A/N: Congratulations Ariel Mian and chihiiro! You successfully guessed
where "If you're strong you live, if you're weak you die" quote is from.
Rurouni Kenshin! Yevon damn the dubbed English version! I am forever
against the evils of dubbing! DUBBING IS EVIL. Anyway, this is Chapter
Three, possibly one of the most serious of the four chapters. But then
again, Sentence could be pretty interesting... Randomness rules. One more
thing: Chihiiro is the name of the girl in Spirited Away so I'm assuming
you're a girl and Ariel seems to be a female name as well . . . so yeah.
**Quote of the Day** "You're gonna cry. You always cry. See? You're cryin'." – Jecht, FFX, after battling the Final Aeon.
Disclaimer: Why are you even suspicious? I don't even want Tidus; Auron maybe and Kimahri, possibly a cactuar and a chocobo, but that's different. I'm not going to own them. I DON'T own them.
THE TRIAL (the sick brainchild of a psychotic kid. That's right, psychotic)
Chapter Three: Verdict
"Now," said a tired Kelk Ronso," will the guards please bring up the prisoner?"
Two guards, who were quite ugly but strong in order to compensate for ugliness, shoved Tidus on the platform at the same time, causing the young blitz player (he can't be more than 18) to stumble. They laughed like the bunch of idiots they were and walked off.
"Will the prosecutors please step forward?"
Lenna and Shia stepped forward. Tidus did not like the look on Lenna's face. It was a look of ferocious glee. He shivered in fright. Tidus then glanced at Seymour, that evil hateful Seymour with his not-a-single- strand-out-of-place hair. He too was smiling, but it was even creepier. He scanned the faces of the other maesters. They seemed passive enough.
"Will the prosecution present their charges and opening statement?" Kelk Ronso drawled. He was clearly bored with the proceedings and did not see why he'd been called from Gagazet for this trial. Granted it was for a guardian of Summoner Yuna, but just because the girl's father was the high summoner Braska, that didn't mean that they all had to rush over and take care of it. It was unfair treatment, dagnabbit!
"Priestesses Lenna and Shia are the prosecution and we charge the guardian of Summoner Yuna of butterfly homicide; we are in your hallowed presence in order to bring him to justice," Shia said evenly. Lenna, however, muttered, "In other words, to kill this son of a . . ."
"That is enough Priestess Lenna!" Maester Kelk commanded. Ronso have sharp ears. She fell silent, admonished, but still scowling at the honored (THAT'S RIGHT! I like Kelk Ronso! And Wakko too! Not Wakka, WAKKO.) Ronso maester. "And you, guardian of Summoner Yuna, what is your opening statement?"
Tidus stared dumbly at the maester. Opening statement? He had never gone to court! He was the star blitzball player for the Zanarkand Abes! STAR BLITZ PLAYER! STAR!!! This was insane! Preposterous! It couldn't be happening!
"Are you going to say anything, guardian, or will your mouth stay open like that of a Sahagin's?" Kelk Ronso said, jabbing Tidus with an insult. Maester Mika expressed nothing, but Kinoc laughed and Seymour's smile widened.
"Ah . . . uh . . . well . . ."
"I will be acting as his defender," Auron said, stepping forward.
"Auron!" Kinoc said sharply. "You're not supposed to interrupt the proceedings!"
"I made a promise," he said simply, and the platform moved down for him. Why? Because Auron is magic. That's right, MAGIC.
Tidus gawked at Auron, for Auron did nothing for him EVER. The maesters shrugged in unison, then looked at each other peculiarly. Auron decided to start his opening statement. "We are here to show that, while the guardian of Summoner Yuna DID murder the butterfly, it was pure instinct and not malicious at all."
Lenna stuck her tongue out at Auron and was elbowed by Shia, who retained a calm exterior. Kelk sighed. A butterfly was a butterfly.
"Present your cases," he said, holding back a yawn.
"We would like to call forth Ariel Mian!" Shia thundered. Yes, thundered. Meek little Shia can thunder too.
A young girl, no more older than let's say . . . sixteen, stepped forward. (Without proper guidelines, I'm gonna wing it, OK? I'll correct it later if you so wish) She had red hair down to her mid-back, blue eyes, and wore a yellow shirt with green pants. They matched with her yellow and green bracelets, which was gold and jade.
"Miss Mian," Shia started, "are you familiar with the guardian on trial here today?"
"I've seen him," Ariel replied shortly.
"You've seen him? Where?"
"In Macalania."
Shia clasped her hands behind her back. "Ah yes. Macalania. And where in Macalania did you see him?"
Ariel shifted uncomfortably. "Uh . . . on the path to the temple."
"What did you see him do?"
"Well, he was chasing a blue butterfly for that one bird person and uh . . . and he ran into a red butterfly and he killed it."
"Was the butterfly trying to harm him?"
Ariel scoffed, "Of course not; it was just flying around and looking pretty."
Shia smiled. "No more questions."
Auron stepped forward, not even waiting for Kelk to call the defense. After all, he was the great Sir Auron. THE GREAT SIR AURON. Couple that with a tired Ronso maester and no one cares about anything.
"Miss Mian, do you know what happens when someone approaches a red butterfly?"
Ariel's face scrunched up as she tried to remember; she was overawed in the presence of Sir Auron. Gulping once or twice, she said meekly, "Red butterflies summon fiends."
"What is this young man's profession?"
"A guardian," Ariel snorted. That was a bit obvious.
"Is it not a guardian's job to protect his summoner from fiends?"
Ariel shifted nervously again. "Yeah . . ."
"So by killing the butterfly, which brings fiends, wasn't he doing his job?"
Ariel nodded exuberantly. "Yes, you're absolutely right, Sir Auron!"
Auron smirked. "No more questions."
Seeing as how the prosecution had one more witness, Shia stepped forward. "We call Lady Chihiiro to the stand."
The bird lady (well she sounds like a lady) glided into the room, still playing that harp thing on her arm. How did she get that harp thing on her arm? Well, it has nothing to do with this fanfic, so there ya go. Shia stepped forward. "Lady Chihiiro," she said politely, since Macalania musicians were well respected, "can you describe exactly what happened?"
Chihiiro nodded. "Well, they were walking to the temple when I appeared from behind a tree and told them to catch the butterflies. The blue ones, of course, since the fiends are attracted to the red. The blue butterflies form my friends, you see, and I'm not fast enough to catch them. I told them to stay away from the red, but if they caught all the blue I'd give them a prize."
"Is there anything else?" Shia pressed.
Chihiiro thought a little, strumming the strings. "I do not think so, no."
"No more questions."
Now it was Auron's turn. "You told us to stay away from the red butterflies. But, in chasing after a blue butterfly, is there not a possibility of running into a red butterfly?"
"Oh yes," answered Chihiiro, "that is why I do not chase after them myself. I do not have enough strength to defeat the fiends."
Auron nodded, understanding completely. "And it is instinctive to destroy what will attempt to destroy you, isn't it?"
"Yes, of course," Chihiiro said, puzzled by Auron's questions.
"And, alerted to the danger the butterfly possessed, wasn't it instinctive for the guardian in question to kill it?"
Chihiiro nodded.
"No more questions," Auron said, turning away.
Kelk sighed. This was really taking too long for the death of a butterfly. Trying to keep the boredom out of his voice, he said, "Does the defense have any witnesses they would like to call on behalf of the defendant?"
Auron nodded. "I call the Summoner Yuna."
Yuna nervously stepped forward frightened by the proceedings.
"Lady Yuna," Auron said, mentally reminding himself to refer to Yuna formally, "would you describe how well of a guardian my defendant is?"
Yuna gulped. "Well, he fights very well and so far hasn't let me get so hurt that a little Cure spell can't fix . . ."
Auron nodded, cutting her off. "Yes. And does he serve you faithfully?"
"Ye-yes."
"And does he fight to the point of exhaustion, protecting you?"
"Yes," replied Yuna, wondering where the Hell this was going.
"Then, by killing that butterfly, which he knew would summon fiends that may harm you, he was executing his job to protect you and killed it without any malicious thought?"
"Of course!" Yuna exclaimed. "He wouldn't hurt anything that wouldn't hurt me!"
Auron smiled, but his eyes warned her to control herself more. Seymour was now eyeing Tidus as a potential rival. Auron couldn't have any harm come to him . . .
"No more questions," he said stiffly.
Lenna stepped up without acknowledgement from Kelk, adding more to her potential list of killers. In other words, Kelk would be one of those people who would kill her without a second thought or feeling of remorse.
"Summoner Yuna," she said fiercely, "does not the death of a harmless being faze you? Are you so heartless that you do not care for the well- beings of animals?"
Shia put her head in her hands, whispering "It'll be over soon, it'll be over soon" as Yuna backed away from Lenna. "Um," she stammered, "um, well, I uh . . ."
"Don't you think that the careless murder of that butterfly should be punished?!"
"Um . . ." Yuna gulped, her eyes wide in fear. "Well . . ."
"DO YOU OR DON'T YOU?!"
Kelk banged a gavel. "THAT IS ENOUGH!" he roared. "PRIESTESS LENNA, TAKE A SEAT!"
Lenna returned to Shia's side. Shia promptly hit her partner upside the head and muttered a curse. Yuna, who was close to tears, ran to her other guardians for comfort. Auron, however, smirked. Everything was going well.
"I would like to call the defendant to the stand!"
Kelk sighed. It was getting quite annoying to have people bypass him, but he let it pass. The less people depended on him, the better. He was getting old after all.
Auron began questioning Tidus right away. "Did you intend to kill the butterfly?"
"Nope," Tidus said nonchalantly, trying to keep up a carefree image. Lulu sighed in the background and Kimahri shook his head. The boy could be quite stupid.
"Did you mean to run into the butterfly."
"No, I was trying to get the blue butterfly."
"Why did you kill the butterfly?"
"Everyone was shouting, 'There are going to be fiends!' and I was worried that the butterfly might summon fiends that would hurt us, so I kinda killed it. I didn't mean it. It was just a reflex."
Auron nodded. "Right, right. No more questions."
Lenna waited this time for Kelk to recognize her presence. "Does the prosecution have any questions?"
"Yes," Lenna said stiffly, and immediately began barraging Tidus with accusations.
"Did you not kill the butterfly?!"
"Yeah, but-"
"Did you not chop it in half?!"
"Not on-"
"Could you have not killed the butterfly?!"
"Well yeah, but-"
"Why did you carelessly murder an endangered species of Spira?!"
"I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS A GODDAMN ENDANGERED SPECIES!" Tidus exploded, sick of Lenna. "I WAS JUST DOING MY JOB!"
Lenna looked at him. "So you have an explosive temper. That should say loads. No more questions." She practically spat the words at Tidus, that loser priestess.
Tidus was breathing heavily. Oh how he wanted to kill her. They all did, if he read his companions faces right. God that priestess was annoying. I mean, really, she was badgering him. Shia seemed embarrassed, looking away from Lenna, her face was red.
Kelk Ronso banged his gavel. "We shall now retreat to discuss the events of this trial with the jury." All the maesters turned and left, leaving everyone in suspense, but confusing Tidus, who had not seen doors behind the maester and had been unaware of the jury. Were the jury members mute? Were they unsent? Tidus shivered.
"WE'RE GONNA WIN!" Lenna sneered.
This galvanized Tidus into retorting like a child. "NO YOU'RE NOT!"
"YEAH WE ARE!"
"NO YOU'RE NOT!"
Shia put a calming hand on her partner's shoulder. "Enough. I'll be right back; I'm hungry. Please try not to tear off the guardian's head."
Lenna stuck her tongue out at her partner's retreating back. Yuna and the other guardians converged around Tidus and Auron, talking all at once.
"Man Auron," Rikku exclaimed, "you were great!"
Wakka gripped Tidus in a headlock. "And what were ya thinking, exploding at the prosecution, ya?"
"Well, she was acting stupid!"
Lenna heard this and shouted, "I AM NOT STUPID!"
Tidus stuck his tongue out at her and then turned to Yuna. "You OK?"
Yuna smiled. "Yes."
"I'm hungry," Rikku complained. Kimahri turned and left. Rikku jumped. "Where's Kimahri going?" she asked Yuna and Lulu.
"Food," Kimahri said, turning his head. "Kimahri is hungry too."
Truth is, everyone annoyed Kimahri. He saw how Maester Kelk was acting; the man was old! They were all acting like a bunch of pups! Even Sir Auron! Stupid people. Especially Stupid Blond boy. Stupid Blond Boy was really stupid.
***ONE HOUR LATER***
One hour later, the maesters returned with their verdict. Everyone was on pins and needles. Not literally of course, because that would hurt. A lot. And then there would be the blood to clean up and that wouldn't be... oh right, I should concentrate.
"We have found the defendant . . ." Kelk said, determined to draw this out as long as possible, just to torture them. ". . . we have found the defendant . . . GUILTY."
Auron's jaw dropped, though no on could really see it. Lenna let out a whoop and grabbed Shia and danced around. Auron regained his composure and asked, "Why was he found guilty?"
"There's a law saying that no endangered species may be killed," Kinoc answered, "and if an endangered species is killed, then the killer must receive the harshest punishment."
"When did THAT become a law?!" Tidus exclaimed.
"A week ago," Seymour replied. "So we forgot about it until one of the jury members brought it up."
Tidus and the others were practically petrified. No way was this happening!
"So what's the punishment?!" Lenna asked excitedly.
"Guardian of Summoner Yuna, your sentence is . . ."
***TO BE CONTINUED***
A/N: God, I suck. I haven't updated this fic in a month. I'm evil. I'm doubly evil because of the cliffhanger. Oh bugger. Please review! You know what? This was NOT funny at all. I'm sorry. I'm not in a funny mood. Besides, the next chapter will be hilarious. HILARIOUS. I just love my end for this...
**Quote of the Day** "You're gonna cry. You always cry. See? You're cryin'." – Jecht, FFX, after battling the Final Aeon.
Disclaimer: Why are you even suspicious? I don't even want Tidus; Auron maybe and Kimahri, possibly a cactuar and a chocobo, but that's different. I'm not going to own them. I DON'T own them.
THE TRIAL (the sick brainchild of a psychotic kid. That's right, psychotic)
Chapter Three: Verdict
"Now," said a tired Kelk Ronso," will the guards please bring up the prisoner?"
Two guards, who were quite ugly but strong in order to compensate for ugliness, shoved Tidus on the platform at the same time, causing the young blitz player (he can't be more than 18) to stumble. They laughed like the bunch of idiots they were and walked off.
"Will the prosecutors please step forward?"
Lenna and Shia stepped forward. Tidus did not like the look on Lenna's face. It was a look of ferocious glee. He shivered in fright. Tidus then glanced at Seymour, that evil hateful Seymour with his not-a-single- strand-out-of-place hair. He too was smiling, but it was even creepier. He scanned the faces of the other maesters. They seemed passive enough.
"Will the prosecution present their charges and opening statement?" Kelk Ronso drawled. He was clearly bored with the proceedings and did not see why he'd been called from Gagazet for this trial. Granted it was for a guardian of Summoner Yuna, but just because the girl's father was the high summoner Braska, that didn't mean that they all had to rush over and take care of it. It was unfair treatment, dagnabbit!
"Priestesses Lenna and Shia are the prosecution and we charge the guardian of Summoner Yuna of butterfly homicide; we are in your hallowed presence in order to bring him to justice," Shia said evenly. Lenna, however, muttered, "In other words, to kill this son of a . . ."
"That is enough Priestess Lenna!" Maester Kelk commanded. Ronso have sharp ears. She fell silent, admonished, but still scowling at the honored (THAT'S RIGHT! I like Kelk Ronso! And Wakko too! Not Wakka, WAKKO.) Ronso maester. "And you, guardian of Summoner Yuna, what is your opening statement?"
Tidus stared dumbly at the maester. Opening statement? He had never gone to court! He was the star blitzball player for the Zanarkand Abes! STAR BLITZ PLAYER! STAR!!! This was insane! Preposterous! It couldn't be happening!
"Are you going to say anything, guardian, or will your mouth stay open like that of a Sahagin's?" Kelk Ronso said, jabbing Tidus with an insult. Maester Mika expressed nothing, but Kinoc laughed and Seymour's smile widened.
"Ah . . . uh . . . well . . ."
"I will be acting as his defender," Auron said, stepping forward.
"Auron!" Kinoc said sharply. "You're not supposed to interrupt the proceedings!"
"I made a promise," he said simply, and the platform moved down for him. Why? Because Auron is magic. That's right, MAGIC.
Tidus gawked at Auron, for Auron did nothing for him EVER. The maesters shrugged in unison, then looked at each other peculiarly. Auron decided to start his opening statement. "We are here to show that, while the guardian of Summoner Yuna DID murder the butterfly, it was pure instinct and not malicious at all."
Lenna stuck her tongue out at Auron and was elbowed by Shia, who retained a calm exterior. Kelk sighed. A butterfly was a butterfly.
"Present your cases," he said, holding back a yawn.
"We would like to call forth Ariel Mian!" Shia thundered. Yes, thundered. Meek little Shia can thunder too.
A young girl, no more older than let's say . . . sixteen, stepped forward. (Without proper guidelines, I'm gonna wing it, OK? I'll correct it later if you so wish) She had red hair down to her mid-back, blue eyes, and wore a yellow shirt with green pants. They matched with her yellow and green bracelets, which was gold and jade.
"Miss Mian," Shia started, "are you familiar with the guardian on trial here today?"
"I've seen him," Ariel replied shortly.
"You've seen him? Where?"
"In Macalania."
Shia clasped her hands behind her back. "Ah yes. Macalania. And where in Macalania did you see him?"
Ariel shifted uncomfortably. "Uh . . . on the path to the temple."
"What did you see him do?"
"Well, he was chasing a blue butterfly for that one bird person and uh . . . and he ran into a red butterfly and he killed it."
"Was the butterfly trying to harm him?"
Ariel scoffed, "Of course not; it was just flying around and looking pretty."
Shia smiled. "No more questions."
Auron stepped forward, not even waiting for Kelk to call the defense. After all, he was the great Sir Auron. THE GREAT SIR AURON. Couple that with a tired Ronso maester and no one cares about anything.
"Miss Mian, do you know what happens when someone approaches a red butterfly?"
Ariel's face scrunched up as she tried to remember; she was overawed in the presence of Sir Auron. Gulping once or twice, she said meekly, "Red butterflies summon fiends."
"What is this young man's profession?"
"A guardian," Ariel snorted. That was a bit obvious.
"Is it not a guardian's job to protect his summoner from fiends?"
Ariel shifted nervously again. "Yeah . . ."
"So by killing the butterfly, which brings fiends, wasn't he doing his job?"
Ariel nodded exuberantly. "Yes, you're absolutely right, Sir Auron!"
Auron smirked. "No more questions."
Seeing as how the prosecution had one more witness, Shia stepped forward. "We call Lady Chihiiro to the stand."
The bird lady (well she sounds like a lady) glided into the room, still playing that harp thing on her arm. How did she get that harp thing on her arm? Well, it has nothing to do with this fanfic, so there ya go. Shia stepped forward. "Lady Chihiiro," she said politely, since Macalania musicians were well respected, "can you describe exactly what happened?"
Chihiiro nodded. "Well, they were walking to the temple when I appeared from behind a tree and told them to catch the butterflies. The blue ones, of course, since the fiends are attracted to the red. The blue butterflies form my friends, you see, and I'm not fast enough to catch them. I told them to stay away from the red, but if they caught all the blue I'd give them a prize."
"Is there anything else?" Shia pressed.
Chihiiro thought a little, strumming the strings. "I do not think so, no."
"No more questions."
Now it was Auron's turn. "You told us to stay away from the red butterflies. But, in chasing after a blue butterfly, is there not a possibility of running into a red butterfly?"
"Oh yes," answered Chihiiro, "that is why I do not chase after them myself. I do not have enough strength to defeat the fiends."
Auron nodded, understanding completely. "And it is instinctive to destroy what will attempt to destroy you, isn't it?"
"Yes, of course," Chihiiro said, puzzled by Auron's questions.
"And, alerted to the danger the butterfly possessed, wasn't it instinctive for the guardian in question to kill it?"
Chihiiro nodded.
"No more questions," Auron said, turning away.
Kelk sighed. This was really taking too long for the death of a butterfly. Trying to keep the boredom out of his voice, he said, "Does the defense have any witnesses they would like to call on behalf of the defendant?"
Auron nodded. "I call the Summoner Yuna."
Yuna nervously stepped forward frightened by the proceedings.
"Lady Yuna," Auron said, mentally reminding himself to refer to Yuna formally, "would you describe how well of a guardian my defendant is?"
Yuna gulped. "Well, he fights very well and so far hasn't let me get so hurt that a little Cure spell can't fix . . ."
Auron nodded, cutting her off. "Yes. And does he serve you faithfully?"
"Ye-yes."
"And does he fight to the point of exhaustion, protecting you?"
"Yes," replied Yuna, wondering where the Hell this was going.
"Then, by killing that butterfly, which he knew would summon fiends that may harm you, he was executing his job to protect you and killed it without any malicious thought?"
"Of course!" Yuna exclaimed. "He wouldn't hurt anything that wouldn't hurt me!"
Auron smiled, but his eyes warned her to control herself more. Seymour was now eyeing Tidus as a potential rival. Auron couldn't have any harm come to him . . .
"No more questions," he said stiffly.
Lenna stepped up without acknowledgement from Kelk, adding more to her potential list of killers. In other words, Kelk would be one of those people who would kill her without a second thought or feeling of remorse.
"Summoner Yuna," she said fiercely, "does not the death of a harmless being faze you? Are you so heartless that you do not care for the well- beings of animals?"
Shia put her head in her hands, whispering "It'll be over soon, it'll be over soon" as Yuna backed away from Lenna. "Um," she stammered, "um, well, I uh . . ."
"Don't you think that the careless murder of that butterfly should be punished?!"
"Um . . ." Yuna gulped, her eyes wide in fear. "Well . . ."
"DO YOU OR DON'T YOU?!"
Kelk banged a gavel. "THAT IS ENOUGH!" he roared. "PRIESTESS LENNA, TAKE A SEAT!"
Lenna returned to Shia's side. Shia promptly hit her partner upside the head and muttered a curse. Yuna, who was close to tears, ran to her other guardians for comfort. Auron, however, smirked. Everything was going well.
"I would like to call the defendant to the stand!"
Kelk sighed. It was getting quite annoying to have people bypass him, but he let it pass. The less people depended on him, the better. He was getting old after all.
Auron began questioning Tidus right away. "Did you intend to kill the butterfly?"
"Nope," Tidus said nonchalantly, trying to keep up a carefree image. Lulu sighed in the background and Kimahri shook his head. The boy could be quite stupid.
"Did you mean to run into the butterfly."
"No, I was trying to get the blue butterfly."
"Why did you kill the butterfly?"
"Everyone was shouting, 'There are going to be fiends!' and I was worried that the butterfly might summon fiends that would hurt us, so I kinda killed it. I didn't mean it. It was just a reflex."
Auron nodded. "Right, right. No more questions."
Lenna waited this time for Kelk to recognize her presence. "Does the prosecution have any questions?"
"Yes," Lenna said stiffly, and immediately began barraging Tidus with accusations.
"Did you not kill the butterfly?!"
"Yeah, but-"
"Did you not chop it in half?!"
"Not on-"
"Could you have not killed the butterfly?!"
"Well yeah, but-"
"Why did you carelessly murder an endangered species of Spira?!"
"I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS A GODDAMN ENDANGERED SPECIES!" Tidus exploded, sick of Lenna. "I WAS JUST DOING MY JOB!"
Lenna looked at him. "So you have an explosive temper. That should say loads. No more questions." She practically spat the words at Tidus, that loser priestess.
Tidus was breathing heavily. Oh how he wanted to kill her. They all did, if he read his companions faces right. God that priestess was annoying. I mean, really, she was badgering him. Shia seemed embarrassed, looking away from Lenna, her face was red.
Kelk Ronso banged his gavel. "We shall now retreat to discuss the events of this trial with the jury." All the maesters turned and left, leaving everyone in suspense, but confusing Tidus, who had not seen doors behind the maester and had been unaware of the jury. Were the jury members mute? Were they unsent? Tidus shivered.
"WE'RE GONNA WIN!" Lenna sneered.
This galvanized Tidus into retorting like a child. "NO YOU'RE NOT!"
"YEAH WE ARE!"
"NO YOU'RE NOT!"
Shia put a calming hand on her partner's shoulder. "Enough. I'll be right back; I'm hungry. Please try not to tear off the guardian's head."
Lenna stuck her tongue out at her partner's retreating back. Yuna and the other guardians converged around Tidus and Auron, talking all at once.
"Man Auron," Rikku exclaimed, "you were great!"
Wakka gripped Tidus in a headlock. "And what were ya thinking, exploding at the prosecution, ya?"
"Well, she was acting stupid!"
Lenna heard this and shouted, "I AM NOT STUPID!"
Tidus stuck his tongue out at her and then turned to Yuna. "You OK?"
Yuna smiled. "Yes."
"I'm hungry," Rikku complained. Kimahri turned and left. Rikku jumped. "Where's Kimahri going?" she asked Yuna and Lulu.
"Food," Kimahri said, turning his head. "Kimahri is hungry too."
Truth is, everyone annoyed Kimahri. He saw how Maester Kelk was acting; the man was old! They were all acting like a bunch of pups! Even Sir Auron! Stupid people. Especially Stupid Blond boy. Stupid Blond Boy was really stupid.
***ONE HOUR LATER***
One hour later, the maesters returned with their verdict. Everyone was on pins and needles. Not literally of course, because that would hurt. A lot. And then there would be the blood to clean up and that wouldn't be... oh right, I should concentrate.
"We have found the defendant . . ." Kelk said, determined to draw this out as long as possible, just to torture them. ". . . we have found the defendant . . . GUILTY."
Auron's jaw dropped, though no on could really see it. Lenna let out a whoop and grabbed Shia and danced around. Auron regained his composure and asked, "Why was he found guilty?"
"There's a law saying that no endangered species may be killed," Kinoc answered, "and if an endangered species is killed, then the killer must receive the harshest punishment."
"When did THAT become a law?!" Tidus exclaimed.
"A week ago," Seymour replied. "So we forgot about it until one of the jury members brought it up."
Tidus and the others were practically petrified. No way was this happening!
"So what's the punishment?!" Lenna asked excitedly.
"Guardian of Summoner Yuna, your sentence is . . ."
***TO BE CONTINUED***
A/N: God, I suck. I haven't updated this fic in a month. I'm evil. I'm doubly evil because of the cliffhanger. Oh bugger. Please review! You know what? This was NOT funny at all. I'm sorry. I'm not in a funny mood. Besides, the next chapter will be hilarious. HILARIOUS. I just love my end for this...