Narumi, Kiri, and Kei's luck increased after a couple weeks with the discovery of a cave. Kiri sat on a rock that was perfectly glazed over with ice, as was the rest of the cave. Kei scraped the ground with his chipping, fingernails in search of food. Narumi stood peering inside the cave, then peeked inside the bag Kanako had given him.

"Hey, you guys," Narumi spoke up. The two hungry students looked at Narumi.
"What do you think is in this cave?"

"I'm going to guess rocks, bears, and a little bit of unfrozen water." Kiri stated. Kei stopped digging, and scratched the back of his head.

"That doesn't really help us much." He said. "We're not in any state to face off against bears. We should probably level up a little more first."

"Kei, stop acting childish, and get realistic." Narumi snapped, throwing a chunk of ice at the short boy. "I'm betting that there are people just waiting to get us off of this crappy continent in there!"

"What makes you think that?" Kiri asked. Narumi seemed to calm down. His hands crept into his bag and pulled out silver trinkets.

"These scissors, well, I guess you can say they speak to me." He explained. He then lifted them and stroked them against his face. Kiri stood up.

"That's dumb; I'm going inside the cave." She vanished instantly inside the rocky formation.

"Kei, you believe me don't you?!" Narumi demanded. Kei rubbed his pink nose.

"I'm sorry, I wish I could Narumi, but you're an idiot." He also stood up and disappeared into the cave. Narumi stared after his departed friends, wondering what to do. He decided to wait for them to return. He waited for four days. Finally he began to worry about the two teenagers.

He wandered inside. It was black. Feeling his way around the icy stone walls, Narumi realized that the cave only had one small room in it.

"WHERE ARE YOU GUYS!!!" He shouted.

"We're over here." Two voices sounded. Narumi spun around. "This way Naru-Naru."

"I'm coming already!" Narumi exclaimed. He stretched his arms out and tried to walk across the center of the cave. "Eh, you guys got a flash light?"

"We're over here." They said again. Narumi finally touched something that felt like cold metal bars.

"Is this a cage?!" He asked.

"We're over here." The voices came from behind the bars, answering his question. Narumi shook the cage and discovered that except for the two people inside, it didn't way anything at all.

"What happened to you guys?" Narumi inquired. There was no answer. "Well?! What is wrong?!"

Hoisting the cage onto his back, Narumi stumbled through the darkness, tripping over each step. Hours went by until he finally found the exit. By that time it night had fallen and the stars reflected off of the shiny ice. Narumi put the cage down and looked in it to find Kiri and Kei sitting perfectly unharmed in the cage staring at him.

"You think I'm nuts?!" He yelled.

"Hey, you're here!" Kei said. Narumi realized there was a little door on the cage and opened it. Kei gestured to him. "Come in."

"No! Get out of there!" Narumi grabbed Kei's collar to pull him out but instead was pulled into the cage by both Kei and Kiri. They slammed the door closed and giggled. "Why have you done this?"

"Kiri and I decided to let the prey come to us." Kei attempted to explain. Narumi squirmed in discomfort. "You see, it's a trap for the polar bears, but the cage only opens from the outside."

"Oh, that makes sense." Narumi stated, suddenly accepting his cruel position.

The three sat in the cage for a few minutes in silence and in the cold. Kiri, who had been perfectly silent, staring at Narumi, once again began to shake.

"Uh, what are you going, mussy-head?" Narumi asked, nervous. She shook harder until smoke poored out from beneath the cage and suddenly they were in the air, cage and all.