"The purpose of this class trial.. is to have a re-trial of Rantaro's case." Shuichi explains.

"..What? Why?" Y/n asks.

"Because we have new information now.. we know about the hidden room, and we know more about Rantaro. I have to admit, Y/n.. you're the person who's most likely to kill Rantaro. You knew about him."

"..I didn't kill him. We were friends.. I could never kill him."

"Not to mention Y/n was with me the whole time. She never went to the bathroom either." Maki defends.

"I know what I've done is wrong.. but you have to believe me. I didn't kill Rantaro." Y/n pleads.

"..Nyeh.. maybe she didn't kill Rantaro.. but she could still be the mastermind!" Himiko announces.

"I'm not.!"

"Actually.. Y/n can't be the mastermind. As much as the evidence points to her, it's impossible. Maki and Y/n have been together for almost the whole time, she would have had to gone to hidden room, and Maki would've-" Shuichi begins to explain, but Tsumugi cuts him off

"But.! Just now, even when we're all mad at Y/n, she still was desperate to get into the hidden room to see if she was okay, maybe she would keep her secret too?" Tsumugi objects.

"Just because I was annoyed at her.. doesn't mean I wanted her to die." Maki looks at Tsumugi, a little disgusted, and Tsumugi backs down.

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"Are you saying.. the one who did it.. was Tsumugi?" Himiko asks, worried for her friend,

"N-No! This has to be some kind of mistake.!" Tsumugi pleads.

"You said you went to the bathroom during Rantaro's murder, right?" Shuichi continues

"It's.. just a coincidence.. I-I swear.."

"Then find flaws in our reasoning.. there aren't any."

"But.. it's all just lies! It's.. Junko Enoshima!"

Y/n stares at her for a second. Who is that.?

"What.!?" Shuichi says

"Cuz.. it's always been Junko Enoshima! In the last killing games.."

"Junko Enoshima is dead." Maki objects.

"No.! Junko Enoshima is.." Tsumugi seems like she's starting to calm down.

"Junko Enoshima is what?" Monokuma repeats.

"Junko Enoshima is.." Tsumugi's voice starts slowing down.

"Junko Enoshima is what!?"

"Cuz.. Junko Enoshima is.." She pauses. Smoke clouds their vision, and her voice drastically changes. Like she's not the same person. "..Right the fuck here!" The smoke clears up, and someone entirely different is there. A girl with blonde hair in two large ponytails. Y/n's confusion doubles.

"Puhuhu.. sorry to keep you waiting. Even if nobody was waiting, even if it makes you say 'What? Again?'.. The diva of despair takes the stage once more! Junko Enoshima the 53rd!"

"Junko Enoshima.. the 53rd.?" Keebo says

"W-What's the matter.? Aren't you.. Tsumugi.?" Himiko trembles.

"Ahaha, sorry about that. You can go and forget about Tsumugi Shirogane." She then changes back to Tsumugi in an instant. "Cuz I'm just a fictional character, y'know, a lie!"

"You've been the mastermind.. this whole time?" Shuichi asks.

"Always have been, always will be, I'm Junko Enoshima for fuck's sake!"

"I'm sorry.. but.. who are you.?" Y/n finally asks, she can't take not knowing anymore.

"..What?" 'Junko' does a double take.

"Why does everyone know who you are? I don't understand anything you're all saying."

"..T-The flashback light.. Y/n wasn't there.. she was still with Kokichi.." Himiko says

"You don't need to know who she is. You don't want to." Maki says.

Y/n backs down and takes her word for it.. and quietly hides her confusion.

"It kinda makes me sad that you don't know who I am.. I mean.. I even killed your best friend.." Junko looks down and strokes her hair sadly.

"..." Y/n doesn't reply.

"Did you know he only went there to make sure you didn't? Haha! He died for you and you don't even like him back! Sometimes I wish I hadn't killed him so I could see it play out.!"

"But I didn't-"

"Didn't do anything wrong? If you didn't steal the survivor perk, he'd still be with us today. How sad.. it's kind of like you were the one who killed him!"

"Y/n. Don't listen to her. She's just trying to get in your head. There was nothing you could've done." Maki says quickly, and Y/n nods slightly, but still just stays silent from then on.

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It's a battle between hope and despair. The outside world's been watching the entire time.. how are they even supposed to feel about that?

And before Y/n can process everything, Keebo's in the air, blowing up the entire school.

Everybody agreed to not vote. To kill themselves to end the killing game for good. Y/n didn't want to.. she really didn't. But what kind of coward would she have looked like? She would've participated in another killing game if it meant still being with Maki.

"Y/n, come on..!"

She snaps out of her thinking, and sees Maki in front of her, holding her hand out.

She grabs it quickly and Maki runs with her, Y/n doesn't know where they're going, Maki doesn't either. There is nowhere to go. But neither of them want to stand there and do nothing while the sky collapses in on them.

Y/n hears a loud explosion from right above her, she stops, still holding onto Maki's hand. It happens quicker than she can notice. A large concrete slab falls right on top then both.

She doesn't hear or see anything for who knows how long.

.

.

.

"Y/n?"

The first thing she feels is a large pressure on her legs, and the same smell as a construction site, debris and dust everywhere. She coughs out the dry feeling in her mouth and throat, opening her eyes slowly. Shuichi, Himiko and Maki are there. Waiting for her.

She shuffles out from under the fallen slab and takes in a good look of the destroyed school. So much happened there.. things that'll change her life forever. And now it's just.. gone?

"Is.. she dead?" Y/n asks, looking at Maki.

Maki just points over to a large rock covered in blood. Y/n gets the idea. Tsumugi.. Junko..? Is dead.

"What.. what now?"

"Can we leave? Keebo.. died for us. He died so we can leave.. right?" Himiko asks.

"Maybe.. I don't know.." Shuichi answers.

Y/n chuckles. "Heh.. Shuichi doesn't know? We're screwed."

The three others also laugh a little. For a moment, things seem okay. Y/n looks over to Maki, and Maki looks back and smiles. This is it. The end. The.. happy.? ending. Y/n's with Maki. That's all that matters. Even if she has to live on rubble and eat dirt for the rest of the life, it doesn't matter.

Y/n holds Maki's hand, just knowing she's there makes it okay.

And then, they can only go forwards. For everyone.