Disclaimer: I do not own Yo-kai Watch, Pokémon, or any other property in this work that I did not make myself.
Ash Ketchum visits the Springdale region
It was a lovely enough day in Springdale. The students were all off for summer break, although that did not stop a select few particularly studious kids from keeping up with their school work. But I digress. Coming out of the Nom Burger in over in Downtown Springdale was Nate Adams, an eleven-year-old boy who is one of the very select few to own a Yo-kai Watch, which allows him to interact with the mysterious spirts known as yo-kai. Following after Nate was his closest yo-kai friend, Jibanyan. Both Nate and Jibanyan were enjoying soft serve ice creams.
"Wow, Nyate!" Jibanyan remarked in a pleasantly surprised tone as he took a lick of his ice cream, "This is really good! Almost as good as Choco-bars!"
With something of an amused chuckle, Nate replied, "Well maybe if you expanded your food choices a bit, you'd be surprised by what you'll-"
"I finally made it to the new region!" a male voice called out, cutting Nate off midsentence. Judging by the voice, its owner had to be roughly the same age as Nate. With confused looks on their faces upon hearing the voice call out, both Nate and Jibanyan turned in the direction of the train station to see who it was that was shouting at the top of their lungs like an overly excitable holler monkey on cola, coffee and pop rocks.
What they saw was, as they had suspected, a boy about the same age as Nate. He had fair skin, black hair under a cap that had a red bill and back but the front half was white with a green sort-of triangle shape on it, he wore a black shirt under a blue jacket (with short white sleeves) that was open in the front, blue jeans held up with a belt, black and white sneakers, and he had a green backpack over his back. Sitting on the boy's shoulder was a short yellow rodent-like creature. It had long ears that ended in pointed tips (the ear tips were black), little red circles on its cheeks, and a lightning-shaped tail that had some brownish fur at the base.
"We're going to beat so many gyms in this region, I can feel it!" the boy said to the yellow rodent creature sitting on his shoulder.
"Pika!" the little yellow rodent creature replied, sounding like it was agreeing with the boy. As the boy and his yellow rodent creature talked, Nate and Jibanyan, who stood a good fifteen feet or so away from the newly arrived duo, turned to face each other. Human and yo-kai alike both looked at each other with troubled expressions on their respective faces.
"…I have a bad feeling about this one, Jibanyan," Nate remarked in a concerned tone to his nekomata friend, "It's a good thing that Whisper is off taking care of that quote unquote 'personal business' he was going on about. I get the feeling that him being here would somehow make things loads-"
"Excuse me!" the boy who just came out of the Downtown Springdale station said, cutting Nate off and making him turn to face the boy as he came walking up. To Nate, the boy said, "Can you tell me what region this is?"
"Region?" Nate replied in a confused tone, "What are you talking about? For that matter, who are you?"
Jerking a thumb at his chest, the boy replied, "I'm Ash Ketchum, and I'm going to be the greatest Pokémon master in the world!" Pointing to the little yellow rodent creature sitting on his shoulder, Ash continued, "And this here is my partner Pikachu."
"Pika-pika!" the creature identified as Pikachu chirped up.
To Nate, Ash said, "But back to my original question. What region is this?"
"Umm, I'm not sure what exactly you're talking about," Nate replied in an unsure tone, "But we're currently in the city of Springdale."
"So, this is the Springdale region!" Ash remarked instantly, "Interesting! I bet that the local Pokémon here are going to be-" Ash stopped mid-rant when his eyes suddenly fell upon Jibanyan. "Woah!" Ash exclaimed as he pointed to Jibanyan, "I wasn't aware that the Springdale region had a regional variant of Meowth!"
"Wait a minute," Nate began in a mildly surprised tone, "You can see Jibanyan?"
"Of course, I can see your Springdaleian Meowth," Ash replied, then continued in a bold and confident tone, "We should battle! Your Springdaleian Meowth versus Pikachu!" Pointing at Jibanyan, Ash said, "Pikachu, use Quick Attack!"
"Pika!" Pikachu called out as it dashed at Jibanyan quickly. The nekomata yo-kai was barely able to avoid being hit by the electric mouse Pokémon, though, thanks to a quick sidestep.
"Dude, why did you have your pet attack Jibanyan just now?!" Nate snapped, "And what the heck do you mean by Pokémon?! Jibanyan is a yo-kai!"
"Yo…kai?" Ash replied in a confused tone, "What's that?"
Sighing in a resigned tone, Nate explained, "Yo-kai are spirits that have all sorts of roles that they play in our everyday lives. You can find yo-kai all over the place."
"…OH!" Ash exclaimed, as if struck by an epiphany, while pounding the side of his fist into his open left hand, "So that explains why Pikachu's Quick Attack didn't have any effect! Springdaleian Meowth is part ghost-type, and ghost-type Pokémon are immune to normal-type attacks!"
Turning his attention to look up at Nate, Jibanyan said, "Nyate, I'm scared."
"Your Springdaleian Meowth just talked!" Ash exclaimed in an accusatory tone, "Are you working with Team Rocket?! Did they hire you to help them kidnap my Pikachu for the eight-hundredth plus time?!"
"Who the heck is Team Rocket?" Nate asked, starting to get at the end of his patience with this weird kid.
"Pikachu, use Volt Tackle on that Springdaleian Meowth!" Ash ordered. Pikachu cloaked himself in a massive amount of electricity before dashing at Jibanyan in a straightforward path. This time, Pikachu's aim was true, and he struck Jibanyan so hard that the both of them flew into some garbage cans against the side of the Nom Burger. "Aha!" Ash proclaimed in a boastful tone, "Let's see how Team Rocket likes it when I defeat the mercenary that they hi-"
Ash was cut off mid-boast when a large cloud of white smoke poofed up around where Pikachu and Jibanyan flew into the trash cans. From within the smoke, a large oni (think the Terror time onis) emerged. The oni was yellow, had Pikachu's ears with the left ear having a snip like in Jibanyan's left ear, and it had two horns that were zig-zag in shape, similar to Pikachu's tail. The oni also had a cat-like mouth, and a collar similar to the one Jibanyan wore.
Raising its large kanabo into the air, the oni screamed as it swung said kanabo around, "JIIIIIIIIBAAAAAAAANCHUUUUUUUUU!"
Turning to face Ash, Nate said, "Hey, new kid."
"Yeah?" Ash replied as he turned to face Nate.
"Run," Nate said, and the instant after he said 'run', Nate and Ash both turned around and proceeded to start running away, with Jibanchu giving chase.
Somehow, the two boys managed to make it over to Blossom Heights, although that was mostly due to adrenalin giving them an extra boost. "Man, if only I had Charizard with me," Ash remarked, "Or if I wasn't dumb enough to release Goodra and Greninja, or if I was smart enough to capture that wild Swampert from the sewers when Brock, Dawn and I were trying to help that Wailmer, then we could easily get Pikachu and your Springdaleian Meowth back to normal!"
"This is all your fault, you moron!" Nate snapped at Ash, "If it wasn't for you, none of this-"
"How is this my fault?!" Ash snapped back, "Team Rocket sent you to kidnap Pikachu for them! I was only fighting back to defend myself!"
"One, I have no idea who this Team Rocket you keep going on about is," Nate remarked, "Two, no one hired me to kidnap your pet mouse-thingy, and three, you attacked me! If anything, I should be the one defending myself, not you!"
"Well if-" Ash began, but he was cut off when a woman walked past him and Nate. The woman had fair skin, light brown hair in a pixie cut, and she wore a white kimono jacket with a red hakama, a pair of tabi socks and a pair of straw zori sandals. The woman also carried a sanshin, along with a purple guitar pick to play it with. Jibanchu, who had just caught up to Nate and Ash, stopped short, as if it was confused, when it saw the woman
"Worry not, little ones," the woman remarked to the boys, "I shall purify the oni and restore your respective companions to normal." Using her pick, the woman proceeded to start playing her sanshin, its music hitting Jibanchu, causing it to cry out in alarm. Suddenly, Jibanchu began to glow in a white, bright light. It was then engulfed in a large sphere of that white, bright light, and after a few seconds, the light faded as Jibanyan and Pikachu both flew out of it, being caught by Nate and Ash respectively.
Turning around to face the boys, the woman said with something of an amused smile, "You two really ought to keep a better eye on your little friends there."
"Woah, Aunt Luna!" Nate remarked in a surprised tone as he recognized the woman, "I didn't expect to see you here!"
"Hey weird kid, you know this woman?" Ash asked as he turned to face Nate.
"One, you have no right to call me weird for obvious reasons," Nate began. Gesturing to the woman, Nate continued as he faced Ash, "And two, this is my Aunt Luna, who comes from my mother Lily's side of the family."
"Well whatever her music did, it saved Pikachu," Ash remarked. Turning to face Nate's Aunt Luna, Ash said, "Thanks for saving Pikachu, ma'am!"
"Uhh, sure, whatever kid," Luna replied, regarding Ash with a mildly confused look.
"Well anywho, the Springdale region is far too weird for my tastes," Ash declared to Nate, Nate's Aunt Luna and Jibanyan, "Me and Pikachu are gonna bounce." As he walked away, with Pikachu sitting on his shoulder, Ash said as he made the peace sign with his left hand, "Peace!"
After Ash and Pikachu were out of earshot and out of sight, Nate and Jibanyan turned to look at Nate's Aunt Luna. "…That kid was weird," Nate said.
"I've seen weirder, little man," Luna replied to her nephew, "Trust me."
THE END
Author's notes:
I'm sorry to all of those who have read this one-shot as it was originally published, but I had to delete the published one-shot, along with the other published Yo-kai Watch/Pokemon crossover one-shots. This is because I decided to combine them into a single collection, rather than have them each on their own. That way, they're all in one place in stead of being all over. I'm also going to be doing a bit of overhauling when it comes to my main Yo-kai Watch story 'Yo-Kai Watch Adventures.'
