The Yatagarasu's first fan Shrunk by Ace Attorney Girls - Definitive Edition chapter 18 by copier and Ninten · original author: keyblade

"Wow! That's really cool Kay! Tell me more!" You were as excited as a little kid learning something new about the world. Kay started smiling an even bigger smile now that she had a fan of her work.


"Sure thing little guy. Where to start?" Kay said as she started tapping her index finger against her chin while staring up at the ceiling.


Well, i guess i should start at the beginning. Where the Yatagarasu first began." Kay cleared her throat as she began her long story of the Great Thief Yatagarasu.


"Long before the name Yatagarasu ever came into being, my father, prosecutor Byrne Faraday, and my uncle, detective Tyrell Badd, had a strong friendship and partnership. The two worked on many cases together and eventually came across the Amano Group, which they found to have connections to an international smuggling ring. They also found a single witness willing to testify against them: Cece Yew, an employee of the Amano Group, who was subsequently put under the protection of uncle Badd." Kay paused to catch her breath.


"However, Manny Coachen, one of the smuggling ring's members, managed to evade Badd's surveillance and silence the witness. Unfortunately for Coachen, he was caught on a security camera, and so he was put on trial for the murder. In response, the Amano Group sent agents to lure Badd into a trap and steal the surveillance video, and thus Coachen escaped conviction due to the lack of the decisive evidence."


"That's horrible. And they just let him get away scot free?" Kay just nodded once before continuing.


"When Badd and dad heard the verdict and saw Cece Yew's sister Calisto Yew wail in despair, they vowed to take down the smuggling ring by any means necessary. While Yew initially refused their offer to join them, the three later met again, and when each party realized that the other was actively hunting down the smuggling ring, they decided to unite for their singular purpose." Then Kay stopped talking, got up, and walked over to her desk, pulling some things out of one of the drawers before returning once again.


"They knew that the smuggling ring's puppets were sent orders through distinctive black directives cards depicting a white Yatagarasu bird, and thus they thought to parody this by creating a white calling card depicting a black Yatagarasu. Soon enough, the Great Thief Yatagarasu began to grab the attention of the news by stealing evidence of corruption from various companies affiliated with the smuggling ring and exposing it to the media, leaving its calling card to show who had done the deed. While the legend of the Yatagarasu dominated the news for the next three years." You were amazed of all the information you were learning. The life of the Yatagarasu sounded really cool to you.


"Wow. That's so amazing. But how were three people so good at what they did? It seems a little complex to me that only three people could do so much for three long years." That's when Kay showed you the calling card she was talking about a moment ago.


"The three legs of the Yatagarasu represent the thief's three distinct traits. In reality, these three traits come from the particular skills that each of the three people comprising the Yatagarasu brought. First, the Yatagarasu always knows the exact location of the target object. As a defense attorney, Calisto Yew attracted the attention of potential target companies desiring legal protection, and so she could get close to the Yatagarasu's targets. Second, the Yatagarasu knows exactly how to disarm the security systems in the way. As a prosecutor, my father had knowledge of security-disabling methods and used a device called Little Thief to plan the Yatagarasu's heists. Third, the Yatagarasu never leaves a single shred of evidence behind. As the detective in charge of the Yatagarasu cases, uncle Badd could ensure that no evidence ever made it to the authorities. The Yatagarasu always managed to obtain the target undetected, and so the victim company never realized that it had been infiltrated until the evidence and the telltale calling card reached the media and it was too late. Despite the Yatagarasu's best efforts however, the leader of the smuggling ring was never found in all those three years." Kay looked exhausted. She got up and walked into the kitchen for a moment before returning with a glass of water. She drank the whole thing down before continuing her story.


"In 2011, my dad stole a key from the Cohdopian Embassy, but during the same night, an embassy employee named Deid Mann, who was to testify against the embassy, was murdered. In a curious move, Yew sent the key to the police rather than to the media, and it became known as the Yatagarasu's Key. In addition, the killer, Mack Rell, claimed to be the Yatagarasu rather than the killer. Because of this, Badd interrogated Rell to prove that Rell was not the Yatagarasu, and my father offered to prosecute Rell and brought the key to court for the same purpose. While Rell had been caught on camera, clearly proving his guilt, he suddenly pointed to my dad and claimed that he was the Yatagarasu."


"So wait, this guy that killed Deid Mann knew your father was the Yatagarasu? Was he a member of the smuggling ring too?" Kay didn't say anything. Rather, she just looked down at the floor like she was ready to cry.


"When court was subsequently adjourned, dad took Rell to Defendant Lobby No. 2 to question him. Just before court reconvened.....both my father.....and.......Rell.........were found dead." This shocked you even more than anything else thus far. Kay's father was killed? And in a courthouse of all things. She must've suffered a lot more than you realized.


"Kay, listen, we don't have to talk about it anymore if you don't want to. I'm fine just knowing what i know now." Kay just kept looking down at the floor until she replied--