Fixing My Mistakes:

Turnabout Samurai

By: Kongu123

Disclaimer: I do not own phoenix wright, ace attorney, or any of the related characters, logos, ect.

Ready for more alternate universe stuff? I nearly tore my hair out trying to make this work, but I finally wrote it. By the way, I am kind of going to gloss over stuff that you already know happened. I'd like to keep this story down to manageable size without quoting 85% of the games dialogue. Rated T for... for... shut up.

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October 14, 2016, 11:35PM

Bus Stop

I had long decided to try and convince Hammer to let go of his hatred of Dee Vasquez. So, after finding out his bus schedule from the internet, I decided to wait for him. My beanie finally got dusted off and put back on, and with a pair of dark jeans and a hooded sweatshirt, I looked like my old self. It's so convenient to have years of experience as a hobo.

I waited patiently until I saw Hammer's bus arrive. Then, the man himself stepped off. I had never had a chance to meet Hammer in life, so I wasn't really sure of what to expect. He looked like he was overburdened by guilt, and anger...

I walked up to him as he walked off the bus. It was kind of sad that the man didn't have enough money to even afford a taxi. "What do you want? I don't have any spare change, I'm sorry." He looked at me kind of disdainfully, as if what I represented to him was something we wanted to avoid. "I'm not looking for money, Mr. Hammer."

Hammer looked surprised, then took a pen out of his backpack, "So... you want an autograph?" He asked hesitantly. He probably hadn't been asked for in one in five years. "Sure," I said, getting out a piece of paper, "make it out to Phoenix Wright." He took the paper, and as he was writing, I decided to show my hand, "You are planning to take your revenge tomorrow, aren't you?" Hammer looked up, surprised. "How di-" He stopped and shook his head. "Who are you, some kind of investigator? Did Vasquez put you up to this?" I stood back, putting up my hands in surrender. "Something like that. All I can say is that you are making a mistake." I looked him in the eye, and he almost flinched, "But if you proceed with your plan, then it is you who will die."

Hammer looked shocked for a moment, then stiffened as three Psyche-Locks appeared, "I don't know what you are talking about. I could never kill anybody. And besides, what kind of plan could I possibly come up with?" He folded his arms and looked at me with a challenging expression on his face. "All right, I know every detail of your plan." I said, pulling out my Magatama, "First, you planned to drug Will Powers into sleeping for the entire afternoon after your rehearsal tomorrow."

Hammers arms unfolded as his first Psyche-Lock broke, "Why would I want to drug Will?" I shook my head, "You hate that Powers is the Steel Samurai, beloved hero of millions of children while you are hated universally as the evil magistrate. You planned to frame everything on Powers. That is why you are also planning to steal his suit, to fool Wendy Oldbag, the security lady." Hammer flinched as his second Psyche-Lock broke. "Finally," I continued, "you were planning to meet Dee Vasquez in studio 2, and destroy her life where she destroyed yours five years ago."

Hammer looked horrified as his third Psyche-Lock broke, and the chains withdrew. "Hammer, you still have a choice. Why don't you just leave everything behind? Just forget all of your pain, your rage..."

But I wasn't prepared for Hammers reaction, "Who are you? What are you? What kind of stuff did you do to find all this out? I didn't even buy those pills to drug powers! I have never, even in private, admitted my hatred of him..." Hammer shook his head, "I don't know if you some kind of reporter, a mobster, or some kind of angel..." Hammer stood up straight again, the image of determination, "... but I have made my choice. Stop fighting for my soul, it died five years ago..." And with that, he walked off and disappeared into the night...

I looked at the place where he disappeared for about five minutes with only one thought going through my head over and over again:

I failed...

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October 15, 2016, 2:30PM

Fey and Co. Law Offices

Maya had discovered my interest in the Steel Samurai, and joined me for every new episode at the office. After the second time she had done this, Mia had confronted me and asked if I was going to ask Maya out. Thankfully, no Psyche-Locks appeared when I said no. Getting together with Maya would just be cruel, since I was living on borrowed time. I didn't mind her friendship though.

I acted surprised when the fated news report came on that evening when Maya, Mia and I were eating burgers together, like we did whenever Maya came over. What I hadn't expected was Mayas reaction. "Oh my GOD! Will Powers couldn't have done it1 Sis, Nick, you got to take his case!"

The chief and I watched the new report for a moment, and then looked at each other. "I can take it if you have something else going on Chief." Trying to go for nervous, but determined. Mia shook her head, "No way. You are definitely not experienced enough for a case like this." I hung my head in mock despair, "C'mon, Chief I can do it! I got Larry acquitted, didn't I?" Mia considered that for a moment, and then nodded, "All right, but I am going to accompany you every single step of the way, okay?"

I nodded, "You got it, Chief. We might as well call Mr. Powers." Mia shook her head, "No, we will visit him tomorrow at the detention center. I want to see if this guy is really innocent or not." Maya gasped at her in shock, "Of course he's innocent, how can you say such a thing!" Mia shook her head again, "Even the most innocent seeming people have turned out to be murderers." We finished eating and as I was about to head home, Maya spoke up, "Can I come tomorrow? I kind of want to see my sis and her apprentice in action!" Mia looked at her for a moment, then nodded, "Okay, but you can't go fan girl on us when we investigate the murder scene. You are there as an observer."

It was obvious Maya was trying her best to act mature and not jump up and down, "Of course, you went here a squeak out of me, unless I have an idea..." I was a little excited myself. I thought Maya wouldn't go with us, but this provided more time to spend with her. It was tricky considering that I was trying to save lives and keep the time line in check at the same time. The old man had cautioned me about making major changes. If I changed it too much, I would have no idea what would happen next, and I would be making wrong decisions that would just make things go more and more wrong.

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October 16, 2016, 9:00AM

Detention Center,

Visitors Room

I went in to the visitors room with Mia and Maya, and looked through the glass at Powers. He looked... cheerful. Why would he be cheerful? I offered Mia and Maya the chairs and remained standing, "Mr. Powers, my name is Mia Fey, Attorney at Law. This is my... protege, Phoenix Wright," she then gestured to Maya, "this is my sister, Maya." Maya nodded at Powers, noticeably frightened by his appearance. Powers nodded, "Pleased to meet you. Can whatever you need to talk about wait until I'm out of here?"

Mia smiled at him, "That's why we are here. We would like to represent you." Powers laughed, "That won't be necessary! The producer, Dee Vasquez already admitted to killing Hammer." I recoiled in shock, Vasquez already admitted it! Powers sighed, "Yeah, apparently he attacked her. She said that she was going to pin everything on me, but she had an attack of conscience or something. Apparently he said something in the end which hit her hard, figuratively speaking." Powers smiled at us again, "I appreciate the thought though." He suddenly looked mournful, "Without Vasquez, the Steel Samurai won't be able to go on..."

It was Maya's turn to gasp in shock, "NO! It can't be over!" Maya looked like she was going to break into tears. Mia simply nodded, "Congratulations, Mr. Powers. We won't waste any more of your time, then." Mia got up to leave, forcefully pulling up a distraught Maya. I decided to ask my question, "Do you know what Mr. Hammer said that caused the producer to admit everything? Powers looked like he was trying to remember, then snapped his finger, "I think he said something about how his soul was damned because he didn't listen to an angel. Sounds like he went crazy from loss of blood, but it got Vasquez. I won't complain though."

So, at the end, he saw his mistake. Maybe he can rest in some peace... "Thank you Mr. Powers. Try to convince the studio to keep the Steel Samurai or make a spin-off or something. The franchise is beloved by way to many kids for a network to let it go because its producer left." Powers looked at me and chuckled, "I'm with you. I just hope word will carry some weight." Powers suddenly looked sad, "According to the evidence, Hammer was going to frame me for murdering Vasquez. Why would he do that?" I decided to answer his question, "You are the Steel Samurai, beloved hero by millions of children. Hammer was a character hated by those same children. It was probably jealousy." I made it sound a random guess.

Powers nodded somberly, "I wish he had told, I would have happily traded places with him..." Powers is a good guy, I hope he can convince the network to keep going. I left and caught up with Mia and Maya. "What were you guys talking about?" Mia asked, a curious expression on her face. "I just told him he should try to keep the Steel Samurai going." Mia's eyebrow shot up, but she said nothing. Maya took up the conversation, "What do you think they will come up with? To keep the Steel Samurai going?" She looked at me, obviously hoping I would come up with something. "I know," I laughed, "They will come up with a new series: "Pink Princess: Warrior of Little Olde Tokyo!"

Maya stared at me for a second, and then sighed, "You're hopeless Nick, there is no way they would do something so stupid." I almost laughed, then began thinking, "Okay, Maya. I bet you 20 bucks that they make a Pink Princess spin-off show." Maya turned to me with a triumphant grin, "You're on!"

A week later, I was suddenly twenty bucks richer.

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What do you think? Admittedly, I was kind of lazy, but I like how it turned out. Dee Vasquez was kind of repentant of what she did at the end of the case in the canon game. And if she was suddenly confronted with the subject of the fate of her soul... well, this just covered one of the possibilities. Besides, writing in the case would either make this way too long, or break this into parts. Phoenix is fixing all the bad stuff that happened, so he is trying to avoid these cases, and keep people from dying.

Well, next case will be the fabled DL-6 incident. How will phoenix prevent deaths in this turnabout? Will he take down Von Karma? Will he keep the time line from going haywire? Find out next chapter...

With hope for your continued support,

Kongu123