A/N: Back to the present! Sorry for the delay, everyone I know seems to be getting engaged or married or moving in together.

Cross forced Allen to eat and drink the (spiked) food that he had brought. Once Allen had drank about half of the hot chocolate and was thoroughly drunk, the interrogation began. It wasn't long before Allen told him everything.

He had always sort of expected that his apprentice and the ponytail would get together. That didn't mean he was happy about it, but nevertheless he could accept it. He didn't particularly care for Kanda, but he had never thought that the guy was enough of a stupid fuckup to cheat on the kid. Cross decided get to the bottom of it as quickly as possible.

Xxxx

Kanda would never say so out loud, but he had gotten really lonely. He missed the Moyashi's smile and the way that Allen would cuddle up to him at night. He even missed having the boy around at mealtimes. Kanda was so out of it that he barely fought back when Cross strode up to him and brought his mallet crashing down on his head, knocking him out.

Lavi received the same treatment and both boys woke up tied to chairs in separate barren, freezing rooms.

Cross walked in to the room where he'd imprisoned Kanda carrying a violently neon green elixir in a fancy glass bottle. He held it up to the samurai's mouth.

"Drink it."

Kanda opened his mouth to argue. Cross merely grabbed the boy's hair, tipped his head back, and poured the solution down his throat.

Kanda sputtered and glared up at him with indignant rage, unable to speak.

"Truth serum."

Cross turned and left the room slamming the door behind him.

Once he had administered the serum to the redhead as well, he returned to ponytail's cell.

Xxxx

Usually Kanda had some respect for the generals. Then again, usually they didn't kidnap him with intent to torture. When Cross barged back into the room the samurai snarled at him, "What the hell do you want?"

Cross was unfazed. "I merely have a few questions for you. What happens after that will depend on your answers, that's where the truth serum comes in handy."

Kanda nodded curtly, his anger slowly draining away replaced with a niggling fear. Cross was probably going to eviscerate him for sleeping with Allen, but it had been worth it.

"Alright first question, are you currently in any physical or emotional relationships?"

"Yes."

Cross fought the urge to strangle the boy immediately in favor of taking some time to figure out the most effective way of torturing him. "How many?"

"One."

The amount of pain that the samurai was going to receive decreased ever so slightly. "And would you say that you care for this person?"

Kanda meet his eyes defiantly, "I love him."

Cross nodded thoughtfully. Then it occurred to him, his apprentice had never been known for his brilliance. Maybe it was a misunderstanding, and ponytail was too stupid to know he'd been dumped. It made sense; after all, who in their right mind would chose the junior bookman over his apprentice?

"I have one final question."

Kanda nodded, knowing that his very life depended on his answer. He was also acutely aware of the fact that Cross was a magician and a scientist (as well as a badass) so there was no way that the potion hadn't worked.

"Who are you in a relationship with?"

To be continued...

A/N: Reviews are made of love and Yullen smut!