Chapter 7: The White Scythe (Part 1)

The Dark Prison…Recreational Room…

"Kyoryu Green! Reporting for duty!" Kyoryu Green said as he did a more subdued pose but nevertheless did a pose to begin with.

"Kyoryu Blue! Reporting for duty!" Kyoryu Blue said as he struck a bombastic and over the top pose.

"Kyoryu Yellow! Reporting for duty!" Kyoryu Yellow said as he did an intimidating pose.

"Kyoryu Violet! Reporting for duty!" Kyoryu Violet said as he did a prideful and arrogant-infused pose.

"Kyoryu White! Reporting for duty!" Kyoryu White said as he did a calm but nevertheless exaggerated pose.

"Kyoryu Red! Reporting for duty!" Kyoryu Red said as he did a bombastic but heroic pose.

"We are!...The Kyoryu Striders!" They all said before a color-infused explosion exploded right behind the posing Oni. Pyrus growled loudly as he wondered why he even made the Kyoryu Striders to begin with, before they introduced themselves to Pyrus, they were all lazing about, eating any form of excess from Kanigami's kitchen and talking about random stuff such as pose fundamentals and the real existence of slow-motion.

The Dark Oni growled loudly as he facepalmed when the Kyoryu Striders laughed and celebrated due to how well their roll call was, even though it wasn't well in the slightest, at least according to Pyrus's opinion.

"Idiots,,,Anyway! I have a task for you all!" Pyrus said with a ticked off shout, the Kyoryu Striders noticeably flinched but they immediately started laughing as they were able to piss off the master once more, a rather difficult achievement if they do have to say themselves.

"And that task is?" Kyoryu red said as the rest of the Kyoryu Striders were intrigued, Pyrus started to laugh as someone…or something appeared behind in a puff of green and black smoke, what appeared when the smoke dissipated was a transformed and morphed Shirokuma.

Shirokuma growled and screeched loudly as it towered over the Kyoryu Striders, almost being twice the size of a single Strider, it stared at the Striders with its large maw completely wide open, revealing its set of bone-crushing teeth.

"I want you guys to help this thing when it goes up to the surface, help it cause as much havoc as possible and kill the Oni Keeper when she tries to stop it…Do you understand that?" Pyrus calmly said to the Kyoryu Striders, they quickly got serious, nodding swiftly before disappearing in puffs of their respective color smoke.

Pyrus took a glance at the New and Improved Shirokuma before smiling, it roared loudly in response, it didn't seem to remember its former life…That is a good thing in Pyrus's eyes.

Elsewhere in the Dark Prison…

Curio and Nikuken stood silent as they looked at the slightly fazed Kaninigami, they were not the talkative type, a contrast to Kaninigami who had a mouth and wasn't afraid to say anything, she was disgruntled over the corrupted transformation of Shirokuma, Nikuken and Curio didn't seem to care in the slightest, which only raised Kaninigami's ire of them even more so.

Professor Malvadine entered into the same room as the Three were at, quickly noticing the bothered Kaninigami, he immediately asked her what was wrong.

"…Professor… ?Do you have anything that can reverse the effects of Pyrus's tainted blood?" She asked the Professor, wanting to find some hope in getting rid of her guilt; the Professor was silent for a moment before speaking to the Gluttony Oni.

"I'm not entirely sure…But I can surely make one…" The Professor said to Kaninigami, this actually got the Oni to smile, he wasn't her false pleasure smiles that she always flashes whenever she eats some fried food, but it was a genuine smile.

"Boss won't be happy…" Curio interjected, Kaninigami gave the Ninja Oni a death glare which immediately shut him up.

",It's your fault Curio, …?You Know that right?..." Kaninigami growled between her teeth, Curio was silent, he hate to admit, but having Kaninigami be mad at you is the worst feeling you can get, Curio gritted his masked teeth, not even wanting to fight back against the Gluttony Oni with a retort of his own, Nikuken growled at Curio, Nikuken's white eyes stared into Curio's yellow ones.

"Don't worry Kaninigami…I can make the antidote…I just need three specific ingredients…" Professor Malvadine said as he readjusted his glasses.

"?And those ingredients are?" Kaninigami immediately asked, the Professor actually smiled at Kaninigami's sudden boost in determination.

"A sample of the subject's blood, a sample of your own blood, and…" Professor Malvadine paused.

"A sample of human blood…But that human need to be recently possessed by the subject…" the Professor said, before listing anymore details, Kaninigami immediately disappeared in a puff of white smoke.

"Curio…If you want Kaninigami to forgive you…and not face her wrath…I suggest you should help her on her quest." Professor said to the Ninja Oni, Curio scoffed loudly and folded his arms, almost like he was not going to help Kaninigami…Only to quickly disappear in a puff of blue and black smoke.

"Hmph…Thought so…" Professor Malvadine as he smiled at his little remark, Nikuken growled approvingly in response.

Elsewhere in Norrisville…More Specifically Greg's Game Hole

"What did you do to Shirokuma!?" Theresa said to a confused Randy Cunningham who was more focused playing his arcade games rather than actually listening to Theresa.

"What? I didn't do any wonking thing about that guy!" Randy said who didn't even bat an eye at Theresa, Theresa growled at Randy as her sudden desire to whack the boy in the head grew twice as likely.

"Yeah! Sure! You're the only Ninja I know Randy! Kazeryu said it himself that a Ninja stole Shirokuma!" Theresa exclaimed as she folded her arms, the Oni sword stuffed in her duffel bag and slung over her shoulder like it usually was.

"Doesn't that Kazeryu guy hate me or something? Wouldn't it be right to not call out that he has a vendetta against me?" Randy said nonchalantly as he was practically ignoring Theresa.

"Of course he doesn't…Well…He used to have one." Theresa realized as she remember the various drawings of Kazeryu shooting up holes in The Ninja's body.

"Look Theresa…" Randy finally stopped playing his stupid arcade game, finally focusing on Theresa, the former romantic interest that forced him to go on dates with her.

"I didn't do anything…Okay? So just talk to the stupid voices in your head and leave me alone…" Randy said bluntly to the point of pure rudeness, Theresa was appalled to say the least, Randy was being an apathetic jerkass right now despite the fact that Shirokuma's life is on the line.

"At least Ryan doesn't shoot me down like you…" Theresa said quietly, it was clear that she a heavy tone of venom in her voice, Randy heard that remark and immediately glared back at the Purple Haired Oni Keeper.

"And I should care about that because why?" Randy said, it was Theresa's turn to respond in the worst possible way, a way that can ruin friendships and shatter relationships.

"Because…You're a big fat Jerkface that only cares about himself!" Theresa exclaimed right in front of Randy's face, everyone in the game hole could've heard that remark, Theresa immediately turned her back against Randy who was stunned at Theresa's words, she quickly walked away with a scowl, not wanting to talk to Randy anymore.

Theresa tried not to cry, she struggled, but she managed not to shed a single tear, she exited out of the Game Hole, now having no real clue on where Shirokuma is, or whether not he's alive or not…The thought of Shirokuma dying brought a pang of guilt and terror in Theresa's fowler's mind, she coughed loudly, trying not to think about the worst in a situation like this.

"Kazeryu…Are you sure that it was a Ninja that kidnapped Shirokuma?" Theresa asked the Purple Dragon Oni.

'Yes Onee-chan…I know so, he got the mask, the sword, everything…' he answered honestly, Theresa was silent for a moment that is until she realized that Ryan was right beside her. Theresa decided to bring Ryan along just so she can prove to Pichigaru that Ryan was innocent in this whole ordeal, sure enough Theresa was right, Ryan didn't even knew about the kidnapping, but he did promise Theresa that he'll help in the best way he can.

"So, how was your interrogation?" Ryan asked in a non-joking way, knowing that this whole situation is rather dire; Theresa looked at Ryan with a cocked eyebrow.

"Come on Ryan…I told you he was awful! Seriously, Randy can be such an idiot sometimes!" Theresa exclaimed with a stomp of her feet.

"You want me to talk to him? Maybe some man-to-man confrontation can sort this out…" Ryan insisted Theresa shook her head, not wanting Ryan to get roped up with a Bonehead called Randy Cunningham.

"You can't really do Man-to-man since Randy's a kid." Ryan burst out laughing from Theresa's snarky remark.

"Well either way, I can probably crack that thick skull of his, wish me luck," Ryan said as he entered into the arcade with Yumimaru in hand.

Ryan quickly spotted The Ninja kid, he was busy playing his video games with a noticeable glare on his face, a small and devious smile creped on Ryan's face, he knew exactly what he shouldn't do…But he's going to do it anyway.

Yumimaru's mouth opened widely, revealing two dagger-like fangs, he stabbed himself in the palm with Yumimaru's fangs.

"Transform…" Ryan said as his started to glow yellow as Yumimaru's fangs absorb the blood, Ryan's bod was then covered in an aura of black and red, the colors of pure edginess and darkness, and the colors of the Ninja as well, Ryan smile grew wider as the aura dissipated in a burst of black and red, finally catching Randy's attention, Ryan revealed his new and real form, his whole body was black, similar to Shirokuma or Kazeryu, his hands and feet were armored in almost mosaic designed red boots and gauntlets, his chest was armored in a red chest, his shoulder armor was silver, he wore a belt that had Yumimaru attached to its buckle, his face revealed a four fanged mouth that almost seemed to salivate with blackened blood, his eyes were two long yellow pools that seem to shaped like bat ears.

Yumimaru screeched as Randy looked at the transformed Ryan in disbelief, Ryan scoffed loudly as he simply said to Randy.

"I suggest you should apologize to Theresa…" Randy instinctively grabbed his Ninja Mask out of his pocket, Ryan quickly rushed forward and swung a nasty left hook which Randy was lucky enough to dodge the punch, Randy quickly put the Ninja Mask on turning him into the Ninja.

"I don't need to apologize to her! You Shoob!" Randy said as he quickly threw a couple of Ninja rings at the Bat Oni, Ryan ducked underneath them before screeching loudly, quickly grabbing Randy's left arm, he threw the boy through the window, effectively throwing out of the Game Hole and instead into the outside world of Norrisville.

Ryan laughed wickedly as he quickly exited out of the Game Hole through the broken window, he quickly took note that Theresa was watching, so he should keep his anger and violence in check.

"Had enough?" Ryan asked the Ninja cooingly, Randy quickly got up and assumed a battle stance; Ryan didn't do the same, feeling like he didn't need to use all of his effort in fighting the Ninja.

"You said you were going to talk to him!" Theresa exclaimed to Ryan, Ryan quickly thought up of an excuse to cover up his devious idea.

"I tried Theresa! Randy just got angry and decided that fighting me was a good response!" Ryan retorted with a quick shrug before dodging a couple more ninja rings, Randy groaned loudly once he heard Ryan's lies.

"That is so not true! He literally came into the Game Hole and threw me through the window!" he was then punched right in the gut by Ryan right before being quickly kicked away by a red boot, Theresa didn't believe him…Ryan is clearly the more level-headed one out of the two so it was certain that Randy was lying.

"Do you want me to give you a challenge or what?" Ryan toyed the Ninja who only huffed loudly in response, Randy quickly brandish a pair of black Sais before charging at the Bat Oni, Ryan laughed before dodging the multiple Sai strikes, he quickly grabbed Randy's neck causing the Ninja to drop his Sais and instead try to pry Ryan's hands off of his neck, he choked and gagged as Ryan's grip grew tighter and tighter with every second passing by. Randy quickly grabbed a smoke bomb out of his sash and then crushed a smoke bomb in Ryan's eye, Ryan screeched loudly as the smoke bomb emitted a cloud of orange and brown, Ryan coughed and gagged as the smoke dissipated now focusing on rubbing his eyes, letting go of Randy's neck and setting him free, Randy quickly jumped back then threw his Ninja sash, effectively tying the Bat Oni's waist with a red sash.

Ryan screeched as he grabbed ahold of the red sash and then pulled the Ninja towards him, effectively yanking the Ninja so he can knee the Ninja in the stomach, Randy was winded, essentially lying on the floor as he struggled to get up, Ryan untied the sash around his waist, Yumimaru laughed loudly as Ryan punted Randy in the head right before grabbing the Ninja's neck with both of his hands once more.

"C'mon…Where's the fight you had a couple of minutes ago?" Ryan asked as he lifted Randy off the ground, Ryan slammed the Ninja to the ground causing the ground under him to crack, he screamed in pain, knowing for sure his back won't be working properly for a day at least, his scream honestly irked Theresa if she was being honest, before Randy could recover from Ryan's assault, the Bat Oni walked up to Theresa and nonchalantly asked.

"Should I finish this?" Despite having one feminine voice telling her he shouldn't and having one childish voice telling her he should, Theresa paused before answering.

"I think he had enough…Thank you Ryan for teaching this idiot a lesson." Ryan turned back to his human form with a flash of black and red light, bearing a small smile on his face, Randy groaned in pain as he didn't even bother to try to sneak an attack on a human Ryan.

"I try my best…For only you surprisingly…" He responded coolly, mentally giving himself a high-five over that line, Theresa smiled back with a light blush on her cheeks.

"That was a bit cheesy…Wasn't it?" Ryan said as he scratched the back of his head and chuckled slightly, trying his best not to blush back at Theresa.

"Not at all Ryan…Not at all…"