Kage` woke with a start. He looked around wondering where he was. Then he remembered that he was in his hideout he had made in the trees. It was a combination of branches meticulously cut down from trees, where no one would notice they had been cut, growing branches, stretched and bowed around in a circle with their leaves still green, and moss to conceal even more of the structure, as well as functioning as insulation. He had been living here for over a month with only a handful of close calls. He would sporadically light fires whenever he needed them around the woods far from his hide out. This worked to mislead searchers. He also used the fires to heat rocks, which he would then put in a hand made basket with hot ash, and put it in his hideout every night to heat it and him.

He could tell that something wasn't right. He had a weird tugging sensation in his stomach. It was steadily growing stronger. He tried to ignore it and go back to sleep. He succeeded, until the odd sensation grew painfully strong. He was almost forced to his feet. He reached the bottom opening in the shelter and dropped down to the branch below. The pulling told him to go right. He did the only thing he could do, and traveled into the night.

Half an hour and 20 acres of forest later he stopped 15 feet above the ground in a tree. The sensation stopped pulling him. Puzzled, he looked around, then lurched as the sensation grew ten fold suddenly going downward almost literally pulling him out of the tree. He managed to get down with only minor injury. Kage` looked around at the leaves on the ground and started kicking them out of place when the ground beneath him seemed to vanished. The last thing he could remember was the feeling of falling, before blacking out.
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Kageawoke with a pained groan. He tried opening his eyes and found he couldn't. In his daze, he realized his eyes were open, but it was just pitch black. He sat up and checked himself. Besides a few bumps and scrapes, he was fine. Amazed at that fact, he reached in his pack and pulled out a flashlight. Surveying the area around him, he came to the conclusion that he was indeed in a cave or cavern of some sort. The cavern was dotted with stalagmites, stalactites,and other rock formations. The ceiling reached up high, impossible to see in the darkness. On the other end of the cavern there was a cave that looked suspiciously unnatural. Looking down, Kage realized that he was standing on a rough pathway, carved into the rock. With a confused expression, Kage wandered through the cavern, his destination being the cave's exit. Kage hoped for it to lead out of this place.
Kagegrew worried as the cave grew thinner and thinner. It was almost to the point of being to small for him to get through. Suddenly, squeezing through another jagged, tight fit the cave opened up to another cavern. Only this cavern was nothing like the other one. Almost everything seemed to be made out of a black crystal like gem. It was partially transparent, with glowing specks throughout the walls and ceiling making it look like the night sky. Kage realized that the path appeared to be less jagged, and more streamlined, continuing through the cavern. Captivated by the beauty, Kagecontinued to follow the path. He quickly realized that the one problem with the black gem/crystal was that it made judging the distance between the walls impossible. Kage rushed to avert his eyes back to the path before he got lost in the illusion.

Kagedidn't know how long he had been walking, but every part of his body was sore and screaming with pain. He would have stopped to eat some of the few rations he had, and sleep, but he had a feeling that if he got disorientated in this cavern, he would never find his way out. Kages hope was elevating as the path did. Through an impossible to resist urge to look up Kage saw that ahead of him, was a sort of pedestal made of stone.Upon it there was a sight to behold. With great effort and willpower, he wrenched his eyes from the sight. He stood there for some time staring at the path, until he concluded that the object was roughly 20 feet away. With nothing else to do, Kage sighed, and set out on his way once again being greeted with the epitome of pain itself.Kage still had no concept of time, but after a while, he reached the pedestal. He stood there for a while studying the object. He could feel the raw power radiating from it. After even longer he found his voice as he exclaimed:"Ooh shiny!"
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Author's Note

This chapter took a while to get through! Thank you to all those who support this story! Special thanks to LuckyLeafGaming for editing this chapter! I in the end decided that this chapter would not show Gayndo's point of few but the next should! Let me know what you all think! Constructive criticism is appreciated!