WrightWorth: Ace Attorney Bridge To The Turnabout "A Phoenix Rises From Pain"

"Iris Locks"

iris jumped a little in her seat as she look up at miles

'Ah... Mr. Edgeworth...'

she greeted as polity as she could, miles took his seat as he cupped his hands together, staring into her eyes, ..he had everything he needed to open up the locks she kept away into her heart

'...I came back because I need to ask you a few more questions, if you don't mind.'

he said, iris blinked a little as she said

'But I... I've already told you everything that I-'

miles then cut her off gently, ..he didn't understand why iris was being so secretive about this, ..he was her defense

'...Iris. Please remember. I'm on your side. You can tell me anything.'

iris stuttered on her words as she spoke back polity

'Y-Yes... Th-Thank you'

she said nicely, miles took out his notepad as he read over everything he wrote, ..phoenix said this would help him, ..and it did, ...he could see why his boyfriend did this often, he put his notepad down as he started to explain

'I just finished speaking with the head nun of Hazakura Temple. She testified very clearly as to what happened. She said she saw you stab Ms. Elise Deauxnim with a sword, And one other thing. She said that when Maya Fey began her training at the Inner Temple... ...you were there as well'

iris shot her head up at that in surprise, ..what?!

'What...!?'

she said a little speechless

'When I spoke with you last, you claimed that you never went to the Inner Temple. And yet, Sister Bikini says she met with you at the Inner Temple that very night.'

he repeated in a different phrase, iris frowned as she insisted once again

'B-But I... I didn't go there! I didn't go to the Inner Temple last night.'

miles then decided it was time, he touched his magatama, he braced himself from the blackness to come in, the chains clanking in his ears as he two locks appeared, ..he didn't think he was gonna get used to that

'Since I have been handed this case, it is my duty to dig up all the answers. Understand?'

he stated firmly, iris nodded as she looked down at her lap

'Y-Yes, sir...'

'The smallest flame can sometimes bathe a case in a whole new light... In my years in court, I've seen it happen over and over again. That's why I'm committed to searching until I have those answers. Now then, is it really true that you didn't go to the Inner Temple last night...?'

he asked her, iris nodded as he insisted once again

'Y-Yes, I swear... I already told you that.'

'...Yes. You said you didn't go because you were frightened.'

he said, she nodded

'...Th-That's right.'

'If that's the case... ...then the obvious question is, "What were you so afraid of?"'

when iris didn't awsner him, miles pulled it out, the note

'I found this in the Main Hall. It is addressed to you.'

iris looked down at the letter, and nearly gasped

'Ah... Th-That's...!'

'Well, Iris...?. You were scared of the blackmailer who wrote this to you, isn't that correct!?'

iris frowned as a lock from right before his eyes, he nearly jumped a little but kept his composure calm

'B-But, Mr. Edgeworth.'

she spoke out, miles waited as he listened to whatever she had to say

'I thought that letter was just someone playing a prank on me..., After all, even if I did have a "secret"... ...there's no one to tell it to that would cause me any grief, Sister Bikini is like a mother to me. I would never hide anything from her!'

'Unfortunately, I don't know the exact nature of your secret yet. However...! Whatever it is... ...there is one person you didn't want your secret told to!, and it's phoenix wright'

'Ah...!'

iris gasped again as her eyes shot up in surprise

'you know wright, And I can tell he holds a special place in your heart, That's why you didn't want him, of all people, to know your deep, dark secret. Well? What do you have to say?'

iris frowned in disspare as she sank into her seat a little

'.. I should've expected as much... Especially from a friend of his...'

and with that, the final lock broke as the chains flew away, the blackness disappeared as soon as it came, iris sighed as she started to tell him

'After dinner, this letter was waiting for me in my room. As I said, I was frightened by it...'

'What is this "Heavenly Hall" the letter mentions?'

he asked, reading the contents over again

'It's a small mountain shack at the base of Dusky Bridge, well, ...It's more like a broken-down shack that no one would ever want to go near'

miles took out the map as he asked her

'Hmm... Where is it on this map...?'

iris looked down as she pointed at the location

'...It's around here. To get there, you must follow a small path down from Dusky Bridge... The reality is, to get to the Inner Temple, I had no choice but to cross that bridge. But the thought that such a terrible criminal could be lurking at Heavenly Hall... I... I was so scared by the whole affair that I didn't want to think about it at all.'

'..So is this the secret that you locked away in your heart?'

he asked, iris looked down again as she nodded

'...Yes.'

miles made a mental note of that, ..then asked her

'In any case, you still claim to have never left your room last night?'

iris nodded

'Yes. That's exactly right.'

miles looked at the time on his watch, then remembered about the trial

'The trial starts tomorrow... I promise you, I will win. I'm going to win so that you and Phoenix Wright can see each other again.'

he promised her, ..phoenix needed to know the truth, ..that's why he was doing this, ..so phoenix could suffer less, iris seemed a little surprised by that promise, but then he added more to his sentence

'But when I do... ...you must promise me that you will tell him your secret.'

miles insisted, ...phoenix didn't deserve to have anything kept from him anymore, ..he had the right to know.., after all, he suffered, so he should know everything..., iris frowned as she semi-admitted to him..

'.. But it's pointless..., ...Because I may know who Phoenix Wright is... But... He has no idea who I am..'

miles looked at her in her eyes, ...comprehended what she had just said, ...what did she mean by that?!, ...she knew him, ...but phoenix didn't know who she was?!, what was going on, ..it was like another godot situation..