Here's the next chapter. Thanks to a guest last chapter to point out that Terran's names at some parts were still in the orignal japanese. It's that I wrote the chapter before the game came out in english and I delayed it until the official names came out. Unfortanlly, I forgot to replace the names at some points.
Thanks for that. If there is any mistakes, point it out for me.
And, by the way, all the OCs's names that are featured in this fic will be explained what they mean by the end of this fic.
Enjoy!
The Turnabout of Good or Evil
Chapter 2: Juniper Woods and meeting the Defendant.
Apollo walked into People Park, where many people are out and about in the park.
Apollo is deep in thought, going over what Grant told him.
"So...I got a new case...
The defendant is one Mr Dog Conners, arrested for murdering his best friend.
He was out with the Bishop's daughter, which I haven't met yet.
He got a text by his friend, telling him to come back to the pet store, which I'll have to visit.
When he arrived, police were outside, and arrested him for the murder.
It sounds simple enough..."
Apollo looked round the Park.
"How am I going to ask Juniper if she would like to help?
I don't even know where she lives!
I might as well asked Trucy to help..."
As Apollo walked, he noticed a flower patch, with many flowers on it.
A various amount of flowers are on the patch.
Apollo looked at the patch.
He saw a bundle of sunflowers on the patch.
He smiled, thinking of Juniper.
"Huh..." he smiled.
"A-apollo...?" stuttered a voice.
Apollo glanced round and saw Juniper Woods behind him, in her causal wear.
"Hey, Juniper..." he went.
Juniper coughed.
"Hello, Apollo." she said, smiling.
"What are you d-doing here?"
"I'm out on a walk..." murmured Apollo, nervous.
"So, how have you been?"
Juniper smiled.
"I've been fine..." smiled Juniper.
"The Academy is on break at the moment, and I've been tending to my flower patch."
Apollo was deep in thought, not paying attention.
"I see."
Juniper looked at Apollo.
"Apollo...?"
"Hmm...?"
"You look deep i-in thought.
What's the matter?"
Apollo shook his head.
"I just got a new case, and I'm thinking about it."
"I see."
"So how's Hugh and Robin?" Apollo asked, trying to make conversation.
Juniper smiled thoroughly.
"They've been fine.
Robin's been excited about her ceramics classes, and Hugh has been working h-hard on his grades."
Apollo grinned.
"That's good to know."
The two stand in an awkward silence.
Apollo rubbed the back of his head, nervous.
"I don't really have any help at the moment..."
Apollo closed his eyes in nervous-ment.
"...So I was wonder if you could help me!"
Juniper blushed, coughing slightly.
"Y-you w-want m-me t-to help?" Juniper asked, stuttering like mad.
"W-w-what a-about T-thena o-or T-t-rucy?"
"Athena is handling a case at the moment..." replied Apollo, opening his eyes.
"And I have no idea where Trucy's gone. I can't contact her."
"I-I see..."
Juniper looked at her flower patch.
She coughed again, and used her flower to calm her down.
She looked back at Apollo with a determined look.
"I'll try and help!"
Apollo grinned.
"Thank you, Juniper!"
Juniper became serious.
"Who's the defendant?"
"A Mr Dog Conners." stated Apollo, remembering what Grant told him.
"A member of the LA People's Christian Church, and a pet shop owner.
He was arrested last night for the murder of his friend, and one of the other church members, Grant Fully, a priest there, asked me to defend Dog."
Juniper had a look quizzed look.
"Dog Conners..." she said. "I heard that name before..."
"Really...?" questioned Apollo.
"He owns 'Conners's Pets." stated Juniper. "I've been in there a c-couple of t-times."
Apollo raised an eyebrow.
"Why?"
"Robin wanted to find a parrot for me..." replied Juniper, trailing off, in embarrassment, doing her knitted thing.
"Huh?" went Apollo.
"She said it would r-remind me of you..." trailed off Juniper again, still doing her knitted thing.
Apollo blush slightly, while narrowing his eyes in annoyance.
"She must of heard Trucy call me Polly by accident..." thought Apollo, distastefully.
Juniper giggled slightly at Apollo's predicament.
Apollo sighed, and then looked at his phone for the time.
"Hmm..." he went.
"What is it, Apollo?" asked Juniper.
"I'm suppose to meet the defendant around about now." he stated, looking at Juniper.
"Should I wait for you to finish?"
Apollo jested towards the plants, which Juniper turned to see.
She turned back round.
"I actually just finished watering the p-plants." she said.
"We can go if you want."
Apollo nodded, smiling.
"If that's fine by you."
Apollo arrived at the Detention Centre, with Juniper in tow, around 10 minutes later.
When they got into the speaking room, Grant is there.
"Ah! Mr Justice!" exclaimed the priest, holding out a handshake.
"You're here!"
Apollo returned the handshake.
"Sorry I couldn't come earlier." he said.
Apollo jested to Juniper, who waved.
"I was asking my friend here, Juniper Woods, if she wanted to help.
She said yes."
Grant bowed at Juniper.
"It's good to meet you, Miss Woods." stated Grant.
He stood up.
"So, how did you two meet?"
"I'm a student at Themis L-legal Academy." replied Juniper.
"I met Apollo when he appeared with a guest of honour at a mock trial that I designed."
Grant nodded, listening intently.
"What do you study there?"
"I'm studying to be a Judge..."
Grant smiled.
"A Judge, eh?" he asked.
"That's good.
You can be a commander of the court, giving verdicts to the guilty in the name of the Lord."
Juniper rubbed her head in embarrassment.
"I-i'm not actually religious..."
Grant frowned.
"Sorry about that.
I forget that many people these days don't believe in Jesus and the Lord..."
"N-no!" exclaimed Juniper, shocked.
"Y-you didn't k-know!"
"It's ok." affirmed Grant.
"At least you didn't freak out about it..."
"What do you mean?" injected Apollo, curiously.
"A couple of days ago," explained Grant, frowning. "I was out on the street, trying to spread the word of the Lord.
A couple of people came up to me and complained about what I was doing, saying I shouldn't be doing that sort of stuff."
"What's wrong with that?" asked Apollo, brows frowning.
"There's nothing wrong about telling people about your religion."
"That's what I thought." stated Grant. "Turns out, due to our modern society, that there are people with very different backgrounds, it can be considered bad to talk about your religion, in case of people taking offence."
"...I see..." murmured Apollo.
"I said back to them that I wasn't doing anything wrong, that it was all nonsense.
They threaten to call the police." dead-panned Grant.
"Political progress gone wrong..."
"Hmm..." went Juniper..
A noise is heard, and a guard appears on the other side of the glass.
"The defendant is ready to be questioned." stated the guard.
The guard lets out Dog Conners, and the said man walks in.
Dog has quite the appearance.
He has rough, wild black hair, with a large white stripe going down the middle. On each side of his hair, it is styled to look like small dog ears.
He has average brown eyes, and has a frown on.
He looks to be around 22 or 23.
He has a small coat on, unzipped. The coat is grey, and a small image of a greyhound is on the right of his coat.
On the other side is a name tag, which says: 'Hi! Welcome to Conner's Pets! My name is Dog Conners!'
Dog has a bright blue t-shirt underneath, which has a picture of a cartoon puppy, and writing underneath the cartoon puppy, which is written in Japanese.
The sentence says, translated: 'Baby Shiba!'
He wears rough jeans, which has some holes in, and browner trainers.
He also is wearing a small bag to the side, red.
Dog's eyes look puffy, maybe from crying.
Dog sits in the defendant's chair, and slumps forwards, depressed.
"..." went Apollo, understanding his pain.
Dog has lost a friend, and so has Apollo.
"Dog." stated Grant, grinning.
"I've got you a lawyer! He'll prove you innocent!"
Dog sat up, and frowned sadly.
"What's the point...?" he asked. "He won't be able to do anything...
Not even the Lord will forgive me..."
"That's not true!" angrily yelled Grant.
"Did you kill Maxie?!"
"No, I did not..."
"Then you don't have anything to prove to God! If you didn't do it, he'll let you into heaven!"
"..." went Dog.
Apollo sat forward.
"Hello, Dog."
"Who are you?"
"I'm Apollo Justice, your lawyer."
"Apollo Justice...?" asked Dog.
"Have you defend a criminal before? That's what everyone will think now of me!"
"Well, I defended a gangster's son..."
"Tch..."
Juniper stood forward.
"U-um...Mr. Conners...?"
Dog went to look at Juniper.
"I know you..." said Dog. "You were the girl with the ceramics girl a couple of weeks ago."
Juniper nodded.
"You remember me?"
"I never forget who I meet." stated Dog, shrugging.
"Dog." started Apollo. "I want to defend you, as Grant has requested it."
"Justice." frowned Dog.
"Are you a feline person or a hound person?"
This took Apollo back by surprise.
"When you mean hound, I assume you say 'dog', correct?" asked Apollo.
Dog nodded.
"I'm a dog person."
Dog smiled, then looked at Juniper.
"How about you?"
"I'm alright with dogs, I'm *cough* allergic to cats." replied Juniper, nervous.
Dog nodded again, thinking.
He looked at Apollo, like a sheepdog to a sheep.
"I trust you." he stated, bluntly. "Ask away."
"Huh?" thought Apollo. "It's like...he's been here before..."
Apollo composed himself.
"Ok, then." he went. "First question.
I heard that the victim was a friend of yours.
Who was he, and what was your relationship with him like?"
Dog sighed.
"Maxie Money-Made." he replied. "My best friend, and my childhood friend..."
When Apollo heard that, a sinking feeling fell in his heart.
"We did everything together.
Played, went to school, play video games, everything.
We were like brothers."
"I see..." murmured Apollo.
"Maxie was f-found outside your pet-shop. Why?" asked Juniper.
"We hadn't seen each other in about three years." confirmed Dog.
"Last time we met, we got into a bad situation, and we had to go out separate ways.
A couple of months ago, he came to stay with me, out of the blue.
He said he ran into trouble, and had to hid out.
I accepted naturally, due to him being my friend.
I gave him a spare key to get inside the shop.
I told him a few days ago that I was going out yesterday, and not to contact me.
He said it was alright."
"Grant said he texted you while you were out." said Apollo.
Dog went to look at Grant.
"Is this true?"
Grant nodded.
"Yes, I told him that."
Dog stared, turned to Apollo, then nodded.
"Yes, it's true. Maxie texted me out of the blue, for no reason.
I was near Eldoon's Noodle Cart when I got the text."
Apollo leaned forward.
"You were with the Bishop's daughter.
Who is she, and where did you meet her that night?"
Dog leaned backwards.
"Grace Angel." he stated. "A fellow church goer and the daughter of California's Bishop Mark Angel.
We were going out on a social event, and I met her at People's Park, about ten minutes away from my shop.
It took us ten minutes to get to Eldoon's Noodle , where I got the text."
"S-so it would t-take you thirty minutes to get back t-to the shop?"
Dog nodded.
"Yes."
"Hmm..." thought Apollo. "I better add this as a note..."
Dog's estimated time between Eldoon's Noddle and his shop added to the Court Record.
Apollo asked: "So what happened when you got there?"
"When I was in the area of my shop, I saw several police cars." replied Dog, frowning.
"I panicked, as I thought someone had broke into my shop.
I saw several policemen around outside my shop, and I yelled about what the heck's going on.
One of the policemen came and arrested me, charging me the murder of my friend."
Dog sighed.
"And the rest is history..."
Apollo nodded.
"I see it now..." he went. "So, the true murderer must of gotten away before the police arrived."
Dog nodded.
"Yes."
He growled.
"Who ever it is, I'll make sure he pays!"
Grant leaned forward.
"Dog, what will the Lord say if he heard you say that?!"
Dog's eye widened.
"Sorry!"
Dog began to pray some inaudible.
"Dog." affirmed Apollo, completely serious.
Dog looked up, frowning.
"Did you kill Maxie Money-Made?"
Juniper covered her mouth in shock, in response of that question.
"Grr..." growled Dog. "How dare you ask that!"
Apollo said nothing, still serious.
"I DID NOT KILL MY FRIEND!" barked Dog, looking like an angry sheepdog. "HOW DARE YOU ASK SOMETHING THAT?! I WILL NEVER KILL MY FRIENDS!"
Apollo grinned.
"At least the bracelet didn't go off..." thought Apollo, confidently. "He isn't lying..."
Dog got up from his chair and stormed off.
Grant turned to Apollo.
"So, what do you do now?"
"I'll have to investigate." stated Apollo. "The first place obviously is the crime scene."
Grant nodded.
"I see."
He got up.
"Once again, I'm grateful for you to take this case."
"You're welcome."
"I better get back, my church needs me, as Mark is visiting."
Grant left the room.
Juniper came forward.
"S-so we investigate now?" she asked.
Apollo nodded, liking the determination of Juniper.
"I was thinking of talking to Grace." stated Apollo, thinking.
"She may shed some light on Dog's walk back, and what this social event was.
Going to the LA People's Christian Church may help."
Juniper nodded.
"Good idea."
"That's not also I want to talk to Grace about..." Apollo thought.
"Dog acted strange during my questions.
He acted like he was here before, and how does he know about the exact time it takes to get from Eldoon's to his?
I'll have to ask Eldoon about this as well.
But first, the crime scene..."
To be continued...
Evidence:
Attorney's Badge: Proof of me being a lawyer. Unfortunately, for some reason, people think it's fake...
Dog's estimated time between Eldoon's Noddle and his shop: Roughly thirty minutes. I'll have to check that out...
Profiles:
Apollo Justice: That's me! A some-what greenhorn attorney. I'm a bit rusty due to not many cases recently...
Phoenix Wright: My mentor and boss. A attorney of legendary proportions, but I can still remember the hobo him...
Trucy Wright: My normal assistant for my cases. Haven't seen her around recently, speaking of which...
Athena Cykes: My colleague at the Wright & Co Law Offices, and Juniper's childhood friend. Currently on a case...
Grant Fully: A priest at the LA People's Christian Church, and a friend of the defendant. Despite being the priest, he's quite a relaxed guy...
Juniper Woods: Athena's childhood friend, a student at Themis Legal High and my temporary assistant for this case. She's kinda cute...
Dog Conners: The defendant on this case. He's a pet-shop owner, although a bit hostile.
Grant says he's had a rough life...
Maxie Money-Made: The victim. A close friend to Dog...