Initial Interrogation

Note: I have no idea how a Japanese court, courthouse, or trial is set up in any way whatsoever, so I just used an American example of one. Please don't hate me for it!

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A taxi stopped outside the Tokyo courthouse. The back doors on both sides opened, and two people fell out, one on each side.

"Kagura was right," Joe said. "It is way worse the second time.

Chiyo was still frozen in fear.

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Joe paid off Yukari, and picked up Chiyo.

She was still frozen in fear, so he let her sit in the waiting room of the courthouse.

"I'm here," someone said behind Joe.

"Good," Joe said to the man "I just need to find out where they're holding Sakaki-san. I'll be running, so I hope you can keep up."

Joe asked the receptionist where Sakaki was being held.

"Processing room 47" the receptionist said.

Joe thanked her, and proceeded to look at the first door in the hallway.

"Processing room #1," the front of the door said.

Joe took a deep breath, and went running down the hallway, with a determined look on his face.

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Sakaki sat down next to a person she assumed to be her lawyer. On the opposite side of the table sat another person, whom she assumed to be the state lawyer. And standing away from the table, but still within reaching length was an officer.

"So, Sakaki-san, I am Kanaye, the state's attorney. The person next to you is your lawyer, assigned to you. You are here because you are being charged with holding a protected animal in your custody. Now, the state has offered a plea bargain. You plead guilty to this crime, and you go to prison for 5 years."

"What about Mayaa?" Sakaki asked.

"Who?" Kanaye asked.

"My cat" Sakaki said, looking determined.

"Oh, she'll be returned to Okinawa, where she's from. She'll be happy there. Otherwise, you know, we'll have to run all these tests on her to look at her well-being, and I don't think either you nor her want that." Kanaye said.

The lawyer, of course, was lying. They would have to run tests on the Irimote anyway. But first they had to find it, which was still a huge problem.

The lawyer next to her whispered in her ear "Take the bargain"

Sakaki took the piece of paper, and a pen from her lawyer. She slowly read through it, and was about to place the pen on the line where she was supposed to sign. Her hand was shaking.

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Joe ran down the hallway as fast as he could. He had lost his lawyer somewhere at Processing room 25.

"44" he counted off the doors. "45, 46"

He took one step away from room 46, and jumped. His back leg came swinging around and…

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The two lawyers, the officer, and Sakaki all jumped when the front door was kicked in, and they saw somebody go flying by.

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Joe went flying by door number 47 as he kicked it in. What he didn't plan was his landing. His leg that hadn't kicked the door down landed and stopped, while his body continued to go forward. He fell to the floor, landed on his face, and skidded (on his face) to a stop right outside processing room 49.

A lawyer came out of room 48 to see what the commotion was. He had truthfully been napping in the room, waiting for his defendant to show up.

"DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU JUST DID?!" the lawyer was yelling "I'LL SUE YOUR $ INTO THE GROUND!"

Joe slowly stood up, ignoring the yelling lawyer, because his face hurt so badly. He had one hand on his face. His eyes were watering from the pain of it all.

"DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING I SAID?!" the lawyer yelled. Joe whipped around angrily and made eye contact with the lawyer.

"I WILL SUE YOU FOR BREAKING UP MY MEETING! I'LL SUE YOU FOR BREAKING AND ENTERING! I'LL SUE YOU FOR A MILLION…" the lawyer stopped. He now saw three Joe's, now five, now seven. His world was spinning around. The lawyer fell to the floor, as his world just kept spinning.

Joe dried his eyes, and walked in the door that said "Processing Room 47"

"I'm sorry for causing all that ruckus, but I'm here with my lawyer to represent Sakaki-san" Joe said, with a smile, slightly panting because he was out of breath.

By this time, Joe's lawyer had finally caught up.

"I'm sorry, but Sakaki-san already has a lawyer," Kanaye said "She can't have a different one.

Joe's lawyer came up from behind him, and pointed a finger in the air.

OBJECTION!!

"A person may switch lawyers at any time, as long as said person agrees to it!" Phoenix Wright announced.

Joe and Phoenix looked at Sakaki.

Sakaki looked up at Joe, right into his eyes. His eyes were a different color, and had something in them.

Must be contacts, Sakaki thought.

"Sakaki-san, please" Joe said.

Sakaki looked more determined than ever.

"I'll switch to his lawyer," Sakaki said.

And with that, the lawyer that was sitting next to Sakaki got up and left.

Kanaye cursed in his mind. The last lawyer he wanted to face was Phoenix Wright. How in the world did this kid get hold of the Ace Attorney, and on such short notice?

Joe sat down next to Sakaki, and Phoenix sat down next to Joe.

"So, where were we?" Joe asked.

"Sakaki was just about to sign a plea bargain." Kanaye said, looking slightly nervous.

Joe leaned over and whispered into Sakaki's ear.

"Don't sign it. We'll find a way to get you out of this, scot-free"

Sakaki smiled, and then looked determinedly over at Kanaye.

"I'm not signing any plea bargain," Sakaki said.

"Fine, then. We'll have a court date set in two weeks," Kanaye said, obviously irritated.

"Wait, we're not done" Joe said, a saying that even surprised Sakaki and Phoenix.

Kanaye sat back down, now even more irritated than he was before.

"We would like to move to have Sakaki placed under house arrest" Joe said.

"Denied" Kanaye said "This is a case concerning a matter of the home, and what she keeps in it. She cannot be placed under house arrest."

"Then let's have her placed in the custody of her parents" Joe said, still keeping his cool while Kanaye slowly lost his.

"Parents?" Kanaye asked.

"Yes. My friend told me that her mother is allergic to animals. So, let us place her under the watch of her parents." Joe said.

At this, both Phoenix and Sakaki pulled him back to huddle.

"What are you doing?" they both asked.

"Listen, Sakaki would not last in prison, you know that" Joe said to Phoenix. "Sakaki, I'm sorry, but I don't think anybody could just stand there and watch you go to prison."

"But," Sakaki said, "I don't think I can stand to go back to my parents house again. Plus, what would my parents think?"

"Your parents will always love you, no matter what" Joe said, with a smile.

"Phoenix" Joe turned to face the Ace Attorney. "Is it alright to place her under house arrest in her parents home?"

"As long as the parents and the opposing lawyer agree to it." Phoenix said.

The parents would be easy, it would be the opposing lawyer that would be hard, Joe thought.

All three of them turned around to face Kanaye again.

"Alright, here's the deal" Joe said "We place her under house arrest at her parents house until this is settled. Just as a place to hold her, rather than having her sit in prison all that time."

Kanaye sat down, and thought about it.

"Fine," Kanaye said. "But the deal is she cannot come into contact with any sort of animal…"

No problem there, Joe thought sarcastically, looking over at Sakaki, who looked like she had just been hit by a 10 ton weight.

"…and she must remain in the house 24 hours a day." Kanaye finished, with an evil smile.

"But what about her job, buying food, among other things?" Joe asked.

"Her parents must go shopping for her. As for her job, I guess she'll lose it," Kanaye said, working his hardest to contain his joy.

Sakaki pulled Joe back.

"Absolutely not" Sakaki said, "I don't want to lose my job! I love being a vet!"

"And what do you think will happen if you go to prison?" Joe asked, "You will still lose your job, you will never see Mayaa again, and, as an added bonus, you will become a lesbian sex toy for the next five years of your life!"

Sakaki was taken aback by this bit of harshness.

He never meant to be so blunt, but Sakaki didn't know what awaited her in prison. Joe had a class that showed him precisely what prison is like, and they partially censored it.

Joe turned back to Kanaya. Sakaki slowly turned around. She felt trapped in a corner, completely helpless.

"Fine," Joe said. "You know, I never realized that even here, lawyers tend to be such jerks. No offense, Phoenix"

"None taken" Phoenix responded

Kanaya stood up again. "Well, I hope you know that now, you have doomed your girlfriend to more than 5 years in prison." Kanaya responded, in a scathing tone.

Joe stood up, and pounded his fists on the table. His eyes were getting watery, just from the sheer hatred he now had against Kanaya.

"She will not be going to prison!" Joe yelled. "She is innocent!"

Their eyes locked. For a moment, neither of them moved. Then Kanaya moved, but not in the way he wanted to. He fell to the floor; his breathing was a heavy sick kind. Kanaya's world was spinning.

Joe wiped the water from his eyes.

"C'mon, you guys" Joe said, "We're leaving"

Phoenix and Sakaki stood up, and both left the room. As Joe left, he turned to the officer in the room.

"You may want to bring him a garbage, he'll start throwing up soon" Joe said.

The other lawyer that had looked into Joe's Sharingan contacts was still on the floor, unable to even get on his hands and knees. He was already throwing up.

Phoenix, Sakaki, and Joe walked down the hall.

This was going to be hell, and they all knew it.

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Next Chapter: Sakaki in lockdown, with more problems