Since I forgot to give credits...

Kimmo: Phoenix Wright

Me: Mia Fey

This is outdated, the date it was written is the same time the first chapter is posted. I apologize for the drop of quality.

Curiosity plagued his mind as Phoenix waited for his assistant's signal. He wondered what was going on. Was Maya secretly placing a pill to a drink she was about to give to him, so she could steal his wallet and buy a bunch of burgers? Or was she calling Pearl over so he would receive a serious "make-up" from the child for not being in love with her? Or maybe she was setting traps for her new pranks and had him as the test subject. After a few more seconds of waiting, enough is enough for the lawyer. Phoenix turned around to face his assistant who has her head down, blocking her face from his view, as she was holding a piece of paper.

The lawyer was more intrigued as he spotted a small smile from her, which was not the typical smirk he sees from her. Also, she appeared to be taller than few seconds ago. This was starting to get weird. "Maya, what are you doing? Did you pull something from out of my desk again?"

The tone of her voice made his eyebrows quirk as the supposed Maya gave out a soft giggle. "Oh, no. Maya didn't snoop on your desk again. She wrote something interesting for me."

He was starting to get more and more confused. Maya didn't snooped around? But, wasn't the girl he was talking to his perky assistant? Wait. This could not be. No way. Just... no way! Phoenix realized the situation too late. The maturity of her voice, her sudden growth of height and the enlargement of her bosom triggered the button to summon forth the thousand daggers aimed to his soul. "WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTT?!"

The woman he was talking to now was his late mentor and special friend, Mia Fey. Oh, of all times, why was she channeled NOW?! That clever girl. He needed to get revenge on Maya soon, but before that, he had to deal with the current situation. With that note at her hand, who knows what juicy information Maya shared to her sister.

Mia gently placed the note down on Phoenix's desk as she giggled amusingly at him, arms crossed under her chest and with a smile that came more from being amused at the situation. "Is that how you greet an old friend, Phoenix?"

Phoenix felt himself flustered and perplexed at this whole situation. It felt like he just walked into a trap of honey with bees swarming at him. "Hang on! What is going on here?!"

Mia wouldn't be fooled. She knows her student all too well. "Playing innocent will not get you out of this, Phoenix." She still maintained that smirk while titling her head slightly to one side.

Phoenix pointed at his desk while frantically waiving his right pointing finger around. "I'm not playing innocent! What is written on that paper?!"

"I'll read it out loud for you." She gently picked up the paper and read it aloud slowly. "'Sis! I have good news! Nick's in love with you! No lie!'"

The attorney blushed, knowing he had the carpet swept right from under his feet. "Maya...you little conniving..."

Before he had a chance to generate an excuse, the mature woman set the note down back on Phoenix's desk. "Maya never lies."

"What do I even say now?!"

Mia glanced over at the calendar that's to the right of the door leading out of the office. "Today's February fourteen, right?" She let out a giggle at his reddened face. "Looks like Maya squeezed out a dirty little secret from you."

"Ugh...uh...look here...uh...hey..." Flabbergasted, the attorney's brain was still struggling to register that his hidden feelings for his mentor were out.

"Yes...?"

After saying to himself that it's only Mia and that Maya wasn't with them at the moment, he calmed down. "Well... no point in trying to scramble out. But... okay. I... have some feelings for you..."

At that moment, Mia's face flushed a bit, too as she let out another giggle at the attorney. "I'm feeling a bit young again. So, how about a little date? Maya will be happy if I fill up her stomach."

When she said things like that, it was...never mind. What did Mia said again? Right on cue, his mind replayed her words. "A-A-A date? Does that mean...does that mean that-" Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted the Magatama lying on the couch. He quickly made a grab for it and regained its possession.

Phoenix thought to himself that the only way to get to the center of Mia's secret was through words alone. He had no evidence to get to support his argument. "Okay. Before we go on a date, let's play a game."

On cue, his surroundings darkened as a lot of chains wrapped itself in front of Mia. It possessed five red Psyche-Locks.

"A Magatama? You suspect me of lying?" Mia innocently smiled, not feeling intimidated by the green mystical item.

Phoenix returned Mia's smirk, feeling up to the challenge of outwitting his mentor. "Well, like Maya said, the Magatama doesn't lie. So why don't we stop being sly cats and get on with this?"

Mia's eye glinted in curiosity. "Oh? What do you think I'm hiding?"

Phoenix scratched the bottom of his chin to think for a moment. "Let me take an educated guess. I'm willing to wager... that you have feelings for me, too."

Mia let out yet another giggle, eager to see where Phoenix is going with is argument. "What made you say that?"

"First of all, you suggested a date without me saying anything. Also, I noticed your cheeks got a lit-tle rosy." Phoenix let out a smile at his mentor to let him know that it was really true.

Mia flicked a strand of hair with one hand. "What's wrong with those two? This date is only friendly. It's been a while since I last heard a compliment from someone."

"A compliment?" That was his opening to strike her with words. "Since when is professing love only a compliment? I think it's a serious matter of the heart, don't you think Mia?"

"Now that you mention it..." She found herself unable to answer that. Her smile faltered, as he saw a lock break, leaving four more to go.

"I would hardly consider being loved a compliment. In fact, I feel it quite touching. I would think if you didn't feel the same way you would have moved on while gently putting me down." He felt himself smiling more smugly now. "Furthermore...you wouldn't even have suggested the date in the first place." Another lock break in response to his statement.

Mia felt the snowball effect going against her. She found herself unable to retaliate. She gripped her hands on her forearms in response. After a moment, she recovered her stance and gave him a small smirk. "Well, I'd say you're not out of the woods yet. I told you, our date is only friendly and it's for fulfilling Maya's stomach."

"Then why are your locks breaking?" Phoenix gave him a playful wink.

Mia sidestepped the question, never giving in to his game. "You still don't have me on the edge of the corner yet. I'll ask you something this time, why are you bothering to break my locks?"

Phoenix intensified his stare at her to show his determination. "Because I want to know the truth, Mia. Is hiding secrets supposed to be how it is between old friends?"

"Is forcing a secret out of each other what old friends do?" Mia countered back.

"Touché. However, why do you feel the need to hide it from me?" Phoenix asked as he held the note Maya wrote in his hand.

"What about it?" Mia cocked her head on the side. "It's about uncovering the truth in you."

Phoenix tapped the paper a few times. "It's not about uncovering the truth in me... It's about how it was written."

Mia smiled as she came up with a question for Phoenix to answer. "Can you give me an answer as to what's so intriguing about how it's written?"

"I noticed that Maya was quite excited to tell you that I have feelings for you. Now let's see. Why would someone report it like it was 'good news'?"

The mature woman found herself unable to look at Phoenix in the eye. "I-it's nothing out of the ordinary. It's just how Maya works." She knew her efforts where futile, but that didn't gave her an excuse to stop covering herself up and give the easy victory to his protege.

Phoenix shook his head a few times. "No. I don't think so. First of all, she told me to turn around and close my eyes. It seems as though she was trying to be discreet about it."

She felt herself on the edge but also felt happy that Phoenix was close to figuring her out. "Perhaps she wanted to surprise you about it, that's why. Maya's always up for mischievous tricks. I remember that she does that to me, too."

Unfortunately for Mia, she failed to realize there was a singe lock left for him to uncover. Phoenix tapped the note again. "But here's the second thing. Again, it's how it's written. Aside from how she said it's 'good news' she also had to reiterate that it's no lie. That can only mean that Maya was reporting that the feelings were mutual!"

A moment silence fell between them for a moment. A wide smile curved on Mia's face, signaling how proud she's feeling for her. "Phoenix, you really grown. I'm glad that I've witnessed how strong your quick-thinking and analytic skills became from the years I've stuck with you. You got me, fair and square." The last lock broke down and the chains retreated, slowly returning the room to normal.

Phoenix smiled a bit, feeling satisfied that his mentor loved him back.

"I guess it's time so share my secret to you. You better have your ears cleaned, Phoenix." Mia giggled at him.

Phoenix blushed a bit while scratching the back of his head. The way she giggled was too adorable for him, it was a pleasure to always hear her laugh. He cleared his throat to compose himself."Well...go on..."

Mia started to explain herself while looking up at the ceiling from slight nostalgia. "About my second trial that I defended you in, I once told Maya about how I abruptly hurt Mr. Grossberg for no reason at all. She seemed to have gotten the hint before I did."

"...Hmm?" That was interesting to hear from Mia. He scratched his chin a bit, wondering which one it was but he soon remembered. "Oh... that case." He grouched at the memory that was resurfacing on his head. "Ugh... don't remind me. I had a cold and I was hacking away." Come to think about it... He realized he didn't even remember getting sick much since that time.

Mia helped herself to a seat on the couch next to the filing cabinet in the corner. "I admit that I had a crush on you at that particular time. I'd get jealous whenever you talk about her, so I ended up venting my frustration to Mr. Grossberg. That's what Maya told me, though. She already had some knowledge about how these kinds of things work, thanks to the show she watches on TV."

Phoenix palmed himself in the face as he took a seat next to Mia. "I don't think you should believe EVERYTHING you see on TV."

"Lecture Maya, not me!" Mia said as she turned to the side, facing away from Phoenix. She crossed her arms and felt her cheeks puffed, similar on how Maya displayed her disapproval.

"Let's just say that my words fall on deaf ears whenever I do so."

Mia looked down as she sighed, shaking her head while doing so. "Typical Maya. But to be honest, it was foreign to me. I got more fired up than usual when you talked sweetly about her."

Phoenix looked up at the ceiling while relaxing on the couch. "Looking back on it, I should have listened more closely to Doug. There's just something innocent but sinister about that girl. All the lives she's ruined..." He shuddered at the thought about remembering that girl's face. She would be the definition of how looks can be deceiving.

"Yes, true." She turned back to look at Phoenix, who then made eye-contact with her. "Um, Phoenix? Are you still up to date me?"

Phoenix abruptly stood up from the couch. He almost forgot that he scored a date with Mia, albeit almost a real one. "Oh-uh! Yeah! Although... it'd be better if you were... you know... still in your real body. But I'm really up for it."

Mia smirked at him. "You wanted to kiss me, didn't you?" She teased.

The attorney's face flushed deep red. However, he didn't deny it. Feeling her lips would feel... nice to him. Well, if he would had a chance right now..."If I did that right now, would I be doing that to you or Maya? Because technically this IS her body."

Mia tilted her head to one side at that note. "I prefer if you didn't kiss me while I'm like this. Maya will definitely not be happy with the result. Speaking of my body, Maya told me there was no proper burial... What happened to my body?"

An air of mystery suddenly surrounded them. "...Even I don't have the answer to that. In fact...why can't I even remember anything about it...?"

"You can't remember...?" Mia felt surprised to see this from Phoenix.

"This is strange... that time, when Mia. Ah... what? That's the last time I've seen her body... and I haven't seen it since..."

"Let's go back on that subject some other time." She gave him a reassuring smile. "I think it's better if you discussed that with Maya. She might have some answers." Deep inside her mind, she wondered why did Maya never told her about the status of her body.

It was all so strange. Maya seemed to know something that both Mia and Phoenix didn't. Where is Mia's body? Where was it? The last time he saw her body was... in this office.

Phoenix slowly nodded his head at her. "...Okay. I'll ask again later."

"So, where are we going, Phoenix." Mia curiously asked. She didn't know many places to eat around town.

"Hmm... Ah!" He had an idea. To celebrate their time together, Phoenix wanted to make it as extravagant as he could. "The Gatewater Hotel. We'll have a grand time there."

"A grand time? Are you sure you have enough to pay your monthly bills?" Mia asked with a little bit of worriment but she was half-sure Phoenix had a way of getting enough money.

With all of Phoenix's strength, he pulls from a secret place, giant jar container that has a lot of dollar bills jammed inside.

Mia's eyes widened. She didn't remember ever seeing something like this on Phoenix's person. "Where in the world did you get this?!" Mia asked with genuine surprise.

"I have my sources." He answered her rather ambiguously.

Mia shook his head at her former student. It seemed as though she still had a bit of things to learn about him. "Shall we go?"

"Sure. Wait. Let me ask one more thing. then, that letter... When you written to Maya about 'Taking care of Phoenix.' You meant me and not the office...right?"

"We'll have a lot time to catch-up, and that's one of the things we'll catch up on. I'll answer every question you have for me once you kindly escort me there." Mia winked at him as she smiled.

"Thanks..."

Phoenix walked over to the door and opened it with his left hand. With his left hand on the doorknob, he held out his right hand to hold Mia's like a gentleman.