Chapter 9
Ghost Ship
After the ordeal with Nero Demando, Danzo and Team Crimson were now in a corridor that took them further down into a cavern. There they saw a sailing ship of edo era design.
"No way," gasped Mirai.
"Yes way," countered Danzo who was just as amazed as she was.
The other members of Team Crimson had to agree. Suddenly they saw Danzo dive underwater and began to swim. The five girls decided to climb on deck and wait for him. Danzo swam cautiously so as not to alert the aquatic youma that were sleeping. He clambered up onto the wooden boards of the below deck area of the ship, and went upstairs. More Youma arrived to stop him, but with Inferno and Alduin in his possession they were dispatched almost instantly. At last Danzo found a needlegun that he could use against any aquatic youma that got in his way. He clambered up more stairs until he saw Team Crimson waiting for him.
"I doubt Kafuru would be willing to sail on a ship like this," Danzo muttered to himself, as he went up further to the captain's cabin.
He saw something written on the door into the captain's quarters.
"I am the ship that carries the wandering souls on the brink of the Youma Realm. Protect the ship and you shall be given the Fire of Saint Elmo," Haruka read carefully.
Suddenly, the Youma emerged and the 6 friends knew they had to fight. They knew they had to act fast as Danzo fired rapidly at them with his hand cannons. At last the monsters were defeated and Danzo gave off a sigh of relief. As he went back to the door, silver flames erupted around the ship. They felt the ship shake as it began to move through the water. It went down a waterfall and then continued it's voyage across the underground cavern. The ethereal blades parted until Danzo saw the winged creature again. He knew it was time for a rematch with this creature.
Mirai prepared her gun-umbrella and fired at the winged-beast with unrelenting fury. As the creature landed on the deck, Danzo jumped to the crow's nest, and fired rapidly at it with his empowered hand guns. Mirai also followed suit with her grenade launcher, also wounding the giant bird as well. Unable to take the abuse any longer, the winged creature soon took off once again and fled from his foes. But as he did so, the blades parted for Danzo and his friends to enter the captain's cabin unhindered.