Chapter 7: Memories and Investigation 2

Age: Miranda Fey - 20

"Grr…" James grumbled. "I hate this trench coat. I should've gone for something simpler…"
"Can't do anything about it now…" I replied nonchalantly. "Just bear with it for now."
James sighed. "Might as well."

Soon, the 3 of them made it to the open vault of Kurain. Police tape was being removed from the scene, as the case had ended a few days ago.
Looking further, they saw Detective Gumshoe near the vault door. Spotting them, Gumshoe 'stampeded' towards them.
"Hey pal! Hey Maya!" Gumshoe exclaimed. "How have you been doing?"
"Hey Detective!" Maya said happily.
"Hello Gumshoe." I replied. "Been better. Are you guys going to fix the vault door?"
"We don't know how to…" Gumshoe replied unhappily. "These locks are weird. Nothing we have seen before."

Psych-locks no doubt. I thought. No wonder they don't know…
"Sounds interesting." Alex (James) said.
"Hey!" Gumshoe wondered. "Who are you?"
"Alex Warr." He replied. "Just a college student."
"Ahh an apprentice Phoenix?" Gumshoe asked.
"Not quite." I grinned. "Just some unimportant guy who wanted to see kurain."
"W-wha-!" Alex (James) started, but Maya slapped a hand over his mouth.
"Be quiet!" Maya whispered in his ear. "You know you can't be here!"

James frowned. "Yeah yeah I get it."
"Mr. Nickkk!" a voice called.
Everyone turned and saw Pearl Fey running towards them.
"Pearls!" I called. "How are you?"
She ran over and hugged my leg. "I'm doing very well Mr. Nick! I miss you!"
I knelt down and embraced her. "I miss you too Pearls. Don't worry; we'll see each other again soon!"
She smiled. "I hope so!"

I turned back to Gumshoe. "So what happened here? I was at the trial but it looks like there's more here than meets the eye."
"I'm sorry pal." Gumshoe replied. "I can't tell you anything. The evidence has already been taken to the police department to be stored, and the trial is already over. Miranda Fey is innocent."

"You can't seriously believe that!" Alex (James) replied. "I mean come on! Do you honestly think that that last picture Gavin showed is legit?"He shrugged. "I don't know. That's not my job."
"Come on Detective!" Alex (James) pressed again. "Do you believe that Miranda was innocent?"
Gumshoe turned to James. Just as he was about to open his mouth—

"Of course I am. I'm here aren't I?"

Everyone turned to the source of the voice, and saw the girl from the trial.
"Hiya." She said coolly. "Seems like you all already know me."
"Unfortunately…" James muttered.
Miranda turned to him.
"Sorry? Can't hear you." She said. "All I can see is your lips flapping."
James took a step forward, seething.
"We know you did it." He spat out. "That was forged evidence!"

She shrugged. "Think what you want. All it matters now is that I'm innocent. And I'm going to stay innocent."
"I know that…" James growled. Damn double jeopardy…
"Unless new evidence turns up." I said.
"Oh, so you're Phoenix Wright?" Miranda asked. "The
legend?"
I rubbed the back of my head. "Not exactly 'legend' but—"
Immediately, she grabbed my hand and shook it.
"It's so nice to finally meet you in person!" she squealed. "I am a BIG fan of yours!"
I flushed pink. "W-well…Thanks."

A wide grin spread to her face. "I wish it was YOU that defended me!"
"Why, so you could forge more evidence?" James muttered.
"Shut up you." Miranda replied, annoyed. "You couldn't even defend a turkey from being slaughtered on Thanksgiving Day."
James glared at her. "You obviously don't know who I am!"
"I'm…gonna leave." Gumshoe said awkwardly. "See ya pal."
With that, he left.
"I don't think it matters and frankly, I do not care." Miranda replied matter-of-factly. "You're obviously not as important as Phoenix Wright is!"

James shook his head. "Fangirl…"


Since the police had left, I was able to do some investigation of my own. But the police had done a very good job for a change. So my first search led me nowhere. What's worse, I didn't have a client. So if I got caught here, I could get in serious trouble. And for what? Curiosity? This isn't even a case I am involved in. So a new mystery is surrounding Kurain. It's not like a murder's gonna take place. Besides, I gotta free Iris from her sentence. But night was approaching, so I decided to (with pressure from Maya) to stay here for the night along with James and Pearls. Tomorrow, I was gonna head home and work on Iris's sentence. But the night wasn't going to be as simple and peaceful as I hoped…

I walked towards the Main Hall where dinner was being served, and saw James sitting next to Maya in a robe wearing a hood which looked like a similar hood Iris wore, yet he was still wearing his sunglasses.
Clever disguise "Alex." I thought sarcastically.
I saw that Miranda was not in the room. Pearls was there, along with Maya and James, and an Elder I had never seen before.
"Greetings Mr. Wright." The Elder said. "My name is Adrianna Fey. I'll be dining with you tonight."
"Erm, Ok." I said a little awkwardly, and sat down on the other side of James.

She smiled. "Nice to see you all tonight. We're having potato soup. It'll be here in a minute."
Everyone nodded.

"So Master Maya, why don't you tell our guests how things have been going here?" Adrianna suggested.

Maya nodded quickly. "Ah yes! Nick, things have been going great here! Ever since your trial with Iris, this place has boomed and become very successful! Even Hazakura temple is getting many visitors! And many happy acolytes have been learning so much from our teachings, I've never had so many young students come here and be so eager to learn our way of life!"

"That's fantastic!" I replied happily. "You're really doing well for yourself Maya!"
"That's great Maya!" Alex (James) said. "Has it been hard here?"

"Oh don't tell me like you don't know." Adrianna responded. "After all you did used to live here James."

Everyone, even Pearls, tensed up.
What! I thought horrified. She knows!

She stood up and crossed her arms.

"Now why don't you take off that disguise and show us your real identity 'Alex'?"

First things first. I am so sorry for not updating! I've been very busy with college and I've had little time to write! Yes I've been in the digimon forums too but I had a bunch of stories I had to add to! That's my fault really but it's been SIX MONTHS since my last update, and I'm so sorry again! But now I'm back and I'm going start updating more frequently! Overall, more on the way soon! Like it? Hate it? You decide!