Yo-Kai Watch 12 Days of Christmas
Day 1
Penguin Chorus
A cold winter wind flowed through Sakura New Town. Most of the leaves on the trees were gone as a bunch of naked trees lined up the street.
Even though the season is getting colder, the people of Sakura New Town were preparing for the warmest, jolliest holiday of the year.
Ken and his Yokai maid, Yuray were heading to school as they noticed the townspeople were decorating their houses and businesses with Reeves, lights, and of course, Christmas trees.
"My, my! Look at all these beautiful decorations!" Yuray astonished. "Christmas is coming so soon!"
"Yeah, it looks like so," Ken said, not sounding as joyful as her.
"Oh, I am so sorry to act my accord, Master! I just feel all so giddy around this time of the year, but we should also be prepared!" Yuray stated.
"What do you mean by that?" He asked.
"Well, around this time, this is when the Yokai is most active. In other words, Yokai will tend to possesses more people around this time of the year, so we better watch out," Yuray explained.
"Oh, great….more troubles and here I thought I would get some break during the holiday," Ken moaned.
As they passed by, heading to school, the TV at the electronics store was broadcasting news.
"A local zoo reported one of their penguins is missing since this morning. If anyone sees a penguin, please report to the nearest authority. This is Mikasa from Sakura News 7."
Ken arrived at his school in time. The classes began as usual, but today was special. The teacher asked if anyone wants to volunteer to decorate the school after school. Keita and the gang and Katie's friends raised their hands to volunteer.
Ken didn't raise his hand, but he changed his mind since he really didn't have anything else to do after school. The teacher assigned them to decorate the school.
When the school bell rang and mostly everyone went back home, Keita, Ken, and the group stayed and started putting up decorations around the school.
First, they started decorating their classroom. They got everything they need from the supplies' room. They put up Reeves on every window and long reeves around the chalkboard. Next, they split into two groups to decorate the hallway on each floor. Lastly, they decorated the bushes and trees at the playground with Christmas lights.
"Well, that's that! Thank you for decorating, guys!" The teacher thanked.
"Your welcome, sensai," everyone said.
"Well, you can all go home, but before that, I have a special treat for all of you helping today!" The teacher announced.
"Oh sweet! A treat!" Keita cheered.
"Hurray! And, I was just getting hungry, too!" Kuma said.
"A little hard deserves a special treat," Kanchi pointed out.
"Aaaaaaah!" They heard the teacher screamed very loudly. They went to see what happened.
"What's wrong, sensai!?" Katie asked.
"The special treats I want to give you students have…disappeared!" The teacher stated.
Everyone gasped. "What!? How!?" One of Katie's friends said.
"Nnnnooooooo! Who would do such a thing!?" Kuma said dramatically, although too dramatically.
"Easy, Kuma-kun. It is alright," Katie comforted.
"Something is not right here," Keita said until he got an idea. "I know! This must be a work of another Yokai!"
"Oh, please, Katie-kun. What Yokai would steal other people's treat?" Whisper questioned.
"Hold on second, guys." Ken got everyone's attention.
"What is it, Ken?" Katie asked.
Ken kneeled down to the floor. "Look at this. A trail of the crumb!"
They looked down the floor and noticed a trail of crumb heading outside the classroom.
"You are right, Ken-kun!" The teacher realized.
"The culprit must have spelled some crumbs," Ken said as he started following the trail.
They followed behind Ken as he followed the trail of crumbs. It led them to downstairs, and then outside the school building, but the trail of crumbs didn't end there just yet. They continued to follow it until they reach just outside the supplies shed.
"The trail ends here, and the culprit must be inside this supply shed," Ken said.
"Let's go in and beat the guy!" Kuma decided.
"Wait, Kuma!" The teacher stopped him. "Now, let's not do something dangerous! Whoever is in there must be a very dangerous person!"
"Say what!? Dangerous?" Kuma looked shocked.
The teacher opened the door quietly as possible and everyone peeked through to hear something like a munching sound.
Munch…munch….gak!
They opened the door completely and they were all surprised to see what they had just found.
"Gak? Gak! Gak!" They saw a lone penguin, eating cookies and making a bit of mess with torn bags.
"Aaawwwww! It's a penguin!" One of Katie's other friends said.
"He's so cute!" Katie said.
"Gak, gak!" The penguin responded in a happy tone.
"So, the culprit was a penguin, not a…Yokai?" Keita looked the most surprised.
"See, Keita-kun, even you are wrong, sometimes. I knew it was a penguin, after all," Whisper said (even though that was a lie).
"Oh, my! It looks like your intuition was right, Master Ken. The culprit isn't a Yokai," Yuray stated.
"Hey! It's my idea!" Whisper complained.
"So, the penguin stole our special treats, but why is it doing here?" Kuma asked.
"Hey, I know this penguin. It's one of those penguins from the zoo," Katie's friend pointed out by the tag on one of its wings.
"Wasn't there a news this morning about an escaped penguin? Maybe this little guy is the escaped penguin," Katie stated.
"You must be correct, Katie-chan," The teacher said. "I will call the police and the zookeepers right now. For now, let's go back to the school, where is much warmer than here."
Soon after about 5 minutes, the police along with the zookeepers and the zoo owner arrived at the school.
"Oh, thank you, thank you so much!" The zoo's owner thanked Ken and the gang.
"Good job, children. You guys really help us a lot!" One of the zookeepers said, who was a tall man with long, brown hair and beard and looks foreign.
"We are all very welcomed," the teacher said.
"And for your help, your children and your class are invited to a special concert he will host this weekend during our holiday special campaign; a special penguin chorus concert!"
"A penguin chorus? That's sound splendid! What do you all think students?" The teacher asked.
Everyone liked and agreed to the idea, so they happily accepted the invitation. Later in the week, the weekend came and Ken's class visited the zoo to see the special concert.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Sakura Zoo's special presentation! Fortunately, one of our penguins, who are a bit naughty, was rescued by a kind group of young people at their school and we would like to give a special gratitude to them! Now, we will present you, our famous, special penguin chorus, singing the "Holy Night"!"
The light turned to dim and the curtain rose up, presenting twelve penguins. The penguin that Ken and the others found was at the center, so they could see him very easily from other penguins.
The zookeeper started the music and as soon as she did, the Penguins began their symphony. Surprisingly, they were very talented and their gawking sound actually was in sync with each other, creating a powerful and touching chorus, like an opera.
"Oh, this is very beautiful," Yuray said.
"Indeed! It is so, soo….uuuuhnnnawaaa," Whisper cried very emotionally in joy.
"Nya, Nya. For birds that can't fly, they are really good!" Jibanyan commented.
"They sure are! Better than a singing cricket back in Texas where I came from, Y'all," Lasagnyan said.
"I still can't believe that the penguin we found was part of a chorus, and it sings so well!" Keita stated.
"Yeah…he and his friends are really good," Ken nodded as they listened to the chorus while the first snow started snowing outside.
Ho, ho, ho! Hey, everybody! This is NewComer1, and here is the long awaited Yo-Kai Watch Christmas Special for my Another Watcher story! This one-shot will be similar to my Halloween one-shot, except that I will upload new chapter, representing as "Day" every day until Christmas Eve, which would be the twelve-th day.
I hope you enjoy reading this first chapter, and I will see you all in the next chapter tomorrow.