Chapter IX

Gajeel slammed his foot on the basement door, attempting to break it. It was barricaded. He managed to break off the hinges after the first few tries, but he had other stuff in his way. After pulling down the door entirely, there was a large shelf, a pile of books, small tables and chairs, and a probably now conscious Natsu (or unconscious. Either or, really.) He kicked the shelf over, almost knocking everything out of his way when something—

Someone

—grabbed his shoulder and pulled him back. He was forcefully slammed into the wall. He opened his eyes and saw him. Laxus Dreyar. He froze there on the wall, staring at him until the ring on his neck grew tighter, choking him, and releasing magical energy that shocked him harder than Laxus ever did before. Laxus cringed. Gajeel fell from the wall and stood up straight, running towards him and throwing a kick, which was dodged, but then tossed a punch which slammed him to the floor, breaking chunks of wood.

Laxus grabbed him by the shoulder, and turned him around, pinning him against the floor. The brace around his neck shocked them both. He jumped from him, stopping him from being shocked, receiving a kick to the gut, soon followed by kicks to the face, and a punch to his side, sending him towards the wall. Laxus managed to stop the impact between him and the wall in time to dodge Gajeel's iron sword. The sword came at him again, growing towards his face. Laxus grasped the sword with his hands and struggled to keep it from slashing his face. Gajeel walked towards him, glaring at him. It was as if Laxus felt fear for the first time. This fear pleased Gajeel.

Well, it pleased José.

"Are you sure about this?" Totomaru asked. He and José, along with the two beaten members of the Element Three, sat very comfortably in the camera room, viewing all the damage to the gild and guild members of Fairy Tail. Really, only Totomaru felt discomfort, "I mean, if Laxus really does turn on him…he could accidentally kill him, right?"

"Sure he can," José grinned, "Not that it bothers me too much."

Toto grimaced, frowning at his master, "…He's your sex toy. He told me."

"He told you?" José sounded very calm about this. Toto shouldn't have felt relief, "He must've left out the word "Replicable.""

Totomaru backed away, slowly, but not far enough so he'd notice. He shivered when he grabbed his arm and pulled him to his lap, holding him by his neck. Toto couldn't breathe. He felt panic. He tried to push him off but José wouldn't budge. He knew about everything that was done to him, but he didn't know that it was this intense. For a while he though Gajeel was lying. José grabbed his crotch and Toto bit his tongue. I need a distraction!

"Ah-! What about the other element—three…?"

They were gone.

Totomaru's pants were torn off and he was turned around. He squirmed under José when he suddenly grabbed his hips and pulled him up. "N-n-no! Wait-! Master José!" He felt the pressure of José's erection touch his leg when his underwear was pulled off. He stuck his finger in his hole, and he could already feel scratches. The number of fingers grew and Toto could almost cry. No, he did cry. He never thought rape was as bad as Gajeel said it was. It was bad. It was awful. It was-

That wasn't a finger.

He could feel it coming in and out of him. It was tearing through him. José grabbed his crotch and pulled on it, making him scream much louder. He banged on the wall in front of him, screaming. "Oh Totomaru," José smiled, making him pause, "No one's even here."

"José!"

"What did I tell you, boy?" Gajeel was sitting on the floor. His master held him by the hair, pressing him against the wall. He was bruised. He couldn't see. He couldn't breathe. He grabbed him by the neck and squeezed, choking him and forcing him to cough up blood on his face. He licked it. Gajeel's lip quivered.

"Master José…? …Please…" He cried quietly. José could only laugh and tear his clothes off. He whispered in his ear. "Gajeel…"

"Y-yes master—"

"How old are you?"

He opened his mouth, leaving it agape. He couldn't tell him how much of a pedophile he was, he'd kill…well then…he did this to everyone. He already knows. "I…I just turned…I just turned 15, Master José." He only smiled.

"15? Already? How long have you been here?"

"Um…four years, master José."

José stood before him. "That means you're old enough to do this yourself."

Gajeel lifted an eyebrow. He watched his master lean in and whisper, "Do it, yourself."

From the door, a young 13 year old Totomaru listened through the door curious about all the yelling. He heard soft noises. "Master José…I can't, it hurts!" He cried. "Then I'll fucking push it in harder!" There was an ear piercing scream, making Toto fall. "Pull it out, dumbass!" "I can't…" There was soft crying. Toto couldn't make out what was going on in there.

Now he knows.

Gajeel was slammed to the floor again. Laxus was wondering just why the hell Gajeel wasn't being shocked, but then he looked at his face. He looked horrified. Laxus looked at him wide-eyed and noticed something on his ear. He moved closer. He could hear screaming.

"Is that…" He looked back at Gajeel. He nodded. Laxus tore off his brace completely. Gajeel fell to his knees and trembled. He screamed and cried, slamming his fist to the floor. From the door to the basement, Erza Scarlet peeked through and saw the two. Laxus looked down at him, and kneeled to his side. "Gajeel?"

He looked up. Laxus wiped his tears. Clearly Gajeel's been through a lot, and it's become obvious that there are still things Laxus doesn't know about him. Gajeel leaned on his chest, and let him wrap the red scarf around him, hiding his old—and new—marks on his neck. Gildarts looked at them from the large gaping hole of the guild, leaning against the stable bricks. Cana herself bit her lip at the sight. Laxus rested his head on his. "Do you want me to go back?"

He nodded in his chest. Laxus stood up and helped him stand. He looked at Erza, standing at the door with other members peeking through the basement door behind her. He turned to a grinning Gildarts, nodding in approval. Gildarts mouthed, "Go on."

Laxus turned back to Gajeel, wondering what he was just looking at. He grabbed Gajeel's hips and slowly leaned in. Gajeel's eyes widen and left his mouth agape, almost forgetting that was what he was going for. Erza gasped and covered her mouth and Natsu slowly backed into the basement, not understanding what was going on. Laxus held Gajeel's chin, and pulled him in, making him stand on his toes, and has his lips touch his own. The soft kiss grew deeper and harder and Gajeel almost lost grip on Laxus' arm. Gajeel finally closed his eyes and let Laxus' tongue in. He wrapped his arms around Laxus' shoulders, breaking the kiss, quick to kiss him back. Gildarts chuckled at the other guild member's shocked expressions.

They were shocked to see such a sudden change.

Laxus broke the long kiss, leaving a seemingly thick trail of saliva between their lips. "Laxus?"

"I'll go get him, okay?"

"…Okay."

Totomaru was cornered in the room by José. He covered his filled mouth, coughing most of it up in his hand. "Please…no…!"

José walked towards him. Toto collapsed to the floor, covering himself. "M-Master…!"

José took one more step and stopped. Toto felt something splash on his face. Was he masturbat—no… this is blood… he looked up at him and gasped. His chest was covered in blood. A blade…a hand? The arm in his chest was yanked out, and José fell to the floor, startling Toto into a ball and turning him around, burying his face in the corner. "Toto, right?"

He was lifted from his spot and turned around. "L-Laxus! How did you…?"

"Your friend told me to find you." Laxus smiled and during the silence tossed him a towel and gently pushed him out of the room. Laxus pulled the chords from under the desks, deactivating the cameras, and tossed them to the floor. There was one more; it was the one to his home. It was still broken and needed big, costly repairs. Gajeel's bedroom got the most damage, especially to the bed. Pantherlily's blood was still there. He frowned. He'd almost forgot Pantherlily was killed. He heard something when he backed up;

"Bitch…!"

He looked down to see José struggle and stand up. Laxus growled when José laughed even after losing so much blood, "You…really think that…Gajeel will be…completely healed after what…I did to him…..don't you?" He looked up with a nasty grin. There was blood coated along his teeth. Laxus looked at him in disgust, both from how he looked, and how he made him feel. How he made Gajeel feel. "He'll never heal…it will only get worse for him….and it will…only get worse for you…" He coughed up blood.

Laxus grabbed him by the little long hairs he had left over the years. He lifted him up and glared daggers into his eyes. José kept running his blood laced mouth, "He'll DIE…and it'll…only be because…of your fucking CARELESSNESS…"

"Careless? I'm careless?" Laxus dropped him and put his foot on José's head. "I made a promise."

((AN: Sorry this chapter seems a little short…I did the best I could to stretch it out ^^; but Gajeel is finally out of José's control! Totomaru is safe and Phantom Lord is definitely not coming back! (o/v/o) what a sweetheart Laxus turned out to be!))