The Ice Cavern

Tsukiya grabs his arm quickly. "Hey, hold it!" He says quickly. "You can't go running around here like that, not if you want to stay alive. Now we have to be careful. Do you see all these frozen bodies around us?" He guestures towards the dead bodies. Ezra nods slowly. "Well that can happen to us if we're not careful, so follow me and don't get lost!" Tsukiya instructs then they head off into the cavern.

Ezra shrugs then follows Tsukiya

Mitsuki turns around the corner and falls to the floor. She pushes herself up agents the wall and pulls her legs close to her chest. She buries her head into her knees and remains there, blending in with her surroundings.

As they walk through the cavern, Tsukiya calls out to her. "Mitsuki! Mitsuki, where are you? Come on, I was just kidding, come out! You know what mom said about being here by ourselves! Mitsuki I'm sorry, just come out please!" He calls, his voice echoing through the cavern.

"Mitsuki!" Haruko yelled out as her and Daimos reached the mouth of the cave. "Tsukiya" She added now walking into the cave to catch up to them. "They must be in here somewhere, lets get going Daimos."

Mitsuki hears his calls and was about to move, but stay stationary, not caring for her brothers concerns. She hears her mothers and remains quite and as still as ever.

Tsukiya continues to call her. "Mitsuki, come on! You know mom and dad will be worried if you don't come back! I said I was sorry, now please come out! Mitsuki! Mitsuki!" He calls still walking deeper. They walk directily past her, but don't notice. They continue deeper into the cavern, the ice getting shinier and the temperature dropping by the seoncd. "M-M-Mit-s-suki! C-Come on! T-This isn't f-funny! I-I'm r-r-really s-s-scared n-now!" He calls, while shivering from cold.

"Tsukiya! Don't go any further. Hurry up and come back before you freeze to death." Mitsuki yells to him, still sitting in the spot she was at when the two of them passed her.

Tsukiya turns and sees her sitting against the wall. "Mitsuki!" He exclaims then runs to her. He drops to his knees when he gets to her and hugs her tightly. "Mitsuki, I'm sorry! I didn't mean it! Are you ok?"

Mitsuki hugs him as well, a tear rolling down her face. The tear freezes instantly on her face and remains there as she hugs him. "I should be the sorry one. I shouldn't have ran off like I did."

"It's ok Mitsuki, I'm just glad you're ok. Let's go back home, I don't really feel like exploring anymore." He says then helps her up.

"No!" Mitsuki yells, a soft grip tightening on his back. "I want to get mom her present. We can't leave yet. Please, it will mean so much to her."

"Ok, but we can't go too far into the cavern, and this ice isn't all that good." Tsukiya says looking around the area they were in. "If we wanna get a really good present, we have to get ice from deeper in the cavern."

"We live here, I'm sure we can suck it up and get further down in the cave." Mitsuki said as the three of them walked further in the cave. "Ezra, when it starts to get too cold for you, don't keep going and leave. I don't want to get in trouble with your dad."

"He doesn't really look like he could make it too far in here anyway, so that won't be too much farther." Tsukiya whispers to Mitsuki then looks at Ezra. "Well, let's go, we wanna find it before dinner time." He says.