Chapter 11
Deep Darkness and Towering Mountains
Walking carefully and calmly through the corridors, Danzo and Team Crimson were already hard-pressed after their little underwater extravaganza. The walls had spikes on them that made Danzo look realize that they could be punctured to death in an instant, or worse skewered by the spikes. Then Hikage noticed a skeleton on the spikes and began reading an inscription.
"The resonating emblem shall undo the seal of the shield," she read.
Pulling out Alduin, Danzo carefully knocked it down until it landed in Mirai's hands.
"Excellent catch Mirai Darling," Haruka said, proudly.
This made the gunner giggle sheepishly. She gave it to Danzo, who placed it onto his back. Then he noticed that the skeleton's arm was some sort of lever. He turned it slowly, and they heard the sound of squeaking metal emanating from behind them.
"It's a trap!" cried Yomi.
Danzo and Team Crimson knew they had to run fast and avoid the spikes popping out of the floor. Finally they reached safety and stopped to catch their breath for a good few minutes. When they relaxed, they hurried onwards to the opened gate and onto a lift that took them up to the surface. They quickly raced towards an opening where they saw a Youma with a scythe coming towards them. Danzo activated his Youma trigger and fought a hard-pressed battle destroying his foe instantly. At last he led his friends to another location where they hoped would be less troublesome than the last. But trouble had found them at last as more marionetes attacked them in full fury. Danzo carved through them and fired everything he had at them. Team Crimson had also managed to catch up to him and dispatched the remaining youma with precision. Once they had dispatched their foes, Danzo looked up at the sky and roared furiously. Mirai saw this and became scared. She quickly wrapped her arms around him.
"Danzo, stop! It's over now! But, you're also scaring me!" she called to him.
Danzo turned sharply towards her, and his expression softened a bit. He knew that it was not wise to call her a little kid despite her age.
"Yeah, sorry about that, Mirai," he said, calming down a bit.
He walked off with Team Crimson at his side. When they came to the door, Danzo used the Emblem Shield on the door. It opened for them, and they went on through it to see what they would be up against.