Max continued his frenzy of laughter as Wyvon stood still and Rino was on the ground, pinned down by Max.
"Let's go inside... Shall we?" He said with his laughter calming.
"..." Wyvon followed Max as he had Rino in his hands.

(Insert opening here)

When Kinjuzo, Ayaza and Serena arrived, Ryu was already there, going back to the hospital.
"Ryu!" Ayaza shouted as Ryu looked at Ayaza. He scribbled on a note,
"Sorry bud. Didn't find Wyvon."
"What the-?!" Ayaza gritted his teeth. "How?!"
"No clue." Ryu scribbled down.
"...damn it..." Serena cursed.
"Whose Ryuzaki?" Kinjuzo was looking through his contacts.
"Are you just scrolling through your phone numbers...?" Ayaza sweatdropped.
"Trying to find the police so I can get a search team or something, I don't know. We're fifteen, let the adults handle a kidnapping case." Kinjuzo sighed.
"Wow, he used logic!!" Ryu wrote down in bold capital letters.
"..." Ayaza was stunned that, who he thought was Yza, used common sense.
"Wow, that's..." Serena facepalmed.
"Either way...." Yza pressed call and phoned Ryuzaki.
"Hi Ryuzaki."
"Hello Yza, what is it?"
"Just wanted to know who you are. I'm out in the forest looking for Wyvon. He went after some dudes that kidnapped Rino," Kinjuzo explained.
"Come to my mansion. Stat." Ryuzaki said seriously.
"Woah, you have a mansion?! We'll be there when I figure out what number to dial the police!!"
"Screw the police, I have money." Ryuzaki replied playfully.
"You have money...?!" Kinjuzo gasped.
"Yes, now get your British arse over here!!" Ryuzaki shouted.
"We're heading too Ryuzaki's mansion." Kinjuzo said as he walked away, and asked, "Where is it?"

A half an hour later, the rag tag group of friends ended up in front of two giant black gates, and a gold plate next to it saying "MIKAZUCHI" rested on a brick wall which fenced the mansion. The mansion itself was grand, and looked luxurious. A pure white, with intricate designs etched onto certain parts, and pillars were on the estate aswell. It was a slightly overwhelming experience. The mansion had a balcony and at the back was a giant swimming pool and garden, which was prestige and beautiful.
"..." Kinjuzo sweatdropped.
"This makes me feel bad about owning an apartment..." Ayaza mumbled. Ryu pressed on a button under the name plate.
"Hello?" A voice replied through the speaker.
"Uh, hi, I'm here to see a Ryuzaki." Kinjuzo said.
"Perfect, Yza, I'll open the gates soon." Ryuzaki opened the gates. They started to shake, as they automatically pulled back, and were now parallel; a cobblestone path leading to the door. The group walked forward, and trekked this new, fancy land. They reached the door, which was under a roof held by pillars. The door unlocked with a click, as Ryuzaki in purple and blue swimming shorts and a blue hoodie opened the door.
"Hello and thank you for interrupting our party, come inside." Ryuzaki said.
"A swimming party?" Ayaza raised a brow.
"Like a summer one or something. It's a perfect day to be outside." He shrugged simply as they walked down a hallway.
"How fancy..." Serena was in awe. Ryu stayed silent with a slightly agitated face on. He poked Ryuzaki.
"Hm?"
"Hey, we're here to save our friends, not have a party!!" Ryu shoved the pad into his face.
"Just come out here. By any chance Ryu, why are you mute now? You spoke perfectly when facing Maverick. Cat got your tongue?" Ryuzaki got to a door and opened it, which lead outside to the swimming pool and garden.
"No, my vocal chords are messed up so I can't speak, idiot." Ryu shoved the notebook again.
"That's nice to know; everyone, welcome to my party!!" Ryuzaki exclaimed, as he dramatically pointed to Payic who was swimming in her red swimsuit, and Maverick, who wore green swimming trunks with a yellow design, was working out.
"Three people...?" Kinjuzo raised a brow.
"Yeah..." Ryuzaki sweatdropped. Serena looked at the chairs available and sat in them.
"Anyways, why'd you want us to come here?" She asked.
"So we can make a plan." Ryuzaki smirked.
"CANNON BALL!!" Kinjuzo, now in his trousers, jumped into the swimming pool, making a large splash that barely hit Ayaza, Ryu, Ryuzaki and Maverick.
"...oh no...!!" Payic exclaimed as she came eye to eye to Kinjuzo, remembering who he was.
"Oh yeah, you asked if her boobs were real..." Ryuzaki mumbled as Kinjuzo was flailing in the water like an idiot.
"Yza, you can't swim remember?" Ryu held up the notepad.
"Someone, save him!!" Ayaza exclaimed as Maverick dropped his dumbbells, charged in and nosedived into the pool, where he grabbed the sinking Kinjuzo and pulled him up.
"Is he alive?!" Serena asked. Maverick put him onto land, as he checked his pulse.
"Alive but unconscious. We need to pump air!!" Maverick put his two hands onto Yza's chest and pushed down rapidly.
"He might need CPR..." Ryuzaki had his chin on his face.
"Whose gonna kiss the pervert if that fails then?" Payic asked Ryuzaki with a tired face. Ayaza, Ryuzaki and Ryu all looked at each other, then at Serena. They shook their heads, and looked at Maverick. They looked at each other. Shook their heads and then looked at Payic with a devilish face.
"How about you Miss Ikuo?" Ryu held up with a smug face.
"I agree." Ayaza had a smirk.
"Kissing someone you hate..." Ryuzaki snickered.
"...where's your katana collection?" Payic looked at Ryuzaki.
"YOU FUCKING WEEB!!!" Ayaza shouted at Ryuzaki as he began to break into laughter.
"So what if I get a few katanas?!" Ryuzaki replied as Maverick turned to face the group of people with a distraught face. Ayaza stopped laughing.
"Is he...?" Ayaza asked.
"...It's tough for me to say this..." Maverick started. "But..." He sighed. "Yza. He's..."
"Oh no..." Ayaza was concerned.
"He's just dumb and alive." Maverick replied as Kinjuzo looked at the blue sky.
"...let's make a commando squad."
"Good idea." Ayaza nodded as Ryu held up his notebook,
"Hey, this mansion is kinda like Zeon's, but worse."
"Whaddya trying to say about my house?!?!" Ryuzaki replied as he grabbed Ryu's book and chucked it at the water, it splashing into it and sinking. Ryu tried to shout, but couldn't, as he dropped to his knees in despair.
"My book...!!" Ayaza continued for him. Kinjuzo sat up and looked at Payic.
"Hey, you." He looked at her.
"What do you want?" Payic asked him, arms crossed.
"Sorry for asking you what I did back then." Kinjuzo stood up and walked away to go to Ryuzaki.
"...EH." Payic's jaw dropped.
"Woah, woah, woah, Yza!" Ryuzaki exclaimed. "What the hell was that?!"
"An apology for doing something dumb. Now, let's grab a few sniper rifles, machine guns, normal guns and camouflage stuff, go like the illuminati, fire at Max, rescue Rino and Wyvon and get outta here." Kinjuzo replied with a serious face as he picked up his hoodie and slid it back on.
"..." Ayaza, Serena, Ryu, Payic, Maverick and Ryuzaki was kind of impressed by him.
"Let's do it then!!" They cheered as Ryu threw a fist bump in the air.

Now inside, with everyone in their casual clothes, they sat around a wooden round table where Serena had a white board to write the plan.
"We'll divide into two groups. Each group will go around in the forest to try and find the house. We'll all wear tracking devices so we know where we are. When one group finds the three, we'll alert the other and the other group will come to where we are, and will help free us. However, we'll have one person back at this mansion just in case anything bad happens." Kinjuzo explained. "Now, we'll get suited up and go! My group will be me, Ryuzaki, Ayaza and Payic! Serena's group will be Ryu and Maverick!"
"What if something happens to us in the forest?" Ayaza asked.
"I texted Kyle to do stuff for us." Kinjuzo replied as he showed a text.
"Great, let's go!" Ryuzaki exclaimed.

A few minutes of getting into gear and having guns, the groups set off. Now in the forest, they searched.
"I feel like I'm in the army." Kinjuzo commented.
"I feel like we shouldn't be using firearms..." Ayaza sweatdropped. "What if we hit Rino and Wyvon?"
"Who are Rino and Wyvon again?" Payic asked.
"Rino is the Gear Chronicle user that made it into the tournament and Wyvon is a drunkard." Ryuzaki replied.
"So we're finding a drunk person and someone whose better at Vanguard than you. Okay." Payic nodded as she walked forward confidently.
"Your confident..." Ayaza grumbled as he was at he back.
"Your too kind to shoot someone." Kinjuzo said. Ryuzaki was following Payic as Kinjuzo was behind him. In Kinjuzo's hand was a large rifle, in Ayaza's hand was a shot gun, Ryuzaki had a machine gun and Payic had dual pistols.

Meanwhile, Serena's group headed in another direction in the forest. She had a rifle, Maverick had a machine gun, Ryu had a pistol and his darts.
"Guys, look ahead." Maverick said as he stared forward. Serena and Ryu looked his way as Serena said,
"Is that a house?"
"What's that doing in the middle of here?" Ryu wrote down in a new notebook.
"Dunno. Let's go in!" Maverick said happily as he ran forward. Serena looked at Ryu who went after him, before she sighed.
"My gut tells me this is bad..." She mumbled.
The group of three ran through bare trees, as leaves on the floor crunched and crackled as the sun was setting.
"Look, it's a house!!" Maverick shouted as he got his gun ready. Ryu followed, pistol in hand. Serena hid behind them, rifle up.
"Let's go in." Ryu smirked.

Shika walked down a road with a sigh. "Man, where did they go...?" A scent passed him. It was sweet. "..." Someone passed by him. It was a flash, but he saw blonde hair flicker by. "Rukia...?" He said, voice rugged. He crooked his head around to see a waist length blonde haired girl walk by him. "...Rukia." He gritted his teeth and went after her. "YOU!!" He shouted as the girl stopped, and looked at Shika.
"Shika?" She tilted her head.
"Rukia...!!" He replied, angry. "How could you show your face so easily here?!"
"I don't know." She shrugged as she faced him fully.
"Alright, since we're here, let's talk-" Rukia held up her deck.
"No, Shika Akia. We fight." Red marks appeared under her eyes as she began to look lifeless.
"..." Shika tched and pulled out his deck. "Game on, Rukia."

Maverick found an old, derelict house as he kicked down the loudly, too find Rino and Wyvon tied up on the couch; both in maid costumes and gagged as both bodies were shaking. White substances was all over the floor as Max heard the kick and stood up, red marks appearing under his eyes.
"Whose there?!" He shouted as he stood up and found Maverick in the hallway, looking at Rino and Wyvon. Maverick pointed at Max as he pulled the trigger, and rounds of bullets flew forward at Max, as Maverick screamed like a man while the bullets filed at Max.
"Let's go Ryu!!" Serena shouted as she and Ryu went in to help untie the knots on Rino and Wyvon.
"Complex knots..." Ryu wrote on his notepad as bullets ricocheted off Max and dug deep into the floor. Max began walking forwards to Maverick, whose machine guns stopped firing.
"I don't like guys like you... Not one bit. Too muscular for my tastes..." Max said eerily as he went up to Maverick and grabbed him by the shirt, before tossing him back, his body slamming against the machine gun as he fell on the floor. He walked towards Ryu and Serena.
"Oh lord..." Serena muttered in desperation as she tried to undo Rino's knots.
"As for you two, I'm not interested in girls, and your too hobo for my tastes." Max kicked Serena harshly in the stomach as she dropped and clutched it tightly, her writhing in pain.
"...!!" Ryu stayed back as he wrote in his notepad and showed Max, "Spare me!! I just tagged along dammit!"
"People like you deserve a special place in hell." Max grabbed Ryu by the wrist and twisted it tightly, before pulling back and slamming Ryu into the ground.
"Where's Gavrail when you fucking need her?!" Ryu thought as he wanted to scream, but couldn't.
"You three... With a bit of re-making, I can make you perfect. And you'll be around my finger. And I'll have you aswell with the two boys over there... Hahaha..." He smirked darkly.
"What's... What is he going to do?!" Serena thought as she gritted her teeth.
"Oh shit, I forgot to alert Ryuzu... How dumb... Am I..." Maverick knocked out.

"Damn, it's becoming night fast..." Kinjuzo commented.
"Hey, the three's trackers aren't appearing." Payic said as Ryuzaki peered over her shoulders to look at the tracker.
"That's weird. Did we go too far out of range?"
"Maybe they were kidnapped aswell?" Ayaza gulped. "There's a lot of scary stuff about this forest. Lots of scary stuff. Rape, murder, torturing, satanic rituals, this forest is known as the Haunted Forest for a reason."
"Then why would Wyvon come here in the first place...??" Payic asked.
"Because Rino was kidnapped and he went to save him. Simple." Kinjuzo replied as he looked around.
"I don't like this..." Ayaza got closer to Kinjuzo and grabbed onto his shoulder.
"And I don't like that we're balls deep in here." Ryuzaki mumbled sarcastically as he looked around; the group continuing to move.

"Oh, Zeon." Max looked to find Zeon walk into the room. It was lit with torches. Maverick was tied up in the corner getting food stuffed down his throats as Serena was also tied up; her hair was cut short now and Ryu was also tied up; and had some better looking clothes on and slightly shorter hair aswell.
"When did you get these three idiots?" Zeon asked as he had his hands deep into his pockets.
"They found me so I took them." Max let go of Maverick and walked over to Zeon, getting close to him.
"Uh huh." Zeon nodded. "Why'd you choose here outta all places?"
"Because this place is where I was defiled..." Max smiled as he put his hand behind Zeon's head and he got closer to him, their noses brushing and their foreheads touching; lips millimetres apart from each other. Zeon pushed Max away with a sigh.
"I'm not here to be apart of your gay shit, Max. I'm here to serve Backlion."
"Ooh, kinky."
"Not that way." He replied with a sigh; face a slight red.
"Honestly Zeon, just explore your sexuality a bit. Your too close minded." Max chuckled.
"Cause I have an attraction to guys," Zeon said sarcastically. "No thanks, I know that I wanna bang chicks."
"Male chickens?" Max said with a sly smile.
"As in female human beings, idiot." He facepalmed.

A sound echoed throughout the forest.
"Badum, badum."
"Badum, badum."
"Badum, badum."
The sound of their heart beat was subtle against the rustling noise they heard.
"...the sound that it makes..." Ryuzaki mumbled.
"A sound of a chase?" Payic raised a brow.
"One fatal mistake..." Kinjuzo gritted his teeth.
"And the dum never comes..." Ayaza had his head low as he gritted his teeth and tightened his fist as he squeezed his eyes shut and hoped.

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A/N

So, I have two possible routes next chapter.

So, QUESTION OF THE TURN!

Which would you want to see more?

Shika vs Reversed Rukia?
Kinjuzo's Squad breaking into Max's place/trying to figure out that sound?

Also, Q n A next chapter! Last chance to send in your outrageous questions and dares!

That's all, Fox out!