Out of nowhere!

Notice anything about this story?

Yeah, M Rating, there's going to be graphic nudity and violence, no sex, but still, some pretty accurate body descriptions.

Now, quick note, this story begins a bit of time before Ryuko arrived at Honnouji, roughly a month and a half exactly.

So, yeah, we got some time before KLK canon.

Also, as it stated on my profile, this story is taking the place of the Ghost story for the multiverse rider project.

Changes are still underway for the others, and considering what we learned for Zi-O today, we're making plans to have our own version for him, because he got shot and killed before he was even out the gate.

Anyway, hope you enjoy this.


Japan, Western Kanto area, a run down motel with a sign so broken nobody knows the name anymore, room 4.

A black haired girl with a red streak in her hair slowly wakes up from where she was sleeping on the bed, opening her greyish blue colored eyes that held gear shaped pupils, and glancing down when she felt a weight on her stomach, lifting up the blanket, seeing her pajamas, and an arm across her stomach, following it to see a brown haired boy snoring silently with his mouth wide open, his head pressing into her side, he was wearing a t-shirt and a pair of shorts, and while his eyes were closed, she knew how weird they were.

Now, normally a girl would panic at the sight of a boy cuddling up to them in bed, and were she younger, it was likely she would have done this.

But she'd known this boy since pre-school, and he was like her shadow, always close, and always willing to help, so at this point, she was just used to it.

She found herself smiling a bit, before her expression fell as her eyes glanced to the side.

On the floor was a metal guitar case that held her belongings, sitting on top of it was duffel bag that held her friend's belongings, and leaning against the wall was the oddest shaped sword, currently wrapped up in cloth.

3 Months...that's how long it had been since they started this journey. 3 Months since she'd lost her father.

She was never that close with the man, but he did take care of her and raise her, and she remembered him being genuinely happy when she made a friend and brought the boy home.

That was why it had hurt so much to arrive back home on that day and see him with a blade through his stomach.

He was killed by one of his own creations, that much he had managed to tell her, the scissor blade spearing him having been made by his own hand, and it was part of a pair.

She managed to barely catch a glimpse of the person that killed him, running away with the other half of the blade in hand, before her home was then engulfed by flames, her friend barely managing to get out, having continued to listen to her father, and he held the blade in his hand, telling her that her father's last wishes were for her to make use of the blade. And make use of it she did. In the last 3 months, she'd practiced extensively with it, and by now she'd been able to wield it quite proficiently. At the same time, she'd set out to find her father's murderer, both to avenge him AND to find out why he was killed. Maybe it wasn't the most healthy of paths, something her friend had brought up out of concern...but as things were, she needed this for closure.

He wasn't really happy about it, and she knew it, but even then...he still chose to help her. And what a help he was. She wouldn't deny she had a...temper problem...at times...and he helped both keep it in check, and act as a sort of 'Good Cop' to her 'Bad Cop' when they were questioning potential leads.

As she was reminiscing, she felt his arm move, but not in a half asleep way, as it instead moved to grip her abdomen, almost like a hug, while her friend's head moved out from under the covers, resting itself on the pillow right next to her, their faces just a few inches apart as he opened his eyes and she stared into the rainbow colored orbs.

"Still thinking about your old man." he said, not a question, a statement, he knew her well enough by now after all.

She simply nodded, before he rested his forehead against hers, and she fought to keep down a blush at the proximity.

"We'll find the bitch that did it Ryuko, I promise." he said with a tired smile.

Ryuko smiled back, grateful for the support, before she used the hand closest to him to pat his stomach "Your turn to have the bathroom first this morning Taiki."

He chuckled as he leaned away from her and sat up, stretching his arms a bit before he got out of bed "I won't be long." he said as he stepped into the bathroom and closed the door behind him, and she soon heard the shower turn on.

A blush finally came to her face as she grabbed his pillow and covered her head with it, shouting into it, but the noise was all muffled thankfully.

She eventually pulled the pillow away, and looked towards the bathroom, biting her lip as she toyed with the hem of her pajama pants, considering relieving herself, before thinking better of it.

When Taiki said he'd be fast, he never lied, and he would definitely pick up the scent of her wetness covering the sheets, and worst of all, he would TOTALLY see the huge soaked spot on her crotch in her pajamas.

No, instead she'd wait for her turn in the shower, besides, she was sure that it was the kind with a detachable shower head, so, bonus points right there that would help her do it faster.

She really hated that just being close to him like that was enough to flip her switch.

It sure as hell didn't help that he openly admitted his feelings for her, and that she had never denied or rejected him, just saying she didn't have an answer yet.

But she knew that was just her lying to herself and that she wanted to scream yes and have him jump her bones and rock her world.

She snuck a peak before, she knew what he was packing, and she knew she'd love it.

Several minutes passed as she heard the shower being turned off.

She sat on the edge of the bed, the blanket covering her just a bit so he wouldn't see her obvious wetness, and when he stepped out with just a towel around his waist she almost screamed because she knew he was doing it on purpose, his lean body was on full display, with some light muscles from him working out with her at times, he honestly looked like an olympic swimmer, that smirk he sent her way sure as hell didn't help either.

Fucking roguish looks that made her want to grind against his face.

Why did he have to look NOTHING like a typical japanese man?!

Oh, right, they suspected his heritage was only half japanese, he had the eyes sure, but the rest of his build screamed north america.

No way to make sure though since his first memory is an orphanage, and that orphanage just found him at their doorstep one day.

Anyway, as soon as he stepped towards his bag to grab his clothes she ran into the bathroom, and when she spotted herself in the mirror, it was no wonder he smirked, considering her cheeks were red, and her girls were poking through her pajamas, hard enough to cut a diamond.

Sighing at how obvious she was, she decided to just undress so she could try and destress in the shower, looking at herself in the mirror a bit.

She had some obvious muscle despite being a girl, she needed to considering how heavy the scissor blade was, and she had a nice set of abs on her stomach, that became more visible when she flexed. She then glanced down to her girls, she had honestly stopped buying bras a while ago, but she was sure she was around a high C cup if not low D by now, and considering how they had grown recently, she was thinking of starting to buy them again so they don't reach a point of slapping her in the face, oh, she was far from that, but you never knew. She glanced at how wet her pajama bottoms were after that, before looking between her legs. Great, dripping, that was how bad she was, at least she was shaven, though it looked to be growing back again, so she'd need a new razor.

Sighing, she decided to at least take care of her main issue for the moment, getting into the shower and turning it on, letting the warm water wash over, before she grabbed the shower head with a light grin and brought it between her legs along with a hand, biting her lips less she make a sound.

Meanwhile, while Ryuko was getting her rocks off, Taiki had dropped his towel was looking through his bag, his 'little partner' hanging between his legs, and Ryuko seemed to like them on the big side without being extreme. It really wasn't a secret they had feelings for each other...but Ryuko wasn't ready to go any further than friends, and as much as he'd love to take things further...he knew that she had enough on her plate as is. Besides, he respected her too much to push her and bug her about it… that didn't mean he didn't act like a boyfriend at times, but she never complained about it, and he KNEW she knew that if she asked him to, he'd stop.

Idly, he looked at both his bag and Ryuko's case.

The two were VERY old. They actually used them back in grade school, Ryuko's still porting a metal plate bolted into it that read 'Matoi R.' while his bag had 'Kujira T.' sown into the front.

He smirked as he remembered that Ryuko had gotten her guitar case by beating up an older kid and swiping it from their parents trunk when they came to pick him up, while he himself had just gotten his bag from a lost and found at one of the schools they went to, having sown his name into it himself, while her father had bolted the plate with her name onto her guitar case.

After that, he got his clothes out, starting with his boxers before moving to his blue pants and an orange t shirt with a black jacket over it, a pair of sandals on his feet.

Once he finished putting on his clothes, he heard the shower turn off, hearing some wet footsteps behind the door after a moment, before it opened slightly, and an arm stuck out from the crack in the door frame "Clothes please." Ryuko requested.

"What do you want today?" He asked as he picked up her case and opened it.

"Panties don't matter, but I want the red shorts and the black shirt." she asked, and he grabbed a random pair of panties along with the clothes she requested before placing them in her hand "Thanks." she said before retracting her arm and closing the door back up.

He chuckled a bit at how nonchalant she was about him handing her clothes over, before looking around the motel room they had rented, until his eyes fell on the blade she kept wrapped up.

It really was strange, seeing those taunt strings that seemed to have been melded together to make the sword, the same strings he could see glowing softly underneath Ryuko's skin when he focused on them.

He always did wonder why the hell he was able to see those weird strings, and what the hell they were at that.

He didn't see them in many places… except when they passed by a store that was owned by Revocs, then every piece of clothing inside was practically crawling with the strings.

Ryuko knew he could see them, and the fact she had them under her skin concerned her, especially when he pointed out that her father's sword was made of a large mass of them stuck together in a very dense package. That was ANOTHER reason for them going on this trip. For as long as she knew him, she'd known he wasn't 'normal', namely he was what many would call an Esper, able to see things other people couldn't...and among the many things he saw, the strange threads were among the most common. What were they? Why were they inside of Ryuko's body? And why did they seem to be on all clothes that were made by the famed 'Revocs' company? Those were some things they'd hoped they could find out.

After a few minutes of him thinking, the bathroom door opened again, this time Ryuko stepped out with her black shirt and red shorts, holding both of their pajamas and stuffing them in a plastic bag till they found a laundromat. "What's on the agenda today besides get our shit cleaned?"

"I think skip town was a part of it, you kind of pissed off the local gang yesterday, so they'll probably come after us with more people today." Taiki shot back dryly.

"So find a laundromat in the next town over, got it." Ryuko said with a nod as she grabbed her hoodie and threw the plastic bag at him which he then stuffed into his bag before zipping it up.

"Well, let's get out of here then. Good thing we paid in advance so we just need to leave the keys," Taiki shrugged as they both hefted their bags and soon exited the motel which was at the edge of town, a choice they purposely made so they could get out as soon as possible.

It wasn't long before they were on the road again, looking at a map as to where they're going next. However, along the way… "Active strings at 10 o'clock," Taiki said, as they were passing what appeared to be a salesman who looked a bit down. He could see he had strings in his clothes, and they were glowing, something that usually wasn't a good thing.

"Got it," Ryuko nodded as she went for her scissor blade. "Where is it?"

"Lower back. Mind the belt though. Don't think he'll appreciate suddenly dropping his pants," Taiki said.

Ryuko nodded, and with a quick, blindsiding strike, the salesman lost his shirt, while Taiki grabbed the glowing strings and stuffed them into a doggy bag, where they were was already a yarn ball of the strings bunched up together. The two of them got away before he could really notice them. Once they were a sufficient distance away… "Gotta wonder what these are...and why the scissors your dad made are so effective against them…" Taiki sighed as he looked at the yarn ball worth of threads.

"It's not like there was a clue inside the burning wreckage." Ryuko sighed as they walked on.

"Says the girl who didn't try to look for a basement." Taiki said dryly, with Ryuko looking away, not bothering to answer that.

"Yeah well, where are we headed next?" she sighed.

"Well...our biggest clue should probably be this place called Honno-" Taiki started, but didn't get to finish. Not when the sound of something piercing filled the air. Taiki and Ryuko barely had time to register what happened, as Taiki suddenly found himself speared through the chest...with a purple blade shaped like…

"That's the other half!" Ryuko gasped in surprise, before the scissor blade was suddenly pulled away too fast for either of them to react...not that it mattered, as her focus was now on the puddle of blood that now stained the ground as Taiki looked like he'd barely registered what happened before he fell forward, landing in the pool.

"Taiki!" Ryuko shouted in a panic as she crouched down, flipping him over onto his back, wincing when she saw that the sword had actually speared his heart "Fuck… fuck, fuck, fuck, FUCK!"

"What… what just?" Taiki said weakly as he grasped at the wound.

"Don't talk!" Ryuko snapped "Save your strength! Dammit! There's gonna be something I can do!"

"Don't… bother… my heart's shot… I'd need a miracle to live…" he said, looking at her and grabbing her hand as she kept fussing over him, it was one of the rare times that he was seeing her crying.

"But… fuck… you're my best friend dammit!" She raged as she punched the ground.

"That's why...I'm not gonna lie...I'm dead no matter how you look at it…" he managed to say weakly. "Sorry Ryuko….keep...going...without me. Take care of yourself...okay…?" he said as he managed to put a bloodstained hand on her cheek.

She grabbed hold of his hand, looking at him, hating herself for being so fucking weak that her best friend was dying right in front of her, killed by the same bitch that killed her dad.

Suddenly, his hand fell out of her grasp, hitting the road limply, and she could only stare in horror at his vacant, glassy eyed stare, her reflection visible in his now dull eyes.

"No… no, no, NO!" Ryuko screamed, sobbing against his chest, uncaring as she got his blood on herself. The girl continued sobbing into her lost friend's chest. Again...she'd lost someone again...the reality hit her like a cold bucket of water.

"Poor girl…" a cold voice said.

"It is sad how short the lives of these humans are...no matter, that cut thread of life can be put to better use," another voice, equally cold, said.

She kept her head against Taiki's chest as her sobs died down, hearing those strange, almost phantom like voices, coming from in front of her from the looks of it.

She could hear faint footsteps heading towards her, and when they were close enough, she moved.

A second later and her scissor blade was slashing across a rather ghostly figure, she could barely see it, but her weapon could definitely hurt it, if the scream of pain and stumbling back was any indication.

"Can she see us?" the other voice suddenly said.

"She can definitely hurt us," the one she'd cut grunted out as he clutched his wound.

"Then her soul must be particularly strong," the other said. "Let's harvest it too."

"Seconded," the first voice growled.

"Harvest my soul? Is that what you fuckers were gonna do with my friend? Well… I won't fucking let you! He may be dead… but I'll at least make sure he can rest in peace!" she said as she stepped in between the two figures and Taiki's corpse after closing his eyes. "So bring it!" she growled as she brandished her scissor blade.


Taiki felt like he was floating, as if he was in water...that's when he broke the surface and gasped. Apparently he WAS in water...though how he got there...was beyond him…

"What… what just happened?" he said as he walked out of the water, seeing the drops sliding off of him and leaving him dry, confusing him even more "Didn't I die? The last thing I remember is Ryuko's tears."

"You are indeed dead young man." said a wisenned old voice from, well, everywhere around him, before a figure seeming to fade into existence before him.

It was an old man with long white hair and a short beard, wearing golden and red robes.

"You were struck down by the murderer of Isshin Matoi, for reasons that are currently unknown to me, nor do I know the identity of your killer." the old man said.

"Wait… so THAT bitch killed me? Great, all we found out is that it was a chick… shows how much help I was to Ryuko." Taiki finished with a frown.

The old man sighed before patting him on the shoulder "Don't be like that now, I'm rather sure that if it weren't for you she'd have gotten in a LOT more fights."

"I guess…" Taiki sighed. "So...what now? Are you here to ferry me to the afterlife or something?"

The old man smiled "Quite the opposite actually. I'm here to give you a second chance."

Taiki blinked several times at him, his eyes going wide "Wait, you mean… I can live again?"

The old man nodded "Yes, but not in the immediate sense."

"What does that mean?" Taiki asked in confusion.

The old man smiled mysteriously "Tell me, have you ever heard of the term Luminary?"

"It's a person who inspired or influenced others during their time, and ended up being remembered by many people." Taiki answered easily.

The old man nodded "Correct, amazing and memorable people, both good and bad, it's thanks to them you'll be able to return to life."

"Okay...so how are they supposed to help?" Taiki asked.

In response the old man chuckled, and suddenly thrusted his hand forward, stopping just before he hit Taiki's waist, as a strange device appeared around his waist.

It… it was rather blocky in appearance, looking like it had a somewhat translucent sheet over it with an eye in the middle, a handle on the side of it. "This is…?" Taiki blinked.

"The Ghost Driver," the old man said. "And…"

A sphere flew out of Taiki's chest and soon landed in his opened hand.

The sphere was black on the back half, while the front looked like an eye, and on the top of it was an orange sticker with a G at the top and the word GHOST at the bottom, in the middle was what appeared to be a mask of sorts.

"What… what the heck is this?" Taiki asked in confusion as he looked the object over, honestly it looks like an eyeball.

"That… would be your soul." the old man said with a grin.

"...I'm sorry...what?" Taiki asked flatly.

"Your soul is housed inside that Eyecon for the time being. To come back to life, you must gather the 15 Luminary Eyecons, and only then will you be able to regain the life you lost," the old man explained.

The young man blinked a few times "So… like Dragon Ball."

"Like Dragon Ball yes." the old man said with a slight sigh.

Alright, that sounds like pretty standard fare… what's the catch?" Taiki asked, knowing this was too good to be true.

"You'd be right to think that." the old man nodded with a sigh "You only have 99 days to collect the 15 required Eyecons, should your time run up, you will cease to exist."

"...okay, by cease to exist, you mean I'll HAVE to cross over, right? Not I'll literally fade away from existence and essentially be deader than dead?" he checked.

"I mean deader than dead. Me giving you a second chance like this entails that if you fail, there's no afterlife for you, only non-existence." the old man explained.

"Uh…" Taiki gulped. "On second thought maybe passing over might be a better deal," he squeaked. Sure coming back to life sounded cool, but he wasn't too keen on the whole 'cessation of existence' risk involved….

"Well...that IS your decision...however…" the old man trailed off before an image appeared in the water.

Taiki peered into the water curiously, only for his eyes to widen at what he saw.

Ryuko was there, standing in front of his corpse, fighting against two strange… things. Both of them seemed to have mainly black bodies, and seemed almost identical...save for one detail. Both were wearing a sort of hoodie like outfit. The first was wielding what appeared to be a sword growing out of its arm, while the other wielded a spear. Overall both of them invoked the vibe of warriors...but something was VERY off about them...like their very presence warped the surrounding… "W-what are those things?" he gulped.

"Those, are the Ganma," the old man said. "Right now they're after your soul, and your friend is protecting your body. But there's only so much a human can do against them, especially if they can't even see them clearly…"

"So… if I don't do anything then…" Taiki said, grimacing as he didn't need to finish that to know things would go south for his best friend/love interest.

"She won't be far behind yes." the old man said with a grim nod.

Taiki looked at the image for a few more moments "I'll do it." he said, a determined look on his face.

"That's a good resolve," a new voice said, as a new being emerged from the waters. It seemed to be some kind of hoodie/parka. It was mainly colored red with what looked to be two swords at the end of the sleeves, and what appeared to be a headband of sorts at the top which just under it were two small red eyes.

"Uh… who are you?" Taiki asked in confusion as he looked at the parka.

"I… am Musashi Miyamoto." the parka said, striking a pose with his two blade like appendages, and Taiki swore he saw the form of a samurai with a top knot and wielding two blades be superimposed over it for a second.

"Wait, you mean the famous samurai? The one that invented two sword style?! THAT Musashi?!" Taiki asked in shock.

"The very same!" Musashi exclaimed proudly.

"That… is freaking awesome!" Taiki said after a moment.

Musashi seemed to blink for a moment, before chuckling. "Well, I am pleased to see even now I have those that still admire my story. However, let me ask you once more. Are you willing to fight for the sake of the girl? To protect her with everything you have, even if it costs you your life?"

"No." Taiki said, and if Musashi had legs, he likely would have facefaulted at the unexpected response. "I don't need to to fight for her. But I WILL fight WITH her. She's not a damsel in distress. Ryuko's a certified badass who can look out for herself. Besides, I'm pretty sure me dying would hurt her more than any normal wound ever could."

Musashi looked at him for a moment...before laughing. It wasn't a mocking laughter, it was an impressed laugh from someone who'd had the rug pulled out from under them. "Not the answer I was expecting, but arguably better," he chuckled. "Very well, I will lend you my power. Use it to fight alongside the woman you have chosen to walk alongside!" he said, before he glowed and shrunk down into a sphere which fell into Taiki's hand.

The sphere was yet another eyecon, this one red in color, with the number 01 on the sticker on top, right over a mask that looked like two crossing blades, which had MUSASHI written underneath.

"Your first Luminary Eyecon." the old man said, earning Taiki's attention "You can easily tell when it's one of the 15 you'll need, as a number will be written on the top, if there is no number, it's not one of the 15 main ones." the old man explained further, with Taiki nodding along.

"Right...now...how do I get back?" Taiki asked.

"The same way you came here," the old man chuckled as if it were so obvious, and with a light shove, pushed him back into the water.


Ryuko let a low growl rise out of her throat as she blocked an attack from the two ethereal beings.

"Why won't you two just… FUCK OFF!" she shouted as she pushed them back.

"The girl has quite a lot of strength," the sword user mused.

"All the more reason to take her as well. We have the advantage afterall," the spear user said.

Ryuko didn't say anything, she knew they were right after all, sure, she had strength, but they had numbers, it was only a matter of time before they managed to beat her.

Suddenly, the battle was interrupted when everyone could see a bright light shining from behind her.

Slowly, Ryuko turned, and what she saw made her eyes go wide.

Taiki was standing, his wound closing up while the blood fell off his body.

"Tai… ki?" she whispered, unsure about what was happening.

He was silent for a few moments, before he opened his eyes, walking to stand next to her "There isn't really the time to explain now… but once we deal with these two, I'll explain everything."

Ryuko looked at him for a few moments, before she nodded, turning back to the two beings "That works for me, I'm confused like fuck right now, but I guess these two take priority."

"You...that's impossible!" the Spear Ganma said.

"The dead do not return to life just like that!" the Sword Ganma agreed.

"Well...you're not wrong," Taiki shrugged. "At any rate, now's a good as any time to give this baby a test run," he said, as the Ghost Driver appeared around his waist, and he pulled out his Eyecon, to which he pressed the button on the side, changing the face to reveal a 'G', before he opened up the Ghost Driver, placed the Eyecon inside, and closed it.

"EYE!" The Ghost Driver glowed a bit before out came what appeared to a Parka, not unlike the form Musashi took when he first appeared before Taiki. However, this one was black in color, with an orange edge to it, and a pair of glowing orange eyes within the hood. As it floated in the air above Taiki and Ryuko, the Ghost Driver actually let out a jingle.

"BATCHIRIMINA! BATCHIRIMINA!"

Everyone stopped at that, looking down at the belt, which WAS basically screaming for everyone to look at it, but even then…

"What the hell old man?" Taiki muttered with a twitching eyebrow. However, he soon pushed through the strangeness and grabbed the handle, and pulled, the Ghost Driver's 'eye' seemingly closing, before he took a breath, a word that just felt RIGHT to say coming to mind "Henshin!" with that, he pushed the handle back in, the eye opening again and this time showing the same image that was on the top of the Eyecon.

"KAIGAN: ORE!" the belt declared as the Parka Ghost flew closer while sparks of light gathered over Taiki's body, forming together into a black armor that has silver pieces around his wrist and ankles, as well as silver knee guards, while his body was covered in orange lines that seemed to be shaped like bones, with an eye in the middle of the chest, while the helmet that covered his head was black in the back and silver on the front.

"LET'S GO! KAKUGO! GHO-GHO-GHO-GHOST! GO! GO! GO! GO!" The parka descended on his body, phasing through his arms so it slipped on seamlessly, and when the hood landed, the silver front of the helmet changed into orange, with two black ovals acting like eyes, with a wisp like horn on the helmet's forehead. The orange lines on his armor and parka glowing along with the faceplate of the helmet, as he reached up and pulled the hood down.

"It can't be… he's using an Eyecon!" the Sword Ganma said in shock.

Taiki took a moment to look himself over, as information of how to fight in this form came rushing to him, likely due to the fact he was wearing his own soul like an armor. It was then that a name, one that, once again, just felt RIGHT, came to his mind.

"I am… Kamen Rider Ghost! Now… let me show you the strength of my soul!" Ghost exclaimed as he held a hand out, and a sword flashed into existence, gripping it as it gained form, taking the shape of a black sword with a translucent edge with an orange grip, an eye on the guard.

"T-Taiki?!" Ryuko blinked in utter surprise. Today was getting weirder and weirder.

"Trust me, I'm confused too. Just roll with it and we'll make sense of it later." Ghost said, giving his new sword a test swing.

"Right," Ryuko nodded. "Talking can wait till we kick these two to next week!"

"Don't get cocky, children," the spear Ganma growled before lunging forward. The two of them dodged the attack quickly, only for the Sword Ganma to follow up with a slash aimed at Ghost, who managed to block with his sword, before countering with a kick to the gut. Likewise, Ryuko was holding her own against the Spear Ganma, as while she couldn't exactly see him clearly, she could see enough to avoid the spear.

"Not bad," the Sword Ganma commented. "But you're gonna need a whole lot more to beat us!" he growled, before a strong strike sent Ghost flying in one direction...in a way that would have had him hit Ryuko.

"Stop stop!" Ghost said frantically...and he got his wish. "Huh?" he looked down to see that he was floating in the air. "Okay, this I can work with," he grinned, before flying towards the Spear Ganma, his sword glowing for a moment. "GAN! GUN! SABER!" he called out as he slashed the Ganma out of the air as he had been trying to lunge for Ryuko, drawing what appears to be black blood from the Ganma. "Ryuko look! I can fly!"

Ryuko shouted as she kicked the Sword Ganma away, hard enough he crashed into a tree, before she looked at Taiki, blinked, and grinned a bit "Ok, that's actually pretty cool." she admitted.

The cool factor was slightly diminished when he was knocked out of the air by the Spear Ganma who'd managed to recover enough to counter attack. "Okay...note to self...defeat enemies THEN enjoy newfound flying powers," Ghost groaned as he got up. "Guess I'd better not prolong this," he frowned...right before the eye symbol on his sword, and the 'eye hole' on the Driver started glowing. "This is…?" he blinked, before moving them close together, as a beam of light shot from the eye symbol on the sword and into the Driver.

"DAI KAIGAN!" the Driver called out as a mystic looking seal that had a noticeable eyeball design appeared behind Ghost. "OMEGA BREAK!"

The lines on Ghost's suit began to glow brightly, as his face lit up, before he charged forward.

"I'll take you on!" the Spear Ganma roared as he met the charge.

"Ghost Saber...BREAK!" Ghost called out as his sword ignited with energy and he brought it down on the Spear Ganma who tried to block with his weapon...only for the attack to cut right through, a flash of light occuring when he was cut and what appeared to be a Parka was ejected from him, his main body gushing black blood before with a pained roar he and the Parka exploded, as a spear head and what appeared to be an Eyecon fell to the ground...before the Eyecon shattered.

"Impossible…!" The Sword Ganma gasped...before he cried out in pain as Ryuko slashed him with her Scissor Blade.

"Where do you think you're looking, asshole?" she glared.

"Two on one now. Not too late to surrender," Ghost added as he was now standing alongside her.

"Do you really think that?" the Sword Ganma smirked, before pulling out what appeared to be several more Eyecons and throwing them into the air...which soon broke apart and formed a few dozen creatures much like himself, only their bodies and hoodies were completely black, and their faces blank as well.

"... fuck… that's not what I expected." Ryuko said after a moment, before the grunts, because what else could they be honestly, pulled out knives out of thin air.

"You two may be strong, but numbers can overwhelm strength," the Sword Ganma chuckled as the Ganma Commandos swarmed them, the two soon fighting back to back as they defended against the small army.

"Don't be so sure! After all, Musashi could defeat a hundred enemies by himself!" Ghost shot back.

"Maybe, but you're no Musashi," the Sword Ganma laughed.

"Maybe not yet," Ghost smirked under his helmet, before pulling out the red Eyecon from before. "Musashi, lend me your power!" he said before activating the Eyecon, which revealed a '01' symbol on the eye, to which he replaced his Ore Eyecon with it.

"EYE!" the Ghost Driver called out as Musashi's Parka Ghost appeared from it, and began slashing at the nearby Ganma Commandos, destroying several of them. "BATCHIRIMINA! BATCHIRIMINA!"

"Hold on, what the heck?" Ryuko asked as the red spirit gave them a much needed helping hand.

"Long story short, that's the spirit of Musashi himself." Ghost said.

"...you owe me a BIG explanation when this is over..." Ryuko groaned. First her friend got murdered, then some evil spirits wanted to harvest his soul, then he seemed to miraculously come back as some kind of superhero, and now spirits of legendary swordsmen. What was next? A talking sailor uniform that turned into power armor? Yeah, like THAT would happen.

"I'll tell you everything after we get through this," Ghost nodded. "But for now…" he pulled then pushed the trigger, the Eyecon now showing what appeared to be two swords crossed.

"KAIGAN: MUSASHI!" The Driver called out as Musashi's Parka Ghost flew over Ghost, while the Ore Parka vanished, and soon slipped itself on Ghost as the sound of a biwa could be heard. "KETTO! ZUBATTO! CHO KENGO!"

The red parka covered his torso, the blade like tassels hanging off his back with some armor on his shoulders, a headband around his forehead, while a topknot made out of a sword handle came out from the top of the hood, the helmet now carrying the image of two red katanas crossing over each other over a black background. To finish off the transformation, Ghost grabbed a section of his sword and slid it off, turning it into a second sword, to which he was now dual wielding the two swords and assuming the legendary stance of Musashi's fighting style. "Unmatched under the heavens! Come!"

(Play: 'Warera Omou, Yue ni Warera ari instrumental version' OST Kamen Rider Ghost)

"Get them!" the Sword Ganma growled as the Commandos charged forward.

The two best friends didn't waste time and immediately fought back, with Ghost acting as crowd control, fighting as if he'd used a two handed sword style all his life, feeling the presence of Musashi guiding his movements, showing him how to fight. Not to be outdone, Ryuko slashed any Commando that got close, their weaker bodies no match for her Scissor Blade, while she kicked any of them that had gotten too close but weren't in a position to be hit by her weapon. Though the two were fighting fiercely, they were also careful to avoid getting swarmed, allowing them to keep the battle more or less one on one with each strike.

The Commandos did their best, they really did, but in the end they were no match for the two, who systematically cut them down, each vanishing into dark smoke when they were defeated, their numbers slowly but surely dwindling before the last one fell when Ryuko bisected it with her scissor blade. "Heh, so much for your army," she smirked.

"Not bad," the Sword Ganma commented.

"Big talk from the last one standing cause he wasn't fighting!" Ghost shot back.

The Sword Ganma didn't say anything, instead readying his sword, to which Ghost did the same, before they both charged forward. Sparks flew as the blades clashed, neither giving the other an inch. While it was clear the Sword Ganma had more strength, Ghost made full use of the two blades he was wielding, and landed several strikes, throwing him off balance, before thrusting both swords into his gut, sending him back, while clutching the wounds leaking black blood. "Its over," Ghost said simply before scanning his sword again.

"DAI KAIGAN!" the Driver called out as once more the mystic looking seal that had a noticeable eyeball design appeared behind Ghost. "OMEGA SLASH!"

Ghost raised the swords up as he ran forward. "Twin...Heaven...SLASH!" he called out as he brought the two swords down, cutting into the Sword Ganma who roared in pain as his Parka was ejected and his main body was gushing black blood before both exploded, followed by his Eyecon which shattered on the ground.

(Song End)

Ghost let out a sigh after a moment, glad that was over "You did well on your first battle young man, but always keep your guard up, as I'm sure there will be more to come." Musashi's voice spoke to him in his mind, making him give a small nod, before he let his swords fade away, opening the driver to take out the Eyecon, and closing it back up "OYASUMI~" it said in response, making him blink and look down at it as his armor faded away, the belt disappearing into small flames.

After the strange experience of his belt saying good night to him, he turned back to Ryuko, just as she jumped at him and hugged him, making him stumble back and fall on the ground.

"You have no idea how glad I am to see you survived that somehow." she said, her head against his chest as she smiled in relief, just hugging him to remind herself he was still there.

Taiki winced at her words "Actually… I didn't really survive." he said sadly.

She opened her eyes, blinking a few times, about to ask what he meant, before she finally noticed it.

Her ear was right where his heart was… and yet there was no heartbeat.

"Taiki… what the fuck? Why isn't your heart beating?" she asked slowly as she sat up on top of him. Her eyes widened when she realized the next thing too. "You're cold...like ice…"

"Yeah...I'm sorta still dead…" Taiki sighed. This...was going to take a LOT of explaining.


Yeahp.

Sort of pairing right from the start.

What, I'm allowed to write stories were couples already exist... in a way.

Basically, Taiki Kujira (writing the full name here in case you didn't catch it earlier) has been at Ryuko's side since the two were little kids, and Isshin was actually happy about that, desite the fact he wasn't the World's Best Dad, he also had some measure of respect for Taiki.

As for Taiki's abilities, yes, he can see Life Fibers.

The reason?

... No actual answer, some people are just born different, but yeah, to show that he's different, his eyes are rainbow colored.

And yes, the fucking bitch killed him.

Why? That one will have a proper answer later in the story, don't worry.

We're not dumb, we'll make sure everything is answered eventually.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed, and you'll like the next one as well!