(May 10th) (Bleach / Phoenix Wright) Order In The Court: Part X
Title: Order In The Court: Part X
Day/Theme: 10. It's a dump of a destiny
Series: Bleach / Phoenix Wright
Character/Pairing: Hitsugaya, Phoenix, Edgeworth, Mia
Rating: G
"So," Edgeworth said, with what Phoenix recognised as his most effective calm-the-witness-before-striking-like-a-king-cobra mannerisms. "You're the youngest captain of the Gotei 13. In fact, some people go so far as to call you a boy genius."
Hitsugaya bristled. "I can't help what people call me," he snapped. "But yes. I am currently the youngest captain in the Gotei 13."
Edgeworth consulted some notes that Phoenix was fairly certain he didn't need. "Hinamori Momo was a childhood friend of yours, though since you became a captain, you and she have drifted apart a little."
"We were busy," Hitsugaya said coldly. "Both of us had our respective duties to take care of."
"And you didn't feel jealous."
"No."
"Or resentful."
"Of course not."
"And you didn't have late-night drunken rages where you vowed to kill the captain who'd taken her from you."
"Of course not!" Hitsugaya shouted, to a backdrop of fascinated whispers from the crowd.
"And you didn't engage in dubious sexual practices with a wide variety of partners."
Hitsugaya made a sound like a dying steam kettle, his cheeks turning violently scarlet.
"Or attempt to seize ultimate power in order to control Soul Society, Hueco Mundo, Earth, and all points between, investigating . . ." Edgeworth checked his papers again. "The Bounto experiments, the Vizard experiments, the Kidou Cannon, the Mod Souls, the Execution Scaffold, and a number of other cases which I have been forbidden to mention by order of the Judge."
"Where did you get that information?" Kurotsuchi Mayuri screamed from the crowd. "That is under seal! My seal! Nobody can access it!"
"They didn't dare keep it from a representative of the court," von Karma said, rearing up like Leviathan. "Your assistants were -- cooperative. Eventually."
Mayuri subsided, hissing.
"Objection!" Phoenix declared. "While the prosecution may enjoy flinging these accusations about possible motive, he has yet to show a single piece of proof that the accused murdered Captain Aizen!"
Edgeworth held up the letter. "We have here a statement from Captain Aizen himself that he was going to meet Hitsugaya Toushirou on the night of the murder. He was wise enough to leave this behind in case something went wrong."
The entire defense team flinched.
"Handwriting!" Phoenix said desperately. "It could be forged!"
Edgeworth shook his head. "The handwriting has been identified as Aizen's by Hinamori Momo, and by several other witnesses. We have also matched the ink with the inkstone on Aizen's desk, and the paper with the paper there too. It is not possible for this document to be a forgery."
"He could have been forced to write it under coercion!"
Edgeworth shook his head gently. "Really now. Keep your hypotheses within the limits of the possible, Wright."
"Then he was mistaken," Phoenix said with more certainty than he felt. "Are you saying that this young man, this boy --"
"Excuse me," Hitsugaya said, "but I would like to point out that --"
"Objection!" Phoenix overrode him. "You're trying to make it look as if this infant, scarcely out of primary school --"
A block of ice solidified round him. Hitsugaya put his zanpakutou back in its sheath with a satisfied air.
Yamamoto hammered on his desk. "The accused will refrain from freezing his defense attorney!"
"Allow me," said Mia Fey, stepping forward. "Someone thaw Phoenix out. Now, Captain Hitsugaya, surely you are not suggesting that you are a devious and machiavellian plotter, capable of utter depravity and fiendish schemes in order to seize power and indulge your unwholesome lusts?"
Hitsugaya thought about that. "Well, um, no. Not as such . . ."
"Thank you." Mia turned back to face Edgeworth. "I think that makes the situation quite clear, don't you?"
"Mere testimony," Edgeworth sneered. "As opposed to physical evidence."
"Indeed," Mia said. She smiled. "Let's discuss the physical evidence, shall we?"
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Compilation Order in the Court post
Day/Theme: 10. It's a dump of a destiny
Series: Bleach / Phoenix Wright
Character/Pairing: Hitsugaya, Phoenix, Edgeworth, Mia
Rating: G
"So," Edgeworth said, with what Phoenix recognised as his most effective calm-the-witness-before-striking-like-a-king-cobra mannerisms. "You're the youngest captain of the Gotei 13. In fact, some people go so far as to call you a boy genius."
Hitsugaya bristled. "I can't help what people call me," he snapped. "But yes. I am currently the youngest captain in the Gotei 13."
Edgeworth consulted some notes that Phoenix was fairly certain he didn't need. "Hinamori Momo was a childhood friend of yours, though since you became a captain, you and she have drifted apart a little."
"We were busy," Hitsugaya said coldly. "Both of us had our respective duties to take care of."
"And you didn't feel jealous."
"No."
"Or resentful."
"Of course not."
"And you didn't have late-night drunken rages where you vowed to kill the captain who'd taken her from you."
"Of course not!" Hitsugaya shouted, to a backdrop of fascinated whispers from the crowd.
"And you didn't engage in dubious sexual practices with a wide variety of partners."
Hitsugaya made a sound like a dying steam kettle, his cheeks turning violently scarlet.
"Or attempt to seize ultimate power in order to control Soul Society, Hueco Mundo, Earth, and all points between, investigating . . ." Edgeworth checked his papers again. "The Bounto experiments, the Vizard experiments, the Kidou Cannon, the Mod Souls, the Execution Scaffold, and a number of other cases which I have been forbidden to mention by order of the Judge."
"Where did you get that information?" Kurotsuchi Mayuri screamed from the crowd. "That is under seal! My seal! Nobody can access it!"
"They didn't dare keep it from a representative of the court," von Karma said, rearing up like Leviathan. "Your assistants were -- cooperative. Eventually."
Mayuri subsided, hissing.
"Objection!" Phoenix declared. "While the prosecution may enjoy flinging these accusations about possible motive, he has yet to show a single piece of proof that the accused murdered Captain Aizen!"
Edgeworth held up the letter. "We have here a statement from Captain Aizen himself that he was going to meet Hitsugaya Toushirou on the night of the murder. He was wise enough to leave this behind in case something went wrong."
The entire defense team flinched.
"Handwriting!" Phoenix said desperately. "It could be forged!"
Edgeworth shook his head. "The handwriting has been identified as Aizen's by Hinamori Momo, and by several other witnesses. We have also matched the ink with the inkstone on Aizen's desk, and the paper with the paper there too. It is not possible for this document to be a forgery."
"He could have been forced to write it under coercion!"
Edgeworth shook his head gently. "Really now. Keep your hypotheses within the limits of the possible, Wright."
"Then he was mistaken," Phoenix said with more certainty than he felt. "Are you saying that this young man, this boy --"
"Excuse me," Hitsugaya said, "but I would like to point out that --"
"Objection!" Phoenix overrode him. "You're trying to make it look as if this infant, scarcely out of primary school --"
A block of ice solidified round him. Hitsugaya put his zanpakutou back in its sheath with a satisfied air.
Yamamoto hammered on his desk. "The accused will refrain from freezing his defense attorney!"
"Allow me," said Mia Fey, stepping forward. "Someone thaw Phoenix out. Now, Captain Hitsugaya, surely you are not suggesting that you are a devious and machiavellian plotter, capable of utter depravity and fiendish schemes in order to seize power and indulge your unwholesome lusts?"
Hitsugaya thought about that. "Well, um, no. Not as such . . ."
"Thank you." Mia turned back to face Edgeworth. "I think that makes the situation quite clear, don't you?"
"Mere testimony," Edgeworth sneered. "As opposed to physical evidence."
"Indeed," Mia said. She smiled. "Let's discuss the physical evidence, shall we?"
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Compilation Order in the Court post