Title: "Ai! Ai! Full Moon Birth! The Secret of the Wolf-Fist"
A Jyuken Sentai Gekiranger Novel
Author: Trinity
Fandom: Jyuken Sentai Gekiranger
Spoilers: Episodes 22-on
Rating: R
Summary: Awakened after a decade of sleep is the mysterious Rin Jyu Wolf-Fist Mistress Okamio, the former lover of Fukami Gou and the daughter of the Kenma of the Earth. Banished to the limbo between the two schools of Jyuken, Okamio struggles to aid the Gekirangers with their quest and to avenge her supposed death at the hands of Rio. But, another lover of Okamio and a competitor for Gou's affections decides to complicate everything...
Long ago, before the Age of the Gekirangers, there was the daughter of the Kenma of the Earth, Rin Jyu Wolf-Ken Mistress Okamio. Blessed with amazing power, Okamio freely learned and embraced the ways of her brutal father, Rin Jyu Bear-Fist Maku, and of Rin Jyu Ken Aku Gata and was set to follow in his footsteps. And then, one day, Okamio ran afoul of a Geki Jyu Ken Master and was cursed with humanity, doomed to forever remember being human and being unable to hurt human beings.
Okamio, remorseful, decided to reject her father's ways, but found herself unable to turn her Rinki into Geki and become a Geki Jyu Ken student. Her father than brutalized her and forced her into exile and the limbo between the schools, and she watched helplessly as the Geki Rin Rebellion waged, unable to help in her father's sealing.
Once the Kenma were sealed, Okamio took to a long sleep, awakening only when she sensed something foreign, yet familiar… the Shigeki Of the Geki Jyu Wolf-Fist, Fukami Gou.
Okamio and Gou, despite their opposite ways of learning and teaching, and the fact that they were from the opposing schools, fell deeply in love.
But it was not meant to be.
Okamio found herself attacked by Rio, who was turning on the Geki Jyu Ken, and before Gou's eyes, thought to be destroyed.
Infuriated over the loss of his love and of Rio's friendship, Gou attempted a forbidden waza, but it backfired, dooming him to the form of a lycanthrope.
But Okamio, whose body had been buried at the foot of Mt. Fuji, had not been destroyed. Instead she once again took to sleep until the age of the Gekirangers, where an ominous feeling suddenly awaked her…
The return of her father to life…
Chapter One: Resurrection Under the Full Moon
The full moon loomed heavy over Mt. Fuji, bathing it in silvery light. The night was almost silent, save for the sound of the water lapping against the shoreline.
But all was not as it seemed.
The ground by the southernmost foot of the mountain was rustling.
Long dead flowers marked a makeshift grave and a simple stone with the name "Okamio" scribbled on it indicated who had been laid to rest there. The ground of the grave was moving, shifting and then, a silvery-fur clad hand burst from beneath the earth.
Moments later, a young woman, dressed in silver and black and grey wolf fur emerged from the grave, dirt covered, and stretching.
The woman yawned for a moment and then sniffed the fur. Gou's scent still lingered, the scent that had kept her comforted and safe during her sleep. She sighed.
She knew that Gou, in his fury must have done something. She knew in her heart of hearts that he would not have let her "death" go unpunished. She sniffed again, making sure the smell imprinted. It would make finding him simpler.
My beloved Gou. She thought as she gathered herself together and began to walk through the dark woods, not sure of where she was going, but she knew she had to find humans to take her back to Tokyo. Do not worry for me. Do not fear for my safety. I, Rin Jyu Wolf-Ken Okamio, am coming back to find you. I know that you are still with me. Wait for me, Gou… wait for me.
Fukami Gou's heart throbbed painfully in his chest. The secret of his love for Okamio burdened him still, even though he knew she'd long been destroyed. But he knew that even if he told his brother what was truly bothering him, that Retsu, and Ran and Jan and even Master Sha-Fu in his seemingly infinite wisdom and kindness would never understand.
They would never understand the love he and Okamio had once shared. They would view her as being just another member of Rin Jyu Ken Aku Gata and destroy her.
He knew what they were capable of, especially Jan, who saw only in black and white. Jan would definitely not understand. Jan would probably not understand what love is to begin with.
As Gou looked out onto the plaza surrounding SCRTC building, wondering what would have happened if Rio had not interfered, he thought he saw a glowing pair of yellowish wolf eyes and a large black wolf sitting there, staring at him.
Gou rushed out to the plaza, looking around frantically. He thought he had seen the wolf form of Okamio, but it must have been an illusion.
"Okamio!" He called into the night. "Okamio!"
But there was no one there to answer him. The wolf had seemingly vanished into the night.
But that was impossible. He couldn't have seen her.
Okamio was dead… wasn't she?