This is a story where Cody and his friends, Yolei and Izzy travel to a
mysterious land to confirm if it`s being ruled by tyrants. In case you
haven`t noticed, Cody is the main character.
Disclaimer: I do not own Keapon Laffin or the conversation about fish. They belong to Sierra.
In the kingdom of Bideria, lived a boy named Cody. Bideria (Arabic architecture) was a very prosperous kingdom surounded by sand. Bideria is also very well known for it's magic, as it draws many magic-users from other lands. Bideria is ruled by the Kamiyas and has been in a constant war with the kingdom of Gromavia (Medieval European architecture). Little is known about Gromavia except that it's a kingdom to the north of Bideria, and is not as prosperous as Bideria an that it`s people are poor. The war between these two kingdoms has lasted for centuries and nobody in Bideria remembers why it was declared. Yet this does not make the war meaningless for the Biderians, for it is said that Gromavia is ruled by tyrants who make their people suffer and starve. Biderians fights this war, to free the people of Gromavia from these tyrants. Cody, who`s only 13, was very good with the sword and was very good when it came to close combat, for he has been trained since the age of 4 by his grandfather who is a retired general for the Sultan's army. His father was also a general for the army but he died in the field of battle with honor. Cody wore a beige shirt made of thick hide, with black pants and is very short for his age. He was having a training session with his grandfather. Normaly, Cody would be very concentrated on the fight as if it were real. But Cody couldn't stop thinking about the meaning of the war. Cody slashed his sword at his grandfather making him lose guard for a second, so Cody attempted to thrust. But his granfather regained control over his own sword and hit Cody's sword knocking it out of his hands.
"Cody, what wrong? You are normaly very concentrated during our sessions, but today you seem distracted" asked his grandfather.
Cody didn't want to tell his grandfather what he was thinking because he knew that he's probably not enjoy hearing his opinions on the war since he fought bravely for the cause and lost many dear friends including his own son. Then again, Cody didn't like to lie "I was just thinking about the war against Gromavia" Cody said, hoping his grandfather would just leave at that.
"What about it?" he asked
'Drat' "Well . . . just that it seems . . . well . . . kind of . . . pointless" said stuttering.
"What!?" His grandfather yelled.
Cody knew that he would have a reaction like this "It's just that we don't remember why the war was declared in the first place and we continue it becuase of a rumor" Cody quickly said trying to explain himself.
"Cody . . ." His grandfather started to say something but then stoped as if he was hesitating. "Cody, why not go play with one of your friends for a while"
Cody was very surprised at his grandfather's response. "Umm . . . Okay, bye!" He yelled while running out the door. 'Well that was weird' Cody was searching the palace plaza because that was where Yolei's stand was normaly. Yolei's stand was very popular with the nobles because of the variety of items she sold. Unlike the other stands, who only sell one type of item. When Cody found her, he saw her talking with one of the nobles, and she looked somewhat irritated. "Hey Yolei!"
When she saw cody she seemed to be somewhat relieved. "Thank god it's you Cody! Wait one moment. Sis! Can you cover me for a while!"
"Ugh . . . fine!" One of Yolei's sisters came to cover her.
With that Yolei and Cody left to walk around in the streets. Yolei was a year older than Cody, and comes from a family of merchants, unlike Cody who comes from one full of warriors. She wore light blue jerkin and red pants. "So what's on your mind Cody?" she asked seeing that Cody hasn`t said a word since they left her stand.
'Why does everyone keep asking me that!?' "I was just thinking about the war and how it seems meaningless to me because no one seems to remember why it was declared in the first place and we're continuing it because of a rumor" he said, not as worried about her reaction as much as he was of his grandfather`s. None of her family ever participated in the war.
"What!? Cody, how can you say such things!? Your own father died for a cause that you aren't believing in! And those aren't rumors, those are raw, pure facts!"
Cody was surprised because this was the reaction he was expecting from his grandfather "How can they be facts? Everyone who has ever entered the kingdom went there to cause bloodshed, and besides, none of our forces ever succesfuly crossed through their defenses."
"Cody, you shouldn't be saying these things, you could be executed or exiled because of your words"
He knew she was right. "Alright, let's change the subject. Anything interresting happen to you today?" Cody wanted desperately to change the subject, and if any guard happen to hear them they would be immediately be placed under arrest.
"Alright, I met the most arrogant noble I've ever met in my life. Apparently he's the general of the Biderian army, and he's my age! He seems far to young to be a general" Yolei said, as if she had completely forgot about what they were just talking about.
"Uhh . . . Yolei. The Sultan Taichi was crowned at the age of 11" Cody said.
"Oh yeah . . . right" Yolei laughed nervously.
"Come on, let's go find Izzy. I think he's in the magic shop having an argument with the gnome . . ." he said.
"No! Please! Anything but that annoying gnome!" Yolei interrupted. She really hated the gnome's sense of humor.
"Oh, come on. We're just going to get Izzy" Cody said as he dragged Yolei to the magic shop. When they entered the magic shop, they saw Izzy, as suspected arguing with the gnome.
As the gnome saw Cody and Yolei he said "Hello! Bone Jar! Hi, guy! Set a spell, take your shoes off! What may I do to you!" The gnome's humor seemed to have escaped both Cody and Yolei.
"Hi guys" Izzy said.
"Hey Izzy. Hey, umm . . . what was your name again?" Cody asked hoping for a simple answer with no puns or jokes.
"Keapon Laffin is my name. Ask me again and I'll tell you the same" He said, destroying Cody`s hope for one normal sentence to come out of his mouth.
Yolei was starting to get very irritated. "What were you guys arguing about this time? Fish?" Yolei asked, very sarcasticly.
"Oh Cod, it makes me Eel when people Carp and Whale just for the Halibut, with no Porpoise. I'm Net that kind of Buoy, Sea? I'm Shore tired of Gills in School with their Tails of Roe" the irritating gnome said.
Again the humor escapes Yolei and Cody, and Yolei is obviously getting very irritated "Just shut up! Come on Izzy, let's go!" Yolei ordered hoping to hear the last of the gnome
"Bone Sewer, Sir! After a while Crocodile" Keapon said irritating Yolei to her maximum level as she stomps out of the store. Izzy, is 17 years old, and is one of the few magic-using scientists in the land. It`s very rare for someone to be dedicated to both magicand science at once. He's an adopted child, and lives by himself. Nothing is known of his true parents, it is assumed that they are dead but Izzy believes otherwise. He wore an orange shirt and green pants.
"Well, you guys must have been really bored, if you decided to try and find me. You guys hardly ever hang out with me anymore" Izzy said as he took an apple from one of the stands. "So since you found me have any ideas on what to do?"
"Well, there's nothing really to do" Cody said
"That's because this kingdom is incredibly boring" Yolei complained.
"Only to a merchant such as yourself" Izzy teased.
"Would ya stop rubbing it in? Will ya, huh?" For the entire day, they walked an talked about current event, their thoughts and opinions, excluding Cody's on the war.
"Say, guys. It's getting late, we should probably all go home now" Cody suggested, noticing the sun setting.
"Yeah, alright. See you guys tommorow" Yolei yelled while running to her house.
"See you, Cody. Oh, and if you don't see me all day tommorow, it's because I've been charged with attempted murder against that gnome"
"Heh, bye!" They all left to go their separates ways. "Grandpa! I'm home!" Cody yelled but receiving only dead silence. 'Where could he be?' Cody wondered because his grandfather never left the house unless it was to buy something, but no shops were open at night. He decided to just leave it at rest and go sleep. In his dreams, Cody was in a strange town that he didn't recognize. The buildings were built differently than the ones in Bideria. It seemed was no where near as hot in fact, it looked a little cold. There was grass and flowers instead of sand but still looked like a very sad and dark place. No one was in the streets and it was day, which would never happen in Bideria. Then, a horrbile noise errupt from somewhere sounding much like a mixture between a growl, moan and bark. Cody turns around to see a huge creatur racing towards him looking very hostile. The creature looked like a mixture between a rotweiler and a grizzly that has been dead for a very long time. Cody wakes up in a cold sweat from his nightmare. "Good morning grandpa" Cody says as he walks in the main room. "Grandpa?" Cody realized that his grandfather was still away. 'Where in the underworld could he be' Cody was getting a little worried by his grandfather's absence. A loud knocking came from the door. 'That must be him now' Cody thought calming down as he walked toward the door to open it.
But instead of greeting his grandfather, there was about fifteen guards. "Iori Hida" The guard said, sounding like more of a statement than a question as Cody nodded his head "You are under arrest for treason!" the guard said snapping his fingers signaling the other guards to grab Cody.
As the guards pulled Cody down the street it seemed like every one was staring at Cody. It was doubtful that anyone would talk to him again because of this crime. But as he was being pushed down the street with a scimitar being dug in his back he couldn`t help but ask himself the same thing over and over again. `How did they find out about my conversations with Yolei`.
They arrived at the Sultans Palace instead of at the city courthouse or jail. Being accused of treason was much more serious than being accused of murder. That`s why the trial is judged by the Sultan himself. Cody was pushed through the halls of the palace, which were truly beautiful. They arrived in the trial room which was the same room as the throne room. There Cody saw, the Sultan who couldn`t be older than Izzy. He had wild (and very large) brown hair which was not a common hair style for nobles. But if anyone ridiculed it they would be sentenced to death. He wore a red robe, red shirt and blue pants with a great gold necklace, that held a diamond in the middle, hang from his neck.
Next to him, stood a beautiful maiden, but her face could not be seen because she wore a veil. Normaly, she would be stuck in the Harem, but the Sultan always allows her to leave when a trial like this comes around. The only exceptions to the laws that state that all women must stay veiled and in the Harem would be the princess Hikari and all the female merchants, such as Yolei. The princess wore a blue dress and blue pants.
Inside the room, Cody could also see his two friends, Yolei and Izzy, who had guards wathching them. Cody was pushed over towards them. "What are you guys doing here?" Cody whispered.
Izzy was the first to answer "I was charged with theft!"
"And I attempted murder" Yolei said somewhat shamefully.
"Then why are you here and not in the city courthouse" Cody asked his friends. As it was said before, you only have your trial in the palace if you are accused with treason.
"Your majesty, these three criminals that have been brought before you today have all commited crimes. Some worse than others but all deserve the same punishment" One of the guards said. "The first trial will be that of Koushiro `Izzy` Izzumi, who has been charged with theft"
"Why has this criminal been brought to me? The only reason that it should be here is that if he commited treason" the young Sultan Taichi asked.
"Because, your majesty, he has also been charged with another crime. We believe that he is associated with the criminal who comitted treason" the guard replied pointing at Cody.
"Very well then, proceed" the Sultan said.
Izzy was pushed to the center of the room, so he was facing the Sultan. the doors behind him swung open as his "Prosecutor" walked through. He was very young, infact, younger than Izzy, he was probably Yolei`s age. He wore a red robe and a red shirt much like the Sultan, but green pants instead of blue. Yolei seemed to recognize him very well as she seemed to gasp and say a quiet "Uh oh"
"What?" Cody asked quietly.
"That`s the guy I kinda went beserk on" she replied, quietly as Cody, with fear in her tone.
"The prosecutor for the following trials will be Daisuke Motomiya" the guard said before finally backing away with the other guards.
"Koushiro Izzumi, you have been charged with theft and treason. How do you plead?" the prosecutor asks.
"Not guilty" Izzy said with out a single hint of doubt in his voice.
"Really? Well it just so happens that we have a witness who saw you" he said snapping his fingers signaling for the guards to get the witness. When they returned, an elderly lady, who was clearly a merchant for she had no veil, accompanied them. "Where were you yesterday?" the prosecutor asked the witness.
"At my stand, outside the magic shop" the elderly woman replied.
"I see, and what of importance did you see?" he asked.
"I saw that young with those other two children leave the Magic shop" she said pointing at Izzy, Cody and Yolei. "They seemed to be talking about something, but it was to noisy so I couldn`t hear them. However, as they were leaving, I saw the older one take an apple from my sister`s stand when she was talking with a customer" Izzy remembered about that now, it seemed to have totally escaped his mind when he was talking with his friends.
"Your majesty, you have just heard the testamony of this elderly woman, saying that she did infact see the criminal with her very own eyes stealing an apple" the prosecutor said and then spun around to stare at Izzy right in the face "Do you confess to your crimes?"
"It was an . . ." Izzy started with his defence but was quickly cut off by Daisuke.
"Do you confess to your crimes? Answer it with a yes or no!"
Sighing, Izzy said "Yes" in defeat. The guards came and pushed Izzy back to his place.
"What about his supposed treason?" the Sultan asked impatiently.
"Your majesty, if I may, I would prefer to go over that after I`m done with the criminal who commited treason" Daisuke said.
"Very well, proceed with the next trial" the Sultan said.
The guard who originally announced the first trial returned to the center of the room. "The next trial will be that of Miyako `Yolei` Inoue, who has been charged with the attempted murder of Daisuke Motomiya"
This time it was Yolei`s turn to be pushed to the center of the room. "Miyako Inoue, you have been charged with attempted murder. How do you plead?" Daisuke asked.
"Not guilty" Yolei replied.
"So you deny viciously attacking me in the palace plaza?" Daisuke questioned.
"No, I deny trying to kill you" Yolei said.
"So you admit that you attacked a noble" Daisuke questioned.
"Yes, I admit that I attacked you but I did not . . ." Yolei said trying to finish.
"Your majesty, in her own words, she admits to attacking me and even if it was not intentional could have killed me" Dasuke said cutting off Yolei, and her chances of being found innocent for the Sultan thinks very highly of him.
Yolei was pushed back to her original spot while the original guard returned to the place in the center of the room. "The final trial will be that of Iori `Cody` Hida, who has been charged with treason"
"`Bout time" the Sultan muttered so only his sister would hear.
"Iori Hida, grandson of Siguro, son of Hishimo, you have been charged with treason. How do you plead?" Daisuke questioned.
"Not guilty" Cody said.
"Really? But in your own words, did you not say that the war between Bideria and Gromavia was pointless" Daisuke asked.
"Yes" Cody admitted "But I don`t see how that can be consider as treason"
"You call our war to free others pointless" Daisuke snapped.
"How do you know we`re freeing anybody?" Cody asked.
"It`s pure knowledge that Gromavia is ruled by tyrants" Daisuke claimed.
"And just where did you get this knowledge" Cody questioned much like Daisuke sis to his friends.
"From . . . uh" Daisuke started but then stopped as he found that he had no idea. "None the less, you doubt our great Sultan`s decision on continuing attacks, therefore you are commiting treason. And your companions probably do as well"
"They don`t believe it`s pointless, they support the war!" Cody said trying to defend his friends.
"Ha! Judging by their actions, it seems like they would have no fears of commiting treason!" Daisuke said, triumph sounding clear in his voice. Before Cody got a chance to comment, he was pushed back to his spot. "Your majesty, I believe that I have questioned the traitors enough. It is now your decision to chose what is to be done with them. I suggest beheading or hanging" And with those words, Daisuke gives a bow to the Sultan and leaves.
There will be more action in the next chapter. Please, even if you didn`t like it, please review it!
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Disclaimer: I do not own Keapon Laffin or the conversation about fish. They belong to Sierra.
In the kingdom of Bideria, lived a boy named Cody. Bideria (Arabic architecture) was a very prosperous kingdom surounded by sand. Bideria is also very well known for it's magic, as it draws many magic-users from other lands. Bideria is ruled by the Kamiyas and has been in a constant war with the kingdom of Gromavia (Medieval European architecture). Little is known about Gromavia except that it's a kingdom to the north of Bideria, and is not as prosperous as Bideria an that it`s people are poor. The war between these two kingdoms has lasted for centuries and nobody in Bideria remembers why it was declared. Yet this does not make the war meaningless for the Biderians, for it is said that Gromavia is ruled by tyrants who make their people suffer and starve. Biderians fights this war, to free the people of Gromavia from these tyrants. Cody, who`s only 13, was very good with the sword and was very good when it came to close combat, for he has been trained since the age of 4 by his grandfather who is a retired general for the Sultan's army. His father was also a general for the army but he died in the field of battle with honor. Cody wore a beige shirt made of thick hide, with black pants and is very short for his age. He was having a training session with his grandfather. Normaly, Cody would be very concentrated on the fight as if it were real. But Cody couldn't stop thinking about the meaning of the war. Cody slashed his sword at his grandfather making him lose guard for a second, so Cody attempted to thrust. But his granfather regained control over his own sword and hit Cody's sword knocking it out of his hands.
"Cody, what wrong? You are normaly very concentrated during our sessions, but today you seem distracted" asked his grandfather.
Cody didn't want to tell his grandfather what he was thinking because he knew that he's probably not enjoy hearing his opinions on the war since he fought bravely for the cause and lost many dear friends including his own son. Then again, Cody didn't like to lie "I was just thinking about the war against Gromavia" Cody said, hoping his grandfather would just leave at that.
"What about it?" he asked
'Drat' "Well . . . just that it seems . . . well . . . kind of . . . pointless" said stuttering.
"What!?" His grandfather yelled.
Cody knew that he would have a reaction like this "It's just that we don't remember why the war was declared in the first place and we continue it becuase of a rumor" Cody quickly said trying to explain himself.
"Cody . . ." His grandfather started to say something but then stoped as if he was hesitating. "Cody, why not go play with one of your friends for a while"
Cody was very surprised at his grandfather's response. "Umm . . . Okay, bye!" He yelled while running out the door. 'Well that was weird' Cody was searching the palace plaza because that was where Yolei's stand was normaly. Yolei's stand was very popular with the nobles because of the variety of items she sold. Unlike the other stands, who only sell one type of item. When Cody found her, he saw her talking with one of the nobles, and she looked somewhat irritated. "Hey Yolei!"
When she saw cody she seemed to be somewhat relieved. "Thank god it's you Cody! Wait one moment. Sis! Can you cover me for a while!"
"Ugh . . . fine!" One of Yolei's sisters came to cover her.
With that Yolei and Cody left to walk around in the streets. Yolei was a year older than Cody, and comes from a family of merchants, unlike Cody who comes from one full of warriors. She wore light blue jerkin and red pants. "So what's on your mind Cody?" she asked seeing that Cody hasn`t said a word since they left her stand.
'Why does everyone keep asking me that!?' "I was just thinking about the war and how it seems meaningless to me because no one seems to remember why it was declared in the first place and we're continuing it because of a rumor" he said, not as worried about her reaction as much as he was of his grandfather`s. None of her family ever participated in the war.
"What!? Cody, how can you say such things!? Your own father died for a cause that you aren't believing in! And those aren't rumors, those are raw, pure facts!"
Cody was surprised because this was the reaction he was expecting from his grandfather "How can they be facts? Everyone who has ever entered the kingdom went there to cause bloodshed, and besides, none of our forces ever succesfuly crossed through their defenses."
"Cody, you shouldn't be saying these things, you could be executed or exiled because of your words"
He knew she was right. "Alright, let's change the subject. Anything interresting happen to you today?" Cody wanted desperately to change the subject, and if any guard happen to hear them they would be immediately be placed under arrest.
"Alright, I met the most arrogant noble I've ever met in my life. Apparently he's the general of the Biderian army, and he's my age! He seems far to young to be a general" Yolei said, as if she had completely forgot about what they were just talking about.
"Uhh . . . Yolei. The Sultan Taichi was crowned at the age of 11" Cody said.
"Oh yeah . . . right" Yolei laughed nervously.
"Come on, let's go find Izzy. I think he's in the magic shop having an argument with the gnome . . ." he said.
"No! Please! Anything but that annoying gnome!" Yolei interrupted. She really hated the gnome's sense of humor.
"Oh, come on. We're just going to get Izzy" Cody said as he dragged Yolei to the magic shop. When they entered the magic shop, they saw Izzy, as suspected arguing with the gnome.
As the gnome saw Cody and Yolei he said "Hello! Bone Jar! Hi, guy! Set a spell, take your shoes off! What may I do to you!" The gnome's humor seemed to have escaped both Cody and Yolei.
"Hi guys" Izzy said.
"Hey Izzy. Hey, umm . . . what was your name again?" Cody asked hoping for a simple answer with no puns or jokes.
"Keapon Laffin is my name. Ask me again and I'll tell you the same" He said, destroying Cody`s hope for one normal sentence to come out of his mouth.
Yolei was starting to get very irritated. "What were you guys arguing about this time? Fish?" Yolei asked, very sarcasticly.
"Oh Cod, it makes me Eel when people Carp and Whale just for the Halibut, with no Porpoise. I'm Net that kind of Buoy, Sea? I'm Shore tired of Gills in School with their Tails of Roe" the irritating gnome said.
Again the humor escapes Yolei and Cody, and Yolei is obviously getting very irritated "Just shut up! Come on Izzy, let's go!" Yolei ordered hoping to hear the last of the gnome
"Bone Sewer, Sir! After a while Crocodile" Keapon said irritating Yolei to her maximum level as she stomps out of the store. Izzy, is 17 years old, and is one of the few magic-using scientists in the land. It`s very rare for someone to be dedicated to both magicand science at once. He's an adopted child, and lives by himself. Nothing is known of his true parents, it is assumed that they are dead but Izzy believes otherwise. He wore an orange shirt and green pants.
"Well, you guys must have been really bored, if you decided to try and find me. You guys hardly ever hang out with me anymore" Izzy said as he took an apple from one of the stands. "So since you found me have any ideas on what to do?"
"Well, there's nothing really to do" Cody said
"That's because this kingdom is incredibly boring" Yolei complained.
"Only to a merchant such as yourself" Izzy teased.
"Would ya stop rubbing it in? Will ya, huh?" For the entire day, they walked an talked about current event, their thoughts and opinions, excluding Cody's on the war.
"Say, guys. It's getting late, we should probably all go home now" Cody suggested, noticing the sun setting.
"Yeah, alright. See you guys tommorow" Yolei yelled while running to her house.
"See you, Cody. Oh, and if you don't see me all day tommorow, it's because I've been charged with attempted murder against that gnome"
"Heh, bye!" They all left to go their separates ways. "Grandpa! I'm home!" Cody yelled but receiving only dead silence. 'Where could he be?' Cody wondered because his grandfather never left the house unless it was to buy something, but no shops were open at night. He decided to just leave it at rest and go sleep. In his dreams, Cody was in a strange town that he didn't recognize. The buildings were built differently than the ones in Bideria. It seemed was no where near as hot in fact, it looked a little cold. There was grass and flowers instead of sand but still looked like a very sad and dark place. No one was in the streets and it was day, which would never happen in Bideria. Then, a horrbile noise errupt from somewhere sounding much like a mixture between a growl, moan and bark. Cody turns around to see a huge creatur racing towards him looking very hostile. The creature looked like a mixture between a rotweiler and a grizzly that has been dead for a very long time. Cody wakes up in a cold sweat from his nightmare. "Good morning grandpa" Cody says as he walks in the main room. "Grandpa?" Cody realized that his grandfather was still away. 'Where in the underworld could he be' Cody was getting a little worried by his grandfather's absence. A loud knocking came from the door. 'That must be him now' Cody thought calming down as he walked toward the door to open it.
But instead of greeting his grandfather, there was about fifteen guards. "Iori Hida" The guard said, sounding like more of a statement than a question as Cody nodded his head "You are under arrest for treason!" the guard said snapping his fingers signaling the other guards to grab Cody.
As the guards pulled Cody down the street it seemed like every one was staring at Cody. It was doubtful that anyone would talk to him again because of this crime. But as he was being pushed down the street with a scimitar being dug in his back he couldn`t help but ask himself the same thing over and over again. `How did they find out about my conversations with Yolei`.
They arrived at the Sultans Palace instead of at the city courthouse or jail. Being accused of treason was much more serious than being accused of murder. That`s why the trial is judged by the Sultan himself. Cody was pushed through the halls of the palace, which were truly beautiful. They arrived in the trial room which was the same room as the throne room. There Cody saw, the Sultan who couldn`t be older than Izzy. He had wild (and very large) brown hair which was not a common hair style for nobles. But if anyone ridiculed it they would be sentenced to death. He wore a red robe, red shirt and blue pants with a great gold necklace, that held a diamond in the middle, hang from his neck.
Next to him, stood a beautiful maiden, but her face could not be seen because she wore a veil. Normaly, she would be stuck in the Harem, but the Sultan always allows her to leave when a trial like this comes around. The only exceptions to the laws that state that all women must stay veiled and in the Harem would be the princess Hikari and all the female merchants, such as Yolei. The princess wore a blue dress and blue pants.
Inside the room, Cody could also see his two friends, Yolei and Izzy, who had guards wathching them. Cody was pushed over towards them. "What are you guys doing here?" Cody whispered.
Izzy was the first to answer "I was charged with theft!"
"And I attempted murder" Yolei said somewhat shamefully.
"Then why are you here and not in the city courthouse" Cody asked his friends. As it was said before, you only have your trial in the palace if you are accused with treason.
"Your majesty, these three criminals that have been brought before you today have all commited crimes. Some worse than others but all deserve the same punishment" One of the guards said. "The first trial will be that of Koushiro `Izzy` Izzumi, who has been charged with theft"
"Why has this criminal been brought to me? The only reason that it should be here is that if he commited treason" the young Sultan Taichi asked.
"Because, your majesty, he has also been charged with another crime. We believe that he is associated with the criminal who comitted treason" the guard replied pointing at Cody.
"Very well then, proceed" the Sultan said.
Izzy was pushed to the center of the room, so he was facing the Sultan. the doors behind him swung open as his "Prosecutor" walked through. He was very young, infact, younger than Izzy, he was probably Yolei`s age. He wore a red robe and a red shirt much like the Sultan, but green pants instead of blue. Yolei seemed to recognize him very well as she seemed to gasp and say a quiet "Uh oh"
"What?" Cody asked quietly.
"That`s the guy I kinda went beserk on" she replied, quietly as Cody, with fear in her tone.
"The prosecutor for the following trials will be Daisuke Motomiya" the guard said before finally backing away with the other guards.
"Koushiro Izzumi, you have been charged with theft and treason. How do you plead?" the prosecutor asks.
"Not guilty" Izzy said with out a single hint of doubt in his voice.
"Really? Well it just so happens that we have a witness who saw you" he said snapping his fingers signaling for the guards to get the witness. When they returned, an elderly lady, who was clearly a merchant for she had no veil, accompanied them. "Where were you yesterday?" the prosecutor asked the witness.
"At my stand, outside the magic shop" the elderly woman replied.
"I see, and what of importance did you see?" he asked.
"I saw that young with those other two children leave the Magic shop" she said pointing at Izzy, Cody and Yolei. "They seemed to be talking about something, but it was to noisy so I couldn`t hear them. However, as they were leaving, I saw the older one take an apple from my sister`s stand when she was talking with a customer" Izzy remembered about that now, it seemed to have totally escaped his mind when he was talking with his friends.
"Your majesty, you have just heard the testamony of this elderly woman, saying that she did infact see the criminal with her very own eyes stealing an apple" the prosecutor said and then spun around to stare at Izzy right in the face "Do you confess to your crimes?"
"It was an . . ." Izzy started with his defence but was quickly cut off by Daisuke.
"Do you confess to your crimes? Answer it with a yes or no!"
Sighing, Izzy said "Yes" in defeat. The guards came and pushed Izzy back to his place.
"What about his supposed treason?" the Sultan asked impatiently.
"Your majesty, if I may, I would prefer to go over that after I`m done with the criminal who commited treason" Daisuke said.
"Very well, proceed with the next trial" the Sultan said.
The guard who originally announced the first trial returned to the center of the room. "The next trial will be that of Miyako `Yolei` Inoue, who has been charged with the attempted murder of Daisuke Motomiya"
This time it was Yolei`s turn to be pushed to the center of the room. "Miyako Inoue, you have been charged with attempted murder. How do you plead?" Daisuke asked.
"Not guilty" Yolei replied.
"So you deny viciously attacking me in the palace plaza?" Daisuke questioned.
"No, I deny trying to kill you" Yolei said.
"So you admit that you attacked a noble" Daisuke questioned.
"Yes, I admit that I attacked you but I did not . . ." Yolei said trying to finish.
"Your majesty, in her own words, she admits to attacking me and even if it was not intentional could have killed me" Dasuke said cutting off Yolei, and her chances of being found innocent for the Sultan thinks very highly of him.
Yolei was pushed back to her original spot while the original guard returned to the place in the center of the room. "The final trial will be that of Iori `Cody` Hida, who has been charged with treason"
"`Bout time" the Sultan muttered so only his sister would hear.
"Iori Hida, grandson of Siguro, son of Hishimo, you have been charged with treason. How do you plead?" Daisuke questioned.
"Not guilty" Cody said.
"Really? But in your own words, did you not say that the war between Bideria and Gromavia was pointless" Daisuke asked.
"Yes" Cody admitted "But I don`t see how that can be consider as treason"
"You call our war to free others pointless" Daisuke snapped.
"How do you know we`re freeing anybody?" Cody asked.
"It`s pure knowledge that Gromavia is ruled by tyrants" Daisuke claimed.
"And just where did you get this knowledge" Cody questioned much like Daisuke sis to his friends.
"From . . . uh" Daisuke started but then stopped as he found that he had no idea. "None the less, you doubt our great Sultan`s decision on continuing attacks, therefore you are commiting treason. And your companions probably do as well"
"They don`t believe it`s pointless, they support the war!" Cody said trying to defend his friends.
"Ha! Judging by their actions, it seems like they would have no fears of commiting treason!" Daisuke said, triumph sounding clear in his voice. Before Cody got a chance to comment, he was pushed back to his spot. "Your majesty, I believe that I have questioned the traitors enough. It is now your decision to chose what is to be done with them. I suggest beheading or hanging" And with those words, Daisuke gives a bow to the Sultan and leaves.
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