuma grinned in a devil-like manner. "Kaito, I have some interesting info for ya!"

"Kokichi, we need to tell everyone!" Kaede declared.

Kokichi solemnly nodded his head. He still couldn't wrap his head around the fact that Maki was killed. Sure, she hated his guts and he disliked the violent assassin, but it was so much fun to get her riled up! As for Rantaro, that was a big loss. With a sigh, the supreme leader looked around the kitchen again. There wasn't anything particularly out of place and he didn't spot any possible objects that were used in the murder.

"Alright," Kokichi sighed before smirking. "Let's tell everyone the jolly good news!"

Miu growled. She couldn't believe her luck. All this time and she couldn't find the items and it was becoming more of a possibility that someone could have stolen the items. Grrr, she was pissed!

Grrr. Well, guess a genius needs her food and nutrients. Quickly, she sped up her pace to the cafeteria.

"Kekeke, I see you're in a rush."

Miu spun around, eying the nearby person. It was Korekiyo and he was leaning on a wall. "What do you want, freak?"

Korekiyo snicked. "What a nasty temper." In a span of a few seconds, he was face to face with the inventor. "I found something interesting yesterday. Did you see what happened in the gymnasium?"

"What? Another death? I'm not even surprised anymore." Miu growled out as she crossed her arms.

Another smirk. Miu wanted to wipe the smirk off his face so bad. She wasn't in a good mood and Korekiyo only made her more pissed. So before she could punch the anthropologist, he uttered the words she didn't want to hear.

"It's about Kokichi. In the gym-"

Immediately, Miu ran off towards the gymnasium.

Korekiyo frowned as he watched Miu run down the hallway. "Sure, ignore my answer."

"Kiibo, would you like to join us on our way to the cafeteria for breakfast?" Angie happily asked with Himiko eying the robot expectantly.

Kiibo nodded. "Affirmative, let's go."

The three of them walked towards the cafeteria and when they opened the door, they were surprised to see a dead Rantaro with multiple stab wounds on his body. Himiko recoiled in shock and both Angie and Kiibo were frowning at the murder scene.

BING-BONG! BING-BONG!

"A body has been discovered! Everyone, please gather to the location of the corpse, the cafeteria."

"Who would so such a thing?" Himiko quietly asked as she brought her mage hat down her face. "It's terrible."

Angie blinked a few times. "Atua and us will find the culprit behind this murder."

Kiibo stared at the murder with a frown on his face. "Come on, let's go outside the cafeteria and wait for the others to arrive."

Immediately, Miu entered the gymnasium. It was dark and she couldn't see much. Where were the damn lights?

BIG-BONG! BING-BONG!

"A body has been discovered! Everyone, please gather to the location of the corpse, the cafeteria."

Miu felt her hands shake. At first, she thought that she entered into a corpse in the gymnasium, but that wasn't the case. Though, Miu did wonder who the unlucky victim would be this time. But for now, she mostly irritated with her situation. Korekiyo mentioned something about Kokichi and the gymnasium, but what was it?

And then, she saw it.

Splattered with red paint...or was that blood? Regardless, the message gave off an ominous chill and briefly, Miu began to wonder why she came here in the first place.

"This world is mine"

-Kokichi Oma

"Kirumi, did you tell anyone about what you saw in the gymnasium?" Korekiyo asked as he critically analyzed her facial expression.

"No, I did not." Kirumi answered as she sped her pace from the masked boy.

The anthropologist hummed. "You are aware that he will most likely be the culprit in this murder?"

Kirumi gritted her teeth as she tried to ignore him. "You've been quite talkative recently. Care to explain why?"

"I figured I should connect with more people." Korekiyo answered.

The grey haired girl found that suspicious, but she did not question him further. As she looked up ahead, she spotted Angie, Kiibo and Himiko in front of the cafeteria door.

"So, who was the victim?" Korekiyo asked as he caught up with Kirumi.

Kiibo took a step forward and closed his eyes. "It was Rantaro."

"Gonta no can believe Maki and Rantaro die."

Tsumugi frowned as she placed a hand on her forehead. "I can't believe that happened."

"Well, believe it." Kokichi quickly answered. "Because we both saw the scene."

Kaede shook her head. "It was horrible. I can understand there being a death, but two? That's the first time this happened."

As the four of them turned right, they spotted Miu up ahead.

"Miu!" Kaede called out. "We're behind you."

The inventor turned her head around. "Come on, you slowpokes! We have to head to the cafeteria!"

"Upupupu, well, here's the Monokuma file!" Monokuma smirked as he handed Kirumi the file.

Before Kirumi could look carefully at the file's contents, the cafeteria door opened. Miu, Kaede, Gonta, Tsumugi and Kokichi entered into the cafeteria.

"I guess everyone's here, but Kaito." Tsumugi said as she carefully looked at everyone present in the cafeteria. "Do you think-"

"Pfft," Kokichi scoffed as he waved the idea away. "He'll be fine. Either that or he's crying his eyes out about the death of Maki."

Himiko turned to him. "Hey! Isn't that a bit mean?"

The supreme leader placed his hands in his pockets and shrugged. "Kaito's a big boy. He'll manage."

Korekiyo gave a small laugh and pointed at Kokichi. "Kekeke, aren't you being very suspicious? Why are you insinuating about Maki when she isn't present here? And who said anything about Maki's death?"

At that moment, Kaede and Kokichi turned around to look at the crime scene. But instead of two dead bodies, there was only one. Rantaro's dead body.

"Huh?" Gonta wondered as he scratched his head. "Kokichi and Kaede said two dead bodies."

"Did you two lie about this?" Tsumugi asked as she took a few steps backward from the pair and was now behind Gonta.

"I would like to point some information that I found out." Korekiyo announced. "In the gymnasium, Kokichi wrote a message with blood that the world is his."

Some gasps were heard within the cafeteria. The most notable and loud gasps were from Kaede, Himiko and Gonta.

Kokichi frowned. Well, this was quite unexpected. This time around, he played no part in writing a message. Was it his past self, the one before he died? Or was it possible that someone was planning to frame him for the murder? The latter sounded more realistic in his opinion. After all, it was plausible that he caught the ire of the mastermind behind this murder game. Well, he could play this off.

"I'm a supreme leader!" Kokichi happily announced and looked everyone in the eye. "World domination has to be a goal of mine."

As Kokichi analyzed everyone's reactions, he noted that a good handful of students were relieved that he was in a playful mood like Kaede, Himiko, Miu, Kirumi and Gonta. That's excellent! But he observed that not everyone had a nice reaction to his declaration. Angie and Tsumugi were disturbed by the newfound knowledge, while Kiibo and Korekiyo were looking at him with hatred and distrust in their expressions.

There was silence and some tension among some students. After a few seconds, Kirumi coughed to get everyone's attention. "Let's work on the investigation." Kirumi looked at the Monokuma file.

The victim was Rantaro Amami. The victim's body was discovered in the dining hall. The estimated time of death was 4:44am. The victim was subjected to multiple knife stabbings in the arm, hand, leg and stomach. The victim was repeatedly stabbed, though none of the stab wounds resulted in immediate death.

"Kokichi, you mentioned there were two dead bodies when you arrived? So, where is Maki?" Angie cheerfully asked, but if Kokichi looked closely, he could notice the intense gaze she had on him.

Kokichi placed his hand on his chin and began to think. "Hmm, it's possible she's still alive? We didn't check heart rates or pulses, since we noticed there was a lot of blood. You should've seen it! Either that or one of us moved the dead body."

"Both cases are possible," Kirumi nodded. "Should we split into two groups and investigate for clues? Five members for each group?"

Everyone nodded in agreement with Kaede and Miu rushing over to Kokichi's side. Kirumi rushed to Kokichi's side when she saw the two girls were already on his left and right respectively.

"Kekeke, I suppose I'll join." Korekiyo smirked, as he walked towards the direction of Kokichi's group.

"Ok!" Angie happily said, as she looked at her group. "Let's search for some evidence."

"Why are we standing in front of our dorms?" Kaede asked as she rubbed her shoulder. "Shouldn't we be near the crime scene?"

"We did in the morning, although there was a major change that happened over there. But I think it's best we leave it to other group," Kokichi answered as he stretched his arms. "What I'm really curious is what's inside all your rooms. So, how about we all enter into each person's room?"

Korekiyo nodded his head in agreement. "Sounds like a brilliant idea, but how about you go first?"

The supreme leader stuck his tongue out slightly at the challenging tone. "Don't trust me, eh? Well, sure. It's not like I have anything to hide."

"Hey! I don't like this idea!" Miu screamed. "Why should we let this freak enter our rooms?"

Kaede quickly nodded her head in agreement. "I don't like this idea either."

Kokichi turned to both girls with raised eyebrows. "Don't tell me that you two got something to hide?" The supreme leader took a few steps forward and opened his room. "Come on inside everyone, here's my room."

The room was neat and everything was in order. There was a journal on his bed and a few books and paper airplanes on his desk.

"Typical room." Korekiyo commented. "Come, I'll show you mine."

Kokichi and Kirumi nodded. "Let's go."

At the same time, two blondes were sweating a lot about the prospect that four students were going to witness her room. And both girls were dreading the worst.

"Hmm, there's a lot of blood heading that way." Angie pointed at the direction of the blood. "Atua thinks that Maki is still alive."

Himiko nodded her head. "If that's what Atua says, it must be true."

Tsumugi placed her hand on her chin. "But what if the body was moved? And blood happened to lead in that direction."

Angie nodded and turned towards Tsumugi, Gonta and Kiibo. "Atua's good will descends upon us. We shall make a difference. Would you three like to officially join the student council?"

"And that's my room." Korekiyo smiled at the group as they exited his room.

Kokichi frowned. "I expected the room to a bit more interesting, but oh well."

"Hey, Kaito's room is slightly open." Kaede pointed at the open door.

A sparkle in Kokichi's purple eyes appeared. "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's bug Kaito!"

Kaede took his enthusiasm and the group's focus on Kaito's room as a chance for her to quickly enter her room. She slowly backed away from the group until she ended up bumping into Kirumi.

Kirumi sent her a dark glare. "Where do you think you're going?"

"Nowhere...was just...planning to go to the bathroom!" Kaede quickly answered.

Kaede was feeling nervous. Kirumi had sent her a look that basically insinuated that she didn't her. Before she could rush to her room, Kirumi grabbed her arm and her hold was iron-clad tight.

"Let's go, we have to follow them." Kirumi stated.

"What the heck!?" Miu screamed once she entered Kaito's room.

The pianist tried to ignore this bad feeling she had and thus, she rushed into Kaito's room.

Blood. A lot of blood. All Kaede could see was red. And it was making her nauseous.

"Keke, do you see anything that will provide us a clue?" Korekiyo asked. "Cause I spot one. The knife over there. It's covered in blood."

Kaede took a step back.

Kirumi closed her eyes and nodded her head. "The answer is simple. Kaito killed Rantaro."

Angie grinned at her new members of the student council club. "Atua is proud of us. But first, I have important news to tell you all."

"Oh, what is it that Atua requires of us?" Tsumugi asked. "We shall try our best to complete it, as it relates to our safety and health!"

"Gonta agrees."

Kiibo nodded his head, "Affirmative."

"Do you guys remember the second trial?" Angie asked.

Himiko nodded her head. "The case where Shuichi poisoned Kokichi."

Tsumugi slowly nodded her head as well. "Yeah, Shuichi was really scary and freaky that day."

"It was also the day we learned Maki was the Ultimate Assassin." Kiibo added in.

Angie clapped her hands together. "Great points. But I had Korekiyo's motive video and what I'm telling you all is completely serious. Atua was there that day."

All four of them looked at her, waiting for the news she was about to give them.

"Atua believes Korekiyo has committed a major sin." Angie stated. "In his motive video, I learned that Korekiyo killed girls for his dead sister."

The group walked out of Kirumi's room. There was nothing out of the ordinary in her room, although Kokichi had to admit that it was different and odd in a weird way that Kirumi ditched her maid outfit and she had tons of knitting clothes on her bed. Kokichi looked back at Kirumi. Instead of a typical maid outfit he expected to see, he was met with a grey blouse and grey skirt. It was still a shock, even though it's only been a few days ever since he came into this world.

And after a few seconds, Kokichi's thoughts drifted back to Kaito and his room. Kokichi didn't expect to see his room be covered in blood, but he supposed it was possible, especially if Kaito was still sick in this world. But the knife? That was new and he kind of expected the kind astronaut to not have the guts to kill or attack someone.

"Your room, Miu?"

Miu closed her eyes and opened the room.

There was some inventions on her desk, but Kokichi noticed there were tons of sex toys in her room. The supreme leader sent her a distasteful look, "Why am I not surprised? You're a filthy cum dumpster."

Miu took a step back with an expression of shock. "C-Cum dumpster?"

Kirumi had a joyous smirk on her face, Kaede was nervous and Korekiyo looked around her room.

"Hmm, what's this?" Korekiyo asked as he grabbed a knife from the corner of her room.

"A knife!? Oh my god!" Kokichi yelled in an exaggerated manner. "Then, that means...Miu killed Rantaro! Not only is she a cum dumpster, she's also a killer. Who knew?"

"Hey, wait a second! Kokichi, you're supposed to be on my side!" Miu loudly responded. "And no, I didn't kill anyone...I couldn't."

The last part was a low mutter, but the violet haired boy heard her. But before he could say anything, Kirumi grabbed his wrist and led him out of her room.

"Let's get out of this room." Kirumi insisted. "You'll lose brain cells by just standing there."

"I agree." Korekiyo nodded his head in agreement. "And here I thought, she was actually a smart and kind person after what I witnessed in the second trial."

Something about Korekiyo's statement was too funny. The supreme leader snickered, "Which part? The smart part or the kind part? But regardless, I think you hit your head pretty hard."

Kaede was appalled. She couldn't believe how Kokichi treated Miu. It was unlike him. Sure, the pianist did want Kokichi to love her, but that was just way too cruel. Wait a second, if that was how he reacted to Miu's room, how would the supreme leader react when he saw her own room? This was not good. She needed to divert their attention and she needed to do it as soon as possible!

Miu sniffed as she tried to remove the tears that welled up within her eyes. She knew he was disgusted with her. A small part of her initially hoped that he wouldn't treat her differently based on the hobbies she loved, but she was wrong.

Though, another part of her felt that Kokichi was acting differently. Ever since the inventor revived him, he's been acting more cold and mean towards her. And although a part of her liked that Kokichi called her names and insults, she mostly felt shame at this very moment.

Miu took a quick glance at a nervous Kaede. What was Kaede so nervous about? The pianist's love was pure, while all she did was lust after sex and Kokichi. Miu knew her face was heating up and thus she began to think up of different thoughts. Anything to distract her dirty mind.

For some reason, she thought of the knife that Monokuma had given her. Sure, she had taken the knife, but she regretted the action immediately. She didn't have the courage to kill. As for the sex toys...

"Kokichi!" Miu roared. "I'm no longer into any of these sex toys, I'm going to throw all of these away! I'm not going to be a whore or twat, I'll make sure I'm the perfect lover! You can believe that!"

Kokichi turned around and Miu spotted a smirk...or was that a small smile? She could detect his amusement, as he had a small sparkle in his eyes. But instantly, his smile vanished as he turned back around. "Sure, whatever ya say Miu."

The inventor stared at Kokichi. He sounded as if he couldn't pull such a feat. Well, she would show him! And then, she'll wow him! After all, who can resist the beauty of the perfect Miu Iruma?

"Well, we should check with the others on their information." Kaede stated. "Let's go, everyone!"

"Hold up," Korekiyo said as he placed his hand on her shoulder. "We still need to see your room."

"Kaede, it's only fair that I have to go through public humiliation alone!" Miu loudly complained. "It's only fair we get to see your room!"

Kaede gulped. She knew that there was nothing she could do now. With dread in her stomach, she sighed and pushed open her room.

Everyone immediately gasped.

Inside Kaede's room were two large posters of Kokichi Oma. One large poster was his sleeping figure and the other large poster was his back-side form. There was also a drawing and effigy of Kokichi.

Kokichi blinked. And blinked again. This couldn't be possible. Kaede had a major crush on him? To the point where it's considered yandere? In all honesty, Kokichi was feeling confused and disturbed. How did this happen? If Kokichi remembered correctly, Kaede had a crush on Shuichi! What happened? What made this possible? No, he should've expected this. He was a fool to forget that incident. Kaede had picked his lock on the door and entered his room to sleep with him! The Kokichi before taught her how, and it only made him wish terrible thoughts on past Kokichi. Luckily, when he asked Kaede to stop doing such things, she reluctantly agreed and the supreme leader pushed that memory way out of his head, but this case was different. She was literally obsessed with him!

It was official. Kaede was number one on his list of girls to avoid.

"I see, so you have three deadly weapons with you." Korekiyo stated. "That's suspicious, don't you think so, Kaede?"

Kokichi shook his head and searched for weapons. He must have been super appalled before, because he had initially failed to notice the knife on her bed, sword on the corner of her room and gun on her desk.

Before Kokichi could say or think of anything, he felt a hand grab his wrist and guided him out of her room. This time, Kokichi needed to get out of that room immediately and he appreciated the gesture from Kirumi.

"You two weirdos need to stay away from us." Kirumi loudly declared as she glared at the two blondes. "Come on Kokichi, let's leave."

The supreme leader nodded, but he didn't have the strength to move too much or think for that matter. What he saw was devastating and if his hunch was correct...then Kaede was a yandere. A tired smile planted on his face as he said, "Lead the way, mom."

Kirumi flicked his forehead and smiled back at him. "We're the same age. It's Kirumi, not mom."

"Well, that was an interesting revelation," Korekiyo noted.

Miu grunted as she began to walk away from the two of them. "Don't talk to me. You and Kaede, don't talk to me."

Korekiyo watched Miu angrily stomp off, but she headed in the opposite direction of Kokichi and Kirumi.

"He hates me." Kaede muttered.

Korekiyo took a quick glance at Kaede. She was crying and her face was contorted in despair. Even though Kokichi may find her unusual and weird right now, the masked boy believed otherwise. Kaede was a dedicated student who truly loved the people she trusted. She was affable and any girl would be in good grace with Kaede. She was smart, playful and beautiful.

"Kaede, I know a way to head back in time for a few hours. It's called the Séance. Would you like to try it out?"

Immediately, Kaede brightened up and her eyes glowed. "Really, you can do that for me, Korekiyo? Thank you! It'd be my pleasure to do the Séance."

How naïve. She had just entered her doom, but at least, she'll enter heaven. And her sister will have another friend.

"So, this is the message? That Kokichi! How vile! Always thinking he's better than everyone!" Kiibo loudly complained. "I can't stand him! And he makes robophobic jokes!"

Gonta read the message again. "Gonta no can believe Kokichi could mean such a thing!"

Tsumugi looked at the message and groaned, "I'm more concerned about the red paint. It looks too much like blood."

"Oh?" Angie asked. "That's because it is blood!"

"Huh? It's blood?" Himiko warily asked. "Are you sure?"

"I'm an artist. I can tell if it's red paint and it's not." Angie answered. "It's real blood."

Kiibo tightened his fists. "That Kokichi!"

Angie nodded. "Besides Korekiyo, I think Kokichi is the culprit. He's extremely dangerous and is a threat to our student council."

"What do we do with threats?" Gonta asked.

"I'm glad you asked." Angie smiled as she gave the giant a hug. "Because as student council members, we eliminate threats."

Two hours later, everyone went to the class trial.

"Upupupu, remember students. You guys only need to find the first blackened." Monokuma stated. "The first student who made the kill. The second, third or fourth kills don't matter. It's all about who made the first kill!"

"I can't believe we're forced to participate in this." Monosuke grumbled.

Monotaro looked around. "What should we do?"

"We need to escape." Monodam stated.

"You Monokubs need to learn your lesson. Enjoy being tied up to that stool and watching another lovely class trial!" Monokuma laughed. "Except this class trial has some missing members, I see."

Kokichi looked around. Who was present? Miu. Kirumi. Angie. Himiko. Gonta. Kiibo. Tsumugi. Himself. There were only eight members present.

"Hey Monokuma! Is this a joke!?" Miu demanded. "There's only eight people here, so how can we start this?"

"I agree, we can't start this class trial!" Tsumugi nodded her head in agreement.

"Upupupu, let's just say that I'm a nice headmaster and I'm ok with them not coming to the class trial." Monokuma answered as he darkly grinned at the students. "Let's call this revenge for all the past atrocities you have done to poor old me!"

"That's not fair!" Himiko loudly screamed.

Monokuma placed his paws in front of his mouth and laughed. "Upupupu, who said anything about fair? And besides, they share your fate. So, it's not like they will be exempt from death if you all fail. And if the missing student is the blackened, well, that just sucks to be you guys!"

"Monokuma, did the blackened get the chance to use the first blood perk?" Kokichi asked.

Monokuma grinned. "Who can say? Maybe he used it? Maybe he didn't? That's what you runts got to figure out!"

"I assume this will be the first and last time these conditions will be held? Or will this be a regular occurrences in future class trials?" Kirumi asked, as she narrowed her eyebrows.

"Upupupu, I can see all the fear and worry on your faces! Worry not! Since I am such a kind headmaster, this will be the only time I allow students who are alive to not come to class trials." Monokuma explained. "And Kokichi, about that first blood perk, you can use the first blood perk anytime as long as you're not in a class trial!"

"Then, the killer is either Maki, Kaito, Kaede or Korekiyo." Himiko suggested. "They're the only students that are not present in this class trial!"

Most of the students nodded their heads, but Kokichi felt that their attention was getting misdirected. It made sense that the killer had to be one of the four missing students, but his gut was telling him otherwise.

"Let's start this class trial!" Monokuma announced.

"Stop!" a voice roared out. "Do not forget about me, I'm doing this damn class trial!"

Kokichi looked up and when he saw the person, he nearly fainted.

"Where have you been all this time?" Angie asked with shock on her face.

"Gonta surprised!"

The supreme leader frowned, as red eyes connected with his. This was terrible...Maki was there and she was glaring daggers at Kokichi.

"Upupupu," Monokuma laughed. "Let's get this class trial started!"

Surviving Students: 9? 10? 11?

So, what are your thoughts about this chapter?

Any predictions on who the blackened is?

I hope you guys enjoy this update!