Hida Yasunori

Hida Yasunori was a bushi of the Crab Clan.

Love
Yasunori had met Hida Chizuko during their gempukku, daughter of Hida Naoyoshi. Chizuko was a samurai-ko to whom Yasunori could not expect to be married. Eventually she was betrothed to the acclaimed Hida Toshiro.

Kidnapped
In 890 Chizuko was preparing to be married, when an inky cloud descended upon her. Yasunori and Toshiro saw Chizuko's body dissolved into smoke, and the bushi pursued the cloud outside, within the Shadowlands. Without water or food Toshiro decided to return to the safety of the Kaiu Wall, but Yasunori did not follow him and endured in the chase.

Rescuing Chizuko
The fog arrived to a fortress, and Yasunori stalked how the smoke took form in the shape of a Ryokaku no Oni, which performed a ritual declaring Chizuko suitable to be its wife. The samurai-ko was bound into a black outer kimono, forced by troll gaurds. Yasunori interrupted the proceedings by challenging the demon to a duel, which surprisingly the Oni accepted, to be struck down by the Crab.

Wedding
After return Chizuko was found free of taint, and refused to marry Toshiro, who had given up her rescue. Yasunori claimed to Chizuko's father the right to be her husband.