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Judge Nozawa leaned over so he could see Ms. Sakamoto. "Ms. Sakamoto, I believe that the defense have asked you a question."

Ms. Sakamoto gave herself a little shake and answered Haruhi's question. "There – there must be some mistake in their paperwork. I stopped working for them an entire month before I was hired by Mr. Morinozuka."

Haruhi raised one eyebrow, appearing so cool and controlled that even Kyoya would've been proud. In actuality she felt like a child with stage fright. "Is that so? Then why is it not listed on your resume? It says here," Haruhi held up another document, "that you worked for Suzuki Industries."

Ms. Sakamoto became quite flustered; her calmness was completely gone now. "Well, I-I-I'm not sure. Wait! I mean, I did work for Suzuki Industries! I worked at Sagisu Corporation before I worked at Suzuki Industries!"

Haruhi pretended to peruse the resume for a moment before responding. "Oh? Is that so? Then why is it not on your resume?" Haruhi held up her hand before Ms. Sakamoto could respond. "And why did you get a sizable amount of yen dropped in a bank account under your name in Switzerland a week ago, put there by Sagisu Corporation?"

Ms. Sakamoto was now as pale as death, before she could even defend herself though something else occurred. Two older, heavy-set men stormed out of the audience and burst through the little door. Before the courtroom guards could do a thing they had latched onto Haruhi, pure rage clouding their faces.

"YOU BITCH!" One of them screamed in her face, spittle flying everywhere.

"HOW DID YOU-" The other one started to yell before being cut off.

One moment they were there, the next they were flying across the courtroom at a wall and Mori was standing there instead, a look of concern on his face. "Are you alright Haruhi?"

Haruhi took a deep breath and gave him a comforting smile before turning to face the judge. She began to speak, not even noticing the rolling thunder outside now, too caught up in having her plan unfold correctly. No thunderstorm would stop her from saving Mori.

"Your Honor, I move to have this case thrown out." Haruhi said clearly and succinctly to Judge Nozawa, despite her harried appearance and the lightening flashing against the windows.

Judge Nozawa tilted his head to one side, "On what grounds Ms. Fujioka?"

"On the grounds that Ms. Sakamoto is falsely accusing my client of sexual harassment in order to further the plans of her true employers. Those men," Haruhi pointed to the two struggling men being held by the courtroom guards, "are Mr. Sagisu and Mr. Sagisu, owners of Sagisu Corporation. They use Ms. Sakamoto here to conduct corporate espionage and whatever else is necessary to improve this business."

Judge Nozawa nodded slowly, "I can see why this should be retried, but now why it should be thrown out Ms. Fujioka. Do you have any other reasons?"

Haruhi had to stop herself from letting a small smile slip out. "Yes Your Honor, I can. As you just saw, Mr. Morinozuka is highly skilled in martial arts. If you would like I could obtain a list of all the medals and honors he has won since he was a small boy. Ms. Sakamoto, on the other hand, has had no physical training at all. So the one hole in her story is – how did she fight him off?" Haruhi turned back to face Ms. Sakamoto. "Well Ms. Sakamoto, how did you fight off someone so skilled in martial arts?"

Ms. Sakamoto looked like she wanted to sink into the floor now, her entire life was crumbling around her. In a panic she yelled out, "He didn't attack me! I lied! I lied!" She broke down crying as rain slashed against the windows and thunder boomed over the yelling from the crowd.

Judge Nozawa put his head in one of his hands as he banged the gavel with the other, "Case dismissed!" He managed to yell over the noise.


Author's Note: Soooo...karma has arrived! Oh, and Haruhi and Mori both got moments of awesome! I think I need to up the rating now because of the curse word Mr. Sagisu used on Haruhi... Oh, congrats to Le Dancing Flamingo for being the only one to realize who shares a name with Ms. Sakamoto! Yes, I intended to do that, it's meant to add depth to everything going on in this story.

Um, now, here's an advertisement for another story since it might be a little hard to find because it's a crossover. Nicluvly and I have started a story titled "Hogwarts Host Club", it's exactly like it sounds - the Ouran kids go to Hogwarts, it starts during the epilogue of book 7. Ok, my self-promotion is over.

Oh, I also have a new story up, it's on chapter two now. It's a Haruhi/Kyoya, like Facade, but it's told from Kyoya's point of view and occurs when they're about the same age as they are in this story. So go check it out if you're interested.

Also, for you Mori lovers, don't forget to check out A New Life by nicluvly and me.

Jeez, my author's notes are now author's advertisements...maybe I should rename them! hehe

Oh well.

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