~Three Weeks Later~

It was now time for Mika's trial.

Atemu and Heba had come from Domino because Atemu was going to have to testify as well.

Yugi, Yami, Atemu, and Heba were outside the courthouse at eight-thirty, half an hour before the trial was supposed to start. Yami's lawyer, Hiro Tanikashi, was there as well.

"So, everyone ready to have to deal with all of this?" Yami asked.

"I just want this to be over with." Yugi said.

"I wonder what lies Mika will try to tell this time." Atemu muttered.

"If she lies under oath, she'll be charged with perjury." Hiro said.

"I don't think that Mika cares about that right now." Yami said.

"In any case, we should get on in." Hiro said.

The four entered the courthouse and headed to the courtroom. They found that the courtroom was packed.

"Hey, Yami. Atemu."

The four turned and saw Tristan and Tea come up to them.

"What are you two doing here?" Yami asked.

"Thought that we would come and support our friends." Tristan said.

"Yeah. We figured you could use the support. Besides, I want to see her pay for what she did." Tea said.

"That's good to know. It should be starting soon." Heba said.

The group of six sat down to wait for the court session to start.

"I thought that there were going to be camera to air this trial." Yugi said.

"The judge who's presiding over the case is a man who hates it when his trials are broadcast, so he said no to the TV cameras, despite the fuss that was being made over it. He's a stickler for order, so I know that there's not a chance that he'll put up with any crap." Yami said.

It wasn't long before Mika was brought out and sat down by her lawyer. She had glared at Yugi when she saw him.

"Pretty clear that she hates your guts, Yugi." Heba said.

"I really don't care what she thinks." Yugi replied.

An officer said, "All rise for the honorable Judge Jerry Hanimine presiding."

Everyone stood up as the judge walked up to the bench.

"Be seated." Hanimine said.

Everyone did sit down.

"Now, let's begin." Hanimine said.

The DA, Ben Sandavolve, stood up. "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury. I am going to prove to you to today that Ms. Mika Hano broke into the apartment of Yugi Mutou with intention of bring harm to him. She planned the murder him and when things went bad, tried to blame everything on him. I will show you that she is a cold woman who almost ended a young man's life." Sandavolve said before sitting down.

The defense, Greg Morris, stood up. "Mika Hano did not do anything wrong. She went to the apartment with the intention of talking to Yugi Mutou and trying to apologize. He was the one who lashed out and she defended herself again him. She shot him in self-defense." Morris said before sitting down.

The judge listened to the opening arguments. "Mr. Sandavolve, call your first witness." Hanimine said.

Sandavolve stood up and said, "The prosecution calls Captain Hanel Hanirashi to the stand."

Hanirashi walked up to the stand and took the oath to tell the whole truth.

"Captain, what happened on the day in question?" Sandavolve asked.

"There was a call that shots had been fired in an apartment building. I responded along with several other officers. When we arrived at the hospital, we found that Tanisha Harmsworth was on the ground, injured from a knife injury to the shoulder and a gun shot to the back. Yugi Mutou had been shot one in the stomach. Mike Griffith was trying to help him, and Yami Sennen, Mr. Mutou's boyfriend was beside him. Atemu Sennen had Mika Hano pinned down. When we got there, he told us that Mika Hano had a gun pointed at Yugi Mutou and was going to fire, and that he had restrained her to keep her from harming anyone else. Once we were there, Atemu Sennen released her." Hanirashi said.

"What happened then?" Sandavolve asked.

"All three were taken to the hospital for treatment. Mika Hano and Tanisha Harmsworth did not require surgery. Yugi Mutou did. We talked to Mika Hano, and she told us that Yugi Mutou had attacked her. She said that he had pulled a gun out on them, and that she had only defended herself." Hanirashi said.

"So, did Ms. Hano admit the gun was hers then?" Sandavolve asked.

"No. She did not directly say Yugi Mutou owned the gun, but she did not tell us that she owned it, either." Hanirashi said.

"I see. What else happened?" Sandavolve asked.

"Ms. Hano said that Yugi Mutou had attacked them first." Hanirashi said.

"Did Mika Hano say who shot her?" Hanirashi said.

"She said that Yugi Mutou shot her." Hanirashi said.

"And did he?" Sandavolve asked.

"The forensics team did several tests. There was gunshot residue found on Mika Hano's hands as well as her fingerprints. Tanisha Harmsworth's fingerprints and gunshot residue was found on her hands as well." Hanirashi said.

"What about Mr. Mutou? Did you find gunshot residue or his fingerprints on the gun?" Sandavolve asked.

"No. We did not." Hanirashi said.

"How did you learn that Ms. Hano was the one that owned the gun?" Sandavolve asked.

"The serial numbers on the gun were traced, and the gun was registered to Ms. Hano." Hanirashi said.

"Did Ms. Hano have a license to carry a gun?" Sandavolve asked.

"No." Hanirashi said.

"Did she have license to carry a concealed weapon?" Sandavolve asked.

"No." Hanirashi said.

"Captain, is it true that Mika Hano attacked one of your officers when you were trying to take her into custody?" Sandavolve asked.

"Yes, it is. Lucinda Morin was the officer attacked. She stayed in the hospital room while Mika Hano got dressed and attacked her with a pair of scissors." Hanirashi replied.

"No more questions, Your Honor." Sandavolve said before going to sit down.

Morris stood up. "Captain, did Yugi Mutou admit to attacking Tanisha Harmsworth?" Morris asked.

"Yes. He did. Tanisha had fired at him several times as well as attacked him with a knife. He used the knife on her because he knew that they were there to do him harm." Hanirashi said.

"Did he tell you everything the night it happened?" Morris asked.

"No." Hanirashi said.

"Why not?" Morris asked.

"Mr. Mutou went into the surgery the moment that he got to the hospital. He did wake up until the following the morning. We talked to him and found out what happened after he woke up." Hanirashi said.

"Captain, did you ask my client who owned the gun?" Morris asked.

"Yes. I asked who had brought the gun, and Ms. Hano said that Yugi Mutou had brought out the gun on them." Hanirashi said.

"Could Mr. Mutou have stolen the weapon from her?" Morris asked.

"The gun was bought the same day of the attack. Only a few hours before by records. It would have been near impossible for him to have stolen the gun." Hanirashi said.

"No more questions." Morris said and sat down.

"Mr. Sandavolve, any redirects?" Hanimine asked.

"No, Your Honor." Sandavolve said.

"You may step down." Hanimine said.

Hanirashi returned to his seat.

"The prosecution calls Yami Sennen to the stand." Sandavolve said.

Yami went to the stand and took the oath.

"Mr. Sennen, you own the restaurant Sennen's correct?" Sandavolve said.

"Yes, I do." Yami said.

"Did Mika Hano work for you?" Sandavolve asked.

"At one time, yes." Yami said.

"Why was she fired?" Sandavolve asked.

"I looked over her work ethics and her work record, and I found her to be an unreliable worker." Yami said.

"In what way?" Sandavolve asked.

"Ms. Hano was late to work several times a week. She missed work at least once a week. There were times she did not call in to tell anyone she would not be there, which would make the restaurant have one less waitress each time." Yami said.

"Is there any procedure for if a person is late or miss?' Sandavolve asked.

"An employee is supposed to call in at least twenty-four hours in advance so that a replacement can be called in." Yami answered.

"Did she ever do that?" Sandavolve asked.

"It was never documented that she did that." Yami answered.

"Mr. Sennen, Mika Hano brought a lawsuit against you not too long ago. What was it about?" Sandavolve asked.

"Ms. Hano claimed that I had fired her solely because my boyfriend, Yugi Mutou, didn't like her." Yami answered.

"And that wasn't true?" Sandavolve asked.

"No, it wasn't. Yugi had never mentioned her to me before." Yami answered.

"Did anything else happen concerning Ms. Hano?" Sandavolve asked.

"On the night that I fired her, I had gone to the restaurant to pick Yugi up. We had plans to go out to dinner. I found her about to slap Yugi. I grabbed her wrist to stop her, and she turned around, slapping me instead. I had planned to let David Hillmore, the manager of my restaurant, handle firing her, but after she hit me, I fired her then." Yami answered.

"Mr. Sennen, it is documented in the lawsuit that you had a recording of Mika Hano saying that she would drop the lawsuit on the terms that you marry her and leave Yugi Mutou. Is that correct?" Sandavolve asked.

"Yes. It is." Yami answered.

"I have no more questions." Sandavolve said and sat down.

"Mr. Sennen, did Yugi Mutou work for you?" Morris asked.

"Yes, he did." Yami answered.

"What does he do?" Morris asked.

"He works as the assistant chef." Yami replied.

"Do you often get involved with your employees?" Morris asked.

"Yugi is the first relationship that I have had that had him also as an employee. My dating him never interfered with our work." Yami said.

"When did you first meet my client?" Morris asked.

"I first met her at my restaurant. I would sometimes go to my restaurant to eat. One day, I went there to eat lunch. Mika Hano came over to my table with the intention of waiting on me." Yami said.

"Was that a problem?" Morris asked.

"At the time, I didn't know this, but Mika Hano was scheduled to wait on my table. While waiting on me, she completely ignored the other customers in the restaurant. I wasn't pleased with this. David Hillmore came over and told me that Mika was not supposed to wait on my table and told her to get back to work." Yami answered.

"And you had never met her before that?" Morris asked.

"No. I don't see all the employees on a day-to-day basis. That was the first time that I ever met Mika Hano." Yami replied.

"I see. When did you see her after that?" Morris asked.

"When I came back to pick Yugi up that night. It was when Ms. Hano tried to slap him and did hit me." Yami answered.

"Thank you. No more questions." Morris said and sat down.

"You may step down." Hanimine said.

Yami went back to his seat.

Sandavolve stood up again. "The prosecution calls Atemu Sennen to the stand." Sandavolve said.

Atemu went up and took the oath.

"Mr. Sennen, what is your connection to Mr. Mutou?" Sandavolve asked.

"Yugi is dating my brother, and I am engaged to his brother, Heba Mutou." Atemu replied.

"Tell me. Have you ever met Mika Hano before?" Sandavolve asked.

"No." Atemu answered.

"What happened at the apartment the night of the attack?" Sandavolve asked.

"Heba and I live in Domino. We had come here for Yugi and Heba's birthday. It was a surprise for Yugi. When we got to Yugi's apartment building, we heard gunshot. Yami and I told Heba to wait at the car while we went to check it out." Atemu said.

"Why would Heba Mutou need to stay with car?" Sandavolve asked.

"Heba is pregnant, and I didn't want anything to happen to him or the baby." Atemu replied.

"And what happened when you got to the apartment?" Sandavolve asked.

"When we got to the apartment, we found Mike Griffith at the door. He told us that he thought someone was trying to kill Yugi. He couldn't get in because the door was locked. Yami had a key, so he unlocked the door, and we all went on the apartment." Atemu

"What did you find when you got there?" Sandavolve asked.

"Mika Hano had a gun pointed at Yugi." Atemu replied.

"Was Yugi threatening her in anyway?" Sandavolve asked.

"Yugi was on the floor. I didn't know it at the time, but he had been shot." Atemu said.

"What happened?" Sandavolve asked.

"We heard Mika say for Yugi to die." Atemu said.

"Objection. Hearsay." Morris said.

"Sustained." Hanimine said.

"What happened then?" Sandavolve asked.

"I lunged at her and pinned Mika Hano down so that she couldn't hurt anyone else. I kept her restrained until the police arrived. I let them handle her then." Atemu said.

"No more questions." Sandavolve said.

"I have no questions for this witness, Your Honor." Morris said.

"Very well. We will have a short recess for lunch. We will return at one o'clock." Hanimine said.

Everyone in the courtroom left.

"Well, this is going well." Yami said.

"Come on. You know that no court case is easy to deal with." Atemu said.

"I just dread going back." Yugi said.

"Why?" Heba asked.

"Because I'm next on the stand." Yugi said.

"Just tell the truth, Yugi." Atemu said.

"That's what I'm going to do. I just dread it." Yugi said.

"Well, there's not much that you can do. You know that you're the star witness for the prosecution." Heba said.

"I know that. I just dread what that defense attorney is going to try and do." Yugi said.

"Just be truthful." Yami said.

"It's about all that I can do." Yugi said.

"Why aren't you doing your job? Nothing you've done has helped me." Mika growled.

"Well, that's kind of hard to do, given all the evidence against you." Morris said angrily.

"You're supposed to get me off." Mika insisted.

"Ms. Hano, I am doing what I can, but I don't think that jury is going to like hearing everything else you've done." Morris said.

"What do you mean?" Mika asked.

"You attacked a police officer. That does not look good on you." Morris said.

"Isn't there something you can do?" Mika asked.

"I'm going to try, but there is a lot going against you." Morris said.

At one o'clock, court was called back into session.

"Mr. Sandavolve, call your next witness." Hanimine said.

"The prosecution calls Yugi Mutou to the stand." Sandavolve said.

Yugi stood up and went to the stand, taking the oath.

"Mr. Mutou, you work at Sennen's, correct?" Sandavolve asked.

"Yes, I do." Yugi replied.

"Then you knew Mika Hano." Sandavolve said.

"I knew her at work, yes." Yugi replied.

"Mr. Mutou, did anything ever happen between you and Ms. Hano before the restaurant fired her?" Sandavolve asked.

"No. I stay in the kitchen unless I am on a break, and the only contact I have with any of the waiters or waitresses is when they give us the food orders." Yugi said.

"On the night of the attack, tell us what happened." Sandavolve said.

"I was supposed to go out with Yami that night. He called and said that he would be a little late. When there was a knock on the door, I assumed that it was Yami and went to answer it." Yugi said.

"Why did you assume that it was Mr. Sennen?" Sandavolve asked.

"He was known to misjudge how late he would be and has been there earlier before. I thought that had happened again." Yugi answered.

"What happened when you answered the door?" Sandavolve asked.

"The door was thrown all the way open, and I was forced back. When I looked, Mika Hano was in the apartment along with Tanisha Harmsworth." Yugi said.

"What then?" Sandavolve asked.

"Mika locked the door, and both Tanisha Harmsworth and Mika Hano insulted me." Yugi said.

"In what way?" Sandavolve asked.

"Tanisha Harmsworth called me a bastard, and Mika Hano said that I was a man-stealer." Yugi replied.

"What happened then?" Sandavolve asked.

"Ms. Hano and Tanisha Harmsworth both started arguing over who Yugi belonged it, and I just stated that he was dating me. It was then that Mika said that I was going to die." Yugi said.

"Objection. Hearsay." Morris said.

"Your Honor, Mika Hano will have the chance to refute this when she is on the stand. We are only getting Mr. Mutou's account of what happened." Sandavolve said.

"Overruled." Hanimine said.

"What happened then?" Sandavolve asked.

"I feared that they were there to bring harm to me. They had forced me into the kitchen, and I was able to get one of my kitchen knives in case they did try to do anything. I told them that the police would deal with them, and Tanisha Harmsworth called me a bastard when I called her a whore. It was then that I swung out with the knife and nicked her on the arm with the knife. Tanisha shouted for Mika Hano to kill me. Mika pulled a gun out of her purse, but I managed to kick it out of her hand. I hit Mika Hano because I knew what she was there to do. Tanisha managed to get the gun, and she fired it, but she hit Mika Hano instead of me." Yugi said.

"What did you do then?" Sandavolve asked.

"I was limited on what I could do because the gun could do faster damage than the knife could. Tanisha then started to fire recklessly. I was able to get out of the way and avoid being shot. Mika was shouting at Tanisha that she should stop. I grabbed one of the pots and threw it at Tanisha, hitting her in the head. Tanisha dropped the gun, but she picked up the pot and ran at me, swinging the pot at me. I grabbed her wrist and got the pot away from her. I punched Tanisha, and she hit the wall. Tanisha then grabbed the knife and ran at me with it. I stopped her again and managed to get the knife away from her. Tanisha came back at me again, and I used the knife to stop her. Tanisha came at me again after she had pulled the knife out of her shoulder. Tanisha ran at me again, but Mika Hano had gotten the gun again by then and shot Tanisha in the back." Yugi said.

"What happened then?" Sandavolve asked.

"I heard my neighbor, Mike Griffith, pounding on the door and yelling at me if I was all right. I yelled at him to call the police. Mika then turned back to me with the gun and fired. I didn't have time to get out of the way. It wasn't long before I heard the door opened. I heard Mika struggling with someone, but I didn't know it was. I remember Yami and Mike getting over by me, but I don't remember much after that." Yugi said.

"What's the next thing you remember?" Sandavolve asked.

"I woke up in the hospital." Yugi answered.

"No more questions." Sandavolve said and sat down.

Morris stood up. "Mr. Mutou, why did you get the knife I the first place?" Morris asked.

"I had gotten it because I didn't know what they had planned. I was worried about what they might do to me. Ms. Hano had already said that I would die, and I knew they wouldn't let me go that easily." Yugi said.

"Did you let them in?" Morris asked.

"No. When I started to open the door, they forced the door open and ran in before I could protest." Yugi replied.

"Did you do anything before Mika pulled out the gun?" Morris asked.

"I had struck at Tanisha with the knife when she slapped me." Yugi replied.

"Then you attacked without provocation." Morris said.

"Objection. Putting words in the witness's mouth." Sandavolve said.

"Overruled." Hanimine said.

"What relationship did you have with Mika Hano?" Morris asked.

"A work relationship." Yugi replied.

"Did anything ever happen work related between you?" Morris asked.

"No. Ms. Hano tried to get under my skin once when the tabloids were circulating the story that Yami was sleeping with Tanisha Harmsworth again, but other than that, no." Yugi said.

"In the apartment, did you ever attack Mika Hano?" Morris asked.

"No." Yugi said.

Morris got a little edgy. Mika had told him Yugi attacked her.

"What about the gunshot?" Morris asked.

"Tanisha fired that shot and missed me, hitting her instead." Yugi said.

"I have no more questions for this witness." Morris said before sitting down.

"Any redirects?" Hanimine asked.

"No, Your Honor." Sandavolve replied.

"You may step down." Hanimine said.

Yugi went back to his seat.

"Court is adjourned for the day. We will reconvene at nine in the morning." Hanimine said.

Everyone left the courtroom.

"Quite the day." Yami said.

"I'm just glad that my part is over." Yugi said.

"I don't get why the defense attorney asked if you attacked Mika." Heba said.

"My guess is that Mika told him that." Atemu said.

"She only had the one injury. The gunshot wound to the shoulder, and that was what Tanisha did." Yugi said.

"I think the defense attorney knew that." Yami said.

"Yeah. He seemed thrown when you said that Tanisha had shot her." Atemu agreed.

"Well, Mika's going to see that lying to her lawyer isn't going to do her a bit of good." Yugi said.

"You lied to me!" Morris growled.

"I did no such thing!" Mika retorted.

"You told me hat Yugi Mutou was the one who shot you. It was Tanisha Harmsworth." Morris said.

"Well, I wanted him to get in trouble for it." Mika said.

"Mika, let me tell you something. The DA has ruled that Yugi Mutou only acted in self-defense, which means that he will not be charged with anything. You have been lying to me the whole time." Morris said.

"Well, the truth will get me sent to jail!" Mika cried.

"Yes. It will, and I'm afraid that there is very little that I can do for you." Morris said.

The following morning, everyone gathered back in the court room.

"Mr. Morris, is there anyone that you would like to call to the stand?" Hanimine asked.

"Yes. The defense calls Mika Hano to the stand." Morris said.

Mika went up to the stand and took the oath.

'She had better do what I said and not lie.' Morris thought.

"Ms. Hano, you went to Yugi Mutou's apartment on the day everything happened, correct?" Morris asked.

"Yes. I did." Mika said.

"Why did you go over there?" Morris asked.

"I wanted to talk to him." Mika said.

"Did you ask Tanisha Harmsworth to meet you there?" Morris asked.

"No. I did not know she would be there." Mika said.

"And what happened when you went in?" Morris asked.

"Tanisha slapped him, and Yugi attacked her with the knife." Mika said.

"Then what did you do?" Morris asked.

"I pulled out my gun to defend myself, but he knocked it away from me." Mika said.

"And after that?' Morris asked.

Tanisha got the gun and shot me. She then fired crazily and missed Yugi each time." Mika said.

"I see." Morris said.

"Then Yugi threw something at her and forced her to drop the gun. Tanisha ran at Yugi with whatever he had thrown at her, but he got it away from her and threw away from him. Tanisha got a knife and went at him, but he got the knife away and stabbed her when she came at him again." Mika said.

"And after that?" Morris asked.

"Yugi started to come at me with the knife and I shot him to defend myself." Mika said.

'Liar.' Yugi thought.

"That lying-" Yami only stopped because of Yugi's hand on his.

"When Mike Griffith. Atemu Sennen, and Yami Sennen arrived, why did you have the gun pointed at him?" Morris asked.

"I wanted to make sure that he wouldn't get up." Mika said.

"No further questions." Morris said.

Sandavolve stood up.

"Ms. Hano, you said that you went over to Yugi Mutou's apartment to talk to him." Sandavolve said.

"Yes. I did." Mika said.

"Why did you take the gun with you?" Sandavolve asked.

"I was worried that he might try to hurt me." Mika said.

"If you were scared to he would hurt you, why did you go to his apartment in the first place?" Sandavolve asked.

"I-I just wanted to sort things out with Yugi." Mika said.

"Ms. Hano, you said you had never met Tanisha Harmsworth and that she showed up at Yugi Mutou's apartment when you did." Sandavolve said.

"That's right." Mika said.

Sandavolve picked up a paper off his desks. "These are your phone records as well as Tanisha Harmsworth's phone records. For one week straight, you talked to her several times a day. Each phone call lasted at least twenty minutes." Sandavolve said.

Mika silently gulped.

Morris mentally groaned. 'I told her not to lie.' Morris said.

"And there were three dinners that you two shared over that week period, and yet, you had never met her before that night." Sandavolve said.

"Well, I-" Mika started.

"You said that you took the gun for self defense reasons, correct?" Sandavolve asked.

"Yes." Mika said.

"Then why is it that you just bought the gun three hours prior to going to the apartment?" Sandavolve asked.

"I was scared, so I-" Mika started.

"You were scared and you bought a gun to go over to the apartment of the man that you were scared would hurt you. Ms. Hano, if a person is scared of another, then they do not go to that person's home and go in." Sandavolve said.

"I wanted to talk to him." Mika said.

"You wanted to talk to him. You claimed that you only shot Yugi Mutou in self defense." Sandavolve said.

"Yes." Mika said.

"Then if you shot Yugi Mutou, why did you shoot Tanisha Harmsworth?" Sandavolve said.

'I did not shoot her. He did.' Mika said.

"Gunshot reside was only found on your hands and Tanisha Harmsworth's. The same for fingerprints. He never used that gun." Sandavolve said.

Mika was growing desperate. She hadn't realized that this DA knew so much.

"Ms. Hano, you said that you were scared of Yugi Mutou. Would you tell the court why." Sandavolve said.

"Everyone knew that he kept knives around and that he would use them." Mika said.

"Yugi Mutou's profession is that of the culinary arts. A chef would use knives." Sandavolve said.

Mika wasn't sure what to say to that.

"Ms. Hano, did Yugi Mutou ever threaten you at work?" Sandavolve asked.

"Well, no." Mika said.

"Did he say anything to you?" Sandavolve asked.

"No." Mika said.

"Did you ever have an argument with him?" Sandavolve said.

"Then why did you want to talk to him?" Sandavolve said.

"I wanted to apologize." Mika said.

"Ms. Hano, there is a videotape of you attacking Yugi Mutou outside the restaurant. I can have it played for the court." Sandavolve said.

Mika was silent. She knew that tape could ruin her.

"Your Honor, I would like to play the tape for the jury." Sandavolve said.

"Very well." Hanimine said.

A TV was brought in, and the videotape was shown.

"You clearly attacked him, but he never retaliated." Sandavolve said.

"I-" Mika said.

"You didn't like Yugi Mutou, did you?" Sandavolve asked.

"I-" Mika started.

"You were angry because he was dating Yami Sennen, and that's who you wanted because of the money that went along with it." Sandavolve said.

"I-" Mika said.

"You were willing to do anything to get it because you thought that you were more deserving it of than Yugi Mutou, who was dating Yami Sennen and still is." Sandavolve said.

Mika's temper snapped. "Yes! I do deserve it! Tanisha and I planned to kill him so we could get what we deserved! We wanted him dead! He should have died when I shot him! He was supposed to be dead now!" Mika shouted. It was then that she realized that she just said.

The courtroom had gone quiet, and Yugi and Heba were fighting to keep Yami and Atemu in check.

"I have no more questions, Your Honor." Sandavolve said.

"We will have a thirty minute recess." Hanimine said.

The courtroom cleared.

"Mika sure dug a hole for herself." Yugi said.

"Yeah. Saying all that on the stand pretty much said that she was guilty." Heba agreed.

"I can't believe that she said it." Atemu said.

"Well, I believe that she merely snapped. Ben just said the right thing to make her angry enough to say everything without thinking about what she was saying." Yami said.

"Well, I hope that she gets what she deserves." Heba said.

When the court reconvened, it was time for closing arguments.

"Mika Hano is a cold woman. She broke into Yugi Mutou's apartment with Tanisha Harmsworth, and they had the intention of killing Yugi Mutou. Everything that Yugi Mutou did was for his own protection. Mika Hano tried to kill Yugi Mutou and almost managed to do so. She knew what she was doing when she shot him. Don't let her get away because next time, the person might die." Sandavolve said.

Morris got up. "Mika Hano is an innocent woman. She may have acted irrationally when she used the gun, but she was scared. She had just seen him attack Tanisha Harmsworth and was afraid that he might attack her as well. Mika Hano attacked Yugi Mutou in self defense. She shouldn't go to prison when all she was act in her own defense." Morris said.

"Ladies and gentleman of the jury, you will be dismissed to discuss this. Take everything you have heard over the last few days and talk about it carefully." Hanimine said.

The jury was lead to the jury room to deliberate.

"What do you think will happen?" Heba asked.

"I don't know. It's hard to say." Atemu said.

"Ben did a good job of destroying Mika's defense, though." Yami said.

"I just hope that this ends soon." Yugi said.

Fifteen minutes later, the jury returned.

"Will the defendant rise?" Hanimine asked.

Mika and Morris stood up.

"Have you reached a decision?" Hanimine asked.

The spokesman stood up and said, "We have, Your Honor."

"What is it?" Hanimine asked.

"We, the jury, find Mika Hano guilty on all charges." the spokesman said.

Mika looked horrified.

"Very well. Sentencing will be in a week. Court dismissed." Hanimine said.

Mika was lead out.

"I am so glad that this is over." Yugi said.

"Part of it anyway." Atemu said.

"Yeah. We sill have Tanisha's trial to deal with." Yami agreed.

"Yeah, but with Ben Sandavolve on the case, I think that we'll be fine." Atemu said.

~One Week Later~

"Thanks, Hiro. I appreciate it." Yami said as he hung up.

"What was that about?" Atemu asked he sipped his drink.

"Hiro was letting me know that Mika was sentenced to life in prison without parole." Yami answered.

"Which means that we don't have to worry about her anymore." Yugi said.

"Right. Mika's thrown her life out the window." Yami agreed.

"How did she react?" Heba asked.

"Hiro said that Mika threw a fit, and the officers had to physically remove her from the room as she wouldn't walk herself." Yami said.

Atemu laughed. "We should have gone. I would have loved to have seen that." Atemu said.

"Well, we still have one trial to deal with." Yugi said.

"Yeah. I'll be glad when that one is over and done with because that will mean that this whole mess will be over." Yami said.

"Well, there's two weeks until that trial, and then we'll be really done with all of this." Atemu said.