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Chapter 5 - Unifates

Kaito year 7

Kaito and his siblings Explore ruins together they found them on the outskirts, of the village. "Kate why'd you wanna come out here again?" Kaid asks his sister as he inspects the dingy ruin walls. 

Kate pushes up her glasses as she looks around. "There could be tons of knowledge from the past here!" She excitedly yells. "Now if only i could find a switch somewhere around here." She says as she goes back to looking around. 

Kaid pushes her interests off as nerdy stuff. "Whatever Kate i just hopes there's something interesting out here." He says as he wanders aimlessly. 

Kaid steps onto a pressure plate and a giant boulder descends from the ceiling. 

Kaito and Kate look at him disappointed. 

The structure of the room shifts and it turns into a slope and the boulder barrels towards them.

They begin running away. "is this exciting enough for you?!" Kate yells at Kaid. "It is actually!" He answers. 

Kate spots somewhere they can get away. "This way guys follow me!" She yells. 

She grabs onto kaito's hand and they jump across an opening. Kaid lands the jump perfectly and so does Kate. Kaito comes up a bit short and almost falls into a pit, but Kate catches him. "You ok Kite?" She asks. He breathes a sigh of relief. "Yeah i'm alright, thanks Kate." 

They walk through... wherever they ended up and Kaid uses flame magic to give them light. They look around and Kate gets excited when she notices they're in a library. "We've struck gold!" She yells as she starts grabbing any book in good condition. 

Kaid is being sarcastic when he says "Hooray so cool." He's not really excited about being in the library.

Kaito walks around and he spots a book that grabs his attention. Almost like it's calling to him. He reaches out to grab it and the wall collapses revealing another room. "What you find Kite?" Kate asks with a mountain of books in her hands. 

The three siblings enter a new room and see strange writings on the walls. One depicts a wealthy man ordering people around. Another is more sinister, showing someone ending the world with a flying monster and an underground worm. What do these inscriptions mean, and what do they portend for the future?

The final one shows someone repairing the world with a light that is shining upon a book on the pedestal which Kaito can feel reaching for him. "Unifates." They all read the title in bold letters on the front. 

"Should we read it?" Kaito asks. They open the book and it's a strange writing they can't understand. 

Kaid throws his hands on his head. "Welp i'm lost." Kaid says. "Same." The other two agree. 

Kaito grabs the book from the pedestal and his eyes glow and the room rumbles. Kate looks around worried. "What's going on!?" She asks. Kaid shakes his head. "Ruin rules 101 Kate, When you grab the mysterious special treasure ruins start falling apart." He says. 

Kate shoves her books into Kaid's arms. "Whatever just run!" She yells. They begin running but Kaito turns around and he notices something laying on the ground. He grabs it and he runs to keep up with his siblings. 

They run out of the ruins and the building crumbles behind them. 

Kate breathes heavily. "We made it," she says. "But what have we gotten ourselves into?" 

Kaito flipped open the book he had taken from the ruins. The other two siblings looked over his shoulder as he read the inscription for the first time. The words were, "Assemble the artifacts." What did that mean? Kaito closed the book and began to examine the compass he had taken from the ruins.

She scratches her head. "Well i'm at a lost." She says. 

They head back to the village and Moon greets them. "Hello my babies!" She greets them with a hug. "Mom we found this at the ruins today." Kate hands her the Unifates book. 

Moon seems intrigued. "Oh i've heard of this one we used to tell eachother it at the campfire, apparently it's a treasure that can do anything but its impossible to find." She explains

Kaid doesn't believe a word. Kate nods along, but Kaito? Oh Kaito is astonished and the thought of it intrigues him deeply. "You can keep it if you like it that much Kite." Kate says to him and Moon hands him the book. "Kaito what do you want to do when you get older?" Moon asks him. 

Kaito holds his book tightly. "I'm gonna be an adventurer! And find this treasure." He proclaims. Kaid scoffs. "Won't be a better adventurer then me though." Kaid challenges him. Moon laughs at them.