Kurapika blinks in confusion "You had a pet dog... that weighted one ton?"

I nod, smiling at him "I did..."

I sigh, immediately after, looking at the group with a sad smile "He passed away... I'm a horrible owner, I couldn't look after it properly! How was I supposed to know, that it should be eating four times as much food as I weigh... I was, what? Two... at the time."

Gon smiles "You would look after it better now!" I nod with a small smile "Since then, I have grown... But I don't know if I could look after one now? I'm probably going to start travelling so I have nowhere to keep it..."

Gon pouts, sighing immensely "You're probably right..."

I sigh looking towards the security guard "SO... I guess I'm not strong enough to go through the gate, correct?"

The guard nods slightly, still in shock from what had happened earlier. I look towards Gon and the rest "I guess none of us could walk through the testing gate..."

The guard nods again "That leave me in a bind..."

Gon turns to the guard "Give me the key!"

The group looks confused at Gon as he continues "I have no hopes of pushing that door open I will go through the side gate!" I lift up Gon, shaking him "Are you crazy?! Their pet will kill you?"

Gon slaps my hand away "I don't care!"

The guard scratches his head, responding "I can't feed Killua's friends to Mike... I'll try something else hold on."

Gon looks confused as the man walks into his station, opening the booth.

He dials a number, speaking to a person on the other end of the line "Hello? This is Zebro. Three of young Killua's friends are here to see him... Yes... Yes, I'm sorry... Yes... Yes... Yes, I understand... Yes... I'm very sorry... I apologize for disturbing you..."

Zebro hangs up the phone, sighing from his failed attempt "Now I'm in trouble."

I look towards Zebro "Zebro huh, more like a lot of trouble..."

Zebro turns around as Gon responds "You called the mansion?"

Zebro nods turning to us "Yes, yes and yes but I was talking to the Zoldyck family butler."

I respond thinking out loud "If you can lift two or more tons, that means... The butlers should be able to flick the table cloth, clearing the table, throw on a new one and while in mid air, throw new cutlery into the cloth as it lands back on the table without any damaged goods, right?"

Zebro responds "I'm not sure about that... but yes, they are indeed stronger than I am."

The room stays silent for a moment.

That would be cool if they can do that...

Zebro decides to continue after the long enduring silence "All communication with the mansion must go through the butler. It's very difficult to reach any of the family members."

Gon steps towards the phone "Can you call him again? I want to try convincing him."

Zebro looks at Gon carefully "Sure, I guess... But you won't enjoy the experience."

Zebro dials the number as Gon holds the phone to his ear.

Someone answers the phone, speaking to Gon. He decides to answer the phone politely "I'm Gon, one of Killua-kun's friends. Is Killua-kun there?" Gon stands there in silence, putting down the phone to redial the number.

The person answers as Gon yells into the Phone "HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY KNOW THAT?! Put Killua on the phone this instant!"

We wait there in silence along with Gon. Gon answers the supposed question "Yeah. If you put Killua on the phone he'll recognize me!"

Gon looks shocked as he listens. He eventually hangs up the phone, walking out pissed.

Leorio calls out to Gon, only to be ignored by him "Gon's really pissed... huh?"

Kurapika sighs "His going to climb over the wall..."

I interject "More like break down the door!"

Gon throws his hook over the wall, clipping it onto something, earning a sigh from me "I was wrong huh..."

Gon attempts to scale the wall as the group makes every attempt to stop Gon.

Zebro sighs "Why don't I give you the key..."

Leorio turns "No pops we will get Gon down."

I look at Gon, while speaking to Leorio "Before, or after he scales the wall?"

Zebro looks at Gon, sighing at his determination "Gon, I'll open the door for you. Maybe if Mike see me enter he won't attack, either that or he will mostly likely kill us all." Gon lets go, falling to the ground "You can't do that. I don't want to cause you anymore troubles."

Zebro smiles, responds calmly "No, I'm coming with you. The result will be the same if I stay behind. If I send young Killua's friends to their deaths, I will never be able to face him again. If you die, I will also die!"

Gon stops, looking at the floor for a moment. Thinking in a serious deep thought. He loosens the hook on the wall, looking over to Zebro "I understand now. I didn't stop to consider your situation, I'm sorry." We sigh in relief from Gon's change of heart.

Zebro stares in deep thought at Gon "You must like animals, Gon-kun."

Gon nods slightly shocked "Yeah."

Zebro smiles "I guess I was right, did you grow up playing in the countryside?"

Gon nods again smiling "Yep! How did you know?"

Zebro smiles "Gon-kun, I'm going to open the testing Gate again. I want you to see Mike for yourself."

Zebro opens the door, allowing us to enter through the gate.

Leorio asks confused, making sure that it's alright to be doing this "Are you sure it's safe for us to enter as well?"

Zebro nods "Yes, you all entered through the testing gate so you're safe. MIKE! Come here!"

We hear a loud grumble as a giant hound, comes running towards us, jumping out of the forest into our path, giving Leorio a heart attack in the process.

Gon stands there, freaking out as I look slightly amused.

Zebro speaks "Gon-Kun, do you understand now? This is a trained hunting dog. It's nothing like the wild animals you're accustomed to. You must have expected to be able to communicate with him, until you saw his eyes. Mike is currently memorizing the appearances and scents of humans he's never seen. There is nothing else on his mind. He's trained like a machine. Gon-kun, could you fight him?"

Gon shakes his head "No, I'm scared. I don't want to fight him!"

I walk in front of the group, raising my hand towards Mike as he sniffs the air in front of me, licking my hand "You must smell my previous pet..."

Zebro looks at me, a little confused from my reaction "You not scared?"

I shake my head, responding to Zebro without turning around "If he was heading towards me, I would be scared! But now... him laying here... he looks quiet... passive!"

Zebro asks another question "What exactly was your pet?"

I respond nonchalantly "Two head Cerberus... My father hand a three head one... unfortunately mine died! Due to failing to look after it properly...

Although... When my father got angry... he looked way more terrifying than Mike here...

Zebro nods "Well, how long will you be here?"

Gon answers strongly "Until we meet Killua! We won't leave until then!"

Zebro smiles "Then please come this way."

Zebro leads the way to a small house. He turns to us before speaking "This here is the servants house. So you can stay here tonight."

Zebro opens the door, holding it open for us "Please come in." We walk in as Zebro announces "Hey I'm back."

A man walks down the staircase, barely acknowledging us "Oh, you rarely bring guests."

Zebro introduces the man to us "This is Seaquant. He works with me here."

Gon smiles "Good evening."

Seaquant snorts "Huh, if you managed to win over Zebro, you must be special. Well in any case make yourselves at home, though it won't be easy here."

Seaquant brings out some cups, poring us drinks each "You want to see young Killua?"

He places a cup in front of us as I thank him for my own "Thank you, and yes we are here to see him."

Seaquant laughs "That's a riot!"

I lift the drink to my lips, taking a sip before placing it back down.

Leorio retorts "Sorry, but we're dead serious."

Seaquant sighs "Then let me give you a warning: Give up, and go home."

Leorio looks aggressively at Seaquant, responding loudly "What was that?!"

Seaquant looks at Leorio, seriously "Zebro told you about the testing gate, right? That should give you an exact idea what this place will be like."

Gon nods "We understand that it won't be easy. But I'm not leaving... not without Killua at least!"

And neither am I! At least until I sort these feelings out...

Seaquant tilts his head as Gon continues "When Killua was in trouble, I wasn't there for him. If I had been there, I could have stopped Killua! Killua is my close friend!"

Everyone looks down at the table as I slam my fist against it, rattling the cups on the table along with the people surrounding me "How do you think I feel Gon?! I was there... And I still couldn't help him! I wasn't strong enough!"

Because I...

My fist sits clenched on the table, sitting back down, only to hear Zebro laugh "I can understand you all... Why not do some training here?"

Gon and I answer confused, taken back by Zebro's proposal "Training?"

Seaquant interjects, interrupt Zebro from continuing "Hey... you can't be serious!"

Zebro ignores him, continuing along with his proposal "Listen to me, Gon-kun. You four are allowed to work together to open the door. With a little training-"

I cut him off, speaking proudly "No! I want to do it by myself!"

I want to see how much stronger I can become... I want to be able to catch up to Killua and stand by his side Not a half-ass the situation! Believing I can stand by his side after...

I clench my fist "I want to be able to stand on par with Killua! And that means pushing past my limits, no matter the costs!"

I want to reach my hand out to touch him... Not be forever running in his shadow...

Gon retorts "I don't like the idea of being tested..."

I turn to Gon, responding slightly pissed "We weren't given a choice! None of us could open the gate! And Zebro can't protect us the whole way! There is a reason it's called the Testing Gate!"

Kurapika nods as Leorio answers "We'll just have to do it!"

Gon nods "Yes!"

Zebro holds out some vests "Then I'll need you to put these on."

We each are handed a vest.

As the group struggles to put them on, I pat mine down, feeling it's a little too light for me already "Can I get a little more oomph in mine...?"

Zebro nods "Sure, Each of these weight 50 kg each. Please wear it at all times, except while you sleep. I'll make it heavier as you get used to it."

We sit back down at the table as he gives us a bunch of different mugs "Please have some tea."

The group struggles to lift their mug as Leorio groans "What the...?"

I lift mine, taking a sip as Zebro explains "The cups weigh twenty Kilograms and the teapot weighs forty Kilograms... All furniture and utensils in this house weigh over twenty Kilograms a piece."

Kurapika sighs "I see... so this will serve as training."

Seaquant laughs "It's useless. They'll give up in two or three days."

Zebro retorts lightly "Seaquant, I believe that your shift has already started."

Seaquant sighs "Oh yeah, that's right..."

He walks off, leaving the house as Zebro sighs "Sorry about that. He isn't a bad person really."

Leorio tries to lift himself up "By the way, where's the bathroom?"

Zebro points to a door "Through the door over there." Leorio looks at the door then back to Zebro "I'm guess the door is also weighted."

Zebro smiles "Yes, it weighs five hundred Kilograms."

Leorio passes out on the floor "Five hundred... Get the hell out of here! I need to go now!" I walk over to the door pushing it open "Quit you're bitching! Remember we doing this for Killua! And just call me when you need to get out..."

I sigh sitting back at the table, continuing to sip my tea "Thinking this is going to be a long training period..."

I look at Zebro "Can you bump up my weights to about one ton? I should be ok with that to begin with..."

A Black butler reference I felt like it.