I apologize for my horrible, horrible previous chapter. I promise this one will be better. So how about I stop talking and just go ahead and get to the story?

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As everyone got to the doors, Raika held it open for everyone and let them in. He looked at the forest and saw the eyes looking out at them and he turned to everyone inside.

"I'll be right there guys, I think I dropped something out here." He said as everyone nodded and went to get their things. He closed the door and stood in front of it. Suddenly, a very big animal came out of the forest and walked toward him. It looked like a wolf, except its upper body was way bigger than its hindquarters. It was black, with a thin white stripe going across the sides of its body to the tip of its tail. Its eyes were a golden amber color, with the white stripe going across its eyes and on it's neck, it had a strap-type collar with gold and sapphire coins dangling from it and a PET on the back of it. It walked up to Raika and whined, wagging its tail. "I hope you got Searchman's e-mails." He asked. The creature nodded its head at him. "Good. No surprises tonight ok? Do you have a place to stay?" He asked it. Again, the creature nodded. "Ok, don't let them near my friends ok? They don't know about the laws yet."

"You'll have to tell them sooner or later. Definitely before the party." A voice said from the PET on the creature's neck. Raika sighed.

"I know, I blame Hana for this, and you!" He said, thrusting his index finger in the creature's face. "Out of all the people we know, why her? You could have sent it to me yourself!" He snapped. The creature whined and laid down, covering its eyes with its claws to show it was sorry. Raika sighed again and stroked the top of its head. "Well, there's nothing we can do about it now, just try and keep them away alright?" He said, the creature barked and ran back to the forest, allowing Raika to get up and go inside.

'What on earth am I going to do?' he thought as he met up with his friends and hoped they would be safe. 'If I can just keep them inside for tonight, they'll be safe.' He said to himself as they went outside.

"So how are we going to get to your house Raika? Is it far?" Lan asked as they walked toward a hanger.

"I'm going to drive. We'll use one of those Snowpushers" (that thing that Lan uses to try and find Raika and Princess Pride in stream episode 26, I dunno what it's called.) he said as they went to one of the garages next to the airport. They all climbed in and Raika nervously drove in the direction of his house. When they came up to a gate Chaud's eyes widened as Raika input a password on a keyboard by the gate.

"You live here Raika? Why didn't you tell me?" He asked as the gate opened and Raika drove through.

"Because Zelda (1) said you don't care much for this business and it wouldn't make a difference to you whatsoever." He said as everyone looked around. The place they came to was huge! It was at least a hundred acres, maybe more. There was snow everywhere but there were also a lot of houses, with a really big mansion right in the middle. There were many gates which led into a forest next to the property. Raika turned to the left of the mansion and pulled into a garage next to it.

"Well good, I need to go talk to my cousin, can I go do that real quick?" Chaud asked as everyone got out of the snowpusher and walked to one of the houses. Raika shook his head as he took out some keys.

"Sorry, Chaula isn't home right now Chaud." He said as a howl sounded in the distance. Raika looked nervously toward the forest as the howl sounded again, this time closer. Everyone else looked toward the forest, everyone but Chaud transfixed by it. Suddenly, there were sounds of fighting coming from the forest. Snarls, yelps, and growls could be heard just beyond the gates. Raika gulped as he went up to the door and opened it. "Let's get inside now, I need to get dinner going." He said as everyone nodded and walked inside. Raika looked to the forest one last time before closing the door, locking it behind him.

As everyone ate, Raika stretched out on his couch, thankful that everyone was safely inside. He sleepily looked at everyone as Chaud started telling everyone about this place.

"This is "Blaze Reserve's". It is a huge piece of land owned by my aunt and uncle. They built a lot of houses on it called "boards" and they let families come live here. How long have you been living here Raika?" He asked looking at him.

"About 10 years, more or less." He replied. Raika yawned as he looked at a clock mounted on a fireplace mantle. "It's getting late, how about I show you to your rooms?" He asked, getting up and grabbing everyone's dishes, taking them into the kitchen and putting them in the sink. Everyone nodded and got up. "Come on, the rooms are upstairs." He said, heading up the stairs. Everyone followed him and they walked down the hall.

"This is the girl's room." He said, opening a door across from his own room. They walked in and there was a large bed up against the far wall, with a desk and a couple of outlets for chargers to the left. Raika walked to the bed and pulled out a tray-bed from underneath it. Maylu and Jasmine set their bags down as Raika left the room. "This is the guy's room." He said, opening a door right next to Maylu and Jasmine's. This room was almost the same as the girl's room except it had two bunk-bed's on both sides of the room. "The bathroom is the third door on the left, if you need anything, my room is directly across the girl's room." He said as he went out and walked toward his own room. Lan looked out and saw a door between Raika's room and the bathroom.

"Where does that door go?" He asked. Raika looked toward the direction Lan was pointing at.

"That's my housemate's bedroom, don't go in there, you'll meet her tomorrow. Goodnight." He said as he went into his room. He put his PET in the charger before taking off his clothes and putting on his pajamas. He threw himself into his bed and looked at the ceiling. "Well, all things considered, things went pretty smoothly. No one got hurt, and I don't think anyone suspects anything." Raika said before yawning.

"I agree, it could have been a lot worse, sir. At least the more dangerous of them has complete control over herself. She'll take care of things tonight, I'm sure of it. And if not, she's a bigger idiot than I thought." Searchman said, making Raika laugh.

"She isn't even here and you are already going at it. Goodnight Searchman." Raika said smiling and turning off the light. Searchman smiled and went into sleep-mode. Outside, the creature Raika was talking with before climbed over the fence and limped over to Raika's house, opening the door and quietly walking inside. It snuck up the stairs and across the hall, careful not to disturb any of Raika's friends as it carefully entered the room next to Raika's bedroom.

TBC

Well, that is a little bit better, and it should be making you think. Tell me what those thoughts are.

(1) Zelda is one of my OC's not mentioned in my deviantart pic. She is Chaud's Aunt who also has something to hide.