It has been a few days since Hyuuga Yasakani met the heir to the Kusanagi clan, Tsubaki Kusanagi, learned that the Yokai have returned, transformed into Kamen Rider Orochi and defeated the Kamaitachi Yokai. During these days, there has been no Yokai activity, despite them being released, their power was still weak from the time they were sealed, meaning it would take a while for their physical bodies to be formed.
Hyuuga was currently in his room resting on his bed, thinking about the events that happened that day. He agreed to keep the Yokai and his Rider identity a secret from his family, since he didn't want them to be involved. Hyuuga looked at the Ninja Driver and Hebi Scroll that were on a wooden desk.
"I'm still trying to comprehend what just happened." Hyuuga snapped his finger, causing a small flame to appear. "Never thought I would be using this again, but oddly enough, it feels good using Ninjutsu again." A small smile appears on his face and he makes the flame disappear. "Never thought I would say it, but I think I should follow my father's advice and start training again."
"Oh so you decide to take your training more seriously?"
"What the?!" Hyuuga flinched as he heard a voice that caused him to accidentally fall from his bed. He gets up and hears laughter, groaning since he recognizes who the voice belongs to and "And what are you doing here?"
"Hello to you too." Tsubaki replies ignoring Hyuuga's question, she appears wearing her casual clothes, which consist of a blue T-shirt, a thigh length yellow jacket, jeans shorts and blue boots "As for your question, can't I visit the house of my partner?" Hyuuga simply stared at her, as if he's trying to process what she just said.
"Okay, first of all, since are we partners? And second, how did you know where I live?"
"First, well the Yasakani and Kusanagi clans have been partners since ages ago, so it's only natural that you and I do the same." Tsubaki answers the first question, Hyuuga could swear he heard a smug tone in her voice "As for your second question, I followed you." She answers with an innocent smile.
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Hyuuga pinched the bridge of his nose as he groaned "Look if you decide to visit me again, you could just use the door like a normal person."
"I know, I just wanted to mess with you today." A smug smile appeared on Tsubaki's face.
Outside of the room, Haruki and Riku were listening to the conversation by putting their ears on the door.
"D-Daddy, is big bro talking to a-"
"Yes, yes he is!" Haruki said in a proud tone "I can't believe this day has finally come, all of my hard work these past few years have been a success!"
"You know what you two are doing is a bit creepy right?" Mika said, clearly annoyed but used to her father's shenanigans.
"My dear daughter, you must understand that your brother is finally following in his old man's footsteps!" Haruki shouted "Yes! This is indeed a day to celebrate!"
Hyuuga kicked the door, hitting Haruki who was tossed away "Don't you know about the word privacy old man?" Hyuuga said, with his father rubbing his head as he looked at his son, who turned around to see Mika "What were these two doing?"
"Listening to the conversation you were having." Mika answered in a deadpan tone, Hyuuga rolled his eyes as he closed the door "If mom was here, she would scold the hell out of you two."
Hyuuga turns around to continue his conversation with Tsubaki "You sure have a nice family." She said with a smile on her face.
"They may be…. A bit quirky, but I still like them, even my old man." Hyuuga admitted as he chuckled.
"Yeah I can tell you care for them." Tsubaki said before looking away "I kinda envy you." She mutters under her breath.
"What?" Hearing this causes Tsubaki's eyes to widen as she turns to face Hyuuga.
"Oh uh, n-nothing forget I said anything." Tsubaki said while laughing nervously, Hyuuga stared at her with a confused expression before shrugging it off "In all seriousness, there's a reason I came here. The Sages wanted me to bring you to them."
"The ones you mentioned? Why exactly?" Hyuuga questioned with a bit of intrigue.
"Now that you have agreed to help us with the Yokai, they want to personally see who's the current heir to the Yasakani clan." Tsubaki explained as she waited for Hyuuga to answer.
After thinking for a few short seconds, Hyuuga nods his head. "They'll probably have some answers as to why the Yokai are here, so "Hyuuga walked to the window "Let's get going." Tsubaki nods her head as the two leap from the window and use their agility to jump between buildings.
Some time later, the two arrive at the temple and enter through the gate before arriving at the building's door.
"Welcome…. To the Shinobi Temple." Tsubaki said as she opens the door, Hyuuga's eyes widen as he enters inside the building, he looks everywhere, at the decorations, everything, he whistles.
"Fancy place, so here is where these Sages spend most of their time?" Hyuuga asks as he and Tsubaki approach the large double door.
"More so inside this room." Tsubaki points at the door, Hyuuga nodding his head while looking around before noticing something that catches his attention, the statue of a serpent. Tsubaki notices Hyuuga staring at the serpent "Oh that, it looks like its decoration, but that's actually the symbol of the Yasakani clan."
"Wait, our clans have symbols?" Hyuuga asks.
"And I instantly regret bringing you here." Tsubaki said in a deadpan tone.
"Well I'm sorry if I never bother to learn more about my family's history ms. perfect." Hyuuga said sarcastically. Tsubaki groans as she turns for the door.
"Let's just get this over with please." She opens the door, the two enter as Hyuuga noticing ninjas and kunoichis from several clans staring at him and Tsubaki, they bow the moment they arrive.
"What are they-" Tsubaki silenced Hyuuga before he could ask his question. The two then stop and in front of them, the three Sages, who have been waiting for their arrival. Tsubaki knelt to show respect to them, Hyuuga however was looking confused.
"Kneel you idiot." Tsubaki hissed at Hyuuga without raising her voice.
"Do I have too?" Hyuuga asks, causing Tsubaki to grab him by the head and forcefully make him kneel, Hyuuga just looks at her while groaning silently. Suddenly, one of the Sages starts laughing, causing the two heirs to look at him confused.
"Oh my apologies, it's been a while since I last saw a Yasakani with an attitude like that, most of the Yasakani clan were considered rebels by many." The Sage explained as he continued to laugh, Hyuuga looked at Tsubaki with a smug expression.
"Looks like not everyone follows the rules huh?" Hyuuga says in a smug tone.
"You are lucky, if we weren't in their presence, I would smack you!" Tsubaki said as she raises her hand with the intent to slap Hyuuga, who pretends to be scared of her threat.
"In all seriousness, why exactly did you want her to bring me?" Hyuuga asks.
"Ah yes, besides wanting to see the heir to the Yasakani clan in person, so we can explain the situation better." The middle Sage explained "You probably have many questions regarding the Yokai right?"
"Pretty much, my dad said that the Yokai were sealed many years ago, then how are they here?" Hyuuga asks, the Sages nodding as they are ready to answer his question.
"Very well, in order to understand the situation, we will tell the story…. Of the Shinobi Yokai War." Spoke the Right Sage, his words cause the other ninjas present to get interested in the story.
"Oh great, here comes story time." Hyuuga said in an annoyed tone, Tsubaki gently hit him with her elbow.
The scenario then changes, showing flashbacks of the Shinobi Yokai War in the form of blank ink in old paper. The first scene that the flashback shows is of a scroll.
"Many, many years ago, our ancestors encountered what became known as the Shinobi Scroll." One of the Sages speak, the scene showing a group of people looking at the scroll "The Shinobi Scroll is a mystical and mysterious item that possesses the power over all elements, our ancestors discover and receive their powers from the scroll." The scene shows the scroll opening as a bright light comes out of it, then it shows some of the people displaying said elemental powers, such as fire, water, earth, wind, electricity, ice etc.
The scenery changes again, showing now each of the clans being formed, with more people joining "As the years passed, the descendents of our ancestors formed the Ninja clans, using their powers for the sake of combating against any evil, such as the Yokais." One of the Sages spoke, the scene changing as it shows some Yokais appearing and fighting the Ninjas "The Yokai have emerged and started their attacked on humanity, with their main obstacle being the Ninja clans, they fought bravely against these evil spirits, however they couldn't permanently eliminate them, only destroy their physical bodies." The scene then shows a Ninja using fire to burn the Yokai's body as it explodes, their soul appearing in the form of a purple sphere flying upwards, then it reappears as energy forms around it and its body returns.
"The Yokai were simply attacking people, but that all changed when they somehow discovered about the existence of the Shinobi Scroll, that moment was where they started an all-out attack to obtain the mystical item, that was, the Shinobi Yokai War." One of the Sages spoke, the flashback showing now several Ninjas and Yokais fighting, with explosions occurring everywhere alongside elemental abilities being thrown as well "The Yokais were being led by the most powerful Yokai to ever exist, Shuten-Douji." Shuten-Douji, the strongest Yokai, appeared in the form of a monstrous humanoid resembling an Oni attacking some Ninjas "He was a formidable, and a dangerous opponent, striking against the Ninjas like nothing. Despite his strength, he and his Yokai were defeated in the end, our ancestors at that time made use of some Seal Scrolls and a sealing Ninjutsu in order to seal Shuten-Douji and the Yokai." The scene shows Shuten-Douji screaming as Kanjis for the elements appearing rotating around him alongside some Seal Scrolls and several chains appeared around him, as a way to symbolize him and the Yokai being sealed away.
The scene then returns to the present, the story ends with the Yokai being sealed, Hyuuga's eyes widening, especially since this is the first time he was told the full story of the war.
"That was supposed to be the end of the tale of the battle between the Ninjas and Yokais, however." The expressions of the Sages turn grim as the left one explains "As you can see, the seal was broken, and the Yokai are now free to continue their havoc, and probably continue their pursuit to get the Shinobi Scroll."
"And as such, we have come to a decision." The right Sage said, the three Sages, while still sitting, put their hands on the floor.
"Heir to the Yasakani Clan!" They bowed at the same time "Lend us your strength against the Yokai!" The three Sages shouted at the same time, as Tsubaki and the other Ninjas stared at Hyuuga, waiting for his answer.
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Hyuuga took a deep breath while rubbing the back of his head. "Look I can't exactly give a straight answer if I have eyes all over me."
"Oh, feeling nervous? That's so unexpected of you." Tsubaki spoke in her usual smug tone, Hyuuga flicked his finger on her forehead, causing her to flinch in pain while rubbing her forehead.
"As for my answer…. Well as much as I would love to not get involved, I think at this point, I don't exactly have a choice. So, you can bet I'm gonna fight with you." Hyuuga said as a smile appeared on his face, his answer causing everyone to clap their hands, Tsubaki included.
"Very well, we are very happy that you decided to help us. Dismissed!" The middle Sage shouted, those words causing everyone to bow and leave the room, Hyuuga and Tsubaki ready to leave the room "You two, wait a moment." The Sage spoke again, causing Hyuuga and Tsubaki to stop and turn their heads.
"Do you need something?" Tsubaki asks.
"Yes, we just have two things to say." The Left Sage snapped his finger, and a servant appeared holding a pillow "First for Hyuuga, we want to give you your own uniform." Hyuuga looks at the folded uniform as he grabs it and holds it by the sleeves, causing the whole uniform to unfold "Since you are now part of us, we decided to give it to you."
"Thanks I guess, not really a fan but still, thanks." Hyuuga thanked them "And the second thing?"
"Ah yes, another Ninja Driver is being made for Miss Tsubaki to use so she can help you as well." The Right Sage said.
"Guess she won't be useless after all." Hyuuga said as he chuckled, Tsubaki staring at him with a blank expression.
"Excuse you, but I happen to have more experience than you, and if I remember correctly, you were getting your ass kicked by that Yokai, remember?" Tsubaki said with her arms crossed.
"I was? My memory must be foggy, I can't remember being beaten by that Yokai, maybe you must be imagining things." Hyuuga said in a sarcastic and mocking tone with a smug smile as he walked away still holding the uniform.
"Why you!" Tsubaki shouts and follows Hyuuga, the right Sage laughing at the situation.
"I look forward to seeing Yasakani and Kusanagi fighting once again."
In Tokyo, the people there are minding their own business, living their lives like normal. A man notices something strange as a manhole vibrates, then suddenly, other manholes start to vibrate and are shot upwards as water begins to come from the sewers. The people run in fear as the water joins in a single spot, taking the shape of a humanoid being as a purple orb appears and enters the body, causing it to burst and reveal a Yokai.
This Yokai has a full-on blue body with black markings all around it, said markings resembling whirlpools, it also wore a barrel on its torso and its head resembled a shark's head with large and soulless black eyes. This was the Yokai Umibozu.
Hyuuga and Tsubaki arrive as they witness the Yokai attacking the city by shooting water from its mouth, it spots the two Ninjas and roars before shooting water at them, the two quickly dodging as the water pierces through a car and explodes.
"Good thing we dodged, otherwise we get turned into donuts!" Hyuuga shouted as he jumped another water blast.
"You made a mistake being a Yokai of water buddy!" Tsubaki said as she leaps in the air and prepares a Ninjutsu "Ice Ninpo: Ice Spikes!" She extends her hands and releases several ice spikes towards the Yokai, who is damaged by them and surprisingly despite its body being made from water, sparks simply fly from its body and it counterattacks by releasing shots of water everywhere, damaging even more the city and the two Ninjas try their best to dodge the attack.
"Okay enough of this!" Hyuuga pulls the Ninja Driver and puts it on his waist. He grabs the Hebi Scroll and presses the cornua.
[Hebi!]
"Henshin!" Hyuuga inserts the Scroll on the Driver and spins the cornua, it opens as the serpent and magatama circle around him and he rushes towards the Yokai.
[Henshin no Jutsu!]
[Moeru, Hebi!]
Hyuuga transforms into Orochi and starts the attack with a flurry of brutal punches, despite the elemental disadvantage, he's managing quite fine and goes for another punch, until Umibozu disappears by liquifying its body and separating itself.
"What the?!" Orochi looks around to see where the Yokai went.
"Behind you!" Tsubaki shouted, Orochi turned around but he was too late, the Yokai reforms behind and tackles Orochi, knocking him away and then shoots a stream of water at the Rider, pushing him away onto a wall. The Yokai laughed until it was pushed away by a flying kick by Tsubaki, who is now wearing her Kunoichi uniform "Can I join the party?" She asks with a smile as the Yokai roars at her and unleashes a stream of water, she quickly evades and uses her speed to attack from several angles using kicks, managing to damage the Yokai and goes for another kick, but she passes right through Umibozu, who liquify its torso to prevent the attack.
The Yokai grabs Tsubaki by arm and slams her on the ground, causing blood to fly from her mouth and tosses her away. Orochi quickly leaps forward and grabs Tsubaki, though due to the speed she was thrown, both end up falling together.
"Are you alright?" Orochi asks as he helps Tsubaki get up.
"Besides my back hurting, I'm okay." Tsubaki says as she wipes blood from her mouth "I manage to hit it, though it won't go down that easily I'm afraid."
"Then leave this to me." The Hebi Dual Blade appears in his hand in Futaken mode and he rushes towards the Yokai, he leaps for a slash, but passes through the Yokai who liquifies its body once again, though Orochi does manage to slash it after landing "Now!" Tsubaki nods and uses the Ice Spikes Ninjutsu again, managing to damage and freeze a bit of the Yokai's body. Orochi goes for another slash, the slash now fully connects as sparks fly from the damage, followed by other slashes and a kick.
The Yokai falls on the ground and before Orochi could prepare a finisher, the Yokai pulls something that shocks both Ninjas.
"A-A Seal Scroll?!" Tsubaki shouts in a horrifying tone, and indeed she's right, the Yokai is holding a Seal Scroll, though it appears darker in color, making it a bit difficult to see the animal on the "body".
"How the hell do you have it?!" Orochi shouts, pointing the left blade towards the Yokai who presses the button of the cornea.
[SAME!]
A distorted voice came from the scroll and suddenly, Umibozu roars as it leaps in the air, it puts the scroll inside its body and transforms into a large shark made of dark water. The large shark dives towards Orochi, who backflips just in time before becoming shark food, though the shark "dives" inside the ground, its fin emerging and trying to attack Orochi again with another leap, the fire Ninja tries to slash it, but his blades only pass through the body of water as it slams on him, the shark entering the ground once again as it leaps and falls inside the sewers, escaping in the process.
"Dammit it escaped." Orochi said, his armor being wet as he gets up, Tsubaki extends her hand.
"Need a hand?" Tsubaki asks as Orochi grabs her hand and she helps him get up, before noticing the palm of her hand is now wet.
"Hey don't blame me, the shark did it." He points to the manhole.
"Right, right whatever." Tsubaki said in a deadpan tone, Orochi removes the scroll and the armor disappears "Well at least you aren't wet."
"Turns out water doesn't affect me while transformed, that's neat." Hyuuga said as he tosses the scroll in the air before catching it and putting it away "Anyway, how does a Yokai have one of the scroll?"
"I honestly have no idea, and from the looks of the scroll it used, it seems like they managed to corrupt it." Tsubaki said in a more serious tone.
"Corrupted? They can do that?" Hyuuga asks.
"Only Ninjas can use those Scrolls, so one can assume they corrupt it with their power so they can use them." Tsubaki said while cleaning her wet hand "I'm starting to believe the theory is right."
"What theory?" Hyuuga asks
"The Sages have a theory as to why the Yokai have been unsealed." Tsubaki said as she leans in a wall and crosses her arms, Hyuuga joining as well "The Yokais were sealed by a sealing Ninjutsu remember?"
"Yes I do." Hyuuga answers.
"Let's say that some Yokais manage to escape the seal, even if they did they couldn't do anything since only a Ninja could destroy the seal." Tsubaki explains part of the theory, causing Hyuuga's eyes to widen as he realizes where Tsubaki is going.
"Kusanagi, are you about to say what I think you are about to say?" Hyuuga said.
"Yes, I hate to say this but." Tsubaki turns to look at Hyuuga. "Maybe it was a Ninja that broke the seal."
The mood gets a bit somber as Hyuuga's fear has come true, realizing that one of them was the one that released the Yokais.
"The question now is, who did it, and why?" Hyuuga asks.
"Unfortunately we don't know, it's still a theory so we can't say anything, but that might be the most likely answer." Tsubaki said, Hyuuga rubbing his head from this new information "Either way, we better stay alert in case that Yokai returns, also you should probably return to your home, you didn't tell them you left remember?"
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Hyuuga's eyes widen as he hits his hand on his head, remembering he didn't tell his family he was leaving "Crap you're right! Dammit I'm so stupid sometimes!" Hyuuga runs desperately.
"You just realized that now?" Tsubaki said in a sarcastic tone.
"Screw you!" Hyuuga said as he continues to run, suddenly everything goes into slow-motion as he passes through the same person that observed him when he first fought a Yokai, Hyuuga turns his head around when he notices the boy's eyes looking at him, with Hyuuga stopping in the process with a confused expression.
The young man doesn't say a word, walking without a care in the world and Tsubaki notices him as well, and from her expression, it's almost like she could recognize him.
"Who was that?" Hyuuga asks.
"I don't know, but something about him feels…. Familiar." She said as turns around to talk to Hyuuga, and the moment she turned around again, the boy was gone, even Hyuuga notices that "W-Where did."
"I don't have time for this!" Hyuuga shouts and runs back home, Tsubaki simply shrugs it off while trying to figure out where the boy went.
Hyuuga arrives at his home and notices that the window of his room is closed, he simply sighs and knocks on the door. After some short seconds, the door suddenly opens, surprising Hyuuga and he's pulled in immediately…. Into an armlock by his dad.
"What the hell old man?!" Hyuuga shouts as he tries to escape the armlock.
"Where in the blazes were you young man?!" Haruki asks as he continues to pin Hyuuga to the ground."
"First, let me go!" Hyuuga bites Haruki's leg, causing him to release him from the pain he's feeling, with Hyuuga getting up and kicking his dad on the face, knocking him to the ground "Second, I left the house, I forgot to say something first, sorry." Hyuuga said while rubbing his hand.
"This family needs help." Mika mutters under her breath as she and Riku help their father.
"Big bro, who were you talking in your room?" Riku asks his older brother, causing Hyuuga's eyes to widen and he starts sweating like crazy.
"N-N-No one important, in fact, I wasn't talking to anyone, I was talking to myself, yeah I do that!" Hyuuga said in a very panicking tone while walking to the kitchen and opens the fridge "Oh look what we have here, an apple, good for your health." He takes a bite out of the apple, his family just watching him with confused expressions.
"Is he okay daddy?" Riku asks his father with concern in his voice.
"Oh you know Hyuuga, he starts acting crazy whenever he's hiding something."
"I'm not hiding anything old man!" Hyuuga shouted before walking to his room.
"Again, this family needs help." Mika said as she put her hands on her face, Riku and Haruki simply chuckled at that.
Hyuuga arrives in his room, having eaten the entire apple before tossing it at a trash can and falling on his bed, then he begins scratching his head in annoyance while yelling "How can I be this stupid?! I make a fool out of myself every time I need to hide some stupid shit!" In the middle of his breakdown, Hyuuga hears someone knock on his door "W-Who is it?"
"It's me Hyuuga, your dad." Haruki's voice came from the door "Don't worry, I just want to talk with you. Can I come in?"
"... Sure, come in." With that, Haruki opens the door, entering Hyuuga's with a concerned expression on his face and a small smile "How are you feeling kid?"
"Like crap, this happens every time I need to keep a secret."
"Well you tend to keep things to yourself and wasn't exactly the type to open to others easily." Hearing those words causes Hyuuga to chuckle as he gets up and sits on his bed, Haruki sitting as well "Soooo, how's life treating you kid?"
"Oh you know, simply enjoying my life without worrying about stuff, jumping from place to place, improving even further my parkour skills and all of that."
"And yet you still haven't found a job where you don't get fired due to someone 'mildly pissing you off'"
"In my defense, they were annoying me on purpose, so I simply acted out of self-defense."
"What part of that is self-defense? More like you couldn't think of other options."
"Says the guy who almost threw hands with a kid because they couldn't stop screaming at the restaurant."
"That was annoying and you know it!"
A few seconds of silence as the two stare at each other before laughing.
"It's nice to have moments like that, am I right kid?" Haruki puts his hand behind Hyuuga and brings him close, who nods his head "You know that we love you right?"
"I do, and I love you guys as well, I'm just not that good at expressing my emotions very well." Hyuuga rubs the back of his head, Haruki chuckles from that comment.
"You think that's bad? Your mother was way worse, and yet, this handsome guy managed to tame that woman!" Haruki points his right thumb to himself with a smirk on his face.
"Oh old man!" The door opens and the two see Riku and Mika coming in "Yo."
"Looks like you two are having fun." Mika said in her usual deadpan tone, but with a smile on her face.
"Yay! Daddy and big bro are friends!" Riku said in a cheerful tone as he ran while laughing and he jumps, hugging Hyuuga, who was caught by surprise before hugging his little bro "Mika, come join us!"
After hesitating for a few seconds, Mika join them in a family hug. They were having a nice family moment, despite the conflicts and situations, they care for each other.
Back at the Shinobi Temple, Tsubaki was inside the room where the Sages usually are, they seem to be discussing something before noticing her.
"Ah, miss Tsubaki, we didn't see you there." The right Sage said "What brings you here?"
"Just wanted to know if the Ninja Driver was ready."
"Ah yes, you arrived just in time." The left Sage speaks as he claps his hands, a servant appears holding the Ninja Driver and three Seal Scrolls on a pillow. The middle right scroll was azure in color and had an image of a butterfly, the other two scrolls were gold in color and had the Kanji for summoning on them "We present you, your own Ninja Driver, with the inclusion of the Cho Scroll."
"Nice, and what about these two?" Tsubaki points to the two gold scrolls.
"Oh these, they are called Summon Scrolls, they'll be quite useful in battle." The middle Sage explained.
"Summon Scrolls you say?" Tsubaki puts her hands on her chin with a curious look on her face. Suddenly, a Ninja appears running inside the room and kneels.
"Great Sages, the Yokai has returned, and is making usage of the Same Scroll's power to cause destruction on the city!" The Ninja explained the situation, causing the Sages and Tsubaki's eyes to widen.
"Miss Tsubaki, go contact mister Hyuuga to help against the Yokai this instant!" The left Sage points to Tsubaki, who nods, grabs the Ninja Driver and the Scroll before heading out.
Tsubaki, who is wearing her Kunoichi uniform, dials Hyuuga's number on her phone. Back at the Yasakani home, Hyuuga was currently lying on his bed when his phone starts ringing and he picks it up.
"Hyuuga good, that water Yokai is back!" Tsubaki said on the phone.
"Alright I'm coming!" The call ends as Hyuuga looks at his Ninja uniform "Before that." He opens the door "Old man, I'm going out okay?! Just warning you this time!" He shouts, everyone in the house can hear it due to how loud his voice is when he screams.
"I'm glad that you actually remember to do this Hyuuga!" Haruki shouts from afar.
"Yeah whatever, I'm going!" Hyuuga shouts before closing the door, putting on his Ninja uniform, picking the Ninja Driver and Hebi Scroll and leaps from the window to the city.
While leaping from building to building, he stops mid-air as a blast of water is launched upwards. Hyuuga looks down and sees the Yokai Umibozu, who roars before firing another blast of water, Hyuuga dodges in time and quickly inserts the Hebi Scroll on the Driver before spinning the cornea.
"Henshin!" His body ignites in flames as he's surrounded by the Magamata ring.
[Moeru, Hebi!]
"Orochi…." He dives towards the Yokai with a diving kick "Has arrived!" The kick hits the Yokai who is sent away "This time I'm sending you back to whatever hell you crawled out of, Yokai!" Orochi points to the Yokai as he cracks his knuckles and charges forward with a fiery punch, managing to score another hit, he then grabs the Yokai and knees it before headbutting it, then follows with a kick.
The Yokai roars and releases blasts of water towards Orochi, he manages to dodge some of them, the Yokai shoots a powerful blast, Orochi puts his hand forward and the Magatama ring appears, forming a short of shield that Orochi uses to protect himself. Umibozu charges towards Orochi, knocking him out and releases more blasts of water, some of them hitting Orochi and each hit pushing him into another blast, almost like he's in a pinball machine. Another blast of water was about to hit him, but suddenly, the blast is frozen by ice spikes, Orochi falling on his back and notices that, the Yokai looks confused before looking up, Tsubaki appears somersaulting in the air and delivers a flying kick on the Yokai, knocking it into the frozen water blast, which is shattered by the impact.
"Couldn't you pick a better time to arrive?" Orochi said in an annoyed tone.
"I thought you could handle this without my help." Tsubaki said in her usual smug tone before helping Orochi get on his feet, and despite not being able to see his eyes, she could tell Hyuuga was rolling his eyes inside the armor. The two then watch Umibozu getting up and getting more irritated as its roar got more aggressive.
"Time for round 2 then." Orochi said as he winds up his arm, Tsubaki extends her arm in front of him and he notices her Ninja Driver.
"If things are getting hot, maybe I can cool them down." She said before putting her Ninja Driver on her waist, the red strap appearing via small crackles of ice and she presses the cornua of the Cho Scroll.
[Cho!]
Tsubaki inserts the Scroll in the slot of the Ninja Driver, a large scroll appear behind her that was covered by ice crystals and five katanas made of ice appear in the air around Tsubaki. She extends her arms diagonally downwards with all fingers in her hands joined, she slowly raises them up before crossing them in front of her.
"Henshin!" Tsubaki spun the cornua forward, causing the scroll to appear, revealing a drawing of a light blue butterfly surrounded by ice crystals.
[Henshin no Jutsu!]
The big scroll opens as well as the butterfly flies around Tsubaki.
[Hyouketsu, Cho!]
The butterfly lands on Tsubaki's back and covers her with its wings. The katanas spin in the air before pointing towards Tsubaki, they lunge and stab her, freezing her and the butterfly before shattering. A white bodysuit covers Tsubaki's body, she has gained azure armor on the forearms, thighs, knees and boots, with said boots being white as well having blades on the ankles. The most prominent feature of the armor was small katana blades on the ankles of course, forearms that look like gauntlets, and one on the helmet. The chest plate has the image of katana with a pair of butterfly wings around it, a black wristband is tied on her forearm that contains the Kanjis for "Life", "Death" and "Rebirth", and finally the helmet resembles a Kunoichi's mask but armored, the mask has butterfly wings on the eye section, speaking of which, the eyes are white in color.
"Now then." Tsubaki enters a fighting pose as she summons her weapon.
[Cho Katana!]
The Cho Katana, a blue and white katana that had a small butterfly on the guard, Tsubaki removes the scabbard, revealing that the blade is white and blue and has the image of snowflakes on it.
"Tsurugi…. Here I come!" Tsurugi, the Kunoichi of Ice makes her debut as she points her katana to the Yokai and charges forward.
Umibozu roars and releases another blast of water, Tsurugi simply leaps in the air gracefully and lands behind the Yokai, then she performs a quick slash that causes sparks to fly, she then follows-up with more slashes, each slash becoming faster and faster.
"Hey leave some for me too!" Orochi summons his weapon, the Hebi Dual Sword in Futaken mode and rushes forward, delivering a leaping cross slash that knocks the Yokai away, right before Tsurugi could perform another slash.
"You just interrupted me!" Tsurugi shouts to Orochi.
"Not my fault that you were too slow to attack before I came."
"Why you!"
[SAME]
Before the two could bicker like usual, they hear the distorted announcement of the Same Scroll as Umibozu assumes his dark shark form and dives on the ground, it then leaps and releases small shark-like blasts of water at the two Riders, who uses their weapons to block the attacks before being pushed away by a small explosion.
"Right, we have to get that Scroll away from it!" Orochi and Tsurugi get up.
"Here, this might help." Tsurugi gives Orochi a Summon Scroll, he grabs it and stares at it "It's the Summon Scroll, put it on the Driver and see what it can do."
"Alright, let's test this baby out." Orochi closes and removes the Hebi Scroll before inserting the Summon Scroll. He starts doing a few Ninjutsu signs "Summoning Jutsu!" He then spins the cornua, causing the scroll to open and reveal a large "summon" Kanji on the page.
[Shokan no Jutsu!]
Suddenly, a large fiery red serpent appears from the scroll, hissing as it looks to Orochi.
"Oh I like this! Alright boy, get that Yokai!" Orochi points towards Umibozu, who is inside the ground. The serpent hisses once again and charges towards the Yokai, who leaps to attack the serpent, but it attacks with a tail slap to knock the Yokai in the air before wrapping itself all around it.
"Nice, my turn!" Tsurugi removes the Cho Scroll and puts the Summon Scroll, doing the same Ninjutsu signs that Orochi did "Summoning Jutsu!" She spins the cornua and the scroll opens.
[Shokan no Jutsu]
A large azure ice butterfly appears as Tsurugi points forward, the butterfly charges forward as the serpent is pushed away by the Yokai. The butterfly rams towards the Yokai, it then releases several ice spikes from its wings at Umibozu, who is struck by all of them and its body starts to freeze, the serpent goes for the attack with another tail slap.
"Let 's go!" Orochi shouted as he and Tsurugi leap forward and deliver a series of fast slashes on the Yokai with their weapons. Orochi combines the blades into Ipponken mode and inserts the Hebi Scroll in a slot located on the right blade of the weapon.
[Hissatsu no Jutsu]
"Super Fire Ninpo!" The blade ignites in flames and Orochi presses the trigger.
[Hebi! Ippon no Zan!]
"Serpent's Great Slash!" Orochi holds the weapon with both hands and delivers a powerful slash on the Yokai, causing an explosion that launches the Yokai away, reverting it back to its humanoid form and he grabs the Same Scroll "Gotcha! Now he's all yours!"
"Gladly!" Tsurugi inserts the Cho Scroll on a slot located on the side of the Cho Katana.
[Hissatsu no Jutsu!]
Tsurugi sheaths the katana and holds it to her side.
[Tojita Ken]
White and blue energy starts building on the katana as Tsurugi leaps in the air, large ice butterfly wings appear "Super Ice Ninpo!" Tsurugi then flies towards the enemy as she removes the sheath and presses the trigger.
[Cho! Iaido no Giri!]
She tosses the sheath away and holds the katana with both hands, causing a large blade of ice blue energy to form on the sword and she slashes while passing through the enemy.
"Butterfly's Flash!" Umibozu's body starts to freeze as the sheath reappears on Tsurugi's hand and she slowly sheaths the katana "Freeze for eternity Yokai." She completely sheaths the katana "Punishment!" Umibozu then shatters into pieces as its soul appears before imploding.
Tsurugi takes a deep breath and looks behind, seeing Orochi tossing the Same Scroll while walking towards her.
"Tsurugi eh? Not a bad name if I do say so myself."
"Still better than Orochi, I know that's your motif and all, but it's okay I guess" Tsurugi said as he closes the Cho Scroll and removes it, her armor freezing before shattering into pieces.
"Hey, Orochi is a cool name!" Orochi shouts, pointing his finger that is holding the scroll to Tsubaki and he removes the Hebi Scroll, the armor disappearing "Either way, we defeated the Yokai, you are now a Rider, and we got this baby back." He kisses the Scroll "So I imagine that we can use it, but how do we purify it?"
"Leave to me, the Sages know a Ninjutsu used to purify items corrupted by evil." She takes the scroll and starts walking away.
"Hey when you're done, can you come home?" Tsubaki stops and turns her head around "I figured it would be a good idea for you to meet my family."
As usual, a smirk appears on Tsubaki's face and she puts her hand on her hip "Wow we didn't even start dating and you already want me to meet your family? Aren't we rushing things a bit?"
"T-That's not what I meant and you know it!" That comment made Hyuuga blush and he shouts at her.
"Yeah yeah whatever, see you later honey." She winks at him before leaping away. Hyuuga could only stare and groan in annoyance.
"God how I hate her." He puts his hands on his pockets and starts walking back home. On the top of a building, the mysterious boy was watching them, having witnessed the fight and he chuckled.
"That Yasakani guy sure is interesting. And now the Kusanagi girl has joined as well, things sure are getting interesting."
Some time later, Hyuuga and Tsubaki are currently outside of Hyuuga's home and he knocks on the door.
"If you do anything that might embarrass me I'll snap your neck." Hyuuga hisses at Tsubaki.
"Relax, I know when to take things seriously." Tsubaki said in a laidback tone as she smiled and put her hands behind her head.
"Sure I'll believe you." Hyuuga said in a sarcastic tone and the door opens, Mika was the one who open it and notices both Hyuuga and Tsubaki "Before you say anything, just a friend."
"Sure whatever. Hey dad, Riku, we have a guest with Hyuuga!" Mika leaves as Hyuuga and Tsubaki enter the house. Haruki and Rika arrive and see Tsubaki.
"So uh, this is my friend."
"Nice to meet you all, I'm Tsubaki Kusanagi, it's a pleasure to be here." Tsubaki said in a polite tone and bow to the family.
"Did you say Kusanagi?" Haruki asks, Tsubaki nods her head before he extends his hand. "Well it's nice to know that my good for nothing kid has managed to make a friend."
"Screw you too, old man." Hyuuga said in a deadpan tone.
"Oh it's nothing, sure he may be an idiot sometimes, but he's a good person…. Sometimes." Tsubaki said as she shook hands with Haruki.
"Is this Roast Hyuuga Day or something?"
"Anyway, I'm his father Haruki, and these are his siblings, Riku and Mika." He points to the other two, Mika was currently sitting on a chair and Riku was walking towards Tsubaki.
"Nice to meet you miss, it's so cool to meet someone of the Kusanagi clan!" Riku said in a cheerful tone, Tsubaki stared at him before giving him a hug.
"Oh my god he's so cute! Very different from a certain someone."
"You love to annoy me don't you?"
"Oh very much, and you'll be stuck with me for a while." That comment made Haruki's eyes widen.
"What did she mean by that Hyuuga?" He asks in a half concerned half happy tone.
"Please don't take what she said seriously, her entire existence is just to make my life a living hell!" Everyone laughs at this, Hyuuga groans in annoyance before joining in on the fun, despite everything, he cares for them.
To Be Continued
Next Time on Kamen Rider Orochi:
"Your training shall now begin, prepare yourself Yasakani!"
"I'm Setsuna Kagami, I've been waiting to meet you Hyuuga Yasakani."
"Don't trust the Kagamis, they are a clan of tricksters."
"Not all Yokais were sealed my dear Ninjas."
"Let me show you the terror of Gashadokuro!"
Chapter 3: Ninpo: Unsealed Yokais? Terror of Gashadokuro
Author's Note: And now the secondary Rider has arrived! When fanfictions do what Kamen Rider can't, a secondary female Rider. Anyway, as you can now tell by the preview of next episodes, Hyuuga, Tsubaki and Setsuna's last names are based on the Three Sacred Treasures of Japan, Yasakani no Magatama, Kusanagi no Tsurugi, and Yata no Kagami, with these motifs also being part of their Rider forms. Another thing, Tsurugi's armor was inspired by the Ame-no-Habakiri Gear from Symphogear, considering Tsubasa Kazanari is my favourite character of Symphogear, you can expect a lot of references on Tsurugi. Either way, see you guys next time!