From the Skies to the Heavens

Prompt: Innocence

Word Count (for drabble only): 543 words

Ema stood her ground, staring up into the monk prosecutor's face. She refused to move until he listened to her.

"I'm telling you now: Maya Fey has been accused of murder four times before now, all by different prosecutors. Each and every time, the courts found her innocent. She's not a killer!"

"You don't find it suspicious that this woman has been nearly convicted on so many occasions? Perhaps she has killed many, and your courts were misguided. May the Holy Mother guide this trial, and ensure that its aim strikes true."

The forensic scientist tuned out through the religious crap, resisting the urge to roll her eyes. "If you want to go through with it, fine. I'm only saying precedence isn't on your side. Sooner or later, she's gonna be found innocent."

"Believe what you will about fate, but the will of Her Holiness has not yet been revealed. Until it is, it is my divine duty to seek peace for the victim's soul. The dear abbot may not rest in peace until his killer has been unmasked and sentenced. You have traveled here to assist in investigation, and nothing more. Tell the lawyer he may investigate, but inform him to expect no quarter in trial tomorrow."

Ema snorted, snacking as she was sent away. She chafed at being dismissed, as if she were a bothersome servant!

The former detective struggled to remember why she'd agreed to go along with this. Prosecuting Trucy was bad enough, but Mr. Wright's longtime friend and former assistant? Did he want her to detest him?

As strongly as Ema believed in Maya's innocence, she couldn't bring herself to hate Prosecutor Sahdmadhi for it. Just like how she hadn't hated Edgeworth for prosecuting her sister. He may be stubborn in his resolve, but he was still doing his job.

Even if doing his job could lead to Mr. Wright's death. It had occurred to Ema to seek lenience for the man who once saved her and Lana's lives, but if the prosecutor was as harsh to lawyers as he'd been to Apollo in America, she could only imagine what he would do to lawyers in his home domain. In a place where giving a guilty client defense was against the law. Ema just wasn't going to be able to get through to him.

And why would she be able to? They barely knew each other! Sure, he'd invited her back with him after a case together, but that was only for professional purposes. He was too obsessed with a fictional woman to pay any mind to her.

Still, he'd been willing to listen to her any time she'd voiced a complaint, and always heard her out before objecting. He had immense respect for her at crime scenes, and the look he got in his eyes sometimes... a local went so far to claim his features were softer in her presence. And she was the first foreigner he'd ever taken back with him...

Ema shook her head. Lives first, feelings second. She made her way to the Inmee's place.

She had to help Maya's case.

A/N's: Hey there, everybody! Sorry for the lag in updates. School got busy, then I got sucked into the SW fandom, and to top it off, I'm trying to finish up my AJ:AA CinemaSins review. And get an AAI3 update together. And school is back again...(sighs)

I just wrote this so I wouldn't have to think about it for a minute. And it helped, I think. I love these two, at every stage of their relationship. They don't realize it at first, but from the moment they met, they were destined for each other. It's what the Holy Mother willed for, isn't that right, Nahyuta?

Anyway, I just wanted to throw a little something together. Hope you enjoyed, please review, and I'll see you on the far side!