Yo, what's up. Yay! School's over and I am... bored. So now I'm updating. Hope you like it! Once again I do not own Ace Attorney and its characters.

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A tense feeling hung around the defendant lobby of the old courthouse. Kristoph Gavin, the 17-year-old defense attorney, studied the painting hung above the red velvet couch. It was a very bland landscape painting, done by some artist he had never heard of. It did not interest him at all, but he thought that the image of him studying this piece of artwork made him seem more intellectual.

Kristoph just recently graduated from one of the most prestigious law school in Germany. After hearing news in America that one of his old friends has been arrested, he hurried back as soon as possible to take the case. If it wasn't for that, he wouldn't had bother to come at all.

"Good morning." Astonished, Kristoph Gavin jerked around to see an individual with sandy brown hair greeting him. How in the world can he walk so quietly? Gavin quickly reclaimed his composure and cleared his voice. "I'm terribly sorry I didn't notice you there. How are you feeling Leon?" What a question to ask someone suspected of murder.

Despite the fact that he might be punished for crimes he did not commit, the friend just smiled and replied, "I am perfectly fine. Luckily, no one was hurt… other than the victim." Kristoph had always known that Leon was a calm person, whose calmness can only be rivaled by his own; however, he had never seen him so calm before. Most people by now would probably be in hysterics, but he just stood there, smiling. "After all those years, I really appreciate you coming."

All those years… how long has it been since they last met? To be exact, it was last night, when they were discussing the case. Before that, it was eight years ago. Both of them grew up in the Homey Havens Orphanage, the same orphanage where tragedy occurred. They seemed forever together, usually having a quiet discussion about schoolwork. But by the time they were ten, Kristoph and his little brother were adopted by a wealthy family that had immediately left for Germany. Leon, Kristoph had assumed, was never adopted and continued to lived in the orphanage until this day.

Kristoph glanced at his watch. The trial should be starting in a few moments. Leon opened his mouth to say something, but he was interrupted as a figure stumbled trough the door and landed on the floor. "Am I late?"

Kristoph glared at the intruder of the peace and said "Emerich, what are you doing here?" Emerich picked himself off the floor and gave a big grin. "To cheer you guys on of course!" The only reason that Kristoph had even heard of this case is through the persistent e-mails of Emerich, begging him to return to America and help out a friend.

Emerich, like the other two, grew up in the orphanage. Kristoph was never close to him. His enthusiastic nature annoyed him to the end. He only associated with him because for some reason, Emerich was Leon's best friend. To continue to be Leon friend and keep his pride, Kristoph just had to cope with him.

Leon chuckled and looked at the clock. "You're just on time."

Indeed, it was time to enter the courtroom.

The trial of Leon Justice is about to start.