[Sentai]

Eyes wide with fear, tears streaming down her cheeks, she watched in absolute horror as the creature stepped closer. Impossibly tall, emaciated, with white skin like rotting cloth clinging against bone. Ram horns framed it's skull, and she saw each row of sharpened teeth as the yellow eyed beast opened it's mouth and roared loud enough the ground shook. "Please don't kill me.. Please?!"
You were a hard Mujona (Soulless) to find..
The creature turned, and the woman peeked around it to see who’d come.. The young woman, no she was barely nineteen, stood gripping a sheathed katana tight within her right hand. Wearing the crimson bottomed and white topped kimono of a priestess, and a featureless white mask over her face. Still allowing her black hair to flow off past her waist. The creature wasn’t impressed. Roaring angrily he began stalking towards the woman.. And she was just standing there?! Run.
The woman once trapped didn’t need to be told twice. She took off running fast as her trembling legs would take her, and this priestess just watched the creature stalking closer. Henshin. Dangling from her belt she snapped the string holding the Handguard for her Katana. A circle of gold holding four Kanji, her fingertip tracing the one for Transform. Making the guard begin to glow brilliantly blue through the night. So bright the creature hid his eyes and screamed in agony.
Snapping the Guard in place the young priestess began to change! Her kimono burned away in blue flames revealing her body beneath wrapped in endless sealing talisman. As each row burned away, a new piece of this new Kamen Rider formed! Gloves and Boots of the Kunoichi, loose bottoms that tucked into the boots. A loose top that tucked into the pants and the gloves. A Kunoichi-style kimono over her with a belt tightening around her waist. Her clothing white with blue details. Matching the helmet which formed in blue fire over her head, leaving her long black hair untouched! The eyes were sharply detailed like a former Rider named Kiva but blazed crimson.
Please find peace within the next world.
The Creature attacked blindly. Swinging his arms down to crush her beneath it’s immense strength.. But as his hands tore through earth, splintered nearby trunks, Seishin effortless leapt over the beast! Landing behind, gripping her sword tight, and slicing through his right arm at the shoulder. Watching silently as it fell to the ground in a brilliant spray of black blood, and listening as the creature howled in anger and pain.. Become Nothing to this World, Feed my Blade, Despair No Longer.. SEISHIN EXTRACT!
Gripping the katana tight with her right hand, her left slid along the blade. Her touch making it erupt in bright white flames which engulfed the enchanted metal! Find Peace. The creature charged and she drove the blade straight between his eyes without a moments hesitation.. Watching as the creature began to contort painfully, agonizing screams escaping the Beast as it began to fold and become drawn into her blade.. Until there was nothing left.

KAMEN RIDER SEISHIN
(SPIRIT)

Autumn in Fisherman’s Refuge. The leaves had become golden, shades of brown, and beautiful red on the trees. The air had become crisper as it washed in across the sea. And she was finally left alone as the tourist season dwindled. It wasn’t that she didn’t appreciate them coming to the shrine. Leaving donations that she and the shrine lived on. She just didn’t enjoy.. you know.. People.
People brought trouble. People brought things she didn’t need. “OH MINA-CHAN!” .. Like him for example. Mina didn’t even need to turn. She knew who was coming, and she was hoping by ignoring him he’d go away quicker than usual. It hadn’t worked before but you never know. Today might be the day. Mina continued to rake the cobblestones leading deeper into the shrine. Careful as she walked not to get any leaves caught in the folds of her crimson kimono bottom, or stuck into the bottom of her sandals. Easily focused on.. Until he came up behind her and planted his large hand down on her head. And she knew, she just knew, he was grinning ear to ear. “How are you, Mina-Chan? Hmn?” Toshi always wore the same thing, and today was no different. Typical gray three piece suit of a Detective, aside from the random anime printed ties he enjoyed wearing. Looks like today was Ranma. Just because she didn’t watch them didn’t mean she didn’t know them. And yes, he was grinning. Even as she slapped his hand away and continued carefully raking her walk.
Toshi just grinned more. Adjusting his glasses as he watched her continue on. “You did good last night, Mina-Chan. The young woman has been convinced she was attacked by random thugs and imagined the whole thing. You captured the Mujona?” She almost felt insulted. Of course she captured it, she knew her duty! “Hai.” Toshi gave a nod and walked to the edge of the stairs leading deeper into the shrine, watching as the sun poured through cracks in the leaves. And for a moment his face became serious. “These attacks are getting worse.. What was this? The third this week?”
Mina shook her head softly. “Fourth.”
He gave another nod and let go a deep sigh, as his hands tucked themselves into his pants pockets. “Right. If this keeps up we might not be able to keep Seishin secret much longer. I’ll do what I can on my end, keep regulating sightings to our Special ‘Bullshit’ file beside Bigfoot and Flying Saucers. Oh, I almost forgot why I came.” Reaching into his jacket, he handed her a picture someone caught on CCTV. Another Mujona. She couldn’t tell much from the photo.. Just an empty parking garage, and the shadow of what looked like a massive bird flying in front of the camera for a single moment.
“Victims?”
Toshi only rolled his eyes. “Always right down to business with you.. Four that we know of. I didn’t want to bring it to your attention until we had a pattern and a possible location.” And with that, he started the long walk back down the stairs. “You shouldn’t coop yourself up here alone all the time, you know. Not healthy.” But he waved his hand back before she could protest. “I know, I know. You like your privacy. Just think about maybe joining us in the real world, eh? Later, Mina-Chan.”

Mina’d come down from her shrine. Dressed in a simple pleated skirt, black to offset the white blouse she wore beneath the full length black coat. The sleeves of both pushed above her elbows. And black knee socks with simple buckled shoes, and a long thin crimson bow around her neck. And so far she didn’t see what was so great about the real world.
Fisherman's Refuge was a small community tucked on the edge of the eastern sea. There was the main drag she was on, lined with shops and kiosks where the fisherman hocked their wares. The residential area beyond with apartments, houses, and old world shacks the closer you moved towards the water. And the mountains to the west where her shrine was. The town itself was beautiful.. It was the people she couldn't understand. Monsters around them. Human and Mujona alike. And they still shopped, laughed, and went on like nothing at all could shatter their world. Maybe she'd never understand it.
Though that wasn't what truely brought her into town this afternoon. The parking garage across the street was what brought her here now. Checking both sides, she crossed the two lane road. She’d need a way inside.. The guard was eyeing her already, knowing she didn’t drive herself here.. Everyone here knew her. The quiet strange girl who lived at the shrine. Thankfully someone tried pulling in the exit of the garage, thankfully that someone happened to be Toshi-Sama.
“Hey! You can’t go in that way, Dumbass!”
“Eh?! But it says Entry One Way! I only wanna go One Way! THIS WAY!”
“That’s not what the sign.. Are you an idiot?!”
“Are you hitting on me?”
“What?!”
“Oh, I don’t know. I usually don’t date overweight middle aged guys with mustaches.. But alright!”
“WHAT?!”
Mina hated herself. But she smiled, hiding it by giving her hair a careful brush back behind her right ear. Sometimes Toshi’s antics came in handy, you know. Allowed her slip in unnoticed and make it to the second level, searching for the spot which matched her photo. She’d found it without much effort.. The long ragged claw marks along the ground helped. She knelt down, running her naked fingertips across the damage.. Was this wetness oil? No, the smell and taste told her blood. Which meant this wasn’t the scene of a random attack.
Rolling forward, she turned on one knee and watched as the Falcon Mujona raked the ground where she’d just been! She stumbled on the creature’s nest. Reaching into her coat, turning as she stood, she revealed her blade. “Tsuiho Suru (Banish).. Awake!” Ripping the blade free of the scabbard it seemed to flash blue and growl within her hand. Using the sheath, made of strong metal, she dodged the incoming kunai-feathers thrown by the creature’s wings. Deflecting them to strike the ground harmlessly all around her. “Great Spirits, offer this creature Forgiveness upon receiving his soul.. HENSHIN.” The creature charged Mina! Screeching, talons raised to rend her flesh into bloody meat. But she merely rushed towards the assault. Throwing the Guard Device skyward, watching it flip over the Beast as she slid on her knees beneath, only to raise her blade skyward as the Guard landed perfectly around the Katana. Creating the connection needed! Erupting in blue flames, Seishin formed beneath, so as she threw out her hand the flames disappeared and the Beast would be face to face with Kamen Rider Seishin.
The Beast wasn't impressed. Screeching, wings flared open again, sending more sharpened kunai-feathers towards her followed by the beast itself. The Feathers were each struck aside or dodged as she spun herself in place, but the Creature was another matter all together. She brought her sword up. Holding the handle and blade with both hands as the creature pushed her slowly back along the smooth asphalt of the garage floor. “Erupt.”
The Sword became engulfed in bluish flames, causing the Mujona to screech in pain. Withdrawing his talons from the blade, stumbling backward.. Only to be knocked down further as Seishin pressed her advantage. Slashing the beast back and forth with her flaming blade, striking it against it’s chest and beak mercilessly.
But then the blade was brought close, she began tracing the symbol for Extract on the Guard Driver, but as she raised her head she stumbled a single foot forward. It was gone?! She looked left, right, but the Beast was gone.. An angered grunt escaped her as she pulled the Driver from her blade, returning her normal there among the carnage she caused fighting the monster.

The Bird Mujona stumbled. Landing in an alley across down, the Beast stroked it’s talons along the still smoldering feathers of his right wing. He needed to absorb souls.. Needed to heal.
Aren’t you the little disappointment.
Screeching the Beast swung wildly behind it.. But nothing was there. He stalked further into the alley, searching for the source of the voice. Hoping for an easy meal..
Looking for me?
Turning the Beast barely had time to react when the Axe blade sliced through it’s entire body, from right shoulder down to left hip, splitting the once proud Hawk in half.. And when the two pieces detonated around him a new Rider walked through the fire and debris.
The Hooded Rider carried a large two handed Axe across his shoulders, resting his arms on the long handle of the weapon. The Axe itself had a large axe blade on one end, and a longer scythe on the other. With chain dangling down from the other end. The hood was black to match the cloak around his shoulders. While the helmet beneath was crimson and white, with only a faceplate and no eyes or even a visor. The Armor of the Rider was the same crimson and white. With cuffed gloves and boots. With his Driver sitting between the Axe’s blade and Scythe. A single peg with a large Guard Driver locked in place upon it.

Time I met this new Seishin..

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