Like My Father Before Me:

Prologue

By: Kongu123

Disclaimer: I do not own Phoenix Wright, Ace Attorney, or any of the related characters, logo's, ect.

Prompt: Kay Faraday has recently become a prosecutor. When she see's the evil caused by a corrupt international company, she begins her plans to follow her fathers example, and take it down from outside the law...

If your interest was captured by yet another New Yatagarasu story... you've come to the right place. I should warn you, however, you might not like the turns this story takes. Just fair warning. In addition, as many of you know, Gyakuten Kenji 2 is not planned to be released in America. However, if the time comes when something in my story would contradict anything depicted in the Japanese version of the game, I will treat that as canon (according to whats been posted on Ace Attorney Wiki, as I'm not Japanese, I have not played the game).

Before you ask, no I am not going to really focus on any pairings as the story is about the YATAGARASU! There might be some minor stuff, but I'm not going to dwell on it, because it will point away from the main point of the story...

Now that I'm done ranting, lets get on with the story, huh?

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February 2, 2027, 11:34PM

Endcorp Tower

23rd Floor

Kay hated weather reporters.

About half of the time, their forecasts are utter bogus, and the ones you can get online are even worse.

So, when Kay ascended up the side of the Endcorp tower and got to the twenty third floor, she was understandably vexed when it started to rain.

Kay had no choice but to cling to a window sill and wait out the rain. She would have to wait for a couple hours, and that ruined her timetable to the point where she might be lucky to get out of this alive.

Sitting there, she wondered for the eighth time if Apollo's intel was accurate.

She mentally kicked herself for doing so, (Apollo has done so much for this information on this tower. I shouldn't doubt him, especially now...).

The rain began to let up, and Kay felt the walls outside the window sill, feeling the moistness on the steel, (Damn, my suction cups won't stick to a surface this moist for too long, I'll have to do most of the climbing myself...)

Kay looked up at the sky again, reminded of the day when she recruited Apollo...

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December 12, 2026, 3:45PM

Vitamin Square

He had lost the case.

Apollo sat on a bench, drenched in the rain, unfeeling of the numbness it brought his body.

The only thing he could feel was the immense disappointment he felt in his client, but most of that disappointment stemmed from himself.

The man he had been defending had been guilty.

Unfortunately, Apollo had not actually realized this until the very end of the trial, quite literally seconds before the judge declared him guilty.

Apollo let the rain soak his clothes. He was beyond caring about the nice red suit that would be undoubtedly ruined before too long.

He stared at the ground, unbelieving that he had, for the first time, been wrong...

"You know, if you keep sitting out here, you're going to catch a cold, or pneumonia, or something..."

Apollo looked at the speaker, "Prosecutor Faraday? What are you doing here?"

Kay knelt in front of the young attorney, holding an umbrella over the two of them, "Oh, you know. I love walking in the rain. It makes me feel like I'm in a depressing chick flick or something."

Kay's smile disappeared after a moment, "You look like you just watched a depressing chick flick."

Apollo snorted, "I have no doubt you know why..."

Kay nodded, "Yeah, but just because we were on opposite sides doesn't mean we cannot be friends. That was something my, ah... mentor never understood."

Apollo looked up from the pavement, "Your mentor?"

Kay smiled sadly, "Miles Edgeworth."

Apollo nodded, "Huh, well, as nice as it is to talk to you and think about all of these wonderful times we've shared, I think I'm gonna go crawl under a rock or something..." Apollo got up to leave.

Kay stood up as well, "I don't think crawling under a rock is going to make you feel better, Mr. Justice."

Apollo turned to face her, "Why do you care, anyway? You're the one who proved me wrong today. It's easy to propose we hug and be friends when everything is going your way. Tell me, what would you be saying to me right now if things had gone differently?"

To Apollo's shock, Kay laughed, "I think your problem is that you do not see the entire picture, Mr. Justice."

Kay walked closer, "You see, the problem is that you knew your client by his real name, not his alias: Arnold Grisbane."

Apollo's eyes widened, "You mean that guy working for that corrupt company, Endcorp? That bounty hunter?"

Kay nodded, and Apollo stood silent for a moment, and punched the bench he had just been sitting, "Damn it! How could I have been so stupid!"

Kay walked forward and pulled his hand up, "Hey, it happens. Whats past is past, and you can't do anything about besides worry about it or forget about it."

Apollo looked at the young prosecutor, "Why are you telling me this?"

Kay frowned at him, "I can assure you it isn't because I am trying to rub my victory in our face."

Apollo looked at his hand and grimaced: it had been cut badly.

Kay walked closer, "I do, however, have a reason to tell you about this."

She took Apollo's hand and examined it for herself, "You see, you have acted as the lawyer for a corrupt businessman. That opens up certain opportunities for you."

Apollo gasped, "You mean, you want me to represent more guys like him?"

Apollo took his hand from Kay and began backing away, "Are you just as corrupt as the man you just put away?"

Kay laughed again, frightening Apollo even more, "Of course not. But you have to admit, that I was lucky. I had some hard evidence on my side, that we had found due to coincidence. I didn't really earn my victory today."

Apollo looked puzzled, but continued to back away, "What are you saying, that the prosecutor office is a sham? Since your only coworkers are an idiot and a rock star, I won't disagree with you..."

Apollo's eyes widened as yet another laugh escaped Kay's mouth, "That's not it either. You see, some companies, like Endcorp, are above the law. They have enough political and economical power to do whatever they want and get away with it..."

Kay reached her hand toward the young defense attorney, "Apollo, I'm here to ask you for your help. Your defense was believable and brilliant. Your status as a successful defense attorney would bring in someone as corrupt as Endcorp."

Apollo stopped backing away, "You mean take them down from inside?"

Kay chuckled, walked towards Apollo and once again sheltering him under her umbrella, "You see, there are three things which we need to take down something as big and corrupt as Endcorp."

She held up one finger, "One: Knowledge of where incriminating evidence is hidden in a secure location, like their headquarters or some safe house."

Kay held up a second finger, "Two: The extraction of this incriminating knowledge, without detection."

Kay held up one last finger, "Three: There is no trace left at the scene, no evidence to incriminate anyone, other than the victim."

Apollo stared at her, "What are you saying?"

Kay began walking away, Apollo followed her, "You see, my father was a member of a group called the Yatagarasu. It consisted of him and two other people. They joined together to take down an international smuggling ring."

Apollo's eyes widened as understanding flooded his thoughts, "I remember hearing about them. Weren't they a group of thieves?"

Kay laughed again, "Yes, they were. But you see, they didn't steal money or jewels, they stole the truth."

The two stopped at a traffic light, Apollo had his hands in his pockets, "And you want to create a similar group to take down Endcorp."

Kay nodded, and Apollo turned to the prosecutor, "But, how can you justify stooping to their level? Wouldn't that just make you as bad as them?"

Kay didn't laugh this time, "Apollo, it is our job to try and prevent others from doing this kind of stuff. Shouldn't we take the responsibility of not doing our jobs and take these guys down any way we can?"

Apollo stopped walking for a moment, eyes downcast in thought. Finally his head rose, and his eyes leveled with Kay's, "I'm in. Assuming that you were offering."

Kay smiled, "That I was. We can discuss what you will be doing... over some coffee or something. Lets get out of this rain, huh?"

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February 3, 2027, 12:02AM

Endcorp Tower,

27th Floor

The rain finally stopped, allowing Kay to get to her target. Just as she had trained, she did three quick takes of what was inside the window.

After seeing that the coast was clear, she quietly opened the window, and rolled inside the office. Taking a couple of looks around the room, she put on the red tinted glasses she received from her friend.

Kay held her breath until she noticed the lasers guarding the door. (Huh, guess these things really do work...), her fears subsided, she walked to the door and went over the laser, into the dark hallway.

Kay crept along, ears listening for the slightest sound that might indicate that she was not alone. Kay heard nothing, even as she avoided another laser that allowed her to go to the main computer room.

The room was filled to the brim with whirring towers. Kay ignored most of them and went to a small, old looking one in the corner.

Kay inserted a flash drive into the tower, and pressed a switch. The machine came to life, whirring and making small beeps and noises.

She noted with satisfaction that her flash drive indicated it was receiving data. She noticed a small progress bar appear on the small screen of the drive.

In a couple of moments, the machine stopped, and the drive read full. Kay quickly took out her phone, attaching the flash drive and accessing the data.

On the flash drive were numerous blackmail letters, pictures, and videos incriminating Endcorp and would most likely bring it to its knees.

Kay smiled as she made her way out the door, and back into the drizzling night.

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February 3, 2027, 10:37AM

Endcorp Tower, 27th Floor,

Computer Room

The corporate scumbag literally screamed at the detective, "What do you mean that there are no fingerprints? How are you supposed to arrest somebody if they don't leave any fingerprints?"

Ema Skye sighed, "Scientifically speaking, it is possible to not leave fingerprints at a crime scene. Are you sure you haven't received any threats, or anything of that nature?"

The man looked like his already bulbous nose was going to explode, "FOR THE EIGHTH TIME NO! YOU SHOULD STOP ASKING ME THESE POINTLESS QUESTIONS AND DO YOUR JOB!"

With that friendly message, the man waddled out of the room and began yelling at one of the forensic scientists, leaving Ema to her thoughts. And that is when she noticed it.

A tiny hair, left on the tower in the corner. She noticed it because it was on the USB port, as if something had been plugged in it.

Ema looked around quickly and swiped the hair, stuffing it into her pocket. She also took the time to wipe the tower clean of prints.

Satisfied, Ema looked at the computer tower critically, reminded for some reason of when Kay had signed her up for this mess...

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December 23rd, 2026, 10:23PM

Criminal Affairs Department

To put it simply, Ema was elated. Her request to switch to a different prosecutor had finally been approved, and she now had a new prosecutor to answer to.

She may be a rookie, but she had to be better than the fop.

Ema walked to her new bosses office, happily munching on snackoos. (Maybe she won't try to steal my snackoos! Maybe this woman will make coming to work bearable...)

Ema finally arrived at the office, and knocked on the door. A muted "Come in" came out, and Ema opened the door. She wasn't quite prepared for what she saw.

A young woman about Ema's age was fiddling with some large machine. Projected on the wall from the machine was the blueprints to some building.

Ema looked in awe at the small device, "Ms. Kay Faraday?" Kay smiled, "That's me." Kay followed my gaze to the machine she was playing with, "Got a hard on for technology?"

Ema chuckled, "No, its just, you must get a lot of science done with that thing." Kay laughed, "Science, huh? Mr. Gavin did say you were a nerd."

Ema grumbled, "Did he?" Kay went back to her machine, "Yup. He also said you were moody, talked about science a lot, and that you were rather hard to work with."

Ema felt the urge to snackoo someone, "Well, the next time you see that glimmerous fop, you can tell him he can stuff his opinions up his-"

Kay quickly interrupted, "Anyway, that is not why I hired you, though Mr. Edgeworth said you were an excellent detective."

Ema's mood changed instantly, "Did he really say that?" Even after all these years, Ema still had a crush on the prosecutor, even though Lana swore he was gay, "That's wonderful..."

Kay grinned, "I'm sure it was, regardless..." Kay finally put down the machine and walked to where Ema was standing, "Ema, you know why I ended up choosing you in the end?"

Ema shook her head, and Kay motioned for Ema to sit down.

After Ema had taken a seat, Kay pulled out a file, "I've been tracking down this corrupt company. It's called Endcorp."

Kay handed several files to Ema, and she looked them over as Kay talked. Many of them were reports of suicides by several politicians and other famous figures.

Others were reports of agents sent undercover into local gangs that disappeared.

All of the files pointed to Endcorp, but even Ema could tell that there wasn't enough evidence to pin anything on them, even with the new jurist system.

Ema looked up when Kay stopped talking, "So, why are you telling me all of this?"

Kay folded her arms, "As you can probably see, there is nothing in the law that can truly bring them down. Nothing in the law..."

Kay looked out her window, Ema put the files on her table, "You are suggesting that we must go outside the law to bring this company to justice."

Kay nodded, and Ema sat back in her chair, "Scientifically speaking, there is a large risk we will be caught and most likely imprisoned."

Kay smiled, "But do you think the risk is worth it?"

The rookie prosecutor leaned forward, "Is the risk worth taking somebody big and bad down?"

Ema sat in silence for a moment, remembering something her sister said, in a trial from ten years before

Sometimes, we must do whatever it takes to bring justice to someone. Whatever it takes...

Ema looked up resolutely at her new boss, "I'll help you."

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Ema smiled at the memory. Sure, she was deliberately defying the law, but she knew she was doing the right thing. (I kind of know how you felt now, Lana. Kind of...)

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Well, what do you think? There is only one thing to do, say it with me:

REVIEW ME PLEEEEEAAAAASSSSSSEEEEEEEE!

BTW I plan for this to be episodic in nature. Hence why this is the prologue.

Thanks for reading!

Kongu123