Dan started to walk down the stairs that led to the ground floor, stepping as softly as he could straining his ears to try to see if he could detect the blond boy and silver haired girl. He couldn't hear anything, he was starting to hate the size of the house. Who needed a house so big? He had already passed an aquarium and he could have sworn he had seen a whale. He had wandered into dozens of different rooms and had even interfered with a panda's dinner.
"Kato, do you think you could prepare for something big, Alice is coming by tomorrow and I'm sure she'll be starving by the time she arrives.
"Or course master Marucho, I'll begin now, does she want anything in particular?"
"No, I'm sure anything will be just fine"
He could hear the two voices coming from the kitchen and hoped it wasn't just those two there. He didn't really want to go look for Julie. He quickened his pace and stopped trying to muffle his steps it would be easier if they could hear him.
"Hey Marucho, I need to talk to you" he yelled as he started running towards the kitchen. He pushed open the door without checking to make sure no one was behind the door.
"Ahh" there was a scream of pain as the door was slammed open.
"Hey Kato, I could have sworn I heard Marucho in here." Dan looked around the room to see only the old man looking stunned.
"I-I'm behind the door Dan" came the pained voice of the young blond.
"What? Oh sorry Marucho" he apologised pulling the door from his face.
"That's alright" he responded rubbing at his face as he readjusted his glasses. Dan held out his hand for the blond to take, he pulled him from the floor smiling at him a little sheepishly.
"So Marucho, we need to talk to you and Julie, do you think you could find her and bring her to Shun's room?" The blond nodded a little disorientated before snapping from the daze the door had sent him into.
"Oh of course Dan, what's wrong? Has something happened?" He asked but the brunette just shook his head.
"No Marucho, nothing's wrong, I think. But just come up once you've found her. Shun has to tell you both something" without another word he left the room, Kato staring after the brunette who looked bewildered.
"So anyway Kato, Alice might want something special."
Dan had gone back up the stairs as soon as he left the room, he was bored out of his mind and wanted to keep this lasting longer than needed. He was going to take the long way back to their rooms. He had only gone around maybe a fifth of the house so far and wanted to see if there was anything that may be fun to look around. He had found a mini zoo and an aquarium that held whales and dolphins. There had to be more than those.
He started down the hall and opened the doors as he walked. One door held a gym filled with treadmills cross trainers barbells, everything. One looked to be a ball room. Upon further inspection it was a toilet. That one room was bigger than his and Shun's bedrooms combined. At the end of that hall he had even found a room filled with exotic pieces of art that looked to cost more than his life was worth.
He couldn't help himself and entered the room looking around all the pieces of art that were stood on tables and hung on the wall. Curiosity got the better of him and he touched one of the statues. Flinching back when it rocked; if that fell he'd be dead. Once it steadied itself he breathed a sigh of relief and backed out of the room. He'd be pushing his luck if he stayed in any longer.
Not wanting to cause another problem by sneaking around the mansion he turned and started to make his way back to Shun's room.
Back upstairs he pushed open the door smiling at Shun who looked up at him.
"What took you so long?" Shun asked looking up from a book he had found.
"I went looking around. Marucho has gone to find Julie and I didn't want there to be an awkward silence while we were waiting for them" Dan answered dropping down before the black haired boy.
"Dan" as he was about to talk there was a knock at the door.
"Hey guys it's us" Marucho called through.
"See no awkward silence" Dan smirked at Shun as he stood from the bed.
"Trust me Dan with you there'd be no awkward silence, you can talk to anyone about anything." He sighed as he looked towards the door and the two people on the other side. Marucho had a red mark on his cheek, from what he didn't know. But he did know he didn't want to find out. It would be easier not to ask questions.
"Hi Shun, you both wanted us for something?" He asked stepping into the room.
"Yes, I did. I'm guessing Dan didn't explain anything" he asked looking over to the brunette with a raised eyebrow.
"Uh no he didn't, he pretty much just said, to come here with Julie. Nothing really more than that. Then he took off out of the room." Shun nodded.
"I didn't expect him to explain much more than that" he admitted. Motioning for them to come in. "I'm quite glad for that actually. Anyway, I guess I should tell you something that may or may not be from my and Dan's past." They looked interested at that and sat on the edge of the bed, staring at Shun, waiting for him to continue. "Alright, I'll explain. It happened in the form of a dream and it was more than weird..."
It took a few hours for the explanation to be explained in full. Marucho making him stop every fifteen minutes to whisper something to Julie. It hadn't taken him anywhere near that amount of time to tell Dan but they seemed to know a few things before he even explained. Marucho just turned from Julie a puzzled look crossing his face.
"Dan, Shun can you two come with me for a second. I just need to check something." He asked pushing himself up and moving to the door, the two boys following him as he pulled the door open and left. Obviously having something important to show them. Julie waited till they had left the room to follow, wanting to keep them in front of her as they walked to the small room Marucho kept. He told his parents that was where he studied but Julie knew it was where he kept everything on the problem they and the rest of the team had been having as of late.
They followed Marucho down a number of corridors, not having been this far into the mansion before they were quite thankful that they were being led. With the size of the building they'd probably be lost had they gone on their own.
"Alright, it's in here." The small blonds voice broke through the silence and they looked down watching him unlock the door that they had stopped by. Pushing the door open they followed in standing by the wall as he moved to a small wooden desk set in the middle of the room. Boxes were set around the desk, full of papers and folders. Whatever they were working on it seemed to be important.
"Stand there boys, Marucho's looking for something he'll show you what in a moment." Julie told them closing the door as she entered.
It took only a few moments for the younger boy to find what he had been looking for. Pulling out a sheet that looked almost like a photo, he came over to the two.
"I know this may sound a little strange, but this is very important. Look at this and tell me if you recognise it." He turned the photo towards the two. In the picture was a building, it looked fairly new, the stone barely stained but that wasn't the thing they were focused on. Two pairs of eyes widened at the building, the shape size and design on the front registered with something inside of them. They knew that place.
"Marucho, where is this place?" Dan asked the small boy as he readjusted his glasses.
"This is a recently made building that we've been watching. My sources tell me that it is a training facility that isn't what it seems. Basically they're going to take over the nation and create a dictatorship. Possibly the world but so far it's just the nation." The small boy explained as he sat himself on the small chair that was behind the desk.
"Really, are you sure? That sounds like a lot for one building to do" Dan objected not believing so much was possible from one building.
"You recognised it though." He pointed out. "I could tell by the looks on your faces you recognise this building. I believe your two's loss of memory happened from something connected to this building. My friends and I are trying to get this place shut down before they can cause any damage that can't be reversed. I believe that you two may be able to help us. If we can get this place shut down we can save the nation. Maybe even the world."
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