Here we go, the final part of the investigation. Let's get into it.

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DM77's Ace Attorney Justice for All Chapter 17

Puppet and Stolen Badge

December 28, Clockford Big Circus, Circus Entrance

J and Jaden arrive back at the circus and as they approach the entrance notice that Whisk who was standing here before was gone now.

"Huh? Whisk's not here anymore!" Jaden said surprised.

"Yeah….I wanted to ask her something." J said with a nod.

"It's cold out…She's probably in the tent." Jaden said thinking.

J nods to that and head into the Big Top.


December 28, Clockford Big Circus, Big Top

The two walk in and look around seeing Fubuki is no where to be seen and Jaden asked "What do you think, J? I wonder if we've been making any progress…"

"Don't be so negative…Of course we are making progress." J told him.

"But…Everyone love the Ringmaster…" Jaden points out. "And there's no sign of footprints on the scene…There's still a lot of mysteries left to be solved."

"Of course." J said in agreement.

"And now Fubuki isn't here!" Jaden points out.

"I'm not seeing how that's related…" J told him. The two then head into the Ringmaster's Room.


December 28, Big Top, Ringmaster's Room

As they enter Jaden said looking around "It looks the same as always…A great big mess. Considering how messy it is, I bet they wouldn't notice if another poster went missing." He grins.

"Will you just stop it, you poster pilferer!" J said sighing.

"I'm just kidding!" Jaden said laughing "You know I already got one of these posters!"

"You mean 'stole' one of those posters!" J corrected him.

"Yeah… Uh… Let's focus on what Trixie told us." Jaden said "She said that she hid Pup-Mon and the mask somewhere in this room."

'Pup-Mon…Ohh! The ventriloquist's puppet!' J thinks and the two look around.

Jaden looks at the trophy case and said "J! Look at all the cute trophies!"

"Indeed. Just look at all the awards this circus has won…" J said smiling and looks at the awards.

"Like…'All County Quiz Champions'…'Ringmaster's Association Mini Golf Master'…'Beer Belly Balloon Bounce Champ'…'Pet Grooming Grand Prix'…" J said looking at the trophies and said saidly "Wow. The Ringmaster was multi-talented in ways I could have never imagined…"

"Hmmm…There's something shoved under this bookshelf" J said noticing something and pulls it out "This…is…" She pulls out a wooden puppet and a black cat mask.

"That's Pup-Mon and the cat mask! That's both Whisk's puppet and mask!" Jaden said excited.

"I think you're right." J said nodding "We'll give them back to her later." She hads them both to her Court Record together while handing them to Jaden to carry.

"Why do I have to carry these things?!" Jaden asked

J doesn't answer and they leave to find Whisk.


December 28, Big Top, Cafeteria

The two enter and see someone familiar. Jaden seeing them said smiling "Oh! Hey, Whisk!"

"A…Umm…Uhh…H-H-Hello." Whisk said nervous.

"Hello to you, too! It's awfully cold today, don't you agree?" Jaden said smiling.

"Y-Ye-Ye…Uhh…I-I d-do indeed." Whisk said nodding

"Don't you think it's cold, J?" Jaden asked.

'I don't see how talking about the weather is helping our case.' J thinks sighing mentally. She looks at Whisk and asked "Tell us what you know about the murder…"

"I-I-I-I…Uhhh…I-I-I-I uhhh…" Whisk lets out nervous.

"Do you know anything at all?" Jaden asked her.

"I d-d-d-don't k-know a-a-a-a t-t-thing!" Whisk answers to that.

"Well…" Jaden said and thinks.

"W-W-Well…I-I-I-I don't k-k-know…" Whisk states.

"You've been in the circus for a long time, haven't you Whisk?" J asked her.

"Y-Y-Yes…Ab-Ab-About f-f-four years…" Whisk said with a nod.

"I got to admit, I'm kind of interested in this place as well." Jaden said happily. "Krusty is so funny, and Trixie is so amazing…Not to mention Fubuki being the cutest little thing I have ever seen!"

"…Fubuki? I…Umm…I…" Whisk said getting nervous and flustered "D-D-D-Don't R-R-Really…L-L-L-Like…H-Her…T-T-Too…M-Much…"

"Hmm….Are you sure about that?" Jaden asked surprised at her reaction.

'Hmmmm…That's odd…' J thinks looking at Whis 'Trixie said something about a confession of love…'

"Ahh…Whisk…These are yours, aren't they?" Jaden said and presents Whisk the mask and Pup-Mon.

"Y-Y-Yess! T-They're mine!" Whisk said upon seeing them.

"Here you go!" Jaden said handing them to Whisk

"Alright Jaden…Let's get going!" J said after removing them from the Court Record.

"It's that time isn't it?" Jaden said smiling "See you around Whisk!"

"O-O-O-Ok…" Whisk said nodding.

"So J…Where are we going next?" Jaden asked the drone.

"Let's see…Maybe we should go try talking to the clown once agai…." J began saying

"HEY! WAIT!" a high squeaky voice said suddenly.

"Who said that?" Jaden said as he and J were surprised.

"WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? I'M RIGHT HERE YOU BLIND FOOL!" The voice said. The two look and see Whisk wearing the black cat mask to hide her face and holding Pup-Mon and the voice was revealed to be coming from Pup-mon as he 'spoke' saying annoyed "What's your problem anyways? Don't you know how to properly greet someone?!"

"Whisk? Is that you Whisk?" Jaden said surprised.

"NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! I would never…" Whisk said a bit nervous.

"It was me! Yeah me! Down here!" Pup-Mon yells out.

"You…You're…Pup-Mon?!" J said surprised.

"That is Mr. Pup-Mon to you drone! Learn some manners before you just blurt out my name!" Pup-Mon told her. "Now try speaking to me again, but this time with some proper respect!"

'Not again…' J thinks sighing mentally and said "Mr. Pup-Mon…Is that better?"

"No! Look at me when I am talking to you, you 8-bit excuse of an attorney!" Pup-Mon tells her

"Pup-Mon! We talking about insulting people! You promised!" Whisk said to Pup-Mon who responds with punching her in the face.

"But she was mocking!" Pup-Mon told her "Not being mean to bullies was not included in the deal!"

"I'm sorry, Pup-Mon…" Whisk tells him.

"J! What just happened?" Jaden said shocked and confused "Pup-Mon is still a puppet right? A ventirlloquist puppet?"

"Hey! Who do you think you are, calling me a puppet?!" Pup-Mon asked annoyed.

Feeling now they could get Whisk's actual thoughts through her speaking them through Pup-Mon, J asked "Tell us what you know about the murder…"

"You talking to me? I said you talking to me? Don't look at her when you're talking to me!" Pup-Mon tells her.

"Puppetmon. You behave young man!" Whisk tells him and gets punched by the puppet.

"Shut up Whisky!" Pup-Mon tells her. He then looks to J and asked "What murder are you talking about? You mean the one where they off'ed the old man?"

"I guess so…" Jaden said still bemused.

"No need to make such a fuss about things!" Pup-Mon said firmly "That old mutt paid us all peanuts!"

"Pup-Mon…You can't say things like that! I didn't raise you to be that kind of puppet!" Whisk said to her puppet only to be punched again.

"Don't you have nerve pills or something to take right now?" Pup-Mon said to her.

"These two are rally an odd couple, aren't they J?" Jaden asked J.

"Okay! Okay! I'll talk…Gramps got clobbered over the head!" Pup-Mon said smiling "Let me lay it all out for you…The pay sucks….The clown sucks…And my parther has her hand up my pants."

"Your partner…You mean Whisk?" Jaden asked surprised.

"Yeah…The creepy neko girl who never finds it in herself to leave me alone…" Pup-Mon said grinning. "Tell her to 'BACK OFF' for me will you? She's just another one of the dorks around here!"

"Oh….My…" Jaden said surprised.

"But I'll be fair…In this cesspool of human garbage masquerading as performers…I found my Madonna." Pup-Mon said smiling.

"Your…" Jaden said stunned

"Madonna?" J said also stunned.

"Fubuki. My lovely Fubuki. She is stunning…Right? Whisk?" Pup-Mon said with a smile.

"Well…I'm not sure if I would go that far…" Whisk said only to be punched by Pup-Mon.

"You'll have to excuse her…She does not understand of what she speaks." Pup-Mon tells the two. "I, on the other hand, am an appreciator of true beauty. Hence why I shall marry her!"

"Ma-Ma-Ma-Marry?!" Jaden said shocked.

"Anyway, the Ringmaster got knocked upside his cheap head by that flying fraud!" Pup-Mon said changing the subject.

"You mean Trixie Lulamoon? Why do you say that?" J asked him.

"Pup-Mon! Straighten up! Don't accuse people like that!" Whisk said only to be punched again.

"Straighten up?! I'm made of wood! Besides, you were there! You know what happened!" Pup-Mon told her

"You were there…?" J asked them.

"Hehe! If you're that interested, then I'll let you in on the facts!" Pup-Mon said smiling.

"Um…You…You're going to marry…Fubuki?" Jaden asked them.

"That's right! She doesn't quite realize the joy that awaits her, does she?" Pup-Mon said smiling.

'I think I'm beginning to see why he seemed…troubled…' J thinks on it.

"Well…She…" Whisk said nervous.

"I don't care!" Pup-Mon yelled at her and punches Whisk again "It is my choice not hers! We're getting hitched!"

"I know you thing that…But…" Whisk said between punches.

'…But what…?' J thinks curious.

"I gave her a special gift…I gave her the wonderful gift of song…" Pup-Mon said smiling at the two.

"You gave her a song?" Jaden asked.

"Well, I am a renowned tenor!" Pup-Mon tells them smiling "You'll be happy to know that I've decided to grace you one of my songs! Mi, mi, mi, mi, mi, mi, mi!"

Pup-Mon: I want you to toch me!

I want you to kiss me!

I want you to…

"The rest is private!" Pup-Mon said smiling.

"Well…Umm…The melody is pretty good." Jaden said smiling.

"But those lyrics…I think they need a little work." J points out.

"Who asked you?! I'm the artist here!" Pup-Mon tells her.

"Umm…Uhh…Thanks…" Whisk said to the two "Now that Pup-Mon's here and I have my mask back…"

"'Now that Pup-Mon's here and I have my mask back…' Does that mean you can talk normally now?" J asked her.

"Hey! Buttdrone!" Pup-Mon said angered

"AHHH!" Jaden screamed.

"You must be looking forward to tomorrow, aren't you Miss. Ambulance Chaser?!" Pup-Mon said smirking

"Uhh…" J said to that.

"You know…It's time to get rid of that pesky magician once and for all!" Pup-Mon states

"Pup…Pup-Mon?" Jaden aske worried

"Enough jibba jabba! Let's get to court already!" Pup-Mon tells Whisk and the two leave.

"Ahh…Hey! Wait a second!" J called out.

"J…What's going on?" Jaden asked her.

"He's a witness for tomorrow's trial…" J said sighing.

"Ahhhhh…." Jaden said sadly.

The two head out.


December 28, Clockford Big Circus, Big Top

As they walk back into the main tent Jaden looks down sad "Hmm…What in the world happened with Whisk and Pup-Mon?"

"Quite the pair those two. What did the puppet see anyway?" J said thinking

"Oooh!" A creature voice said as a brown monkey with chubby cheeks comes down it wore a purple party hat and a purple vest..

"Oh no…Now what?!" J said concerned.

"Ooooo-Oooooh!" The monkey lets out and attack J

"AHHHHHHHH! YEEEOOOOOWW! AHHHHHHHH!" J screams out and she is knocked unconscious.

A bit later J comes back around and Jaden said smiling "Hey! Welcome back, J!"

"T-T-That monkey…" J groans and checks herself and finds something missing and screams out "AHHHH! My badge! That monkey stole it!"

"WHHHHAAATTT?!" Jaden said in shock.

"Hehehehe!" A female voice giggled as Fubuki shows up smiling. "Miss. Attorney, tha face was so cute. You looked so completely dumbfounded!"

"Fubuki!" Jaden said surprised.

"You! That monkey!" J said standing up angry.

"Hey….No need to get angry…Okay?" Fubuki said looking cutely.

"B-B-But! My attorney's badge!" J tells her.

"Don't worry…I'll help you out." Fubuki tells her.

"Okay…If you say so…" J said calming down and thinks 'If I don't get my badge back, how can I flash it?'

"By the way…The monkey's name is Ukiki. Ukiki the monkey." Fubuki tells them.

"His name is Ukey…Ukiki?" Jaden asked surprised.

"The monkey…is called Ukiki?" J asked Fubuki.

"Yes." Fubuki said with a smile.

"Well, the uniquely named ape just stole my attorney's badge. Mind if I get that back?" J asked her.

"I'll see what I can do…Even I have Ukiki problems." Fubuki said thinking.

"Huh?" J said confused.

"Whenever Ukiki sees something shiny, he takes it back home." Fubuki explained.

"Haha…That's pretty funny." Jaden said smiling.

"Well, I guess I'll just have to find out where Ukiki disappeared to..." J said.

"I think that's your best bet." Fubuki said with a nod "You should probably ask Uncle Krusty…He might know."

"Huh? You don't know?" Jaden asked surprised.

"Well…Ukiki isn't exactly someone I am on friendly terms with." Fubuki explained.

"What?!" Jaden said more surprised.

"He's not really the kind of animal work with…Even if he does need taming." Fubuki adds.

"Oh, I see!" Jaden said understanding.

'Go to Krusty's…Hmm…I guess it is time that I revisit that kooky clown...' J thinks on it.

"Do you mind telling us a bit about Whisk?" Jaden asked Fubuki.

"Whisk…?" Fubuki said thinking then smiles "You mean the cat girl that is always hanging around with Pup-Mon?"

"What do you mean 'hanging around'?" Jaden asked confused.

"Well, she was there when Pup-Mon told me he was in love with me…" Fubuki explained.

"Pup-Mon told you he was in love with you?" J asked confused.

"Yes he did. Kind of cute, don't you think?" Fubuki said happily. "He's so smart, and he's such a wonderful singer…I love him!"

"But…What about Whisk?" Jaden asked her.

"What about Whisk? He's go nothing to do with me loving Pup-Mon." Fubuki said to that.

'Like sand through the hourglass, so are the Days of the Circus…' J thinks deadpanned.

"Fubuki, you were proposed to, weren't you?" Jaden said smiling.

"Proposed to?" Fubuki said thinking and shakes her head "Nope…That won't be for a while."

"Huh? Really? That's strange, isn't it J?" Jaden asked confused.

"Yeah…Trixie and Pup-Mon both said otherwise." J said nodding. "They said they asked for her hand in marriage."

"Ahh, but Trixie only talked to the Ringmaster about it." Jaden points out.

"I forgot about that." J said nodding "She asked the Ringmaster for her hand, not Fubuki directly."

"So I guess Pup-Mon hasn't asked her directly yet." Jaden said thinking

"What?! He's going to propose to me?!" Fubuki asked smiling excited. "I'm so confused…How about you, Jaden?"

"Huh? What?" Jaden said confused.

"Who do you think I should go for? Trixie or Pup-Mon?" Fubuki asked.

"Wait…Wait…You do realize that Pup-Mon is…a…puppet?" J asked her.

"Uh?" Fubuki looks at her confused but adds "I don't care that he's a bit stiff…"

"Oh boy." J said sighing.

They then leave for Krusty's room.


December 28, Lodging House, Plaza

When they arrive in the plaza they see N is nowhere and Jaden said "Huh? Detective N took off already."

"Yeah…Probably because we ditched him earlier." J said thinking. "I bet he and the other cops got lonely and headed back to the precinct."

J and Jaden then head inside to go back to Krusty's room.


December 28, Lodging House – 1st Floor, Krusty's Room

They walk in to find the clown in the room still. He sees them and said grinning "Oh my! Is if isn't 'Miss. J for Justice'!"

"Ugh." J groans at that.

"It's okay to not look for Justice all the time, J?" Krusty said laughing.

"See J! It just took awhile for the joke to find its audience!" Jaden tells her smiling. J just sighs at that.

"So what can I do for you?" Krusty asked serious and lights another cigarette "Did you remember a good joke you wanted to tell me? Pull up a chair, or maybe just pull my finger, and let me have it."

"We're going to get the same sound effect either way, aren't we?" Jaden asked smiling.

"How'd you know I put a whoopee cushion on the chair?!" Krusty asked laughing. "You really know what it takes to be a clown, don't you? Hoohoohoohahaha!"

J clears her throat and asked "So, about Fubuki…"

"Fubuki is such a pure, innocent child…" Krusty tells them.

"She's such a cutie, too." Jaden points out.

"She was born and raised in the circus you know?" Krusty adds to it. "But that means she doesn't really know much about the world outside the Big Top."

"Sounds like Kairily…" Jaden said in surprise.

"For her, every child's 'dream' of the circus is her everyday reality." Krusty tells them firmly.

"She lives in a dream world…" Jaden said thinking.

"She sees dancing wild animals, women flying in the air, and one very funny clown every day." Krusty tells them. "The funny thing is, that all seems normal to he because it is her everyday life."

'I guess that explains why she thinks she can marry a ventriloquist's puppet…' J thinks.

"Don't ask me if her reality is a good thing or a bad thing though…" Krusty said to them. "'A clown sees like simply, without complications.'"

"Have you ever heard of a monkey named Ukiki?" J asked getting to why they were here.

"Ahhhh! Yes! Ukiki!" Krusty said grinning.

"He stole my Attorney's Badge!" J said before he does any of his jokes

"Well…Ukiki does love shiny objects…It makes sense that he'd swipe your badge." Krusty tells her. "But under no circumstances can you chase after him."

"Eh? Why's that?" J asked him.

"Oh! I know! You don't want to get involved in any monkey buisness, right?!" Jaden said smiling.

"EXCACTLY! BRAVO! BRAVO!" Krusty said loudly laughing. But he immediately calms down and said "Enough joking around though…Ukiki isn't considered a member of Fubuki's family."

"Then who does he belong to?" Jaden asked him.

"I'll be happy to take you to where his owner is staying…" Krusty says to them.

"You mean right now?" Jaden asked.

"Of course. Shall we go?" Krusty asked.

J thinks and decides to go with Krusty. The three then leave the room


December 28, Lodging House – 3rd Floor, Hanzel's Room

They enter a room that was simple with nothing flashy. J pants as they climbed a lot of stairs.

"This is it…What's wrong, Miss. J?" Krusty asked grinning.

"I…can't….breathe…if I were to breath." J pants out.

"Don't be such a wimpy drone! You only had to climb two flights of stairs!" Krusty told her. J pants more "Anyways…This is the place. Hanzel's room."

"Hanzel?" J asked confused.

"He's an acrobat…It seems like he's not around today…" Krusty tells her.

"Eh…That's a big piple of junk over in the corner…." Jaden said pointing to a pile of shiny objects on a couch.

"I don't think it'd be wrong to assume that J's stuff is over there too…" Krusty said chuckling. "Just be careful not to violate anything or you'll face Justice."

"Thanks, Krusty! See you later!" Jaden said smiling. As Krusty leaves J decides to add Ukiki the Monkey to the Court Record. Jaden looks in the pile and said "Holy cow! There's a fork…And a mirror…Everything's shiny! There's even a really cheap looking knockoff wristwatch!"

"Look at this! It's a trophy! And it's really heavy!" J said looking in the pile.

"J! I found it!" Jaden said holding up the Attorney's Badge "Your badge! It's right here!"

J takes it and puts it back on it's rightful spot. "Thanks! You really save me!" She said smiling but then notices something else in the pile "Huh?"

"What's the matter? Did you find something?" Jaden asked surprised.

"Yeah. Check this out." J said and pulled out a diamond ring.

"It's a ring…" Jaden said smiling

"There's something engraved on it…'From P to F'…" J said looking at the ring. She puts it in her pocket and logs it into her Court Record. She then said "Well…I think it's about time we wrap up our investigation…"

"Do you think we'll win in court tomorrow?" Jaden asked her.

"Who knows…Even I can't imagine what kind of teastimony will come out tomorrow." J said shrugging. She thinks 'I'm guessing Krusty will be a witness in court tomorrow…Krusty and maybe the puppet'

"Don't worry J. No matter what, we've still got a magician on our side!" Jaden said smiling.

"That's good, because we might need some magic tomorrow…" J said with a nod as the two head out to prepare for tomorrow.


Well that was quite the investigation. But tomorrow the trial begins to J has to do her best to prove Trixie's innocents.

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