The Returning Past

The Returning Past is the fourth story in the Golden Future of Law series. It is written by AceAttorneyFan. The overall plot involves a mysterious trio of assassins whose goal is to end the life of the one they call the 'Heir'.

The Well-Deserved Turnabout
A murder occurs at Blackgate High School, where teacher Phil Dense is murdered. A student at the school, Leon Wakuta, is accused of the murder, his sister Amanda requesting that Tenniswood and Yuri defend him in court. Polly Bloom and Anton Burke would be acting as the prosecution for the case.

Turnabout Vows
Wood's childhood friend Angelica Haruka is accused of poisoning her future sister-in-law on the latter's wedding day. Wood decided to act as the prosecution on the case, dragging prosecutor Vito Cruz along for the ride. Lily Shield and Chrysalis Starr defend Angelica against the charges of the crime and reveal the cause of the case; a twisted love triangle.

Turnabout Heir
Wood is accused of murdering a man who works in her late father's business, this case having certain links to the ET-3 Incident. Cotoli Morix takes the case at the request of Ghastly Bespoke. A new prosecutor and detective duo arrive on the scene; Prosecutor Taniem Soreth-Spees and Detective Rocerous Amm are overly determined to prove Wood guilty of the crime.

The Reopened Turnabout
Wood is fatally wounded and James Devine is assaulted in Ghastly's office, leading the Chief Prosecutor to be accused of the crimes. Cotoli defends his old friend for the crimes, although in the end the culprit is left undiscovered due to a lack of evidence.

The Two-Faced Turnabout (QS-5 Incident)
An assassination attempt on three individuals goes wrong as the assassins themselves are murdered, with prosecutor Vito being accused for the murder. Tenniswood and Chrysalis are determined to locate the truth behind this constant streak of death, unaware that doing so would bring back an old enemy in the form of a certain murderous alter ego.

Main Characters
Niamh Tenniswood - A lawyer at Morix Law Offices. She and Yuri defend Leon Wakuta against the charges of murder in The Well-Deserved Turnabout, and is also Vito's lawyer in The Two-Faced Turnabout. Her psychology skills play an especially important part in case five.

Lily Shield - A lawyer at Morix Law Offices. She and Chrysalis defend Angelica Haruka in Turnabout Vows. She uses a Magatama to see Psyche-Locks around those who lie to her.

Cotoli Morix - The owner of Morix Law Offices and Chrysalis' older half-brother. He defends Wood against the charge of murder in Turnabout Heir, and defends Ghastly for the attempted murder of Wood in The Reopened Turnabout.

Polly Bloom - A prosecutor in the local district and the adoptive mother of Anton. She is the prosecutor in The Well-Deserved Turnabout and plays a minor role in the investigation of The Two-Faced Turnabout.

Anton Burke - A prosecutor's assistant and Polly's adopted son. He assisted Polly with investigating in the first case and helped investigate the triple murders in the fifth case.

Ghastly Bespoke - The Chief Prosecutor of the local district. He requests that Cotoli defend Wood in the third case, then becomes the defendant himself in the fourth case. Ghastly was also the first to discover Nevada's return in the fifth case.

Niamh Wood - A prosecutor's assistant and the adopted daughter of Ghastly and Sora. She is accused of murder in Turnabout Heir, and attacked almost fatally in The Reopened Turnabout. She is absent for parts of The Two-Faced Turnabout, although she finally learns of Nevada's existence at the climax of the case.

Nevada Wood - Wood's homicidal alternate personality. Despite being locked inside Wood's consciousness in the previous story, she broke through the chains and returned. She killed the three assassins in The Two-Faced Turnabout in order to thwart their plans of murdering herself, Chrysalis and Ghastly. At the end of the case, she decides to stick around instead of hiding in Wood's mind.

Sora Lin - A prosecutor in the local district. She appeared briefly in Turnabout Heir to comfort a crying Wood after the latter had fled from the courtroom. Sora also stayed by Wood's bedside in The Reopened Turnabout, concerned for her adopted daughter's life.

Chrysalis Starr - A defense assistant and Cotoli's younger half-sister. She assisted Lily in defending Angelica Haruka in the second case. She plays a larger role in the fifth case, where she is one of the three targets of an assassination plot; while her life is spared, she becomes an assault victim of the case.

Yuri Rinko - A defense assistant who works at Morix Law Offices. She works alongside Tenniswood in the first case to prove their client not guilty. Her family have the ability to tell the difference between a truth and a lie.

James Devine - A kittenish student and a close friend of Wood. He appears in the third case, hiding the links Wood has with the Shinokage. James becomes an assault victim of the fourth case for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Toby Erikson - A detective in the local precinct and the father of Mukuro. He is the lead detective on many of the cases in the story and is often the one to provide the details of the case through testifying in court.

Mukuro Erikson - A detective in training and Toby's beloved daughter. She acts as his assistant in many cases and helps him investigate the crimes although she always wishes that she wasn't as clumsy as she is. She loves and cares for her father deeply.

Vito Cruz - A prosecutor in the local district. A hot-headed man who thinks actions speak louder than words, such actions getting him into trouble more often than not. He is the defendant in the fifth case after encountering the body of the second victim.

Vera Stanhope - A detective in the local precinct. She often works alongside Toby in murder cases, being the assisting lead detective on the case.

Aiden Healy - A detective in the local precinct, Vera's assistant and a good friend of Mukuro's. A slightly timid detective who often uses Mukuro as a shield if he is afraid of something. Despite his faint hearted behaviour, he locates a critical piece of evidence in the fifth case which leads to the case being solved.

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Summary
It's been almost a year since Morix Law Offices gained its fourth lawyer, Niamh Tenniswood. Court is back in session for the lawyers as more unique cases open up! From a high school to a wedding to even a certain judge's base of operations, crime is never far behind! An uneasy feeling rests upon the world as a sinister plot unfolds in the darkness... A trio of killers combine their strength to take their revenge for defeat! A series of new and old characters appear to assist the lawyers in finding the truth! The past must be dug up in order to make sense of the present, no matter the case or circumstances. Time moves ever forward, but nothing can stop the returning past...