(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 Thirteen: THE DEBUT

Three minutes before midnight.

A silhouette of a man with long flowing hair appeared on a tree just a little distance from the museum. The moonlight softly hued his image with his face unseen by the blocking night like a living shadow. His unusual attire made him more mysterious as he gazed at the window of the second floor of the building. It seems that the museum is like a haunted one especially when all of its lights are closed.

"It sure is..." in his manly, yet haunting voice, "The time for the oni to be awaken has finally arrived. Kayura will be very pleased..."

And a grin was seen on his shadowy face, suspected that there will be trouble...

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The time for Ryo and Byakkouen has finally arrived. It was already two minutes before the bell for midnight, but that time is already enough for them to attack for Ryo's first-ever mission as a Samurai Phantom.

The Toyama Museum was fully closed, only the guards can be seen from the outside and some were inside for overnight patrolling. Only the flashlights provide a little light from the opposite window, where the two were on the top of another tree just beside the window of the second floor of the museum. The whole place inside is pitch dark and it will become lively again the next morning where the museum will be open again to the public.

Only if... the public can still visit amidst the ghastly incidents occuring.

From a tree, the two were waiting for the right time to come for them to execute their mission. "Everything's clear..." the cat said as he looked aroung the building inside and out, "Ryo, get ready!"

"Do we really hafta climb here?" he grumbled.

"Oh, come on, don't muffle already! We have to or the guards might see us! Surely you don't want to be called a thief, do you?"

"It's not on my face..." he snorted.

The cat grinned a little. "Lucky for you, you can climb a tree..."

"'Of course, I am!" he boasted, "I'm the fastest tree climber durin' my grade school years..."

"Simple reason: because YOU'RE a ninja!"

"Yeah, right, a ninja if a ninja..."

"Okay..."

Right in front of them from the window, they saw their own target: the last painting by Tsukabashi Kohei, 'The Godess of the River'.

"That's it!" Byakkouen snapped out, "The cursed painting! Can you feel the negative energy within it?"

Ryo gulped. "Dunno, but... yeah... and it gives me the shivers... Dunno how I did it, but..."

"That's because your Samurai Orb feels it, too, so you also have the ability to feel it just by looking at it... And because it's now the right time for the oni to find its new victim... Okay now, after you had transformed yourself, we will proceed immediately..."

Ryo froze for a while. "Hey, did I hear that right? You mean: TRANSFORM?"

"Yeah? What's the problem about that?"

"Into what?"

"Into a Samurai Phantom, silly!'

"Man, do I really hafta..."

"No More Questions! Hurry up or the Dynasty might caught us!"

"Yes, sir..." he sighed as he took his necklace from his shirt, "...Man, till now I still can't believe that I'll absolutely doin' this..."

"Right, good for you," the cat doesn't seem to care at all, "Okay, Phantom Rekka! Time for you to show up! Transform now!"

One minute before midnight.

"And how?" Ryo asked.

"You should use a secret phrase," Byakkouen instructed while watching over the painting, "That will serve as a password to open its sacred gateway for releasing its aura in order for you to absorb and use while sealing the oni and fight the Dynasty. And the secret phrase is..." the cat turned to Ryo seriously...

"Phantom of Wildfire: Dao Jin!"

Ryo went blank.

"Phantom of... what?" it seems that he doesn't get it.

"Don't you play dumb!" the cat pissed off, "Won't you jus do it now???"

"Hey!" Ryo calmed him down, "Ya don't hafta shout at me or the Dynasty might hear us, 'kay???"

The cat went blue and sighed. Well, he just threw it back to the one who threw him the same lines... almost.

Finally, Ryo decided to try it. "Okay... I think this will be the Samurai Phantom's debut concert..." and without hesitation, he held his pendant closely to his heart, closed his eyes, cleared all the negative and nuisance thoughts and breathe deeply, as the clock finally strikes twelve...

"Phantom of Wildfire: DAO JIN!!!"

"DING-DONG-DING-DONG!!!"

As the bells boomed in the evening air, and as he uttered the last word, the crystal suddenly glow with bright red. Its aura scattered in their surroundings and the scenery turned into a world of fire, leaving Ryo alone floating almost unconscious.

He saw himself as a floating plain silhouette, his civillian clothes disappeared in his body, unconciously spinning around as tongues of fire are starting to touch his skin. Once touched, his shadowy self burned out, revealing his whole naked body, absorbing the fire energy surrounding him with the help of the orb he wore. The orb then slowly disappears and turned into flaming energy so hot that only the gods of fire can stand its heat. The fire energy then was converted into flowing fire satin which covered his whole body. From then it turned into a black seethrough fitted top, followed by a pair of black baggy pants higlighted in red. Then the remaining flaming satin covered his both hands and feet and turned into maroon hand protectors and rubber shoes and another covered him again, this time it forms into a red sleeveless top. And in the four remaining satin sheets, two of them formed into twin katanas in red handle, his main weapons, and wielded them, as the last two satin pieces wrapped his waist and neckline to form a satin scarf and belt floating in the warm wind. As a final touch, his insignia: a four-petal flower shaped like diamonds, appeared on the left side of his shirt. Wielding the twin katanas again, a shower of cherry blossoms led him to land on a fiery surface and the moment he landed, the flames die out, giving way to him to pose with a glare and a smile on his face...

...Thus tranformation complete!

Looking at himself after the enchantment, from head to foot: He didn't change physically. Only his chothes were changed. His face turned a speechless expression.

"Tell me, Kitty... what... happened to me...?"

"Simple," as Byakkouen said, "You had just transformed into Samurai Phantom Rekka, bearer of Wildfire!"

With his expression, Phantom Rekka (since Ryo had already transformed into one) seems that he wanted to collapse again in disbelief. But Byakkouen seems that he noticed it immediately.

"Not now, silly!" he snorted, "Just do it after we've finish our business here!"

Rekka's face turned awkward, "Gosh..." lowering his head and sighed, "Why must this ALL happen to me..."

"Enough complaning! Let's go!"

"Whatever..."

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(Episode fourteen coming up! Sorry if I have to chop the story like this, please BEAR WITH ME... Oh well, Please keep on R&R! Thanks!!!)