What was it about being told that he wasn’t the best at Struggling that got under Jaakuna’s skin? He knew that Hayner meant nothing about that little jab, but it still bothered Jaakuna right down to his core, like Hayner was insulting Jaak’s very pride. Maybe he should apologize to Hayner? Or maybe he should just try to learn to control his anger.

As Jaakuna was about to head back, knowing now that he was probably wrong in shouting and losing it with his friend, he got a feeling. Something made him look up and then to the side. He looked in all directions, hoping to see exactly what gave him this feeling, but all he saw were trees, grass, and Vivi. Yes, that little guy dressed like a mage always liked being around hanging around this area. No one knew why, but they didn’t bother him, either.

Shaking off that feeling, Jaakuna felt a tap on his back. He turned around suddenly, and saw that it was his friend Avalon. He told Jaakuna that he shouldn’t go on ahead by himself. Jaakuna shrugged and huffed, “[b][color=ed1c24]Hayner shouldn’t push my buttons, then.[/color][/b]” Jaakuna responded bitterly. Avalon mentioned that if he kept on acting the way he did, he would be alone and that he wouldn’t want that. “[color=ed1c24][b]You don’t know what I --[/b][/color]” Before he could finish, the rest of the gang caught up with Avalon and Jaakuna. He put on a fake smile so it wasn’t going to put off the gang, at least for now.  

When everyone proceeded straight ahead towards the mansion, they stopped at the gate. Pence made a mention of the size and the atmosphere of the Abandoned Mansion. Jaakuna looked up, and a smile came across his face. He didn’t know why he was smiling, but something about the mansion gave him a certain comfort. 

Olette spoke out about how they were going to get in, and Avalon simply turned to Jaakuna. “[color=ed1c24][b]Just sit back and watch, amateurs.[/b][/color]” JAakuna said, ignoring Avalon almost on purpose. He stepped through the group, shoving Hayner to the side.

Jaakuna looked at the wall that each side of it met with the gate. Jaakuna inhaled deeply, and exhaled. He repeated and when he exhaled for the second time, he took off in a fast and quick dash. Three feet from the wall, Jaakuna propelled himself by leaping off his right leg and his left one landing about halfway of the length of the wall. Jaakuna quickly jumped up more and his arms were at the top of the wall. He used his upper-body strength to pull himself up, and he used the momentum to jump over the wall and land on the ground on the other side of the wall.

Jaakuna quickly appeared before everyone on the other side of the gate. Hayner grinned, “[b][color=fff200]You always were monkey of our group,[/color][/b]” Hayner said, “[b][color=fff200]now open the gate, would ya’?[/color][/b]” Hayner asked.

He opened the gate, allowing his friends to walk on through and into the courtyard of the Abandoned Mansion.