姫と忍者、めざめたか！
400
years ago, civil war reigned all over Japan and clans were destroyed. Fleeing
from her enemies was a
woman, carrying a baby in her arms. She ran through the woods till she reached
an open field. Chanting with some
weird hand movements, she opened a time portal and sent the baby
into it. Her last words to the baby were, “This child, Recca, will be the greatest of us
all.”
Now in the present time, Recca
was having his daily fighting with the school bully, Domon Ishijima.
Using his ninja techniques, Recca trapped Domon into a pit. Domon screamed and
said Recca had cheated. He also insulted the Ninjas that Recca worshipped. Recca
(unpleased with his remark) lit up a bunch of firecrackers and threw it into the
pit. Domon screamed again. Having his fill of revenge, Recca made his leave, saying
he would serve Domon
as his personal ninja on a condition that he defeats him.
Back
home, Recca revealed his passion with Ninja since childhood by showing his ninja equipments and books. However, he
couldn't understand his obsession. Feeling hungry, he walked downstairs into the workroom where his
dad, Mr. Hanabishi was making fireworks. His dad greeted him but received a kick in his
face. Recca yelled at his dad for smoking while he’s making fireworks but his
dad kicked him back and told him to have his lunch outside. Then, the scene
changes to crystal ball and a woman’s voice whispering Recca’s name.
The
scene switched to a man being burnt to ashes by a masked man named Kurei,. His
father, Mori Kougan, told Kurei that being human is pathetic
because he is easily subjected to death and he does not wish to become like
that. Kurei replied that he understood his father’s desire to have eternal
life and is determined to find the secret of doing so. After all, who else knows
about the Hokage Ninja secrets than him?
Recca
was having his lunch when he spot a group of kids laughing and running. One of
them fell to the ground and started to cry. A girl approached to the crying child
and comforted him. Recca was staring at her so much till he finally realized that he
was spilling his drink on his pants and dropped his lunch as well. He looked up
again but she was gone. Anyway, he followed them to a construction site. Somehow,
the operation went wrong and a pile of metal pipes went crashing down, right to
the way the girl was standing. Recca jumped forward and pushed the girl out of the way.
In the process of doing so, he was injured seriously with
a bleeding head. The passers-by screamed. The girl, not knowing what to do, held
Recca in her arms.
In
his sub-conscious state, Recca had a dream about him kneeling down in front of a princess who healed
his wounds instantly..
Recca woke up and sees the crowd, staring at him in amazement. Panicking,
Recca retreated into a park. The girl followed him and thanked him. Recca was
surprised that the girl knew him. She took off her apron, revealing her school uniform. Recca then
understood how she was able to recognize him because she was from the same high school as him. The girl
introduced herself as Yanagi Sakoshita. Seeing a cut on his hand, she placed her
hand over his and healed the cut. Recca was awed by Yanagi's natural ability to
heal and promised her to keep it a secret. To thank
her for it, he decided to bring her somewhere.
In
a warehouse, Recca lit up some fireworks. While they were enjoying the view, a creepy laughter
was
heard. The shadows merged together and a woman in black appeared, holding a
crystal ball (Hokage maudough: Eikai). The woman, Kage Houshi, said she did
this as a form of demonstration to prove what she was about to say. 400 years
ago, when Japan was in civil war, a ninja clan - the Hokage - was totally wiped
out. No one knew about their existence because there were no records made about them. She
said that Recca was a direct
descendant of them and she had been searching for him for 400 years. She
requested to see the flame that the Hokage ninjas were able to create from their
hands.
Recca
dismissed her words and wanted to leave. Kage Houshi objected, indirectly
indicating she would fight if she had to. Recca (feeling very annoyed) threw some smoke bombs and
led
Yanagi away. A dagger appeared from the smoke screen and injured Recca on the
leg. Yanagi wanted to heal him but Recca wouldn’t allow it in fear of exposing
her secret. So, he fought with
Kage Houshi who defeated him very easily. Yanagi stepped in and pleaded with Kage Houshi
to let Recca go. Kage Houshi simply told to heal him like she did before.
Without warning, she slashed Yanagi. Recca caught the falling girl, who managed
to heal him before she lost conscious. Kage Houshi commented that it was a pity
that she couldn't heal herself. Recca decided to fight her.
Once
again, Kage Houshi thrashed Recca up, still demanding to see his flame even if
she had to use force. Recca fell to the ground, weakened by his injuries.. Kage Houshi
walked towards Yanagi
and wondered how would she dispose of her. Recca yelled her to stop but she
raised
her dagger to strike. Recca screamed, then flame was produced on his right arm
(which was covered by a cast). He stared in disbelief. However, Kage Houshi was delighted
by it. Although Recca was scared of the flame, he used it on Kage Houshi, who
strangely welcomed it. The flame consumed her but she materialized and told
Recca that his flame was too weak and he would need a stronger flame to destroy
her. She sank into the ground while the fire died off...
Yanagi
regained conscious and found herself being carried by Recca. He told her that he
had defeated the strange woman and called her ‘Hime’ (Princess in Japanese).
Yanagi was surprised to be called as ‘Hime’ but Recca insisted and vowed to Yanagi
that she is his
‘Hime’ and he, as her personal ninja would protect her forever.
An evil-looking Kage
Houshi
Recca releasing his flame for the
first time
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