Chapter 1: Part 2
The 2 quickly moved to Rimbeus cave, with the sun shining on them practically burning them alive. They were more concerned about the Teen gangs, however it hadn't hit Itsumu until they got to the cave. Ray was anxious to go in, and somehow hadn't broken a sweat. "Alright let's get this crystal!" they walked in and......rocks fell behind them. Of course. The gangs from the Inner Lands were closer, obviously they would get here first. They were the only people outside going to the cave, and the Teen gangs were nowhere to be found, meaning they were probably ahead of them if they even came. They had walked right into a trap,but how would they walk out alive? "Oh gosh, they must be here already!" Ray frantically said.
Unfortunately for the 2 of them Itsumu wasn't ready to quit. He had a hunch the gang set the trap off manually outside then came back into retrieve the crystal and escape, so there had to be a way they came in, which would hypothetically be the 2's way out. After blindly walked through the cave they managed to find a torch on a wall, and were met with 3 paths. Itsumu wasn't sure where to go, but Ray took that job. "Hmm, surge crystals radiant some light right? then let's just go down the brightest tunnel!" "No wait, the gang may be trying to fool us, so let's take the darkest route." And to their surprise the surge crystal.....was just there. no traps, no anything. All that's left was to find a way out, however Ray, thinking with his fist decided to take a easier way out instead. "Hey Itsumu, let's just use this to blow a hole in the wall and escape! Wait no.......we need weapons if we ever encountered them. whatever, lets just make them just in case."
Luckily for the 2 surge crystals were sharp and their points never got dull, do Ray made 2 makeshift kunais out of the strongest rocks he could find. Ray picked up the rock, channeled its energy and made a big blast (kamehameha style), resulting in a hole just big enough for them to get out...to a swamp. 2 men quickly caught up to the boys. They had 2 daggers, however weren't do good at using them. "Take the crystal, I'll deal with these 2!" Ray took out his kunais and fought the men while Itsumuran as fast as he could through the mud until he got do a tree far away from them. He saw Ray in the distance and they made eye contact, Itsumu pointed at the crystal. The surge crystal may be the 2's only hope, but they were coming out alive and with it no matter what. then Itsumu could finally begin testing, and possibly make something incredible. He looked up at the crystal. Shiny but otherwise bland.
Itsumu's friend finally caught up to him. "Yo, so how are we gonna use that to ward of the gang?" Ray exclaimed. Itsumu simply took a kunai out of Ray's hands and carved some blueprints on the side of a tree. "Hey, that could work. But to do that we need to buy you some time, right?" Ray said. Itsumu nodded. "I see them! Get those little rats!". A bunch of men armed with surge crystal powered guns came rushing at Itsumu and Ray. Ray says "Take the crystal and get away, I'll fend them off!". Itsumu nods and quickly runs away with the 2's newly acquired surge crystal. Ray takes out 2 normal kunai's and prepares to face the men. "I guess I'll consider this training for when we put our plan into motion!". Itsumu and Ray knew that they still had a long way to go, but it would probably be worth it. After all, a anti surge crystal weapon would be revolutionary.