Chapter 2: Everything Is Not What It Seems

The gates shut behind them, startling them a little bit Kidd only waved at them from behind the gate. Soul gave Kidd a small nod and began to look around, the watches as Blackstar crawled in a small tight space on the side of the house Soul had no idea what the hell he was doing, only raising a brow while watching him silently.

"What are you doing you moron?" Soul finally asked, Blackstar coughed and began to pull himself from the crack, following him out was a box. Soul had to admit he was a bit surprised that Blackstar actually managed to find something interesting in the two minutes they have been checking the place out." What is that?" Soul questioned eyeing the box.

The container looked unique, not to mention very old. It looked like something you would see at your grandparents house when your grandmas would keep all the old antiques from her past or some shit like that. The box was light blue and had black swirl designs all around it, in some places cracks remained not to mention the dust all over it. Soul noticed the key hole on the the back of the box.

"How the hell do you open this damn thing!" Blackstar screeched, Kidd wasn't that far away from them so he could still hear most of what was going on and couldn't help to comment on it for Blackstar's sake.

"Perhaps a key is needed?" He called from the wall he was sitting on, Blackstar glared at Kidd before snorting and hugging the box close to his body almost like it was his one and only prized possession.

"Pfft. Fuck you Kidd of course I know I needed a damn key!" He yelled, he could see Kidd shaking his head from a distance. Soul couldn't help to smirk and eventually pull off a small chuckle. Forgetting about the box Soul took in the area around him some more, it looked like they were in a jungle it was full of many plants most were already dead, some barley clinging on to life.

He then gazed upon the house before him in awe, he couldn't believe what he was seeing it was much bigger than it seemed from a distance, but the fact that it looked like a piece of shit didn't change a bit. Soul slowly walked up on the porch and began to look around, while Blackstar intended on searching for a key he swore was near by.

Soul was 100% sure that the porch was nowhere near stable at all, every time he walked a huge creek and then breaking noise would sound, but he tried not paying any attention to it. Noticing a window on the far left side of the house he thought it wouldn't be so bad to peek in and see what the inside looked like, not that it really mattered to him because he had a feeling on what he was pretty sure how is looked.

Cuffing his hands and leaning against the door he couldn't believe what he was seeing. Soul was speechless and quiet as he slowly backed away from the window. Kidd noticed and began to call out to Soul to see if everything was alright, he couldn't see much from when he was, but it almost looked as if Soul saw a ghost or something.

"Soul, is there something the matter? Do you need help?" Kidd yelled now standing at the gates entrance as he watched Soul with a very worried look on his face."Blackstar, stop fooling around and see if Soul is alright! I think something may be wrong!" Kidd exclaimed. Blackstar looked at Kidd and then at Soul before rolling his eyes and walking towards Soul next to the window he just looked through. Leaning his face into Soul's he waved his hand back and forth.

"Yo, dude what the hell is wrong with you?" Soul didn't respond."Hello!?" Blackstar screamed the second time breaking Soul out of his trance. Blackstar only shook his head and rolled his eyes. He didn't know what the hell was going on, but at the same time he still wondered why he cared? He only cared about getting that stupid box open at the moment.

"Look and see for yourself." He was now cool and collected he was no longer in a trance. Shoving his hands in his pockets he stared at Blackstar with a bored expression on his face. Letting out a small sigh Soul only shook his head, Blackstar was completely useless."Look in the window and then you will know what I'm talking about." He told him but this time very slowly so he could understand. Blackstar grinned and sat the box under his arm while he took a look into the window, a few seconds later he finally backed away he turned to Soul who was only nodding his head very slowly.

"You got to be kidding me! You mean to tell me that...in there...and we thought..." He was tripping over his own words, Soul only smirked and looked back to the house it turns out that not everything is what it seemed.

"Your telling me and here I thought it was just an old beat up place." Soul said turning to see Kidd looking at the both of them." Yo, Kidd why don't you come in with us, I think this is a place that might fit your liking." Soul smirked. Kidd let out a nervous cough and shook his head, there was no way he was going inside a dust infested place such as that even looking at the place gives him the shivers. It was sticking more to the right then the left, talk about unbalanced.

"No...I rather stay out here. I think I know what my boundaries are thank you very much." He implied turning his body in a different direction so that he didn't have to see Soul's smirking face.

"Suit yourself."

"Hurry up man! I bet the key is inside this place, not only that but there might even be some treasuries!"Blackstar hollered as he tried to open the door, Soul watched him and only sighed once again at his stupidity.

"You need a key dummy." Soul muttered.

Blackstar looked behind his shoulder before turning back towards the door noticing that Soul was right they did need a key."Then how the hell are we going to get in there!" He snapped now frustrated. Soul pondered for a moment after a couple moments of thinking he finally came up with a solution.

"How about we look around in the back? Who knows maybe the backdoor is open." Soul suggested, it only took him two seconds to realize that Blackstar was gone already. He muttered things under his breath making his way towards the back where he was positive that's where Blackstar ran off too. Stopping himself a moment he turned back towards Kidd."You sure Kidd?" He hollered. Kidd nodded his head.

"It's fine Soul go on ahead, it's possible for a mind change in the future." He hollered back, and with that Soul continued to the back of the house. When he arrived he noticed the back door was wide open turned out that he was right about it being unlocked after all.

"Soul you gotta check this shit out!" Blackstar said ushering him to come all the way inside. He couldn't believe what he was seeing, the first thing that he thought was he should never judge anything by its cover ever again.

He expected it to be more dusty, but instead it was clean and neat. Soul assumed that the furniture inside would be gross looking, the couch he was staring at looked like it costed more than Kidd's house and Kidd was loaded. It was un believable it was like a mansion in disguise. Soul watched as Blackstar ran to every inch of the living room slightly turning his head to the left he noticed a flat screen TV that took up half the wall, if no one else knew about the inside of this place Soul was seriously thinking about moving out of his house today.

"Woah."

Soul turned his head and noticed Blackstar was looking at some sort of statue. Soul walked up towards the gold looking statue and glanced at it for a brief moment. It didn't really process through his head on why someone would want a big ass statue in their house, him on the other hand thinks its nothing but a waste of space.

"Who is that guy?"

"I don't know, never saw him before."

Soul walked around examining the statue a little bit closely." Looks like there's something written on the bottom of this thing.

Soul gazed over the words as it read: Hiro

Blackstar lowered his face right next to Soul's as he tried to make out the word."What the name H-ey Her..."

Soul only sighed, before wondering into a different part of the mansion. The next room he came across was the library, it looked as if ir was its own library all by itself it was huge. Soul began to look around on the book shelf pulling out random books and flipping through the pages, books he didn't care much about he would just put back. He honestly didn't care much about books in general, but he has to admit not all books are bad.

Picking out another random book Soul began to read the title of the book.

"Dolls?" He muttered to himself.

He wasn't aware of what a book like that contained, but just for the heck of it he began to scan through it. Moments passed and Soul couldn't believe what he was reading, he was taking it more than he hoped, to actually explain what was going on. He couldn't even process the words at the time either.

Faint footsteps hit the wooden floor, not paying attention to the noises behind him ignored and continued learning about the interesting secrets the book seemed to contain.

"Who are you?"

Soul jerked his head around and gazed at the person before him, it was a girl. He took a deep breath, he could feel is throat tighten up from the lack of words which he could not speak at the moment. Soul slowly shut the book and placed it back onto the shelf in its rightful place before facing the dark headed girl. They both gazed at each other for several seconds, Soul was a bit surprised, he honestly didn't think that anyone was the mansion besides him and Blackstar.

"My name is Tsubaki, I am one of the five caretakers of this mansion. Are you here to see Master Hiro?" She asked.

Soul looked at her and raised a brow, he had no idea what she was talking about. The only thing he got from that was the names Hiro, which he remembered seeing a statue of him out in the living room.

"No." Soul said scanning the room before looking back at her, shoving his hands down into his pockets."We didn't know this place had someone in it." He stated to Tsubaki who nodded her head slowly in response. She walked towards the wall where she flickered on the light, Soul watched as the room started to light up.

"Not many people know that we live here, but there are reasons for that." Tsubaki said, turning to face in the direction that Soul was in. He did know where she was getting at, but what intrigued his curiosity was why didn't they want people to know that they were here?

"Listen not that its any of my business or anything, but why don't you want people to know that your here?" He asked, Tsubaki's face expression changed into a frown. Turning away from Soul she only sighed, was it something he said?

"Master Hiro, does not want his dolls taken away."

Tsubaki turned slightly, Soul was staring at her in disbelief either he wasn't catching on what she was talking about or he just didn't believe what she was saying all together. Why would someone be afraid of getting their precious dolls taken away? They were plastic toys, so what was the big idea if it did get taken away? It was something that could be replaced.

"TSUBAKI!"

She turned her head to the library's entrance and there stood her master, he was covered in sweat hair plastered to the right side of his face, his breath was hitched and eh couldn't breath. Ignoring the fact the Soul was before them, she walked over to check if he master was alright, it looked as if he just ran a marathon somewhere.

"What's wrong?"

"She's done it again, get Patty, and Liz and go find her!" He ordered very frustrated at the situation in hand. Soul looked at the guy, but remained quiet until he noticed his presence. Tsubaki quickly bowed and then ran off to do as she was told. Shortly after she left Hiro looked towards Soul and narrowed his eyes as his breaths started to return.

"YOU."

Soul took his hands out of his pockets and raised a brow. He had no idea what was going on but he doubt it was good, he thought to himself as Hiro started walk towards him.

"I want let you take them from me...you can't have them." He muttered walking closer to Soul, from the look of things Soul could tell this guy was not right at all. There was obviously something going screwy in that brain of his.

"What the hell are you talking about! Take who?" Soul asked not really sure what he meant. Who did he not want Soul to take? Why did he insist that Soul only came here to take that thing? A few moments thinking to himself, he remembered what Tsubaki told him earlier about her Master no wanting anyone to take his dolls away from him. Is that what he thinks? He thinks Soul wants to take a stupid doll from him?

"They are mine, I created them...they are only for my pleasing. My liking!" He yelled making Soul flinched, before Hiro could grab Soul he moved out of the way running back to where he last saw Blackstar, lucky enough Blackstar was still trying to read the stupid label on the statue.

"We need to go right now!" Soul hissed, grabbing Blackstar by the collar as they both made their way out of the house and towards the front gate where Kidd was still waiting. Watching as the two ran right towards him Kidd managed to get the gate open, and then close it as they all began down the street.

"How'd it go?"

"..."

"I take it, it didn't go as you wanted it too?"

Soul only looked back at the house once before speeding up his pace."I'll see you guys tomorrow."

Kidd and Blackstar looked at each other for a moment, Kidd had no idea what just happened. Soul was already half way down the street, Blackstar was just as confused as Kidd was considering he didn't see half the stuff that happened in the full half hour they were in there. Blackstar and Kidd said their goodbyes, Blackstar held the box close to him as well as the key as he made his way int the direction of his house, ready to unlock what secrets the box held.

A/n: Happy Mother's Day! I might have a new Story out Soon I don't know yet, but today is updating day! Yah! I wll be updating my stories today! ;] Dont forget to review Kittens!