" Rabbit, why’d you ask for a trial when you know he’ll fix it?" Yusuke asked, sitting in his cell before the court was ready.
" She’d have never let you go," Hiei Rabbit replied.
" At least this way you may have a chance to talk yourself out of it."
" It wasn’t ME! It was that damn Cheshire Youko. He’s the one who did those things!"
Hiei Rabbit glanced at him with an arched brow.
" Then, why is it that only YOU saw him?"
" He’s too fast!" Yusuke said, sounding ridiculous.
" If only I were able to catch him. I could present him to the court."
The trumpets blaired. " Well, you better think of something, cuz you’re up."
Yusuke sat at his bench, peering up at Koenma, who, of course, was the judge. He could feel his chances dying.
" Fair trial my..." He turned when he heard the door open. In scurried little Hiei Rabbit, white sneakers pitter pattering against the blue marble floor as he scurried up to the podium where Koenma wanted him to be.
" Let’s hurry this up so I can watch them cut off his head." Koenma muttered to him. It made the knot in Yusuke’s stomach tighter.
" Yusuke Urameshi is being charged with intentional humiliation and sabbotage against Her Royal Highness, the Queen of Hearts and also with the charge of cheating against Her Majesty in a game of Ten Pins and..."
" Hurry up!" Koenma shouted, knocking Hiei Rabbit from his podium, " Thereby, she got very very mad."
" Kudaran," Yusuke muttered.
" Off..."
" Wait! We need witnesses." Hiei Rabbit smiled.
" Perhaps one of the viewers saw something that may prove or disprove Yusuke’s innocence."
Koenma sighed with aggitation and put his face into his hands, quite a snobby girl habit. " Fine. Hurry it up!"
Hiei Rabbit nodded and motioned for someone to step foreward. Yusuke turned and rolled his eyes when he saw Kuwabara.
" Hatter," Koenma began, " Tell me, did you see anything out of the ordinary today during the match?"
" Why, yes!" Mad Hatter Kuwabara smiled, raising a finger. Yusuke felt his spirits lifted. YES! Kuwabara saw the Youko!
" What was it?" From Koenma, losing his patience quickly.
" I saw March Hare refuse cheese cubes." Hatter Kuwabara replied. Yusuke immediately slapped a hand over his face. This was not going well.
" They were the wrong kind!" March Hare Botan shouted out.
" Silence!" Koenma snapped. He then turned to his little jury, " Write it down! It only proves Yusuke’s guilt."
" Now, wait a minute!" Yusuke shouted back.
" Don’t give me orders!"
" M’Lady!" Hiei Rabbit interrupted with a bow,
" There were more people present. Perhaps they saw something?"
" Oh, for Pete’s sake....whatever."
Hiei Rabbit motioned for someone to come forward. Yusuke felt warm again. Doormouse Yukina. Yukina was never one to lie in a matter like this. He was sure to get out of it now.
" Well?!"
" Shhhhhh!" Hiei Rabbit scolded Koenma. " She’s very sensitive."
Doormouse Yukina stared lazily up at Koenma and smiled, " The North Wind doth blow, and we shall have snow. And what shall the robin do then, poor thing. He’ll sit in a barn, keep himself warn, and hide his head under his wing. Poor thing."
" That is the most important piece of evidence I’ve heard yet." Koenma replied quietly. Doormouse Yukina bowed and scampered lazily out of the court. Yusuke felt himself turning red, if not purple from his agrivation.
" That has nothing to do with this case!"
" It does if...."
" You say so, Your Highness." Yusuke finished sarcastically. Koenma smiled and nodded.
" The next witnesses are the Tweedles!" Hiei Rabbit called out.
" No!"
" If you’ve nothing to hide, you would not object!" Koenma pointed out.
Oh, what a disaster! Yusuke nodded and crossed his arms. Tweedle Dum Yomi was the first to approach.
" What did you see?" Koenma asked, quite patient with the smooth-talking tweedle.
" Black." Tweedle Dum Yomi replied flatly. " I only saw black. It’s all I ever see."
" Hmmmmmm," Koenma replied, scratching his chin. He glanced at Yusuke and slammed a hand down, " That proves it! Yusuke did it!"
" What?!" Yusuke shouted.
" Tweedle Dum saw black....YOU have black hair! It must have been you!"
" Kudaran!" Yusuke hissed back. " That damn rabbit has black hair too!" He pointed to Hiei Rabbit. " And besides...." he continued, " Of COURSE all he saw was black! He’s BLIND!!!"
That sudden outburst caused everyone to pause, gasp and begin to gossip quietly. Koenma seemed a bit shocked and gave Tweedle Yomi second glance. " Blind?"
" Yes, Ma’am," Tweedle Dum Yomi replied with a nod. " Been for years."
" Well, by gosh golly. I never noticed."
Yusuke was seconds from falling on the floor from all this nonsense.
" You’re just as oblivious as HE is!" Came the lovely din of Tweedle Dee Mukuro.
" Nonsense," Yusuke whispered to himself. " This is complete nonsense."
" Watch your tongue!" Koenma snapped at the Tweedle sister. " Did YOU..."
" How the Hell should I know? When did it become my responsibility to babysit this little human pervert?"
" Are you still on about that?!" Yusuke yelled at her, suddenly feeling as though he had regressed to her level.
" Face it, F#$^ -Face, there IS no Cheshire Youko!"
" But, there is!" Tweedle Dum Yomi replied.
" Have you ever SEEN him?!" Tweedle See Mukuro shot back, eying him carefully.
" Not recently."
" There!"
Things were not looking good. " I feel like I’m in a kindergarten class....as a classmate." Yusuke growled.
" I’m working on it!" Hiei Rabbit replied. It was the court’s recess and Her Majesty HAD to have her milk and cookies at precisely this time.
" If only someone else could have SEEN him then I’D know I wasn’t going mad."
" Everyone is mad around here. You can’t help that. Sanity, however, knows no place here."
Yusuke glanced at Hiei Rabbit a long time, befuddled by the sudden words of wisdom. Hiei Rabbit, however skipped to his feet. " I gotta go. She’ll be wondering where I am."
" You act like HE keeps you on a leash."
" She did once."
Yusuke let out a yell of annoyance, only to be ignored by Hiei Rabbit, who left the cell.
" My, my, my," came the sly laughter, " what trouble you’ve gotten into."
" ME?!" Yusuke snapped, whirling around to see Cheshire Youko sitting on his cot. " YOU did this to me! Why can’t anyone else see you?!"
" I don’t want them to. I want YOU to see me. I like you."
" This is crazy, Youko! Get me out of this mess....and back into my NORMAL life! I want to go to MY home."
" The way things are looking, this might be your new home...for the next few hours. Then your head is gonna pop off." Cheshire Youko replied with a smile. " But, maybe if you....persuaded me....I might be able to do something."
Yusuke’s eyes grew wide, " You’re SICK!"
" Very well," Cheshire Youko sighed. " I’ll be keeping an eye on you. If you...change your mind.....I’ll consider helping you out."
" Sick. Just....sick."
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