Fubuki hated the rain.

Or that's at least what he was thinking as he was running through the rain that evening.

Laban was a few feet ahead of Fubuki but it was hard to see and kept up because of the rain.

Lighting shot across the sky lighting up the atmosphere. Up ahead for a split second Fubuki could see Aiger and Ranjiro dueling it out against each other.

"Hey guys wait up!"

Laban started running faster as an attempt to catch up while Fubuki lagged behind.

As he was sprinting he felt a small tug on his pants. He looked down to see Naru jogging beside him.

"Hey Fubuki I'm scared."

Naru was trembling a little and she had a scared/worried look on her face.

"It'll be okay Naru, the rain can't hurt you."

She nodded and smiled.

Fubuki picked her up and carried her while jogging.

I guess this is good for training

As they neared the mansion Fubuki noticed that the deeper they got into the neighborhood the larger the houses got.

Some houses were just massive, with 5 car garages or a huge circle driveway. But then that's when he saw it, at the end of the cul-de-sac was a giant colonial house.

The landscaping was gorgeous, two trees stood proudly on either side and in the middle was a walkway with a fountain in the middle. Red brick covered the majority of the house while white trim was there to contrast. A circle driveway took up most of the front yard and a huge 4 car garage was on the side along with a guest house.

"Wow! This place is as big as Wakiya Murasaki's house!" said Ranjiro looking up.

Aiger ran past him to the door making sure he won their race.

"What no fair!"

"Hehe."

Just then the door opened to reveal a long slender man dressed in a black suit. He had long black hair slicked back and hard silver blue eyes. His mouth was a straight line. And based on his unhappy appearance Fubuki could tell right away this butler did not like kids.

"Umm hi, we were invited." said Fubuki giving the butler the invitation. He looked it over and opened the door without saying a word.

Aiger and Ranjiro walked in first chatting while Laban and the Wild Bey gang followed. Fubuki and Naru brought up the rear.

"Thank you." Fubuki said quietly.

The butler nodded and closed the door, but when no one was looking he locked it.

The inside was just grand, two staircases came down on either side creating sort of a circle like shape. The floor was shiny with creamy white tiles while the brown stairs contrasted. In the center, a huge chandelier hung, consisting of tiny little diamonds that shimmered in the light.

The overall feel of the house gave off a dark smooth evening feel.

The house looked like something straight out of a house magazine.

"Let's explore!" Aiger took off but before he could get through the doorway the butler stood in the doorway.

"Follow me."

The butler lead Aiger and co. to the dining room.

Inside the dining room was a long table lined up with chairs. White paneling covered half of the walls while a beautiful chandelier was in the middle.

The chairs were a light while complimenting the white paneling. More than 10 chairs were seated at the table. Everyone ran in and grabbed a seat while Fubuki took his time taking the end next to Naru.

"Excuse me."

Naru stood below the butler tugging on his pants.

"Yes?"

"What's your name?"

"Caleb."

Smoothing out his pants he went into the kitchen.

Everyone resumed their conversations while Fubuki just sat there quiet. He felt left out but he didn't want to say anything. Instead he wondered who Mr. Ackerman was.

Not long after dinner was brought out in fancy china. Soup and bread was served.

Unlike Fubuki, Aiger and Ranjiro had bad table manners. Both bladers took the bowl and slurped it down. Between breaths everyone watched them either embarrassed or chuckling a little.

"What?"

"Aiger you're supposed to eat like this not drink it silly."

Naru took her spoon and drank the liquid.

Aiger's eyebrows shot up and his mouth made a small "o"

"Oh I get it now thanks Naru."

Now instead both blader slurped the soup off of their spoons loudly. Naru chuckled but she didn't say anything.

For desert was a fancy dark chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream on the side. Fubuki played with the cake while Aiger and Ranjiro chowed down without hesitation.

"I wonder where our host is." Fubuki said aloud.

The clatter of plates and forks stopped.

"Oh yeah I kinda forgot about him, what was his name again? Backer? Barker?" Ranjiro said.

"Ackerman."

"Oh right."

When the bladers were done with dinner they began to wander around the house looking for an authoritative figure to ask where their host was but it seemed like the house was empty.

"Maybe he's outside."

Aiger grabbed the door handles and pulled.

"It's a push not pull."

"Yeah, I know that." Aiger shot back in a huff.

He tried pushing and pulling again but the doors didn't budge.

"Are we trapped?" Naru asked

"No I'm sure there's another open door around here. Everyone search the house and meet back in the living room."

Everyone split up running around the house forgetting about keeping it clean. Fubuki ran to the door going out to the backyard. He opened the door out to the backyard.

It was still raining but at this point the sun had gone down. It was dark outside. Turning on the porch lights the backyard lit up revealing what was in it.

A large pool with a mini bar and hot tub took up most of it. On the side was a mini kitchen. In the back of the yard was a putting green. A couple of lounge chairs faced the pool. On the other side of the house we're the master bedroom was another deck overlooking the yard.

Just as Fubuki was about to step outside the barking and howling of dogs interrupted him. They came running to Fubuki. His eyes widened and he slammed the door shut.

Defeated he made his way to the living room where most of the Wild Bey Gang was watching TV.

"Any luck?"

"Nope."

"What about you?"

"No."

Fubuki let out a sigh and sat down.

This is going to be a long night..

"Where's Achilles?" Aiger was patting down his pockets like a mad man and searching around his area.

Fubuki checked his pockets.

His heart dropped and his throat felt dry.

Forenous was gone.