Hi. If you're reading this, then that means that you know what the Kodenrangers are. You all may know who the Kodenrangers are. Well then . . . do you know who Ryunosuke's Father is? This is the story of the warrior who fought to protect the world from darkness . . . this is the story of the one who fought to protect all he that he could. Sacrifices must be made, countless lives will be lost . . . this is . . . the Legend Of Ryuuji . . . the legend of Kodenfire and his loyal friends!
For those who are going to miss the comedy that the original Kodenranger fic brought upon, then maybe this fic will make up for it. Beware though, it's going to be really serious itself. This is also a prequel to Elemental Sentai Kodenranger and Kamen Rider Blaze.
As a note: This series will be a little bit more . . . how do you say . . . mature than most of my fics. It's still in the T range hopefully but some things may end up reaching in to M territory, but hopefully I can still pull off a T rating. Basically, this fic is a tad more adult than most of my other fics.
(I do not own Super Sentai, but I do own every character in this fic other than some certain characters that are not mine)
Koden Prologue: Koden No Ryuuji
Chapter 1: Flames Arise! The Legend's Story!
Year: 1995
There was once a boy who had black hair the shape of small flames. He is an idiot who is a big pervert. He didn't start out that way though, as he used to be a shy young boy who didn't know what to do in the world. His name, Ryuuji Hinote.
"Oi, whose this guy that's rambling about random things and using my name?" Said a boy named Ryuuji Hinote, exactly the same way described above. He wore an open red blazer with a white dress shirt and red tie under the red blazer. The blazer itself had a emblem of a yellow Y with green, pink, yellow, and blue surrounding it. He had on black pants. He was sitting in class having lunch with his friends.
"Oh that's the Mangaka whose visiting various schools throughout the country in order to create a High School manga." Said a boy whose Ryuuji's friend. This boy wore the same thing as Ryuuji, except the blazer was buttoned and he had on white pants as opposed to Ryuuji's black pants. This boy had brown messy hair and he wore black sunglasses despite being inside.
"Well he's kind of annoying." Ryuuji said to his friend. "He didn't have to use my name you know, why couldn't he have used yours, Takumi." Ryuuji said the name with pizazz.
"Well, I guess it's because you wrote 'Ryuuji Hinote was here' on the board." Takumi, who was the boy with sunglasses, said.
Ryuuji turned to look at the white board. "Huh, don't remember putting that up."
Takumi sighed. "That's because you told me to do it, and Kuro-sensei punished me after finding out that I was the one who wrote that."
"So why did he leave it up there?" Ryuuji asked.
"So he could punish you when lunch is over." Takumi said to Ryuuji.
"Oh, I see." Ryuuji said and smirked. "Like hell he'll get me in one of his traps."
"RYUUJI!" Shouted a boy's voice. A boy with messy black hair came rushing in. "Kuro-sensei just took me in to Ojii-chan's office for a beating because YOU did something!" The boy, who wore clear glasses, shouted and epically pointed at Ryuuji. This boy wore what Takumi wore, since after all, what they were all wearing is the school uniform. Ryuuji's just rebelling by wearing black pants instead of white.
"Oh, can't you report that?" Ryuuji said smirking and sarcastically. "Oh Takeshi-kun?"
"Of course not, my parents signed an agreement with Ojii-chan that allows teachers to beat me up!" Takeshi who is the glasses boy said sarcastically. "Do you really think this school runs under a 'no beating students' rule or something!?" Takeshi shouted.
"Of course it does, it's only you who ever takes any beatings." Ryuuji said truthfully.
"Y-y-you . . . YOU'RE THE REASON KURO-SENSEI HATES ME!" Takeshi shouted and grabbed Ryuuji's neck. Takeshi started to choke Ryuuji. "Ever since you made me late for school one time for one second, Kuro-sensei has been out to find ways to punish me badly! He even went so far as to go to my parent's house and ask them if he could have permission to beat me in school and at home . . . AND THEY SERIOUSLY GAVE IT TO KURO-SENSEI! What the hell!" Ryuuji was gagging with laughter despite being choked by Takeshi.
"Hey break it up!" Shouted a girl. She wore the female uniform of the school which is the same as the boys except for instead of white pants, it's a white skirt and instead of a red tie, it's a red bow tie. Her long black hair flowed elegantly as she rushed towards the fighting boys. Her eyes, glared at the boys with angry intent.
"SARA!?" Takeshi jumped up in surprise and released Ryuuji. Ryuuji rubbed his neck and was cackling because of how Takeshi reacted after seeing the girl come up, whose name is Sara Rekka. "Didn't see you there." Takeshi said nervously.
"Honestly, you guys are friends right, so why all the fighting?" Sara asked shaking her head in disbelief.
"Well, it's not like I wanted to kill him." Takeshi said blushing.
"Yeah right, you just want to kill me so you can have sex with my sister without any one to block your way." Ryuuji said with a sharp tone. Takeshi's face became blood red upon hearing what Ryuuji said.
Sara kicked Ryuuji's head. "And it would be best for my brother to watch his tongue." Sara said with a killing aura surrounding her.
"Oh come on, don't be like that, sis," Ryuuji then wrapped his arms around Sara. Sara started to blush after her brother wrapped his arms around her. "Come on, give your brother some sugar."
"OI!" Takeshi shouted. "It's lunch time but school is still in session!"
Sara, after hearing what Ryuuji said, growled violently. She grabbed Ryuuji's face, then threw Ryuuji's head on a desk hard. "You're the worse Ryuuji Hinote!" She huffed and walked away out the classroom. Takeshi wanted to talk to Sara more, but he just sighed when he realized it was futile to try to talk to her now.
Takumi bent down to see Ryuuji's face. "Hey, I know she's not your blood sister, but isn't everything you're doing taking it a tad too far?" Takumi asked Ryuuji.
"Hey, I'm just having a little fun." Ryuuji said. "Nothing really wrong with that."
"You bastard!" Takeshi shouted and pointed at Ryuuji . . . epically. "Will you stop treating Sara like your plaything!?"
"What's it to you?" Ryuuji said mockingly. "Why should you care so much? She's MY (unofficial) sister. I can do whatever I want!" Ryuuji shouted and stood on top of the desk with one foot and the other foot on a chair.
The bell ran for class to start and an old man wearing a black suit entered the room to see Ryuuji standing on the desk. "Ryuuji-kun, can you please sit down properly?" The old man said.
"Hai!" Ryuuji said and sat down. "Whatever you say Kuro-sensei."
Kuro-sensei, the old man, looked at the board. "Ryuuji, why is your name on the board?"
"Oh, Takumi wrote that down." Ryuuji said.
"Oh, then I guess Takumi-kun will have to get punished." Kuro-sensei said.
"HII!" Takumi shouted. "You already punished me for putting up that up!"
"Oh I did?" Kuro-sensei asked as if he was a senile old man, which he's not by the way.
"YEAH!" Takumi shouted. "And Ryuuji was the one who told me to write it up there!" Ryuuji smiled a big smile.
"Oh yeah, and then I went and beat up Takeshi-kun." Kuro-sensei said nodding. "Have I punished Ryuuji-kun yet?"
"NO!" Takeshi shouted.
"I see." Kuro-sensei said. Then he looked at the board again. "What was I about to do again?"
Takeshi and Takumi fell on their heads. "Will you stop acting like a senile old man!?" The two boys shouted.
Kuro-sensei opened his eyes and looked at the class. "Hm, every one's here . . . except for Sara-chan. Where is she?"
A boy in the class raised his hand. "Sensei, I saw Sara run upstairs during lunch period."
A girl raised her hand. "Sensei, Sara was crying along the way."
Ryuuji perked his ears up and let out a sigh. "Crap." Ryuuji muttered under his breath.
"Huh, does any one know why she ran up crying?" Kuro-sensei asked.
"Ryuuji made her cry." A girl said.
"Yeah, he was acting like a jerk as usual." A boy said. Ryuuji, who had been smiling a mischievous smile the whole time, now looked solemn and looked down in shame.
"So, I guess some one needs to get Sara-chan back in." Kuro-sensei suggested.
Takeshi was quick to the draw and rose his hand. "I'LL DO IT!" Takeshi shouted. Then Ryuuji got up and shoved Takeshi back into the seat.
"Hey, it's MY fault so I'LL get her." Ryuuji said with an angry face. "Geez, it's not like I'm wanted here anyway." Ryuuji was about to get out the door.
"Oi, Ryuuji, do you really think you can cheer her up?" A boy in the class scowled.
"All you've brought upon us is trouble after trouble." A girl said. "It's been one thing after another with you."
Ryuuji punched the wall that was next to him. "That's enough." Ryuuji shouted after his fist made impact. Every one in the class was silent. "Kuro-sensei, I'm taking my leave."
"Come back safely." Kuro-sensei said calmly. Ryuuji walked out, sulking . . . and shaking his fist and saying 'ow' really softly.
Every one in the class was speechless, then Takeshi broke the silence. "WEREN'T YOU JUST GOING TO PUNISH HIM!?" Takeshi shouted.
"Hm . . . was I?" Kuro-sensei asked.
"DAH!" Takeshi growled. "Is there a reason why you seem to be avoiding punishing Ryuuji?"
Kuro-sensei smiled. "Oh you should know that the teacher in this class room somehow or another throughout history has always had a strong bond with a student with 'Ryu' in the name. In fact, I bet the next teacher who teaches in this class room will have a bond with a student named 'Ryunosuke' if you will. I don't know why, but my gut tells me so."
Takeshi just stared at Kuro-sensei weirdly. "I doubt that." Takeshi said.
...
Outside, Ryuuji was making his way up the stairs. "Man, every one hates me." Ryuuji said to himself. He looked at the stairs as he went up the stairs. "Sempai . . . I'm failing at being like you . . . aren't I?" Ryuuji let out another sigh. "Then again, I'm not you. Now that I think about it, the tricks I saw you pull were never stunts that made people cried. You always made people laugh with the stuff you did." Ryuuji looked out the window at the outside world outside the school. "I should stop . . . shouldn't I?" Ryuuji sighed again. "Well, guess if I want to stop being a jerk, I should first comfort Sara." Ryuuji winded his shoulders. "After all, she is my (unofficial) sister." Ryuuji got up to the door to the roof. "Didn't think she would go up here." Ryuuji entered the door.
Ryuuji looked around the roof for Sara. The roof was flat with white tiles all over. There was an air conditioner machine and some pipes on the roof. It was also bordered by a fence. "Oi, Sara. You up here?" Ryuuji called out. Ryuuji heard sobbing. Ryuuji walked towards the sobbing.
Sara was sitting on the floor and holding her knees together. She was sobbing softly and tears kept falling from her closed eyes. She tried to keep herself from bawling.
Ryuuji walked closer to Sara. "Hey sis . . . Sara." Ryuuji said to Sara. "Oi, class just started, Kuro-sensei is looking for you."
Sara then let out a growl and turned sharply to look at Ryuuji. She had on a fierce expression with killer intent in her grit teeth. She let out a yell and lunged at Ryuuji.
"WHOA!" Ryuuji shouted when Sara got on him and he fell backwards. She was on top of Ryuuji. Ryuuji was shocked at how violent Sara was acting. Sara was breathing heavily while she was on top of him.
Sara stopped breathing heavily, then she slapped Ryuuji really hard.
Ryuuji took the slap, which stung a lot. "I deserved that." Ryuuji said gently taking Sara off of him and getting ready to get up.
"Baka." (idiot) Sara said softly.
"Huh?" Ryuuji said, then Sara lunged herself at Ryuuji again this time getting in between his legs. "WHOA!"
"Baka." Sara said. She punched Ryuuji's chest. "Baka." In came another fist. "BAKA BAKA BAKA BAKA BAKA BAKA BAKA BAKA BAKA!" Sara shouted repeatedly. She started bawling in front of Ryuuji.
"OI HEY SARA!" Ryuuji shouted. "Hey stop it!" Sara kept shouting and beating at Ryuuji's chest. "Hey Sara . . . you know that hurts right?" Ryuuji said calmly. "Oi . . . S-a-r-a." Ryuuji eventually just let Sara beat at his chest while he wrapped his arms around her waist, which was really closed to his. "Geez . . ."
...
A few minutes later, Sara had fallen asleep in Ryuuji's arms. "Dang, can't believe she would cry herself to sleep." Ryuuji said holding Sara's head close to his shoulder. Ryuuji sighed. He laid down with Sara in his arms. "Man, I really did it this time." Ryuuji sighed. "I seriously made her cry." He covered his eyes with his free arm. "Man, Jii-chan . . . you even told me that a man cannot make a girl cry no matter what." Then Ryuuji perked his ears up. "Jii-chan . . ."
That's right . . . I've never seen my parents before. I don't know what happened to them. All I know was that I was raised by my grandfather. His name was Ryunosuke Hinote. He raised me well. He taught me everything I knew, everything I needed to know. But that day . . . that day happened, the day that would forever change my life, and the day which propelled me to here at this moment.
...
Year: 1983
Ryuuji lost his parents when he was really young. From then on he was raised by his loving and caring grandfather, Ryunosuke. The two lived a peaceful life in their little mountain home. Ryuuji was deeply loved by his grandfather. Grandpa Ryunosuke taught Ryuuji a lot. Ryunosuke taught Ryuuji about nature, and the animals which inhabit the Earth. Ryunosuke also home schooled Ryuuji, but Ryunosuke wasn't a strict teacher. Ryuuji constantly accompanied his grandfather wherever they went.
Every clear night, the two looked at the stars in the sky. "Ryuuji." Grandpa Ryunosuke said. "Do you like looking at the stars?"
Ryuuji nodded. "I love looking at the bright stars." Ryuuji exclaimed.
Grandpa Ryunosuke chuckled. "Ryuuji, I want you to promise me one thing."
"What is it Grandpa?"
"Promise me that when I'm gone, don't be afraid and become a bringer of hope."
Ryuuji looked at his grandfather with confusion. "What do you mean by gone Ojii-chan? Are you going somewhere?" A young boy like Ryuuji would not know what his grandfather meant.
Ryunosuke chuckled and patted Ryuuji's head. "So young and small." Ryunosuke joked.
Ryuuji puffed his cheeks up in playful anger. "I am not! I am growing bigger and bigger everyday! Someday I may even be taller than you!" Ryuuji exclaimed by exaggerating with his hands how big he thinks he'll be one day.
Ryunosuke chuckled again. "I'm sure you will." Ryunosuke said and held Ryuuji in his arms. Ryunosuke then took on a solemn tone. "Ryuuji, I may be gone any time."
Ryuuji again looked at Ryunosuke with confusion. "I still don't know what you mean."
"But until then . . . you and I are going to have fun!" Ryunosuke then started to tickle Ryuuji's hips.
Ryuuji giggled loudly. "Stop it Ojii-chan!" Ryuuji tried to say through his laughter. "Stop it!"
Ryunosuke and Ryuuji chuckled their way through the night.
...
Year: 1986
"YAH!" Seven year old Ryuuji, wearing a red t-shirt and white shorts, pulled his fishing rod hard. Out came a big fish attached to the end of the line. Ryuuji quickly pulled in the line and held his fish up high in victory. "Ojii-chan, Ojii-chan!" Ryuuji ran to his grandfather. "I caught a big one today!"
"Good for you!" Ryunosuke, wearing a black outfit with furry robe that had a long coat attached to it, commented as he struggled with his fishing rod. "Me on the other hand . . . is having trouble with mine!" Ryunosuke tried to reel his fish in. "Must be a big one!" Then Ryunosuke was pulled forward.
"Ojii-chan!" Ryuuji shouted and ran to his grandfather. Ryuuji held on to his grandfather to make sure Ryunosuke didn't fall into the sea. Ryuuji groaned as he latched on to his grandfather.
"Pull!" Ryunosuke shouted and both Ryuuji and he pulled really hard. "YAH!" Ryunosuke pulled back with Ryuuji pulling Ryunosuke back for help. The fishing line sprang out of the sea. Ryunosuke and Ryuuji stumbled on the rocky ground before getting up. "Now let's see what I caught!"
Ryuuji and Ryunosuke ran up to the fish that was flopping around on the ground. Ryuuji and Ryunosuke were a little surprised. Ryunosuke picked up the line and on the line biting the bait was . . . a really tiny fish. "Wow." Ryuuji said. "That's one small fish."
"Either I'm getting really old or this fish is quite the fighter." Ryunosuke said. Ryuuji poked the fish, then the fish somehow was able to flail wildly enough to hit the young Ryuuji's face while flying up to smack the elderly Ryunosuke's face while flopping through the ground back to the sea.
"I think that fish was really tough." Ryuuji said in disbelief that a fish defeated his grandfather and him.
"You're probably right about that." Ryunosuke said, himself relieved that the fish was actually a tough one and that he himself is still a healthy energetic old man and not a crippling one. Ryunosuke looked at the fish that Ryuuji caught. "Well looks like we're still having a big dinner tonight." Ryunosuke said and he lugged the large fish over his shoulder.
"Yay!" Ryuuji shouted and held his grandfather's free hand. "Can we fry it tonight?"
"Sure, let's!" Ryunosuke said as the two made their way home.
However, all was not good at the moment. As Ryunosuke and Ryuuji made their way home, they encountered a strange person. Ryuuji wondered who this person, dressed in a black robe which appeared to hide a black and gold regal outfit, wanted. Ryunosuke on the other hand, gasped in horror and held on to Ryuuji's hand as if to keep Ryuuji with him (Ryunosuke).
The robed person looked at the pair, then smiled a maniacal smile. He took off his hood, revealing a man with handsome features and dark black hair that was quite long. His eyes showed off an insane blood lust. "I thought that I would find you here." The man said with a serpentine hiss noticeable in his voice.
"What do you want?" Ryunosuke demanded. "You have no business being here."
"What do you think?" The mysterious person asked. "I want . . . your life!" The mysterious person's eyes widened.
Ryunosuke reacted and grabbed Ryuuji and carried Ryuuji away in a flash while the unmoving fish was still in the air. The giant fish was cut down to pieces by an invisible wave. The raw blood of the fish splattered as dark rings of blades surrounded it. Ryuuji was surprised and scared to see something like that happen all of a sudden.
The un-hooded robed figure ran towards Ryunosuke.
"Ryuuji, get behind me!" Ryunosuke bellowed after he set Ryuuji on the ground. Ryunosuke then reached behind him and pulled out a red handle sheathed katana that was hidden by his coat. Ryunosuke drew the katana as the mysterious figure was about to smash Ryunosuke. Ryunosuke parried the man's hand. Ryuuji was quite shocked to see that his grandfather's katana didn't slice the man's hand despite making heavy contact with the hand.
The man pulled back and jumped back. Ryunosuke grabbed Ryuuji with a free hand and jumped away. The man fired black lightning from his hand. Ryunosuke landed on a rock and jumped away before the lightning hit. Ryuuji was quite scared to see a person creating lightning.
"Ojii-chan I'm scared." Ryuuji whimpered.
"Don't be scared, Ojii-chan is here." Ryunosuke tried to assure Ryuuji.
"Who is that man Ojii-chan?" Ryuuji asked.
"That man is pure evil. He is the devil himself, the Kage Lord." Ryunosuke answered hesitantly. He had hoped that his grandson would never have to face that man, but right now, that man was facing them.
The Kage Lord jumped with his hands in dark flames. The Kage Lord slammed at Ryunosuke with the hand. Ryunosuke parried again and kicked off of the Kage Lord. Ryunosuke landed on a grassy cliff.
"You're just blocking me, has all those years really made you less brutal!" The Kage Lord taunted.
"Yeah right!" Ryunosuke said to the Kage Lord who landed on the ground below. "Like age will ever catch up with me!"
"Well it certainly isn't helping you!" The Kage Lord jumped at Ryunosuke.
Ryunosuke set Ryuuji down on the ground. "Ryuuji, hide!" Ryunosuke commanded.
"But Ojii-chan!" Ryuuji shouted.
"JUST HIDE!" Ryunosuke bellowed at Ryuuji loudly. The Kage Lord's hand came clashing at Ryunosuke's katana. Ryunosuke pushed the Kage Lord back, then attempted a slash at the Kage Lord. The Kage Lord jumped backwards and fired dark lightning from his hand.
Ryunosuke held out his sword to absorb the lightning. Ryunosuke however was pushed backwards by the lightning. Ryunosuke tried to keep his foot on the ground. The ground underneath Ryunosuke's foot scattered as he skid backwards through the floor. Ryunosuke let out a growl, then glared at the Kage Lord, only to find out that the Kage Lord was now in the air. The Kage Lord's hand was filled with dark energy. This dark energy then somehow materialized into a giant claw. The Kage Lord swiped down at Ryunosuke. Ryunosuke parried the claw with the Katana. However, the impact against the sword also sent an impact to Ryunosuke's left shoulder. Ryunosuke let out a grunt after feeling his left shoulder get dislocated. Ryunosuke still had his right thought, so he grabbed the Katana tightly with his right hand and swung at the Kage Lord. The Kage Lord jumped back, but not before getting slashed right across the stomach.
"Not bad." The Kage Lord said. "You actually cut open my stomach." The Kage Lord said calmly, despite blood pouring out from the wound that he received from Ryunosuke's Katana.
Ryuuji watched as large amounts of blood dripped down from the cut on the Kage Lord's stomach. How can some one still be alive after such a cut? And why was the Kage Lord still calm after that?
"I see, so that boy over there is your grandson." The Kage Lord said not looking towards Ryuuji.
Ryunosuke looked in despair. "No . . ." He said despairingly.
The Kage Lord held out his hand towards where Ryuuji was hiding. "He can die." The Kage Lord gathered up dark energy into a ball in his hand. Then the ball sharpened into a spear like shape and shot towards where Ryuuji was.
"NO!" Ryunosuke screamed and ran as fast as he could towards where Ryuuji was.
Ryuuji watched as the dark spear flew towards him. He was scared and didn't know what to do. He closed his eyes . . . and the spear stopped short of his nose. Ryuuji opened up his eyes . . . and saw his grandfather . . . with the spear . . . piercing his (Ryunosuke) chest. Ryunosuke had blood dripping from his mouth. Ryuuji watched in despair as his grandfather fell. "Ojii-chan . . . Ojii-chan . . . OJII-CHAN!" Ryuuji screamed and held onto his grandfather. The spear disappeared and Ryuuji set Ryunosuke down on the ground gently. "Ojii-chan, Ojii-chan, Ojii-chan!" Ryuuji shook Ryunosuke.
Ryunosuke was still breathing. "R-R-Ryuuji . . ." Ryunosuke struggled to say. He looked at Ryuuji and stroked Ryuuji's face. Ryunosuke smiled. "You're ok." Ryunosuke laid his head back. "Thank goodness."
"Please Ojii-chan, you'll be ok, please, please, PLEASE!" Ryuuji shouted, as his grandfather's hands were getting colder and colder.
"Ryuuji . . . I'm going to go now." Ryunosuke said, struggling to even let the words out. Ryuuji kept shaking his head and crying. "Ryuuji . . . take this." Ryunosuke sheathed his sword and gave it to Ryuuji.
"Ojii-chan." Ryuuji whimpered.
"Also . . . keep this with you." Ryunosuke reached in to his coat and took out a dark red gem with fiery marks on it. "Don't lose it . . . ok?"
Ryuuji didn't want his grandfather to die, but Ryuuji himself knew there wasn't much he could do. Ryuuji nodded to Ryunosuke.
"Ryuuji . . . once I'm gone . . . run." Ryunosuke said to Ryuuji. "Run as far as you can, run and don't look back, run away. Run so you can live."
"Ojii-chan, please . . . stay." Ryuuji pleaded.
"Ryu . . . ji." Ryunosuke said softly, but then his head fell to the ground. "I . . . believe in . . . you. Become . . . hope . . ." Ryunosuke fell silent.
"Ojii-chan . . . Ojii-chan . . . OJII-CHAN!" Ryuuji screamed at the top of his lungs.
"Hm, fool." The Kage Lord said. "Just because he died doesn't mean I won't take his grandson's life." The Kage Lord made his way to Ryuuji.
Ryuuji saw the Kage Lord and Ryuuji was scared. Ryuuji then drew the Katana and screamed in fear. "RAH!" Tears flowed from Ryuuji's eyes, and the sword was in an instant ablaze.
"What!?" The Kage Lord shouted, but then, Ryuuji slashed across the Kage Lord's body, right where Ryunosuke had cut the Kage Lord. The Kage Lord was cut clean in half. The bottom half of the Kage Lord fell and the top half of the Kage Lord flew up and landed somewhere far. Ryuuji was panting heavily, then he screamed upon seeing what he had done. He had sliced a person in half, but the Kage Lord was not dead yet. The Kage Lord's upper half was still moving. "You . . . how could you . . . I'll kill you!" The Kage Lord shouted.
Ryuuji saw the upper half crawl forward and Ryuuji was scared that the Kage Lord was STILL alive. Ryuuji ran away from the spot, just as his grandfather had instructed. The skies darkened . . . and it began to rain.
"Get back here you little brat! GET BACK HERE!" The Kage Lord screamed. He looked towards Ryunosuke and Ryunosuke's body started disintegrating in red dust. "You . . . I'LL KILL YOUR GRANDSON, if it's the last thing I do!"
Ryuuji ran through the woods. Ryuuji stopped and was about to turn to look back, but his grandfather told him not to look back. Ryuuji cried and ran forward, carrying his grandfather's Katana and Gem.
...
Ryuuji was snoring, but then he stirred. He held his head. "Man, didn't think I would fall asleep myself. Man that was some dream." He opened his eyes, then saw an old man with gray hair and gray beard. The man wore a gray suit. "Oh hey Ojii-chan."
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING OJII-CHAN!?" The man, who every one calls Ojii-chan, shouted. He's the headmaster of the school that Ryuuji and Sara are attending. He's also . . . "CALL ME FATHER!" Sara's adoptive father and obviously and unofficial adoptive father for Ryuuji.
"But didn't you say I can call you Ojii-chan if I wanted?" Ryuuji asked.
"Yes I did . . . now . . ." Ojii-chan said. "May I know why . . . you're on the roof . . . with your sister . . . SLEEPING TOGETHER!"
"She fell asleep crying." Ryuuji sighed. "I just followed suit I guess."
"Geez . . . do you know what would happen if any one found out my two kids are sleeping together!?"
"No one would care because she and I are not blood related." Ryuuji said.
"That's true actually." Ojii-chan nodded in agreement. "But know this . . . YOUR SISTER IS OFF LIMITS!"
"HEY I KNOW THAT ALREADY GEEZ!" Ryuuji shouted. Sara moaned and got up. She yawned and rubbed her eyes.
Sara opened her eyes and noticed that she and Ryuuji were extremely close. "IYAH!" Sara yelped and pushed Ryuuji away.
"Oh you're awake Sara." Ojii-chan said.
"W-w-wha . . ." Sara panted. "WHAT WERE YOU DOING SO NEAR ME!" She pointed at Ryuuji.
"Geez, you were the one who fell asleep on me." Ryuuji said. "You're lucky that I . . ." Ryuuji remembered that it was his sharp tongue that got Sara to run up to the roof crying in the first place. "Look, you fell asleep after beating my chest badly and you . . . looked pretty vulnerable up here so I . . . decided to stay with you." Ryuuji spoke as if he was trying hard not to make any sharp comments.
Sara blushed. "Oh . . . thank you." Sara said shyly.
"Geez." Ryuuji said. "Look, you're usually a model student and we've been gone from the classroom for a while now. Let's just go back."
"Heck yeah you two have been gone for a long time." Ojii-chan said. "I came in to the class to visit to see how you two were doing but I waited for thirty minutes and you two never made it back in!"
"Wow, that's a pretty long time." Ryuuji said.
"Well school is still in session so you might as well just go back in." Ojii-chan said.
"Yeah I guess so." Ryuuji said. He held out his hand for Sara. "Come on, let's go back together."
Sara stared at Ryuuji's hand, then at Ryuuji. Ryuuji was acting a lot nicer than before. "O . . . k." Sara said shyly and held on to Ryuuji's hand. Ryuuji helped her up.
THEN, an explosion hit the side of the school building, creating a huge impact that shook the school and triggered the alarms. Sara yelped and she fell in to Ryuuji's arms. Ryuuji caught Sara and the two had their faces near each other.
Ojii-chan had been rocked by the explosion and got back up . . . only to see Sara and Ryuuji near each other as if they were about to kiss. "HEY!" Ojii-chan, the father, screamed at his two kids.
Ryuuji and Sara pushed off of each other and stood innocently.
Ojii-chan let out a groan and rubbed the back of his head. "Man, what just happened?" He asked himself. Ryuuji, Sara, and Ojii-chan went to the side to see what had happened. Part of the school had been demolished. Inside, uninjured students were helping injured students get out of the classrooms that had been struck.
"A Kagejyu." Ryuuji said. Kagejyus are monsters of darkness that feed on despair to grow stronger.
"It seems like it." Ojii-chan said.
"Eh!" Sara said looking at Ojii-chan. "But I thought you had put up a barrier so they wouldn't attack any one at school when school was in session!?"
"I did, but the barrier got weakened thanks to Ryuuji's escapades during this week." Ojii-chan said. Ryuuji looked down in shame. "I didn't think he and Takeshi would actually fight each other using their powers . . . IN school grounds!"
Ryuuji let out a sarcastic chuckle. "So . . . everything is my fault." Sara looked at Ryuuji, and could've sworn that a tear had trickled down Ryuuji's face despite Ryuuji having a sarcastic smile.
"This is bad." Ojii-chan said. "If a Kagejyu is attacking, then we have to do something about it!"
"What do you think they're here for?" Sara asked.
"You probably." Ryuuji said. "After all, you are the one who can control all the Kodenjyus." Kodenjyus are legendary creatures that partner up with their chosen ones to fend off the Kagejyus.
"I think Ryuuji is right." Ojii-chan said. "They have no other reason to be here, other than to kill us all."
"Except if that did happen, they would be attacking us directly don't you think rather than cause a commotion and attack our classes." Ryuuji said. "They're obviously looking for something since it seems they're knocking over walls to find something. Granted it could still be us, but to be on the safe side, Sara, you should stay up here."
"WHAT!?" Sara shouted.
"Ryuuji may be right." Ojii-chan said. "After all, if you stay here and hide, then Ryuuji and the others can exterminate the Kagejyu and everything will be fine."
"BUT PAPA!" Sara shouted.
"It's for your own good." Ojii-chan said to Sara. "Now be a good girl, and wait for Papa ok?"
Sara sighed. "Fine." She sat down on the ground with her arms crossed. "I'll just sit here and wait."
"Ok then." Ojii-chan said. "Ryuuji, you go find Takumi and Takeshi and find the Kagejyu. Me and Shinji will go and guide the students out and help any injured."
"That's fine." Ryuuji said. "You should also fix the barrier in the meantime."
"I would've fixed it sooner if it was that easy." Ojii-chan said. "But I'll see what I can do."
...
Ojii-chan was guiding some students through the halls. "Ok kids, single file line, no pushing." There were two round gems, much like the gem that Ryunosuke had given Ryuuji in the flashback that Ryuuji had except one was black and the other was metallic blue. The gems kept close to Ojii-chan so the students didn't notice the gems floating.
"Careful kids." Said a man who wore a white janitor jump suit. This is Shinji, a friend of Ojii-chan and the others. There was a white gem floating around Shinji, but the gem blended in with Shinji's outfit. Ojii-chan and Shinji got near each other.
"How are the injured kids?" Ojii-chan whispered to Shinji.
"Don't worry, no one's dead." Shinji said. "I also healed up any one who had been hit."
"Good." Ojii-chan said.
"Where's Ryuuji, Takeshi and Takumi?"
"They're trying to chase down the monster." Ojii-chan said.
"Do you think they'll be ok?" Shinji asked.
"Don't worry . . . they've grown much stronger since the last time they've had a serious battle." Ojii-chan said with a confident smirk.
...
Ryuuji was walking around the darkened halls with the gem that his grandfather had given him floating around him, guiding Ryuuji to where the Kagejyu may be. "Didn't think I would ever have to walk around school to find a Kagejyu." Ryuuji said. He then pulled up his left sleeve, revealing a fingerless glove on his hand which had a red brace on it. He used it as a communicator. "Oi Takeshi, Takumi, have you guys found anything?"
"Nothing." Takumi said speaking in to a handheld device which was yellow. There was a yellow gem floating near him.
"Me neither." Said Takeshi who was speaking in to a blue card reader like device, which was opened up in four sections. There was a blue gem floating near him.
"This is annoying." Ryuuji said, then he looked forward. "It's even more annoying when I actually catch up with you guys!" He shouted as Takumi and Takeshi was right in front of him. "Did you guys actually split up!?"
"We did." The Tak boys said.
"But our search was futile." Takeshi said pushing his glasses up with one finger.
"Shit." Ryuuji said. "We're never going to find anything at this rate." Then the three heard footsteps going up the stairs. "Damn, they couldn't have figured it out."
"What?" Takumi asked.
"They might be searching for Sara, and that must mean they must've searched everywhere already!" Ryuuji shouted.
"This is bad!" Takeshi shouted. "Didn't you say you left her on the roof!?"
"Yeah, we gotta go!" Ryuuji shouted. The three ran towards the stairs, but then the shadows that were in the hallway all started to move and formed into black faceless creatures who wore white battle robes and red scarves. They were either holding a silver sword or a golden tipped spear. "Kageshis, I see they know about us."
"Well, let's have some fun." Takeshi said, bearing his fangs.
"Let's." Ryuuji smirked. Ryuuji swung his left fist while the other two swung the devices they were using as communicators. Ryunosuke's Katana appeared in flames in front of Ryuuji. Ryuuji caught the sheathed sword and held it at ready. Two hook swords with blue cloths at the hilt appeared for Takeshi while a giant black Zanbato appeared for the smaller Takumi. The three boys were about to do battle. Ryuuji drew the Katana. The three boys rushed towards the Kageshis and the battle began.
Sara was just sitting on the roof waiting for things to die down. "Man, when are they going to kill the Kagejyu." She muttered to herself. The roof door opened. "Huh, hey Ryuuji, is that you?" She got no answer. "Ryuuji, did you beat that Kagejyu yet." She turned around and walked towards Ryuuji. "Ryuuji, why are you not talking to me." She got to the door, only to see a black Crow Kagejyu right in front of her. She stared at the monster as the monster had a smirk planted on its head beak. Sara let out a scream.
Ryuuji heard the scream. "Sara!" Ryuuji shouted. He was fending off Kageshi on the stairs. He pushed the one he was grabbing and slashed the Kageshi. Sparks flew off the Kageshi. Ryuuji ran up the stairs and continue slashing any Kageshi that got near him.
Takumi swung his Zanbato, taking down waves of the Kageshi. "ORYAH!" The young Takumi sliced many Kageshi down.
Takeshi hooked his hook swords together and swung them around, slashing Kageshi down with the sharp hilt of his swords. "Takumi, let's go!" Takeshi shouted.
"Yeah!" Takumi nodded. The two ran up while also taking down any Kageshi that would appear.
The Crow Kagejyu had Sara pinned. "Let go of me!" Sara whimpered.
"Oh yes, yes, yes!" The Crow Kagejyu moaned in pleasure. "Yes, scream like that for me." He opened his beak and his tongue lashed out and licked Sara's face. "Yes, scream for me!"
Why did it have to be a pervert? Sara whimpered in her mind.
"You're such a cute girl, I wouldn't mind raping you before I take you away." The Crow Kagejyu said with a lecherous smile.
Sara stared at the monster with widen eyes of surprise. No way, I'm going to be fucked by a monster. Sara thought. The Crow Kagejyu grabbed Sara's dress shirt and was about to rip it open. Sara couldn't do anything, she was too weak to do anything against that monster. All she could do was scream, and the words she let out were, "RYUUJI, SAVE ME!"
"SARA!" Ryuuji screamed and kicked the door to the roof opened. Ryuuji then kicked off the door and jumped towards the air, getting his sword ready. "ORYAH!" Ryuuji slashed the Crow Kagejyu's back.
"CAW!" The Kagejyu shrieked.
Ryuuji roundhouse kicked the Kagejyu away and Ryuuji helped Sara up. "Holy crap! You were about to be raped by a friggen monster!" Ryuuji shouted in disbelief.
"Um . . . you saved me." Sara said shyly.
"Hey, I'm your brother, of course I would." Ryuuji said. "Besides, you did call out for me."
Sara blushed, "I guess I did."
"Sara!" Takeshi shouted and rushed to the top. "SARA! Why in the world is your face wet?"
"It's . . . nothing." Sara said, not wanting to say anything.
"Damn it!" The Kagejyu shouted. "The Kageshis failed!"
"Never send a Kageshi to do a Kagejyu's job." Ryuuji said. "And you would die anyway. Now prepare to die . . . RAPIST KAGEJYU!"
"I'M A CROW!" The Kagejyu shouted.
"Rapist?" Takumi asked Ryuuji.
"It's complicated." Ryuuji said. He then grabbed the red gem that was floating near him. Takeshi and Takumi did so as well with their gems. "All right then you two, HENSHIN DA!"
"RELEASE!" The three of the shouted.
"LEGEND OF THE BEAST!" Ryuuji announced pushing his red gem in to a slot on the red brace of his gloves. The other two also placed their gems on a slot on their devices. "Koden . . ."
"HENSHIN!" The three of the shouted. Ryuuji grinded his gem causing it wheel around. Takeshi took out a card and swiped it across his device while Takumi pushed the back of his device.
Fire surrounded Ryuuji, water surrounded Takeshi, and Rocks surrounded Takumi. The elements scattered, creating colored suits.
Takeshi and Takumi's were similar to each others. Takeshi was blue and Takumi was yellow. They each had a coat like cloth hanging out in the back. Takeshi was shark themed while Takumi was rhino themed. Takeshi had his hook swords sheathed at the sides of his belt while his back had a Giant 9-ring broadsword and a Chinese Halbard in an X formation hanging on his back. Takumi had his giant Zanbato sheathed.
Ryuuji's suit was a tad different, it was more simple. His chest contained a symbol for five elements, Fire, Wind, Lightning, Water, and Earth. He was red in color and he had golden shoulder pads. On the side of his belt was a gun in a holster and two rod like weapons on the other side. His Katana was in his hands. The Katana then transformed into a more intricate designed sword with a longer blade.
"Oh great, I ran into you guys." The Crow Kagejyu said. "Well, I guess I'll just have to FIGHT!" The Crow Kagejyu flew towards the three transformed boys, but then a wall of flames started searing the Crow Kagejyu.
"Courageous Flames light the way towards hope. Blazing Courage, Kodenfire!" Ryuuji as the Red Warrior announced.
The Crow Kagejyu got up aflame, but then a flood of water appeared and flushed the Kagejyu away.
"Raging Waters hide the fangs of death. The Inescapable Fangs, Kodengeneral!" Takeshi as the Blue Warrior announced.
The Crow Kagejyu was all drenched from the water and stood up. Then he was pelted by rocks coming from nowhere.
"Shattering Earth gives way to great strength. Gentle Force, Kodenknight!" Takumi as the Yellow Warrior announced.
Ryuuji held out his open hand and a flame appeared. "The fight against darkness will never end. Where despair strikes we will appear to bring upon hope!" Ryuuji clenched his fist and the flame on his hand dispersed with great force. "We are, Soshi (Elemental) Sentai, KODEN MAN!" Ryuuji posed by himself. Takeshi had his arms crossed and started tapping his foot as he was not impressed with Ryuuji's idiocy.
"I thought we were Youso (Elemental as well) Sentai Kodengers." Takumi commented to Ryuuji.
"Huh, I thought we agreed to use Koden man." Ryuuji said.
"But I don't think it sounds that good." Takumi said shaking his head. "Youso Sentai Kodengers sound cooler to me."
"BAKA!" Ryuuji shouted right in Takumi's face, er, helmet. "Do you know what the word 'Koden Man' exudes. It exudes MANLINESS!" Ryuuji pumped his fist. "Just by saying Koden Man you bring fear into your enemies!"
"Iyeh, yeh, yeh, yeh." Takumi said shaking his head. "I don't think so."
The Crow watched as Ryuuji and Takumi bickered humorously. Takeshi was just waiting for Ryuuji and Takumi to just stop talking and this gave the crow Kagejyu time to sneak up behind Sara in another attempt to rape her.
"WILL YOU TWO JUST STOP YOUR IDIOTIC BICKERING!" Takeshi screamed at Ryuuji and Takumi. "Geez, you sound like a bunch of kids."
"Hey, at least we're thinking up names, unlike you who just stands there all the time after doing your little roll call." Ryuuji said.
"YOU'RE THE ONE WHO FORCED ME IN TO DOING THAT ROLL CALL!" Takeshi screamed.
The Crow grabbed Sara and covered her mouth, muffling her scream, then a laser shot was fired at the Kagejyu's beak. "CAW!"
"Oi." Ryuuji said calmly. He was holding the gun that was in a holster at the side of his belt, which is now obviously in his hand. "Do you really think you can do something while our backs are turned?" Ryuuji, Takeshi, and Takumi turned to look at the Crow Kagejyu. "Do you?" Ryuuji said with an almost demonic tone to his voice.
The Crow Kagejyu fell back from feeling the demonic vibe. Sara ran behind Ryuuji. Kageshis that Ryuuji, Takeshi, and Takumi had left alone came barging on to the roof.
"Oh great, they're here." Takeshi sighed.
"KILL THEM ALL!" The Crow Kagejyu commanded.
"Oi, Ryuuji, we better use that attack." Takeshi said to Ryuuji.
"I got it, I got it." Ryuuji said. "Sara stay close behind me."
"What are you talking about, she better stay behind me, not after what you did before." Takeshi said. "After all, you were the one who messed this attack up the last time . . . and ended up hurting a lot of people."
Ryuuji let out a grunt of shock. He looked down in shame. He let out a shameful chuckle. "I sure do mess up a lot don't I?"
"Ryuuji?" Sara said sadly.
"Guys, they're getting closer!" Takumi said holding his Zanbato with the blade pointing down. "GUYS!?"
Ryuuji looked up with determination. "SARA! Just hold on to me!" Ryuuji shouted holding his Katana with the blade pointing down towards the ground.
"Tsk." Takeshi grunted and drew his 9-ring broadsword then stabbed the sword into the roof. Ryuuji and Takumi stabbed the ground with their swords. Sara quickly held onto Kodenfire's back.
As it turned out, the three boys stood in an equilateral triangle formation. "WOH!" The three boys shouted and a large magic circle appeared under them. The circle was red, blue, and yellow in color. A large ray of light emerged from the circle and the light damaged the Kageshis. The Crow Kagejyu flew up after seeing the magic circle form. "TRIANGULATE!" The boys shouted. "TRI ELEMENTAL STRIKE!" The rays of light spread out even further. Flames erupted, waters raged through, and stone rose up.
The flames erupted near Sara and Sara yelped, but the flames never neared her. They didn't enter the little circle that she and Ryuuji were standing in. The Kageshis were destroyed in the process. Sara watched in awe as the flames, water, and rocks all appear to dance elegantly in the magic circle. She looked at Kodenfire and even though she couldn't see the face of the person under the helmet, she could tell that Ryuuji was acting really determined under his helmet. Determined to not mess things up.
The Crow Kagejyu landed and watched in astonishment how many Kageshis disappeared in black blobs, all due to an attack from three teenagers. "It seems I have to get serious." The Crow Kagejyu's lecherous tone was gone and now replaced by a more serious tone. He placed his hands together in a hand sign. "I'm not holding back."
The three boys took their weapons off the roof. Surprisingly, where they stabbed didn't have any holes at all. They looked at the Crow Kagejyu. "He's not moving at all." Ryuuji said. He drew his gun and aimed at the Kagejyu. "Bye bye." Ryuuji fired.
The Crow Kagejyu disappeared from the spot so Ryuuji missed. The Crow Kagejyu ended up in the air. "Wow, you actually play dirty." The Crow mockingly said. "Try this on for size. Kage Ougi, KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!" Multiple Shadow Clones of the Crow Kagejyu appeared, in a circle formation above the boys and Sara.
"Oh great, there's a lot of them." Takeshi groaned.
"What do we do?" Takumi asked.
"What else, protect Sara." Ryuuji replied. "Well, since there's a lot of them, might as well start picking them one by one!" Ryuuji held his sword at ready. "Sara stand back, you two make sure she stays protected."
"Don't need to tell me twice." Takeshi said. He and Takumi grabbed Sara and pulled her back.
Ryuuji held his Katana at ready. "BURST!" Ryuuji announced. His back started to blaze out, and nine fiery wings appeared. Ryuuji jumped in the air and the wings boosted him towards the nearest Crow Kagejyu. "ORYAH!" Ryuuji slashed the Kagejyu, only to find out it was just made of air. "NANI!?" (What)
"Too bad." The Kagejyu's voice sounded. A black blur appeared behind Ryuuji. Ryuuji turned around and a black hand belonging to the Kagejyu grabbed his helmet. The Kagejyu then threw Ryuuji downwards. The clone formation started to fly around in a circle and the real Crow Kagejyu entered the flying formation.
Kodenfire crashed on to the roof head first. Ryuuji himself knocked his head against the hard Kodenfire helmet.
"RYUUJI!" Takumi shouted and ran towards Ryuuji. Takeshi and Sara came running over.
"I'm ok." Ryuuji said getting up. "My head really hurts though." Ryuuji said, then hissed. His head was in extreme pain. Couldn't have hit my head that hard . . . right? Ryuuji thought.
"COME GET ME!" The Crow Formation all shouted.
"You bastard!" Takumi screamed. He then grabbed his Zanbato. Then he was able to split the Zanbato in half to create two smaller blades. Takumi connected the ends of his two swords' handles. He then flipped it around and the backs of the blades extended outwards, creating a large bow like weapon. Takumi aimed his weapon at the Crow circle. He pulled back on an energy string, then released said string. He did this multiple times. Takumi was able to shoot out many clones, but none of the real thing.
A black blur was flying towards Sara. Takeshi ran behind Sara, and Takeshi drew the Halbard on his back. Takeshi thrust the Halbard forward, causing the black blur to fly away. "Annoying little bugger aren't you?" Takeshi mentioned.
Takumi took this opportunity to get rid of the clone circle. As the real Crow Kagejyu wasn't in there, then the Crow Kagejyu won't stop him (Takumi) from destroying all the Clones. Takumi reconnected his two blades into a giant Zanbato. Takumi held his Zanbato at ready. "BURST!" Takumi shouted and his back flared up with yellow flames, creating eight yellow fiery wings. Takumi flew in the air. "HORYAH!" Takumi flew in a circle and slashed all the clones with one big sweeping slice. Takumi flew back down.
The Crow Kagejyu tried to fly back to the circle, but the circle was gone.
"My turn!" Takeshi declared. He placed the Halbard back on his back and drew his hook swords. "BURST!" Takeshi announced. His back flared up and eight blue fiery wings appeared. Takeshi flew up towards the real Crow Kagejyu.
The Crow Kagejyu bent his body backward, then thrust forward. His wings fired many sharp black feather darts at Takeshi. Takeshi hooked his two hook swords together and started swinging the weapon around, smacking the feather darts away. Takeshi neared the Crow Kagejyu and swung his hooked swords and slashed the Crow Kagejyu. Takeshi kicked the Crow Kagejyu back towards the roof.
The Crow Kagejyu crashed and Takeshi landed next to Takumi who was next to Ryuuji. The Crow Kagejyu got up and Ryuuji was ready to do battle. "My turn!" Ryuuji shouted. "Time to end this!" Ryuuji ran towards the fallen Crow Kagejyu.
The Crow Kagejyu took a feather from one of his wings and the feather enlarged to create a pretty big sword that looked like a feather. The Crow Kagejyu parried a slash from Ryuuji. Ryuuji pulled back and sliced downwards. The Crow Kagejyu parried diagonally and bashed Ryuuji's helmet. Ryuuji was knocked backwards.
"Argh." Ryuuji growled. "RAH!" Ryuuji dashed forward and sliced. The Crow Kagejyu parried and slashed back. Ryuuji parried, but the heavy impact of the Crow Kagejyu's sword made Ryuuji rock back. Something wet inside the helmet splattered against the black visor of the Kodenfire helmet. What? Ryuuji thought. He tried to slash again but the Crow Kagejyu kicked Ryuuji backwards.
Ryuuji rolled across the ground. "Ryuuji, what's wrong!" Takeshi shouted. He took his hook swords in hand. "Looks like I'll have to be doing this." Takeshi dashed forward and got in to a sword battle with the Crow Kagejyu, except the Crow Kagejyu parried once and jumped backwards.
Takumi came from behind. "No running!" Takumi shouted and slammed his Zanbato downwards. The Crow Kagejyu flew forward and Takumi ended up slamming against the roof.
The Crow Kagejyu flew towards Ryuuji and attacked. Ryuuji was ready to counterattack, till something inside the helmet got over his eyes. NANI!? Ryuuji thought. He had to close his right eye, which whatever is going across his eyes is going across. Ryuuji couldn't make out where the Crow Kagejyu was attacking from and tried to parry, only to be off by a few inches. Ryuuji was slashed across the shoulder. Ryuuji screamed in pain and Sara gasped.
"RYUUJI!" Takumi and Takeshi shouted. They charged towards the Crow Kagejyu, but the Crow Kagejyu turned around and flapped his wings, creating a large gust of wind which blew the Tak boys backwards, causing them to crash on the fence that was keeping people from falling off the roof.
Ryuuji got up and couldn't really see well, which caused him to be unable to counterattack against another slash from the Crow Kagejyu. Sparks flew off of Ryuuji's suit. Ryuuji screamed in pain. Sara could only watch helplessly as she couldn't do anything to help as she was just a bystander.
Ryuuji ended up rolling backwards as the impact from the last hit was extremely powerful. Ryuuji grunted in pain. My head. Ryuuji finally had it. He got up and fiercely took off his Kodenfire helmet to get rid of whatever was covering his eyes at the moment. Sara gasped upon seeing Ryuuji's exposed face. Ryuuji fiercely place his red gloved hand over his right eye and wiped whatever was streaming down on to his eyes. Ryuuji couldn't see whatever was on his glove as it blended in with his glove, however, some of whatever was on Ryuuji's right eye splattered on the white roof. Ryuuji got one look at the red substance. It was his blood.
Sara noticed where Ryuuji was bleeding from. Ryuuji was bleeding from the side of his forehead, the same place where, when she had thrown Ryuuji on the desk earlier, Ryuuji hit his head. The fighting with the Kagejyu must've opened up a wound that she probably created.
"Oh, you're going to let some blood stop you?" The Crow Kagejyu mockingly said. "How pathetic."
"Shut up." Ryuuji growled. He may've wiped the blood from his eyes, but unfortunately, his head was still bleeding. I'm losing a lot of blood. Ryuuji held his sword tightly. I'll have to finish this quickly. Ryuuji dashed at the Kagejyu and the Kagejyu flew towards Ryuuji. Ryuuji swung his sword and the Crow Kagejyu swung its sword. The swords collided and the impact caused some blood to fall faster on to Ryuuji's eye. Ryuuji had to shake off the blood so he could see again. Unfortunately, he did not get enough time to react to the Crow Kagejyu swinging the sword towards Ryuuji's now exposed head. FUCK! Ryuuji thought as he was about to beheaded.
Then a hook came in to stop the Crow Kagejyu's sword. "No . . . hurting . . . Ryuuji!" Takeshi said in crescendo. His hook sword was keeping the Crow Kagejyu's sword from cutting Ryuuji. Ryuuji was astonished to see Takeshi coming to his (Ryuuji) rescue. "He may be a jerk, but he's still my friend!" Takeshi declared.
Takumi came from behind and locked his arms under the Kagejyu's arms to keep the Kagejyu from advancing. "I'm not going to let you kill Ryuuji!" The gentle Takumi growled and pulled the Crow Kagejyu backwards. Takeshi followed suit, keeping his hook sword hooked to the Crow Feather sword.
The Crow Kagejyu struggled to get Takumi off of it and swung its sword to get Takeshi's hook sword off. Ryuuji started to get up after seeing his friends do their best to protect him. Ryuuji held his sword in front of him. "Let's finish this." Ryuuji said calmly. He closed his eyes. The blood streamed down his eyes. Ryuuji's sword was ablaze. A projection of a dark red mechanical serpentine dragon with a samurai fin on its head appeared around Ryuuji. Ryuuji then opened his eyes. His eyelids opened so fast that the blood on his right eye scattered at that moment.
"SUPER KODENJYU OUGI!" Ryuuji announced. He held his blazing sword to his side. "DAI HO RYU ZAN!" (Great Flame Dragon Slash)
The Crow Kagejyu cawed loudly and was able to get out of Takumi's lock. The Crow Kagejyu back handed Takeshi and unhooked Takeshi's hook sword from its feather sword. Then the Crow Kagejyu turned around and slashed around him, cutting Takumi from behind and slashing Takeshi. The Crow Kagejyu then faced forward, but saw Ryuuji rushing towards it.
"THIS IS THE FINAL STRIKE!" Ryuuji screamed loudly. He ran forward closing his right eye. Despite not having the best vision at the moment, he let instinct take over and swung blindly, knowing he was going to hit. The dragon projection fired a blaze after Ryuuji's slash had hit.
Ryuuji sliced the Crow Kagejyu in two and Ryuuji dashed to behind the Kagejyu. The Crow Kagejyu was standing there in silence, then started to scream in pain as the flames started to blaze through. The Crow Kagejyu fell backwards, and exploded.
Ryuuji stood back up, swung his Katana around, then sheathed it in the sheath that had been at his side the whole time. The ranger suits dematerialized as did the Kodenfire helmet on the floor. Ryuuji stood there holding his Katana, then started to fall backwards. Takumi and Sara rushed over to keep Ryuuji from collapsing. "Damn, lost a lot of blood." Ryuuji muttered to himself.
Takeshi ran over to Ryuuji and held out his hands on where Ryuuji was bleeding. A blue aura surrounded Takeshi's hand and the blue aura started to heal Ryuuji. Ryuuji's wound closed and disappeared, as if it was never there in the first place. There was still a lot of blood on Ryuuji's face and closed eye.
"Wish I had a hanky to wipe you with." Sara said softly.
"I have a hanky." Takumi said reaching into his pocket and pulled out a yellow hanky.
"Should I ask why you're carrying a hanky?" Takeshi asked Takumi.
"I don't know." Takumi shrugged, blushing a little.
Sara wiped the blood from Ryuuji's face, though Ryuuji kept his eyes closed so he didn't strain himself as he had nearly passed out from losing a lot of blood and Takeshi had just healed his (Ryuuji) wound so Ryuuji had to recover. Ryuuji's head laid on Sara's lap.
"I'm sorry." Sara said to Ryuuji.
"What for?" Ryuuji mumbled.
Sara looked at Takumi and Takeshi. She placed her hands together in a pleading motion. "Can you two leave us alone?" She begged cutely.
"No way!" Takeshi shouted. "I can't leave you two alone because this guy right here is the worst of all human scum!" Some friend you are, defending Ryuuji one moment, and later attacking Ryuuji, verbally.
Takumi however grabbed Takeshi's arm and dragged Takeshi away. Takeshi screamed and struggled to get out of the younger Takumi's grip. Takumi was quite strong. "Sorry, we'll leave you two alone." Takumi said giving a salute.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Takeshi screamed as Takumi dragged him (Takeshi) down the stairs.
Sara started to stroke her brother's face. "It's all my fault." She said.
"What?"
"I slammed your head on that desk." Sara replied. "I didn't think that would impact a battle so greatly."
"Huh, what?" Ryuuji opened his left eye. "What are you talking about?"
"Well, it's because that I had slammed your head against the desk in the first place that you started to bleed." Sara explained what she meant. "If I hadn't . . . you probably wouldn't had to go through so much trouble against that Kagejyu."
"Nah, it's not your fault." Ryuuji said. "I have a hard head anyway so there's no way a hit on a desk would cause me to bleed so badly."
"But during that battle-" Sara said.
"That Rapist Kagejyu hit me hard ok." Ryuuji interrupted while he closed his eyes. "That's all, nothing really big, just a hard hit." In truth, Ryuuji did know that his wound came from Sara's earlier throw. Ryuuji had felt a bump from where he had hit his head, he just didn't think it would actually bleed a lot after being hit in the head again in the same place during the battle. But, Ryuuji didn't want to make his sister cry again. Ryuuji opened his left eye again. Sara was sobbing. "WHOA!" Ryuuji shouted opening his other eye. "Don't cry, please don't cry!"
"Baka." Sara sobbed. "Why do you always have to make me worry?" Sara laid her head on Ryuuji's forehead.
"Ow . . . ow . . . OW!" Ryuuji shouted as his forehead, despite being healed, was still hurting, and since Sara laid her head on Ryuuji's forehead . . . the pain came back tenfold. A perfect moment between siblings ruined.
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Next morning
Sara banged on Ryuuji's door. "OI RYUUJI!" Sara shouted. "You're going to be late for school!" No answer came from inside Ryuuji's room. Sara let out an annoyed growl. "FINE! I'll go to school without you!" She stormed away from the door. "Breakfast's on the table, MAKE SURE YOU CLEAN UP!"
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Sara got to school early and entered into her classroom . . . and found a surprise. Ryuuji was already inside by himself, wearing the Yatsude (name of the High School they attend) uniform, exactly. No black pants today, Ryuuji was wearing the standard white pants. Ryuuji was cleaning the windows. "Man, I can't believe they were able to repair the school in one night." Ryuuji muttered to himself and wiped his forehead.
"Ryuuji?" Sara called out. Ryuuji stumbled around and turned.
"When did you get here?" Ryuuji asked.
"Well you didn't answer when I called you so I decided to come to school by myself." Sara said.
"Oh . . . I see." Ryuuji nodded. He went back to cleaning the windows.
"Did you . . ." Sara was about to ask if Ryuuji had snuck out late at night and spent the whole night fixing the school.
"Huh, oh no." Ryuuji knew what Sara was about to say. "I came in early this morning so I could help out. Didn't think they would be done already." Ryuuji placed the towel in his hand inside the bucket of water he had with him. "I'm just cleaning up, fixing any holes that Ojii-chan and Shinji may've missed, the likes."
"What's with the white pants today?" Sara asked.
"Isn't this the uniform?" Ryuuji asked. Sara nodded. "That's why."
"What happened to rebelling?" Sara asked Ryuuji.
"Oh I'll still rebel." Ryuuji said. "Just . . . not going to rebel in ways that will hurt y . . ." Ryuuji stopped as he was about to say 'you' as in referring to Sara. "Well . . . people you know."
Sara kept staring at Ryuuji. "You look pretty good." Sara said.
"Thanks sis." Ryuuji said seriously.
Sara puffed her cheeks. "HEY!" Sara shouted. "Call me 'S-a-r-a' ok!"
"Huh, but you're my sister aren't you?" Ryuuji asked. Sara palmed Ryuuji's head.
"I am your unofficial sister, now call me Sara like you usually do and never call me 'sis' again."
Ryuuji sighed. "Fine, Sara." Ryuuji emphasized Sara. "There happy?"
Sara nodded. She watched as Ryuuji continued to clean the room. "Want help?"
"Huh, oh sure." Ryuuji said. "It could speed things up."
"So is this the only room you need to clean?" Sara asked as she picked up a broom.
"Um . . ." Ryuuji stammered. "Actually . . . I got to clean the whole school."
Sara stared at Ryuuji with eyes of astonishment. "Seriously?" Sara asked. Ryuuji nodded. "Geez."
And so the two cleaned the whole school before school began and before any other students started coming to school. When class did begin, every one was in an astonishment upon seeing Ryuuji wearing the standard white pants of the school uniform.
"You people act like you'd never seen white pants in your whole life!" Ryuuji commented. So began Ryuuji's change of character.
And so, this ends the first chapter in the life of Ryuuji Hinote. What more wonders will Ryuuji bring upon, and what will the future bring?
"Oi, Mangaka Sensei . . . stop that." Ryuuji said to the Mangaka who was just rambling on senselessly about the new Manga he (Mangaka Man) was working on.
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So ends the first chapter of the Prologue of Elemental Sentai Kodenrangers. Hope you guys like this fic. Please read and review! Hopefully no one was offended by this fic at all!