(May 17th) (Bleach / Phoenix Wright) Order In The Court: Part XVII
Title: Order In The Court: Part XVII
Day/Theme: 17. Did I dream this belief, or did I believe this dream?
Series: Bleach / Phoenix Wright
Character/Pairing: Zaraki, Orihime, Apollo, Trucy
Rating: G
"I just wanted to testify that Kurosaki Ichigo is a really, really good person," the orange-haired young woman said, gazing deeply into Apollo's eyes, "and you should defend him."
"Yeah," the nightmare ogre looming behind her rumbled. Oh wait, that wasn't a nightmare ogre. That was Captain Zaraki of the Eleventh Division. "You need to get him out of there so I can kick his ass."
"Need?" Apollo said, trying to sound manly and firm.
"Think of it," Zaraki growled, "as being good for your health."
"Right," Apollo squeaked. "But you see, I'm currently defending Captain Hitsugaya, and I'm not sure that --"
"Don't worry!" Trucy said perkily. "We'll just discover the truth, and when both of them are proved innocent, that'll settle everything."
"But what if Kurosaki Ichigo isn't innocent?" Apollo asked. "Um -- I don't think I know your name, miss --"
"Inoue! Inoue Orihime." She gave him a nice little bow. "I'm a friend of Kurosaki Ichigo from Earth and I eek --"
Zaraki put his hand over her mouth. "She's a member of my Division," he informed Apollo, "who fought her way up the ranks. The traditional way." He grinned. His open mouth showed a lot of broken teeth. Fangs, really.
"Right," Apollo said quickly. "Shinigami. Absolutely. No question of that. So, um, can Orihime here, from her totally unbiased shinigami perspective, actually give me any definite evidence about Kurosaki Ichigo and this split personality mask problem he seems to have?"
Orihime put her finger to her lips thoughtfully. Zaraki removed his hand. "Um. Well, he did go through some really intense training with this person called Urahara who has this shop back at home, but he didn't talk about it much. And I've never actually seen him with a mask on or with a split personality. He's more of a prince. A noble, heroic, valiant prince. My six Shun Shun Rikka say so."
"Your Shun Shun Rikka?" Apollo enquired.
"They're the six fairies who live in my hairpins!"
"Control yourself, Polly!" Trucy whispered urgently. "So she's got six fairies living in her hairpins. We've seen stranger stuff than that!"
Apollo restrained himself, with an effort, from asking like when and where and how? and focused on Orihime. "So when was the last time you saw Kurosaki Ichigo?"
"It was when we were getting into Seireitai," Orihime said. "We'd been shot over the walls in a cannonball and then we started to drift apart while we were floating in the air, and Ishida and I were hanging onto each other, and we were all trying to reach for each others' hands, just like Adam and God in that picture on the chapel ceiling by Michelangelo, and then he went whizzing off in the other direction! And then later he ran into Captain Zaraki here --"
"Best fight I've had in years," Zaraki growled happily.
"-- but I wasn't with him at the time, I was with Ishida, and we were sneaking round in disguise, because we beat up two shinigami and took their clothing! But we didn't leave them naked. I wouldn't do a thing like that."
"I'm sure you wouldn't," Apollo agreed weakly.
"And then we ran into the Captain of Twelfth Division who was evil, because he blew up his own men as bombs! And he was going to turn me into an experimental subject, but Ishida stayed behind to fight him while Maki from Eleventh Division brought me to Captain Zaraki here! Ishida is all right, isn't he?"
"He is," Trucy said. "He's in the holding area and I'm sure that they'd let you go and see him if you wanted to."
"Oh, good!" Orihime clasped her hands. "So there you are. And you'll defend Kurosaki, won't you?"
"I, um, that is --"
Zaraki leaned down. His hair was even more spiked than Apollo's could hope to be in its wildest dreams. "Won't. You."
"we'lltakeitunderadvisement," Apollo squeaked.
"Good." Zaraki turned round. "C'mon, woman. We can't leave Yachiru to play with that pile of evidence all day."
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Compilation Order in the Court post.
Day/Theme: 17. Did I dream this belief, or did I believe this dream?
Series: Bleach / Phoenix Wright
Character/Pairing: Zaraki, Orihime, Apollo, Trucy
Rating: G
"I just wanted to testify that Kurosaki Ichigo is a really, really good person," the orange-haired young woman said, gazing deeply into Apollo's eyes, "and you should defend him."
"Yeah," the nightmare ogre looming behind her rumbled. Oh wait, that wasn't a nightmare ogre. That was Captain Zaraki of the Eleventh Division. "You need to get him out of there so I can kick his ass."
"Need?" Apollo said, trying to sound manly and firm.
"Think of it," Zaraki growled, "as being good for your health."
"Right," Apollo squeaked. "But you see, I'm currently defending Captain Hitsugaya, and I'm not sure that --"
"Don't worry!" Trucy said perkily. "We'll just discover the truth, and when both of them are proved innocent, that'll settle everything."
"But what if Kurosaki Ichigo isn't innocent?" Apollo asked. "Um -- I don't think I know your name, miss --"
"Inoue! Inoue Orihime." She gave him a nice little bow. "I'm a friend of Kurosaki Ichigo from Earth and I eek --"
Zaraki put his hand over her mouth. "She's a member of my Division," he informed Apollo, "who fought her way up the ranks. The traditional way." He grinned. His open mouth showed a lot of broken teeth. Fangs, really.
"Right," Apollo said quickly. "Shinigami. Absolutely. No question of that. So, um, can Orihime here, from her totally unbiased shinigami perspective, actually give me any definite evidence about Kurosaki Ichigo and this split personality mask problem he seems to have?"
Orihime put her finger to her lips thoughtfully. Zaraki removed his hand. "Um. Well, he did go through some really intense training with this person called Urahara who has this shop back at home, but he didn't talk about it much. And I've never actually seen him with a mask on or with a split personality. He's more of a prince. A noble, heroic, valiant prince. My six Shun Shun Rikka say so."
"Your Shun Shun Rikka?" Apollo enquired.
"They're the six fairies who live in my hairpins!"
"Control yourself, Polly!" Trucy whispered urgently. "So she's got six fairies living in her hairpins. We've seen stranger stuff than that!"
Apollo restrained himself, with an effort, from asking like when and where and how? and focused on Orihime. "So when was the last time you saw Kurosaki Ichigo?"
"It was when we were getting into Seireitai," Orihime said. "We'd been shot over the walls in a cannonball and then we started to drift apart while we were floating in the air, and Ishida and I were hanging onto each other, and we were all trying to reach for each others' hands, just like Adam and God in that picture on the chapel ceiling by Michelangelo, and then he went whizzing off in the other direction! And then later he ran into Captain Zaraki here --"
"Best fight I've had in years," Zaraki growled happily.
"-- but I wasn't with him at the time, I was with Ishida, and we were sneaking round in disguise, because we beat up two shinigami and took their clothing! But we didn't leave them naked. I wouldn't do a thing like that."
"I'm sure you wouldn't," Apollo agreed weakly.
"And then we ran into the Captain of Twelfth Division who was evil, because he blew up his own men as bombs! And he was going to turn me into an experimental subject, but Ishida stayed behind to fight him while Maki from Eleventh Division brought me to Captain Zaraki here! Ishida is all right, isn't he?"
"He is," Trucy said. "He's in the holding area and I'm sure that they'd let you go and see him if you wanted to."
"Oh, good!" Orihime clasped her hands. "So there you are. And you'll defend Kurosaki, won't you?"
"I, um, that is --"
Zaraki leaned down. His hair was even more spiked than Apollo's could hope to be in its wildest dreams. "Won't. You."
"we'lltakeitunderadvisement," Apollo squeaked.
"Good." Zaraki turned round. "C'mon, woman. We can't leave Yachiru to play with that pile of evidence all day."
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Compilation Order in the Court post.