Title: Turnabout Advent
Characters: Phoenix Wright, Miles Edgeworth, Maya Fey, Pearl, Kay Faraday, Dick Gumshoe
Pairing: Miles Edgeworth/Phoenix Wright
Length: 25 Chapters- Chapter 1 (250), Chapter 2 (162), Chapter 3 (401), Chapter 4 (605) Total (1418)
Rating: T for light slash/boylove/yaoi/gayness and mentions of murder.
Summary: Phoenix, Maya, and Pearl get ready for the holidays; Edgeworth is a Scrooge; Kay really just wants everyone to be happy.
December 4
Despite Phoenix's insistence that they wouldn't start decorating until the next week, he still found a festive wreath on the door of his office.
"Maya, I said you could store the decorations here, not start decorating!" he exclaimed, but fell silent as he saw that she was not alone in the office. "I am so sorry. I didn't know Maya had a guest!" Phoenix quickly apologized to the stranger sitting next to the couch.
"This isn't a guest, Nick! She's a client!" Maya replied cheerfully.
/Oh, great. Now I look like an idiot in front of a potential client…/ Phoenix inwardly groaned, but smiled anyway.
"I'm Phoenix Wright, defense attorney." he offered the other girl his hand. "And you are..?"
"Kay. Kay Faraday." The girl shook his hand eagerly. "And she's using the term 'client' very loosely, I'm afraid."
"How so?" Phoenix frowned.
"You and I have a mutual friend. I want you to find him, and I'm willing to pay you for your services."
He gave her an odd look while Maya just clasped her hands and nodded excitedly. "And who, pray tell, is this 'mutual friend' of ours?"
"Miles Edgeworth."
As soon as the name left her lips, something in Phoenix snapped. He'd spent almost a year now, not knowing where he was, or if he'd ever see him again, and once again, he'd had to block all of those feelings behind a firm mental wall. Yet all at once, every feeling he'd ever had for Miles Edgeworth came back to the surface, breaking his heart all over again.
Finally, he spoke.
"Well, I won't require you to pay me. Edgeworth—" even saying the name made his heart clench painfully. "—is out of the country. I'm afraid I can't help you."
"I'm already ahead of you there, Mr. Wright." Faraday grinned. "He's back in his old office as of yesterday. I was with him while he was overseas, assisting him in his cases, and when he said he was coming back here, I followed him."
"You mean Mr. Edgeworth is here?" Maya asked, mouth hanging open in surprise.
"Mhm. He's been keeping tabs on you, Mr. Wright. That's how I knew that you were the only one that could help."
"I'm sorry, but I'm confused. If you know where he is, then why do you need me to find him?" Phoenix frowned.
"No, it's me who should apologize. I wasn't very clear." She smiled sheepishly. "I need you to find him…metaphorically. He hasn't been himself. Even when we met last year, I could tell something was off. Edgeworth hasn't been in a courtroom since his last case against you, if I understand him correctly. He needs to be a prosecutor, Mr. Wright. And that's why I need you."
"Let me get this straight… You want me to convince him to come back to the courtroom?"
"If anyone can do it, I'm sure it's you." Faraday nodded.
Phoenix sighed. "Can I think about it and get back to you, Ms. Faraday?"
"Of course. And please, call me Kay." She rose to her feet. "I'll be in touch."
And with no further warning, she launched herself out of the open window.
"Holy cow!" Maya exclaimed as she and Phoenix ran to the window. On the street below, they could see the departing form of the somehow uninjured girl. After a moment, Maya turned to Phoenix. "You gonna do it?"
"I…I haven't decided yet."
Sensing that he didn't want to talk about it, Maya dropped the subject and dragged him over to the couch where drawings of her decorating plans lay scattered.
