a/n HELLO EVERYONE! After a rather long break, caused by some unepected personal problems (for which I sincerly apologize) it's time for a new chapter! This one is actually part 1 out of 2 that parody the interrogation scenes, but still mostly continue the story of the previous I felt the need to do a smaller story to introduce the character of Sae Nijima in this (and the next) chapter's formula is a bit different than the previous ones, but I still hope you enjoy your reading.
Oh, but I at least have had time to finish the game. Now that I know what's going on,I think there will be more room for me for storytelling :D
SO, ENJOY!
Chapter 4: Informative Interrogation, part I
The young, blue haired woman's hands were shaking in fury as this... this brat continued to clearly mock her with his confession,talking about some sorts of other words and clearly priding himself in the damage he caused. Moreover, he seemed to actually quite enjoy the situation he was in. Finally she snapped and her personal feelings took over instead of her cold, proffesional attitude.
"You are sick in the head."
"Why, thank you, Nijima-san." Ren bowed his head in gratitude.
"THIS is what you want to say in front of the judge!? You used a secret world to beat another boy up,steal his money, try to plant him drugs, you tortured a talking cat, you completely destroyed the life of someone who agreed to take care of you and now this!? Do you even realize what is going on!? "
"Well, that IS what happened."
"So let me get this straight:" She loooked at her notes "Ryuji Sakamoto informed you that he got released as after analysis it turned out the drugs you gave him, were in fact candies..."
"Yeah, that was stupid of me back then, but you gotta understand, that was my first time in a palace... I picked stuff from the wrong pocket and..."
"SILENCE!" The prosecutor took a few deep breaths "He continued to inform you that he knows about your possesion of drugs and is going to inform the police about that. That's when you... kidnapped him and Ann Takamaki to that... Palace thing... and...I cannot even finish that."
"Hey, Hey, that's wrong! I did not kidnap Ann Takamaki! She just kinda... showed up! Besides, I just remembered something else. I have to start over again."
"Oh, no..."
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Ryuji was laying on the ground. He welped as the shadowy silhuette walked to the table filled with all sorts of weapons and dangerous equipment. It searched for a moment, before exchanging crowbar for a baseball bat.
"No...please! DON'T !" the blonde boy begged.
The silhuette stood above him again and raised his weapon.
"WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!?" Ren Amamiya yelled " DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM!? HOW DARE YOU THREATEN REN AMAMIYA LIKE THAT!"
"I'm sorry... I won't..."
The black haired boy picked him up and handed him his phone.
"Go on, call the cops."
"I-I won't... please, just let me go..."
The other teen grabbed his shoulders and shook violently.
"DO IT! CALL THE GODDAMN POLICE!"
The blonde boy began sobbing again - Ren Amamiya really looked like he lost his mind. With his hands shaking, he called 911. He waited,but there was no response. No signal. He looked up at the other teenager.
"See?" Ren asked calmly, buy with venom in his tone "In a Safe Room, noone can hear your screams..."
And with that , he struck baseball bat through Ryuji's face.
"...ain't that right, Morgana?"
Ren looked at the cat who was tied up and hung by his tail from the ceiling.
"AAAAAARGHH!" A girl's scream suddenly interrupted Ren's delightful ceremony. Everyone present in the room turned around towards the door.
"Ann!" Ryuji tried to get up, but Ren held him down "Help me!"
"You're a murderer!" Ann screamed, looking at Ren with terrified expression.
"Huh?" The teenager looked at the blonde boy who was laying in blood "What do you mean, I didn't kill him yet!?"
"HELP!" Ann turned around and got the attention of some nearby Shadows "Someone Help!"
"Well... goddamn!" Ren yelled as he heard footsteps outside.
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" So yeah. I told him to call the goddamn POLICE, not goddamn COPS. I would like to change my testimony..."
"You're sick in the head."
"Nijima-san... why are you complimenting me out of sudden... are you...?" Ren moved his eyebrows nonchalantlty.
"JUST SHUT UP AND KEEP TESTIFYING, OR I SWEAR..."
"As you wish..."
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Ren now found himself in an bigger room, filled with luxurious items and delightful furniture. He dragged Ryuji along with himslelf, trying to catch up with and take revenge on Takamaki, who, still screaming ran straight into another Shadow.
Morgana was still hanging from the ceiling of the Safe Room.
"Princess!? Princess!" The Shadow Screamed
"Huh!?" Was all that Ann managed to say before it grabbed her arm.
"We need to get to the king, my lady!" The Shadow exclaimed "He's missing you very dearly."
"Hey!" Ren yelled "She is mine you rat!"
"Sorry,Kid." The Shadow answered "King's Order."
Ren suddenly felt a great fury taking over him. His vision erupted with red, and his head felt a hundred times heavier. Surprised, he grabbed it with both hands, and with shock noticed something on his forehead, as Ryuji used the opportunity to escape and hide behind a statue of Kamoshida. It was... a mask. Completely surprised, he grabbed it and tried to take it off... It felt like it was glued to his skin with some improbable technology. There was blood on his face. Still, after a few moments of struggling he managed to get it off his face. He smiled with relief, but at the same time he heard a serious, heavy voice coming seemingly from the inside of his own mind.
"WHAT THE HELL!?" The voice asked with anger "WHO IS THIS KID!? GODDANMMIT, IGOR! I TOLD YOU I WANT TO BE JAYDEN SMITH'S STARTING PERSONA!"
Suddenly a great fire emanated throughout Ren's body - but it did not hurt him at all. More like it gave him power.
"TO HELL WITH ALL THIS! - BUT YOU SAID I WILL BE IN AFTER EARTH 2! - WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE ARE NOW TIED WITH HEART, SOUL AND BODY!? AAAAAARGH!"
The energy was now filling Ren from within.
"You gotta be shittin' me..." Ryuji said from his safe place "I am done for..."
"Whoa..." Morgana, who still was tied to the chandelier and could not see anything, but was judging what was happening by the sounds, muttered "Don't tell me he actually..."
"UGH! OKAY KID, HERE IS THE DEAL... I, THE PILLAGER OF TWILIGHT, ARSENE, SHAILL LEND YOU MY POWER...FOR NOW. YOU WILL FUSE ME AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN SO I CAN GET THE EFF OUT! IS THAT CLEAR!?
Ren Nodded.
"IN THAT CASE.." A figure appeared behind him and pointed to the shadow." SWING YOUR BLADE! THIS POWER OF MINE IS YOURS!"
Ren ,guided by the voice, concentrated all the power he suddenly gained on the sword he also somehow got. With a cocky smirk on his face, he selected his target and attacked.
Ryuji could only gasp in fear as the wave of energy hit him.
"HEY, HEY, HEY! WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU DOING!?"
Ren's smile widened.
"This. Is. Awesome."
A few steps away from them, a group of teenagers was observing the scene with their jaws dropped. Finally, a brown, short haired girl with pink glasses slapped a guy who was hiding in a bear costume.
"Dammit, Teddie, this is NOT Yukiko's!
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"ENOUGH!" Nijima stood up "I will not listen to this! "
"Why!?" Ren yelled "That is my testimony!"
"You summoned a creature from other dimension and then used it's power to wreck havoc on your psychical education teacher's distorted heart!?"
"That was pretty cool."
"Oh. OK. " Sae Nijima sat back down "Then you must confirm also what happened next?"
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Ren could not help himself the moment he saw that crown. It was SUPPOSED to be his. He was going to wear it on his head, no matter what. It was just... calling over to him. The boy looked behind himself. Ann Takamaki was following him - but that was not a surprise as Ren tied their bodies with a long rope as a revenge.
"Doggo, come over!"
Ryuji Sakamoto came to him on all fours, and Ren picked the item up and placed it on the boy's back.
"Ow, that hurts..."
"What was that?"
"Nothing! WOOF, WOOF, master!"
"That's better. Remember, if you do well, I may even spare you."
"Go, go, let's go, Kamoshida!"
Suddenly, a volleyball hit the crown and tossed it out of Ryuji's back.
Kamoshida and fake Takamaki - who was all naked and hugging the king - entered the room, both grinning maniacally.
"That bastard..." Ann whispered "That's how he thinks of me, isn't it...?"
"Well" Ren turned to her "He isn't exactly the only one."
The girl looked at him, shocked, but the boy did not have the time to mock her properly, as shadow Kamoshida picked up his Treasure.
"I won't let anyone have this! This proves that I am the King of this castle! It's the Core of this world!" he smiled "And I will dispose of you all right here, right now."
"Nope." The black haired boy said simply.
Something weird happened to Kamoshida - his body began transforming. Soon he wasn't their teacher anymore - only a pinkish monstrosity with crazy yet hypnotic eyes and a long, disgusting tongue.
"HAHAHA!" He screamed "GYAHAHA! I am allowed to do whatever the hell I want! I- WHERE THE HELL DID YOU GET A GUN!?"
"Oh my god..."
"Joker, NOOOOOOOO!" yelled Morgana, who all this time was hanging from the ceiling, and could only listen to the sounds."
BANG!
"Aaah! Kamoshida-sensei,no! why?!" Fake Ann cried desperately as she hugged the man's dead body.
BANG! x2
Ren calmly walked over the creature's corpses and picked up the crown... HIS , the building began shaking.
"It's going down!" Ryuji screamed
The raven haired boy smiled . He calmly raised his gun and pointed it at the other teens.
"Back off, assholes! The treasure is mine! Get it!? Mine, noone elses!"
Some of the chandeliers began falling down as the shaking intensified.
"We need to get out!" Ann screamed, terrified.
"Good luck, I think I saw the exit somewhere there" Ren pointed at a almost completely destroyed part of the castle. He picked up his phone and entered the Navigator app. "I am cheating."
Within a few moments, Ren was home again.
"MEOW! MEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWME..." Morgana screamed as his ceilling finally collapsed onto the safe room beneath.
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Sae looked like she was about to leave the room and never come back again. She looked at the boy with pure disgust.
"So you ADMIT to murdering Suguru Kamoshida!?"
"Yes." The teenager sighed "In Hindsight, this might have been a mistake..."
"You don't say."
"I mean, If I knew Takamaki and Sakamoto also have that app, I would start with finishing them off first."
"WHAT!?"
"Huh? Have I lost you, or something? Well, I admit, Kamoshida was a decent human being, but..."
"I...never mind... let's just skip to Junya Kaneshiro case..."
"Woah, woah!" Ren protested "What about Madarame!?"
"Excuse me?" Sae looked confused. The young prosecutor took her notes and studied it quickly. "There is not a single trace that would link you to this case."
Ren nodded.
"I can't blame the police. It has been an extremely easy job."
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The old artist was carefully studying his pupil's artwork. He smiled with satisfaction. Yes, the boy definitely had talent. There was just the matter of steering... no,using that talent a bit. His thoughts were cut off when he heard a phone ringing.
"Yusuke, my boy! Could you please answer?"
But the boy did not react. Well, he was probably working on another painting. Madarame chose not to disturb him and answered the call.
"Hello?"
"Ichiryusai Madarame?" A young voice asked.
"Yes?"
"I know who you are and what you do to your pupil."
Madarame paled.
"Excuse me?"
"All those paintings aren't really yours, are they? You just use the kid and exploit him."
"I... T-that's..."
"I think that's amazing."
"...excuse me!?"
" Yeah, the way you treat him like a son and then milk him like a cow... I think it's great."
"Um... th-thank you?"
" No problem. I am your greatest fan. In fact, I would like to order some of yours paintings."
" Really!?"
"Yeah, you can pick whichever you want, I don't care about the cost. Just bring the ones you think are the best to Cafe LeBlanc. Sojiro Sakura will pay for everything."
"But... sure you know that those paintings aren't exactly cheap, right?"
"As I said: Sojiro Sakura will pay for everything, don't worry... but if I could have a word of advice?"
"Of course!"
"He paints better when he is hungry."
*A FEW DAYS LATER*
When Sojiro entered the restaurant, he encountered a quite unusual sight - a few men in suits carrying two,maybe three gigantic packages to the attic... to that devil's room. Confused and scared,he ran to them and asked what was going on.
"Are you Sojiro Sakura?" One of the men asked in a rather rude tone.
"Yes, I am."
"Here is a receipt for you."
He handed the old man a piece of paper, and Sojiro felt he is going to pass out.
"Sixteen and a half million yen!?"
"Something wrong?" Ren appeared on the staircase "The room you gave me was rather filthy , so I decided to refreshen it."
"But... those are MADARAME'S paintings..."
"Yes, they are."
"I-I don't even have that half a million yen!"
"You'll figure something out." The kid waved his hand.
"How!?"
"Wait." The boy turned towards the cafe owner "You mean to tell me you really, REALLY do not have those money?"
"YES!"
"Hm..." Ren turned back to face his room. "So I guess your precious Futaba will have to meet her mommy earlier then expected... shame."
Sojiro paled and his eyes widened.
"How do you know about..."
"It's not important." The teen answered calmly "Not anymore."
"NO! PLEASE! I BEG YOU, I'LL DO ANYTHING!"
"I really like those paintings..."
Sojiro took a few deep breaths.
"Okay! Okay, I'll get the money! just... give me some time!"
Ren smiled and walked down. He patted the old cafe owner's shoulder.
"You have two weeks."
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"So, Nijima-san, have you ever seen any of Madarame's artwork, They're genius, aren't they? Their colours mix so well and..."
"You are sick in the head."
"Oh, come on, are you trying to date me?"
"How could you do all that to Sakura-san?"
"Simply - I thought of a plan, and then I executed..."
"You know what I mean!"
"Well..." Ren bowed his head "You know, Nijima-san, for some people their family is the most important thing there is. " He smiled "So how about now I tell you about how I got Makoto good, hm?"
The young prosecutor stood up rapidly, and her chait fell down. She slammed her fist into the table.
"WHAT!?"