Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY or the Ace Attorney game series they belong to their respective companies Rooster Teeth for RWBY and Capcom for Ace Attorney. They only thing I own is my OCs in this story.

A/N: I like to apologize for the delay because this would much earlier than this but due to power outage that I had around the area I live in caused my computer to lose the data on this chapter so I had to start this chapter from scratch again. The second thing I want to bring is character bashing any of the RWBY Characters. I would like to apologize for this as well because this is completely unintentional on my part since I am kind of still new at this even with the three stories I have. I promise I will learn to do better at this aspect, so please if you see any bashing in this story or my other two stories I have up take it with a grain of salt. Other than that, I ask you to please stay tune to the ending Author's note for more information.

Now then, Ladies and gentlemen please enjoy Chapter 4 of Arc Ace Attorney.

Chapter 4: Turnabout Trail for Maya Fey

Once everyone got their food they went back to their seats excited on what they are going to see next. Gamer King looked at the group to see if they are settled in and when they were he said "Alright now that everyone is settled we can start the next viewing. After that I will bring more guests to join for the next one and afterwards we will have a small intermission before continuing."

Everyone nodded in understanding at the statement that their host just told them. This caused Gamer King to look at Jaune and then he said "Alright, whenever you are ready Mr. Arc."

Jaune nodded and push play to start the scene that will hopefully give some answers to the mystery at hand.

The scene opens up to a filled court room with Jaune and Blake at the defense's bench for the trial. Blake and Jaune looked around the room and saw Yang and Ruby with in the packed gallery where the audience sits. Though Jaune's and Blake's main focus was on the person across from them at the prosecution's desk. The person had black hair with a small strand of pink and was wearing a maroon suit and pants with a white frilly tie. This was none other than Prosecutor Lie Ren himself.

"MY EYES, THEY BURN! What in the world is he wearing" said and asked Coco as she saw the other Ren's outfit. Her reaction to that Ren's outfit got some of the group to look at her strangely while her team just face palmed, especially Velvet.

"No offense Renny, but your other looks too much of a stiff in that outfit and the color does not work for you" said Nora as she looks at Ren.

"Not taken because I will have to agree with you on that one" said Ren as he was silently relieved he did not own an outfit like that.

People kept talking in the courtroom until Judge Port banged his gavel and said "The court is now in session for the trial of Maya Fey." Ren acknowledges the judge with "The prosecution is ready, Your Honor." Jaune did the same as he said "The defense is ready, Your Honor." Jaune knew that couldn't show any weakness or Ren will be on him real fast. Port nodded at both of them and then he said "Mr. Ren. Please give the court your opening statement."

"It is good that Mr. Arc knows not to show weakness in front of his opponent "said Ironwood as he nodded his head.

"Indeed, it is also for the best since he is going up against a more experience prosecutor this time around" said Ozpin in respect for his student which got nods of agreement from the older generation.

"Though I believe he still thinking about those rumors" said Yatsu as many agree with the statement he made.

Ren nodded and said "Thank you, Your Honor. The defendant, Ms. Maya Fey, was at the scene of the crime. The prosecution has evidence she committed this murder…and we have a witness who saw her do it. The prosecution sees no reason to doubt the facts of this case, Your Honor." Port nodded at this and said "I see. Thank you, Mr. Ren. Let's begin then, you may call your first witness." Ren nodded and said "The prosecution calls the chief officer at the scene, Detective Gumshoe!"

Everyone in the theater was silent and ready to hear what the detective has to say about the case while also hoping to get some new clues.

Gumshoe came up to the stand as Ren said "Witness, please state your name and profession to the court." Gumshoe smiled and nodded before he said "Sir! My name's Dick Gumshoe, Sir! I'm the detective in charge of homicides down at the precinct, Sir!" Ren nodded and then asked "Detective Gumshoe. Please describe for us the details of this murder." Gumshoe smiled and replied with "Very well sir. Let me use this floor map to explain." Jaune got ready to take notes of this explain as well got a copy of the floor map as evidence.

"At least we will get a better view of the crime scene" said Sun as he remembered how bad of a mess the scene was in the last viewing.

"You got that right but only time will time if that is good or bad for the kid" said Qrow as had to know this as was Ozpin's information gatherer.

The floor map appeared on screen as Gumshoe said "The body of the victim was found by this window here." An outline of the body appeared on the map by the window as Ren asked "And the cause of death?" Gumshoe answered with "Loss of blood due to being struck by a blunt object, Sir! The murder weapon was a statue of 'The Thinker' found next to the body, Sir!" A small object appeared on the map next to the body. Gumshoe ended with "It was heavy enough to be a deadly weapon, even in a small girl's hands sir!"

The audience in the theater had nothing to say since that was a pretty good explanation of the scene that the detective gave.

Jaune wrote all of this down even though there was nothing wrong with it; he knew it might be useful in the future. Port came on the screen and said "The court accepts this statue as evidence." Ren slammed one hand on his desk and said "Now, Detective Gumshoe…" Gumshoe got nervous and fearful voice said "Yes Sir!" Ren in a serious tone said "You immediately arrested Ms. Maya Fey, Who was at the scene, Correct? Can you tell me why?" Gumshoe gave a big smile and replied with "Yes Sir! I had hard evidence she did it sir!" After hearing this Port told Gumshoe to give his testimony.

"Something tells me that we are not going to like his testimony and not because it being a problem for Jaune" said Weiss while she gave the screens a deadpan stare.

"I have a feeling mine and Ruby's others are going to go crazy during this" said Yang after hearing what Weiss while also getting a nod from Ruby.

Gumshoe nodded and started his testimony with "As soon as the phone call came in, I rushed to the scene! There were three people there already: the defendant, Ms. Maya Fey, her cousin, Blake Belladonna, and her lawyer Jaune Arc." Even though he knew this, Jaune wrote it down anyway. Gumshoe continued with "I immediately arrested Ms. Maya Fey! Why? We had a witness account describing her!" Jaune was confused as he still hasn't heard anything about the 'hard evidence' anywhere in this testimony. Gumshoe finished his testimony with "The witness saw Ms. Maya Fey at the very moment of the murder!"

Yang and Ruby face palmed and groan into their hands at the vague testimony that their others' superior just gave.

The other in the room opted to just shake their heads and feel sorry for the two sisters. Jaune decided to go give some comfort pats on the back to the two to which the sister duo blush and got jealous glare from the other girls who liked Jaune.

Port nodded and told Jaune to start his cross-examination to which Jaune nodded back in response. Though Jaune was confused on what to do with such a vague testimony until Maya threw a note at Jaune and made Blake give a small smile at this action. The note told Jaune how her sister would press witnesses to get more details. Jaune reviewed the testimony and found the perfect statement to press. Jaune looked at Gumshoe and yelled out "HOLD IT!"

"It is good that Maya knows some of her sister's tricks in order to help Jaune" said Velvet which got nods from the people around her.

"Indeed and it looks like my other has found a weak point to question" said Jaune as he was happy was getting a little help.

This got everyone's attention as Jaune than said "Hold on a second!" Gumshoe got a little unnerved and said "Y-Yeah?" Jaune slammed his hands on his desk and replied with "If I correctly…You said that arrested her because you has 'hard evidence' she did it, correct?" Gumshoe looked confused and said "Did…did I say that? Me?" After everyone said they heard him say it while Yang and Ruby face palmed, Jaune then said "Exactly what about this woman in pink's claim was 'hard evidence'!?" Gumshoe got a little rattled and said "W-What!? Miss May isn't suspicious, and she sure isn't pink pal!" As Gumshoe corrected himself on the pink part, Judge Port asked "Do you have any more solid proof other than her claims, Detective?" As Jaune got used to the idea of pressing, Gumshoe said he did and just got the order of events mixed up. While Jaune got ready for the next testimony, the Judge ordered the Detective to testify.

"Still questioning how he got the job in the first place" said Tai as he could not believe that Gumshoe got confused like that.

No one said anything as they could not help but agree with yet at the same time they felt bad for Detective Gumshoe.

Gumshoe began with "After securing the suspect, I examined the scene of the crime with my own eyes." Jaune remembered this as Gumshoe then said "I found a memo written on a piece of paper next to the victim's body!" Jaune knew what he was talking about and knew exactly how to refute it. Gumshoe then said "On it, the word 'Maya' was written clearly in blood! Lab tests results showed that the blood was the victim's! Also, there was blood found on the victim's finger!" Jaune and Blake were a little taken a back as Gumshoe continued with "Before she died, the victim wrote the killer's name!" The crowd began talking as Gumshoe ended with "How you like that? That's my 'hard evidence'!"

"Tough you have to admit that he is though when it comes to investigating" said Goodwitch which got nods from everyone.

After Gamer King nodded he then said "Even though he can be a bumble fool from time to time, Gumshoe can be a good detective plus he is a good guy and always turns away from the path of corruption."

This got many to get some respect to Gumshoe in this aspect as well as his good heart.

As Port berated Gumshoe for forgetting an important detail, Jaune was ready for the next cross-examination. Blake smile when she saw Jaune being confident. The Judge then asked Jaune to start his cross-examination. Jaune nodded and immediately yelled "OBJECTION!" Everyone was shocked at the quick 'objection' except one Prosecutor Lie Ren.

"Uh oh, why is Ren not shocked at this" said Neptune as he got nervous at this fact.

"I do not know but I am not getting a good feeling about this" said Sage as he too was wondering about the other Ren's behavior.

Seeing that he had everyone in the court's attention, Jaune than in a determined voice said "Detective Gumshoe! There is one thing I want you to clarify for me here. You say that the victim, Mia Fey, wrote this note. That she was accusing the defendant, Maya Fey? That's really what you're saying?" Gumshoe replied with "What? This isn't one of lawyer tricks, now is it? Of course she wrote it! Who else could it have been!?" Jaune shook his head and said "You have got it backwards, Detective." As Gumshoe got confused, Jaune continued with "The victim is the only person who absolutely could not have written it!" Many were silent as Jaune help up the autopsy report and said "This is a report from your department, Detective. 'Immediate death due to a blow from a blunt object', she died immediately!" Gumshoe went 'but' and Jaune then said "No 'But'-ing your way out of this one, Detective!" This got the crowd talking about the point Jaune made while Yang was laughing at the pun and Ruby was face palming. As Judge Port was acknowledging Jaune's point, Ren got everyone's attention as he yelled "OBJECTION!"

The pun got Yang laughing as Tai gave Jaune a thumb up while Qrow and Ruby gave Jaune a look that said 'why'. Jaune just sheepishly scratch the back of this head at the looks.

It was Pyrrha that said "Why did Ren 'object'? I saw no flaw within that reasoning."

"I have no idea, but that bad feeling we felt before is coming back stronger" said Winter Schnee as this got everyone to immediately focus on the screen.

Jaune and Blake looked at Ren as he said "Mr. Arc. I beg your pardon, but when exactly did you obtain that autopsy report?" Jaune replied with "W-When…It was the day after the murder…!" Port asked Ren what his point was and Ren responded with "That autopsy report is outdated, Your Honor." Ren looked smug at Jaune and Blake's shocked faces as continued with "A second autopsy was perform yesterday at my request! 'Death was almost immediate due to a blow from a blunt object…But there is a possibility the victim lived for several minutes.' I received these results this morning."

The whole theater was in silence as majority of the group couldn't believe at the statement that was just made to the court.

"It seems that our bad feeling was right on the money" said Qrow as he knew about misfortune and bad luck.

"No way" said Jaune and Blake as they couldn't believe what they just heard. Ren then said "Your Honor. It's quite easy to imagine that the victim did have time to write 'Maya'!" Ren then did a little bow as he said "That is all." Port acknowledges Ren's point and new information. Jaune looked a little unnerved as Ren said "Why Mr. Arc, you look shocked! Something you want to say?"

"I am sure he has plenty to say but he has to be careful and it might be' said Jaune as he knew that his other wouldn't take being surprised very well.

"Indeed, this could be a trap from the prosecution" said Port with narrowed eyes and arms crossed as watched the screen.

Jaune's mind was a bit of a mess before looking at Gumshoe and said "Detective Gumshoe you're a sham, How could you give me an outdated autopsy report!?" Blake would've scolded him but, she kind of agreed with Jaune and then Ren said "Detective Gumshoe. I'm disappointed in you, handing him the wrong report like that." The detective tried to apologize while Ren shook his head and said "You're at fault, detective. This isn't going to look good on your evaluation next month."

"Ouch" said Sun as he summarized what everyone was thinking at the moment. This also led them to feel bad for Gumshoe after hearing this.

Gumshoe sighed while Yang and Ruby were shaking their heads on the gallery. Ren looked at Judge Port and said "Your honor, I submit this report as evidence." Port nodded in acceptance as Ren then said "Your honor, there is no doubt that the victim was able to write the killer's name." Port nodded in agreement while both Blake and Jaune looked a bit worried.

No one said anything at the time because they were all feeling the same thing as the Jaune and Blake on screen.

"Oh boy this isn't any good" said Ruby as she was nervous for her crush and friend.

"Indeed, all we can do now is to put our faith in Jaune to find a way out of this" said Oobleck while pushing his glasses up on his face.

Ren with a determine look than said "The prosecution is ready for its next witness. This poor, innocent girl saw the murder with her own eyes." The gallery got loud until Port banged his gavel and asked for April May to take the stand. Blake was confused as a twitchy eyed Jaune thought 'Exactly what part of her is innocent…?'

"Look like Ms. May is coming up next, hopefully Jaune will be able to discredit her" said Ironwood as he knew that the next witness is involved in the case more than she let on.

"He probably will with her whole wiretapping business" said Tai as he had a feeling that will come into play soon.

"Unless she flirts with him as well as Ren to make sure that does happen" said Qrow while shaking his head.

All of a sudden the room felt like it dropped into the negative temperatures and a dark aura promising death can almost be seen around Jaune's admirers as well as Nora.

"I-I-I think you stepped on a landmine Mr. Qrow" said a very fearful Neptune at the current situation and getting nods from the rest of the group.

As Jaune predicted the entire male occupants of the courtroom sans Ren and Jaune went crazy once they saw Miss May at the stand. Miss May winked at the audience which caused Port to band his gavel and said "The witness will refrain from wonton winking." One could easily see a little blush on Judge Port's face as well enough to look like a beardless Santa. Blake suddenly felt territorial with Jaune for some reason, same with Yang and Ruby, while Jaune cursed to himself for majority of the court being men.

The dark aura has lessened a bit around the girls after seeing that Ren and Jaune were not affected from Miss May's charms.

"Peter! Why on earth are you blushing at the witness" said Goodwitch while giving Port the coldest glare imaginable.

"I-I-I have no idea" said a shivering Port as he was afraid for his life.

Jaune looked Port and said "Didn't you give Yang a flirt wink on the first day of class."

"WHAT!?" yelled Qrow and Tai before turning to Port with a look that has promised pain to him causing said man to shiver even more.

Ren cleared his throat and said "Witness, your name, please." Miss May smiled and then said "April May, ae your service!" she that did a little bounce which got the males to go crazy again and focus on her chest. Port bang his gavel to quiet the court down and Ren then said "Tell us where you were on the night of September 5, when the murder occurred?" Miss May got a thoughtful look on her and said "Um…gee…I was, like, in my hotel room. Teehee, I checked in right after lunch." Ren nodded and then said "And this hotel is directly across from the Fey and Co. Law Offices?" Miss May nodded and said "Mm…That's right, big boy!" Port nodded at hearing this and said "Please testify to the court about what you saw." Miss May just smiled and nodded at the request.

A loud snap can be heard in the theater and caused everyone to turn to the source which was Nora. Everybody can see that her eyes were blazing like the sun and saw that both her knife and fork were snapped in two. They all thought the same thing 'Uh Oh.' Gamer King snapped his fingers to fix the knife and fork that were broken before everyone turned back to the screen.

Miss May's testimony started with "It was, like, 9:00 at night. I looked out the window, you know!" Jaune wrote that down as Miss May continued with "And then, oooh! I saw a woman with long hair being attacked! The one attacking her was the mousey girl sitting the defendant's chair!" Blake and Jaune knew Miss May was talking about Mia and Maya. Miss May then said "Then the woman, like, dodged to one side and ran away!" April looked sad and said "But that girl, she caught up to her…and…and…she hit her!" Jaune continue write notes and felt that Miss May was being vague. Miss May then said "Then the woman with the long hair…she kind of…slumped." Miss May then brighten up and said "The end. That's all I saw, every little bitsy witsy!" Jaune then got ready for the cross-examination since he knew the testimony was over.

"She is definitely hiding something if her testimony is that vague" said Fox which got many shock looks at him.

Coco saw this and said "What? We never said he couldn't talk. He just talks when something important comes up and you have to admit he makes a good point."

No could argue with her at that point as it was true.

Port was about to excuse the witness until Jaune stopped him and reminded him about the cross-examination. Ren saw this and said "Mr. Arc…I understand you were Ms. Fey's understudy, were you not? You must know her techniques well. Her cowardly way of finding tiny faults in perfectly good testimonies…" Blake hissed at this while Jaune growled out a 'how dare you' at Ren. Port asked Jaune if he will proceed with the cross-examination. Jaune nodded yes as he thought 'If only because I have a feeling Ren doesn't want me to! She has to have some weakness.'

Ren gripped his fist hard as he heard what his other said, but after a while he calmed down because he had a feeling his other might change with some help from Jaune.

As Jaune was going through her statements and he knew he needed more info, so he yelled out "HOLD IT!" When he got everyone attention Jaune asked "How do you know it was my client!?" April looked at Jaune and said "Huh? Well I…Gee! First of all, she had a girl's physique! And…and secondly, she was…she was small! Who else could it be but her!?" Jaune was about to let her continue until he saw Maya out of the counter of his eye and saw a problem with the testimony.

"Seems like the kid has found a problem" said Qrow as he continued to observe Jaune as he had peeked his interest after last viewing.

"Indeed, now we have to see if this will help the people to question her credibility" said Ozpin as he took a sip from his mug.

Jaune narrowed his eyes and all of a sudden said "Hold on a minute! That testimony stinks!" Everyone got ready for his statement as a shocked Miss May said "W-What!?" Jaune continued his attack with "Miss May, I'm willing to bet that you're lying. Are you telling the truth? Did you really see the defendant!?" Ren watched with a raised eyebrow while Port and Miss May asked Jaune for an explanation. Jaune explained with "If you had witnessed my client, Maya Fey…You would have noticed her clothes before noticing her physique!" April was a little a taken back by this as Jaune then said "No one wears clothes like this on a daily basis, except her! And I'm not expert on fashion, but her hairdo form normal to me!" Jaune quickly pointed his finger at Miss May and said "However, the witness's testimony mentions neither of these things! This testimony is bogus!"

"He does have a point there, I mean how someone cannot notice that being out of place in the city" said Yang while scratching her head.

"Speaking of fashion, if you need help with that department I am always free Jaune" said Coco hoping to hang out more with the boy.

"Well I do need a little help since my sisters can only teach me so much" said Jaune with a thoughtful look on him while also missing a fist pump from Coco and glares from the other girls in his row.

April began to stammer and sweat as Judge Port said "Still, we don't know if she was that way on the night of the murder…" Jaune looked at Port and said "She was, Your Honor! I saw her! And so did Blake and Detective Gumshoe!" Jaune slammed his hands on his desk and said "What do you have to say to that, Miss May?"

Many in the theater room were happy that Jaune included Gumshoe since Blake couldn't help vouch for her since she would be accused of trying to cover up for family and Jaune being her attorney.

Miss May growled and then said "What are you trying to say, you mean lawyer! I-I saw what I saw. I…Just didn't think all the trifling little details were necessary, darling." Port than reminded Miss May that she should leave nothing out of her testimony. Miss May nodded to say she understood and got ready to present a new testimony to the court. Jaune silently cursed to himself along with Blake, who was doing the same thing, since they were close to braking Miss May.

Many groan at that fact of Jaune being do close to breaking her testimony down even more that it was.

"Oh come on he was so close" said Ruby as she pretended to flip a table out of frustration.

"Agreed but at least he planted the seed of doubt in the minds of the crowd and the Judge" said Weiss with her arms crossed.

Miss May's new testimony started with "I did see everything! The victim—the woman—dodge the first attack ran off to the right." Jaune wrote the new information down as April said then said "Then the girl in the hippie clothes ran after her…And she hit her with that weapon!" Jaune and Blake wonder if Miss May knew about the weapon until she said "That…that clock, Um…the kind of statue-y looking clock!? 'The Thinker', I think?" Jaune narrowed his eyes as he saw a contradiction while Miss May said "Well? Does the accuracy of my report not startle you?" Seeing that the testimony was done, Port asked Jaune to start the next cross-examination to which Jaune nodded in return.

"I think she just made a fatal mistake" said Yatsu as he was a little relaxed after hearing that statement.

"I think so too and I do believe the wiretap will come into very soon" said Jaune with a little smirk on his face.

Jaune had a bit of déjà vu as he yelled out "OBJECTION!" This got everyone to look at him as he said "Miss May, what you said just now was quite…revealing." April's mind went to the gutter and teased him for it which got Blake's eye to twitch along with Yang and Ruby. Jaune steeled his nerves because he knew he could not let April's action get to him.

The temp in Jaune's row went down again and many people in the room were on high alert to this. Many were relieved that the other Jaune did not let Miss May's actions get to him or the girls in that row would go ballistic.

Jaune took a breath and said "You just said that this statue of 'The Thinker' was a clock. But there's no way of knowing just by looking at it!" April flinched at that as Jaune smiled and said "Another person much the same position as you recently called this a 'clock', too…And he was found guilty…Of murder!" After Port quiet down the court, Jaune asked "Miss May can you explain how you know this was a clock!"

"Jaune's other is right, this does feel like déjà vu" said Blake as she felt like that she was back at the first case when Neptune was on trial.

"I kind of wished I didn't have to be reminded of that" said Neptune in a quite tone because he really didn't want to be reminded of that case.

"At least her foundation of testimony is starting to crumble more" said Scarlett as he saw there was hope in this case yet.

As April was trying to come up with the right words, Ren suddenly shouted out "OBJECTION!" Seeing that he had all eyes on him, Ren then said "The witness saw the murder with own eyes! That's all that's important here! The defense is trying to confuse the issue with trivial concerns!" Port was about to agree with Ren and asked Jaune to stop that line of questioning. Jaune slammed his hands on his desk and said "But, questions are all I have, Your Honor! And as you may recall I caught murders with these questions before!" Port thought about it before he agreed to let Jaune to continue as Jaune and Blake mentally sighed in relief.

"Oh thank goodness! If Port had ended it there, it would have been over" said Jaune as he was wiping the brow on his face.

"Indeed, now your other can press the issue of the clock" said Goodwitch as she too was relieved at this.

"But, didn't he only catch one murder with these types of questions" said Velvet with a confused look on her.

"It is probably the stress of the case and his bond with Mia getting to him" said Gamer King which got nods of understanding.

April got nervous trying to figure out what this meant until Jaune slams his desk and said "What happens now is you answer my question! How did you know that the murder weapon, that killed Ms. Fey, was a clock!?" April got into a thinking pose and said "W-What…That's…Because…I heard it? Yes! I heard it say the time!"

'Well there goes one nail in her testimony's coffin since the clock work is not there anymore' thought Jaune after hearing Miss May's answer.

"But isn't the clock work not in there anymore" said Ruby who was a little confused by the answer.

"It is indeed sweetie, it means she just made a big mistake" said Tai with his arms cross and glaring at Miss May.

Jaune pointed at her and said "So, you've been to the law offices of Fey and Co.!" April was in denial as Ren then said "The law offices of Fey and Co., where the murder took place, are very close to the hotel. She could've easily have heard the clock!" Port nodded before turning to Jaune to ask if he was satisfied and Jaune said "No, Your Honor! I'm not satisfied because…Your Honor and members of the court, it is inconceivable that the clock in question rang!" Everyone was shocked when Jaune then said "That clock is missing its clockwork!"

"They are very close to get Miss May to show her true colors soon" said Winter Schnee as she was impressed with the young man's ability to help find the truth.

"Indeed, the question is how long before she and how many more pushes will it take to get her to talk" said Oobleck as silently went through calculations in his head.

Port silenced the courtroom before he gave Jaune a wide eyed look and said "How could you possibly…?" Jaune immediately answered with "Just has a look at the clock…As soon as you can!" Port did what Jaune suggested and made a sound of shock after he did. Jaune saw this and said "See anything interesting, Your Honor!" Port answered with "It is as the defense says! This clock is missing its clockwork, it's quite empty!"

"Why do I get a feeling my other is going to come up with to derail that argument" said Ren as he was thinking on what his other might do.

"It is probably because he going to very soon" said Sage as he had a feeling it going to happen any minute now.

Port asked Jaune for an explanation to which Jaune said "It is as you can see the 'clock' was empty, it couldn't have rung! Therefore this witness…is a big, fat, liar!" April repeated the 'fat' part as Jaune then said "Well, Miss May?" Ren smirked and did a tsk motion with his finger before he said "Quite a show you put on a show you've put on for us, Mr. Arc." Jaune and Blake had a feeling that Ren somehow knew that the clock was empty. Ren return to his business like posture and said "I am afraid you have forgotten one thing. Indeed, the clock is empty, as you say…it can't ring. However, we must ask: when was the clockwork removed? If it was after the witness heard the clock, then there is no contradiction!"

"Should have known that point would have come up at some point" said Sun as he was shaking his head at the point Ren had brought up.

"Indeed, but at least Mr. Arc has evidence to prove that is not the case" said Ironwood with a tiny smile on his face.

Port acknowledges Ren's point and asked Jaune if he had proof that said otherwise. Ren scoffs at this and said "Impossible, of course…" It was Jaune and Blake's turn to smirk as Jaune said "I have proof." Ren went a little wide eyed and said "W-What!?" Jaune then said "Wasn't it you who told me 'proof is everything'? Well, I was listening. And now I will you the proof you like so much." Jaune took a deep breath and said "The evidence that proves when the clockwork was removed is this cell phone." As Jaune held up the phone his eye twitch when people thought it was his.

The Jaune in the theater room also had his eye twitching as the people either tried not to laugh or chuckle a little bit with the people in the court room.

Deciding to do some damage control, Jaune then said "W-Wait! Wait! This isn't my phone! Listen, this is the defendant's cell phone, and it contains a recording…" Jaune slammed his desk before continuing with "A recording of a conversation she had with the victim on the day of the murder!" This got the courtroom noisy again and Ren did not like what he just heard from Jaune. Jaune could tell too because Ren was leaning on his desk with one arm and an irritated look on his face.

"Oh boy, I haven't seen this mad before" said Yang as she saw how the Ren on the screen looked like.

"That is usually because Renny always does some meditation to help calm his nerves" said Nora as it was a known fact o her.

After Port got everyone to calm down, Ren in a strain voice said "The defendant's cell phone! T-This wasn't brought to my attention!" Jaune smiled and said "Perhaps Detective Gumshoe overlooked it?" This got Ren's eye to twitch as he then grumbled "The good detective better know he's up for evaluation soon." If Ren looked at Gumshoe right now, he would see Yang trying to struggle him while Ruby did another face palm.

Those who knew how Yang angry yet gets, could not help but flinched as they saw what she could do when she is in that state. Tai and Qrow thought it might be time to work with Yang on her anger issues. Goodwitch had to pinch the bridge of her nose due to the damage Yang cause due to her hair being damage by someone.

"My other is going to have a red head from face palming along" said Ruby with no one able to refute her on that point.

Jaune decided it was time to hear the conversation as he said "Let's hear the conversation." Jaune played the recording and got to the part of the recording that said [I had to take the clockwork out, sorry]. As the recording ended, the court could hear the phone say that the conversation was indeed recorded on the day of the murder around 9:30 in the morning. Jaune put the phone on the evidence table and said "Your Honor. I think this recording makes it clear that the clockwork was already gone…and this was recorded in the morning before the witness even arrived at her hotel!" Port nodded at this as April started to get nervous.

Coco gave a smirk and chuckle before she said "Man, is she in for it now! I like to see her try and explain this one without getting into trouble."

"We should not be calm yet Coco, as this might take a while after seeing the events of the viewing and knowing the true culprit is still out there" said Yatsu which got everyone thing that he a point.

Jaune was silent though the ordeal because like the other he could not help but agree with Yatsu and knew that his other is just starting an uphill battle in this case.

Jaune looked at April and said "Well, Miss May? Would you care to explain this to the court?" Jaune immediately pointed at April and intensely said "Just how did you know that weapon was a clock!?" April got nervous and said "W-Well…! Well, isn't it obvious? I saw that clock before! Um…what store was that again? I-I go to so many!" Port seemed to accept the explanation and turned to Jaune and said "Does the defense have any objections, Mr. Arc?" Jaune nodded and said "The witness claims she had 'seen it before'. But this directly contradicts a piece of evidence already summited to this court!" Port nodded and asked Jaune to present the evidence that he was talking about. Jaune nodded and held up the clock and then said "It's simple. This clock was never in ant store, ever!"

"Oh that's right that clock was made by Neptune from what we learned in the last case" said Velvet as her eyes lit up at this.

"Indeed, which means Miss May is about to caught up in more of her lies" said Ozpin as he was refilling his coffee.

April was now sweating as Jaune than said "A friend of mine made that clock. Only two exist in the world. And the one that isn't here is in police custody!" April was in denial as Jaune then said "Miss May, I think it's high time you went shopping for a better excuse." Miss May looked more rattled as Jaune smile and said "Oh? Excuses not on sale today?"

This got a few people in the theater laughing and the ones laughing the most are Yang, Tai, Qrow, and Jaune. Some just shook their heads before they turned back to the screen.

That was enough to make Miss May to go off on everyone and had to have Port order her to calm down. Though when Port asked her about knowledge about the murder weapon was a clock, Miss May clammed up on that subject. Port then turn to Jaune and said "Does the defense have an opinion on this…behavior?" Jaune nodded and said "Yes, You're Honor. Allow me to explain how I see the truth of the matter. Miss April May, you knew the weapon was a clock because you had heard about it."

"I think my other is about to bring out the wiretap "said Jaune knew that her credibility will plummet down fast after this.

"Indeed and now that Miss may has shown her true color it will make her more untrustworthy to the court" said Weiss which got nods of agreement from most people in the group.

Jaune then turned to port and said "The witness had never held the clock in her hands! However, she had heard that it was a clock!" A confused Port asked Jaune what he meant and Jaune answered with "That is correct your honor. There is no other way she could have known that 'The Thinker' was a clock! And I have proof!" Port looked interested and asked Jaune to present his evidence. Jaune nodded and had Blake hold up the wiretap as he said "Have a look at this." April stepped back in shock as Jaune then said "We found this in Miss May's room…" Port immediately asked Jaune to explain and Jaune answered with 'Miss April May? You were tapping the victim, Ms. Mia Fey's phone, were you not?" April was stumbling on her words again when Ren yelled out "OBJECTION!" Ren then slammed one hand on his desk and said "Your Honor, this is irrelevant!" Port shook his head and said "I'm not entirely sure that it is. Objection Overruled. It troubles me that our witness was in procession of a wiretap."

No one said a thing but they were overjoyed that Port was on Jaune's side in this case and Miss May's credibility is being shot to high heaven.

Ren was a little upset b this and said "This is outrageous! Does the defense truly claim that the witness was tapping her phone?" Jaune nodded and in confidence said "Absolutely!" Ren narrowed his eyes at Jaune and said "Even if that's the case, (which is not) you still have to prove one thing! Did the victim ever say that the weapon was a clock on the phone? Can you prove that? I THINK NOT!" Jaune didn't back down and said "Oh yeah? I THINK I CAN! It's simple!" Ren was a little taken back by this and said "WHAT!"

"Wow, they are really going at it" said Neptune as they saw Jaune and Ren debate on the screen.

"But that Ren forgot about the recording that Jaune presented earlier" said Pyrrha as she remembered the recording form a little while ago.

Many nodded at her statement as they all knew that recording is the biggest piece of evidence for this part of the case.

Jaune slammed his desk and said "Here's my proof. The proof that the victim said, on the phone, that the weapon was a clock is the defendant's cell phone!" Port nodded his head as Jaune then said "Listen once more to the conversation between the defendant and the victim." Jaune played the recording and everyone heard Mia's voice came through and the voice said [It's…a clock. It's made to look like that statue 'The Thinker', and it tells you the time]! As Jaune put the phone back, he said "Miss April May! You used a wiretap to listen to this conversation. That's how you knew that 'The Thinker' was a clock! Am I wrong?"

"That recording is really coming in handy for Jaune" said Blake as she was happy that Jaune was having some leeway in this case.

"Agreed and Miss May web of lies will start to untangle themselves" said Winter Schnee as she was happy the Miss May's lie are being expose to the world.

As April jumbled around with her words again, Ren said "OBJECTION!" Ren then said "Your Honor, this is ridiculous!" Jaune slammed his desk and said "You're Honor, look at the witness's face! Does she look amused to you!? The defense demands an answer." Port agreed and asked April to answer the question, but she kept quiet. When asked again, Miss May emotionally exploded and showed her true colors.

Everyone was silent as they knew this was coming and not at all surprise that she exploded like that in front of everyone.

Jaune knew that she needed just one last push to have April talk and he knew how to do it. Jaune slammed his desk and said "Miss May!" April turned to him and said "What is it you little shrimp, talk to me IN that tone of voice will you!?" Jaune then calmly said "You killed her, didn't you?" Many were taken back by this especially Miss May herself. April voiced this by answering with "What? How can you possibly say that!? Are you mad? A-All I did was a little wiretap…Oops!"

"Why in the world would he accuse her?" said a very confused Nora at the event that she just witnessed.

"He probably just did that to get her to confess to the wiretap" said Jaune as he knew his intention very well.

"Indeed, right now she is willing to confess to the wiretap then the harsher crime of murder" said Ironwood as he has seen this court trick use many times.

Jaune smiled at this and said "So, you admit you tap her phone!" April gave a nervous laugh before she said "B-But, Wait! I didn't do ANYTHING bad like murder! I'm a good girl." Jaune raised an eyebrow and said "Really? Can you prove it!?" April glared at Jaune and in an irritated yet smug tone said "You think you're so smart, Mr. Lawyer…But I can prove it! And I WILL!" Jaune and Blake began to sweat a little bit as April talked about having ice coffee via room service, which Ren confirmed.

The room was once again silent as Qrow summed up everyone's thoughts with "Well, that isn't good." Deciding not to argue with many choose to just nod and watch the screen.

Ren gave his opinion that the wiretap did not matter before he said "Her testimony still stands! She saw the defendant, Maya Fey, commit the murder!" Port nodded and looked at Jaune to ask him for his next move. Jaune was a little nerve wrecked before he calmed down and said "The defense would like to call the hotel bellboy as a witness! There's something suspicious there, and I'm going to get to the bottom of it!" Ren said he would only agree to it if Jaune would admit defeat if he couldn't find a flaw with the upcoming testimony. Seeing that there was no other choice, Jaune reluctantly agreed to Ren's terms.

"It is a risky move, but he doesn't have a choice in the matter" said Port as was a little irritated at the events unfolding.

"Indeed, but Jaune knows what is at stake and can only go along with the conditions that were just set up" said Oobleck as he had to felt understanding for this type of situation.

The bellboy came to the stand and gave his introduction. Ren let the court know that the witness will just be known as The Bellboy for security reasons. Port nodded in understanding and asked the bellboy for his testimony. The Bellboy nodded and started with "I am the head bellboy at the Gatewater Hotel, in business for four generations! I believe I received a call after 8:00 in the evening from our guest, Miss May." Jaune wrote that down while he and Blake got nervous. The Bellboy continued with "She asked for an ice coffee to be brought to her at 9:00, on the dot, sir." Jaune and Blake paled at that as the bellboy then said "I brought it to her at precisely at the requested time, of course. And I delivered the ice coffee to our guest Miss May, herself." Jaune and Blake were now white as sheets as Ren gave a smug look as the testimony ended. Port nodded and asked Jaune to start the cross-examination. Jaune looked at Port and gave a shaky nod.

Jaune had a contemplated look on his face as he thought that the testimony was a little vague for his liking.

Gamer King saw this and said "Something on your mind Jaune?" This got many to look at Jaune for an answer.

Jaune answered with "Yeah, this testimony is a little vague like he was told to hold something from everyone."

Many didn't question it as they went back to watch the viewing on the screen,

The cross-examination did not go well because Jaune pressed the bellboy on everything and got nothing out of it. Ren asked Jaune to give up, but Jaune refused and asked for one more chance to find out the truth. Port granted Jaune his request, much to Ren's dismay. Jaune's mind all of a sudden remembers the appearance of Miss May's room and knew what to ask.

Everyone was silent as they were starting to worry, but Jaune knew what his other was talking about and gave a secret smile to himself.

Jaune looked at the Bellboy and said "Tell me again about err…room service!" The Bellboy nodded and said "A-Again sir? At exactly 9:00, I delivered room service to Miss May in room 303. The guest had requested ice coffee…$18 was the charge, as I recall." Jaune mumble and 'I see' before something struck his as odd as he then said "E-Eighteen dollars? Doesn't that seem a bit expensive?" The Bellboy answered with "Y-Yes, well, ice coffee for two, you know. And we don't skimp on the ice, sir." Both Blake and Jaune felt like they have been struck by lightning after he said that and Ren looked worried.

Many went wide eyed at the statement that the bellboy said and were also happy as this gave Jaune a chance.

"Eighteen dollars for two ice coffees talk about highway robbery" said an irked Ozpin after hearing the prince of the coffee.

"Indeed, they must live in trouble time my friend" said Oobleck as nodded at Ozpin's statement.

This got deadpan looks from the group and Goodwitch to give them a good smack across the back of their heads of the two coffee lovers.

Jaune slammed his desk and said "What did you just say?" The bellboy got nervous by this as Jaune then said "Bellboy! Tell us the truth now…was someone else staying in Miss May's room?" Ren then shouted an 'OBJECTION' and then said "I object, that was…objectionable!" Port shook his head while overruling the objection and had the bellboy answer the question, The bellboy nervously said 'Yes' and Jaune said "Why did you not mention this in your testimony!?" At first the bellboy said it was because they didn't ask until Jaune reminded him that this information should be made clear in the first place. The bellboy nodded and let them know that Ren told him not to say anything about the roommate, unless he was asked to. When everyone looked at Ren, he was leaning on his desk again and said "You Fool!"

Once again many could not believe what they just heard because they knew Ren would never do that. Ren gripped his fists tight until he felt Nora's hand on his shoulder to comfort him.

Feeling a small sense of victory, Jaune got everyone's attention as he then said "Miss April May checked into a twin room…with a man. Correct?" The bellboy nodded in confirmation as Jaune then said "Then when you brought them room service, you didn't see that man in the room…?" Once again the bellboy nodded in confirmation to Jaune's question. This got Port thinking as Jaune slammed his desk and said "Your Honor! We have just learned of another person involved who may have been the murderer!"

"Alright, he was able to put another person on the spot for the murder" said Yang as she was very excited at the process Jaune has made on this case.

"Yes, he just needs to keep the momentum going and bring it home" said Tai agreeing with daughter.

Jaune continued with "In this new light, I hold that it's impossible to judge the defendant. You agree Mr. Ren?" Ren narrowed his eyes and said "Who!? Who is this 'Other Person'!?" Jaune gave a determined look and said "Simple, it was the man who checked in with Miss May!" Ren got shocked at this as Jaune then said "Your Honor! As has been previously revealed, Miss April May was tapping the victim's phone. Yet Miss May has herself has an alibi at the time of the murder. However, that does not clear the man that was with her! The bellboy saw no one else in the room at the time of the murder!"

"Seems like this man is turning out to be the murder more and more" said Yatsu with his hand on his chin in a thinking style pose.

"Agreed, but his identity is the question in this matter" said Scarlett as he cross his arms to think better.

Jaune kept quiet, but he could tell that this man and the Mr. White from the last viewing are one and the same.

Ren sweated a little as he said "M-My, what a convenient little setup…but it's too late!" Jaune raised an eyebrow at this and said "Too late?" Jaune then slammed his hands on his desk and said "I suppose you'd like it to be too late, wouldn't you…After all, It was you who hid the presence of the other man from this court!" Ren looked like he was punched in the gut and said "Upstart…amateur! These accusations are…ludicrous!" Judge Port banged his gavel and said "Enough! The court acknowledges the defense's argument." Port then narrowed his eyes at the two and said "I expect the prosecution and defense to look into the matter fully! Am I understood?" Jaune nodded as Ren said "Yes…Yes, You're Honor!" Port nodded and said "That is for all today for the trial of Maya Fey. Court is adjourned!" Port then banged his gavel to single the end of the trail day. The screen goes to black ending the scene.

"That was very interesting trail that we just saw" said Pyrrha which many nods of agreement to her statement.

"Agreed and I think my other will change over time with Jaune's help" said Ren as he could see this might be what his other needed.

Many nodded at this and Jaune smiled at the confidence his friend had in him as he too saw this might the way to go down for their others.

Gamer King got up and said "Well, it is time to bring some guests here like I promise." As he stretched, he looks at Jaune and said "A word of warning to you Jaune, you might want to brace yourself."

As Jaune gave a look of confused by this statement, Gamer King snapped his fingers and a very bright flash filled the room.

End Ch. 4

Next time: Ch.5: Family reunions and Mr. White

A/N: Man this was a long chapter, but I hope you enjoyed it. And do not worry about Blake (the world that their reacting to version) not talking while at the trail because she will speak more next chapter and when Maya joins the defense desk. As for those who did not hear about the Detective Pikachu result I held awhile back, I had to with Plan B and had my dad do a drawing with 4 extra slips of paper with Pikachu on it and Tim won. Just a heads up we are going to get the floor done in our kitchen area where the computer is soon I will not be able to update when that happen and I will let you know when that is once I get more information. Until then I should be good, so see you all next time as the next update I will be working on is the next chapter for my Kingdom Hearts Fanfic.