Disclaimers on the first chapter.
Day 3
December 24, 7:10 am, Hazakura Temple:
Yawning, the brunette attorney rose to the sound of birds chirping outside within the shared room of him and Athena. Granted, there were two separate beds for them, but the room was somewhat small for the two of them. Shrugging it off, he opened the bag he brought with him, pulling out one of the old Santa hats that he and Clay wore when they would celebrate Christmas together, along with a pair of mugs that were wrapped in bubble wrap.
"Yawn...morning Apollo."
Turning around, he saw his junior partner stretching her arms, rubbing her eyes to adjust her vision.
"Morning Athena."
Taking notice of the objects in his hands, she hopped out of the bed to take a peek.
"Why did you bring Santa Hats and mugs? I'm usually the one to bring that stuff."
Apollo smiled, although it wasn't one out of happiness, but more of sadness from trying to cope, ultimately resulting in reminisce.
"Clay and I...we would hang out together on Christmas..."
Athena looked away from a brief moment, grasping her right arm with her left hand, eyes towards the floor, ears immediately registering the sadness in his heart.
'I guess he's not completely over it yet. I don't blame him for it though...'
"...while we hung out, we would drink some hot chocolate from these mugs that we made for each other when were still in boarding school. We would sing a couple Christmas carols to...I..."
"You miss him dearly, don't you?"
Apollo sighed, hanging his head downwards with his eyes closed.
"More than ever. He was my best friend, and he was murdered before we could spend the holidays together."
Athena wasn't able to look him in the eye. She knew that she needed to cheer him up, but didn't know how or where to begin. Her courage then tried speaking her mind, but found herself stumbling over the proper words.
"I...no, let's...um..."
Finally, the only thought that crossed her mind that was able to be spoken was whispered into his ear.
"Would you...like to celebrate with me this year?"
His curiosity then was piqued, his attention facing her. He saw her expression, along with her body language.
'She's really concerned about me...' Apollo thought with his eyes wide. He then nodded, crossing his arms, trying to give a smile.
"Let's go make that hot chocolate."
December 24, 8:20 am, Hazakura Temple:
The two decided while they were making the hot chocolate, they would also get some breakfast ready for the day as well. Considering the food situation was low when travelling to the temple in the first place, they brought some of their own to the temple, along with a dinner that Phoenix was going to cook, sitting in the freezer/snow. As the mugs were filled with the hot water and milk, the hash brown patty, scrambled eggs, and bacon sat on their plates, some also sizzling for Mr. Wright. They then took their utensils, eating each piece of their breakfast. Athena then looked across the room, a festive looking tinsel hung from the ceiling, with a couple scented candles laid across them. It reminded her of a song she heard when she was in Japan.
"Merry Christmas. My song for you..."
Apollo then noticed the familiar tune, before Athena continued on.
"Negai ga kanau yo ni (I pray your wish will come true)
Santa kuroosu minna no machi (Santa Claus, please come)
Kite kudasai kitto (To every town)..."
Apollo then grinned, trying to pick up, except this time in English only.
"Merry Christmas. I sing. With you,
If all our wishes come true,
We all shall join hands becoming angels,
And all of the shining heavens, we'll be reborn!"
Athena was surprised by his chords of steel hiding such a singing voice, but also making up lyrics that had some original context to what it roughly translated.
"You...know that song?"
"Yeah, we watched Digimon a lot, and when we got older, we also heard this song during an episode we streamed...it's been Clay's favorite carol to sing..."
"Well...what else have you two translated into English?"
Apollo tried to envision the beat in his head, before continuing to sing.
"Our tree is starting to sway, radiance is beaming, lights are stars sparkling,
Candles shining ever so bright, that it's hard to see, closing them quickly,"
Athena then picked up from where he left off in Japanese, a warm feeling spreading across her entire body.
"Inori no kotodama sukui no te no hira(The words of prayer, the palm of the helping hand)
Sekaijuu no daremo ga matte iru no(Everyone all over the world is waiting)
Kono hi dake no mahout!(For the spell of this day!)"
Apollo then took out his phone, playing the song, where a couple of bells started jingling, making him take up the next verse.
"Merry Christmas! My song for you,
I pray your wish becomes true,
With knowledge of all, presents arriving,
For everyone in this world!"
Athena and Apollo then decided to sing the next part together, with a mesh of his improvised lyrics and her fluent Japanese.
"Merry Christmas! I sing, With you!
Negai ga kanatta nara(I hope our wishes come true)
Sora wo koete tenshi ni naru(We will cross the sky, becoming angels)
Habataite umarekawaru yo!(Flapping both our wings hard, we'll be reborn!)"
They soon found themselves a little out of breath, staring into each other's eyes as they tried to regain oxygen while the phone ended the song.
'Merry Christmas...my song, for you...'
By the time they were done, a small applause could be heard from the stairwell that was near the kitchen, where Phoenix, Trucy, Maya, and Pearl were clapping at their mini-performance.
"Great job guys. Hope you two can do that much singing on ice or in the courtroom!"
Pearls then placed both her hands to her face, a wondrous twinkle in them.
"I guess they found each other as their "special someones", as I remember calling it!"
The two newbies started blushing facing away from their audience, eating the rest of their breakfast and hot chocolate.
December 24, 10:30 am, Hazakura Temple Courtyard:
"Push Trucy! Push! This snowman isn't going to build itself!"
Athena, Trucy, and Pearly were pushing a large snowball that they were building from the snow that had fell during nightfall, and it was fresh for snow making activities. Apollo however decided to stay as far away as possible, deeming him the supervisor.
"You guys might want to stop now. It's not getting any bigger."
Pearls then looked at the remaining snow that was on the ground.
"He's right. We can't just use all of the snow right here now. That would be selfish."
Trucy just posed with her signature top hat, before waving a wand around.
"Not exactly, there's always more than one way to get snow!"
In a small puff of smoke, the infamous "Magical Panties" were in her hands.
"And a one, and a two, and a three!"
Throwing them into the air, two large snowballs appeared from the leg ends of the panties, landing perfectly onto the snowball they just made. Apollo just slumped over in more shocked expression than anything that has happened in the last two days, Pearly just clapping in awe at her magic.
"That was amazing Trucy!"
The girl then placed her fist to her hat, bumping it against the head, while sticking out her tongue.
"It was no problem Pearly, you always are amazed at what I do."
Apollo just shook his head, crossing his arms.
"Okay, so...who are we-"
" OF COURSE!"
Trucy and Pearl then bounced happily at the idea.
"Of course, Mr. Nick needs is the very best!"
"No one is as good as daddy!"
"I can't believe this..."
December 24, 12:00 pm, Hazakura Temple:
Meanwhile, inside the lodgings, the oldest of the six were inside, with the blue attorney in his blue suit, along with a Christmas sweater underneath his suit. Lunch was prepared by said man, a few homemade steaks made for the occasion, but were left unguarded by them and the other four outside.
"Well, looks like they're having some fun outside Nick."
Looking over his shoulder, he went from the table where he set up all the steaks, to the window outside. The snow was starting to fall again, Athena, Apollo, Trucy, and Pearls setting up a snowman in the courtyard, complete with Phoenix Wright posing action and stern stare. Maya just giggled at their prospects while Phoenix rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment.
"Well, they're kids, what are you gonna do about them..."
Maya then took hold of his arm, tugging on it and resting her head on it.
"I missed talking to you Nick..."
A single hand then plopped on top of the medium's head.
"Same here..."
A large thump could be heard outside, causing both of them to be startled and separate, a voice being heard from the outside.
"Dang it Trucy!"
Opening the door, the two were met with quite a scene. Apollo and Athena were hiding behind makeshift forts of snow, Pearl and Trucy doing the same, except the magician was conjuring piles upon piles of snowballs that were being literally dumped out of the magic panties. Apollo and Athena then stood up, throwing it at the other two girls.
"TAKE THAT!"
The magician and medium ducked, before Pearl pulled her sleeves up and threw them hard. The other two adults just laughed before walking back in.
"Let's call them for dinner when they're done playing."
December 24, 6:00 pm, Hazakura Temple:
"Turkey's finished!" Phoenix cried out to the people in the living area of their room, causing five hungry individuals to surround the table that was set for them.
Atop it were a glorious display of a Christmas dinner. Said turkey was the large centerpiece of the entire table, filled to the brim with a "traditional" Kurain made stuffing. Mashed, steamed, and sweet potatoes were in one glorious bowl, along with a large crock pot to keep the gravy warm. A breadbasket was sitting pretty next to the turkey, with a couple buns inside, and two small bowls of salad and fruits were also on the aside, for the ones who were planning to eat healthily.
"Alright, who's hungry?"
All of them raised their hands, Phoenix getting a chuckle as he carved the meat off of the bird, giving equal amounts to each of them. Athena then took a large amount of the salad and fruits, two buns, completing her plate with sweet potatoes.
Apollo stayed traditional, taking only mashed potatoes, bread, gravy, and stuffing.
Trucy made some of the food from their respective bowls disappear, before they reappeared on her plate as steamed potatoes, bread, fruits, and gravy.
Maya on the other hand was unhinged and started grabbing everything that was on the table, disregarding anything that was green, dumping a large glob of the gravy onto her plate, covering her potatoes, stuffing, and turkey in the brown liquid.
Phoenix just sweatdropped.
"I wonder how Edgeworth's Prosecutor party is going right now..."
December 24, 7:59 pm, Gatewater Imperial Hotel:
"He's doing it! He's going for his sixth shot!"
"ACHTUNG BABY!"
The lights in the room were then shut off, before a spotlight shone atop of the tanned prosecutor, where he stood on the table, slipping on a pair of shades, throwing the glass into the air, watching the burgundy liquid fly from its glass, landing completely into his mouth perfectly, while catching the glass in his right hand. The other prosecutors, who were clearly also out of it, were clapping at his efforts. Miles Edgeworth on the other hand had a face of disapproval, facepalming himself with his glasses on.
"I knew this was a bad idea."
Before he knew it, Klavier Gavin was starting to take off his jacket, making some of his Fraulein fan prosecutors squeal. At that moment, Edgeworth stood up from his seat.
"Prosecutor Gavin, you shall cease this at once!"
December 24, 10:20 pm, Hazakura Temple:
Everyone was already in bed, but Athena and Apollo were still up, sitting on the couch while Athena was trying to learn the English lyrics that Apollo and Clay came up with, and vice versa.
"It's getting late Apollo, let's get some sleep..."
With that, Athena curled up on the couch with a nearby blanket, resting her head on his lap.
"Uh...Athena?"
"Don't worry about it Pollo, just rest easy. The sound of your heart is soothing. I can tell that you're coping with the loss of Clay. It's nice and soft...very kind."
"O...kay, I guess."
In mere moments, the carrot-head had fallen asleep in the embrace of Apollo's arms. The brunette didn't want to wake her up, so he just watched the fireplace that was crackling in front of them dissipate, warming up the household, and falling asleep as well at the calm atmosphere.