Beginning of the End

Beginning of the End is the sixth story in the *Golden Future of Law* series. It is written by AceAttorneyFan. The overall plot involves the final rise and fall of the Shinokage lead by a member of the Emsthorpe family.

## Cases

### Turnabout Romance

A romantic date at a theme park turns into a murder investigation when a teenage girl is found murdered. James Devine is arrested for the crime and Wood decides to prosecute the case, dragging Ghastly along to assist her. James' defense team consists of Tenniswood and Victoria von Graye, a new lawyer at Morix Law Offices.

### Turnabout Pop

An all-female pop band known as the Kawaii Choir were set to perform, but the performance has to be cancelled when the guest singer is murdered during rehearsal. The lead singer of the group, Nikki Cruz, is arrested for the crime. Yuri Rinko is determined to save her music idol, while Vito Cruz naturally wishes to free his younger sister from false accusations. Luis Cruz, Vito and Nikki's father, appears to act as the main prosecutor for the case.

### Turnabout Regiment

Mukuro is arrested on suspicion of murdering the colonel and leader of her cadets group. Victoria and Pieter Fury, another mysterious lawyer who seems to share connections to Cotoli, take the case at the request of Aiden Healy. Toby and Aiden won't rest until Mukuro gets the not guilty verdict. Wood, alongside Vito, act as the prosecution to ensure that the truth is found.

### The Wealthy Turnabout

Wood's oldest and egotistical cousin Byakuya is arrested for murdering the son of the head of a rival company. Wood and Amy Kalles join forces once again to prosecute the case and find the true culprit to set Byakuya free. Victoria and Pieter act as Byakuya's defense attorneys, although both sides face trouble as Byakuya clearly admits to committing the crime. With some assistance from Buddy Bradshaw and his robotic bear Stalkuma, the truth is slowly revealed.

### Turnabout Revenge

Luis Cruz is found dead in his office at the Prosecutor's Office, his son Vito unconscious in his office. After stumbling across the crime scene and being accused by an unknown woman, Cotoli is arrested for the crime. The case takes a lot of twists and turns as another body is found in the courthouse and several hostages are taken, both revealing the ultimate truth behind the Shinokage's recent return.

## Main Characters

**Niamh Tenniswood** - A lawyer at Morix Law Offices. Alongside the new recruit Victoria, she defends James in the first case. Although she may appear cold and distant, her training and knowledge in the field of psychology has helped turn the tide on many cases.

**Lily Shield** - A lawyer at Morix Law Offices. Along with being a defense attorney, she is an experienced spirit medium and possesses a Magatama to see through the lies of others. She is always smiling and is known to have a cheerful and determined attitude.

**Vito Cruz** - A prosecutor at the local district. He possesses a short temper, which often gets him into trouble, but he cares for his family and friends underneath his tough exterior. Vito greatly admires his father, who inspired him to become a prosecutor in the first place, and is deeply saddened by his father's death.

**Niamh Wood** - A former prosecuting student, she became an official prosecutor at the age of seventeen. Still possessing a somewhat timid nature, she is the prosecutor of the first, third and fourth cases. She ends up being a hostage in the fifth case.

**Nevada Wood** - Wood's psychopathic split personality. She takes control whenever Wood sneezes or faints at the sight of a sharp object, commonly a knife. Nevada makes several short appearances, but her most notable is in case five where Nevada assists with escaping the hostage situation.

**James Devine** - A flirtatious high school student studying to be a lawyer. He is the defendant in the first case after taking Wood on a date. In the middle of the first case, James creates the alter ego of cat superhero Cat Noir and makes several appearances as both his usual self and as his alter ego.

**Toby Erikson** ​- A detective who works in the local precinct. Firm but fair, he is the lead detective on many cases. He is prone to worrying a lot, especially over his daughter. This is proven in the fifth case, when Mukuro was announced as one of the hostages.

**Mukuro Erikson** - A detective in training and the daughter of Toby Erikson. A peppy and cheerful young woman, she greatly admires her father and acts as his assistant in solving cases. She is the defendant in the third case, accused of killing the leader of her cadets group, and is one of the hostages in the fifth case.

**Cotoli Morix -**

**Chrysalis Starr -**

**Sora Lin -**

**Polly Bloom -**

**Anton Burke -**

**Ghastly Bespoke -**

**Vera Stanhope -**

**Aiden Healy -**

**Victoria von Graye** - Morix Law Offices' newest member, originally from Germany. Possessing a bracelet that can perceive lies, she is a lawyer on the first, third and fourth cases.

**Pieter Fury** - A fairly new lawyer at Morix Law Offices, as well as the adopted brother of Cotoli, Sora and Chrysalis. He works alongside Victoria in case three and case four. Usually calm and collected, yet a large worrier when it comes to Chrysalis' safety, he enters a romantic relationship with Victoria at the end of the story.

**Yasmine Reno** - A high school student, Amanda's best friend and member of the Shinokage. She disguised as Amanda during the first case to give Amanda an alibi for the murder, but was betrayed by the Shinokage and murdered. Her corpse was later used in the fifth case to fabricate a murder in order to act as a distraction while the other assassins began the kidnapping.

**Amanda Wakuta -** ​A high school student and member of the Shinokage. Under her alias of Phoebe Otha, she was the killer of the first case and was arrested for the crime. She later escaped from prison along with her fellow assassins to orchestrate the kidnapping. She is also the previous adoptive sister of Wood.

**Hannah Blocker -** ​A high school student and member of the Shinokage. She joined the assassin organization to take revenge on the Oracle of the Law, also known as Chrysalis. She adopted the alias of Junko Shima to frame Vito's younger sister Nikki for murder in the second case, although that plan ended in failure and she was arrested for the crime.

**Byrant Wakuta** - A member of the Shinokage and the father of Amanda. Under the alias of Nicolas Kenneth, he aimed to frame Mukuro for murder in the third case, but ended up being caught. He and his daughter had similar goals in mind for joining the Shinokage: money and general hatred of Wood.

**Jacques Tucker** - A member of the Shinokage. He underwent the alias of Felton Prince to frame Byakuya Wood of murder. It is revealed that Jacques is the distraught father of Jordan Tucker, wanting to avenge the death of his son by killing Wood, which is the reason why he agreed to join forces with the Shinokage.

**Emmeline Emsthorpe** - The leader of the Shinokage and the final living member of the Emsthorpe family. In the fifth case, she murdered Luis Cruz, Vito's father, as he was gathering too much information about the Shinokage. She also used Yasmine's corpse to distract the court's attention while she kidnapped Chrysalis and Wood among others. At the end of the fifth case, she was arrested along with her accomplices.

### Summary

It's the fourth time around for Morix Law Offices, but a new lawyer, Victoria von Graye, rises from the ashes from a wealthy family to fight alongside her allies and friends to locate the truth behind every crime!
An old enemy returns and is more threatening than ever before. They seek the blood of a certain individual who struggles to survive under the enemy's watchful eye. Rumours have spread that the enemy is everywhere at once. Distrust forms around the precinct as suspicion is placed on anyone and everyone.
Not only is the enemy lethal and deadly on its own, but has recruited others who are also out to harm the individual, motives unknown. This pack of five have one goal and one goal only; to kill the Heir and harm those involved with them.
The lawyers at Morix Law Offices must combine their strength in order to save the individual and put a stop to the enemy once and for all. For the enemy, it's the beginning of the end...