Eriol: Good or Bad?
By: Keetra
Keetra:: Konnichiwa minna! ( I not gonna bother with all the other stuff. I am writing in the afternoon and that how I gonna address you guys. So there! :-P)
Keelah:: excuse her. she is just mad that she got hardly any reviews on last chapter even though she sent out an email to the people she knew email address of. And only some of the ones she sent an email to read it.
Kero:: poor Keetra.
Keetra:: ::brightening up a little:: arigatou Kero-chan! And arigatou to those who reviewed. I had one more person review all of my poems. Arigatou gozaimasu, Karisa!
Mitski:: Do you really think I should write that? I certainly would get a bunch of laughs. ::ignores the glare form Kero:: ok, so I forgive you for the no sign in thing. I think it the first time u do that. Would have to check, but I too lazy too. ^^;; oh, and tell angel the that the next time she tries to put a lock and chain on a closet door, to make sure that Keelah is STILL in there. I had let her out before. Tee hee hee. All angel locked in there was air! And here's hoping that u will never lose your internet access. Here's the update. Whether u will like it or not is to be determined. And it another cliffy. Thought I'd warn you. Arigatou!
IceFire:: Someone's a little greedy. Sheesh. You wanted more and here it is.
Kitai-chan:: ::question marks floating above Keetra's head as well:: hoe?? Ooooooooookay. That was certainly random. And what have I started?! Now everyone wants to throw their partners in a closet! -sigh- Can I watch? ^_~
Azure-chan:: I think part of the reason I leave cliffhangers is cuz u love them so much. ::ducks the glares:: well, if you hated Klalah in the last chapter then you gonna absolutely DESPISE her in this chapter. Klalah is one big b*tch. (what? This fic IS rated PG 13! I haven't cussed enough yet.) she has absolutely no respect towards humans and so she is not very lovable though it does make for some interesting twists and scenes. ^_~ oh, and I am not gonna tell u who the last person on that list is! Sheesh, what do you thing I am? Spoiler giver? That is for a later chapter. Don't worry. You'll figure out who on that list.
Keetra:: Well, as you can see, I let Keelah out of the closet. For those of you who wanted to know why, it because she overreacted to something that Mitski had Angel put in her response to a review that Keelah left on her fic. (confused yet?). but she has calmed down now, right Kinta?
Keelah:: -wringing her hands- Yes I have, Kinta.
Keetra:: Good. Now for the fic.
Kero:: hello! Disclaimer!
Keetra:: oh. Yea. That thing. I'll let you do that Kero. I not have the energy.
Kero:: all right! Listen up people! We need to start a fund raiser drive so that we can buy the copyrights to CCS so that people on ff.net only can post their stories and actually own the characters. However, they shall be owned only for the purpose of stories posted in the ff.net site. Get it? But until then, Keetra and noone else owns any of the CCS characters, including me (thank god!) ::receives a glare form Keetra:: and only owns the characters that she herself made up.
Keetra:: arigatou, Kero-chan. Any donations by review shall be greatly loved. Now, ON TO THE FIC!
Keelah and Kero:: -cover ears-
~*~*~*~ From last chapter ~*~*~*~ (I don't normally do these)
"Will the prosecutor please call up the first witness?"
Klalah stands and gives the defense desk an evil glance.
"The prosecution calls the accused to the stand as the first witness."
THE TRIAL HAS BEGUN!
~*~*~*~ now on with the story! ~*~*~*~
Chapter 7: The Trial (part two)
Keetra gives Eriol a reassuring glance as he stands up and head to the witness stand in the front of the courtroom, next to the counsels' chairs. Just as he arrives to the stand, the bailiff steps forward with his left hand raised.
"Do you swear to tell the truth before the Counsel?" he asks.
"Yes, I do." Eriol responds.
"You may sit."
The bailiff stands to the side again. Klalah stands and walks forward, addressing Eriol.
"State your name and species for the record."
"My name is Hiragizawa Eriol. My species is human."
"Describe what you were doing on the date of the crime."
Eriol tilts his head slightly.
"That shall be difficult since I do not know which date you are referring to."
Keetra smirks triumphantly at that answer and at the annoyed look it brings to her opponent's face.
"By your time frame, it would have been two weeks and one day before the date of your arrest."
Eriol leans back slightly and puts his thumb and forefinger on either end of his chin, giving the appearance that he is trying to remember.
"I believe that was the day we had fitness tests in gym class. Chiharu-chan made the box jump again, unlike some of the other students. Let me see. Review of factors in math class. . ."
Klalah's anger level can, literally, be seen rising.
"After your pathetic school, human!" she spits out, venomously.
Keetra stands quickly, knocking over her chair.
"Objection, counsel. Her outburst is uncalled for and shows disrespect to the accused."
"Counsel, he is human. Not K. He is not under K rights and liberties." Klalah counters.
Keetra is ready for that one though. Been ready.
"My Counsel. The accused has been accused of a K crime, being tried by a K court under K laws, and, if found guilty, will be punished by K justice. Why should he not get the same rights as any other accused?"
Glances are passed between the counsel members, along with a few nods.
"The objection is sustained. The prosecution shall keep her temper in check."
'Not totally what I was going for, but that is to be expected.' Keetra thinks inwardly.
"Thank you, Counsel." Keetra leans down, rights her chair and takes a seat.
"The accused shall continue from the time he left the educational building."
Eriol did, even including what he had told Tomoyo the day before. The triumphant face on Klalah had returned by the time he had finished.
"So, you heard voices and passed out from a magical drain, is that right?" Klalah asks, grinning like a fool.
"Hai. That is all that I remember."
"The prosecution has finished their examination, Counsel."
She returns to her seat and sits like a queen in her "mighty throne of victory".
"Will the defense cross-examine?"
Keetra stands and nods.
"Yes, Counsel."
She walks out from behind the table.
"Konnichiwa, Eriol-kun." Keetra says, reverting to Japanese, noticing the slight frown that appears on some counsel members' faces.
"Konnichiwa, Keetra-san. Your Japanese has gotten better." He responds in Japanese as well.
"Arigatou." She reverts back to the K language before an objection can be made. "How has Tomoeda been lately? No more strange occurrences, I hope?"
"None that I have been aware of besides that power I sensed that one night only."
"Hmm. That's good. About that night, Eriol," Keetra says, getting back to business, "you said that you heard words in a language you did not recognize, then your energy was drained, correct?"
"Hai, that is correct as far as I can remember."
Keetra walks past the counsel members and stands near his seat.
"Can you recall any of the words you heard?"
"I don't think so, Keetra-san. I heard only bits and pieces of the words."
Keetra takes a deep breath before continuing.
"If I were to speak some of the words you may have heard, do you think you could identify them?'
Loud murmurs arise at this. Eriol's response of "I could try" is barely heard above the noise.
"SILENCE!!" Kris bellows to silence the sounds. The court quiets considerably.
Keetra turns to face the Counsel of K.
"With the Counsel's permission. I would like to speak a few of the words found in the forbidden curse."
Klalah is out of her seat instantly.
"Objection, counsel. It is forbidden to speak any of the words or phrases found in that curse."
"I assure the counsel that the words I will use are common words that are used daily in my job. If you were to arrest everyone that spoke these words, then you would have more arrests than Klasanban could hold!"
A few snickers can be heard in the room, and even Keetra finds it hard to repress a slight smile, as she returns to her desk to pick up an object on its surface.
"Will the prosecution retract their objection?" Kris asks.
"Yes, counsel, as long as they are indeed 'common' words." Klalah says, reluctantly, sitting back down.
"Then proceed, Keetra."
"Thank you counsel." Keetra turns her attention back to Eriol. "Eriol, as I say these next words, I do not want you to look at their meaning. I just want you to concentrate on the sounds and see if any of them sound like what you could have heard."
Eriol nods and Keetra looks at the pad she had picked up.
"Klitonifat, Kirfinasotal, klint, karnistohan." She pauses slightly after each word.
Eriol closes his eyes in concentration. Finally he shakes his head.
"Iie. I do not recognize those words. The only thing I remember about the words is that there were a lot of 's' sounds. And they lasted a long time." Eriol says haltingly.
Keetra's glance darts to Sakura, who has not changed her facial expression. However, when her gaze finds her Kinta's, who is sitting nearby, she sees the recognition she was hoping for. Long 's' sounds were common in only the language of the S Continuum. And Sloota was from the S Continuum.
"Counsel, the words I said were, 'dimension', 'command', 'I' and 'destroy'. These words are repeated many times in the forbidden curse. I believe that the voice Eriol heard was not human, nor was it a K. instead, I feel it was from a different continuum."
"That is not what is in dispute here, Keetra. The dispute was whether or not your client is innocent or not. If he is, then the trial shall turn to who is really guilty. But you should have to prove his innocence first, understood?" a member of the counsel that Keetra barely knows responds.
"Yes, I do. (pause) The defense has finished their cross-examination, counsel." Keetra says, going back to her seat and sitting.
"Does the prosecution wish to re-examine?" Kris asks.
"No, counsel" Klalah replies.
"Then the accused can return to his seat."
Eriol stands and bows to the counsel.
"Thank you, Counsel of the K." he says, respectfully before leaving the stand and sitting next to Keetra.
"The defense shall call the next witness."
Keetra gets to her feet, yet again.
"The defense calls Kinomoto Sakura to the stand."
~*~*~*~ End chapter 7 ~*~*~*~
Keetra:: tee hee hee. I left a cliffy yet again! You will be seeing a lot of those in the next few chapters. This trial is gonna be long. I gonna try to shorten it. I want to get to the mysterious name that Keetra added at the last second, just in case. That is when the trial really gets interesting. That, and what happens afterward. Tee hee hee.
Keelah:: giving away the ending are we?
Keetra:: u wanna go back in the closet?
Keelah:: (shuts up very quickly)
Keetra:: like I thought. ::voice drops to a whisper:: any other ideas of what to do with Keelah will be greatly appreciated!
Keelah:: I heard that!
Keetra:: -evil grin- I know. But I need ideas! Anywho, the trial stands with one point to Klalah and 0 to Keetra.
Keelah:: seems she aint quite up to the present yet is she? Or is she caught up in the future?
Keetra:: yes, is she. ::light bulb goes off::
Keelah:: -takes off running as realizations dawn on Keetra-
Keetra:: HEY!
Keelah:: -runs faster-
Keetra:: ::takes off running after her:: I gonna make u pay for that!
Kero:: -enters the room with a huge bowl of pudding- pudding! ::Keelah whizzes by:: huh? ::Keetra whizzes by:: what the..? Or do I wanna know? ::looks at the deranged friends then looks at pudding:: DON'T WANNA KNOW! ::sits down with pudding in lap:: pudding! ::takes a huge scoop of pudding and eats it w/o swallowing::
Keetra and Keelah:: ::yell as they whiz by:: R+R!
Keetra:: Konnichiwa minna! ( I not gonna bother with all the other stuff. I am writing in the afternoon and that how I gonna address you guys. So there! :-P)
Keelah:: excuse her. she is just mad that she got hardly any reviews on last chapter even though she sent out an email to the people she knew email address of. And only some of the ones she sent an email to read it.
Kero:: poor Keetra.
Keetra:: ::brightening up a little:: arigatou Kero-chan! And arigatou to those who reviewed. I had one more person review all of my poems. Arigatou gozaimasu, Karisa!
Mitski:: Do you really think I should write that? I certainly would get a bunch of laughs. ::ignores the glare form Kero:: ok, so I forgive you for the no sign in thing. I think it the first time u do that. Would have to check, but I too lazy too. ^^;; oh, and tell angel the that the next time she tries to put a lock and chain on a closet door, to make sure that Keelah is STILL in there. I had let her out before. Tee hee hee. All angel locked in there was air! And here's hoping that u will never lose your internet access. Here's the update. Whether u will like it or not is to be determined. And it another cliffy. Thought I'd warn you. Arigatou!
IceFire:: Someone's a little greedy. Sheesh. You wanted more and here it is.
Kitai-chan:: ::question marks floating above Keetra's head as well:: hoe?? Ooooooooookay. That was certainly random. And what have I started?! Now everyone wants to throw their partners in a closet! -sigh- Can I watch? ^_~
Azure-chan:: I think part of the reason I leave cliffhangers is cuz u love them so much. ::ducks the glares:: well, if you hated Klalah in the last chapter then you gonna absolutely DESPISE her in this chapter. Klalah is one big b*tch. (what? This fic IS rated PG 13! I haven't cussed enough yet.) she has absolutely no respect towards humans and so she is not very lovable though it does make for some interesting twists and scenes. ^_~ oh, and I am not gonna tell u who the last person on that list is! Sheesh, what do you thing I am? Spoiler giver? That is for a later chapter. Don't worry. You'll figure out who on that list.
Keetra:: Well, as you can see, I let Keelah out of the closet. For those of you who wanted to know why, it because she overreacted to something that Mitski had Angel put in her response to a review that Keelah left on her fic. (confused yet?). but she has calmed down now, right Kinta?
Keelah:: -wringing her hands- Yes I have, Kinta.
Keetra:: Good. Now for the fic.
Kero:: hello! Disclaimer!
Keetra:: oh. Yea. That thing. I'll let you do that Kero. I not have the energy.
Kero:: all right! Listen up people! We need to start a fund raiser drive so that we can buy the copyrights to CCS so that people on ff.net only can post their stories and actually own the characters. However, they shall be owned only for the purpose of stories posted in the ff.net site. Get it? But until then, Keetra and noone else owns any of the CCS characters, including me (thank god!) ::receives a glare form Keetra:: and only owns the characters that she herself made up.
Keetra:: arigatou, Kero-chan. Any donations by review shall be greatly loved. Now, ON TO THE FIC!
Keelah and Kero:: -cover ears-
~*~*~*~ From last chapter ~*~*~*~ (I don't normally do these)
"Will the prosecutor please call up the first witness?"
Klalah stands and gives the defense desk an evil glance.
"The prosecution calls the accused to the stand as the first witness."
THE TRIAL HAS BEGUN!
~*~*~*~ now on with the story! ~*~*~*~
Chapter 7: The Trial (part two)
Keetra gives Eriol a reassuring glance as he stands up and head to the witness stand in the front of the courtroom, next to the counsels' chairs. Just as he arrives to the stand, the bailiff steps forward with his left hand raised.
"Do you swear to tell the truth before the Counsel?" he asks.
"Yes, I do." Eriol responds.
"You may sit."
The bailiff stands to the side again. Klalah stands and walks forward, addressing Eriol.
"State your name and species for the record."
"My name is Hiragizawa Eriol. My species is human."
"Describe what you were doing on the date of the crime."
Eriol tilts his head slightly.
"That shall be difficult since I do not know which date you are referring to."
Keetra smirks triumphantly at that answer and at the annoyed look it brings to her opponent's face.
"By your time frame, it would have been two weeks and one day before the date of your arrest."
Eriol leans back slightly and puts his thumb and forefinger on either end of his chin, giving the appearance that he is trying to remember.
"I believe that was the day we had fitness tests in gym class. Chiharu-chan made the box jump again, unlike some of the other students. Let me see. Review of factors in math class. . ."
Klalah's anger level can, literally, be seen rising.
"After your pathetic school, human!" she spits out, venomously.
Keetra stands quickly, knocking over her chair.
"Objection, counsel. Her outburst is uncalled for and shows disrespect to the accused."
"Counsel, he is human. Not K. He is not under K rights and liberties." Klalah counters.
Keetra is ready for that one though. Been ready.
"My Counsel. The accused has been accused of a K crime, being tried by a K court under K laws, and, if found guilty, will be punished by K justice. Why should he not get the same rights as any other accused?"
Glances are passed between the counsel members, along with a few nods.
"The objection is sustained. The prosecution shall keep her temper in check."
'Not totally what I was going for, but that is to be expected.' Keetra thinks inwardly.
"Thank you, Counsel." Keetra leans down, rights her chair and takes a seat.
"The accused shall continue from the time he left the educational building."
Eriol did, even including what he had told Tomoyo the day before. The triumphant face on Klalah had returned by the time he had finished.
"So, you heard voices and passed out from a magical drain, is that right?" Klalah asks, grinning like a fool.
"Hai. That is all that I remember."
"The prosecution has finished their examination, Counsel."
She returns to her seat and sits like a queen in her "mighty throne of victory".
"Will the defense cross-examine?"
Keetra stands and nods.
"Yes, Counsel."
She walks out from behind the table.
"Konnichiwa, Eriol-kun." Keetra says, reverting to Japanese, noticing the slight frown that appears on some counsel members' faces.
"Konnichiwa, Keetra-san. Your Japanese has gotten better." He responds in Japanese as well.
"Arigatou." She reverts back to the K language before an objection can be made. "How has Tomoeda been lately? No more strange occurrences, I hope?"
"None that I have been aware of besides that power I sensed that one night only."
"Hmm. That's good. About that night, Eriol," Keetra says, getting back to business, "you said that you heard words in a language you did not recognize, then your energy was drained, correct?"
"Hai, that is correct as far as I can remember."
Keetra walks past the counsel members and stands near his seat.
"Can you recall any of the words you heard?"
"I don't think so, Keetra-san. I heard only bits and pieces of the words."
Keetra takes a deep breath before continuing.
"If I were to speak some of the words you may have heard, do you think you could identify them?'
Loud murmurs arise at this. Eriol's response of "I could try" is barely heard above the noise.
"SILENCE!!" Kris bellows to silence the sounds. The court quiets considerably.
Keetra turns to face the Counsel of K.
"With the Counsel's permission. I would like to speak a few of the words found in the forbidden curse."
Klalah is out of her seat instantly.
"Objection, counsel. It is forbidden to speak any of the words or phrases found in that curse."
"I assure the counsel that the words I will use are common words that are used daily in my job. If you were to arrest everyone that spoke these words, then you would have more arrests than Klasanban could hold!"
A few snickers can be heard in the room, and even Keetra finds it hard to repress a slight smile, as she returns to her desk to pick up an object on its surface.
"Will the prosecution retract their objection?" Kris asks.
"Yes, counsel, as long as they are indeed 'common' words." Klalah says, reluctantly, sitting back down.
"Then proceed, Keetra."
"Thank you counsel." Keetra turns her attention back to Eriol. "Eriol, as I say these next words, I do not want you to look at their meaning. I just want you to concentrate on the sounds and see if any of them sound like what you could have heard."
Eriol nods and Keetra looks at the pad she had picked up.
"Klitonifat, Kirfinasotal, klint, karnistohan." She pauses slightly after each word.
Eriol closes his eyes in concentration. Finally he shakes his head.
"Iie. I do not recognize those words. The only thing I remember about the words is that there were a lot of 's' sounds. And they lasted a long time." Eriol says haltingly.
Keetra's glance darts to Sakura, who has not changed her facial expression. However, when her gaze finds her Kinta's, who is sitting nearby, she sees the recognition she was hoping for. Long 's' sounds were common in only the language of the S Continuum. And Sloota was from the S Continuum.
"Counsel, the words I said were, 'dimension', 'command', 'I' and 'destroy'. These words are repeated many times in the forbidden curse. I believe that the voice Eriol heard was not human, nor was it a K. instead, I feel it was from a different continuum."
"That is not what is in dispute here, Keetra. The dispute was whether or not your client is innocent or not. If he is, then the trial shall turn to who is really guilty. But you should have to prove his innocence first, understood?" a member of the counsel that Keetra barely knows responds.
"Yes, I do. (pause) The defense has finished their cross-examination, counsel." Keetra says, going back to her seat and sitting.
"Does the prosecution wish to re-examine?" Kris asks.
"No, counsel" Klalah replies.
"Then the accused can return to his seat."
Eriol stands and bows to the counsel.
"Thank you, Counsel of the K." he says, respectfully before leaving the stand and sitting next to Keetra.
"The defense shall call the next witness."
Keetra gets to her feet, yet again.
"The defense calls Kinomoto Sakura to the stand."
~*~*~*~ End chapter 7 ~*~*~*~
Keetra:: tee hee hee. I left a cliffy yet again! You will be seeing a lot of those in the next few chapters. This trial is gonna be long. I gonna try to shorten it. I want to get to the mysterious name that Keetra added at the last second, just in case. That is when the trial really gets interesting. That, and what happens afterward. Tee hee hee.
Keelah:: giving away the ending are we?
Keetra:: u wanna go back in the closet?
Keelah:: (shuts up very quickly)
Keetra:: like I thought. ::voice drops to a whisper:: any other ideas of what to do with Keelah will be greatly appreciated!
Keelah:: I heard that!
Keetra:: -evil grin- I know. But I need ideas! Anywho, the trial stands with one point to Klalah and 0 to Keetra.
Keelah:: seems she aint quite up to the present yet is she? Or is she caught up in the future?
Keetra:: yes, is she. ::light bulb goes off::
Keelah:: -takes off running as realizations dawn on Keetra-
Keetra:: HEY!
Keelah:: -runs faster-
Keetra:: ::takes off running after her:: I gonna make u pay for that!
Kero:: -enters the room with a huge bowl of pudding- pudding! ::Keelah whizzes by:: huh? ::Keetra whizzes by:: what the..? Or do I wanna know? ::looks at the deranged friends then looks at pudding:: DON'T WANNA KNOW! ::sits down with pudding in lap:: pudding! ::takes a huge scoop of pudding and eats it w/o swallowing::
Keetra and Keelah:: ::yell as they whiz by:: R+R!