After a long car ride from the airport, Issac tried his best not to twitch to his weapons. There was one thing that bothered him and it was being completely exposed without anything to protect himself with. He was, of course, trained in numerous forms of hand-to-hand combat, but his knives and archery are where he had the most faith in and could always depend on them. He kept his hands in such a position where he can take his bow from the suitcase at a moment's notice if anything went south.

He of course noticed the side glances Fuyuhiko gave him and if he was correct on the model, the car he was in had a compartment next to the driver's seat where a firearm could easily be concealed in.

Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu. Issac didn't know what to think about the young gangster so far. After all, they only had one interaction, although not a good one, he could see he was a serious person with a bit of a temper problem.

'Well, I did kind of go off on him when he insulted my hair so some of that was my fault' Issac thought to himself, 'I can't really apologize because that would be showing a sign of weakness and I'm pretty sure he's already over it.'

The car soon lurched to a stop in front of a classic-style mansion with a stone wall surrounding it. They stopped in front of what seems to be the only gate on the wall and the gate was clad with iron bars the were high enough that it would take an expert climber to maneuver over it. The gate bars seem to also hook up to an electric system, judging by the burn marks that were imprinted on the bottom half of the gate.

'Thank God I brought my insulated gloves.' Issac thought. He already began making plans if he ever needed to escape here if anything went sour. The gates soon opened and the car soon rolled into the driveway and stopped in front of the entrance.

"We have arrived Young Master." the driver said in an emotionless tone.

"Yeah, I can tell, I have fucking eyes." Fuyuhiko spat out as he opened the car door. He waits at the outside of the door and gives Issac a look. "Well? We don't have all day. Get your shit and come on."

Issac comes out with the duffle bag and suitcase. Soon two men in black tailored suits seem to materialize out of thin air and snatch the duffle bag and suitcase from him. "We can take your luggage to your rooms, sir." the one on the right states calmly. The one on the left says " There are no weapons permitted inside the estate so I will kindly ask you to hand over any weapons you have on you." in an equally calm manner.

Issac begrudgingly gives up his quiver and two of the knives he has in his hoodie. The other two were safely tucked in the hem of his pants and he didn't give those up because one of the first lessons his mentor Oliver gave him: Never go into unknown territory unarmed. As he gives up his two knives and when they asked him if that has all, he humored them by taking the kunai that he kept in his ponytail. After that, the one on the left took a metal detector and gave him a quick sweep for any other metal material. Issac internally smirked because the hem of his pants was made of a special material that would block any electromagnetic signals the detector was giving off. After giving the man on the right a brief nod, they proceeded to let him in the mansion. Fuyuhiko, who witnessed all of that quirks an eyebrow at him as they walked through the mansion.

"How in the hell did you hide that from the airport security?"

Issac gave him a thoughtful look, "Well, for all the weapons that I have I had to get a license for them and since my work is well known in the States I had to pull a few strings but I was able to get a section to plane for myself. I of course had to be watched over one of the Air Marshals the entire time, but it wasn't that bad."

"Geez, you couldn't have taken a private plane?" Fuyuhiko pointed out.

Issac gave him a look like he just said something stupid.

"No way, that would tip off the wrong kind of people, it's way easier to hide the fact that you're leaving the country if you take the normal channels. Taking a private plane is risking people with connections to them know where you're going and when. Plus you would be surprised how easy it is to bribe the people who prepare private jets."

Fuyuhiko still wasn't convinced."They still all did that for some kid bounty hunter?"

Issac gave him a side smile." Well, the CIA owed me a favor. The miracles they could pull off is downright impressive."

That made Fuyuhiko stop.

"The fucking CIA owed you a favor?! How in the hell did you manage that!?"

A teasing smile grew on Issac's lips, "A story for another time, dude. I'm gonna be here for a while so we have time."

Fuyuhiko looked like he wanted to ask more questions, but they soon stopped in front of a large double door that looked like it was made with a dark, almost black, wood. Once they stopped in front of it the doors began to open slowly. As they walked through them, the two boys seemed to be interrupting a meeting. There was a long table with 4 men on each side and at the head of the table was a man who had a striking resemblance to Fuyuhiko, minus the babyface. As the two of them entered, the man at the head of the table acknowledged their presence and put his right hand up.

"Leave us." He spoke with such an authoritative tone that it almost made Issac follow it.

The other men on the table immediately got up and orderly left the room through the double doors. When the last person left the doors slowly closed as if to block their only exit. Once the doors closed the man's solemn face melted to a warm expression.

"Fuyuhiko, I assume you have been treating our new guest with a warm welcome?" He said in a cheery tone.

Fuyuhiko had a confused look on his face when answering, but Issac knows that tone.

"Excuse me Kuzuryu-san, You don't need to act like that in front of me. I'm not my mother so you don't need to save face with me, I am your guest and I will treat you with respect." Issac states firmly

Kuzuryu's father relaxed a bit, "Thank you for telling me that, but I'm only doing this because I hope to give a warm welcome to our home. Your mother is a dear friend of mine and I wouldn't even think about crossing her. After all, she is the 6th most dangerous person in the world."

'6th? She was 7th last time I checked' Issac thought to himself.

"6th? Old man, have you gone senile? The Black Canary is 7th and there was no news about her rank rising" Fuyuhiko stated firmly.

Kuzuryu(I'm calling his dad) chuckled. "I'm not surprised you boys don't know about it. The news about the 6th, 'The Scarlet King' being taken out only surfaced this morning."

"Wait, really? Where? And how?" Issac asks.

Kuzuryu shrugged. "The only information about his death is that he was taken out in Barbados last month."

"Really? My mom was there to last moooooooo... Oh GODDAMMIT!" Issac cursed loudly. Of course, his mom would do this kind of thing. What pissed him off more is that she didn't TELL him.

Fuyuhiko looked just as shocked as he was and Kuzuryu looked like he was confirming his suspicions.

"Your mom did THAT!?, Fuyuhiko exclaims, "I don't know if I should be worried or impressed.

Kuzuryu cleared his throat loudly to gain attention to the talking boys. "Now that topic is out of the way, let us continue. Now there is a month until the beginning of Hopes Peak. Another reason for you staying here is that my son is also going and it seems that you two will be classmates and I think that it is in the best interest that you two get along."

Issac's eyes widen as he looks at the shorter boy. "YOU"RE going to Hopes Peak too? What kind of talent are you gonna be performing to go there?"

Fuyuhiko looks back at him with an annoyed look. " Super High School Level Yakuza dumbass. What are you gonna be? Super High School Level Old Man?" he teases.

Issac, more or less used to that insult, simply states, "Super High School Level Hunter."

Before their conversation could go any further a ringing noise filled the room and Kuzuryu pulls out a phone and answers it. He gives the boys a pointed look that says, "Don't interrupt me while I'm on this", and answers it. When he does his posture suddenly changes into a frantic one and bellows "WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE ESCAPED!? WE HAD 25 MEN ON HIM AND SENGOU STILL GOT AWAY?! You better find him or it will be on your heads." He hangs up and regains his posture and turned to the boys who looked at him with questioning looks.

"*Ahem* Sorry you had to witness that. Don't worry we have this issue handled. Fuyuhiko, please take Takashi to his room. Takashi, if you desire any training we have a training dojo on the second floor, if you need help ask anyone and they will be happy to assist. Now if you boys would go, I have some pressing issues to attend to." and with that, the doors suddenly opened again and the two boys left the room silently.

As they continued to walk around the mansion, Issac gave Fuyuhiko a questioning look. "Mind telling me what that was about?"

Fuyuhiko suddenly glanced behind him as if people were watching them and swiftly answered, "Not here."