(Disclaimer: I do not own YST nor RW, they are owned by Sunrise. Neither do I own the characters of the original series.)
(Author's Notes: Please, DON'T BLAME ME if some of the details are insufficient, since I had never seen the entire series before. I'm just fascinated over the series, that's why. Some of the characters added are of my own and not related to other anime, in short, ORIGINAL. So please, enjoy reading and review it! This is my first taste of writing fanfiction, and I'm not too good at English, so please BEAR WITH ME...)
SAMURAI PHANTOM REKKA: CHAPTER ONE
Episode Twelve: THE PLAN
"WHAT???" Ryo jumped with glare, "You want ME to come there by MYSELF on closin' time just to seal the oni??? Get real, Kitty! They might mistak'n me for a thief! Forgettaboutit, will ya?"
The cat just shook his head, "Tsk-tsk-tsk... you really don't know anything, do you? Don't you remember that you came from a family of ninjas? Absolutely you can do what a ninja can do!"
Ryo glared with sweatdrop, "H... How did ya know 'bout that...?"
Byakkouen grinned, "Ah-ah-ah! Don't you underestimate this kitty here! Ever since you saved my life, I've always watching you, so I only knew it a while ago!"
"Yeah, right..." he snorted.
"Anyway," and the cat continued his lecture, "The oni you are going to seal is the Oni of Art. Obviously it attacks some of the most beautiful and rarest artworks, mostly paintings, as its medium, and it uses the artwork's nature to lure someone with a weak heart. The victim then will be trapped in the painting's world and cannot be brought back to devour its energy to be converted as its own. The more human energy it will took, the more impossible for the victim to be saved, and the more powerful the oni will become..."
"...And what will happen if it becomes overdosed with human energy?"
Seriously, "...If the oni have already enough human energy stored in its vital source, it will finally wake up from the painting and it will return to its original form. As soon as that happened, it will turn everything in the museum into an artworld that it can take you in as its prisoner... and it will never let you out alive..."
Ryo gulped. "Now... that's scary..."
"And obviously", the cat continued, "Your mission is to seal all of the 100 onis escaped in the Golden Box once again, by using another special box!"
"What box?" puzzled.
Suddenly, Byakkouen jumped into the air, tumbled, thus created a magical item to be presented for Ryo. It appeared as a small silver box adorned with a kanji paper--probably a sealer.
"...THAT box?" he became more puzzled.
"This is the box that you must suppose to use to seal the onis. Kaos gave me this before he disappeared."
Ryo took the little box. "Frankly," he looked at it carefylly with frustration, "This even might not help! How can you seal all 100 onis with THIS li'l box? Only one will fit into this..."
"You're right..." Byakkouen sighed heavily, "That's what I want to ask him but he disappeared immediately so I haven't got any chance to know... But I guess it's up to me on how I could deal with it..."
"Oh..."
"And by using that, it is where you will seal the onis, of course. Just to make sure that you will do it right away or Kayura's soldiers will be ahead of you..."
"You mean I still hafta FIGHT?"
"Of course, seahorse!"
He grumbled secretly, "Damn it, I knew it..."
"I hear that!"
"GACK!"
"What's the use of your power if you DON'T use it? Whether you like it or not, you STILL have to fight them. It's just nature to that!"
"I know that, Kitty! But to FIGHT? Man, you don't understand, I mean, HELLO? I-AM-NOT-BORN-TO-FIGHT! I'm just..."
"...A junior high freak who just want to pass the English subject just to get out of that mising school?"
"And just WHO told you to memorize my line?"
"I do!"
He grumbled more that it forced him to lie again, "Yeah, whatever, I give up..."
"Just let me finish, okay?"
"Sure, why not..." and he yawned.
"Okay... as I just said a while ago, you have no choice but to fight them. You have to stop your enemy in reviving evil once more using your powers to fight..."
"What if I accidentally BURNED the museum?"
"Well... that's YOUR problem!"
"My PROBLEM???", Ryo put the box down, picked the cat up and stared at him, "In the first place you're tellin' me everythin' 'bout that stupid samurai thing! Ya don't even gave me time to prepare myself and yet IT'S MY PROBLEM???"
"It's just a simple logic, silly!" Byakkouen voiced out, "Of course you must be careful with your powers! Otherwise you can damage something or even hurt someone! Come on, Ryo, don't be a kitten! Are you still doubting about your powers? Don't you TRUST me?"
"Forgettaboutit, Kitty...", still staring, "I'm not goin'..."
"Just think about this, Ryo: If we don't move right away, soon the whole world will be fell under Kayura and everything you will see right now and everyday will turn into total chaos! I'm not frightening you, but it is the reality and only you and soon-to-be comrades can save it, as Kaos did four hundred years ago... You don't want to see your friends in danger, do you?"
His friends?
Ryo thought about it. Talking about his friends, Byakkouen was right. Since he was totally orphaned at the age of ten, the only family he had (aside from his grandparents) is his friends at school. Jumbo and Chibi became his classmates and friends since the sixth grade. The twins and Luna just only last year. Back then they are the only ones Ryo treasured since his gandparents moved him every year or two to another school with some complicated reasons.
And no! Not just them, but other people as well, and all here in this world, homeless or not. Earth is the only home of all living and he doesn't want to see himself and others living on Mars!
But it will be useless, too. The Evil Dynasty wants the WHOLE universe... all by itself.
Slowly, Ryo put the cat down, sighed and stood up, looking down to him. "Now Byakkouen," he addressed the cat in his name, "Tell me what I must do."
"THAT'S an answer!", Byakkouen beamed with joy as he jumped into Ryo's arms by surprise!
"Hey...! Ya don't hafta jump like that just because I accept it already!"
"Come on, this can happen only once! Remember: I'M a cat!" and really like an ordinary cat, he purred gently towards his new master. Ryo just siged.
"...Oh, brother...!"
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After almost an hour of explaning to the poor raven-haired boy who was still a little clueless of his destiny, Ryo put the cat down to let him finally lay down his plan.
"We will start attacking by midnight, although the museum closes at seven, because the personnel might see us if we do that so early, they might mistaken us as thieves as you might feared..."
The listener just snorted.
"All of the paintings are in the second floor, so obviously we will not enter in the front door. We will do that by the window..."
"Are ya kiddin'? How can we enter to a window if that's closed?"
"Don't you STILL trust me? Surely I will go with you as your assistant! We will open the window by my magic and that's it! After that we can seal the oni's power now, just be careful not to be tempted by the pantings, especially the cursed one."
"U-huh... And how will we do it?"
"There's another ability you have, Ryo: since you are the first Samurai Phantom, you have an ability to seal all the onis and put them in the silver box. I will just tell you further instructions as soon as we get there..."
"Yeah, right..."
"And remember one thing: We have to be careful not to be caught by the Dynasty's men, or you will be forced to fight them. Of course, the purpose of having a power is to fight evil, right?"
Ryo nodded as the planning has ended.
"Good!" and the cat ran to the door, "Then we will wait until midnight!'
"Oh, man..." Ryo hung his head low with frustration, "Do we still hafta? I mean, waitin' till midnight? Man, I'm already asleep by eleven!"
"Well, we have to! What's the purpose of being a phantom, eh? Attacking by DAY? Isn't that obvious?"
"Great..."
"And of course, to have you more time to rest! What's the purpose of being taken you home? Is it because of your headache?"
"It's because of YOU, Kitty..."
"Yeah, whatever... Okay! Everything's clear! But before that..."
"What?" he turned to the cat, puzzled.
The cat's brown eyes became domesticated, "Please give me more fish! I'm STARVING!!!"
Ryo fell over in disbelief!
Well, he have nothing to do but to feed the cat with his must-have-been-his-lunch. Surely, Byakkouen is SO demanding, especially if he have already adopted him as Ryo's pet. Poor him...
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(Okay! It's already up and it's gatting a little exciting! Oh, well, wait for Episode thirteen to be uploaded! Please R&R! Thanks!!!)