BOOOOOM!
A black wall was blown apart by Keldeo's Focus Blast.
Show must go on
Keldeo activated his Secret Sword and swung it, causing the screen to burst
Show must go on
Kyurem the Critic gave a genuine smile as he watched a slide show of highlights from his reviews.
I'll face it with a grin
"NO SHIP, SHERLOCK!" the Intoxiquer shouted in Genesect's face.
I'm never giving in
On with the show
Meloetta sat down with Madoka the Fennekin and Damian the Meloetta on either side of her.
Imperator Justinian shook Keldeo's forehoof.
Arceus the Critic glared at Mew as she floated near a stone replica of him.
I'll top the bill
I'll overkill
Jack Storm sprung awake wearing his robes and battle ready.
Matthais Unidostres and BrickBrony1894 bro-hoofed.
I have to find the will to carry on with the show
On with the show
"FORESHADOWING!" Munna exclaimed.
"SPOILERS!" Zorua exclaimed.
"V-WHEEL!" Victini exclaimed.
"MUSIC!" Floyd shouted.
Keldeo stood up on his hindlegs in his Resolute Form, his Secret Sword shining brightly.
Show must go on. . . go on. . . go on. . . go on. . .
Keldeo the Critic- Season Five
Episode Eight: Turnabout Legend
In the Courtroom of the Hall of Legends. . .
"The knowledge of the garden's machine was not known by the defense nor the prosecution until a few minutes ago!" Keldeo declared, showing what he knows in an effective manner. "Ergo, this is a revelation that needs to be explored! How did the killer find out about the control console for the machine? How did the killer know about the machine? Did they know how to operate the machine? Since Celebi is the one that uses it the most, she's the one that can only answer these questions!"
Keldeo slammed down on the table. "Until these questions are answered, there's no justifying an early verdict!"
Arceus nodded, agreeing with Keldeo. "Indeed. That would be rushing ahead of time. An early verdict could be the wrong verdict after all." Arceus stated seriously. She then looked over to Celebi. "Witness, can you give us a testimony on how the machine in the Hall of Origin's garden works, and how Darkrai could have accessed it, if he was the killer?"
Celebi nodded, nervously, saying nothing while she looked around the courtroom in paranoia. Genesect had finally gotten up from falling on the floor, having listened to the whole thing on the floor. "This is getting exciting! I hope I get to help!"
"Keldeo!" Athena exclaimed to the said former Sword of Justice. "You really saved us there! If it weren't for you, we would have…"
"It's nothing, honestly!" Keldeo went sheepishly. "I just can't let this trial end too soon! There's something amiss here, I can sense it! And I'm not going to let it end just yet!"
Mesprit re-appeared, looking like she's filled with determination. "We need to strike back on what Celebi says next!"
Athena nodded, turning her gaze over to the said temporal travelling Legendary. "Whatever comes next, I'll be here to fight back the contradictions!"
Suddenly, a huge portal opened up within the courtroom, much to the surprise of everyone present. Out of the portal fell a Shiny pink Celebi, a Grovyle, a Dusknoir, a Victini, a Munna, a Zorua, a Pichu with a red guitar strapped to his back, and a second Keldeo.
The entire room full of Legendary Pokemon and Phoenix Wright characters went wild as they began to make exclamation and ask questions frantically. The second Keldeo put an end to this by pointing with his right forehoof and shouting:
"HOLD IT!"
Actually, the rest of the newcomers shouted along with the second Keldeo, creating a shout loud enough to silence the entire room.
The second Keldeo nodded and, standing in the middle of the group of new arrivals, said with a smile, "I'm Keldeo the Critic. I review it so you don't have to. Now, the reason why me and my friends are all here is that this Celebi right here. . ." Keldeo pointed to the Shiny pink Celebi with his right forehoof, ". . . who also happens to be from another universe entirely, was able to see into this universe you're all in. She saw that you all happened to be caught in a mystery that none of you have been able to solve yet. It was so hard to solve in fact, that the fanfic that this universe takes place in got canceled, which has some serious consequences for the fate of this world."
Keldeo the Critic smiled cockily and said, "Luckily, I've solved potentially world-ending problems for her and her two friends before. . ." Keldeo pointed to Grovyle and Dusknoir with his right forehoof, ". . . so I was the first one she came to. And she was right to do so, because as a true fan of Scooby-Doo Where Are You?, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, and What's New Scooby-Doo, ya know, back when Scooby-Doo was actually good, with nice animation and character design, I am the most qualified for solving the mystery of who really murdered this universe's version of Ash and Cresselia."
"Ahem!" Victini said loudly as Munna smirked at Keldeo the Critic while Zorua snickered and Floyd the Pichu started to tune his guitar.
"Oh yes, of course I have the help of my reviewing gang!" Keldeo the Critic added excitedly, "With Munna as our Daphne, Victini as our Fred, me as our Velma, Floyd as our Shaggy, and Zorua as our Scooby, this mystery should be solved before you know it!"
"OBJECTION!" Reshiram shouted, "Why should we let some Pokemon from another world interfere in this case?!"
"Pokemon don't travel between universes for no reason," Arceus said seriously, "The fact that they are here is reason enough to listen to them."
Simon frowned and said, "But obviously this Keldeo the Critic will side with this universe's Keldeo, and thus try to defend Darkrai."
Keldeo the Critic's eyes narrowed and he said in a flat, severe tone, "Anyone who says that Darkrai is the murderer is either a dishonorable liar or a simple-minded idiot with the mentality of a Sludge Bomb."
Simon changed to his position of acting like he's been slashed with a sword. "…GRAGH!" he shouted.
"This is why I don't like the Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney games," Keldeo the Critic continued in his serious tone.
"HEY!" Genesect called out.
Ignoring Genesect, Keldeo the Critic went on, "The accused are always innocent in the Phoenix Wright games. That's the whole point of you playing as a defense attorney. So, Edgeworth and the rest of the prosecutors in these games are either shameless liars or morons."
Keldeo the Critic then looked over at Lugia and Reshiram in shame and said sadly, "You two should really know better."
Lugia just stared at Keldeo in silence, while Reshiram looked about ready to explode.
Keldeo the Critic, who will now be referred to as just Keldeo, then smiled and said, "So! If Arceus would give us permission to start. . ."
Keldeo looked over at Arceus, who nodded and said, "Very well, Keldeo the Critic."
Keldeo then turned to look at Turnabout Legends Keldeo, Athena, and Mespirit and said, "Get ready to see how a mystery is really solved."
Turnabout Legends Keldeo nodded and said, "Okay. As long as we can finally figure out the truth."
Keldeo nodded and turned to his friends, "It's time to solve this mystery!"
Floyd jumped up and began playing his guitar and singing.
"What's new, Keldeo?
We're coming quickly, YO!
You're gonna solve that mystery.
I see you, Keldeo;
The trail leads here, ya know.
What's new-."
"IT WAS ME!"
Everyone turned to look at who spoke and gasped.
"Kyurem?!" Keldeo said in shock.
Kyurem nodded and said, "Yes. . . I did it. . . I killed Ash and Cresselia. . . I framed Darkrai. . . I'm guilty. . . I did it."
"Hey! Spoilers!" Zorua shouted angrily.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" Victini shouted, "YOU JUST SPOILED THE MYSTERY!"
Kyurem shrugged and said, "Well, that's what AuraWielder did."
"Huh?" Keldeo asked.
Kyurem nodded and said, "Yeah. Check out what he wrote in the chapter announcing this fanfic's cancellation."
Hey, guys. I suppose it's finally time to come out with it... this is a dead fic. What started as an interesting idea just got dragged out way too long, and ultimately, I think this has to come out to stop any more questions. Turns out that me and my collaborator discovered that writing an Ace Attorney case is FAR harder than we first assumed.
However, to not TOTALLY disappoint you, I will disclose who the villain was. The villain was intended to be Kyurem, envious of both his more 'complete' counterparts (Reshiram and Zekrom) as well as viewing humans with mostly indifference... but didn't think Ash was really deserving of 'praise' so to speak. Having not really met Ash in his movie (the Keldeo movie), he viewed Ash with disdain for stopping his initial match with Keldeo. Cresselia's murder was because she was a witness in the crime scene, he had nothing against Cresselia.
I know it's not really anything exciting or fabulous, but nothing ever could be. It was far out of both of our leagues, but hopefully this at least gives you all some closure on the story, even if it isn't satisfying.
"But. . . but. . . but. . . but. . ." Keldeo stammered out, looking utterly devastated by this.
The Shiny pink Celebi sighed and turned to her two disappointed teammates. "Oh well. So much for the mystery. Let's head back to the restaurant," she said as she effortlessly opened another portal.
"Wait! Wait!" Keldeo shouted out desperately.
"Don't worry, we'll leave it open for you so you guys can go home," Celebi said busily as Grovyle and Dusknoir entered the portal. She then flew in behind them.
"Wait! Come back! We can still have a mystery!" Keldeo called out in desperation.
Munna appeared pretty downcast as she said, "I don't know, Keldeo. The mystery looks pretty dead to me."
"OBJECTION!"
Everyone turned and gasped when they saw Heatran stomping into the Courtroom.
"That's right! I SAID IT!" Heatran declared loudly as he walked to the front of the Courtroom, "I, Heatran, the Legendary who was rudely not invited to this party, have been secretly analyzing all of the facts of this mystery from the sidelines. And I can say that all of the clues do not point to Kyurem."
"But. . . I just confessed. . ." Kyurem said awkwardly.
Heatran ignored Kyurem and said, "The clues point to one Pokemon, and one Pokemon only! Cobalion!"
"Seriously!?" Keldeo exclaimed in shock, "I mean, sure, this universe's Cobalion is a jerk, but a murderer?"
"Why not! He's a heartless scumbag!" Heatran shot back, which caused nearly everyone in the Courtroom to gasp in shock. Heatran went on to say, "Cobalion is an egotistical, egomaniacal freak with a god-complex who would gladly kill anyone he doesn't approve of. The clues all point to that! I don't know why Kyurem is taking the blame for all this, but it doesn't matter." Heatran then growled as his eyes seemed to burn with rage, and he said, "All that matters is that Cobalion is finally going to melt in Hell, where he belongs! It's time he learned that evil has its own reward: a long, slow death!"
"OBJECTION!"
Everyone turned and gasped again when they saw a Pikachu wearing a Sherlock Holmes hat walk into the Courtroom.
"Detective Pikachu!?" Keldeo exclaimed.
"Right," said the deep, gravelly voice Pikachu with a frown, "And I must say, Heatran is a quite a lousy detective."
"Watch it, mouse!" Heatran shouted.
"First of all," Detective Pikachu said, completely ignoring Heatran, "The reasons given by AuraWielder do not at all sound like big enough motivation for Kyurem to commit murder and go the extra mile of framing someone else. Sure, he might not like Ash, and he might be angry at him for interfering in his business with Keldeo and the Swords of Justice, but that's hardly enough reason to want to kill him, especially if Arceus likes him. And even if he did want to kill him, these reasons aren't motivating enough to commit something like murder. Not only that, the reasons given don't sound at all like they could generate enough hate for Kyurem to come up with this complex plan and go through with, risking getting caught and ruining so many lives in the process."
"But I confessed!" Kyurem exclaimed.
"Furthermore," Detective Pikachu continued, completely ignoring Kyurem as well, "The very idea of it being Cobalion is laughable at best. While I do agree that Cobalion was a deplorable punk in this mystery, being a horrible Pokemon doesn't make him a murderer. Now, through careful analysis of the evidence, combined with meticulous research, clearly the only one who had the motive and the means to carry out this plot is Dr. Yung from The Mastermind of Mirage Pokemon!"
"WHAT!?" Heatran exclaimed.
"Hmmm. . ." Keldeo said quietly as he thought it over. Then he smiled and said, "Ya know, I think we've got the makings of something good here! Yeah! Okay! On this episode of Keldeo the Critic, we go through the story and see if the evidence really does point to Kyurem like AuraWielder claims, and if it doesn't, we can see if it points to either the horrible facsimile of the Cobalion I have so much respect for or the evil Mirage Master Dr. Yung."
Heatran growled, but nodded and said, "Okay. Fine. We'll see."
Detective Pikachu nodded and said, "Yes. We will."
Arceus then said, "Very well! If Heatran and Detective Pikachu would take their positions on the prosecution and defense side respectively, and Keldeo the Critic and his friends would stand in the middle, we shall begin the Cross Examination of this story."
The Pokemon moved to their appropriate areas, then Keldeo smiled and began.
"Okay, so first, a little background on this story," he said.
Turnabout Legend
By: DragonNiro
It was a party that was supposed to be perfect. Ash Ketchum had been invited to the Hall of Origin to celebrate everything he had done for the Legendaries. Instead, he is found dead. Darkrai is quickly accused of the crime, with no fair trial. Seeing Genesect play his video game, Arceus gets an idea... to summon the Ace Attorney characters. Collaboration between me and AuraWielder.
Rated: Fiction T - English - Crime/Mystery - Darkrai, Apollo J., Athena C., Phoenix W./Nick - Chapters: 9 - Words: 91,278 - Reviews: 59 - Favs: 62 - Follows: 64 - Updated: Nov 15, 2016 - Published: Mar 29, 2014 - id: 10227172
"As you can see, this fanfic was actually a collaboration between DragonNiro and AuraWielder," Keldeo said, then he frowned in disappointment and said, "Huh. You'd think that with the two of them working together they could have figured out how to progress this story and see it through to the end. And everything was going so strongly to, it just seems weird that they just decided to pull the plug right when things were getting interest-."
"Keldeo. . ." Victini said as he gently poked him in his side.
Keldeo blinked and snapped out of his thoughts. "Oh. Yeah. Sorry. Ahem, so yeah, this is basically a Phoenix Wright crossover similar to the My Little Pony crossover Turnabout Storm created by NeoArtimus on the YouTube channel PWaaMLPfim. There's even a reference to it in the story."
Phoenix rolled his eyes, disbelieving in what is happening. He's heard that Pokémon don't talk human speech, but obviously, this wasn't the case. This seemed worse than the time he was taken to a land filled with talking horses to defend one!
"Sheesh...! First a world of talking ponies and now a world of talking Pocket Monsters! What's next? Giant mutant turtles?!" he thought, sarcastically.
"Okay, I would love to see a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles one! And it has to have Usagi Yojimbo in it!" Keldeo said with an excited grin, but then he cleared his throat and continued, "Anyway, Turnabout Legend actually does something a little different than Turnabout Storm. Instead of just bringing Phoenix Wright into the Pokemon world, a whole ton of Ace Attorney characters a brought in, both on the defense side and prosecution side. This allows lots more aspects of the Ace Attorney series to be incorporated into the story. Like Athena's Mood Matrix."
Keldeo frown depended and he said, "Man! This story had so much potential, why was it canceled?"
Keldeo looked up and went on, "Now, this review is going to be a little different. Instead of reviewing the story like normal, we're just going to focus on the parts where we can find clues. Eyewitness accounts, the way certain characters act, testimonies, all evidence, stuff like that. So, if everyone is ready, let's begin the investigation of Turnabout Legend."
"We start off in a Prologue, and we get to see some of the killer's thoughts, which is bound to have some clues in it," Keldeo said.
FIVE!
The dark days of the Legends has gone... Finally gone!
I have gotten ridden of this... pest! This puny mortal that the Legends are obsessed with...
FOUR!
That being... disgusts me! What's so special about this mortal? What has he done to make all the Legends swoon over it, like he's the greatest human on earth!
All of the Legends are blinded on what they see! This human will end us all!
He doesn't deserve such treatment! He's a pest, a thorn in our side of order!
"HOLD IT!" Heatran shouted, "This proves it couldn't have been Dr. Yung, because the killer identifies as a Legendary!"
"OBJECTION!" Detective Pikachu shouted back, "What are you talking about!? The killers never states that he's a Legendary Pokemon!"
Heatran smirked and shouted, "TAKE THAT! The killer, while thinking about Ash and his connection with the Legendaries, states that Ash will 'end us all' and is a 'thorn in our side'. The use of 'us' and 'our' indicates that the killer identifies as a part of the group of Legendaries that are giving too much respect to Ash. Not only that, why would Dr. Yung, a mortal human, refer to Ash as 'this puny mortal' and 'this human' when he too is a mortal human. Only a Pokemon would do this!"
"Not necessarily," Detective Pikachu replied calmly, "While your take on this is possible, it is also equally possible that Dr. Yung is using terms like 'us' or 'our' to refer to himself and his Mirage Pokemon, and Dr. Yung's way of disdainfully referring to Ash as a mortal human could be due to a god-complex Dr. Yung has developed. He could easily see himself a god-like due to his ability to create any Pokemon in an instant with his Mirage technology, and he might have somehow enhanced himself with said technology, making him more than a mere human. Therefore, these thoughts are all completely compatible with Dr. Yung."
"And to me!" Kyurem chimed in.
"ACK-ACK!" Heatran coughed in shock as smoke came out of his mouth.
Loads of party poppers are pulled, as the Legends celebrate in the Hall of Origin.
As you can guess, the Legendaries are throwing a party, celebrating whatever.
But it's not a birthday party, nor Christmas (though close to it,) and it's not New Years.
So, what is it?
Well, they are celebrating for Ash Ketchum, the Chosen One for all what he's did for the Legends.
Stopped Mew and Mewtwo from fighting is one of the first things that he's done.
Help Lugia save the world, stopped a imposter Entei, saved Celebi's life, helped Latias and Latios save a town from a tsunami (though the latter Legend DID sacrifice his life), helped Jirachi from the imposter Groudon, help Deoxys find her brother and battle against Rayquaza, save Mew's life on the second encounter, helped Manaphy to return to the sea, stopped Palkia and Dialga fighting with the help of Darkrai, stopped Giratina and Dialga fighting with the help of Shaymin, stopped and calmed Arceus from wiping out the ENTIRE human race from existence, stopped the Dragon Force going out of control with Zekrom, Reshiram and Victini, helped Keldeo reach Resolution, stopped Landorus, Thunderus, Tornadus and Zekrom going out of control and controlled by evil humans, became friends with Meloetta, stopped Reshiram being controlled by Team Plasma, stopped a second Mewtwo and a Red Genesect and helped them become friends, and finally, helped Diancie reach the Holy Diamond, and prevented the destruction of Kalos from Yveltal's wrath, with the help of Xerneas.
In a nutshell, he's helped the Legends with a lot of their problems.
"HOLD IT!" Keldeo shouted, and he turned to Kyurem and asked, "So. . . NONE of this ever came up whenever you socialized with the other Legendaries?!"
Kyurem blinked, and he said slowly, "I don't really. . . socialize all that much."
"TAKE THAT!" Detective Pikachu shouted, "Kyurem being antisocial and always keeping to himself could easily explain why he never heard of Ash Ketchum's valiant deeds."
"Ditto," Heatran added in, sounding a bit grumpy at being beaten to the punch.
"RACIST AGAINST DITTOS!" Munna shouted.
Keldeo rolled his eyes and said, "Okay, okay. Fine. So, after some nice descriptions of all the party guests, human and Pokemon, everyone notices that Cresselia is missing. Plus, they lose track of Ash and Darkrai too. Then Celebi goes to the garden to water her flowers, where she witnesses this:"
Cresselia is lying on the floor… dead.
Her head twisted towards Celebi, eyes glassed over, lifeless. A small puddle of blood has formed around her mouth, slowly seeping. Her neck looks like it's been snapped.
Celebi covered her mouth, speechless, her skin slowly paling at this, and something else. A few meters away from Cresselia's body, lays the mutilated body of Ash Ketchum.
His body is facing upwards, his expression one of shock. His eyes, also too, are glassed over. Ash has been dead for a while now.
On his body, three large claw marks are seen. One going deep down into his chest, while the over two have almost cut off his arms, all in a large pool of blood.
It looks like the one in the middle had killed him.
Maybe instantly?
Celebi never had a chance to find out this, because one last thing made her completely terrified and shocked.
Darkrai is standing above the two bodies, splattered with blood all over his body, eyes empty. His hair is nearly completely soaked with blood, hands covered in red dots, his red jagged thing almost blending in with the blood.
Celebi gasps, causing Darkrai to turn.
His eyes stare deep into Celebi's soul, with murderous intent, as if he was saying 'You're going to die'.
Celebi backed away a bit.
Darkrai turns his head slightly, smirking a bit.
"If..." he starts, ominously, scaring Celebi beyond hell itself. "...You ever tell ANYONE this, I will..."
Darkrai suddenly zooms, and grabs Celebi by the neck, almost throttling her. "...take you down myself!"
Darkrai lets go, leaving a Celebi so terrified with her gasping for breath.
He smirks, and throws down what it looks like to be a piece of his hair at the crime scene. He sinks into the shadows, and disappears.
"HOLD IT!" Keldeo shouted, and then he, Munna, Victini, Zorua, and Floyd all gave Celebi withering stares.
Celebi simply stared back blankly.
"Well?" Keldeo said simply.
Celebi blinked, and then shuddered a bit, and said, "Well, that was really scary, seeing the both of them dead like that. . ."
"Celebi. . ." Floyd said simply.
". . .and Dakrai was right there, with giving me that evil stare. . ."
"Celebi. . ." Zorua said with a frown.
". . .and then he had that evil smirk and evil voice. . ."
"Celebi. . ." Victini moaned in desperation.
". . .and I thought he was gonna strangle me to death. . ."
"Celebi. . ." Munna said with great frustration and annoyance.
". . .and then he gave that horrible death threat-."
"CELEBI!" Keldeo suddenly barked out.
Celebi slammed her forehead down on the desk and shouted, "IT WAS SO OBVIOUSLY A FAKE TRYING TO FRAME THE REAL ONE! WHAT AM I, A MORON!?"
The entire courtroom became loud.
"ORDER! ORDER!" Arceus shouted.
Eventually, the courtroom calmed down, allowing Keldeo to explain, "It makes no sense that the murderer would kill someone, and then kill a witness, and then not kill a second witness. Not only that, what murderer would hang around a crime scene long enough to get walked in on twice?! Plus, the fact that he deliberately dropped his hair at the crime scene just screams 'this is a frame up.'"
"So, yeah, of course Celebi tells everyone what she saw, and then the real Darkrai comes out of the shower, which I guess is supposed to suggest that he went to clean the blood off of himself. Anyway, luckily for Darkrai, Arceus is able to reign everyone in enough to give him a fair trial, but since most of them are biased, Genesect gives them the idea to summon the Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney characters out of his game so they can investigate the murder to do everything fairly."
"So, then Coballion goes over to the Defensive side to. . . insult them. . . huh?" Keldeo said, looking utterly bewildered.
"Anyway," continued Cobalion, smirking slightly to himself. "When I heard that Darkrai's attorneys and prosecutors had arrived from Genesect, I decided upon myself to have a visit to see what they look like and how they act."
Cobalion chuckled to himself, haughtily. "Well, even though Arceus has decided for a fair trial, Darkrai's still going to be guilty. A spiky hair-lawyer that wears a blue suit who could be mistaken for Sonic the Hedgehog..."
Phoenix said nothing, an annoyed tick on the side of his head.
"...a horned boy in red that might as well be a devil..."
Apollo pinches the area between his eyes in frustration, trying not to get angry.
"...and a temperamental banana girl who can't even speak English right."
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A TEMPERAMENTAL BANANA GIRL, USTED GROSERO CABRA?!"
"HOLD IT!" Heatran shouted excitedly, "There! See how evil Cobalion is!"
"OBJECTION!" Detective Pikachu shouted in annoyance, "Being rude doesn't make you a murderer. You don't know what you're doing, do you Heatran?"
"Objection sustained," Arceus said, "A bad attitude hardly counts as solid evidence for a murder, Heatran."
"ACK-ACK!" Heatran coughed in shock as smoke came out of his mouth.
"But Cobalion is racist against people who speak Spanish!" Munna chimed in.
"I gotta get her a new running gag," Keldeo remarked.
"Cobalion." Athena states, taking the Pokémon by surprise. "Every time I heard you say 'Darkrai', I could hear anger coming from your heart. This anger coming from every time you say his name. I can establish that you are angry with Darkrai. Why do you are you mad with him, and why are you so determined to see him die?"
Cobalion is stun by this line of questioning. Phoenix smiles. "Looks like her power of hearing other's emotions still works in this world."
Cobalion's shocked expression soon turns to one of anger. "Ms Cykes. THAT is NONE of your business."
Suddenly, darkness came into Phoenix's vision.
He could see no one else but Cobalion.
He looks over to Cobalion, with the same angry expression on his face. Chains start to appear in front of the Iron Will Pokémon, zooming across Cobalion's body. With those chains, a single Psyche Lock appears.
The blue attorney frowns, and puts a hand into his pocket, to take out his Magatama, and looks at it.
"Psyche Locks... I remember the case when they first appeared to me. That involved a lot of weird things in that case. They appeared when anyone is telling a lie or is hiding something intentional... These things even appeared in that case in another world..."
"Okay, I gotta admit, this whole Psyche Lock thing is really cool," Keldeo said with a grin, "So, we get a pretty engaging sequence where Phoenix breaks open the Psyche Lock to reveal a truth about this version of Cobalion."
"Cobalion, the reason why you hate Darkrai is because he is the living essence of Nightmares, something that is horrible and frightening. You may consider them evil as well. You hate Darkrai because he causes nightmares, and spreads them around. You think he is evil, and that explains why you are biased against him, and that is why you want the death penalty for him!"
Cobalion stands there, looking at Phoenix.
Then, a small smile appears on his face.
"I don't have much respect for humans, Mr. Wright, apart from Ash and his friends. Your associates don't impress me either. Neither do you, but... I guess you are adequate at your job."
Cobalion's Psyche Lock shatters into pieces. Cobalion's secret is now out.
The chains around Cobalion disappear, going back from where they came from, and the darkness disappears.
"HOLD IT!" Heatran shouted, getting excited again, "HERE is some real proof of Cobalion hating Darkari enough to frame him!"
"OBJECTION!" Detective Pikachu shouted, "All this proves is that Cobalion wants to see Darkrai die. It does not prove that Cobalion would murder Ash and Cresselia to do it! We can in no way come to the conclusion that Cobalion would sacrifice the lives of two innocent bystanders in order to get rid of one Pokemon he hates! In fact, there was no way he would ever kill Ash because. . ."
"I don't have much respect for humans, Mr. Wright, apart from Ash and his friends.
"TAKE THAT!" Detective Pikachu shouted, "Cobalion just admitted in that very same scene that he respects Ash!"
Heatran merely shook his head and said, "Not bad, Detective Pikachu. However, I do believe there is something else later on that may poke, or should I say, slice a few holes in your defense of that arrogant homicidal maniac."
"OBJECTION!" Keldeo shouted, "While this version of Cobalion is pretty awful, I don't think you should throw insults at him that also jump to the conclusion of him being homicidal. The way you're treating him is no better than the way he treated Darkrai!"
Heatran looked embarrassed by this, and he nodded slowly, "Okay. I suppose he is right. On with this fanfic."
Keldeo stomped his hooves impatiently and said, "You know what, I'm kinda sick of all this. The Legendries are divided against each other, Ash is dead, Darkrai is being hated for no reason, Ash is dead, the Swords of Justice are all insanely out of character, and Ash is dead!"
Keldeo face hoofed and sighed before saying, "Look, I have a lot of respect for both DragonNiro and AuraWielder, but I have to admit that this story, as a whole, was not enjoyable for me. In fact, I don't even think I'm enjoying reviewing it, it's so uncomfortable! Cobalion in this kinda reminds me of Misty in A Different Kind of Princess by Toadettegirl2012."
Everyone gasped in horror.
Keldeo smirked as he put his forehoof back down and said, "Yeah, I went there. Anyway, this isn't a normal review, so we don't have to go through things in order. We can skip around and focus only on the evidence. That'll make it easier and hopefully held us to get this over with faster. So, come on, Heatran, show us that evidence that you claim will disprove Detective Pikachu's theory."
Heatran smiled and said, "With pleasure. You see, when the Defensive side reveals the Blackmail Letters addressed to the Swords of Justice, and Virizion and Terrakion admit to the blackmail information being real, Cobalion does this."
"You… two… no, you three… are….." he went, closing his eyes. Suddenly, a large, blue sword made out of pure energy formed around Cobalion's head, as his eyes snapped open.
"YOU ARE ALL TRAITORS!" Cobalion roared in pure fury.
Then, glaring at Terrakion, Cobalion attempts to swing the blue sword, obviously Sacred Sword, at him. Terrakion jumped back to dodge the Sacred Sword and then attacked back with his own Sacred Sword, a glowing orange sword. Cobalion dodged Terrakion's attack, which caused Terrakion to slice a part of the witness stand. Cobalion then proceeded to attack Virizion, who like Terrakion, dodged and produced her own Sword, a glowing green one. Virizion attacked Cobalion who dodged and caused Virizion to slice at the witness stand. This process of Cobalion attacking Terrakion and Virizion continued, as it sped up rapidly as the Swords tried to attack each other, damaging the stand with each attack.
Suddenly, Cobalion slipped up and fell over backwards onto his back dizzy from his failed attacks, with the Sacred Sword still glowing. At this point, the witness stand is just made out of wood cubes. Virizion and Terrakion looked at other and nodded. Using their glowing swords as some kind of spatula, the Meadow Sword and the Cave Sword then proceed to throw Cobalion into the air spinning, with his Sacred Sword still out. Then, suddenly, the Sacred Sword gets caught in the ceiling, suspending Cobalion in mid-air even more dizzy from the spinning.
Then, Terrakion grabs a cube from the sliced witness stand and throws it at Cobalion, which hits him and bounces off to the ground. Then Virizion does the same, throwing it at Cobalion and the wooden cube bouncing off him then to the ground. Suddenly, Terrakion and Virizion begin to pelt Cobalion with these wooden cubes at an extremely fast pace, getting fast and fast at the second. The amount of wooden cubes being thrown at him causes Cobalion to recover himself from his dizziness and focus himself. Unfortunately for him, the Sacred Sword disappears once Cobalion regained himself, and he then proceeded to fall to the floor.
"IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'M SOOORRRRRRRYYYY KEEEELLLLDDEEE-GRAGJHT!" Cobalion yells out as he fell towards the floor and hitting it, creating a crater in the floor of the courtroom.
"TAKE THAT!" Heatran shouted triumphantly, "As you can clearly see, Cobalion tried to murder Virizion and Terrakion right there in the courtroom, and those are his teammates! Not only that, he also seems. . ."
"But I'm not lying!" Cobalion goes, angrily. "Why doesn't anyone believe me?!"
Virizion steps forward, to re-ensure Cobalion. "Don't worry, Cobalion, I believe you!"
The Iron Will Sword of Justice then calms down a little, smiling even. "Thank you, Virizion. I appreciate it a lot."
"TAKE THAT!" Heatran shouted eagerly, ". . . to have romantic feelings for Virizion! And he had no problem trying to kill her! Therefore, even if he does have respect for Ash, his actions here prove that he'd have no problem killing him and Cresselia just so he could have Darkrai executed, no matter how much quote -unquote 'respect' he has for Ash. There is leitrally no one that Cobalion won't kill!"
"OBJECTION!" Detective Pikachu shouted at the top of his lungs.
He then slammed his forepaws down hard on the stand, and gave a piercing glare at Heatran. The music Pursuit ~ Cornered (Variation) from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney played as her spoke.
"First of all," Detective Pikachu began, "You have neglected to go into any detail about the context of this scene, not the mention the detail of the Black Mail Letters! In short, these letters communicate that if the Swords of Justice do not make sure Darkrai is found guilty, an unknown entity known as the Secret Keeper will reveal that Keldeo had his battle with Kyurem 75 years too early!"
"Why on earth is there a Blackmail Letter addressed to the Swords of Justice?!" Lugia demanded, eyes dilated. "There's no reason for them to get blackmailed!"
Athena shook her head. "No, there is a perfect reason on why the Swords have been blackmailed, and it fits in with the missing pages of the book!"
A sudden slam of Arceus' gavel is heard and Athena turns her attention to the reining judge. "It seems the defense may have an explanation for the Blackmail Letter. Let's hear it then. What reason was there for the Swords of Justice to compile with the letter?"
Athena grinned in a confident manner, crossing her arms. "The reason is that it dates a few years ago, when a battle between Keldeo and Kyurem happened!" the attorney in yellow explained without missing a beat. Cobalion can be seen gritting his teeth, becoming more and more pale by the minute.
OBJECTION!
Reshiram slammed down on the table once more. "What are you blabbing on about?!" she interrogated harshly. "That battle isn't supposed to happen until for another 75 years!"
Arceus nodded, giving an aura of displeasure out to show that she wasn't pleased. "The prosecution is right. That battle isn't supposed to happen yet. That is not a good excuse."
HOLD IT!
To the courtroom's shock, Keldeo pointed out a hoof. "Your honor! It did really happen! I testify to that fact!" he declared, trying to back up Athena's point. "And if we ask Kyurem, he'll say the same thing!"
Arceus then glanced to the courtroom audience, to find where Kyurem is. Once she located the said ice dragon, she asked him a simple question: "Is this true, Kyurem?"
Kyurem, sitting next to Groudon and behind Apollo, said nothing but simply nodded. "GACK!" Cobalion yelled out when he saw that Kyurem had nodded.
"I see…" Arceus went, thinking and giving out the aura of disappointment. "…so that has happened. So why wasn't I aware of it? How does this tie into the murder?"
"That's simple, your Honor!" Athena stated, more confidently. "The reason why you weren't made aware of this is because the Swords kept it a secret! Why, you ask? Well, at the time of when Keldeo fought Kyurem, you were still angry at the Creation trio! The Swords kept the secret of that until you had calmed down to avoid your wrath, and were about to tell you when the first Blackmail Letter came in!"
SILENCE!
"What 'first Blackmail Letter'?!" Simon questioned in disbelief. "First we find out there was a blackmail letter address to the Swords of Justice but now there are two?!"
Athena nodded. "Yes, but the first one was longer. It insult the Swords by reminding them of what happened, and asked to keep a favor in exchange for the sender's silence in the matter."
"And who was this sender?!" Simon retorted back, questioning the fact on this.
"That, I don't know. They signed the letter as 'The Secret Keeper'." Athena replied, still wondering who it is. "But, that can be found out later. The more important thing is, that Cobalion decided to keep the secret from Arceus because of he made a mistake that was huge to him."
Cobalion begins to sweat nervously, with his heart race as Athena continues to explain.
"The first mistake was letting Keldeo out of his sight, though Cobalion knows that it wasn't his fault."
"NO, STOP IT!" Cobalion yelled out in a desperate manner, with Athena ignoring him.
"The second was failing to stop Keldeo from fighting Kyurem and the third was letting the blackmail letter to happen." Athena finished off explaining. "This all comes into a mixture pot that creates one, big secret!"
Athena slammed on the table, to show her point. "Which would have been threaten to be exposed with the second Blackmail Letter!"
"WHAT?!" the Prosecution goes, horrified by this. Mesprit nodded to this.
"T-t-the r-reason why the S-Swords have been a-acting out of character is because of this letter!" she said nervously, with Keldeo taking in the info. "T-t-they d-didn't want Arceus to find out!"
Lugia looked at the Swords, with the tiniest of sadness in his eyes. "So that's why you've been acting strange… That would explain why Cobalion's been so hostile."
"But why would they hide it?" Reshiram questioned.
Mesprit slammed her tails onto the desk. "Y-y-you t-try t-tell our mother, a god, t-t-that you messed up y-your duties! Can y-you imagine the wrath?!"
"Due to all of this," Detective Pikachu went on, "It would make sense that Cobalion would be put under a lot of stress. The responsibility of being the leader of the Swords of Justice, looking after Keldeo, managing his training, planning for the battle with Kyurem, not to mention the pressure of having Arceus towering over him would push him to the breaking point if he ever thought all of that was in jeopardy. These Blackmail Letters do just that. They threaten to destroy Cobalion's entire life and bring down the wrath of Arceus upon him. This emotional trauma would be more than enough to cause him to react violently. Not to mention, Pokemon moves are rarely fatal. Pokemon are hit with Hyper Beams and Fire Blasts and various other ultra-powerful moves every day, and 99% of the time, they simply faint. Virizion and Terrakion would be tough enough to take a few Sacred Sword attacks without sustaining any life-threatening injuries. Plus, they attacked as well in that scene, so by your logic, they would be murders as well. And speaking of the Swords in general, this whole blackmail scheme gives a logical explanation to the Swords' awful behavior, in contrast to your 'they're acting mean so they're murderers' theory. Alos, the existence of this Secret Keeper blackmailer, who is either the murder or in league with the murderer, proves that neither Cobalion nor any of the other Swords are guilty because they couldn't possibly be blackmailing themselves!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGH!"
Everyone except for Detective Pikachu looked at Heatran in horror as he roared loud enough to shake the entire Courtroom, causing the Pursuit music to stop.
Heatran roared again, this time unleashing Heat Wave throughout the Courtroom, causing many of the people and Pokemon to shield their faces. Detective Pikachu merely pulled down the brim of his hat, looking unconcerned by Heatran's Breakdown.
"It's not fair! I was the greatest Steel-Type Legendary before HE came along!" Heatran shouted as he reared up on his hindlegs. He then stomped down with all his might, his forelegs hitting the floor hard enough to crack it. Lava Plumes started to burst out of the ground all around Heatran, turning the entire Courtroom into a Hellish landscape of eternal torment. Screams of evil doers could be hears all around, and they mingled with Heatran's demented roaring to create a song of terror and doom.
"Cobalion will MELT! Cobalion must MELT! HE MUST MELT IN HELL!" Heatran shouted as he clanged his forelegs together to send out Metal Sound.
Detective Pikachu winced a bit, and his ears twitched, but he stood his ground.
"COBALION MUST GO TO HELL! HELL! COBALION NEEDS TO MELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLT!" Heatran shouted as he used Magma Storm on Detective Pikachu.
Detective Pikachu was trapped within the raging inferno. However, there was suddenly a puff of smoke, and Detective Pikachu was suddenly standing a few feet away, out of the raging Magma Storm.
"Smoke Ball," he said with a gentle smile, "I knew I'd end up needing it."
Heatran roared in fury, and he charged right at Detective Pikachu. However, just as this was happening, the doors to the Courtroom opened, and Cobalion ran in shouting a battle cry, with Virizion and Terrakion right behind him. Cobalion powered up his Sacred Sword, and leapt at the charging Heatran. He slipped his Sacred Sword right underneath Heatran's body, and with a might upward sling, launched Heatran up into the air.
With Heatran up above them; Detective Pikachu, Cobalion, Virizion, and Terrakion all attacked with Electro Ball, Flash Cannon, Magical Leaf, and Hyper Beam respectively. The attacks struck Heatran in the underbelly, and the resulting explosion blasted him right through the roof and into the sky.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooo. . ." Heatran shouted, right before disappearing with a twinkle in the sky.
The fires died down, and the Courtroom returned to normal.
Cobalion gave a soft sigh, and he said, "Zorua snuck out and found us, and he told us to stand by the door and listen in."
"Yup!" Zorua said with a smile as he ran in behind Cobalion. He then gave a snicker and said, "That was awesome!"
Cobalion then turned to Turnabout Legend Keldeo and said, "Keldeo, words cannot express how sorrowful I am about my behavior. I allowed the fear of what would happen if the truth of your battle with Kyurem was exposed to cloud my judgement. I truly did believe Darkrai was guilty at the time, which made it easier to act the way I did. But now I see how foolish I was, and how bigoted I was, and it nearly caused me to lose all the honor I had, and twisted me in a creature far lower than what I thought Darkrai was. I will dedicate the rest of my life to making up for my horrible misdeeds."
Turnabout Legend Keldeo just shook his head and said, "Don't be too hard on yourself, Cobalion. Sure, what you did was wrong. . ." he glanced at Virizion and Terrakion, ". . .what all of you Swords did was wrong, but you all regret your actions and are willing to make up for it. And a large part of it was your desire to protect me. Cobalion's blind hatred of Darkrai just made everything worse. The only thing to do now is move on from this and make sure we never go through anything like this again. No more secrets. No more bias or quick judgements. Just pure objective truth."
The three Swords nodded solemnly, and then Cobalion looked up at the hole in the ceiling. "It seems Heatran and I were a lot alike. We allowed our hatred for someone to twist us into angry, ravenous beasts that would be willing to strike down anyone who didn't agree with us," he mused, "I hope both he and I have learned a valuable lesson from all this."
"Indeed," Arceus added, "Well then, with Heatran's accusations thoroughly debunked, I now find Cobalion. . ."
NOT GUILTY
There was some applause and many voiced their agreement and approval, but it was hardly celebratory in nature, as Cobalion had essentially shamed himself a great deal during this whole investigation.
"The court will now take a recess, and then it will resume to cross examine Detective Pikachu's prosecution of Dr. Yung," Arceus said.
Keldeo the Critic
We'll be right back!