Chapter 6: Domain - Record #1

They had observed the domain entrance for quite a while. They tried to enter it but failed every time. They looked around the surrounding and saw a lever.

Heizou pulled the lever, hoping that the domain entrance would open. However, it did not. On the other hand, the lever opened a metal trapdoor leading to a Cavern. They were skeptical but decided to head in anyways.

When they had entered, they saw a cavern with blue crystals surrounding the rough walls. They were confused for a while. However, Kazuha sensed some elemental energy from each and every blue crystal in the cavern. Heizou snapped his fingers and began investigating. Kazuha observed the crystals and called out Heizou's name.

Kazuha asked Heizou to break every single crystal in the Cavern to which Heizou asked why. Kazuha replied, "I can feel some elemental energy coming from the crystals.... I felt the same energy in the domain entrance." Heizou did not question it any further and proceeded to strike the crystal with Kazuha's fillet blade.

The crystals shattered, creating a trail of blue elemental energy leading to the Domain entrance. They climbed back up and saw the domain being engulfed in the Elemental Energy. It slowly began to open and sucked Kazuha and Heizou in.

Kazuha and Heizou yelled, falling through a seemingly endless tunnel. Moments later, they had been teleported to the bottom. They saw a huge cave system surrounded with blue luminous plants and a waterfall covering the opening to the next room.

They were astonished and looked around. "We're here...." Heizou said, feeling relieved. "My Intuition tells me that something interesting is going to happen soon..." As soon as Heizou muttered the following words, the cave began to shake violently. They were concerned and began to run for the waterfall.

They ran and ran and ran, losing their stamina with every rushed step they took. They leaped through the Waterfall and saw several passageways.
They were confused. Kazuha tried to focus on the signs nature was giving him. On the other hand, Heizou was trying to investigate something different. Heizou snapped his fingers while Kazuha's eyes widened. "It's the one on the right!" They had said that in the same time.

They stared at eachother awkwardly and asked how they knew. Heizou answered first, "I could feel more of 'its' radiation from the right. You?" Kazuha answered after, "I could feel nature telling me to go in that direction."

They let out a small laughter and head towards that direction. They then witnessed a weird contraption on the floor. The floor consisted of several red, green, blue, black and white tiles with a switch in the middle.

They walked towards the switch and activated it. The tiles lit up and a secret compartment had opened, revealing a piece of paper. The paper was yellow and covered in dirt, with the edges being torn. It was presumably around 50 years old.

The paper read:

"- .... .. ... / .. ... / .- / - . ... - / --- ..-. / - .-. ..- ... - .-.-.- / .--. . .-. ..-. --- .-. -- / .- / -.. .- -. -.-. . / .-- .. - .... / - .... . / .--. . .-. ... --- -. / - --- / .-- .... --- -- / -.-- --- ..- / - .-. ..- ... - .-.-.- / .--. . .-. ..-. --- .-. -- / .- -. / ..- -. -.-. --- --- .-. -.. .. -. .- - . -.. / -- --- ...- . --..-- / -.-- --- ..- .----. .-.. .-.. / -... . / .--. ..- -. .. ... .... . -.. .-.-.-"

Kazuha stood confused while Heizou began to decipher the code. Heizou snapped his fingers and said, "I know what this means!" Kazuha stared at him confused. Heizou sighed while smiling, "It's morse code. It stands for 'This is a test of trust. Perform a dance with the person to whom you trust. Perform an uncoordinated move, you'll be punished'."

Kazuha blushed and asked Heizou, "Does that mean we have to perform a dance toget-" Heizou sighed while blushing, replying to Kazuha while wiping the dust off his clothes, "I think it does..." They sighed, knowing they couldn't do anything else to escape. Kazuha bowed and lend Heizou his hand. Heizou held Kazuha's hands with one hand and held Kazuha's waist with the other.

"I hope you know the Waltz" Heizou said.

"Of course. Even an old fugitive like me had the opportunity to learn some dances." Kazuha replied.

Heizou looked at Kazuha and challenged him, saying, "Prove it."

They then performed a graceful dance.
Heizou and Kazuha moved from side to side, spinning elegantly. Heizou lifted his arm up and spun Kazuha below it. Kazuha then leaned into Heizou's arms, where Heizou carried him in the 'Princess Carry' position once again.

They held their heads close to eachother and laughed. All the tiles tuned green and lit up. In addition, a new passageway had opened.

They entered the passageway and proceeded to walk through it. The passage became narrower and narrower the further they walked in. 7 minutes after they had walked through the passageway, they were almost squeezing in with eachother. A minute later they had finally entered a chamber.

In the centre of the chamber, there lied a challenge switch. Heizou and Kazuha headed over to the switch, turning it on. Suddenly, the ground began to shake and a huge mechanical cube arose from the ground. Heizou's eyes widened in fear. "File 011... Perpetual Mechanical Array..."

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