Disclaimer: I do not own the original Ninninger, nor the rest Super Sentai franchise, in any way, shape, or form. This story is purely a fan work.
Shinobi 1: We Are Ninja!
It all began the day that Nagi and Fuuka Igasaki each received a strange letter in the mail. Nagi, who was the one who went to get the mail that day, wasn't really sure why the letter caught his attention. It didn't look any different from the others, nor did it feel any different. The only thing out of the ordinary about the letter was the fact that it has no return address, something a 15-year old boy in a rush to get back to his paused video game wouldn't normally notice.
"What's this?" questioned Nagi, throwing the small stack of bills, letter, and magazines onto the kitchen table before beginning to look over the strange, ordinary letter. His older sister, Fuuka, hummed to herself as she walked out of her bedroom, cellphone in hand, and into the kitchen to get a snack.
"Nagi, is there anything for me in there?" asked Fuuka, alternating between looking through the fridge and at her cellphone.
"Um, actually…"
Still looking down at her phone, Fuuka walked out of the kitchen and into the living room with Nagi. After sending a text, Fuuka looked up from her phone to see her little brother opening a letter.
"Who sent you a letter?"
"I'm not sure…and it's addressed to the both of us actually."
"Is it? Who would send us a letter?" questioned Fuuka "Do we know anyone old fashioned enough to send a letter in this day and age?"
"I don't think so…"
Fuuka watched as Nagi opened the letter and pulled out a rather old looking piece of paper with a large shuriken on the back. Once Fuuka began looking over his shoulders at the letter, Nagi began to read what was written on it out loud.
The Igasaki family… for ages they have protected the world from Youkai, supernatural creatures that hope to encase the world in a sea of despair and darkness. Though the world has mostly forgotten about Youkai, thinking of them as simply make-believe creatures created to answer questions unexplainable before science, they are still a threat none the less.
A great danger is afoot and it is up to you, as the next generation of the Igasaki family, to take up the mantle and defend Japan from the Youkai threat that is soon to come. Meet at the Igasaki Mansion in Tokyo, Japan to begin your training.
"Eh?" questioned Fuuka, taking the letter from Nagi's hands "Did you sign up to play some weird video game or something?"
"I don't have anything to do with this" says Nagi with a pout "I found that letter in the mail box with the others."
"Like my latest issue of Junon?"
"It's over there" says Nagi "Should you really be reading that right now Fuu-chan? This letter sounds- wait, a letter doesn't make a sound. Looks? Reads? Feels?- Whatever this letter is, should we really be ignoring it?"
In the time in Nagi took to figure out what he meant to say, Fuuka was already back in the kitchen snacking on some cookies.
"Fuu-chan!"
"Wha?" questioned Fuuka, her mouth still full. She didn't give Nagi a proper answer until after she finished what was in her mouth.
"Don't worry about the letter" Fuuka says to her little brother, patting his shoulder "When you're famous like me, strange things happen to you all the time."
"When you're famous?"
"Yep! I'm sure that this letter is just a fan's way of saying that he's rooting for me to catch my big break!"
"So this letter is just from a fan of yours?"
"Wouldn't be the first. Don't let it worry you so much."
Nagi didn't say a word as Fuuka disappeared back into her room with her cookies and her magazine, gabbing on her phone. Despite Fuuka's carefree attitude about the letter, kinda seemed like she was expecting it in a way, Nagi wasn't sure how he should feel about it. Remembering that he left his game pause, the boy folded the letter before walk back to his room, tossing the letter on his desk.
*Later That Night*
On the outskirts of Tokyo, a lone figure wearing a black cloak is standing alone, overlooking the city. In his right hand was a paper crane made with white paper decorated with red markings that resembled magic runes. Closing his eyes and holding his hand in front of the crane, the figure began to whisper to the crane.
"Seek out the Igasaki Mansion and inform me of its location as soon as possible."
After he finished whispering, the figure blew on the paper crane. Suddenly, the crane was engulfed in purple fire. Letting the burning crane fall out of his hand, the figure watched as it transformed into a white bird and flew towards the city to carry out its master's orders.
The figure looked over the city once more before turning around and walking into the forest.
When Nagi opens his eyes, he finds himself in what appears to be a cold, endless void. The void was completely empty and, no matter where he looked, the entire place seemed to be dyed a thick shade of scarlet.
"Nagi…"
The 15-year old boy didn't know how to feel when he heard the voice. It was a quiet voice, not much louder than a whisper, but it was enough to cut through the silent void like a hot knife through butter.
"W-who's there?" questioned Nagi. He looked to his left and then to his right. Nobody was on either side but Nagi was positive that he heard somebody call to him.
"You…must…protect…"
"Protect? Protect What?"
The voice did not answer the boy right away. Instead, a bright light began to shine upon the void. It was a warm light, one that seemed to slice away any feelings of confusion or fear that Nagi ever had. Nagi reached his hand up into the sky and began to slowly walk forward.
"Go to the Igasaki Mansion. There, you're questions will be answered."
Nagi put his hand up in front of his face to shield his eyes from the light, which was only beginning to grow even stronger. Unable to open his mouth to question the voice this time, Nagi simply closed his eyes as the light began to grow brighter and brighter…
When Nagi woke up from his strange dream, the word he heard were still fresh in his mind. Go to the Igasaki Mansion… What was that strange letter that came to them earlier…
"I've got to go to the Igasaki Mansion!" said Nagi, quickly raising out of bed. He was moving so quickly that he accidently hit his sister Fuuka in the head while she was looking over him.
While she was on her way to the kitchen for a drink of water, Fuuka noticed that her brother was tossing and turning, mumbling something in his sleep. She was looking over him when he shoot up, knocking into her forehead.
"Ow…" Fuuka says quietly, rubbing her head "Why'd you do that?"
"Sorry!" says Nagi, running out of the room. He hated leaving without giving a proper apology but he had to get to the Igasaki Mansion as soon a possible.
"Wait a minute Nagi! Where are you going?"
Putting his shoes on, Nagi didn't wait for his sister as he raced outside into the night.
Nagi had no idea how he knew where he was going. It felt as if something was showing him the right direction, though he wasn't sure what. Even after leaving the main city and entering the forest, Nagi didn't feel the need to slow down. He had something important to do.
With his sister struggling to keep up behind him, Nagi dodged under tree branches and over rocks until he found himself in front of a dirt road that lead even deeper into the forest. For the first time since waking up, Nagi took a moment to stop. When Fuuka finally caught up to him, she was him staring into the darkness at the end of the path, as if looking for something.
"What the heck Nagi? Why did you run off like that?" questioned Fuuka, picking some twigs out of her hair "If something where to happen to you while they were away, mom and dad would kill me."
Nagi didn't say anything. He simply took a deep breath before beginning to walk down the dark path, Fuuka hesitating before following. Nagi was expecting Fuuka to keep asking questions, and was beginning to prepare explanations in his head, but was surprised that she stayed silent. He wondered if, just like him, she was drawn to this place as well but he didn't ask.
After some time passed, Nagi and Fuuka found themselves in front of an old-fashioned Japanese house surrounded by tall trees.
"What is this place" Fuuka questioned to nobody in particular.
"The Igasaki Mansion" Nagi before walking toward the mansion, Fuuka right behind him. As they enteed, they falled to notice a bird watch them before flying off. Upon entering the mansion, the Igasaki siblings were immediately greeted with the sight of dusty candles, ripped pictures, and destroyed furniture.
"Ew" says Fuuka, her hand accidently rubbing against a dusty picture frame without a picture.
Opening a door, Nagi and Fuuka found themselves inside what appeared to be a small living room decorated with a broken table, a dresser, and a dusty tanuki statue.
"How long do you think this place has been abandoned like this?" questioned Nagi, looking in the dresser to find it empty.
"I'm don't know" says Fuuka, looking through the bookshelf "Must have been ages to be in a state like this.
Nagi nods before walking over to the Tanuki statue. Crouching down, he smiles before petting it for good luck.
As soon as his pulls his hand away from the statue, Nagi and Fuuka hear the sound of a window breaking coming from another room. Before they have a chance to investigate it, the sound of a loud explosion rings through the mansion.
"What was that?" questioned Nagi. It wasn't long before the children heard another explosion, followed by the smell of burning wood.
"Is somebody trying to burn the mansion down?" questioned Fuuka, helping her brother off the ground. Upon opening one of the doors, Nagi and Fuuka were greeted to the sight of an entire room caught in a raging blaze of fire. Nagi jumped back in fear before Fuuka closed the door.
"Lets not go that way ok?" said Fuuka.
Nagi nodded in agreement before following his sister to the place in the room that was farthest away from the fire, behind the Tanuki statue.
"What are we going to do Fuu-chan?" questioned Nagi, huddling behind a wall with his sister "Are going to die here?"
Fuuka opened her mouth to speak, but was rendered speechless as the floor beneath the Tanuki statue opened up, revealing a trap door. As the Tanuki statue fell into the unknown, Fuuka and Nagi noticed that it was big enough for a person to fit it.
Nagi and Fuuka looked at each other and nodded before following the Tanuki down the trapdoor, entire room being consumed by fire. They had no idea where the trap door would take them, but Nagi had a feeling it would take them exactly where they needed to go.
The Igasaki mansion. A long time ago, it acted as the home to warriors who dedicated their lives to protecting the world from supernatural creature who wished to unleash chaos and despair onto the world.
Now…now it was simply a ruined old house in the middle of forest. What was once a treasure to entire generations was now simply a ruined piece of history that was of no value to anyone, even to the people who should have treasured it the most.
While it brought the hooded figure great joy seeing the mansion in such a state, it didn't compare in the slightest to how he felt as he watched it burn to the ground. He could barely contain his desire to laugh as he watched his grunts, purple warriors resembling ashigaru named Hitokarage, dig through the ruble of the mansion.
After searching for some time, one of the Hitokarage approached him carrying a small brown box in his hands. The hooded figure opened the box and, upon seeing its contents, could no longer contain his laughter. The revival of his family was inevitable now.
Under normal circumstances, Nagi and Fuuka would have probably screamed the whole way down. But, after nearly burning to death in the middle of the forest, the ride down was actually kind of pleasant. It was a rather short one though, and it wasn't long before Nagi and Fuuka found themselves inside of a room resembling a dojo.
"Where are we?" questioned Nagi as he and Fuuka began to look around the room. The room was mostly empty. Outside of an empty shelf on the other side of the room and a low table in the center, the only thing worth noting was the strange chest that rested on the table.
"Salve, Ciao! Welcome to the Hidden Base of the Igasaki Family?"
Suddenly a bright red light fills the room, blinding them. When it passes though, Nagi and Fuuka open their eyes and turn around to see an old man wearing a shinobi outfit, minus a mask. He is standing across the room behind to two teenagers, smiling with his arms crossed.
"Hidden Base of the Igasaki Family?" question Nagi and Fuuka, looking to the other in confusion before looking back at the old man "Eh?"
Suddenly, like a flash of light, the old man jumps into the air, over Nagi and Fuuka, and lands behind them, right next to the table with the chest.
"Incredible" Nagi says quietly, he and his sister turning to face the old man.
"That was cool and all…" starts Fuuka, stepping toward the old man "But…what's going on here? What is this place? Who are you?" How-"
"Rilassare" says the old man, casually waving his hand "How can I answer your questions if you don't give me a chance to?"
Snapping his fingers, one of the walls flips to reveal the other side, which is covered in pictures. Pulling out a wooden pointer, the old man points to the picture at the very top of the wall.
"Take it away announcer."
Long ago, monsters known as Youkai roamed the world. Thirsty for human blood, they attacked the citizens of Japan without mercy. None, however, compared to the monster that was Kibaoni Gengetsu, leader of the Kibaoni clan.
Born in the darkest corner of hell, Gengetsu used his used his unholy powers to thrust all of Japan into a state of chaos, turmoil, and fear. In order to return peace to Japan, the greatest warriors in all of Japan, the Ninja of the Igasaki Family, were given special training in order to combat Gengetsu and his clan.
Knowing of the dark power Gengetsu wielded, the Igasaki family entrusted the ninja with an item known as the Finishing Shuriken, a legendary treasure that granted the Ninja the power to fight against the monster. With the treasure in hand, the ninja engaged in battle with Gengetsu.
The battle against Gengetsu was a long, difficult one that pushed the Igasaki Ninja to their limit. They fought bravely, but Gengetsu's dark power was slowly beginning to overtake them. Using all of his power, one of the Igasaki Ninja gave his life to seal the Kibaoni clan away in a shrine hidden within the forest.
"Grazie Announcer!" says the old man, moving his pointer from the final picture, which picture showed a little stick figure sitting next to a small, jagged looking rock hold what looked like a poorly drawn sword. The wall span around again, reverting it back to how it was when Nagi and Fuuka first entered the room.
"Our descendents did that?" questioned Nagi "Incredible! Just like a video game hero!"
"What does that have to do with us though?" questioned Fuuka.
"Ever since the defeat of the Kibaoni clan, the Igasaki ninja have protected the Japan from Youkai in secret. In doing so, they also guarded the shrine that imprisoned the clan" says the old man.
"This duty, however, was forgotten by the Igasaki clan in the modern day. Over the years though, the shrine has been slowly but surely gathering the negative energy released by the world. Recently, enough energy was gathered to release one member of the Kibaoni family from the shrine."
The old man opens the chest and pulls out two swords and places them on the table before reaching into the chest again, this time pulling out 2 shuriken like objects.
"The time has come the current generation of the Igasaki family to fulfill their destiny. They, I mean you of course, must train to become Ninja and to defeat the Kibaoni family once again."
"Eh?" Nagi and Fuuka cried at the same time "Us? We aren't Ninja!"
The old man nodded "Fighting the Kibaoni family is, as a member of the Igasaki family, your destiny. You have the power to fight Youkai just like you ancestors did."
"What kind of power?" questioned Nagi.
The old man leans in closer to Nagi and Fuuka "Ninjality?"
"…Ninjality?"
The old man nods, a dumb looking smile on his face. Before Nagi and Fuuka have a chance to question him any further, the sound of a frog begins to echo through the room.
"Kero! Kero! Kero!"
"What is that" questioned Nagi, looking to the old man.
"Youkai, my dear boy. Youkai."
When Nagi and Fuuka arrived on the scene, it was early morning by this point, they were greeted to the sight of people running away in fear. Dodging a group of terrified people, who were stumbling over themselves trying to get away, Nagi and Fuuka ran see a monster with a chainsaw/sickle motif.
"That's the Youkai that he was talking about right?" questioned Nagi.
"It has to be" says Fuuka.
"Slice and Dice! Slice and Dice!" sang the monster with glee. This monster was Kamaitachi, a Tsukumogami created from a chainsaw "What should I slice up next…?"
Nagi and Fuuka watched in horror as the monster used its hands, which were sickles, to slice a building to pieces. As the pieces of the building began to fall to the earth, Nagi and Fuuka saw a little girl crying on the ground under it.
"Watch out!" shouted Nagi as he ran to the little girl's aid. He didn't hear his sister's warning to watch out. Pulling the child into his arms, Nagi used his body to shield the girl from the falling debris. Fuuka cover her mouth, resisting the urge to let out a cry of horror as debris began to fall all around Nagi.
"NAGI!"
Suddenly, a yellow streak of light shoots out from behind Fuuka and toward Nagi. Despite its small size, it effortlessly slices away the debris before they crush Nagi and the girl. As the little girls runs to safety, the yellow streak of light flies toward Nagi, who effortlessly catches it. When it lands in his hands, the streak of light reveals itself to be a yellow shuriken.
"This was one of the Shurikens that the old man took out earlier" noticed Nagi, turning it over in his hands as he stands up, Fuuka running to his side. From out of nowhere, she pulled out the two swords that the old man gave then and handed one of them to Nagi.
"How do you feel?" questioned Nagi "About what the old man said, I mean."
"I'm not sure how to feel about what he said…" begins Fuuka, biting her lip "But I don't think I can just sit here while people are getting hurt."
A white streak flies toward Fuuka, who catches it. The light reveals it's self to be a white shuriken similar in to Nagi's.
"Here going nothing" says Fuuka, nodding at Nagi.
Holding their swords up, Nagi and Fuuka both insert their respective shuriken's into the sword and pushed one of the three buttons that were on the blade.
KININGER SHURIKEN
SHIRONINGER SHURIKEN
THE HENGE! NIN NIN NIN! NIN NI NIN NIN!
Neither Nagi nor Fuuka ever held a real sword in their hands before. Despite this, they swung their swords to the beat of the pretty catch tune that the sword was singing.
NIN NIN NIN! NIN NI NIN NIN!
"You ready Fuu-chan?" questioned Nagi, looking to his sister
"Ready!" returned Fuuka.
SHURIKEN HENGE!
KI JA!
SHIRO JA!
NINJA!
In a flash of light, yellow for Nagi and white for Fuuka, Nagi and Fuuka were gone. In their place were two ninjas in similar but different colored armor. Yellow armor for Nagi and White armor for Fuuka.
"Who are you guys?!" questioned Kamaitachi, swing his arms around.
Nagi was about to answer with his own name but instead-
THE SHIMMERING CALM!
As if something was guided him, he instead flipping into the air and lands in a crouch before looking up at his opponent.
KININGER!
Much to his surprise, his sister copied him.
A PETAL BLOWING IN THE WIND!
SHIRONINGER!
KiNinger and ShiroNinger both pose before shouting-
NINJUTSU SENTAI NINNINGER
"Sentai?" questioned the monster, looking at the two with confusion "With only two people? Ya know what? I don't really care. No matter how many people come, I'll cut 'em all down."
Taking deep breaths, KiNinger and ShiroNinger charge at the monster with their swords ready. Blocking a high slash from KiNinger aimed at his upper body, Kamatachi returns the attack by slashing a Kininger's chest, knocking him down.
In doing so though, he was caught off guard by ShiroNinger, who carwheeled behind him and slashed at his back. Taking advantage of his staggered opponent, KiNinger raises his sword and slashes at the monsters chest, causing him to fall down a flight of stairs.
Upon hitting the ground, he lets out a cry of frustration.
"You bastards!" shouts the Youkai "How dare you kick me down the stairs like that!"
"I'm sorry!" shouts KiNinger, moving to stand next to his sister at the top of the stairs.
"Don't apologize KiNinger!" shouts ShiroNinger, readying her sword "We've still gotta cream this guy!"
"You're gonna cream me?" questioned Kamatachi "You're pretty cheeky for a 2-man Sentai! I'll give you a taste of my Hissatsu Waza!"
KiNinger and ShiroNinger put their sword up in front of them in defense as Kamatachi's sickle hands begin to glow blue. Letting out a battle cry, the Youkai swings his hands, releasing a blast of blue energy. KiNinger and ShiroNinger duck under the blast, which slices a nearby building in half, before charge down the stairs at the Youkai, who is stunned to say the least.
"How could you dodge my Hissatsu Waza?" questions Kamatachi. Nagi and Fuuka don't even bother the answer his question. They simply slash his chest at the same time, knocking him to the ground once again.
"Let's finish Fuu-chan" says KiNinger, pushing a button on his sword.
THE WAZA! NANJA NANJA NANJA NANJA!
"Shuriken Nipou Ougi" says KiNinger as he and ShiroNinger's sword begins to glow with energy.
NANJA NANJA NANJA NANJA!
"Nin Retsu Zan!" shouts KiNinger before jumping into the air, ShiroNinger dashing under toward Kamatachi. After delivering a slash through his chest, ShiroNinger begins to bombard with slashes from every direction. After jabbing her sword through his chest, she kicks off of him, pushing him away.
"Ninja Issen!"
Flying down from the sky, KiNinger stabs his sword into the enemy. Pulling his sword from the enemy, he jumps back into the air before slashing back down again, his sword going through the enemy this time. The enemy lets out a cry before exploding.
"Incredible" says ShiroNinger, undoing her transformation as she approaches KiNinger "How did we do all that stuff?"
"I don't know…but it was pretty cool" says KiNinger, his transformation undone "Maybe it was because that "Ninjality" stuff the old man was talking about?"
"Maybe…Where is that old guy anyway?" questioned Fuuka, looking around "Did he follow us out of the cave?"
"I don't think so… But I'm sure he'll pop up again" says Nagi "Let's go back home. I'm tired."
Fuuka lets out a sigh before beginning to wake home, Nagi following behind her. As the two walked away, they falled to notice a hooded figure watching them.
"Damn you, Igasaki Ninja" the figure says before jumping away.
*Shinobi 1: We Are Ninja End*
"WELCOME TO NIN NIN YOUKAI TRIVA CORNER!"
The camera pans out to reveal the Hidden Base of the Igasaki Family. As usual, The room is mostly empty, save for a low table in the center of the room and an empty shelf.
"Thank you for reading today's chapter!" says one of the girls, looking toward the computer at the reader "We hope you enjoyed it!"
"You may be asking right now, who are we?" says the second girl "Don't worry, you'll find out next chapter! More importantly, we're here to give you some valuable information!"
"That's right! As I'm sure you all can tell from the name, we're here to give you all information on the various Youkai, among other thing, that you will encounter as you read this story."
The first girl claps her hands, a TV monitor revealing itself in the wall. On the screen in a picture of the Youkai that the Ninningers fought in their latest battle.
The second girl clears her throat before speak "The Youkai that Fuuka-chan and Nagi-kun fought today was known as Youkai Kamaitachi. This Youkai is one of many types of Tsukumogami(Kami of Tool), a kind of Youkai born from an object after said object has reached a certain age, usually a hundred years of age. The concept of a Tsukumogami has existed ever since the 10th century, believe it or not."
"An object that can come to life after a hundred years?" questioned the first girl "How interesting."
The second girls nods "The concept of a Tsukumogami has existed ever since the 10th century, believe it or not.
"Youkai Kamaitachi was created from a chainsaw though, meaning there was no way it could have been a hundred years old. I wonder how that hooded man did it…"
"Who knows" says the first girl, shrugging her shoulders "That's all for now folks! We'll have a lot more trivia next time!"
The two girls wave to the monitor as the chapter ends.
Author's Note: Welcome to the first chapter of my Ninninger rewrite! While I didn't hate Ninninger, the show… left a lot to be desired. I had a few ideas so I thought, why not do a rewrite? I hope you enjoyed this chapter and are looking forward to more!