School's busy nowadays...

"Still nothing. I am really stumped on this one Apollo." "Don't need to say that twice." Athena felt like she just needed a distraction. A certain phone began to ring.

"Sorry Athena, let me answer it for a second." As Apollo went outside of the room, he heard an old friend.

"Nahyuta! How's everyone back in Khura'in?" "Fine but that's not all. There's something important you need to know!" "Couldn't it wait till I come back? I have a bit of a problem." Which involves Mr Wright, some demon who was banished in a mountain, you know, stuff WAY out of my league. "Apollo, this is incredibly important to almost everything and everyone of the Kingdom, and you need to see it for yourself!" "What! But the nearest airport is...I don't know but it would take me forever to get there."

"Well you better find a way to come here Horned One! Otherwise, you shall pay for the consequences!" "Rayfa! I was meant to tell Apollo alone."

It was easy to figure it was the princess and priestess of the Kingdom, Rayfa Padma Khura'in. Normally, Rayfa would say Apollo's actual name but when using that nickname...from Apollo's memory, it meant either she was mad, impatient or right-down serious. Or all depending on the situation.

"Rayfa, where I am is probably five times the distance between Los Angeles to Hazakurain temple. Plus I don't have enough for the trip due now. Don't expect me coming in on the next hour. Why can't you tell me now?" "Because Horned One, at the moment it's confidential to outsiders! We're not even letting those nosy reporters get any information!" "Oh, also Apollo you became important since the DC Act. So it's compulsary for you to acknowledge it."

"Alright, but I've got tell everyone else that I need to go back." "You've should've been back days ago Horned One!" Nahyuta obviously ended the call before the princess started to rant on and on.

The red attorney sighed, knowing that he wouldn't be here to help with their situation. "How am I supposed to break the news to them?"

"But Polly, you can't leave yet!" "Trucy, as much as I hate to say it, I need to return to the Kingdom of Khura'in now. Something incredibly urgent came up and they won't tell me until I come for myself." Everyone knew how much it would affect the plan. They could be running out of time to save their absent friend from an ancient demon doing who knows to him. Well, technically the soul.

"Apollo, it's okay. You can go back to the Kingdom." "Mystic Maya-" "No Pearly, it's alright." The spirit medium calmly said these words. "As the Master of Kurain Village, I understand how valuable it is to be at certain places with great responsibility." Everyone's view was on Maya, she was known to be ethusiastic and sometimes childish but at the moment, her presence was like a wise elder saying the most crucial words you would ever hear in your life.

"Thank you Maya, I know what I should do now."

Author's note: So what will Apollo do now? What could be so important that it had to drag Apollo back into the Kingdom? Better read on!

Apollo's POV

It was a very difficult decision to make but I actually made it back to the Kingdom of Khura'in. It wasn't easy considering it almost took forever to get to the nearest airport and waiting for a plane but I finally made it back.

"AJ! You're back! You took a bit longer than I thought." I hope Datz has been taking care of the office. I wonder how he and Ahlbi's been holding the fort.

"It's good to see you're doing well Datz." "C'mon AJ! Yuty wants you immediatley for some reason." "Datz, I can take him." Well, Nahyuta hasn't changed a bit.

"Apollo, we need to hurry." "Nahyuta, you can just tell me-" "No time to waste Apollo."

Nahyuta rushed me into the palace and drags me into some dim stairwell that seemed to go on forever. As I nearly come to the end, all I could make out was Rayfa, Amara and someone wearing a top hat.

:3 It shall continue...but first let's check everybody else.

"It's so hard without Apollo. How am I supposed to track down lies without him. Sure I can just use Boss's magatama thing but I don't have any evidence to use." "Hey Athena, need some help?" Athena turned and saw Trucy leaning against the door frame. "Yeah, that would be very appreciated."

"Just a question, why do you think that we're looking into his history rather than finding a way to get rid of the demon?" "That's a pretty good question Trucy."

Maya came into the room along with Iris. "You see, possession was a very rare case in spirit channeling. To separate the two, possession is overtaking the body and mind whilst spirit channeling is more of by the will of the person allowing the spirit into the body," Maya turned her head as if it was a topic she never wanted to talk about.

"Depending on the spirit's motives...it could be very similar to a possession case." How she and Iris wished it never happened but it did, Dahlia planned to take advantage of channeling.

"Since this is a possession we're dealing with, normal techniques for spirit channeling won't work. However, there are a few possible ways to solve our problem. Finding a technique throughout the scrolls or the history."

Both Trucy and Athena were stumped on that last sentence. "Iris, what do you mean by that?" "Trucy, what it means is that there maybe, just maybe a ritual to ecxorcise the demon in the archive or we can trace down through the history of the Khura'in Nine." answered Maya.

"If the spirit of Yuzakurain Mountain was somehow related to them, then maybe they might hold the solution to our problem."

Apollo's POV

"You have finally arrived Horned One." "Now Rayfa, we shouldn't insult those around us." A little too late for that.

The stranger wearing a top hat comes forward to shake my hand as he politely introduced himself. "You must be Mr. Justice. I'm Hershel Layton." The name rang a bell in my head.

"THE Professor Layton! It's such an honor to meet you!" How could I have not recognize him before?! He's pretty famous and talented at puzzles and logic or so I have heard. I sounded shakily from excitement as much as I met Mr Wright for the very first time... well before he got disbarred, old story really.

"Where are my manners? Apollo Justice, attorney at law. I used to work at Wright Anything Agency before I opened a law firm here." "Wright? Are you happened to be an aquantaince of Phoenix Wright?" "Yeah, he was my boss back there." "Well, it has been a long time since I last saw him. I wonder how he's been doing these days."

My heart pounded hardly against my chest. "You knew him?" I tried not to use my chords of steel in front of him. "Yes. We solved a mystery together behind a 'medieval' town. Quite a fascinating adventure."

Certainly an adventure I need Mr Wright to tell me about. Inquisitive minds want to know! Speaking of which...

"Rayfa, I thought this was confidential to the public." "Well, Sir Top hat here has quite the knowledge that can help us understand the ruin. Apparently, it's in a form of very, very ancient Khura'inese that only few can understand and fewer use it. Although, it used to be like that a century ago." From her expression, I guess barely anyone knows this form."

"Well, I may not be fluent but I can make out some idea of what it could be." said the humble professor.

"Enough waiting around," Amara began to open the doors. "This could be one of the greatest things of our culture and history."

What?! It can't be...I gaped at the sight before me.

"Apollo, you remember the tale Dhurke used to tell us?"

"Yeah, of course I do."

Professor Layton ended the silence as he spoke once more. "I have done some work on this and from it, it appears that-" in a whisper, I finished the sentence.

"The legend...it's true...the Khura'in Nine actually existed!"

Author's note: (Dun, dun, duuuuuuun!) Okay, I think that's enough noise effects for drama. Need some popcorn for tension guys?

99Yukiko99: Glad to see you enjoy this fanfic. ;3

Dsceptor27: I agree. I suppose there will be a big plot in both of them. Or will they? Maybe.