Turnabout Superheroes

Battle in the Court House

"Objection!!"

A sharp outcry pierced through the expecting silence of the courtroom. Spectators gasped and eagerly looked on as another sound, the thud of two open palms slamming down on the wooden bench of the courtroom, rand out, instantly quieting the growing murmur of the audience.

The man standing at the defense's bench, a man with blue eyes and black hair spiked straight back wearing a bright blue suit, a shining, round gold badge pinned securely on his lapel, carried a look of confidence with him. Beside him at the defense's bench was a young girl with long pitch black hair, wearing purple traditional robes of a spirit medium of the Kurain channeling technique; she stared up at the spiked black-haired man with great respect and love, knowing that he was on to something.

Across from the defense's bench was the prosecution's bench, where a prosecuting attorney with silver hair and gray eyes wearing a dark wine red suit, a black vest over a collarless white shirt, and a frilled white necktie called a cravat stood with a mildly intrigued expression, awaiting an explanation for the defense attorney's outcry. This man was his opponent in more ways than one.

And an explanation would only be welcomed as an invitation for more contradictions to his case.

"Well?" He spoke up with a deceivingly oblivious smirk on his face, tone laced with impatient drawl. The blue-clad attorney knew that this adversary was one who knew how to sway the entire court and the judge to his side. "I believe that the court has waited long enough for an explanation to your objection of this sound testimony."

Between the two benches stood the witness stand, where a detective in a green trench coat, black hair, and a bandage on his cheek had taken his place when the cross examination had begun. Now, his shoulders heaving in anger with the knowledge of a contradiction, he glared outright at the defense attorney, his enemy as long as he was the enemy of the prosecuting attorney.

"Yeah! Save your objections, pal! There's nothing wrong with this testimony!"

It was time for the defense to reveal what the two had up their sleeves; his suspicions had been confirmed by the opposition's blatant ignorance of this one overlooked point, thought the prosecuting attorney could have been acting. One could never be entirely sure. "...There is a contradiction. And it lies in the evidence you presented, Edgeworth." The silver-haired man across from the blue-eyed lawyer raised an inquiring eyebrow at this statement, interested with the direction of the conversation. The raised eyebrow was both taunting and inviting for further clarification. It was the taunt that hurt the most. "This piece of evidence you presented to the court clearly contradicts the statement your witness just made in his testimony!"

Apparently, the accusation was true. Both the attorney and his assistant could see the change in expression of the opposition; both the detective and the prosecuting attorney now wore expressions of disbelief.

So it was true, then.

"S-So there is..." The detective's head snapped around at the admission from the prosecuting attorney, shocked at how easily he would admit defeat this time. How could he prove the defendant guilty when his own evidence contradicted the testimony? Gritting his teeth and glaring outright and the blue-clad attorney, the silver-haired man knew that this was a defeat; his glare was familiar to the spiky haired lawyer, all too familiar. "...Judge! Decide on your verdict. There is nothing more to present in this case."

Because the defendant is truly innocent.

Only slightly flabbergasted, the Judge, sitting a ways away from the witness stand, nodded in agreement. He cleared his throat briefly, clacked his gavel down once to call attention that he was ready, and considered the arguments presented to him. "With the evidence and testimony presented, I have decided on a verdict. The court finds the defendant, Luhe Dao...Not Guilty." Cheering broke out in the audience and from the defense's bench; the defendant and the lawyer's assistant both embraced in joy at the good news. "...Court is adjourned."

A final slam of the gavel and the occupants in the courtroom left quickly, all chattering gaily as they left to return to their normal lives. The defendant, assistant, and defense attorney also left, talking pleasantly amongst themselves, as the prosecuting attorney was left at his bench to glare down that blue-clad man. The detective in the trench coat attempted to console the man's bruised ego, but there was nothing else to be done that to wait for night to fall.

This may have been a loss, thought it would be the las defeat he would feel against that hatefully bewildering defense attorney.

The victory would be coming soon!

However, only he knew this. At the moment, the blue-clad lawyer was unsuspecting of this attack for revenge and blissfully unaware that they would be biding their time until nightfall to enact their counter attack for all the losses they suffered from these wrongfully justice-filled lawyers; both the day and the night defeats.

For now, though, he was busy gathering te news from the other defense attorneys on his team.

As his assistant and his newly released client animatedly discussed his new-found freedom, the spiky black-haired lawyer turned to see a brown-haired, brown-eyed red-clad attorney rushing towards him, a younger girl who wore a blue magician's hat, had brown hair and blue eyes, and was the red-clad lawyer's assistant tailing behind him. The boy was a worker at the blue-eyed attorney's office, and they were also all partners in fighting for justice.

"Mister Phoenix!" The younger attorney called as he came over, a worried look on his face and his assistant fuming behind him. Already, the blue-eyed lawyer could tell that this meant trouble. "Mister Wright, there's a new prosecutor! That-That glimmerous fop guy let leak about it!"

"Apparently, this prosecutor drinks coffee!" The magician girl huffed, her fists on her hips. "Klavier was teasing Apollo, as usual, and then he said something about how the next time Polly goes into court, he might meet someone else besides Klavier. He said he might meet the coffee-drinking god!"

"Trucy, he wasn't teasing me!!"

"He was totally teasing you, Polly!"

As the two bickered like the siblings they were, Phoenix thought about this dilemma to himself. This meant that they would have to be more careful now when they left this night to battle those who tried to harm and frame the innocent. As long as their chief knew about it, then everything would turn out all right.

Speaking of the chief, she walked in as Apollo and Trucy began to yell at each other, the brown-haired teen's face as red as his suit. She had brown hair, kind brown eyes and wore a black jacket and skirt style suit. Beside her trotted a young girl with lighter brown hair, wearing a lighter color of the outfit the blue-clad man's assistant own assistant had on; all three females were related. The magician girl, Trucy, was his adopted daughter, and Apollo, himself, and the chief were the lawyers of the group. They had one other member, his childhood friend, but the guy was not employed in a job of the law.

Approaching quickly, the chief smiled at those gathered in greeting. She caught all of their attention almost immediately. "Hello, everyone. Did all of you find the truth to your cases?"

The red-clad attorney nodded enthusiastically in affirmation. He was apparently in good spirits, even after his assistant's teasing. "You bet! I'd never lose against that glimmerous prosecutor anyways! He's too full of himself to beat me!"

Although both Trucy and the blue-clad attorney's assistant laughed at this unconfirmed friendly rivalry the two had with each other, the chief's expression grew grave. "...Apollo, don't underestimate the enemy. As disarming as they can seem, they can still take you by surprise if you act overconfidant."

"...I know...It's just..." Once again, the rookie lawyer turned as bright as his suit. It seemed as if the error of his assumptions was finally reaching his common sense. "...W-Well, anyways. How did you do against that whip-crazy prosecutor?"

Smiling secretly, the chief nodded slowly as she recounted the trial in her mind. Her client, of course, had been innocent as well. However, she allowed her assistant to step up and tell how the fight between the two female attorney's had played out. "Mystic Mia - I-I mean the Chief - was a fantastic sport about Miss Franziska's sore losing! She was very gracious with her victory; Mystic Maya, I really wish you could have seen it!"

The black-haired teen, surprisingly, shook her head at the statement her younger cousin made. All of the assembled blinked in wonder at this. "No, Pearly, I would have loved to be the one by sis' side, but I'm needed here, with Nick. After all, I get to see how his battles with Mister Edgeworth turn out!"

She winked knowingly at her younger cousin and the blue-clad magician girl, and they nodded wisely in return; all three were partners in something even more secret than their nightly watch.

Ignoring their shared secrecy for the moment, however, Phoenix stepped over to regard the chief with a grave expression. He had to report to her as soon as possible. Sensing the change in the mood, the others gathered had quieted to allow the two to speak. "Chief, we have a new prosecutor to worry about. Klavier let it slip to Apollo; apparently, he drinks a lot of coffee."

Some sign of recognition clicked in the chief's face before being clouded over by reason. Though the blue-eyed lawyer was curious about this, he was more obligated to make a note on this rather than allow his human nature to get the best of him. He had an important report to file, and fleeting suspicions could wait for a moment as cold hard facts were presented first.

"We'll have to watch out for him tonight, but that might be easier if he's drinking coffee. As long as we know he has that, then we'll be able to smell him approaching. As for the others, you all know how to tell if they're approaching."

He had ended up addressing the entire group, and their chief gave him a kind smile, showing that she was approving of his ability to take command. With all attention on the two leaders of the group, even drawing in the blue-clad attorney's client, the chief planned out the situation in her head. She would not allow herself to assume until she saw this new member of the prosecution's; she knew better than to get her hopes up too high.

"Pearl, I need you to go and tell our other member about this new addition to the other's team. Phoenix, Maya, Apollo, Trucy; be prepared. We don't know what to expect from them now."

Punching his fists up into the air, the red-clad defense attorney cheered with enthusiasm. With the introduction of a new opponent, all previous lessons had flown out the window for a brief second. "But we'll come out on top, as always! I'm prepared for anything that glimmerous fop guy can throw at us!"

As the chief stepped in to admonish the rookie lawyer for his over confidence and her assistant rushed off to find their vagabond member to tell him of this new development, the light blue-haired client looked up towards Phoenix with a bewildered expression. His emerald green eyes were wide with wonder and a trace amount of worry. "Um...Excuse me, Wright-san...Are you at war with these prosecutors?"

"No." Shaking his head and smiling warmly at the twenty-one-year-old man, Phoenix had to double check himself so that he was not lying or telling the whole truth of things. This man was now a freed man, but there were certain things that not even those out on the sidewalk, going about their business and oblivious to all around them, were meant to know. "...Well, actually, I guess it's something like that..."

KK: Okay, Here's a small explanation for this;
Anyways, this is something I wrote for djsequence (on DeviantArt), because she is the most awesome person in the universe. (...Okay, it's a gift, but it's in return for hats. She is awesome.) And...I don't really know how to explain this. I was really tired when I came up with the idea, and at the time it seemed really hilarious to me.
It's already finished, but I'm just going to update it periodically. Just 'cause I love you guys THAT much. (Really, I just want reviews, please. Tell me how you like it, please!)