For people who may not know:
Phoenix Wright's trials last for no longer than three days, which means that overall, there should be 6 days, maybe 7. This here is the end of the second day. I'm currently writing the fourth day, so hopefully I'll finally finish SOMETHING and you guys can all cheer for me. Or hate me, because seriously, PHOENIX WRIGHT... WORST CROSSOVER... EVER...
READ ON!
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Phoenix
Wright: MangaLandian Attorney
Case File
1; Turnabout Pirates
Day 2:
Trial; Afternoon
January
18, 3:30
Fangirl
Order Headquarters
Courtroom
No. 3
The courtroom quieted when the gavel was brought down by the Fangirl judge, "The recess is over, court is now in session!"
"The Defense is ready, Your Honor," I said.
"The Prosecution is ready, Your Honor," Tashigi spoke.
"Alright then," The Judge replied, "Bring forward the new witness!" Luffy took the stand, and smiled a bit at the defense, waving at Zoro and I. He sure was smiling brightly,
"Well then… may I have your name, and… your profession…?" Tashigi asked, looking a little angry having to ask such a question.
"My name? It's Monkey D. Luffy! Tashigi, you know that, don't you?" Luffy asked, thinking, "I think your boss is always like," He started impersonating a rather angry gorilla, "'Rawr, catch Luffy!'"
"Your profession, If… You… Will…" The prosecutor hissed.
"I'm the captain of the Straw Hat Pirates. The Mugiwara Kaizokudan!" Luffy replied, smiling, "But try and remember this time, alright?"
The Judge sighed and I continued to sweat. This wasn't… going so well… "You haven't seen anything yet…" Zoro said, smiling, "Luffy can get out of any trap set by the Marines. He'll take care of everything." ("Great" I moaned, "Now 'Luffy's' doing everything… What about me?")
The Judge continued the trial, "Now then, Witness. I need you to start testifying about when you met the victim. Tell us about your encounter with her."
"I'll do my best, Ms. Judge La… Your Honor…" Luffy cut himself off and corrected himself mid-sentence. I smiled. He didn't seem pretty smart at first glance, but he was pretty sharp… The captain began his testimony, and I listened with bated breath. Something in here must be contradictory to Sakura's testimony, and once that's found, it'll give me enough room of doubt to get Zoro off the hook…
("That is…" I muttered, sweating, "Unless Zoro really IS the murderer…!")
Luffy began rubbing his straw hat in thought as he began, "You see, we were playing together. Imra had met me that day."
He nodded, completely sure his testimony was accurate, "We played outside and she was a really great runner! I could barely catch her at tag!"
"She kept asking weird things, though, mostly about Zoro. Always with the, 'How much do you like him?'"
He looked a little angry and said quite forcefully, as if speaking directly to the deceased, "He's my Nakama, Imra! Oh yeah… she's not alive anymore…"
He paused, "I guess I'll kinda miss her…"
"Objection!" Tashigi said, slamming her hand on the desk, "This courtroom needs facts, not ramblings!"
The Judge shook her head, "Objection sustained. Luffy, is there anything else that's important about this inanity?"
"Hopefully…" I muttered, "This isn't helping the case at all! Unless…" I thought about it for a moment as Luffy whined on the podium, "I could press some extra information out of him!"
"Your Honor!" I raised my voice so everyone's eyes were on me, "I reserve the right to cross-examine a witness!"
"Cross-examine? Me? Is that where you ask me lots of questions about my testimony like you did with Sakura?" Luffy rubbed his hands together and placed them on the podium, "Shoot, Nick!"
("Gahhhh!" I moaned, "How unprofessional!") but I got myself ready. I needed to ask him just the right questions to get him to say something that contradicted Sakura's testimonies.
"Alright then, Luffy, you ready?" I asked. Luffy nodded, "I need you to tell me. Who had those gloves you were talking about?"
"Well…" Luffy said, thinking, "I had some of those surgery glove things. It was kinda funny. I was buying some things for Chopper, because we were going to have a gift giving party, and I thought I should buy some medicine for him! But don't tell him, it's still a secret."
I sweated a bit, "Yeah, your secret's safe with me, Luffy," ("Although Chopper's right up there…" I muttered to myself) Sure enough, the little reindeer was giggling happily from the news of his present.
"Anyway, I wasn't sure what to get, so the man behind the counter gave me some medicines and salves, and he didn't know that Chopper's a reindeer, so he gave me a box of surgery gloves for free, too! Wasn't that nice?"
There was a murmur among the crowd, and Luffy noticed Zoro and I sweating profusely, "Hey, is something wrong?"
"You've just dug your own grave, Monkey D. Luffy," Tashigi said, closing her eyes, and crossing her arms. She certainly looked smug, "You were with the victim that day, and you had the surgery gloves. The only thing missing now is where you got this Katana from."
"What Katana? THAT one?" He asked, pointing directly at the murder weapon, which was resting next to Tashigi. The captain laughed, "Don't you know? That's Imra's Katana! She carried it with her at her hip the entire day!"
"GAHHHHHH!" I shouted, feeling the sharp pain of Luffy murdering our case in cold blood. There was a murmur from the audience, and the captain smiled, "Well, I told the truth! Did that help?"
"Indeed, it helped your first mate's case," Tashigi said quietly, closing her eyes calmly and adjusting her glasses, "However…
"It's now YOU who is suspected for murder!"
"Order! Order! Tashigi, what is the meaning of this?" The Judge stared at the young prosecutor, and she smirked a smile that sent chills up my spine.
"You see, Your Honor," Tashigi said, glaring at Monkey D. Luffy, still oblivious to what was going on around him, "The Witness has explained the motive, the means, and the way that he killed Imra Bid, the victim!" She pointed her finger at the captain, who seemed to be getting that something was going on, "Therefore, it can only be conclusive that Roronoa Zoro did not commit this atrocious act, but Monkey D. Luffy did!"
"W… W… Waiiiiiiiit!" I cried, my knees shaking like branches on a windy day, "Tha… That…" (She's sounding like ME on MY first case! The resemblance is almost uncanny!).
"Pssst!" Luffy said, looking at me and attempting to whisper in my direction, "I have a feeling something bad's happening… What's going on…?"
Tashigi began to explain for those in the audience who were still in the dark, "The witness was playing Tag with the victim, until he heard her speaking of his 'relationship' with Zoro. Not only that, but the woman was stalking the first mate since they arrived on No-Name Island. Luffy is awfully protective of his… 'Nakama', your honor, and so, on that very night, he applied those surgeon gloves, grabbed the Katana from the Fangirl's side and ran her through!"
"WHAT?" Luffy shouted, practically climbing over the podium to get closer to the Judge, to tell her, "That's no fair! I didn't think of that! I only punch people!"
Tashigi shook her head, and wagged her finger back and forth, "All the more reason to try and kill her in a different way." She slammed her hand on the desk and I could swear I saw a swooshing background when the camera panned to close up on HER! "You were trying to hide away from the killing by letting someone else take the blame!"
"Liar! Liar!" Luffy shouted, looking positively enraged, "You're lying, Tashigi! Stop saying stupid things like that!"
"Well, this is a strange turn of events…" The Judge said, in deep thought, "So, it appears that Luffy is now a suspect in this case? And really, he DOES have a motive…"
"It's not true! I didn't see her at night!" Luffy said desperately, "I only played with her during the day!"
I grabbed at whatever I could, and turned to the Judge, "Could we, Your Honor, listen to his testimony about what happened that…"
"Objection!" Tashigi said, glaring straight at me, "Your Honor, there is not enough evidence to be able to continue this trial. I request a recess," She looked up at the Judge, "I need to investigate this matter. Do you mind?"
"Well, it WAS just getting interesting…" The Judge replied. She then rolled up her sleeve and looked at her watch, "But Desperate Housewives is coming on in an hour, and it's a two hour special. So we'll continue this tomorrow!" She slammed her gavel down, "Court is in recess!"
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January
18, 7:46
Fangirl
Order Headquarters
Defendant
Lobby No. 2
"Well… that could have gone… better…" I murmured as I walked from the courtroom into the lobby. I was sweating all over, and I tried moving my fingers, because I couldn't feel anything with them.
"Alright now, bastard, you have some SERIOUS explaining to do!" Zoro shouted as Luffy walked out of the courtroom behind the first mate, although he was smiling brightly, "You were supposed to get me off the hook, not get my captain suspected!"
"I did my best, with what I had," I said, looking at the small amounts of evidence I had in the court record, "But if Luffy's testimony is… true… what else can I do?"
"Ever the rookie to the very end, Wright…" The three men looked up as two others approached. Of course, it was Edgeworth and Gumshoe. Edgeworth had his arms crossed, and he was glaring straight at me, "You should have realized that you fell straight into the Prosecution's trap. They meant all along for the suspect to be Luffy, and here it is, you practically handed his head to them on a silver platter."
"I saw the trap, but with what little evidence I had, I couldn't do anything to stop it," I replied, shaking my head, "What else could I have done?"
"Kept ANYONE but my captain off of the suspect list? Why didn't you keep the spotlight on that Magical Eyebrow? ANYONE'S better than Luffy! He's the CAPTAIN!" Zoro was fuming, but no one seemed to notice Luffy's bright smile. Everyone but Gumshoe, who always seemed to gravitate to happiness.
"Awww, it can't be that bad, Pals!" The detective replied, motioning to Luffy, "Your captain seems to be smiling about it!"
"Luffy?" Zoro and I turned to see the captain. He was still smiling, so I pressed him, "Why? Why are you happy? Murder's a serious charge, Luffy…"
"I know," Luffy replied. He then shook his head, "But now Zoro's off the hook. I can't ask for much else, since I don't mind if I get found guilty, as long as none of my other Nakama are safe…"
"Luffy…" Zoro's hard exterior seemed to melt before everyone else's eyes, but he quickly regained his composure, "but your attorney should have done something to stop this!"
"HEY! Luffy, your attorney shouldn't have made ME look like the bad guy here! I refuse to allow him to help us anymore!" Well, here came the rest of the bandwagon…
"I'm not so sure, Cook-san, Attorney-san seemed to do very well with the evidence he possessed…" Robin murmured. Sanji gave me a glare, but turned back to the older woman.
"Alright, Robin-chan! Luffy, if you get rid of this bastard, I'll kick you back to the day of the murder!" It still sounds like he hates my guts. Why would that be, anyway?
Luffy laughed aloud, "I wouldn't dream of firing Nick! If anything, he's really funny!" (Well, I guess "funny" could be another way of saying "Good at his job"…)
"Luuuuuuuffy!" Chopper cried as he rushed into the captain's arms, sniffling, "If you're found guilty, then you won't be able to give me that gift of medicine!"
"GASP!" Luffy shouted, glaring in my direction, "Nick! I told you, it was a SECRET!"
"Yeah…" I replied, sweating a bit, "I'll be sure to keep it secret next time. I promise." I looked around, and suddenly noticed the glares that were shot from Edgeworth and the pirates. I guessed that an introduction was in order, "Oh yeah, everyone, these are my friends, Miles Edgeworth and Detective Dick Gumshoe. You remember, they're in investigations."
"If they did a better job, Luffy wouldn't be in this mess, though," Nami said, crossing her arms and smiling. That struck a nerve with Edgeworth, and he looked rather aggravated.
After crossing his arms, he did his best to ignore the pirate, and focused on me instead, "Anyway, Wright, we'll do what we can to find anything out, although, most of the evidence we find will most likely be given to the prosecution. After all, she is the one working with the law, and all," Edgeworth looked around at the pirates, and turned on his heel, making a squeaking sound as he did so, "I guess I could say 'good luck', because you're definitely going to need it."
Suddenly, the former prosecutor realized that Gumshoe wasn't following him. He turned back and noticed the detective speaking with Luffy, "So, you were fighting a man who could control sand, Pal?"
"Yeah! I have the scars to prove it! Wanna see?" Luffy said, unbuttoning his monkey vest. ("What happened to 'opposites attract'?" I wondered, "These two are exactly the same!")
"Detective!" Edgeworth said forcefully, and before Gumshoe could continue speaking with the captain of the straw hats, he went off to follow the man, looking a little dejected. I started to sweat; the poor detective didn't deserve another dock in his paycheck…
"Well, I say we celebrate!" Luffy said after buttoning up his vest again and vaulting off the couch he was sitting on only a moment before, "For Zoro's freedom!"
"But Luffy, what about yours?" Usopp asked, "We can't very well be Straw Hat Pirates if the man with the straw hat is detained!"
"That's why the party will also be for Nick! He's the one who's going to get me out of this jam!" Luffy said, that same determined look on his face. I smiled sheepishly. It was strange that the only one who really believed in me was the only one whose opinion really mattered. No one spoke a word against me; instead they followed the boy with the straw hat from the lobby, hoping to get back to the ship as quickly as possible. Hopefully Luffy wasn't blindly putting his faith in me. I'll have to do my best, for his sake!
Although… I wonder if that cook guy's going to try poisoning my food during the party… Poison… No… no one is that evil…
…Or are they…?
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To Be Continued…
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