Lou: Okay... I'm not that evil :3

Sooooo, this was somewhat the request of Hinano Kinsuke, cause the request was a Witch Trial!AU, and this is sort of a Witch Trial!AU, just not the exact whole request that was made... Just the concept of the trials, and etc.

This was somewhat inspired by Professor Layton Vs. Phoenex Wright 3DS game, since it had Witch Trials and all that shiz...

Oh, and this chapter will be slightly different from the other two fics cause this has... angst.

Anyway, disclaimer, we don't own the InaIre series...

Enjoy~

Chapter 3: Bewitched (Everything is unfair...)

"Ugh… More paper work?" Gamma groaned as he saw more papers piled up on his table.

"It's your fault for not working properly, Gamma…" Alpha said, looking up from the book he's reading.

Gamma rolled his eyes, "Say, what're you reading Alpha?"

"Some past cases on the witches…" Alpha replied.

"Ah… Witches…" he said with disgust, remembering what had happened to his family because of the witches. That's why he worked hard to become part of the court officials, so that he can put the witches to court for their wrongdoings and burn them to ashes.

"You really hate them, huh?"

"Of course." Gamma stood up from his seat, "Anyway, I'll go to town for a bit…"

"But what about your work?" Alpha inquired.

"Later." Gamma said as he walked out of his shared work room with Alpha and shut the door.

.:..::..:.

A teal haired girl skipped through the street market and whistled a peppy tune, with a basket in hand. "What should I buy today?" she muttered to herself as she paused her skipping and looked at the stalls selling many fruits, meat, fishes and vegetables.

Thinking of cooking up some fish for the night, she went ahead and bought them together with a few vegetables and fruits.

As she headed back to where she would be staying, she bumped into someone.

"Ah!" She yelped out and fell to the ground.

"Sorry about that, are you alright?" The person she bumped into, Gamma asked the girl who fell from their contact and offered her a hand.

"Yes, thank you." the girl said as she took his offer and stood up, dusting off the dirt on her clothes.

"Sorry about your fishes…" he said as he looked down at the fishes that fell off from the basket when they bumped into each other.

"Oh no! They were my dinner too…" the girl said, sulking.

Feeling guilty, Gamma offered the girl to have dinner with him in his own home, "…If you want that is… I feel bad for it…

"Really?! That's great, thank you so much!" the girl said, elated, "Oh, I'm Misaki, nice to meet you!"

"Gamma." he said with a smile.

.:..::..:.

The two started hanging out more often after that, talking about what they had done during the day and any other topic that they could come up with.

They were currently in the fields just near the town, sitting down beside each other peacefully.

"I think you should do your work seriously though, Gamma…" Misaki spoke up.

"I do! Just not the paperwork part…"

Misaki giggled, "By the way, what is your work, Gamma?"

"A Court Official! I specialize in witch hunting."

Misaki flinched at his words, but Gamma didn't seem to notice her, "Is that so… You… Hate them or something?"

"Yeah… They killed my parents years ago and I'll never forgive what they've done to other people as well…" Gamma said as he clenched his hands into fists.

"I see… Well, I need to go do something important, it's nice talking to you again, Gamma." Misaki said, standing up and flashed him a smile before walking away.

"Yeah…" Gamma said with his own smile and waved at her.

.:..::..:.

"Hey Gamma, we caught a new witch." Beta announced as she she came into Gamma and Alpha's office, dumping papers on Gamma's table.

"And? What do I have to do?"

"You're overseeing the trial, obviously. This witch came in recently and has been killing people without people to actually witness the murder. BUT! One was able to witness it and tell us!"

Gamma grabbed the papers and looked through them and read the description, "A girl who's wearing a hood and just kills people?"

"After the witness told us his testimony, rumours started going around and they started calling her the 'Reaper'." she added

Gamma continued reading the reports and sighed, "Fine, fine… I'll watch the trial. Who's going to present the witch to the king?"

"Me~" Beta spoke.

"Well then… Let's go." Gamma said as he stood up from his chair and went to see the king with Beta and present the witch.

.:..::..:.

Gamma stood at the king's left side, while the king's adviser stood at his right. Beta stood before them, ready to present their new witch and see if they should burn them then and now.

"So, Your Highness, I present to you the witch called "Reaper." Beta said, bowing as the court's door opened. Two knights entered and in between them was Gamma's friend, Misaki.

'M—Misaki?!' Gamma's eyes widened at the sight of the girl, and his thoughts suddenly went all over the place.

Gamma was speechless and looked at the girl's golden-brown eyes to see if there were any lies coming from the girl or even if all this was an act.

But… Misaki merely looked down, as if in shame.

'Misaki…'

The trial went on and within an hour, the king declared her guilty and she will be burned on the stake the following day.

And with that, the trial was over and the girl was sent back to her prison cell.

.:..::..:.

"Misaki…"

Gamma had decided to visit her in her cell after the trial, "Gamma… Hey…"

"You're…"

"A witch? Yeah, I am…"

"Why… Why didn't you—"

"Because you'd hate me. You hate witches, don't you?"

"But, I don't hate you!"

Misaki was surprised by his outburst and gave him a sad smile, "You know Gamma… I actually grew fond of you. And when you told me that you hated witches, I guess I got guilty and actually accepted my fate by taking the witches' trial…"

"Misaki…"

Misaki lifted her hands and reached out from inside her cell to cradle Gamma's cheeks and make him look up to her, "C'mon, don't be sad… I'm a witch."

"But I…"

Misaki gave him another sad smile.

.:..::..:.

The following day came and the castle's front courtyard was prepared just for the trial of Misaki, for her to be burned alive.

Misaki was tied up to a wooden pole and beneath her feet were sticks. With the king's order, one of the knights burned the sticks below her feet and the fire began to grow by the second until it started burning the girl, earning screams of agony that everyone heard.

Gamma clenched his hands into fists, looking away, not wanting to watch the scene before him. He tried to stay away from the scene as far as possible and not listen to her screams.

Tears started forming from Gamma's eyes as he finally looked at the girl, who had noticed him finally look at her and for the final time, sent him a smile.

.:..::..:.

"But I…"

Misaki gave him another sad smile.

"I love you too, Gamma."

Yuu: ...I-It's not like I'm crying! O-Or anything!

:'((( (note to self: don't edit sad stories while having sad feels...)

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