So, before I start, I should mention this is my first official fanfic in a really long time (I used to post on another account that has since been abandoned.), so I apologize if this isn't all that great. I also apologize if the chapters get to be too long. Anyway, on with the story! :D

This is a fanfic/sickfic of Dai Gyakuten Saiban (aka The Great Ace Attorney), which belongs to Capcom. Little to no major plot-related spoilers. I would place this fanfic between cases 4 and 5.

~~The Great Speckled Attorney~~

-Chapter One-

Ryuunosuke Naruhodou had been feeling off for a few days; he had a throbbing headache, his muscles were sore, his stomach hurt, and he felt quite fatigued. At first, he thought it all to just be stress related, seeing how he was anxious to take on a new case. However, he would find out just how wrong his deduction was. Today, it was all at its worst, and despite being so tired, he couldn't sleep for the life of him! All night he tossed and turned, trying to get comfortable, to no avail.

Finally, once morning had made its presence known, Ryuu gave up any hope of even one moment's rest. He kicked the covers away, and sat at the edge of his bed, rubbing at his temples in the hopes his symptoms would all miraculously disappear. His hopes were in vain, as his stomach cramped enough to make him double over. He groaned in pain, as he wrapped his arms over his abdomen, initially unsure of what it meant. Then he felt something burning in his throat, and instinctively put a hand over his mouth.

'Oh please no!' he thought, as he realized what was coming, and doubting he could make a mad dash to the bathroom downstairs in time. As he panicked, he eyed an empty bucket in the corner of the room, and immediately stumbled over to it. As Ryuu leaned over the bucket, the contents of his dinner from the day before came back up in a single heave. He followed up with a few dry heaves before his stomach decided he was done. With his mouth shaking from what had just happened, he scooted away from that mess as best as he could. Ryuu never felt so terrible; his head was pounding, his muscles ached, his throat burned, he shivered uncontrollably, and now his chest was itchy. He just wanted to crawl under the covers and sleep! "This can't possibly get any worse..." he muttered, just before hearing his bedroom door open, and hearing the familiar voice of his legal assistant, Susato.

"Good morning, Naruhodou-sama~!" she chimed, thinking he was still in bed.

"Please no! D-don't come in!" Ryuunosuke frantically shouted as best he could. Unfortunately for him, Susato didn't hear him, and was already in the room.

"What did you s-" she was about to ask, before she discovered the young attorney in somewhat of a fetal position, sitting about a foot away from a bucket that reeked of vomit.

"Naruhodou-sama!" Susato gasped in shock, as she rushed to his aid. She knelt down in front of him, and with one hand, she raised his head so his eyes met hers, noting his chattering teeth, and the flushing in his other-wise pale face. With the other hand, she felt his forehead, and frowned in concern. As she did, she noticed him leaning into her hand; she thought it must have felt nice and cool to him.

"Come on." Susato firmly insisted as she stood up and held her hands out. "I'll help you get back to bed."

Ryuu nodded and held his hands out. Mostly out of fear that if he had said no, he would have received a "Susato Toss" from her. She slowly pulled him to his feet, and carefully helped him back into bed. Once he was lying down, she pulled the covers up to his waist, and propped his head up with an extra pillow. "Now, you stay put. I will be right back!" she said before leaving the room.

Ryuunosuke layed in bed, scratching his chest. He knew Susato had gone to fetch Iris, who was, as the girl herself proclaimed, a medical doctor. A proclamation Ryuu himself never wanted to believe, partially because she was only 10 years old, but mostly because of his fear and loathing of doctors. Though, he would have to believe it, as Susato came back upstairs with, as he predicted, Iris Watson, who was carrying what appeared to be a doctor's bag. Ryuu anxiously gulped, as he had no idea what she had in mind.

"Susie's told me you don't feel good, Narudie!" Iris remarked sympathetically, as she placed the back of her hand on his forehead. "Well, we'll find out what's wrong with you and make you allll better~!" she reassured upon drawing her hand back to search through her doctor's bag. "Now, you do feel rather warm, so it makes sense to check your temperature first." Iris stated, as she conjured a small glass tube from her bag, and shook it a few times before holding it up to Ryuu's face. "Say 'aahh'!"

"Eh?" Ryuu opened his mouth, not so much following Iris' direction, but more so to ask what the glass tube was. But the next thing he knew, said tube was carefully placed under his tongue, and his mouth instinctively closed.

"Yes, keep the thermometer there, or it won't get an accurate reading!" said Iris.

'What did she just call it?' Ryuu thought, as he eyed the moving red substance in the glass tube. 'A third-monitor?'

"Now a few yes or no questions while we wait." the young physician spoke once more. "Firstly, Narudie, does your head hurt?" she asked, and received a wordless nod. "I see. How about your throat?"

He shook his head. His throat only bothered him after he threw up, but had now subsided.

"What about your tummy? Is it still bothering you?"

"Mm." he nodded; he doubted he was going to get sick again, but he still felt quite nauseous.

"Noted. Are your muscles sore?"

Another wordless nod.

"Do you feel more hot?"

He gave a quick nod, when a few chills had struck him enough that he shook his head as well.

"Cold?" she asked as she carefully took the thermometer out of his mouth, and frowned at the results.

"Yes." he answered. "What does it say?" he asked, noticing Iris' reaction.

"38.8 degrees." Iris responded.

"I-is that bad?" Ryuu asked.

"Well, obviously, yes." Iris confirmed. "You have a fever; but at least you aren't delirious, that would be much worse for all of us."

Ryuunosuke nearly shook his head in disbelief. He couldn't have a fever! Having a fever meant he was sick, and he couldn't be sick! Not him! Not now! Being sick meant either taking bitter-tasting medicine or getting a shot at best, and going to a hospital and being surrounded by both of those and evil doctors doing who knows what to you, at worst! On top of that, he was still anxious to take on a new case. But how could he take on a new case if he was sick? Despite these thoughts, he took a deep breath and kept calm as best he could.

"Either way, I'd like to check a few more things before I make my diagnosis!" Iris stated, as she cleaned the thermometer, and searched through her bag once more. "Susie, if you would."

Ryuu's eyes shifted nervously as he saw Iris put something to her ears, while Susato began unbuttoning his pj shirt. 'Now what do they have in mind?' thought he. It wasn't everyday that someone else was undressing him. Especially a woman! That alone made him even more nervous.

"Relax, Narudie." Iris assured him. "I just need to check your heart beat!"

Just then, Susato yelped as she got to the last button and spread his shirt enough to expose Ryuu's chest.

"What's the matter, Sus- Oh dear!" Iris gasped a little.

"W-what is it?!" Ryuu hesitantly asked, unsure if he really wanted the answer.

A still-stocked Susato motioned him to look down. As he did so, Ryuunosuke was horrified by what he saw: All across his chest and abdomen were irritated pink rashes accompanied by small, itchy red bumps. The stunned silence was short-lived, as a loud obnoxious laughter seemingly spawned from nowhere, along with its owner, the only other flatmate out of the four residing in 221B Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes. What he found funny, they weren't sure, but it didn't stop either of the girls from snapping at the great detective.

"Oh, pardon me, Naruhodou..." Sherlock spoke in-between catching his breath.

"...But this has to be the first time I've seen an adult come down with chickenpox!"

Another stunned silence followed.

So yeah, Ryuu's got chickenpox! Almost gave him the flu, but I thought chickenpox would be more interesting, and the flu is over-done in sickfics, in my opinion. I've never had chickenpox myself (vaccines FTW!), but I have done quite a bit of research before writing this!

Honest reviews please! I'll post the next chapter soon. c: