BUWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I'm back again! How'd you like my topic guys? And thanks for all those nice reviews (grins) And now… I present to you… the second chapter. And it's LONGER!! Hope you enjoy it! (bounces off)

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Swish swish swish… swish swish swish… swish swish swish… Maya stared down at that swishing tail. That goddamned black swishing tail. Oh! How mesmerizing! "Nick…"

Phoenix looked at Maya giving her a worse frown than before. "What is it? And stop joking with me."

"…Stop swishing your tail please."

"…Maya… I told you…"

"TOUCH THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD AND LOOK BEHIND YOU!!!! YOU'RE A FREAKING CAT!!!" Maya jumped up all of a sudden, scaring Phoenix, pointing a Phoenix accusingly. "I'M NOT JOKING!!! Y-Y-Y-Y-YOU'RE…" Maya suddenly disappeared, making for the kitchen in a mad dash trying to search for a certain item.

Phoenix sat there bewildered by Maya's sudden reaction. Slowly his hands touch the top of his head, his fingers meeting with a pair of fuzzy, twitching ears. Phoenix's eyes widened. He quickly turned his head around coming face-to-face with a black, fuzzy, swishing tail. 'Oh… My… God…' Phoenix thought watching his own tail swishing back and forth. And then it stopped. And it moved. And stopped and moved. Stop. Move. Stop. Move. 'Oh… God… I can control my tail!' Stop. Move. Stop. Move. Stop. Move. Stop. "ALRIGHT! LET'S TRY THIS!!" Maya yelled with a bowl in her hands running towards her tail-concentrated partner.

Maya set the bowl down and crouched down. "I've always wanted to try this just once!" She cleared her throat and held out her hands toward a very confused kitty lawyer. "AHEM! Here kitty kitty kitty kitty! Here kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty!"

"Maya… I'm still a human…"

"Aw…" Maya dropped her hands in despair, failing to get Phoenix to response to that infamous alluring phrase. "Then I guess Kitty doesn't want some MILK!" Maya picked up the bowl and laughed out with a hint of evilness.

Phoenix's kitty ears perked up. "Did you just say… milk?"

"Uh huh. You bad kitty," Maya nodded and scolded with a hint of teasing the kitty-lawyer.

"Well… if you put it THAT way…" Phoenix walked up towards Maya and sat, "Meeeeeeeeoooooowwwwwwww"

"AAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Maya squealed setting the milk-contained bowl down and started to pet Phoenix like it was the first time she has ever seen a cat.

Maya turned on the television a while later seeing what the news had in store for the duo. While she sat down on the sofa performing channel surfing, the blue-suited attorney was happily lapping away at the bowl of milk that he just received from his medium partner. Maya finally flipped to a channel with news that caught her eyes. "N-Nick! I-Isn't that…"

Phoenix raised his kitty head up and licked his milk-covered mouth. "Who?"

"T-T-That's! ALICE!" Maya shouted, jumping up and pointing at the screen. "The same Alice that was just declared innocent by you today!"

"W-What?!?!"

"She's been accused of…"

"Of?"

"Of…" Maya's face expression turned sour and twisted. "Of turning people into… animals." Maya said her head slowly turning to Phoenix.

"…" Phoenix blinked and then gave a very nasty frown, "S-S-S-S-SHE… SHE TURNED ME INTO A CAT! MROAWW!!"

Phoenix jumped up snarling, showing his newly sharpened teeth at the screen. Maya looked up at the feline-lawyer in horror, staring at his feline fangs. "U-Uh… Maybe we should go talk to her tomorrow so we can get an antidote or something?"

Phoenix calmed down at Maya's suggestion and then scratched his chin. "Hey… that's not a bad idea. Okay then… We'll go talk to her down at the detention center tomorrow. And I need my sleep."

"Uh… yeah we should. Oh and—" But before Maya can finish her sentence, the cat was already curled up and purring away.

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Bring!! Bring!! "Hello. This is Prosecutor Miles Edgeworth."

"Mr. Edgeworth I'll be assigning you to a new case. Hope you can get this deadly defendant guilty. You'll be able to send out investigators first thing tomorrow morning. Good evening."

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"Ggggggggggooooooodddddddddd MORNING KITTY!!" Maya chirped rubbing Phoenix's sleeping kitty head.

"Mrrrr… it's too early Maya…" Phoenix said shaking his head trying to get his partner's hand off his head. "And stop petting he like that… especially in public."

"I know THAT much. People would think I'm insane if I were to pet you like that in public. Well… let's go see that Alice Hinderman!"

February 23, 9:45 AM: Detention Center

"ALICE HINDERMAN! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!?"

"Oh! Isn't it Ms. Fey and Mr. Wright?" The blond woman smiled sweetly while greeting them.

"Don't play sweet with us! Look at what you've done to Nick!" Maya yelled, pointing to Phoenix and moving out of the way.

Twitch twitch. Alice smiled. Swish swish. A bigger smile. "It was VERY hard to hide my appearance while coming to the detention center…" Phoenix growled through his clenched teeth his tail swishing wildly like a cat who has just found a mouse to prey on.

"Well… it wasn't MY fault was it…" Alice smiled and her facial expression started to darken, "Mr. Phoenix Wright? Or shall I say…" Alice's facial expression began to change again, this time, a pitiful expression, "You poor, poor kitten?"

"You! How'd you—"

"Well Mr. Phoenix Wright it was you who chose to drink my potion and it was your partner's fault for giving you a package of the same liquid I gave you before in order to turn you fully into a poor kitten."

"WHAT?!? YOU ARE SO GUILTY!! GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY!!!" Maya shouted, scaring the guard that was watching over Alice.

"And what do you mean by 'turn you fully into a poor kitten'?" Phoenix inquired, curious.

"You," Alice pointed at Phoenix, "under my wonderful potion, have the ability to change your form: Fully human, half-human, human-cat, or I call it 'a hybrid', OR a full cat. But I cannot teach you how to do these transformations." Alice said shaking her head in pity.

"And a cure? Is there an antidote for this?" Phoenix asked hoping Alice would fork over an antidote.

"Hmm… there might be one. BUT…" Alice said with sneakiness in her voice.

"But?" Phoenix asked eagerly wanting to be a normal human he had once been a day ago.

"But you must defend in this case. If you fail you'll just have to deal with being a cat forever. If you win this case, you'll get an antidote and I'll never EVER mess up your normal life again. How 'bout it… Mr. Kitty?" A smirk.

"Mmmmmmmpphhh… Grr… Ok… you win Ms. Alice." Phoenix's ears drooped and flattened out in defeat. "I'll defend you… in court…"

"Gladly! I'm counting on you. Oh and one more thing: If you do eventually find out how to change your appearance just remember one thing: your feline instincts will always come through. Well, ta-ta my cute little kitten and you too Ms. Fey." Alice said with a little wave of good-bye.

10:20 AM: Wright & CO. Law Offices

"Nick… I can't believe you just agreed to defend the lady who is truly guilty!" Maya squeaked frantically while pacing the floor.

"I-I know… But if I don't defend her… I'll… I'll be in this state forever!" Phoenix scratched his head in frustration.

"Nick…" Maya stopped pacing and looked at Phoenix for a short while. "But… But I like you this way!" Maya chirped cheerfully, petting Phoenix once more hoping she has just cheered the lawyer up.

"But… I cannot be a lawyer this way! I can't be Phoenix Wright anymore! I… I…" Phoenix swatted Maya's hand away and walked away.

"Nick…"

For a few minutes everything was silent until Phoenix finally returned into the office. A first Maya sat on the sofa, silently watching Phoenix pace back and forth and studying his appearance in the mirror. "Nick… I think we should go investigate. Maybe we should actually learn what had happened that day."

"But…" Phoenix stared at the mirror wondering how he could go outside investigating

"Hmm… Didn't that wicked witch say that you are able to change your appearance? Maybe you could try it now since you're in the office."

Phoenix stared and all of a sudden… POOF! "Well Nick, may be you should—" Maya looked at the spot where Phoenix was standing not to long ago. "Nick? Nick? Where are you?"

"Meow"

"Nick? Where are you?"

"Meeeeeooooowwwww"

"NICK! WHERE HAVE YOU GONE?!?"

POOF!

"I'M RIGHT HERE MAYA!"

"…Oh… Wait!" Maya gave a ferocious look. "You just disappeared a minute ago!"

"…No… I simply just…" POOF! "Meow"

"…Nick? NICK! You've just turned into a little black cat!" Maya exclaimed picking up the black kitty. "AWWWWWWW!!!! You're SSSSOOOOOOO fluffy!"

POOF!

"Great because we're able to start our investigation now," Phoenix said trying to fix his hair.

"Nick! You're… HUMAN!" Maya cried out hugging Phoenix like he had just returned in many years.

"Yeah, but remember what Alice said before?"

"'Your feline instincts will always come through.'"

"Yeah. Let's just hope that something unfortunate would come our way…"

"Yeah!" Maya agreed nodding her head but inside she was filled with worry. Worrying that this investigation would somehow turn out REALLY bad.

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Yay! Finally I'm finished with this chapter! (wipes off sweat) Pretty long eh? Critiques and comments are always welcomed! The investigation and trial begins next chapter! Don't miss out on it! Will Phoenix be able to hide his secret identity or will his cover be blown? Well… (gets dragged away to write the third chapter)