Me: Heey minna!

Friend: We have a new chapter!

Tsurugi: About time..

Me: Yeah I know, I might have had a little writers-block but it's gone now! ^.^

Shindou: You already got a writers-block at the third chapter? -.-

Me: S-shut up Shindou! Let me just remind you of the fact that your still tied up and captured here! If I were you I would be nice to us or there might happen some inconvenient things... *glares*

Friend: Uh-huh!

Shindou: *gulps*

Friend: Tsurugi disclaimer!

Tsurugi: Sekami-chan and her friend do not own Inazuma Eleven GO nor its characters!

Me: Enjoy!

Ibuki had walked off and Tsurugi just kept staring at Shindou, arms crossed in front of his chest, with that confident look Shindou didn't like one bit. It was like he thought he had already won, well Shindou thought different. He wouldn't speak, not when they would threaten him or torture him. They know of the training, so what? Shindou thought to himself. That doesn't mean that they can beat me, I was the best of my class anyway.Tsurugi was still looking at him and Shindou returned the look just as confident. It looked like neither side was willing to give in that easily.

Finally Tsurugi broke his fierce gaze to look at his left, a wide smirk forming on his face as his eyes caught the sight of Ibuki returning with Kurama.

Shindou looked at his right, carefully examining the so called 'Kurama'. Kurama was rather short, especially compared to Ibuki. He had short ice-blue hair that covered his left eye, the other one was closed as he followed Ibuki with the same confidence Tsurugi showed just mere seconds ago. His skin was well toned and Shindou could see the head of a snake that was tattooed just above his collarbone.

They had reached the mast and when they had Kurama finally opened his eye revealing an iris as black as the moonless night. A small smile graced upon his lips as he spoke.

"You called captain."

"Yes I did. I'll go straight to the point, little Princess here refuses to speak. I think that's a shame, I would like to have a little conversation with him." Tsurugi responded with a stern voice.

Kurama had closed his eye again and snickered, his voice high which made it all the more whicked.

"I have just what you need. You're lucky I just replenished my stock."

Kurama reached inside his breast pocket and took out a small duct filled with a colourless dissolution. The duct was sealed with a cork that matched the duct perfectly. Kurama threw the little duct over to Tsurugi who swiftly caught it.

"Let one droplet fall into a small puddle of water, that should be enough."

And with that Kurama walked off again. Tsurugi ordered Ibuki to get some water, Ibuki grumbled but obeyed anyway. Tsurugi looked at the duct in his hand smiling at it as he moved the small object, resulting the colourless liquid to move along with his movements.

"You know, Kurama is the best at making poisons, drugs and other stuff. He proves to be really handy in situations like these. Now you will talk for sure, Princess." Tsurugi said, his eyes never leaving the liquid.

Shindou started to get a little uncomfortable, a small beat of sweat ran down the side of his face, a small sign revealing his discomfort. He hated it when his body betrayed his emotions, as much as he tried to hide the fact that his confidence had gone down, his body was betraying him once again.

Ibuki came back not much later holding a small cup filled with water that not even reached half of the cup. Ibuki held out the cup to Tsurugi who pulled the cork off. He let one dropled of the colourless liquid fall into the cup and Ibuki shook it a little mixing the unknown liquid and the water. Tsurugi took the cup out of Ibuki's hand and walked over to Shindou. He stopped in front of Shindou, his face had turned serious again as he held the cup close to Shindou's lips who were pressed together in a thin line.

"Now, be a good boy and open your mouth." Tsurugi said, his voice was low and it almost sounded threatening.

Shindou refused, he clenched his teeth to the extend it started to hurt. Tsurugi did not like it one bit. He started to lose his patience, he needed to get this over with or he might lose his cool.

Tsurugi raised his foot and before Shindou could even think about what the gesture meant Tsurugi's foot launched forward hitting Shindou's left shinbone, hard. Shindou's mouth flew open in a reflex to express the pain that shot through his body but before any sound could escape his lips Tsurugi had already managed to get a hold of his chin and poured the liquid into his mouth.

Shindou tried to spit the liquid out but Tsurugi, who had expected this, pressed his hand on Shindou's mouth, making it impossible for Shindou to open his mouth again. Shindou was breathing through his nose with ragged breaths, still recovering from the pain and even when he knew, by just looking at the situation, it wouldn't matter much if he struggled he refused to swallow the liquid.

Tsurugi's scowl deepened, the brunet was really getting on his nerves now. He threw the cup to Ibuki, freeing his other hand. He brought his hand up and squeezed Shindou's nose shut. He felt the brunet flinch, feeling his heartbeat quicken as he had laid his arms on his chest for extra force and he saw panic taking over in those red orbs as the seconds passed. Tsurugi kept looking in those eyes with a stern look.

At the same time Shindou's thoughts ran with the speed of lightning through his head. He knew he had two options: he would swallow the drug or pass out or even die in the worst case. His first thoughts were still making sense as he overthought his options, but they started to get more desperate with every passing second as lack of air started to kick in. His lungs were burning, screaming for air as more seconds passed and he knew he had to surrender.

Reluctantly Shindou swallowed the drug, it tasted bitter and it almost made him throw up. Tsurugi immediately let go of Shindou the moment the brunet had swallowed the last drop. Shindou gasped, taking in as much oxygen as possible. His heart ran wild inside his chest trying to make up for the lost oxygen by pumping his blood faster.

Tsurugi took a step back, staring at Shindou with a devious smile, celebrating his victory. Ibuki stepped up behind him.

"What are we going to do now?" He asked his eyes locked on the brunet who was still struggling to get air.

Tsurugi turned his head slightly, his eyes never leaving Shindou.

"We wait for the drug to start working," Tsurugi said as he crossed his arms in front of his chest.

Tsurugi just kept standing in front of Shindou, watching him closely, trying to find a sign that the drug had started working already. The brunet had already caught his breath by now and was staring down, his bangs covering his facial expressions.

Shindou felt Tsurugi's sharp eyes on him but everything was damped. His head was starting to get foggy and he knew that wasn't a good sign. He felt how the drug started to take over his system and he didn't like it one bit. He tried his best to keep his head down, preventing Tsurugi to see his bewildered state. But things only got worse, his sight began to blur slightly and his head started to pound. It was getting harder and harder to keep himself from breaking. The only thing that kept going through his mind was: Don't tell them anything!

Tsurugi noticed the change in behaviour and walked towards Shindou. He reached his hand out, grabbing Shindou's chin and pulled his head up. The brunet did not refuse and Tsurugi could finally see his expressions. The brunet's pupils had widened, his breathing was uneven and a beat of sweat ran down the side of his face. Tsurugi saw the hazy look in the brunet's eyes, who weren't capable of focussing on one single point for more than three seconds, and knew the drug was sinking in; now was his chance.

"Now that you're a bit more relaxed let's start anew. Why don't you tell me your name, Princess?" Tsurugi asked his face still had the stern look.

Shindou heard the voice and the question, but it was slightly muffled. The answer popped up inside his mind and before he could stop himself his body started to live on its own.

"Shindou Takuto," he whispered.

Stupid why did you say that?! He thought to himself.

He saw Tsurugi's famous smirk return through his blurry sight and hated himself for sharing such information so easily with a pirate. But it was like his mind and body weren't working like he wanted to.

"Good. Now you must be someone important as they trust you to take care of such a big load, are you?" Tsurugi asked.

"Yes."

"Tell me, what did you do before you became captain?"

No, no, don't say it!

"I was studying to become a judge."

Idiot!

"Interesting. Those are difficult educations, they take about four years for just the learning part, am I right?"

"Yes."

Tsurugi thought that was quite impressive. By just looking at the brunet in front of him he could tell he was not more than a year older than him, which meant he must be 21. If he is 21 now he must have been 16 at the time of the Attack without wings. Most judges already begin learning around their 12th year of life, which meant Shindou must have experienced the attack in his fourth year of studying. So the chance might be that the brunet knew the information he was looking for.

"Okay then, let me ask you: ever heard of the Attack without wings?"

The Attack without wings. Of course Shindou had heard of that, it was the most famous rebellious action in the history of the city he had grown up in. It had happened four years ago and it had ended in a bloodbath. A rebellious organisation called Angel's Touch had tried to attack the city hall. Their leader had said that an angel had come to him at night, he proclaimed the angel had told him they should free the city of their corrupt mayor. All the members had believed him and they had planned the attack. But the mayor had managed to hear of the plan due to a spy and called in reinforcements. The attack is called the Attack without wings as it had failed when the members of Angel's Touch got lured in a trap and were all killed at the spot except for their leader, who got captured. Nobody knows what happened to the leader after the attack, some say he is dead, others say that he got tortured so bad that some parts of his body were broken down beyond repair before he escaped in a mysterious way.

Everyone knew the story, his father had even told him the story a few times to warn him to never rebel against the mayor. The story had always given him goosebumps and even the thought of it made them appear again on his skin despite the effect of the drug.

"Yes."

"Good, now do you know who was in charge or maybe the whereabouts of the leader after he got captured?"

Don't say it! That's confidential!

"No. I was in my last year of studying so I did hear something about it every now and then but.. I can't remember anything about the leader's whereabouts nor who was in charge."

Why do I keep telling him the truth?

"Well, that's a shame.. I guess you're useless after all..."

Tsurugi let go of Shindou's chin. Shindou's head fell down a little without the support of the pirate's slim but strong fingers and he could really slap himself now. Why on earth had he said all those things? All that hard work, the special training, everything had been in vain thanks to that damn drug! Despite that his head was still foggy, he couldn't help but to think the questions Tsurugi had asked were kind of weird. He had expected that the pirate would ask something about the routes of other ships that carried the same load as him, but no.

Tsurugi turned to Ibuki with a frown covering his face. As much as he had liked the look on the brat's face every time he answered, he could see the other mentally slap himself after every answer, he still hadn't gotten any progress in his investigation and it frustrated him. He walked away towards Ibuki and before Tsurugi passed him he spoke.

"He knows nothing. You can throw him in one of the cells, we'll discuss about his fate later."

And with that Tsurugi walked off and disappeared inside the captains cabin.

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