The Icicle Warrior Who is Ally to Good, Nightmare to You! Snowfall Dekabr!
One night at the Nura House, home to a smorgasbord of scary, yet well-meaning yokai, Yuki Onna, who is better known by her moniker Tsurara Oikawa, was sitting right next to the gate. The temperature was virtually like an igloo, so she thought that it was best to stay outside in the meantime. She's been through quite a lot over the preceding months, with some events good and the others that need not be explained. As she fell half-asleep, Nattō Kozō suddenly came running from out of the house in a hurry.
"Nattō Kozō?", Tsurara drearily said. "I'm telling you, now's not th-",
Nattō Kozō was forcibly quieted down by the Ice yokai.
"The hell could be so important at a peaceful time like this!?", she croaked. "I don't sense any opposing forces..."
He saw that Tsurara wouldn't listen to reason, so Natto Kozo had no choice but to pick her up.
"Gah! H-Hey, put me down at once!", she ordered him to no avail.
Despite his tiny stature, his strength alone is surprising, although that might just be because he often carries around sake bottles larger than him. The two awkwardly made their way into the room that was the meeting place for the heads of just about every clan. Nurarihyon, the Supreme Commander and First Head of the Nura Clan, had asked for just Tsurara. As they literally saw eye-to-eye, she noticed that he was holding a white sphere with the faction's symbol on it.
"I... don't get it," Tsurara told Nurarihyon with her arms - which were covered by the furisode sleeves - crossed.
He let out a sigh whilst moving his clasped hands to the center of his face.
"Clearly this whole deed you are to do wouldn't be so difficult... if it weren't for your location having to be Ōsaka Castle," he said disappointingly. "However, I *am* aware that you are probably the only one here who could be truly up for it."
Nurarihyon clarified that the orb he was in possession of was meant for Tsurara. She was to stay in her human form in order to activate its power, which would in turn change her into some sort of super-heroine. The Supreme Commander's grandson, Rikuo Nura, stood near him with a goofy grin, agreeing that he liked the idea. Tsurara, unfortunately, was more than peeved.
"What inane rubbish," she screamed. "All of us are already yokai... So *whose* bright idea was this anyway?!"
"Uh, that was mine, Tsurara", declared Rikuo as he lowered his glasses down some. "Grandpa and I figured that, as a popular character, you should be able to show some versatility."
Tsurara's eyebrows went off like a spasm attack.
"Which means," she inquired.
Tsurara was ordered by Nurarihyon not to rely on her yokai abilities for a change. She pondered about this condition for the last couple of hours and did not stop being so flabbergasted.
What's so great about being a yokai and not using your own powers, she brooded. I'm hopeless outside of being by the Master's side and that at the same time... there's no way I could pull something that nonsensical off.
At the break of dawn, she visited Umewakamaru's Shrine and pulled out the spherical object that Nurarihyon gave her earlier. Tsurara rubbed her eye with her left arm, as she received little-to-no-slumber.
"That man who spied on me... I sort of remember his face, but what is he even doing at this place", she mumbled. I was told that the Castle served as the battle that was 400 years ago, so I had no idea somebody would still be there.
"W-What's this!?", she expressed in amazement.
She took note of the glow that the orb started to emit. The sphere flickered for a good ten seconds before enveloping Tsurara.
"Oh, dear! What's happening to my body?! AAAAAAAAAGH!"
She let out a vocalization that almost sounded like she was in an enormous deal of pain. Much of her surroundings were affected by the glow itself, being cut down by tremendous force. The sphere that was once in the yokai's grasp became akin to a big ray of light that did nothing to hide Tsurara's yells. Professor Adashibara, a middle-aged man who once met the Kiyojūji Paranormal Patrol here, watched from several feet away with a slasher smile. Suddenly, a young girl clad in blue-and-white spandex emerged from the gleam – it was Tsurara Oikawa herself. She gained a black eye mask and cyan gauntlets, with the gloves also bearing a cerulean gem. Tsurara panicked after checking herself out. Adashibara turned and kept on walking to his appropriate destination.
Heh-heh-heh... That kid never ceases to get my attention, he mused. Curiosity hasn't killed this cat! Hahaha!
Although she was still busy trying to figure out what she just experienced, Tsurara wondered if somebody was a witness. Truth be told, Adashibara counted as one, about a minute before she even bothered to spot him.
"What in blazes am I doing in this cloudcuckoolander's outfit," she whined as she fiddled with the new getup.
"SOMEONE HELP ME", a young boy shouted running towards Tsurara.
He was chased by a monstrous spider that was obviously supposed to be a female, with poison dripping from her mouth. It was a Jorōgumo, no doubt about it.
"Please! Miss, you have to help me", he begged and pleaded to Tsurara.
Aw, what the heck, she thought with the most hellishly vivid pupils being depicted.
To her astonishment, she was able to teleport at blinding speeds, catching the opposing yokai off guard the moment she saw her. Jorōgumo looked around everywhere for Tsurara, from the ground to the sky. She never managed to even see a trace of her... that is, until this happened.
"Yo!"
Oikawa had called out to the spider. She stood upon a colossal tree as she pointed above her.
"Jorōgumo, right? Remember that the snow from these vast clouds shall fall upon your grave! The most precious of hearts will come to me and forget that you ever existed!"
"Who... Just who the hell do you think you are, acting so high and mighty," the spider gurgled in anger. Tsurara did not make another word, licking her lips slowly, as if she could taste victory.
"Come at me," she demanded.
Jorōgumo crawled vigorously up to where Tsurara was at, with the intention of killing her instead of just knocking her about like she promised before. Unbeknownst to herself, the ayakashi scum was being absurdly rash and had no idea as to what tricks her prey had up her sleeve.
"Take this, you arrogant bitch," the spider lunged at the figure with her claws thirsty for blood. Tsurara changed into a huge pile of crystals and went through Jorōgumo, who swiped at the icy proportions a little too late. Tsurara stuck her tongue out in an effort to throw her off.
"Tsk tsk! I'm starting to get bored of this squabble... Try harder if you want to take me down," she taunted her opponent.
"HHHHYYYAAAAAHH," Jorōgumo screamed without restraint. She sharpened her blades and hacked away at the trees. One was extremely close to annihilating the boy, who could only grovel. Tsurara's eyeballs widened.
This sensation...! I've never felt like this in such a while, she deliberated. She hurriedly rescued the child from an abrupt death and dropped him off at Ukiyoe Town.
"Thank you, thank you," the kid repeated whilst in tears. "If it wasn't for you, Miss, I would've been knocking at Death's door!"
Tsurara winked at him as she was about to finish Jorōgumo.
"Wait right there", the unnamed boy stopped her for a while. "I, umm... well, you see, I didn't catch your name. Mind telling me what it is?"
"I'm just a girl in spandex passing through," Tsurara lied halfway. She slowly walked right back into the territory that the spider watched over before turning to the lost child. Her eyes glistened.
"I am the icicle warrior who is ally to you, nightmare to the creepy-crawly... Snowfall Dekabr! It's got a nice ring, don'tcha think?!"