(May 21st) (Bleach / Phoenix Wright) Order In The Court: Part XXI
Title: Order In The Court: Part XXI
Day/Theme: 21. Your road to freedom that you build with flesh and bone
Series: Bleach / Phoenix Wright
Character/Pairing: Ichigo, Rukia, Defense
Rating: G
A recess had been called after several hours of vigorous questioning had failed to crack Dahlia's testimony (and had provoked several very severe admonitions from Yamamoto, some threats from the rest of the male audience, and a suggestion from Captain Zaraki that Orihime and Dahlia settle it mano a mano after Orihime squeaked one time too many).
"I don't know," Ichigo said, slouching gloomily in a corner. "I mean, who knows, maybe he took over and did kill this Captain Aizen guy in my body."
"Of course not!" Phoenix said heartily. "Why should you think that?"
"Well, that woman says so." Ichigo's eyes hazed over in a dreamy, fascinated, cloud-nine-and-hitting-the-accelerator way that was far too familiar to Phoenix. "Why should she lie about it if she hadn't seen me do it?"
"Because she's in league with the real murderer."
"That's impossible! How could such a sweet, innocent, helpless --"
"Excuse me," a female voice said from somewhere beyond the crowd of defense attorneys. "Excuse me, coming through, out of the way if you please . . ."
Ichigo straightened. "I know that voice."
"Ichigo!" A small woman in a white robe squeezed between Trucy and Maya. "What do you think you're up to?"
Ichigo hunched further into his personal depression. "I was trying to -- guess it doesn't matter. Rukia, it looks like I've killed someone, and . . ."
Rukia kicked him in the shins.
"Ow," Ichigo said, hopping from foot to foot.
"Moron," Rukia said. She turned and bowed to Phoenix. "Good afternoon. My name is Kuchiki Rukia. Whatever my personal circumstances, this idiot here --"
"Oi, Rukia!"
"-- is clearly innocent, since he lacks the intelligence to even have any idea of what he's saying --"
"Rukia!"
"-- and I trust you will do your best to help him. Now. Is there anything that I can tell you?"
"You know," Phoenix said, "I think you're the most reasonable person I've met here so far."
"I can even draw pictures!" Rukia added.
"Yeah," Ichigo said, "but that's not going to be much use unless the murder was committed by a rabbit."
Rukia kicked him again.
"Ow," said Ichigo.
---
Phoenix scratched his head. "This all seems fairly straightforward," he said cautiously. "Even if this Chamber of 46 seems, um . . ."
"Capricious?" Mia suggested.
Rukia folded her arms, looking down at her feet. "I can't complain," she said tonelessly. "I hear that Captain Ukitake appealed but that it was refused. But then they organise a trial like this . . . "
"Can we talk to them?" Phoenix asked.
"Well, you could ask," Rukia said dubiously. "But I heard the guards talking, and one of them said that they'd been sealed off because of recent events, and that they were just sending out orders."
Phoenix exchanged a glance with Mia. He knew that they were both thinking about corrupt administrations and even more corrupt people at the top.
"Let's leave that for a moment," Mia said, with a glint to her eye that suggested she'd be discussing it with Phoenix later, out of Rukia's hearing. "Now there's one other big anomaly in the whole situation."
"Only one?" Apollo asked.
"This Urahara person. He's the one responsible for Ichigo's current problem. He was also involved in what Rukia was doing, and he sent Ichigo and the others here. If Dahlia's deliberately framing Ichigo, then this Urahara may know something about the situation and about Ichigo that'll be relevant. We need to get him here."
"I'm not sure he can get here," Ichigo said. "Or he'd have come himself rather than send us. Wouldn't he?"
Apollo straightened. "I've got an idea," he said. "I mean, if it works for guitars . . ."
---
Compilation Order in the Court post.
Day/Theme: 21. Your road to freedom that you build with flesh and bone
Series: Bleach / Phoenix Wright
Character/Pairing: Ichigo, Rukia, Defense
Rating: G
A recess had been called after several hours of vigorous questioning had failed to crack Dahlia's testimony (and had provoked several very severe admonitions from Yamamoto, some threats from the rest of the male audience, and a suggestion from Captain Zaraki that Orihime and Dahlia settle it mano a mano after Orihime squeaked one time too many).
"I don't know," Ichigo said, slouching gloomily in a corner. "I mean, who knows, maybe he took over and did kill this Captain Aizen guy in my body."
"Of course not!" Phoenix said heartily. "Why should you think that?"
"Well, that woman says so." Ichigo's eyes hazed over in a dreamy, fascinated, cloud-nine-and-hitting-the-accelerator way that was far too familiar to Phoenix. "Why should she lie about it if she hadn't seen me do it?"
"Because she's in league with the real murderer."
"That's impossible! How could such a sweet, innocent, helpless --"
"Excuse me," a female voice said from somewhere beyond the crowd of defense attorneys. "Excuse me, coming through, out of the way if you please . . ."
Ichigo straightened. "I know that voice."
"Ichigo!" A small woman in a white robe squeezed between Trucy and Maya. "What do you think you're up to?"
Ichigo hunched further into his personal depression. "I was trying to -- guess it doesn't matter. Rukia, it looks like I've killed someone, and . . ."
Rukia kicked him in the shins.
"Ow," Ichigo said, hopping from foot to foot.
"Moron," Rukia said. She turned and bowed to Phoenix. "Good afternoon. My name is Kuchiki Rukia. Whatever my personal circumstances, this idiot here --"
"Oi, Rukia!"
"-- is clearly innocent, since he lacks the intelligence to even have any idea of what he's saying --"
"Rukia!"
"-- and I trust you will do your best to help him. Now. Is there anything that I can tell you?"
"You know," Phoenix said, "I think you're the most reasonable person I've met here so far."
"I can even draw pictures!" Rukia added.
"Yeah," Ichigo said, "but that's not going to be much use unless the murder was committed by a rabbit."
Rukia kicked him again.
"Ow," said Ichigo.
---
Phoenix scratched his head. "This all seems fairly straightforward," he said cautiously. "Even if this Chamber of 46 seems, um . . ."
"Capricious?" Mia suggested.
Rukia folded her arms, looking down at her feet. "I can't complain," she said tonelessly. "I hear that Captain Ukitake appealed but that it was refused. But then they organise a trial like this . . . "
"Can we talk to them?" Phoenix asked.
"Well, you could ask," Rukia said dubiously. "But I heard the guards talking, and one of them said that they'd been sealed off because of recent events, and that they were just sending out orders."
Phoenix exchanged a glance with Mia. He knew that they were both thinking about corrupt administrations and even more corrupt people at the top.
"Let's leave that for a moment," Mia said, with a glint to her eye that suggested she'd be discussing it with Phoenix later, out of Rukia's hearing. "Now there's one other big anomaly in the whole situation."
"Only one?" Apollo asked.
"This Urahara person. He's the one responsible for Ichigo's current problem. He was also involved in what Rukia was doing, and he sent Ichigo and the others here. If Dahlia's deliberately framing Ichigo, then this Urahara may know something about the situation and about Ichigo that'll be relevant. We need to get him here."
"I'm not sure he can get here," Ichigo said. "Or he'd have come himself rather than send us. Wouldn't he?"
Apollo straightened. "I've got an idea," he said. "I mean, if it works for guitars . . ."
---
Compilation Order in the Court post.