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I remembered my secret, the one I'd covered up with a lie. "Perhaps a weakness? Maybe they needed the medication for some disease, or disability?"

"And that was their secret?" Hisoka asked. "They were sick?"

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Suzume Fujimori's POV

"They often fell over... saying everything was fine... seeming hard of breathing at times," Suzume murmured.

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"So what? Why was that hidden? Why didn't the killer want us seeing that?" Niwa asked. He frowned. "Or was it even hidden? The gun's still missing, so the killer definitely didn't want that found."

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Suzume Fujimori's POV

"Something very peculiar about this whole thing to me... is how Kowai could have died. None of us -- or, almost none of us -- knew she was still alive. It doesn't add up to me. How would she let herself get killed? How could she have been killed? Suko was vulnerable mentally, but Kowai?... couldn't she have escaped? Unless..."

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Hisoka Yamanaku

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"I have the answer to that," Hisoka said calmly. He opened his pack and threw the gun on the table. "I'm the traitor. I killed Kowai Kurai and Suko Nobu- the masterminds. In order to save you all."

He paused.

"I'm sorry. I really wish it didn't have to come to another trial."

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Suzume Fujimori's POV

Suzume's eyes widened. "You- you-" Her eyes saddened. "Are you... serious, Hisoka? This isn't some kind of joke? I suspected you did it, but, I thought... I thought I was wrong, somehow." She stared at the gun... "I can't believe it. You did this... to try to save us all?"

Koda Starikuma's POV

"This is... a joke, right? IT'S A JOKE!" Koda sputtered. "Tell me this is a joke, Hisoka!"

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"'Soka... won't you be executed too?"

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Hisoka Yamanaku

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They were all talking to him. But only one person mattered.

"Maji..." He looked at him. "I'm willing to accept that. If the masterminds and traitor are dead- then everyone else gets out. You get out."

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Suzume Fujimori's POV

Suzume suddenly rushed forward and hugged Hisoka. "...don't go. Please, don't go. None of us want to see you go," she whispered. She wanted to take back every suspicion... every suspicion she'd ever had. "I'm so sorry..."

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Title: Maji

"...no. You aren't dying. You have a life to return to. I never lived until I came here, I might as well die here too."

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Hisoka Yamanaku

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He nearly jumped out of his skin. Suzume was clutching him. Death circled around him, whispering in his ears. He gently pushed her away, not wanting her to feel his trembling.

"I- I don't want to die. I never have."

Nobody did. Everyone wanted to live- no matter what. You wanted to continue on. You wanted to see Maji's smile, sunlight reflecting through a window. You wanted to feel the smoothness of a pearl- you wanted to touch something soft, and feel warm and eat sweets and sushi and live forever.

But to preserve all those things, you had to make a choice.

"My life," he said quietly. "This whole time I have measured it as my most important possession. But in truth, there are more important things than me. There are others around me- who have needed me this whole time."

My sister has been waiting.

"You understand, Suzume. You understand me."

His eyes snapped to Maji.

"No," he said calmly. He moved away from his podium and started for Maji. He leaned down and pressed their foreheads together. "No," he whispered. "Maji, I need you to live. For me, I need you to continue on. Then, our fairy tale will end. We wanted our happy ending. This is it."

He released him. "Trust me."

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Title: Maji

I was silent. What does one say? This was it. I had no life to return to, I had no 'Soka to go with.

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Third Person POV

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He returned to his podium. "Kowai," he said calmly, "Trusted me. We made an alliance in the beginning of the game. She offered to save me, in exchange for me helping her. Covering for her. Ensuring everything went as planned. We blackmailed one another- if she died, I would be implicated. If I died, she would be."

He paused.

"I knew she was the mastermind, since she gave me Suko's gun. She knew I knew- and yet she listened to me when I told her to-" he looked away. "Do some things. Back at the field trip.

I have made mistakes. I have made many, in my life. But when she revealed to me that there were two masterminds- that her death would be avenged after her own- I realized just what I wanted to do. Suko had to be the second. The post-it I saw after their death confirmed it. I banged on the boarded up bathroom door, from Suko and I's original room. They blew it up when we first arrived.

They ran- I assume they cut themselves on the boards, yanking them down. I chased them to the pool. This all happened yesterday, when I was 'looking' for Maji. But Kowai was there. I panicked and shot Suko, too far from the pool."

His face grew grave. "Kowai praised me. She said we were in this together. And she took the pills out of their pocket and showed them to me. 'Not like they had long to live anyway! We're in this together, Hisoka! You and me and Maji and my good friend the mastermind!' I- I couldn't stand it. She pushed Suko into the pool for me. Then, I waited until we were by the garbage cans. She put the pills in, and wiped herself off with a towel. She dropped the towel in with it.

Then, she turned to me. I shot her, so many times I'm not even sure how many. Then, she fell backwards. I'll never forget her face. The shock, the incomprehension- she thought I'd never do it."

He couldn't stop the tears streaming down his face.

"She trusted me. And I betrayed her. But it's better this way. Everyone gets to live now. This is our happy ending."

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Suzume Fujimori's POV

"I... see," she murmured. "It's... it's okay, Hisoka. We forgive you..."

"We'll remember you, Hisoka," Suzume choked out. "We... always will."

Suzume slowly walked back over to her podium. So... this was it, wasn't it? The masterminds were dead, the traitor was going to die...

And yet this felt so empty. So, so empty...

He was... going to be gone. It didn't feel quite real. And she could never, ever make up for all that she said, all that she did.

"I'll remember you until the day I die, Hisoka. It's the least I can do. I can never make up for every thought I've had about you, every word I've spoken... but, for what it's worth, I'm sorry. I'll always... consider you a friend. I'll always honor your memory..."

She hung her head, and tears silently left her eyes, dripping onto her podium like a quiet rain.

"And Suko too..."

A choice he had to make... just like my own, that I'll have to make, she thought.

Koda Starikuma's POV

"Hisoka, I'm... sorry too," Koda said reluctantly. "I wish we could have been friends. I wish we could have understood each other better, I..." She put her hands up to her face. "But... how could you... kill Suko?"

She didn't know how to process all this... Suko. Kowai. Hisoka... all dead. She wasn't sure how to feel about any of it, except her dear green-haired friend, with the chaotic attitude and the goofy smile.

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Title: Maji

"...goodbye."

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Hisoka Yamanaku

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"It had to be Suko," Hisoka said quietly. "All the pieces fit. I'm sorry, Koda. I suspected them early on. It was just odd, their attitude. I was terrified at the end. But as soon as she showed me the note, I knew. As soon as I saw the pills, I realized."

This was their last dance. Both of them.

Kowai and Suko dragged so many people to death with them. His would be the last.

"Goodbye, Maji," he whispered to himself.

"Puhuhuhu~ I imagine that a unanimous decision has been made, to execute Hisoka Yamanaku? Well then! How about we get on with it?"

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Title: Maji

"Shut the hell up, bear." I felt my fists clench. I had nothing left to live for. No one left to live for. No family, they were gone long ago. Soon enough, no friends. No Hisoka. Just myself, and the thousands of people who seemed to worship me for my card tricks. Imagine they saw me now.

Omniscient POV

"Goodbye, Hisoka," Suzume murmured, staring at the lever. To think... just the pull of a lever, and then it was all over for someone... "We'll... miss you." It all seemed ever more pointless... it was just happening, once again...

Like it always did...

"Goodbye, Hisoka," Koda hiccuped out, crying loudly. "I'll... never forget you. Or what you've done for all of us. Thank you..."

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The Execution Begins

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Gore Warning

A door creaked open. It had not been there before. Hisoka bowed to everyone. He was crying- but his face was utterly expressionless. He then turned away and headed for the door. It closed behind him. A screen lit up, showing his execution.

Hisoka was on a conveyor belt. He just sat there, watching the camera. His amber eyes glittered, revealing nothing. A machine came down, and plunged a stake into his shoulder, pinning him to it.

His mouth opened, but he didn't scream. He writhed on the conveyor belt, his eyes widening and closing, looking like they might pop out of his skull.

Then, the jewelry rained down. Cuts formed along his cheeks. One landed in his eye. When he opened it, it was bloody. Reminiscent of Niwa. Yet he didn't flinch. He clutched at the stake, staring into the camera even still. The conveyor was now red with blood, redder than his hair.

He smiled a painful smile.

The last thing they saw of Hisoka was his blood as he entered the machine.

Monokuma turned the volume up with a remote.

A horribly loud squishing sound emerged, and then the noises of several drills. Hisoka's machine rumbled a bit, then exploded. A red diamond tumbled to the ground.

A tittering Monokuma with a bag reached down and placed it on her finger, admiring it. Then the screen faded to black.

Gore Warning Over.

"And that!" Monokuma chirped. "Marks the end of the fifth trial! You all get to go home now!"

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