Disclaimer: I already TOLD you. I don't on Beyblade. And how many times do I have to tell you: if I did, Kai and Rei wouldn't be just friends.

Rating: ^.^ PG-13 for KaixRei yaoi pairing. I might as well copy that so all I have to do it paste it when I need to say it. o.o

Notes: I'm getting in to the habit of typing at least two chapters of something new before I actually post it. *Shrug* So, here. Dunno how good it'll be because my mind is still wandering back to the episode of BB I watched and how I wish I could strangle someone...o.o Heh. If I was in Kai's position and someone took MY bitbeast...They wouldn't have a head anymore...

--Obsidian Estate-

2



The team gazed at the mansion's towering front gate. Through the fog, all you could see was the outline of the mansion and the gate before it. Arching over the gate were the rearing forms of two horses. Kai and Rei wondered what they were made of while Tyson and Max gaped at the gate itself. It was -huge-. Kenny was still trying to see past the fog to the mansion to maybe get a good feel of how old it might be.

"How are we supposed to get in there, Kai?" Max asked, looking over at his captain.

"It's unlocked." Kai responded, stepping forward and touching a hand to the iron bars of the gate. After a moment of trying to see through the fog like Kenny had been, Kai pushed the gate open. The others followed him through and the gate slowly swung shut behind them.

"Is that supposed to happen?" Tyson asked, looking back at the gate.

"Don't be so paranoid, Tyson. -Yes-. It's -supposed- to do that." Kenny said, shaking his head.

"Come on." Rei called back to the other three. He and Kai were already at the front door. When Tyson, Max, and Kenny reached them, they saw that the door was actually a pair of doors. Both were made of some time of mahogany wood and intricately carved. Kenny studied the door.

"It's impossible to tell where this came from..." Kenny murmured.

"Hey...Guys?" Max said.

"What?" Tyson, Rei, and Kenny said.

"Why is there a carving of Dranzer at the top?" Max asked.

The team looked up, eyes going wide. "That's...Really creepy. Look, at the bottom. It looks like Drigger." Tyson said, pointing at the carving of the tiger at the bottom of the double doors.

"Whoa..." Rei stared at it for a moment before looking back at the carving of Dranzer. Both carvings were amazingly detailed. The only thing that seemed to keep them from being real was the lack of their true colors.

"This is very strange..." Kenny whispered, shaking his head again. "Let's see what's inside."

Tyson tugged at the door handle, trying to open the door. It wouldn't open and Max moved to pull with him. "I think it's locked." Tyson said. backing away. Rei reached out and curled his fingers around the door handle. With a light tug, he opened the door.

"I don't think so, Tyson." Rei said, blinking.

"But..!" Tyson started. Max elbowed him, drawing Tyson attention to the floor of the entranceway. In the center of the marble floor were Drigger and Dranzer. In the image, Dranzer looked to be in flight, his wings arched slightly and his eyes locked on Drigger. Drigger seemed to be on the ground, his body curved, his tail wrapped around one of Dranzer's own. Drigger's head was turned up towards the phoenix and his eyes were locked on Dranzer as Dranzer's were locked on him. "Oh...wow..."

"This is really kind of creepy." Max muttered.

Finally able to take their eyes from the image in the marble floor, the friends looked around the front entry. To either side was another mahogany door. On the left side of the entry was a staircase that curved to the right slightly as it ran up the wall. At the top of the stairs were two doors on the opposite wall and a hallway in either direction. Back on the first floor, across the room from the front doors was yet another set of double doors as well as a door that led to somewhere under the staircase.

The wall of the entry were made of an unknown stone but it looked to be a type of marble. It was colored with swirls of crimson and pearl-white. The carpet on the stairs were a deep, blood red, nearly black and the railing was white.

"Can I ask a question?" Rei said, eyes wide.

"Shoot." Kai responded. Both Kai and Rei seemed to have forgotten that the other three were there.

"Why the hell are the candles lit?" Rei asked. He spoke of the four candles that hung on the wall going up the stairs, the two candles on either side of the other double doors, and the candles that were set in the chandelier above their heads.

"I'm sorry to say that it's a question I can't answer." Kai said, looking up at the chandelier. "Do you think there's someone who still takes care of this place? It is awfully clean." Kai commented.

"I was thinking the same thing. And it's warm. As if someone started a few fires somewhere." Rei said, glancing around and hardly noticing the other three watching them.

"Might was well look around. That is what we came for." Kai said. "Not that I'm thinking it isn't worth keeping." Kai said.

"I know...It's amazing...I've never really cared for big house but this place is beautiful..."

"Yeah..." Kai turned to the door on his right, wondering what might be behind it. "What do you think, Rei?"

With out Kai saying anything more, Rei was able to tell what Kai was asking. It felt a bit odd because Rei felt that Kai hadn't need to say anything. As if he already knew what Kai was going to say. But he shrugged it off and thought about what might be behind the door. "I'm thinking a living room or something of the sort. It's warmer over here than it is by the other door." Rei answered.

"I think so, too." Kai said. He had known that Rei would noticed the change of warmth as he had. Rei was observant. Kai took hold of the door knob and turned it, allowing the door to swing open. They had been correct. But it didn't look to be just a living room. They were greeted by three pairs of eyes. Gold, green, and blue.

*Feeling evil today* ^.^ I really, really like the mental image of the mansion's gate, front door, and front entry. To tell you the truth, the layout of the front entrance was taken from my original stories. O.o It's the entryway to the palace in my books. Well, mostly. The coloring and the image of Drigger and Dranzer aren't there. In fact, the walls are white in the books. *Shrug* The stair carpet is red though ^.^ Anyway, I had fun typing this and I think it'll end up being a bit mystery-fic like so...yeah. ^.^ I already gave you a couple things to think about as you will read the next few chapters thought you may not have caught one or two of them. *Happy today.* I can hardly keep myself from opening another clean word document and typing up the next chapter. *Calms self* I kind of want to go downstairs and play my mom's Haunted Mansion game us to get some ideas about what Kai's new mansion looks like and what kind of rooms it might have. *Shrugs* Maybe when my mom goes to drop my sister off for work. Well, gonna go read or something now. Thanks for reading and please review! Later!

Notes to self: G-Bla, Gr-O, Blu-W; Jade Must.; Obsid. Shi; Tmpl fr Wrsp ^.^ I wonder if anyone knows what I'm making notes of. o.o Heh.