I don't want to be mean and I'll never erase negative reviews, but I won't tolerate one of the guests reviews anymore. This person is definitly a troll and a spammer. When a guest make a review, I have to moderate them and approve them before they're visible. From now, I won't approve his or her review if it's spam. If this person read this, please try to do a constructive review about your request of "killing Otoya and Shiena" and I'll maybe approve your review. Otherwise I'll erase it. Sorry everyone for this, but I was tired of this situation. Please enjoy this chapter!
Shiena was sat in front of the judge. It was hard for the brunette to hide her nervosity. She suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder. Beside her, her lawyer showed her a kind smile. He was a young man and he seemed sympathetic, but Shiena knew that it was probably just a fake image. This lawyer was hired to tell lies, he was a liar. Well, if he was paid to prove Shiena's innocence, the brunette shouldn't complain.
The trial could began, it was time for Shiena's lawsuit. The brunette could feel some bad gazes on her. The people who attended to the trial were probably Otoya's haters. They probably had one of the people they loved killed by the serial killer. It was normal that they were hostile to Shiena, who was suspected to be Otoya's accomplice. Her lawyer rose up and looked at the judge.
"I'll be Kenmochi Shiena-san's lawyer, I'm ready to begin."
"Go ahead, you have my permission." the judge said.
The lawyer recoiled from Shiena and went toward the people who attended to the trial, standing in front of them.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I know everyone of you have a grudge against Takechi Otoya, and this is probably why you're here today. You expect to see her supposed accomplice being condemned, but you're wrong. My client, Kenmochi Shiena-san, isn't an accomplice. In fact, she probably hates Takechi-san as much as you. Just like you, she was one of her victims."
The lawyer turned himself toward the jury.
"What I said is that Kenmochi-san isn't an accomplice, she was victim of Takechi-san cruelty. Since more than one year, Takechi-san kidnapped my client in her own apartment and forced her to let her stay, using her domicile in order to hide."
Shiena couldn't deny that her lawyer was really convincing. If she didn't know the truth, the brunette would probably believe his lies. Suddenly, a middle-aged man rose up. He was the other lawyer, the one who was supposed to prove Shiena's guiltiness. Even if he was her ennemi right now, the brunette didn't hate him. He seemed honest, he was just a lawyer who tried to put murderers in jail, what she was.
"May I speak, mister the judge?" the older lawyer asked.
"You have my permission."
"What my opponent try to prove is non-sens. It's the inspector Kuraudo who found out Kenmochi-san and Takechi-san's connection. His body was recently found, he was killed by a bullet in his head. Kenmochi-san killed him in order to protect Takechi-san."
"Objection!" the younger lawyer shouted.
"Objection accepted." the judge said.
"You have no proof that my client killed this inspector. In fact, she tried to tell him everything she knew about Takechi-san, this is why Takechi-san killed him."
Shiena felt guilty to let him accuse her girlfriend of a murder she did. But she was also relieved that Reiko erased the proofs of her guiltiness about Kuraudo's murder.
"Then what about Kamikuro Reiko's murder?" the older lawyer began to say. "She was Kenmochi-san's teacher, and there have proof that it's Kenmochi-san who killed her. Her DNA was found on the crime scene, along with Takechi-san's DNA. This is the proof that they both killed Kamikuro-san. Her teacher probably found out that her student helped a serial killer and tried to call the police, this is why she got killed!"
Shiena remembered that she didn't have enough time to erase all the proofs. Her DNA was probably on Reiko's corpse and the murder weapon, the gun.
"Objection! Even if my client's DNA was on the crime scene, it doesn't prove that she killed Kamikuro-san, it only prove that she was there. Kenmochi-san tried to ask help from her teacher, this is why Takechi-san killed her. Should I remember you that they're only having Takechi-san DNA on the gun?"
The brunette was surprised. It seemed that this woman, Ichinose Meiko, had tampered the murder weapon.
"Then, if Kenmochi-san tried to denounce so much times Takechi-san, why Takechi-san didn't kill her?" the older lawyer asked.
"Because she needed to hide somewhere and it was less suspicious if the domicile's owner wasn't dead." the younger lawyer explained.
"You said earlier that Kenmochi-san was kidnapped for more than a year by Takechi-san. But, Kenmochi-san continued to go to school and to work, how is that possible if she was abducted?"
"Because otherwise it would be suspicious, Takechi-san didn't want people to find out where she was hid. If Kenmochi-san stopped to go to school, people would think she disappeared and go check in her apartment."
"You don't understand my question. If Kenmochi-san was free to leave her apartment, then why she didn't escape and go see the police? And why on earth would Takechi-san let her prisoner be free?" the older lawyer asked.
The younger lawyer sighed. He had to use his trump card. Shiena hoped that he wouldn't be forced to use it, but he didn't have the choice.
"Human's mind is more complexe than you think, "the younger lawyer began to say. "Kenmochi-san was sequestered for a long time by Takechi-san. She was tortured and victim of various abuses, some was even sexual. The scars on her body are the proof! Even if Takechi-san let her go to school, she threatened her. After the horror she lived, Kenmochi-san was too afraid to try to do something. My client saw a psychiatrist before the trial. I have a medical proof that explains why Kenmochi-san didn't denounce Takechi-san. The poor girl suffered of a stockholm syndrome!"
Shiena would prefer that her lawyer didn't use this excuse. It's true that she saw a psychiatrist, but he was probably hired by Meiko, which explained why he gave this medical proof. The brunette hated to be considered having a stockholm syndrome. It was an insulte to her love toward Otoya, it was like saying that the only reason why she loved was because she had a stockholm syndrome.
"Some people developed affection toward their abductors, they tried to convince themselves that their abductors won't hurt them, they begin to believe that their abductors loved them. It's a defense mechanism that prevents the prisoner to panic, this help them to survive to their torments. Kenmochi-san can't be accused of being Takechi-san's accomplice, because she was mentally ill!" the younger lawyer said.
The younger lawyer showed the medical report to the jury, with pictures of Shiena's scars. The older lawyer didn't know what to say. Even him began to doubt of Shiena's guiltiness. Even the people who attended to the lawsuit began to feel sorry for the brunette. The trial continued, the younger lawyer clearly had the advantage.
Shiena testified about her story. The brunette told that Takechi was an old classmate of her, probably the reason why she decided to hide in her apartment. She told the jury the horror she supposedly lived by the hands of Takechi Otoya. She hesitated on some facts, which only made her testimony more dramatic. She went back to her seat when she finished.
"I have another witness who wants to testified." the younger lawyer said.
The judge gave his accord. The witness entered into the tribunal, escorted by police officers. The young woman was wearing a jail uniform and was handcuffed. She went to the witness box. Everyone in the tribunal was shocked to see her.
"Takechi Otoya-san will testify about what she did to Kenmochi-san." the younger lawyer said.
Shiena tries to control herself. Seeing her girlfriend was painful to her, she couldn't even talk to her or touch her. She had to treat her as an enemy, as her ruthless abductor.
"When I escaped from jail, I tried to find a place where someone I know lived. I chose to go to Kenmochi-san's domicile because I know she was weak and easily tractable. I bullied, tortured and raped her many times. I regularly threatened her to do something worst if she tried to call the police. This is why I killed this inspector and her teacher, to punish her, to make her suffer. How could you believe such a miserable girl was my accomplice? Are you out of your mind? Stupid people, I swear that if I could, I would all kill you for this insult!" Otoya said.
Shiena was hurt to hear her girlfriend calling her in such a distant way. Some people began to shout insults toward the serial killer, the judge had to calm them.
"How could we trust her?" the older lawyer protested. "She's a serial killer, she might be lying…"
"Why she would do such a thing? It's certain that she'll face death penalty, her guiltiness is already proved. She had nothing to loose, so why she would lie? If she lied, it would be to protect Kenmochi-san. Even if she was her accomplice, someone like Takechi-san would never help her, she would refuse to testify or lie to harm her." the younger lawyer said.
After a certain moment, the older lawyer had nothing to say. The judge announced that the jury will deliberate. The jury left in another piece and came back almost one hour after.
"Please, tell us the verdict." the judge ordered.
One of the jury's members rose up.
"After the deliberation, we announced that the accused Kenmochi Shiena-san, suspected of being the complice of the serial killer Takechi Otoya-san, is innocent. The verdict is not guilty."
The older lawyer didn't seem frustrated by his defeat. In fact, he seemed relieve, he probably let himself convinced by the younger lawyer, about Shiena's innocence. He wouldn't want an innocent to go to jail.
Shiena looked at the people who attended the trial. Their gazes had changed. They didn't see Shiena as an accomplice of the person they hated, but as a fellow victim. Somehow, the brunette felt guilty of this. Even if she didn't help Otoya when she killed their loved one, she helped her hiding.
Shiena looked at Otoya, who was also looking at her. Even if her girlfriend tried to act cold, the brunette could see a small smile on Otoya's lips. Shiena also saw what seemed to be relief into her eyes. With this verdict, Otoya could die without worrying for her girlfriend, but she couldn't die without regret.
Shiena was in a black car, heading toward an unknown place. The driver only told her they went to her protector. The brunette assumed that he was talking about Ichinose Meiko. Speaking about her, Shiena still didn't know what Meiko's organistation was, the one who paid for her lawyer. The brunette knew they saved her because they needed her, but she didn't know why. Shiena will have a lot of questions for Meiko, especially her connection with Haru and Yuri Meichi.
The brunette was sad that her last moment with her girlfriend was in this trial. She would want to save her, but it was impossible. Nothing could prove Otoya's innocence, she'll face death penalty for sure. At least, she fulfilled her girlfriend's last wish.
Shiena found something strange. She somehow recognized the path the driver was following. The brunette had some déja-vu right now. She hoped it was only her imagination. After a moment, the car stopped.
"We arrive." the driver said.
Shiena would have fallen if she wasn't sitting right now. The car was parked in front of Myojo Academy.
Huh, Myojo Academy!? Is Ichinose Meiko is a member of Myojo? Why they would have save Shiena, the girl who tried to hack them?
Do Shiena love Otoya because she has a stockholm syndrome? it would be logic, why Shiena fall in love with someone like Otoya?
Well, it really seems that it would be a bad ending, sorry everyone :p
Parent: What do you want to ask to Santa Claus?
Kid: I want a happy ending for The bully and the bullied!
Parent:...Santa Claus doesn't exist, sorry.
The autor is such a b*tch huh? xD