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The Truth among the Stars

Summary:

What would happen if the truth portrayed to the participants of V3 was not a lie.

What if the Gopher Project was real and all of them were inside a spaceship hovering through space.

How would they all perceive the truth and learn to face it.

Chapter 1: The Hidden Truth

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"It has to be you Tsumugi Shirogane the Ultimate Cosplayer! You killed Rantaro!" announced Shuichi as he finished his recap of her crime.

"And on top that you are the Mastermind behind this Killing Game!!" yelled out Kaede with eyes full of determination.

"HA! Caught you soaking wet and red handed bitch!!" Miu called out crudely.

"Hehehe, So this is it huh?" giggled the cosplayer.

"Oh, what could be so amusing?" glared the anthropologist.

"It ended just before it could start to get going." she sighed.

"So our captor is you huh?" muttered Ryoma holding out his candy cigarette.

"Nope." she said stretching out the consonant.

"How is that not possible." spoke Maki. "You were the one behind this killing game, so it has to be that you captured us as well."

"Do you really want the truth behind this killing game?" spoke Tsumugi in a cold tone.

"Spit it out already before I die of boredom!" whined Kokichi.

"Monokuma!" she called out to the bear. "Destroy your pesky and annoying kids and bring me the files from Kaito's lab."

"Can do!!" he pressed a button and the five nuisances known as the Monokubs were blown up all at once.

"What do you mean my lab?!" Kaito barked at Tsumugi.

"Have a little patience Kaito." she advised.

"Here we are." the bear appeared and held up a file.

"Check this out." Tsumugi took the file. "This is the file on the Gopher Project."

"Gopher project, what could that mean?" asked Kirumi.

"The title 'Gopher' is really interesting since Noah's ark was made from Gopher wood." spoke Kiyo.

"Here Shuichi hold it, you should read this." Tsumugi threw the file over to the detective.

"Hmm." he hummed as he held it in his hands. "16 students with exceptional talent were chosen from all over the nation to participate in the Gopher Project." he read.

"Could these 16 students be us?! spoke Keebo.

"Yep! They sure are!!" answered Tsumugi.

"Interesting. Really Interesting." hummed Kokichi. "And just what exactly is this project about Tsumugi?"

"That. You will have to find out on yourself." she giggled.

"We have to find out ourself?! What could you possibly mean by that Tsumugi?" chirped Angie.

"Just what exactly is the gopher project and what are all your involvements with it." she clarified.

"Tsumugi this is not the time for riddles, tell us what all the mysteries behind this academy are!" demanded Kaede.

"Hmph Meanie!" she huffed out. "Fine, I will give you all a massive clue, look at the screens."

Then the screen behind Monokuma lowered itself and on it displayed the courtyard of the academy surrounded by the walls encasing them in.

"What are we supposed to be looking at?" asked Tenko.

"This." said Tsumugi and then the night-sky fell away and was replaced by a pitch black void only illuminated by partial light specks.

"W-what....is this?" uttered Himiko terrified.

"T-that's....t-that's....space." spoke Kaito while trembling (with joy?). "W-we're in....space?!"

"How we in space?!" yelled out Gonta.

"Now we just have one last thing to look at before the finale!!" declared Tsumugi. "Turn over to the last page of that file Shuichi and read it out!"

"The Gopher Project was made to save Humanity from the meteorites falling from the sky and these 16 students were selected for it." he read.

"DO YOU ALL GET IN IT NOW!!?" Tsumugi declared to the group like a madman. 

"Space.....Noah's Ark......Meteorites..." muttered Kaede.

"Don't....tell me." whispered Shuichi.

"YOU ALL ARE THE LAST 14 SURVIVORS OF HUMANITY!!" she screamed at the top of her lungs.

Everybody was left speechless after her declaration and were left reeling. How could they be the last survivors of humanity? How could Humans be gone?!

Regaining his evil persona Kokichi spoke," What...do you mean by ...14 survivors?"

"Because!" The Bear interrupted. 

"IT'S PUNISMENT TIIIIIIME."