First off, I want to say thank you for taking the time out of your day to read this. Secondly don't be afraid to give your honest thoughts and criticisms as I do want to improve as a writer. Thirdly, something to keep in mind is this is slightly a bit of an alternate universe, since the timeline events of Persona 3, Persona 4, and the Ace Attorney series take place at different times, but all characters will be in character for the most part. Fourthly, I do intend to finish this story as I have already worked out the plot, so hopefully this story will finish. Finally... just have fun and enjoy reading!
All characters, locations, content, etc belong to their respective creators. All Persona related content to Atlus, and all Ace Attorney related content for Capcom.
Themis Legal Academy, a prestigious high school with alumni in the highest echelons of the legal world. Of course it was hard to say that now a days considering the current state of the legal system. It was currently known as the "Dark Age of the Law," due to two very significant events that occurred several years in the past. An age where it was said that lawyers or prosecutors would do anything to attain victory by any means necessary. Most recently a case had occurred last month that revealed one of the professors at the school was accepting bribes from parents to boost grades for their attending students, and was also found to have murdered a fellow professor for finding out the truth. This same professor was known for purporting the motto of "The end justify the means," which was fitting for this current dark age of the law. A young defense attorney girl and a slightly older lawyer who served as her assistant, found the truth out while defending one of the students who was framed for the crime. The female defense attorney took the case, due to the suspect being a close childhood friend of hers who attended Themis Legal Academy. This whole incident took place while the school was having it's annual festival for the students and staff. While the school did celebrate some of it's festival right after the incident was resolved, some events from the festival did not properly occur and did not end up happening.
We convene on a Sunday of November 2nd, in the office of the current chief prosecutors on the 12th floor of the High Prosecutor's Office in Room 1202 in Los Angeles. The office had the entire left side filled with cabinets with files on various cases and data. It had so much, a step ladder placed against one of the cabinets. Near the exit (which also served as the entrance into the room) was a chessboard which had red and blue pieces, atop red and white tiles. Opposite the cabinets was some cabinets were and they held memorabilia such as an award the current chief prosecutor once received as well as what appeared to be a statue of a samurai with a tag attached to it saying, "Wendy," that looked rather polished, and above it hung a frame containing a coat, a certain prosecutor used to wear back in his earliest days of prosecuting. The back of the room had a window which had about a 50 meter view above the rest of the city. The middle of the room had a rectangular polished mahogany office table. Near the entrance was a coffee table in between two red leather couches.
Two people were currently sitting across from each other, through the coffee table, as each sat opposite of the other on each couch. One wore a blue office coat, a red tie and a white office vest and with white office shirts underneath, blue office pants, brown office shoes, a golden locket with a chain in his upper left pocked on his blue office coat, his defense attorney badge pinned to to upper left collar of his suit, blue eyes and had black spiky hair. He was Phoenix Wright. A famous defense attorney known for his crazy but truthful turnabouts in the legal world. Someone who was known for usually being on the ends of his ropes, but somehow turns it around to reveal the truth. He currently ran his own agency and had two young lawyer proteges working under him. Needless to say, Phoenix has had a lot of crazy experiences so far in his lifetime.
The other man wore a red office coat, a white cravat around his neck, a black vest and white office shirts underneath the red office coat, red office pants, black office shoes, glasses, and oddly enough, silver colored like hair. He was Miles Edgeworth. Before becoming the current chief prosecutor, he used to face off against Phoenix in court. Edgeworth used to harbor an intense hatred for criminals and would do his best to get the guilty verdict no matter what the case (though he had never been willing to fight dirty with methods such as falsified evidence and always fought fairly) and would use his impressive logic and aggression in court to win those guilty verdicts. However Phoenix's victories over Edgeworth had convinced him that the truth was what they should both be ultimately be striving for, leading to the more humble man we see today, who is currently the chief prosecutor.
"So why exactly did you call me to your office, Edgeworth?" Phoenix asked, concerned for what warranted such a thing.
"Wright... you are aware of the incident that occurred in Themis Legal Academy last month, correct?" Edgeworth asked seriously. Phoenix nodded, though he wasn't exactly sure where Edgeworth was going with this. "You see, now that Professor Means is gone due to his crime, the school is looking for a replacement professor for legal defense."
"A replacement professor for legal defense?" Phoenix asked starting to see where this is going. "Are you... are you asking me to become a professor for Themis Legal Academy?"
"Yes I am," Edgeworth stated bluntly. Phoenix looked surprised for a moment, shocked at what he just heard. He then sighed, unsure of what to think.
"I don't know Edgeworth. Shouldn't they have substitutes or other professors who can handle that stuff?" Phoenix replied.
"I do understand your concern. They have told me that while it's true that they did find a short hand substitute at the moment to fill that role, they feel having you teach there would be a huge boost to the academy for various reasons. Due to the current dark age of the law, having someone as renowned as you serve there, would be seen as a beacon of hope. And don't worry, everyone knows how you were falsely disbarred due to the real truth having finally being revealed last year, behind that disbarring incident long ago. " Edgeworth explained.
"I don't know about that. That incident at the original time, is considered one of the reasons why the dark age of the law is even considered a thing," Phoenix explained back. "Sure it was revealed last year, who was really responsible for that, and I finally have my attorney's badge back, but... what about the other incident responsible for the dark age of the law you asked me to look into?"
"Ah yes. I know very well what you're referring to. Well this would not be immediate. Of course revealing the truth behind that incident takes precedence. Themis Legal Academy would have you start teaching whenever you choose to be ready. " Edgeworth explained.
"But I don't even have the requirements to teach though, so wouldn't that be a problem?" Phoenix asked, confused.
"The academy, and as well as me are aware you are currently not in possession of a teaching degree and the certifications to teach as well. They have however told me, they are willing to fund for your education to pursue a degree for teaching if you do decide to teach there." Edgeworth explained back. Phoenix still looked unsure as he pondered the situation.
"I still don't know Edgeworth. I kind of have my hands full with my agency at the moment. People still hire me for cases. I just had my first one this year during the summer when I finally got my attorney's badge back in the beginning of the year. The incident at the Shipshape Aquarium if you might recall. Can I really afford the time to teach if people still want me to defend?" Phoenix replied back.
"I understand that as well. Keep in mind this is all ultimately up to you. But from a personal point of view, I feel you would be an excellent professor, as the legal world currently needs someone to help guide the younger generation, to understand that attaining the truth is more important then simply having results. Don't you have Mr. Justice and Ms. Cykes working under you? You need to pass the torch at some point to them after all, as well as the younger generation in general. That reminds me, how are Mr. Justice and Ms. Cykes doing?" Edgeworth replied.
"Hmm... maybe you're right. Maybe I do need to pass the torch to them at some point, as well as by teaching the new generation," Phoenix considered. "As for Apollo and Athena, I gave them time off due to their success at their last trial. They're in San Francisco having fun and staying at a hotel. Though those two better be back later this week though,"
"I see. Good to know Wright. One more thing I need to bring up in regards to this, are you available for the rest of this whole week?" Edgeworth asked. Phoenix nodded. "Themis Legal Academy is planning to hold the rest of it's school festival this Friday, due to the incident last month causing not all of it to occur. They want you to come make another speech for it. They also want you to come by tomorrow afternoon around 1PM to discuss with them these details as well. I can pick you up with my sports car and we can both head there. The school's board of education along with myself wants to continue discussing this with you in more detail. Would you be available to come this week?"
"Really? Sure. I have no problems with this," Phoenix replied. "By the way, what's the school festival event on Friday suppose to be?"
"Themis Legal Academy also invites select schools from all over to participate, to offer their students a chance to focus on a legal career if they so desire. This isn't just for students in the United States as Themis Legal Academy also invites students from abroad as well depending on the schools who accept to go to their festival," Edgeworth explained.
"That's cool. What schools participated this year?" Phoenix asked.
"From what I understand, a majority of the schools who were planning to have students visit, dropped out of visiting for this year's festival due to the incident last month, but two schools in Japan are still having students visit abroad for Friday's event. One school is named Gekkoukan High, and the other is Yasogami High. Their students should actually be arriving tomorrow and will be staying at the Gatewater Hotel very close to the school and staying for the week in general," Edgeworth explained. Phoenix however could not help but raise his eyebrows at what he heard.
"Schools in Japan? But how do their students and staff communicate with the people over here? Language barrier and all?" Phoenix asked confused. Edgeworth took out something from one of his coat pockets to show to Phoenix. It was what appeared to be a small white earpiece.
"These are special translation earpieces that are provided for all students and staff. Both our English speakers and the Japanese speakers will be perfectly able to understand each other with no issues whatsoever. You of course will be provided with one tomorrow when you visit. Anyway I think that about wraps up our discussion. Is there any other questions you have Wright?" Edgeworth replied.
"No. I think that about covers it. I'll see you tomorrow Edgeworth," Phoenix said as he got up from the couch he was sitting on. The two men gave each other a friendly smile and handshake, before Phoenix left the office and the building, to head back home to go over all the details he had just discussed.
It was now November 3rd around 12:45 PM in the afternoon, and two buses were traveling along the highways of California, en route to Themis Legal Academy. We'll start by taking a look at the bus in the front and the occupants inside. Multiple students were wearing black uniforms that had a symbol of a red ring around four ninety degree tiles that were white and black. Some students had their variances but still had a uniform of some sort. It had an interesting bunch whether it be the student council treasurer, a really strict and uptight disciplinary committee member, a certain guy who had the hots for his teach Ms. Kanou, the female manager of a sports club, a student who transferred from France to Japan to attend this school, and so on and so forth. We'll be focusing on several particular students though.
One student wore a pink cardigan that still branded the school logo, a loose red ribbon around the neckline, a black mini skirt, black stockings with white lines and brown shoes, a heart shaped choker, and finally what appeared to be a red armband on her left arms entitled with the following, "S.E.E.S," that stood for a title of a club she was part of. She had light brown hair, brown eyes, and was in general very pretty. She was Yukari Takeba. A junior at her high school who was known for having a caring but no nonsense attitude at the same time. She was part of the archery club as well as being part of SEES as well. She was currently rolling her eyes at what she was hearing from the person sitting next to her.
"Junpei are you for real?" she asked with annoyance present in her voice. The boy sitting next to her had the biggest cockiest grin ever along with gray eyes and a goatee. He wore a dark blue baseball cap over his black buzz cut hair, a silver necklace, a dark blue collared shirt underneath his uniform, a silver chain attached to his black pants along with a black belt, and black shoes. He finally wore the same red armband on his left arm that Yukari had as well. He was Junpei Iori. A laid back friendly guy, who was also a bit of a slacker when it came to his school work. He was a junior like Yukari as well. Junpei really loved baseball, though he wasn't in any clubs at his school except for SEES as well. He was currently engaged in a conversation with his friend Yukari, as both were known to have their arguments and comical comments together.
"For sure Yuka-tan," Junpei said using his nickname for her. "I can't wait to get to Themis Legal Academy where all the lawyer, judge, and prosecutor chicks are. They can object to me any day!" he said raising his fists into the air. Yukari rolled her eyes even more and sighed.
"I trade Aigis for you, if she weren't back guarding the dorm while we're gone. Mitsuru-san! Can we trade seats?" she said. In another aisle on the bus, sat a long dark red haired girl, sitting between two boys she knew personally. She sighed herself and shook her head for a no. The dark red haired girl had red eyes, a white blouse with a big red ribbon near the neckline, a black skirt, and black high heeled boots. Like Junpei and Yukari, she too had the same red armband on her left arm. She was Mitsuru Kirijo. She knew some French and already knew some English, as she liked to learn about other cultures. She a senior, was known to be a hard worker, and very caring person as well. She was student council president and was also part of the school's fencing team, and once again, part of SEES like the two others.
"Sorry Takeba. But I think it's better we stay seated right where we are. I'm sitting here to make sure Akihiko and Shinjiro don't have their ridiculous quarrels they have sometimes," she replied back. The boy to the left of her, rolled his eyes. He had short silver hair, gray eyes with a small white band-aid above his left one, and pale skin. Instead of wearing the traditional black jacket uniform, he wore a red sweater vest, he wore black leather gloves, black pants, that same red armband on his left arm like everyone else mentioned so far and finally black shoes. He was Akihiko Sanada. A senior like Mitsuru, he was a friendly guy who loved to be challenged, and craved competition. He worked out a ton, and kept up in tip top shape with his love for protein shakes. He was part of the school's boxing team as well as SEES.
"Was that necessary Mitsuru?" he whined. Before she could reply, the person to the right of her just chuckled at what he just heard. This guy had messy brown hair, under his black beanie, sharp intimidating gray eyes, a maroon pea-coat, black pants, brown Chelsea shoes, and that same red SEES armband on his left arm. He was a senior like Mitsuru and Akihiko, though unlike them, he rarely attended school for personal reasons. He had this tough guy aura around him, but had you gotten to know him, he was actually fairly friendly, though he always kept that tough smirk on his face and was rarely without it. He also liked to cook and was really good at it. He wasn't in any other clubs other then SEES.
"For you Aki? Definitely," Shinjiro replied. Akihiko was about to raise his voice before Mitsuru glared at both of them, causing them to back down. Yukari sighed at the sight.
"What about you Makoto and Fuuka? Can I switch seats with-" but she stopped talking as she turned her head to face them. The two were at the back of the bus and both were sleeping against their seat. One person had dark blue hair, that same red armband on his left arm, the Gekkoukan uniform of black jackets and pants with their school's symbol, with the addition of a black bow tie near his neckline. He also was wearing special headphones that the girl sleeping next to him made for him, connected to his MP3 player which was currently playing a quiet piano tune. He was Makoto Yuki. He was a junior at Gekkoukan High like Yukari and Junpei. He was known to be very socially active, hanging out with many people in and out of the school for various reasons. He was a part of many clubs, and SEES was no exception. He was currently asleep as the plane ride the previous day, and the bus ride they were in now, made him feel tired.
The other person who was sleeping next to Makoto, was a girl with short teal-blue like hair and dark brown eyes. She wore her Gekkoukan High uniform, and she also wore a teal-blue turtleneck that has flower patterns, a black skirt, white stockings, red armband on her left arm and brown shoes. She was Fuuka Yamagishi. She was a very kind, caring, and sensitive girl, who would do anything to make people happy. Unfortunately her kind nature has had her be bullied by others. She was no longer bullied when she joined SEES due to her becoming friends with those who had done so, or being defended from the other members of SEES. Besides SEES, she participated in the cooking club time to time, though her skills were lacking at the moment. All of these members lived together at the Iwatodai Dorm during their time at high school so far.
Yukari just sighed. She didn't want to disturb the two who were sleeping. "Ugh. Guess I'm stuck with you Junpei," she whined.
"Hey! I resent that!" Junpei complained. Yukari rolled her eyes once more.
"Yeah whatever." as she then tried to change the subject. "I wonder how Ken is doing, taking care of Koromaru back home?"
"He'll be fine. Koromaru will be fine too," Shinjiro answered for her. Before she could reply, the teacher chaperone who was watching them all, signaled for silence.
"Alright class. We'll be arriving shortly. Make sure to wear all your translation headpieces so we can understand everyone over here," she said. She was Ms. Toriumi and taught composition at Gekkoukan High. She had short light brown hair that reached to her neck, gray eyes, white turtleneck collar shirt, a dark pink like office jacket, dark pink pants, and black high heel shoes. She also served as the homeroom teacher for Makoto, Yukari, and Junpei besides teaching composition. She was serving as the chaperone for this whole trip as well at the moment. She was honestly uneasy of the decision to have Gekkoukan's students visit Themis Legal Academy after last month's incident. She knew that in the meeting she was in, all the money allocated for this trip was already spent and could not be refunded, but she still wondered if this was really the safest thing to do. She was also told to not talk about this incident with the students to not cause worry to them, as well.
"Also I like to give Shinjiro thanks for making us all bento boxes for this trip. Mr. Aragaki is an excellent chef," she praised, as they all brought lunches made by Shinjiro for the week. Some clapped, some didn't, Shinjiro just shrugged not caring if he were praised or not.
"Ms. Toriumi, the festival is on Friday right?" Yukari asked. Ms. Toriumi breaking out of her thoughts, nodded to Yukari. Soon she, as well as everyone but Makoto and Fuuka put on their translation earpieces.
"Of course those two sleepy heads be... sleeping," Junpei mumbled, realizing what he said felt a bit redundant.
"When we get there, we'll just wake them up" Akihiko said, not seeing any issues.
"Yeah it's no biggie. Let's see if this place is all it's cracked up to be," Shinjiro added.
"Indeed. I'm looking forward to Themis Legal Academy and what it has to offer," Mitsuru said. The buses were almost at their destination and they would soon depart.
Before we move on, let's rewind a bit and focus on what was happening on the bus behind this one. This other bus was carrying the students and staff of Yasogami High. They all wore black uniforms similar to Gekkoukan's but had a different symbol and style. The symbol was of three white rings surrounding what appeared to be a white stylized Y, connected to the innermost ring. Just like Gekkoukan's school, Yasogami had its fair share of unique students as well. Whether it be a real shy girt who played in the band, two sports competitive sports friends who had drama occasionally occur, a girl in drama with major father issues, and so on and so forth. Just like before, we'll be focusing on a select bunch of students.
One student was currently sitting in between two females he knew personally. He had a brownish orange like hair, a black uniform that was buttoned, black uniform pants, white sneakers, a white shirt underneath with a red v-neck with long sleeves, and finally a pair of red headphones he wore around his neck usually. He was Yosuke Hanamura. A friendly guy who worked at his parent's department store back at home. He was both clever and incompetent as contradicting as that would sound, as he would come up with various ideas that were very hit or miss. He was a junior at Yasogami High and in his spare time was a part of a different group that was known to investigate things.
"Themis Legal Academy huh? I wonder how it is over there," he mumbled.
"I think it'll be fun! The chance to meet and see new people is always welcome in my book," said the girl sitting to the right of him. She had light brown, bowl shaped hair, and brown eyes. She wore a altered Yasogami High uniform that was a light green high collared athletic jacket, she had three pins stuck to the upper left of her jacket (one was a yellow smiley face, one other was balloon shaped with blue stars imprinted on it, and one looked like multicolored rings), a black shirt with black mini shorts right underneath it, short white stockings and black shoes. She was Chie Satonaka. She was an energetic girl who was into things like martial arts, and had a big appetite for food like steak. She had a bright and uplifting personality and was normally pretty friendly. Like Yosuke, Chie liked to investigate certain things like him as well.
"You think so as well Chie? I think it's interesting to get to travel in general outside of Japan for once," said the girl sitting to the right of Yosuke. She had long straight black hair, that was kept neat with a red hairband, long eyelashes and black eyes. She wore a red sweater over her Yasogami High uniform, a black skirt, opaque black pantyhose, and black shoes. She was Yukiko Amagi. She was friendly but had a shy personality, and was a junior at Yasogami High like Yosuke and Chie. She would also have moments where she would spontaneously laugh at the most random things as well. Back home she also helped run her family's inn from time to time, and was also to take over running it in the future. She would help Chie and Yosuke in her free time in their investigations, from time to time as well.
"It's really fun! That was one of the things I miss about being an idol," said another girl in another aisle. She was sitting between a boy to her left and another girl to her right. She had brownish red hair tied in two pigtails, wore the black school uniform that had a yellow ribbon tied near the neckline, black skirts, black pantyhose, and black shoes. She was Rise Kujikawa. A sophomore at Yasogami High who used to be a former Japanese idol star who had decided to take a break earlier this year. She was kind, but had a blunt personality that was very straight to the point. She was the type of person, who wasn't afraid to show how she felt if she felt it. She too, was part of the investigations that would occur whenever she was free from working at her grandmother's tofu shop.
"I suppose it'll be interesting to see how the legal system over here is different from ours," the girl sitting next to the boy, who sat next to Rise said. She wore the black Yasogami High uniform, black pants, dark blue shoes, and a blue detective cap. She had short blue hair, blue eyes, and her appearance and build made her appear very androgynous, making people mistake her for a boy had you not known she was girl. Her name was Naoto Shirogane. She was a sophomore like Rise, but was very mature and wise for her age. Her family was known for being detectives throughout the generations and she was no exception. For her, investigating came naturally as she chose to help others investigate certain matters at times. "What about you Kanji? How do you feel about going to this trip?"
The boy sitting next to her immediately blushed. He wore his Yasogami High jacket around his shoulders, a black sweater with a skull and crossbones symbol on it, black pants, brown shoes, and had bleached blonde hair. He was Kanji Tatsumi. He was known for being a tough guy due to beating up a biker gang that was making trouble in the Inaba neighborhood, which he did due to them disturbing his mother. Similar to Shiinjiro, Kanji portrayed a tough guy act, but unlike him had way more moments of being comical and was more laid back in general in comparison. A sophomore at Yasogami High, though he used to skip classes a lot. He helped with his friend's investigations whenever he was free as well. To the rest of his friends, they had known he had a huge crush on Naoto, (and were surprised the detective did not detect that yet) and would usually get flustered around her. "This trip... it's alright so far? Umm... hey Yu-sempai!" he replied trying to take the attention away from him. "What do you think of this trip?"
We take a look at another student who was sitting in the back by himself, just looking out the window. He had pale skin, gray eyes, had a silver colored and bowl shaped hair, wore the Yagogami High Jacket with the buttons opened, as it revealed the white shirt he wore underneath it, black pants, and brown shoes. He was Yu Narukami. He was a junior at Yasogami High, and has moved in earlier to the town of Inaba earlier this year. Like Makoto from Gekkoukan High, he was a very social person as well. He met a lot of unique individuals both in and outside the school. He also served as the leader of the investigation team, that both he and friends were a part of. He lived with his uncle and cousin for the current year, before he was going to move back in the city sometime in the future.
"I think it'll be an interesting experience. Visiting another country in of itself, is pretty interesting, " Yu replied back. Kanji just nodded. Naoto however wasn't satisfied as she wanted to hear the answer from Kanji himself, and he once again tried to not answer her.
"Hey Kanji. Why don't you just actually answer Naoto's question?" Yosuke said in a mocking tone. The older student loved teasing Kanji whenever the opportunity presented itself.
"Shut up! Don't get involved," Kanji replied annoyed.
"Why? You clearly won't," Yosuke said. Kanji was miffed. He reached down in one of his pants pockets and pulled out a box of animal crackers. He took a animal cracker out and was going to throw it at Yosuke. However at that very moment, the bus bounced as it hit a small pothole on the road, causing Kanji to hit someone else with the animal cracker instead. The person he hit was wearing the black school Yasogami High uniform that a orange and green knights crest symbol sewed onto the upper left part of the jacket. He had black hair that parted a bit in the middle, droopy eyes, a beauty mark under his left eye, ashen complexion for his skin tone, big lips, eyes with barely visible pupils, and had a negative expression worn on his face. He turned to face Kanji with a glare.
"Sorry dude. That animal cracker wasn't for you?" Kanji said sheepishly as he tried to explain that he meant it for Yosuke. The boy just kept on glaring at Kanji. Before Kanji could say anything more, a loud yell was heard in the air from the front of the bus.
"TATSUMI! I saw that you stinking punk!" yelled Mr. Morooka. A teacher at Yasogami High who was known for his nasty attitude. He wore a dark blue office jacket with white stripes on it, a white office shirt underneath with a yellow and brown checkered tie, dark blue office pants that also had white stripes, white socks and brown shoes. This middle aged man had straight black hair in a bob cut that was slowly but surely turning gray, hazel eyes, and big noticeable buck teeth. He was known for having great disdain for the current teenager lifestyle and was very judgmental. He was also the homeroom teacher for Yu, Yosuke, Chie, and Yukiko. Like Ms. Toriumi, he was serving as the chaperone for this trip. Like Gekkoukan High, Yasogami High had already spent all it's budget on this trip and could not refund the money. He was also told to not talk about the incident that occurred last month, but he was more interested in getting the chance to travel if anything.
"But King Mo... I mean Mr. Morooka!" Kanji said, catching himself before he said King Moron which was an insult, that many students in the school called him. "I... err... didn't mean to... hit that guy?"
"You threw the damn animal cracker and hit someone, did you not?" Mr. Morooka questioned. Kanji now had a really big embarrassed smile on his face as he reluctantly nodded. "Good. Case closed. After we all get back from this trip, I'll be sure to tell your homeroom teacher to give you detention for two weeks!"
Kanji just sighed out of frustration and turned to look toward Yosuke. "I wish King Moron would never bother me again. Why does he have it in for me?" he mouthed to the older classmate. Yosuke shrugged, but he definitely did not like Morooka as well.
"Maybe Teddie was lucky to stay home to work at Junes, instead of having to deal with King Moron," Yosuke thought to himself as this friend of his was working to earn money, to pay off the times he basically used Yosuke's money a lot without his permission. His thoughts were interrupted as Mr. Morooka's yells filled the air once more.
"Anyway... all you damn teenagers, listen up! We're soon going to be approaching Themis Legal Academy! You know, the prestigious high school and all? So you twits better not embarrass me or our school. Make sure to put on your translation earpieces if you haven't already and make sure you don't break or lose them. They aren't cheap at all," Mr. Morooka lectured. Everyone began to put on their translation earpieces.
"This is it guys. Are you all ready?" Yu asked. The rest of his friends nodded as their bus along with the bus carrying Gekkoukan High's students approached the school.
It was a large rectangular building with a large campus to boot. The front of the school had a symbol that appeared to be a golden judges scale imprinted on it and a large circular clock above it as well. Soon the two buses stopped in the front, and both emptied out. Ms. Toriumi was overlooking her students, and Mr. Morooka was overlooking his as both groups were next to each other. Soon the front doors opened and out walked one student who was also wearing the translation headpiece. She wore a black uniform dress that had a yellow ribbon tied beneath the neck cuffs, the same golden symbol imprinted on the uniform, white stockings, and black shoes. She had brown eyes, brown hairs, and had a sunflower adorned on the right side of her hair. She was Juniper Woods, the current student council president of Themis Legal Academy. She was childhood friends with one of the attorneys who had helped saved her from false charges, from the incident last month. She was currently studying to be a judge at the academy. She wore a friendly expression as she said the following words,
"Welcome to Themis Legal Academy!"
To Be Continued...
So what did you guys think? Please be honest with your thoughts and criticism as I've stated before, since I want to improve my writing and make sure you readers have a improved experience. A couple of notes I want to state.
1. So some characters from both the Persona 3 & Persona 4 groups you may have noticed were excluded. Ken, Koromaru, Aigis, and Teddie. For Ken... I could not think of a feasible way to get him involved. He's a character who goes to grade school, so why would he get invited to a trip for a high school? For Koromaru, he's an animal and they definitely would not have allowed him as well so I figure he needed someone to take care of him while the rest of SEES was gone, so Ken fit that role as well. Aigis... well considering her capabilities, it would make solving the eventual murder mystery too simple, so I thought about having her guard the dorm to not get her involved. Teddie... well he doesn't even go to high school as well. I thought about having him sneak onto the trip but...
2. I also felt the need to trim some characters out. Too many cooks spoil the broth they say, in this case, too many characters would also be hard to focus on. So that's why I personally didn't have any issues cutting them out. Sorry if you are a fan of those characters. But with a crossover between both the Persona and Ace Attorney series, many characters will get involved, and I had to trim what I could.
3. I was very descriptive with the characters and environments. The reason for doing so, was due to the main fact that this is a crossover. Not everyone reading this will have experienced both series and everything from both series. So I wanted to familiarize the characters for fans of both series, to help readers visualize characters they may not be familiar with. Some things like what SEES stands for will be explained in future chapters.
4. As stated before, this is slightly a bit of an alternate universe. The events of Persona 3 & 4 take place at different times, not to even include the Ace Attorney timeline as well. So I took some liberties in that regard, but characters will remain in characters for the most part, so keep that in mind.
And that's it for now. Ultimately this story I think will be from 4 to 6 chapters depending on how I write the future chapters. The next chapter should be ready in about two weeks from now, maybe a little more or less depending on how it goes. I do intend to finish this story as I already have all the general details worked out, so let's hopefully see this story to an end.
Anyway... thank you all for taking time out of your day in reading this, best of luck with your own stuff, and until the next chapter, will we meet again.