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(May 15th) (Bleach / Phoenix Wright) Order In The Court: Part XV
Title: Order In The Court: Part XV
Day/Theme: 15. His dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
Series: Bleach / Phoenix Wright
Character/Pairing: Ichigo, von Karma, Apollo
Rating: G
"It seemed like a good idea at the time," Ichigo said. "We just thought we'd come and get Rukia back, since she obviously wasn't wanted here -- I mean, what is this? Death penalty? Just because she was fighting Hollows and got jumped by one and had to give me some of her powers to help, and it wasn't her fault they got stuck, and if she hadn't done it then all my family would have been killed too, and that includes my two younger sisters, and are you telling me that it's a shinigami's duty to let innocent kids get killed?"
Von Karma snorted. "The witness will refrain from launching diatribes at the Court! He is here to give his testimony on one simple matter -- was he involved in the death of Aizen Sousuke, or not?"
"Who's Aizen Sousuke?" Ichigo asked blankly.
Apollo braced himself. He had a sneaking suspicion that Mia and Phoenix encouraging him to take this witness wasn't so much based on 'you've never faced von Karma before, he won't know how to handle you' as 'we don't want to face von Karma again'. "While wandering round Seireitai by night, did you observe anything unusual?"
"Well, we were hiding in the sewers," Ichigo said. "I was asleep for most of the time after fighting Renji."
"But could you go up to the surface?"
"I suppose I could have," Ichigo said. "But I was asleep so I didn't."
Apollo felt his hyper-perceptivity turn itself on. His eyes narrowed. He leaned forward. He drank in every detail of Ichigo's muscular body. "You slept all night," he said.
"Of course I did!" Ichigo snapped. His hand stroked at a fold of his clothing. "Why shouldn't I have been?"
"You're twitchy for someone who was sleeping all night," Apollo said.
"I've been busy since then!" Ichigo protested. "I've been in fights and I've been training and I don't see why you're questioning me." His hand brushed his clothing again at his last word.
"Oh?" Apollo asked. "Is there someone else we should be asking?"
"Objection!" Von Karma snapped his fingers. Nervous people in the front row quailed. Kira Izuru looked as if he was about to faint. "This line of reasoning is a total farce! If there is a person who we should be looking to for answers, that is Hitsugaya Toushirou! The defense is --"
"Hold it!" Apollo shouted, calling on the full power of his Chords of Steel.
"The defense has a throat problem?" Yamamoto inquired.
"No, Your Honour. I would just like to ask Kurosaki Ichigo here a couple more questions."
"Assuming that they are relevant, I will permit it," Yamamoto said. "Otherwise I will need to penalise the defense team."
Apollo swallowed. "Right. Ah, Kurosaki Ichigo . . . I'd like to talk a little more about the person who we should be asking about that night."
Ichigo tried looking to right and left. It didn't help. He squared his shoulders. "No idea what you're talking about," he said.
"I think you do," Apollo said. "I think it has something to do with the way that you keep on touching whatever it is you've got hidden in your clothing."
Ichigo pulled his hand away as if it was red-hot. "You're imagining things."
"And I think you're worried about it too," Apollo went on, observing the telltale beads of sweat on Ichigo's brow, the telltale grasping of the desk, the telltale attempts to look anywhere else except at him. "I think you need to tell us before it's too late -- excuse me, did you know your eyes are turning yellow . . ."
"Too late!" the raving masked lunatic in the witness stand screamed. "Now you will all pay! Now I rule! Now I'll fight the way this idiot never fights! Now . . ."
Ichigo pulled the clinging mask off his face. "Um," he said in the resounding silence. "I have this tiny little problem when I get under stress that is totally unrelated to the situation and I hope that you won't look at it the wrong way."
Von Karma coughed. "The prosecution calls for a brief recess to examine the possibility of any witnesses having seen a masked split-personality murderer in the vicinity during the night in question."
"The defense supports this," Apollo agreed quickly. Another victory for the Apollo Justice ability to Perceive the Truth! . . . even if it had meant Trucy jumping on top of him again while the maniac in the witness stand flailed around. Sometimes he wished that he could get dramatic emotional revelations without death threats, courtroom-wide dramatics, and property damage.
"Purely for the sake of full and detailed evidence," von Karma added. "We do not in any way suggest that this somehow clears Hitsugaya Toushirou from the charges against him. We merely wish to investigate all possible evidence."
Ichigo raised a hand. "Where do I get a defense attorney, please?"
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Compilation Order in the Court post.
Day/Theme: 15. His dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
Series: Bleach / Phoenix Wright
Character/Pairing: Ichigo, von Karma, Apollo
Rating: G
"It seemed like a good idea at the time," Ichigo said. "We just thought we'd come and get Rukia back, since she obviously wasn't wanted here -- I mean, what is this? Death penalty? Just because she was fighting Hollows and got jumped by one and had to give me some of her powers to help, and it wasn't her fault they got stuck, and if she hadn't done it then all my family would have been killed too, and that includes my two younger sisters, and are you telling me that it's a shinigami's duty to let innocent kids get killed?"
Von Karma snorted. "The witness will refrain from launching diatribes at the Court! He is here to give his testimony on one simple matter -- was he involved in the death of Aizen Sousuke, or not?"
"Who's Aizen Sousuke?" Ichigo asked blankly.
Apollo braced himself. He had a sneaking suspicion that Mia and Phoenix encouraging him to take this witness wasn't so much based on 'you've never faced von Karma before, he won't know how to handle you' as 'we don't want to face von Karma again'. "While wandering round Seireitai by night, did you observe anything unusual?"
"Well, we were hiding in the sewers," Ichigo said. "I was asleep for most of the time after fighting Renji."
"But could you go up to the surface?"
"I suppose I could have," Ichigo said. "But I was asleep so I didn't."
Apollo felt his hyper-perceptivity turn itself on. His eyes narrowed. He leaned forward. He drank in every detail of Ichigo's muscular body. "You slept all night," he said.
"Of course I did!" Ichigo snapped. His hand stroked at a fold of his clothing. "Why shouldn't I have been?"
"You're twitchy for someone who was sleeping all night," Apollo said.
"I've been busy since then!" Ichigo protested. "I've been in fights and I've been training and I don't see why you're questioning me." His hand brushed his clothing again at his last word.
"Oh?" Apollo asked. "Is there someone else we should be asking?"
"Objection!" Von Karma snapped his fingers. Nervous people in the front row quailed. Kira Izuru looked as if he was about to faint. "This line of reasoning is a total farce! If there is a person who we should be looking to for answers, that is Hitsugaya Toushirou! The defense is --"
"Hold it!" Apollo shouted, calling on the full power of his Chords of Steel.
"The defense has a throat problem?" Yamamoto inquired.
"No, Your Honour. I would just like to ask Kurosaki Ichigo here a couple more questions."
"Assuming that they are relevant, I will permit it," Yamamoto said. "Otherwise I will need to penalise the defense team."
Apollo swallowed. "Right. Ah, Kurosaki Ichigo . . . I'd like to talk a little more about the person who we should be asking about that night."
Ichigo tried looking to right and left. It didn't help. He squared his shoulders. "No idea what you're talking about," he said.
"I think you do," Apollo said. "I think it has something to do with the way that you keep on touching whatever it is you've got hidden in your clothing."
Ichigo pulled his hand away as if it was red-hot. "You're imagining things."
"And I think you're worried about it too," Apollo went on, observing the telltale beads of sweat on Ichigo's brow, the telltale grasping of the desk, the telltale attempts to look anywhere else except at him. "I think you need to tell us before it's too late -- excuse me, did you know your eyes are turning yellow . . ."
"Too late!" the raving masked lunatic in the witness stand screamed. "Now you will all pay! Now I rule! Now I'll fight the way this idiot never fights! Now . . ."
Ichigo pulled the clinging mask off his face. "Um," he said in the resounding silence. "I have this tiny little problem when I get under stress that is totally unrelated to the situation and I hope that you won't look at it the wrong way."
Von Karma coughed. "The prosecution calls for a brief recess to examine the possibility of any witnesses having seen a masked split-personality murderer in the vicinity during the night in question."
"The defense supports this," Apollo agreed quickly. Another victory for the Apollo Justice ability to Perceive the Truth! . . . even if it had meant Trucy jumping on top of him again while the maniac in the witness stand flailed around. Sometimes he wished that he could get dramatic emotional revelations without death threats, courtroom-wide dramatics, and property damage.
"Purely for the sake of full and detailed evidence," von Karma added. "We do not in any way suggest that this somehow clears Hitsugaya Toushirou from the charges against him. We merely wish to investigate all possible evidence."
Ichigo raised a hand. "Where do I get a defense attorney, please?"
---
Compilation Order in the Court post.