There once was a legend, a history of many, many years ago, a story that takes place in the 15th Century, more specifically, the Sengoku Period. The Sengoku Period was a period where Japan was in chaos, bloody and brutal battles and wars over who gets the power to control Japan. However, this particular story instead was about another battle, a battle between the Ninjas and the Yokais named Shinobi Yokai War. It was said that, many years ago, a great battle occurred between the many Ninja clans, each who possessed a power over the elements, and the Yokais, evil spirits that haunted Japan for many years. Though you might ask "What exactly caused this war to happen?" The reason behind this war was because the Yokais were after a powerful and mystical object known as the Shinobi Scroll, a scroll that possesses the power over all elements and was said to have given the power to the ancestors of these clans.
All of the Ninja clans joined forces and battled the Yokai, this battle was not only for the future of Japan, but also for the future of the planet itself. At the end of the war, one of the Ninja clans, the Yasakani, fought against the most powerful Yokai and the leader of the army, Shuten-Doji, the battle ended with the Yasakani and other clans performing a sealing technique to seal Shuten-Doji and the Youkais on the underworld. That was the history of the Shinobi Yokai War, which nowadays, was simply treated as a legend to most people…. Except for the current descendents of those clans.
Time: Tokyo, Japan, Modern Times
Modern Japan, a time of peace for the people as they are living their lives normally without any threat or problem. In the middle of this, suddenly something appears jumping from a building to another, the figure appears running and they spot a far away building. They have only one reaction… A smile, the figure grins as they run before making a leap, the people below watching as the figure leaps towards the nearby building. As the figure jumps, we get a glimpse of their appearance, a young man that appears to be around his 20s with shaggy jet-black hair, red eyes and as for his outfit, a white T-shirt with blue stripes, a red jacket, jeans pants and black and red sneakers, Hyuuga Yasakani. Hyuuga is simply smiling as he prepares to land, the scene almost appearing in slow-motion, the speed coming back to normal as he lands and rolls on the building.
"Perfect landing." Says Hyuuga while still smiling, he then gets up and continues running, leaping from the building as he lands on top of a fence and leaps again, landing on top of sunshade, scaring a couple that were eating before leaping again "Sorry!" Hyuuga somersaults while in the air, stops on a wall and starts climbing it before leaping again. The jet-black haired boy looks down as he starts spinning and somersaults before landing "Perfect landing, again." Hyuuga smiles once more as he raises his fist in the air and the sun shines on him…. Until the moment is ruined by his phone ringing.
"Way to ruin the moment." Hyuuga groans as he picks the phone and answers it "Yeah who is it?"
"Am I interrupting something big bro?" Hyuuga simply sighs, recognizing the voice that was calling him.
"No, not really, so what's up little bro?" Riku Yasakani, Hyuuga's younger brother, a young boy with black hair, red eyes and wearing a school uniform, is calling him on the house's telephone.
"Oh, big sis asked me to call you, she wants you back home." Riku said. Hyuuga groaned after she would bring that, knowing how much his sister liked to boss him around. Riku laughs "Big sis is scary when you don't obey her."
"Yeah yeah I know, I'll be there don't worry, see ya lil' bro." The conversation ends as Hyuuga puts his phone away "Right then, time to get home." Hyuuga leaps and lands on the floor as he walks back home. Suddenly, he turns around and looks everywhere "Guess it's just my imagination." Hyuuga shrugs it off thinking someone was watching him as he puts his hands on his pocket and starts walking home.
What he didn't know is that, someone was indeed watching him. On top of a light pole is a mysterious figure who's watching Hyuuga as he's walking home.
"So it 's him? Is he the one that they were talking about?" The figure speaks, revealing to be a female voice. Her appearance is more revealed, she's wearing what appears to be an all dark blue outfit that resembles a Kunoichi, she's also wearing a mask that covers her entire head sans the eyes area, which are light blue in color and her hair, blue in color as well and tied in a ponytail, is being moved by the wind "I shall observe him a bit more." The kunoichi starts leaping from building to building, her speed being faster than Hyuuga's as she continues to follow him.
Some time later, Hyuuga arrives at his home, a very basic big house but it's comfortable for him and his family. Hyuuga looks behind himself just to check if someone's following him, he shrugs off again as he knocks on the door.
"Yes, who is it?" A female voice speaks from inside.
"It 's me."
"Me who?" The voice said in a playful tone, Hyuuga already groaning out of annoyance "You have to answer."
"It's me Mika, open the door."
"Fine, fine, wait a minute." Mika Yasakani, the middle child of the Yasakani siblings, opens the door, she's a female teenager with brown short hair with pink highlights, black eyes and wearing a school uniform as well, with her's being a female high school uniform. Mika simply sighs as Hyuuga enters "You are no fun you know that?"
"Sure whatever you say little sis." Mika closes the door as she follows Hyuuga.
"I already told you, I'm already old enough for you to stop calling me that."
"Yeah that's not happening any time soon." Mika looks away while Hyuuga grins at her, happily to annoy his sister "Also what's with those highlights? I thought dad said you aren't old enough to paint your hair."
"Well I am already old enough to make my decisions." Mika walks away to her room, Hyuuga chuckling at the rebellious phase she's going through. Suddenly he hears someone laughing, that someone being his little brother, Riku, who jumps and hugs Hyuuga, catching by surprises as the jet-black haired older Yasakani hugs him back.
"It's good to see you again little buddy." Hyuuga puts Riku on the ground.
"So big bro, you were doing your usual parkour stuff?" Riku asks, excited to hear what his big bro has to say.
"Well you see-"
"HYUUGA YASAKANI!" Hyuuga is interrupted by someone shouting and he's kicked in the face, crashing on the wall "You've been slacking in your training I see, if you put more effort, you could have easily dodged that kick!" The one that kicked was the siblings father, an adult that looks to be around his 30s, he has spiky black hair, sharp dark red eyes and is wearing a red and yellow Hawaian shirt and jeans pants, Haruki Yasakani.
Riku panics as he sees Hyuuga on the wall, he's already used to this but still panics when it happens. Mika meanwhile, has returned from her room because of the noises she heard, before simplifying groaning and putting her hand on her face, annoyed that this happens often. Hyuuga gets up as he looks at his dad with an angry expression.
"Oi old man, what the hell was that for?! You should at least give a warning before you do this stupid stunt of yours!" Hyuuga goes to confront his father, despite the tension, no one is taking this seriously.
"Well I did, but again, if you took your training more seriously, you would have been prepared for th-" He's interrupted by Hyuuga punching him in the face, causing him to fall dramatically on the floor.
"Guess I could say the same for you old man." Haruki gets up and charges at Hyuuga, the two start fighting rather comically. Riku could only watch as the two fought, while Mika simply walked away to the sofa to rest.
"S-Shouldn't we do something big sis?" Riku asked as he stuttered his words.
"Nah, let those two cool themselves, this is not our problem." Already used to this, Mika decided to ignore it and watch some T.V. Riku joins her soon afterwards as he manages to calm down a bit. Hyuuga and Haruki are currently on the floor, tired from the fight before getting up and cleaning themselves.
"But in all seriousness Hyuuga, you should really take your training more seriously." Haruki speaks in a more serious tone as he speaks to Hyuuga "Being the oldest sibling, one day you will become the heir to the Yasakani clan, and you know how important that is to us."
"And my answer is the same, I'm not interested in becoming the heir." Hyuuga said as he pulled a chair from the dining table and sit on it, his father doing the same.
"I'm not saying that it's your obligation, but you need to understand that it's important for us."
"While it has to be me though, why can't it be one of those two?" Hyuuga points to his siblings as they continue to watch TV.
"They aren't old enough to assume this much responsibility." Haruki admitted as he sighs, "Hyuuga, I don't wanna force you to become the heir, I'm trying to understand more about your decision."
"Well you'd probably understand more if you didn't focus too much on being a Ninja and neglected your family to the point that mom died!" Hyuuga slammed his fist on the desk, clearly angry as the memories of his mother's death appeared. The slam scares his siblings and his father, Hyuuga realizing what he did and getting up "Sorry…. I'll be in my room if you need me." Hyuuga walks away while avoiding eye contact with everyone as he goes to his room.
"Are daddy and big bro fighting again?" Riku asks Mika with a concerned tone.
"Don't worry Riku, they just had an argument and Hyuuga needs some time to calm down." Mika fakes a smile in order to calm Riku down, especially since she knows the source of Hyuuga's anger.
A flashback from 8 years ago shows a younger Hyuuga, a younger Mika and a baby Riku alongside their father in a cemetery. They are looking over the grave of their mother, Yuri Yasakani. Due to it being a rainy day, the three were holding umbrellas to protect themselves from the rain, with Haruki holding the baby Riku while he's crying, Miku was trying to hold her tears while Hyuuga only stared at his mother's tombstone.
"I'm sorry, it was my fault that your mother died." Harukia admitted with a sad tone, believing that he was the cause of his wife's death.
"D-Don't say that daddy, you don't need to blame yourself, right big bro?" Said Mika, trying hard not to cry as she reassures her father. Hyuuga doesn't say anything as he continues to look at the tombstone "Right big bro, it wasn't his fault that mom…. That mom… d-d-died." Mika was trying her best not to cry as she did not want to cause panic.
"Mika, stop." Hyuuga finally spoke as he gripped hard on his umbrella. He was the closest to their mother, he was still trying to process her passing and trying not to blame his father's job "I… I do not blame dad either. But…." Hyuuga didn't say anything else before running away and dropping his umbrella.
"Big bro wait!" Mika extends her arm as she tries to run after her older brother.
"Mika stop!" Haruki spoke loudly, causing his daughter to stop. "He needs some alone time to grieve, please." Mika looks at him, "It's alright, no need to hold back anymore." Haruki reassures her with a smile, those words cause Mika to finally cry as she hugs Haruki, who crouches to hug her as well, with Riku hugging as well. Haruki looks at the direction Hyuuga ran too "He was very close to your mom, so her passing hit him the hardest. Don't worry, he'll be alright." With those words, the flashback ended as it cuts back to the present, with Haruki sitting with his kids.
"Even after all these years he's still grieving, I don't blame him. Despite our fights, we care for each other, it's just Hyuuga has his own way of showing love." Haruki laughed rather dramatically to cheer up his kids, Mika looked away feeling embarrassed that he's their father, while Riku laughed alongside his father.
"And this is my family, everyone." Rika continues to look away, but chuckles a bit.
"Is big bro okay daddy?" Riku asks his father.
"Oh don't worry you know him, he can take one beating but still getting up like nothing happened!" Haruki shouts and raises his fist dramatically, with Riku looking at his father while clapping his hands, and Mika looking away.
While the family was doing their usual shenanigans, Hyuuga was looking from the door and chuckled "Those dorks I swear." He closes the door with a smile.
Outside of the Yasakani house, the kunoichi was observing Hyuuga via a handheld telescope. "They were right, he's the heir of the Yasakani clan." She puts the telescope away and leaps away "I must report to them right now." The kunoichi continues to leap at high-speed in order to report her discovery.
The Kunoichi arrives in front of a temple, enters through its gates and gets inside the building. From the inside, the temple looks way bigger, having a lot of decorations everywhere, some of them including golden statues of animals, such as a serpent as an example. As the kunoichi arrives, she walks towards a large double door and opens them, revealing several people dressed in ninja and kunoichi uniforms, all of them being part of a specific clan. They are sitting on their knees and bow to the kunoichi arriving to show respect, and in front, there are three elderly men, these three are known as the "Shinobi Sages", the higher-ups of all ninja clans.
The kunoichi removes her mask and bows to the sages.
"Heir to the Kusanagi clan, miss Tsubaki!" The right elder says "What brings you here?"
"Sages, I've come here to make my report." The kunoichi, now named Tsubaki, answers his question "I've managed to locate the heir of the Yasakani clan." These words shock everyone present, some of the members there start talking to each other about the news.
"You managed to find the one? That is good, we will need their help against the Yokai." The left elder speaks with a proud tone.
"We don't know yet when the Yokai are going to attack, but we are already prepared to face them." Spoke the left elder.
Tsubaki's eyes widened, realizing what they meant by that "Are you saying that…"
"Yes, they are ready." Spoke the middle elder, who snapped his fingers as two servants appear holding two red pillows with gold rimming, one was holding what appears to be a scroll-like object with the "main body" being metal and colored in red with the image of a serpent around it, and the cornua being golden in color. Meanwhile the other servant was holding a rectangular-like device being metallic as well, black with gold in color, with the most prominent part being a large slot in the middle, and looking closer, it looks like the scroll is supposed to fit on said slot "The Ninja Driver and the Seal Scrolls, a mix between technology and ninjutsu, is finally done."
Tsubaki stares in awe at the pieces of technology created to fight against the Yokai. She grabs both of them, the Ninja Driver and the Seal Scroll, in this case, the Hebi Scroll.
"Now for your next mission, find the heir to the Yasakani clan and give them the Driver and Scroll." Spoke the left elder "We are continuing on you, we will need the help of the Yasakani clan for this one."
"Don't worry, I won't fail you!" Tsubaki said as she bows to the elders, who then bowed back. She puts her mask back and exits the temple "I won't fail them, I will not!" She hypes herself up and starts leaping from building to building.
In an unknown location, it's almost impossible to see due to how dark it is, the only glowing thing there are several purple spirits. Some of these spirits are gathering in a specific spot and as they merge, they combine into a humanoid being that roars and swings both arms upwards.
On the city, Tsubaki is currently on top of a light pole, looking around to see if she can spot Hyuuga.
"Where could he be?" That's when she spots something, Hyuuga, doing his usual parkour routine as he's leaping from a building to another "Found him! Now before I give him these" She looks at the Driver and Scroll before putting them away "It would be best to test him and see if I made the right choice." Tsubaki then disappears.
Hyuuga was leaping from one building to another to get some fresh air and clear his mind. As Hyuuga is about to land, he suddenly spots something coming his direction and quickly dodges.
"What the?!" He looks behind himself and sees that a part of the floor was suddenly frozen, as if ice just hit it. He then looks in front and blocks with by arms an axe kick "What the hell are you doing?!" Tsubaki was the one that attacked him and she's suddenly thrown away by Hyuuga swinging his arms. He stares at his opponent and recognizes that she's from the Kusanagi clan.
"You better start explaining why you attacked me all of a sudden." Hyuuga asks in an angry tone, with Tsubaki saying nothing as she remains silent "Oh not gonna talk huh?" Hyuuga hits his fist on his hand "Then I'll get the answers out of you myself!" Hyuuga rushes towards Tsubaki as he goes for the attack.
Hyuuga starts with a straight punch aimed at her head, Tsubaki simply moves her head to the side, catching Hyuuga by surprise as she grabs his arm and tosses him away. The heir to the Yasakani clan however, flips in the air and stomps on the floor, managing to stop his movement. Tsubaki now goes for the attack as she leaps forward and tries to kick Hyuuga, who blocks with his arm and tries to punch her, with Tsubaki managing to block the punch. Hyuuga smiles and before Tsubaki could react, he delivers a hard punch aimed at her shoulder, managing to deal his first hit, but is suddenly hit with a karate chop aimed at his neck. The hit causes Hyuuga to lose some of his balance as he spits some blood on the floor.
"Okay, that hurt, like a lot!" He wipes the blood from his mouth before cracking his neck. Hyuuga then yells as he rushes with another punch, Tsubaki sighing under her mask as she dodges it with a backflip, a very graceful one and lands behind Hyuuga, who is hit by a quick punch on the face, followed by a few fast chop thrusts and kick that sends him away.
"You are supposed to be the heir to the Yasakani clan?" Tsubaki finally speaked in a very disappointed tone as she folded her arms "Frankly I'm disappointed, you fight more like a street punk than a ninja."
"Shut up!" Hyuuga shouts as he gets up, trying to hit Tsubaki with another punch, she simply dodges it again.
"Let me show you how a ninja fights." Tsubaki concentrates as she starts doing some hand signs and extends her hand forward "Ice Ninpo: Butterfly's Frost!" From her hand, a large butterfly wings ice construct is released, flying towards Hyuuga, who crosses his arms as the wings hit him, freezing his arms in the process "Again you disappoint me, you are the heir of the Yasakani clan, and you've yet to show me if you are worthy of being one." Hyuuga stares on the ground in silence and before Tsubaki could do anything, she notices something that causes her eyes to widen.
"I said…" The ice on Hyuuga's arms is melting and he swings his arms, breaking the ice and rushes towards Tsubaki "SHUT UP!" In an instant, in slow-motion, Hyuuga swung his fist, but what surprised and shocked Tsubaki was that the fist was in flames. Tsubaki's mask falls on the floor, with flames all over it as she stares in shock, closes her eyes and smiles.
"Guess I've underestimated you." Hearing those words causes Hyuuga to look at Tsubaki who bows to him "I'm Tsubaki Kusanagi, heir to the Kusanagi clan. Sorry for attacking you out of the blue, I just wanted to test you first before accepting that you are indeed worthy of being the heir to the Yasakani clan." She points to Hyuuga's hand, and he finally notices that it's on fire.
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Hyuuga starts panicking while swinging his arm, trying to put the fire out and even running around. Tsubaki stares in disbelief at Hyuuga's reaction before giggling a bit, finding his reaction amusing and funny.
"Wh-Wh-Wh-What do I do?! My hand is on fire!" Hyuuga continues to panic until he notices something is odd "It's on fire, but it doesn't hurt?" Tsubaki then starts laughing as Hyuuga stares at her.
"Sorry, sorry!" She wipes a tear from her eye and manages to calm down "I'm just surprised at your reaction, the Yasakani clan have the power over the fire element but I was not expecting that reaction of yours."
"It's been years since I ever did this, must have forgotten I could do that." Said Hyuuga as he closes and opens his hand "Anyway, I'm Hyuuga, and did you say you're from the Kusanagi clan?" Tsubaki nods as Hyuuga puts hands on his pockets and looks to the sky. "My dad once told me that the Yasakani and Kusanagi clans have a bit of history together." He chuckles "Maybe it's fate that brings these two clans together once again huh?"
"I like to believe it is, but there's a reason I went here." Tsubaki said in a serious tone as she approached Hyuuga.
"And what reason did you have for kicking my ass out of nowhere?" Hyuuga asked, still upset after being attacked.
Tsubaki rolled her eyes then continued "I was sent here to recruit the heir to the Yasakani clan, that being you." She points to Hyuuga "Because, we need your help."
"Help? Help with what?" Hyuuga questions, now being curious. Tsubaki pulls and shows him the Ninja Driver and the Hebi Scroll.
"These are the Ninja Driver, and one of the Seal Scrolls, the Hebi Scroll. With these, you'll be able to transform into a Kamen Rider and fight against the Yokais."
"Wait, hang on, Yokai?" Hyuuga questions "What do you mean?"
"The Yokai were sealed years ago during the Shinobi Yokai War, but now they have been released. The Sages asked me to find you so you could help us." Tsubaki explains to Hyuuga "So, please." She extends her arms holding the Driver and Scroll "Join and help us in defeating the Yokais!" Tsubaki shouts, Hyuuga stares at her for a minute before putting his hands on her hands that are holding the devices…. Then pushes them away, confusing Tsubaki.
"Look, I'm sorry to say this, but I have to refuse." Tsubaki's eyes widened as she heard that, almost dropping the Driver and Scroll in the process.
"W-What?! Why would you refuse?!" Tsubaki questions Hyuuga with a confusing and angry tone.
"I just don't want to be involved with the Ninjas, not anymore." Hyuuga explains in a serious tone, Tsubaki could only stare in disbelief "And if I'm being honest, I don't like that the only reason they wanted me was only because of my heritage, I never asked to be the heir."
Tsubaki stares at him before looking at the ground, disappointed and sad that her expectations went down even after that fight she had with him "So, that's your answer?"
"Unfortunately."
"... I'll report to the Sages, I'm sorry for wasting your time." Tsubaki spoked in a sad tone as she put the devices away and leaped from the building. Hyuuga could only stare at her before leaping from the building as well.
As he's walking, he starts getting flashbacks from before his mother's death, showing how much he loved being a Ninja and was excited to one day become the heir to the clan. That dream was destroyed by her death, causing Hyuuga to try and distance himself from the Ninja life. He stops and looks at the sky.
"If she was still here, would I still have that dream?" Hyuuga asks, as if he's trying to talk to his mother in a way. He shocks his head but before he could continue, an explosion occurs from behind him followed by screams of terror "What the?!" Hyuuga turned around and his eyes widened after discovering the reason for the chaos caused.
The culprit behind this was a monster, its body was mainly brown in color that resembles fur, the most prominent parts of the monster being large blades in place of its hands, alongside purple armor on its feet, legs and shoulder pads. Upon closer inspection, the monster resembles a weasel, or rather, the Kamaitachi.
As the Kamaitachi roars, wind-like energy surrounds its blades as it swings forward, launching two sharp blades of wind in that direction, right where Hyuuga was. He quickly reacted with a backflip as the blades hit a car, cutting it in two parts before exploding.
"That must be a Yokai that the Kusanagi girl was talking about. But how? They were sealed years ago!" Hyuuga notices that the Kamaitachi was walking towards a kid that was on the floor crying "Oh hell no!" He quickly ran and leaped, the Kamaitachi swung its blade to attack the child, but Hyuuga was fast enough and grabbed the kid before leaping again "Are you okay?" The kid nods his head before running away. Hyuuga hears the Yokai's roar as he turns around "I don't exactly forgive those that hurt kids you know?" Hyuuga then goes for the attack, punching the Yokai on the face then goes for a kick, he manages to hit it but doesn't do much damage.
The Yokai shoulder tackled Hyuuga before swinging its right arm, causing a cut on Hyuuga's arm as blood flies and he flinches back. Hyuuga looked at his arm, bleeding from the cut before getting up and trying to attack the Yokai again with another punch. The Kamaitachi used its speed to dodge and went to slash Hyuuga again, cutting his back as blood flew again and he fell on the ground.
Hyuuga tried to get up, but the cut on his back was hurting a lot more than the one on his arm. He could only look behind as the Yokai approached, the Kamaitachi was ready to go for the killing blow as it raised its arm. Hyuuga closed his eyes, ready for it to end.
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But nothing, as he opens his eyes, Hyuuga discovers that Kamaitachi's hand was frozen solid. The Yokai looked at its frozen arm, confused as to what happened, then out of nowhere, it was kicked away as it rolled on the ground.
"What you did was not only reckless, but completely stupid you know?"
Hyuuga groaned as he recognized the voice, looking in front of him was his savior "I am currently very hurt so cut me some slack okay?" Tsubaki, his savior, rolled her eyes and helped him get up "What are you even doing here?"
"I came back to check what was going on after hearing the chaos, and not only I found a Yokai, but also found someone who 'didn't want to get involved'." A smug smile appeared on her, Hyuuga stared at her before looking away.
"I…. I just couldn't stand and watch as people get hurt alright?" Hyuuga admitted, to the surprise of Tsubaki as her smug smile disappeared before turning into a surprise expression "Despite how I look, I'm not a bad person." He gave a genuine smile, Tsubaki smiled as well. They turn to see the Yokai approaching them as their expressions turn serious.
"Guess someone needs to be taught a lesson." Tsubaki said as she got into a fighting stance.
"Hey Kusanagi." Tsubaki looked at Hyuuga "Those things you wanted to give to me, I will be able to fight against these things right?"
"Yes. While we Ninjas can fight without problem against Yokais, we can't destroy them." Tsubaki said as she pulled the Ninja Driver and Hebi Scroll "Yokais are immortal, their bodies can be destroyed, but they still remain alive by their souls. These were created using a combination of Ninjutsu and technology, they can destroy both a Yokai's body and their soul, meaning they can't return even without a body." She explained, Hyuuga nodding as he understood what she said and grabs both devices.
The heir to the Yasakani clan stared at the devices, his confidence growing as a smile appeared on his face "You hear that Yokai? Looks like they found a way to make sure you don't threaten no one ever again!" Hyuuga shouted as he pointed the Driver to the Yokai before putting it on his waist, a red strap came out of the driver via small flames before connecting to the other side.
[Ninja Driver!]
Hyuuga smiled once again before taking a serious expression. He spun the Hebi Scroll before stopping its movement as he pressed the cornua with his left hand's index finger.
[Hebi!]
Hyuuga then inserted the Scroll on the slot of the Driver, a large Scroll appeared behind him in the air that possessed flames as well and a ring made of 9 magatamas appeared around Hyuuga.. Hyuuga raises his hand in the air with only his index and middle finger out while the rest are closed, doing a common Ninja gesture. He brought his finger close to his face with his eyes closed, then he opens then.
"Henshin!" Hyuuga swung his arm to the side before spinning the cornua forward, causing the scroll to open, revealing a drawing of a red serpent surrounded by flames.
[Henshin no Jutsu!]
The big scroll opened as well, the serpent coming out of it as it circles around Hyuuga.
[Moeru, Hebi!]
The serpent wraps itself around Hyuuga as its body ignites, then disappears as the flames cover all of Hyuuga's body alongside the magatamas before disappearing. A black bodysuit with red and white accents overlapped Hyuuga's body, his forearms and legs have red bandages that resembles snakes wrapped around them, red with yellow accent shoulder pads, knee pads and chest armor, with said chest armor having an image of a ring made of 9 magatamas. Finally the helmet resembled a ninja's mask, though it was more armored looking, red with yellow accents, the bandana tails resembling connected flames and the helmet had yellow eyes.
Hyuuga looked at his new appearance, checking himself and chuckling, realizing how cool looking he is right now. Despite not being able to show any facial expressions, the Yokai was shocked and surprised, flinching a bit as it moved backwards.
"Well done Yasakani, now you can truly fight against the Yokai as a Kamen Rider." Tsubaki said, with a satisfied and proud tone.
"Things are getting interesting." Said Hyuuga, who entered a fighting pose "Orochi, has arrived." Orochi, that is the name of his new appearance "Get ready to return to where you came from Yokai!" Orochi pointed to the Yokai as he rushed forward.
The Yokai channels wind energy and swings both arms forward, launching two blades of wind towards the ninja Rider, who simply flipped forward to dodge the attack as it hits the ground and causes an explosion. Orochi leaped and delivered a strong kick on the Yokai powered by flames, managing to finally deal some damage on the monster. The ninja Rider crack his knuckles and uses his enhanced speed to get close to the Yokai, attacking with fast punches, then follows-up with a fiery uppercut that causes sparks to fly from the Yokai as its send in the air before leaping in the air, delivering a nasty axe kick that sends the Yokai crashing on the ground.
"Wow, he's doing better than expected, guess I shouldn't have underestimated him." Said Tsubaki, watching the fight and being impressed at how Hyuuga was managing to adapt so quickly.
Orochi landed on his two feet and walked towards the Yokai, sparks suddenly flew from him as he was struck by the Yokai's blades, who used is enhanced speed, it then turned around and started slashing Orochi again, and again, and again, sparks flying by each hit and the Ninja Rider being launched on the ground.
"You know, as much as I like using my fists, a weapon would be nice to have!" Orochi got his wish as flames appeared in front of him, taking the shape of a weapon and Orochi went to grab it, the flames disappearing and a weapon forming.
[Hebi Dual Blade!]
The Hebi Dual Blade, a crescent-shaped sword that has two grips for each side, the sword being red and yellow in color with an image of a serpent on it. Orochi holds the sword with one hand as he gets up, excited to test out his new weapon.
He rushes towards the Yokai who swings its right arm blade forward, Orochi swinging his own sword as well. Both blades collide with each other as sparks fly, their blades continue to clash with each other as they try to attack, each hit causing more sparks to fly. The Yokai tries to attack with both blades, but Orochi is the faster one and swings the Hebi Dual Blade upwards, causing the Yokai to lose its balance as its arms are forcefully swung away.
"Time to taste your own medicine weasel!" Orochi shouted as he started slashing the Yokai, each slashing becoming faster than the previous one. Orochi stabbed the Yokai, then he grabs onto the other grip and pulled it, separating both blades.
[Futaken!]
Orochi then removes the other half of the sword from the Yokai, he tosses them in the air before grabbing them again and holds them in reverse grip. Orochi starts slashing the Yokai, the slashes being faster due to now holding two swords instead of one.
"Time to test some Ninjutsu." Orochi starts spinning in place as flames start appearing on the blades "Fire Ninpo: Raging Roar!" Orochi spins faster and faster, surrounding himself in a small tornado made of flames. The tornado moves towards the Yokai and strikes it several times, then spins around it while slashing with the blades before striking it again, sending the Yokai away.
Orochi stops spinning as the tornado disappears, the Hebi Dual Blade disappears and Orochi gets ready to finish the Yokai.
"Let's wrap this up Yokai!" Orochi spins the cornua once again, causing another "paper" to appear, revealing a red Kanji meaning "Killer technique" that shines in flames.
[Hebi! Hissatsu no Jutsu!]
Orochi does small leaps above the ground as flames start to appear on his boots, then he rushes towards the Yokai, with each step causing burning marks to appear on the ground. Orochi's fist ignites as he punches with his right hand, then follows-up with an uppercut with the other fist that launches the Yokai in the air. Orochi leaps as a trail of flames appear, he then kicks the Yokai on the ground.
"Super Fire Ninpo!" A ring made of 9 magatamas appears in front of Orochi "Blazing Serpent's Bite!" Orochi flies towards the ring as he passes through it, igniting his body as he performs a flying kick towards the Yokai, with the head of a serpent appearing on his boot and "biting" the Yokai. Orochi yells as loud as can and passes through the Kamaitachi "You who don't belong in the light, return to the darkness, Evil Spirit!" After saying that, sparks start coming out of the Yokai before it exploded, a purple light coming out of its body before imploding.
Orochi took a deep breath, a bit tired from the fight before chuckling proudly. He then closed the Scroll and removed it, dismissing the transformation as the armor disappeared. Hyuuga looks at his Scroll before smiling, he looks behind himself as he hears hands clapping coming from Tsubaki.
"For your first time, you sure handle it well." Tsubaki said as she approached Hyuuga with a smile, before getting a bit close to him "So how was it? How it felt?" She asked in a curious tone.
"First, personal space lady!" Hyuuga shouted pointing at Tsubaki, who held her hands up while backing away "Second, it was…. Interesting, that's the best way to describe it." Hyuuga explains as he looks at his Driver "It's been a while since I ever used Ninjutsu, though it was way different when transformed."
"You mentioned that before, what do you mean?" Tsubaki asked with a curious tone.
Hyuuga looked at her as he thinks of an answer "I would rather not talk about it, it's a bit of a personal reason."
"Oh I see, sorry I won't ask again." Tsubaki apologizes but Hyuuga shakes his head.
"It's fine, don't worry." Said Hyuuga as he sighs "Guess I'm stuck with this huh?" Hyuuga raises his hand holding the Driver.
"Sadly, you are now one of us Yasakani, congrats!" Tsubaki shouted, using her Ninjutsu to make a "congratulations" made of ice with frost fireworks. Hyuuga stares at her with a blank expression, the ice then melts from how awkward the situation got "You could at least say something like 'Oh wow thank you so much Tsubaki!', 'I could never do this without your help Tsubaki!'"
"In your dreams Kusanagi." Hyuuga said with a deadpan tone, Tsubaki pouted at his response before looking away.
From a distance, it seems that someone is watching over the two, a young man with brown hair with white streaks, yellow eyes, wearing a yellow outfit, a collar with the head of a wolf and his skin was quite pale.
"So he's the heir to the Yasakani, and Orochi he said?" The figure speaks in a masculine voice before chuckling "Things are getting interesting, I'll wait for a bit to see what more he can do." The figure walks away, revealing that he also has a Ninja Driver and he's holding his own Seal Scroll, his being yellow in color and instead of a serpent, it's a wolf.
To Be Continued…
Next Time on Kamen Rider Orochi:
"Heir to the Yasakani clan! Lend us your strength against the Yokai!"
"That Yasakani guy sure is interesting."
"Maybe it was a Ninja that broke the seal."
"If things are getting too hot, maybe I can cool them down."
"Freeze for eternity Yokai, punishment!"
Chapter 2: Ninpo: The Ice Kunoichi Takes Flight