Chapter 37: Interrogations
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Back in Naito, The next day (Gōsuto POV)
I wake up and look down to see Mai lying next to me and I smile slightly at her, leaning down a kissing the side of her head. "Good Morning Gōsuto." She said sleepily and looked up at me, yawning.
"Morning Mai, how did you sleep?" I said as I sat up, I crossed my legs and looked at her and grinned stupidly at her.
"Pretty well, I was pretty tired after what we did yesterday…" She blushed at the memory, well memories as we did it all day basically and didn't leave the room. It had been years since I had seen her or been able to do this, not since I left and went stopped being a criminal. 'I missed this, and I hope she did as well, she was only a year younger than Rai, who was a year older than me so we are the same age and have always been inseparable. I loved her the first time I saw her… but never did anything for the first few years I knew her since Rai said not to or he would kill me... And I believed him, I had seen what happens to what to people who make a move on Mai… but eventually love won out. He hadn't caught us yet and we had done it in his bathroom a few times, man we had some fun. "What about you, Gōsuto?"
"I slept great, I was with the woman of my dreams, what else could I want?" I said as I kissed her and she melted into my arms, reciprocating my actions and more.
"WHAT THE FUCK?!" I heard Rai yell as the door flew open and I saw him run at me. He grabbed me and put me in a chokehold with his magic, yelling, "Blinding Hold!" I struggled against the tentacles that held me in place and he looked at me before asking, "Is what you just said true? Do you love my sister or are you just trying to sweet talk her for sex, and yes I knew the whole time, you guys aren't exactly quiet… also you owe me some very extensive therapy sessions…"
I looked at him with a look on my face that said, 'Believe me, I'm not lying this time.' "Yes, I love Mai more than anything, I have since I met her. She's too beautiful to not fall in love with her right away." Ì said, my face full of conviction.
I looked at Mai who was smiling and had tears of joy running down her face, she ran up to her brother and smacked him on the head, "Put him down! I love him too!"
Rai looked at her and then at me and smiled, he let me down and looked at both of us, as he ssaid, "So you both love each other, huh? Ok, this I can handle, yeah that's ok I guess." He looked at me and pulled me into a bone crushing hug, "YEAH! I CAN FINALLY GET A BROTHER I CAN TALK TO! But remember, hurt her and I'll kill you, let her get hurt and I'll kill you, break her heart and you'll wish I killed you. Capisce?"
"Yeah, yeah, I get it. I promise you Mai, I will never hurt you. If I do then I will personally go to Rai and make sure he kills me. Ok?" I said and looked at her with a grin plastered on my face. I looked at Rai and said, "Are Natsu and Lucy back yet? I want to know how long I can lounge around for." I then heard the lacrima buzzing and groaned, 'Am I projecting my thoughts or something here?' I turn it on and answer, "Gōsuto here."
"This is Natsu, we got Chung Fay and are on our way home. We'll be there in two hours, so be ready with Rai and your dad, it's gonna take a while to get the info. Also, have the jail prepped and dump the contents of the dimension you created to hold Lucy's magic in there. Natsu out." He said and turned off his lacrima.
"Damn, Mai I gotta go and get ready. Take care of the kids with Tsume, ok? I'll be back tonight." I said and placed a chaste kiss on her cheek.
"Wait a minute… Dude, where are your clothes?" Rai asked and I looked down and saw I was naked, as was Mai. "AHHHHH MY EYES! GET DRESSED!" He yelled, running out of the room as I looked at Mai and shrugged and kissed her again, before I went into the bathroom and got dressed.
I got out of the bathroom and left the room as Mai was already gone, and walked down to Esoj's room and knocked on his door. "Oi open up! I need your help with something!"
The door opened ad revealed Esoj there… Esoj Jr. that is. "Hey Mr. Gōsuto, if you're looking for Mom and Dad, they went down to the other part of the mansion to work on some stuff, some sort of project they said. Where's Ms. Mai? Is she taking care of me again?" He asked and I looked at him and wondered if really was five years old, he seemed much older.
"Yes, she is. And ok thank you for the information, get ready though, she is probably on her way and will be with Raito most likely." At the mention of his new friend, his face lit up and he nodded, closing the door in my face without a goodbye. 'Kids these days… no manners. Oh well.'
I walked down to the other end of the mansion and saw the couple working on creating a cavern big enough for Lumen, which made me shiver. 'Damn, that thing is super creepy, almost made me shit myself when I first saw it. And of course I still have it inside of my dimensions, so yeah, great.'
As soon as I was close enough, they saw me and Nena said, "Oh you're here. I was about to call for you, the cavern is ready now, time to put it in. We'll be here to help control its transfer. We should do it now, I hear the boss is almost back."
I nodded, shivering at the thought of releasing that thing, "You heard right, and when we're done here I need you to watch something for me, I'm leaving something in the dungeons. And I don't want it to escape." I said and began gathering the magic needed to release my hold on the dimension.
"Ok. Hurry up, we wanna get this shit done with as soon as possible, I hear this thing is creepy as fuck and this cavern was tiresome to build." Esoj said and I glared at him.
"Yes, I am. You guys ready to hold it down, it seems a bit restless." I said as I felt Lumen struggling against my hold on it. They nodded and had metal ready to use, I breathed evenly and said, "Shadow: Dimension Release!" Then the cage Lumen was in and Lumen itself appeared and I fell back, the toll on myself being great since it was so big and powerful.
The duo got to work quickly, yelling in unison, "Acero!" "Ascensor!" Suddenly more steel appeared and was quickly turned into a lift that they used to lower Lumen and its cage into the cavern carefully. I stayed on the ground, unable to move as I was thoroughly wierded out by it. 'What the fuck is that thing? And how in the world did they fucking create that?!'
They finished dropping it down and released the magic they had casted and the elements disappeared. "Ok, so to the dungeons right?" Esoj asked nervously as Nena threw the cover on the cavern and sealed it shut for the time being.
"Yeah, let's go, quickly." I said and we all left in a bit of a hurry, not wanting to stay any closer to it. We walked in silence until we reached the dungeons, where I opened a cell door and gathered my magic again, before saying, "Shadow: Dimension Release!" Whatever was in there appeared and landed with a thud, during which I checked the time and said, "Well shit. He'll be here any second now, I gotta go. So remember, don't let her leave ok?"
"Yeah, yeah. We won't, you owe us though." Esoj said as I nodded and booked it to the front of the mansion where my dad and Rai were waiting.
"Took your time. He's about to land. What took you so long?" Rai asked as he looked at me with narrow eyes.
"Had to dump Lumen in it's new home, they finished building it." I said and Rai nodded, saying nothing else.
As Igneel landed, Natsu and Lucy jumped off, Fay over Natu's shoulder. "Is the cavern done yet?" Natsu asked and I nodded, he turned to Igneel and said, "Go and guard it, please? I don't want anyone within breathing distance, heck within looking distance if you can pull that off. Just make sure no one gets close, especially anyone who can speak Spanish." Igneel nodded and flew off to where Lumen is stored.
"If you guys are ready, lets get started. I want to get rid of him as soon as possible." Lucy said and we all nodded and went off to the room we had chosen as the interrogation room, a room that was high up and had a window that if thrown out of, there was nothing to stop the fall. We walked in silence for a bit until Lucy asked, "Did you do that other thing we asked you to do?"
"Yes, it's in the dungeon, waiting for you guys to visit now. I left Esoj and Nena to watch over it." I said and Lucy nodded and leaned over to Natsu and whispered something to him. He nodded and she went off in the direction of the dungeons and immediately I understand where she is going and what she is going to do. "We're here." I said and we all stopped before dad opened the door and led us in, a single chair being the only furniture in the room.
"Ok, set him down and let's get ready. Tie him down and get out of the way. Gōsuto come here, you too Rai. Gōsuto you know what to do, as do you Rai." Dad said and we all took our positions, before starting dad said, "Natsu, if you want to see what is happening then get next to me, if not then get away from me." Natsu came close and put a hand on his shoulder, so he could see but not be harmed. "Ok, then. Let us begin. Fay, tell us what we want to know. What were you looking for and where is Zeref?!"
"HA! You think I would tell you that? I am not crazy!" Fay said and we all sighed, knowing this would take a while.
"Ok have it your way." Dad said and looked at me and we nodded and yelled in unison, "Shadow: Nightmare S!"
I watch as Fay is thrust into a dream world and is suddenly tied to a cross by an unseen force. Then a thousand masked men appeared, all of them with knives in their hands. Then one by one, they each walked up to him and stabbed him on his body, varying by the person. With each stab Fay yells out in pain, the yells getting louder and louder as time went on. When they all had stabbed him, my dad's voice called out to Fay and asked, "Had enough? Answer the questions and I'll stop."
"No. I won't say a thing." He said as he breathed heavily, his body visibly shaking but not his resolve.
"Ok, you asked for it. Here we go again." And we did, for FIVE turns, the knifemen stabbing him for what seemed to be hours to Fay, but was only a few minutes for us. "Had enough yet?"
"No… no I won't say anything." Fay said and we all sighed again.
"Ok, remember you asked for this." Dad looked at me and mouthed W, and I nodded. "Shadow: Nightmare W!" We shouted in unison and the world Fay was in changed, this time a pool of water was the only thing that was there. We watched as Fay was grabbed by the collar by an unseen force and plunged into the water, and left there for a while, before the bubbles that were his air stopped. Fay was pulled out and was not moving, then eels came out from the water and electrocuted him, nearly stopping his heart. He jolted alive and was plunged back into the water, and this happened at least ten times before dad called out to him, "You wanna talk now?"
"N-No… I will not talk... this isn't enough to stop me… yet" Fay said, mumbling the last part. I raised my eyebrow at his word choice, 'Yet? So he is close, I think.' I looked at dad and he noticed the same thing, and nodded at me, 'So what we're gonna use that nightmare? Rai will have to help with this.'
"Shadow: Nightmare R!" And suddenly we were in a dark room where Fay was on a table, lying down and unable to move. Then a scalpel came down and connected with his gut, cutting it open for him to see. He yelled out in pain and watched as the contents of his gut were removed, intestines first, followed by his stomach, and so on and so forth. 'Man I hate this nightmare, it's disgusting. But it is the most effective at getting people to talk.' As the last part of his stomach was removed, my dad called out, "You ready to talk?"
Fay breathed in and mustered his strength, "No. No."
I sighed and watched as dad said, "Ok then, get ready for this." The scalpel moved upwards and cut his chest open as he screamed out in pain, as his lungs and heart were removed. He yelled in pain and didn't stop yelling until the scalpel moved south towards his crotch and I closed my eyes for this part.
"WAIT! WAIT! I'll talk, I'll talk… Just please stop!" Fay yelled out and he had a wild look in his eyes, and I smirked as I knew that this would work.
"Ok, good boy. Now what are you looking for?"
"I'm looking for two things, one called the book of Tartarus, his book of demons. The other is called Lumen Historie, or rather where it was made." We all looked at him with eyes wide, we knew he wasn't lying, he looked too scared to lie now.
"Ok, now where is Zeref?" Dad asked.
Fay shook his head and said, "I don't know! I usually meet a guy named Mern, he works directly for Zeref and tells me what to do. I swear!" We nodded and looked at each other, as we knew this was the truth, "His full name is Mern Greer. Supposed to be Mard Greer's brother or something."
"Good boy. Now night, night." Natsu said and knocked him out. "Well, at least know we have both things he wants. I destroyed the book already and we have all the information on Lumen Historie, so that's good."
"Yeah, but we should find this Mern guy, he will lead us straight to Zeref. And the faster we find Zeref, the faster we can end this whole thing." Rai said and we all nodded in agreement.
"Ok, I'll see what my sources can turn up. But if he's relater to THE Mard Greer, then it won't be easy. He'll be way stronger than Fay was. We'll need a more precise way of capturing him" Dad said and we looked at Natsu.
"Ok, I'll let you and Igneel handle that, meanwhile I have something else to do as well. Good work guys." Natsu said and saluted us as he left the room, leaving us to absorb the information and piece it all together.
(POV Change to Natsu)
I walk over to the dungeons and check my watch, 'Wow, that only took twenty minutes, surprised he broke that quickly. They really did a number on his brain.' I walk past the rooms in the mansion until I arrive at the area designated as our dungeons. I open the door and enter, seeing Lucy hunched over whispering something.
"You break her yet?" I asked and she nodded at me, she got up and walked over to me.
"She's all your now. She is ripe for us to use." Lucy said.
I nodded and walked over to her and kneeled down, poking her side. "Hey Juvia, wake up. I need to talk to you." I waited but she didn't move, I looked back at Lucy and she shrugs. "I SAID WAKE UP! STUPID BITCH!" I yelled and kicked her a few times.
She grunted in pain and started crying, and by the sound of which wasn't the first time today. "Oi, no crying! Get up!" I yelled and she obeyed and I saw her eyes were swollen form the crying, but she had stopped for now. "Good, now are you going to help us, or do we have to convince you some?"
"Yes… I will." She responded dejectedly.
"Good. Don't forget, they stopped looking for you after only a month of searching. It's been over a year now since you disappeared, they clearly don't care about you. You are no longer a Fairy Tail mage, but a?" I said, lying to her obviously.
Juvia nodded and replied, "I am a Ronin."
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A/N: DUN DUN DUN! I AM THE EMODIMENT OF EVIL! FEAR ME! Jk, but man are they crazy or what? And that interrogation was graphic, but did no actual physical damage to Fay, just his mind. Now get ready for tomorrow, because the One-shot will be posted! SO PLEASE ENJOY AND READ AND REVIEW! ADIOS!