~Phoenix's POV~

"Hey Maya! Can you hurry up?" I exclaim, standing by the door of the office.

"I'm coming, Nick!" Maya exclaims, running in with her long, dark hair flowing behind her.

"Let's go then. This is important."

"Right!"

My name is Phoenix Wright and I'm a defence attorney at Wright & Co. Law Offices. With my assistant, Maya Fey, I help prove that people are not guilty for a crime they never committed but are being blamed for.

Maya and I are working on a special case now which involves us having to fly to Tokyo, Japan where various killings have been happening.

"So, Nick, what do you think Tokyo's like?" Maya asks.

I shrug. "I wouldn't really know, all I know is that this case will be interesting."

As we get to the airport we see a familiar spiky haired guy crying. It's Larry Butz, my childhood friend. I'm guessing he got dumped again.

"Hey Larry!" Maya exclaims.

Larry looks up at us. "O-oh hey…" he stutters.

"What's wrong, Larry?" I ask.

He starts to cry more. "She dumped me, Nick! I came to see her off since she's going to photoshoot in Paris but she dumped me!"

I knew it… And of course he's dating another model… When will he ever learn?

"Ah, don't worry, Larry." Maya tells him, "I'm sure you'll find another girlfriend!"

"Y-you're right… But what if I get dumped again!?"

"I doubt you'll get dumped." Maya says to him. "You're too nice, besides, you'll find someone!"

"Y-yeah, you're right." Larry agrees. "Thanks, Maya, why don't we go get burgers later?"

"Ooh! Burgers!" Maya exclaims before looking over at me. "Hey Nick! Can we go!? Can we go!?"

"Maya," I say, "we have to go to Japan, remember?"

"Oh yeah…" She sighs

"Woah! Japan!?" Larry suddenly bursts.

"Yeah, it's for work though." I tell him.

"Awesome! Well tell me all about it when you get back! Oh, and Maya, we can go get food when you get back." Larry says.

"Well, our plane's going to leave soon." I tell Larry, "See you later."

"Bye Nick! Bye Maya!"

"Bye!" Maya exclaims as we walk away.

~Kaneki's POV~

"Hey Kaneki!" My friend, Hide, exclaims as he runs into Anteiku.

I look over at him, "Oh, hey Hide."

"Didja hear about the trial?" he asks.

I simply reply with a nod. A new kind of trial was going to be happening. Due to a couple humans being killed under the suspicion of being a ghoul and killing a lot of people, the government decided to hold a trial to get proof. For this trial, however, a famous defense lawyer would be coming to defend the defendant: Touka Kirishima. Though she's actually a ghoul, we can't let anyone else know. The Commission of Counter Ghoul, or the CCG, would kill her.

"I really hope Touka doesn't turn out to be a ghoul, she's too pretty. You know?" Hide points out.

"Yeah." I reply, thinking of Rize.

"I'm sure this trial will turn out just fine." I hear a familiar voice say.

I turn around to see Yoshimura, the manager, standing behind me.

"We made sure that we got one of the best lawyers to defend her. He won't fail."

"Yep." Hide grinned.

I nod.

Suddenly, someone walks in.

I turn to the door. "Welcome." I say.

Standing at the door are two people, a man in a blue suit with spiky brown hair and a girl with black hair and a purple kimono on.

The man walked over to the counter. "Hi, is there a Miss Touka Kirishima here?" he asks.

"She works here yes," Yoshimura says, "but it's her day off."

"If I'm correct, she lives here, right?" The man asks.

Yoshimura nods. "May I ask why you need her?"

The man pulls out a small golden pin. "Phoenix Wright, ace attorney, I'm here to defend her in the trial."

"Oh, I see. Well, I'll go get her." Yoshimura replies before going upstairs.

"Why's he going upstairs to get her? It's her day off, isn't it?" The girl asks.

"She lives upstairs." I tell her. "She basically has a small apartment so she'll probably be there."

"Oh! That makes sense!"

"So, you're the lawyer?" Hide asks Phoenix.

He nods and smiles. "Yep."

"What's it like being a lawyer?"

"It can be hard."

"But Nick's really good at it!" The girl tells us.

"Nick?" I ask.

"It's a nickname one of my friends in school gave me." Phoenix explains.

"Since Larry always calls him Nick I thought I'd call him Nick. I'm Maya, by the way." The girl says.

"Nice to meet you both." I say. "I'm Ken Kaneki."

"And I'm Hideyoshi Nagachika. But you can call me Hide." Hide tells them.

"Nice to meet you Ken and Hide." Phoenix says.

"Yep!" Maya exclaims.

"Oh, you can just call me Kaneki." I tell them since most people just call me Kaneki.

"What kind of lawyer are you?" I hear Touka say.

We all look over by the door to see Touka with her arms crossed.

"I'm a defense attorney, you must be Touka Kirishima." Phoenix says. "I'm Phoenix Wr-"

"I know who you are, Spiky. But what kind of lawyer has hair like that?" She asks.

Phoenix sighs and Maya laughs.

"Nevermind the hair, I'm here to help prove you innocent." Phoenix says, taking a seat at a table with four chairs. "Why don't we talk over here?"

"Fine." Touka replies, sitting down across from him.

Maya sits next to Phoenix. "Hey Nick, can we order something?"

"Well, it is a cafe." Phoenix points out, "Sure. Want something, Touka? I'll buy."

"Just a coffee." She tells him.

"I want a cappuccino and a slice of cake." Maya says.

I write down their orders. "And for you, Phoenix?" I ask.

"Just a coffee." He says.

I nod and go back behind the counter to make their order.

~Phoenix's POV~

"So, Miss Kirishima," I start, "will you tell us why you're being suspected for being a ghoul?"

"I was found near an alleyway where someone was killed." She tells me.

She seems so emotionless. No, not even that… More like she couldn't care less, yet in her eyes I can see a bit of worry.

"Killed?" Maya asks.

Touka nods.

"Wouldn't this be more of a murder case then? What is a ghoul anyway?"

"A ghoul is a monster that looks and acts like a person. They eat humans instead of human food." Touka explains to us.

"That sounds kind of scary…" Maya trails off.

I nod. "Do you know why they do that?"

"Apparently human food tastes terrible and can make them sick."

"Strange… So they think you killed and ate those people?" I ask.

"Yeah, didn't they explain this to you when you were hired, Spiky?" Touka asks.

"They didn't." I tell her. "My office just got a call asking if I could take the case."

Maya nods. "And they sent us tickets too!"

Kaneki walks over with our order. "Enjoy." He says with a smile before walking away.

I look back over at Touka to see her sipping her coffee.

"Ooh! This looks good!" Maya exclaims, looking down at the cake she has ordered.

"Yeah, it does." I say before sipping my coffee, it was really good too.

Touka looks away and I raise my brow.

"So, what were you doing by the scene of the crime?"

"I was walking around, that's all." She says. "I had been sent out on an errand by the manager and since I passed by the alley as the CCG showed up I was instantly suspected."

"I see…"

"How much longer is this going to take?" She asks.

"Well it has to be within three days and I hope to prove you innocent before that. You don't seem like a monster or anything so it should be easy to prove."

"Hopefully." She says, "the CCG has it's way though. Who knows what they'll try. They're the reason for these trials anyway. They were the ones killing humans off under the suspicions of them being ghouls."

"CCG?" Maya asks with a mouthful of cake.

"The Commission of Counter Ghoul." Touka replies. "They hunt ghouls down and kill them to stop them from killing people off."

"That sounds kind of bad for ghouls… I mean, they're just trying to eat, right?" Maya says.

Touka nods. "Yep."

"Hmm… Well tell me some more about the cases and Maya and I will go prepare for the trial tomorrow." I say.

"All have been about people blamed to be ghoul because they were found near the scenes of a ghoul attack. Only a few were actually ghouls though and most were reported by witnesses. I was turned in by a witness but I didn't do anything." Touka explains.

"Do you know who turned you in?" I ask.

She shakes her head.

"Well, where was the attack? We'll go take a look."

"An alley nearby." She says. "You'll know where it is because of all the D- Ghoul Investigators."

"Alright, come on Maya." I say, standing up.

"Alright." Maya says before standing up as well.

We pay and leave to go find the alleyway which, sure enough, was filled with investigators.

"What are you doing?" A man with black hair asks us. "This is for CCG personnel only."

I take out my attorney badge and show him. "Surely you can let me in, I'm Miss Kirishima's lawyer."

"I can't let anyone in." The man says.

"Amon," a blonde girl says as she walks over to him. "let them in, they won't find anything that denies her being a ghoul."

"Alright." The man, Amon, says as he lets us in. "Just don't interfer."

I look around and see lots of blood splattered on the wall of a building and the shape of a person's body chalked onto the ground.

"This is kind of scary, Nick…" Maya whispers.

I nod in reply then walk over to a boy (?) with white hair and red stitches. "Excuse me, can you tell me what happened?"

"A ghoul ki- Wait a minute." He says. "I can't tell you, you're not an investigator. Who let you in?"

"That blonde lady over there." I tell him. "She said that we could look around."

"She said you can look, not ask questions and we were told to keep this all secret." The boy says before walking away.

"That was kind of rude…" Maya says.

"Nah." I tell her. "He's just kind of like Detective Gumshoe. We'll have to get things on our own."

We look around and we don't find much except for a shred of white clothing, a piece of a sharp, red, and fleshy material, and a bracelet.

Maya and I left the scene of the crime and went to our hotel. This case was going to be difficult but I had confidence that I would be able to prove that Touka is not guilty.