Hi everyone! MidnightStarHunter here. Okay, first things first.

I really want to thank Evans L. Phantom for following my other story, Not So Average. I'm new at writing, so thanks a ton for following it. I must warn you though, I don't have a concrete ending planned for it. As I said, inspiration struck, and until it strikes again, the updates will be irregular at best. I WON'T discontinue it, I hate when that happens, but I'm super busy with exams and I don't quite like the second chapter that I have started.

And to Plus, I'm sorry for not answering your review ^^'. For some reason, I recieved the notification telling me you reviewed my story, but the review itself didn't appear. Yes, you can use the Jibanyan scene, and as long as you don't copy it word for word I won't be angry. Best of luck for your future story! I recomend reading a ton of books in English to improve your vocabulary. It worked for me ^^

And from this point onwards:

SPOILER WARNING. IF YOU DON'T HAVE YO-KAI WATCH (FIRST GAME) OR HAVEN'T FINISHED IT, THIS WILL SPOIL YOU SOMEWHAT THE ENDING.

If you still keep on reading, I warned you, 'kay?

Now, onto the actual story notes.

For this story, I wrote it once I reached the part in the game in which you were told that, in making the cherry trees bloom and strengthening the seal, every single Yo-Kai would be returned to their world, No Exceptions. It sparked a story, and I wrote it before reaching the final battle with McKrakken. When I finally ended it, I had to basically rewrite it, since after it all it was still summer, and my idea included their school. (The way Nate and Whisper acknowledged the plot hole was hilarious, by the way XD) This is the end result. I really like how it turned out, but there may be some inconstistencies I missed that were part of the previous version. Sorry 'bout that :P

PS. It was Venoct who told Nate about the not-quite-closed portal based on his confrontation with you on Yo-kai World, when he tells you "the truth".

I won't bore you anymore with my rambling. On with the chapter!


At first, it was (not really) okay.

Venoct said that even when the seal was at full power, it would take a little while for the portal between both worlds to close completely. After all, it had been running for Enma-knows-how-many years. The seal should be strong enough to keep any evil (or not-don't think about it-) Yo-kai out even with the portal still partly open. So there was no need to worry.

Nate worried anyways. (It felt wrong wrong wrong-)

It was weird, the last two months of summer having been around and with supernatural entities, only for things to suddenly... snap back to normal again (but it wasn't normal anymore). No more alleyways with Yo-kai that pop out at every corner. No more trips to the Yo-kai World. No more odd mood changes when a person was inspirited or sneaking out at night to explore the city with his Yo-kai friends.

No more Whisper to complain about how messy his room was. (Even though he had turned the room upside down just trying to hear him shout-)

No more Jibanyan who took naps on his carpet whith a half-eaten choco-bar in his paw. (He bought a big stash with his own money and put it in his drawer. He kept checking if the chocolate dissapeared, but it never did-)

Nate absolutely hated it.

No more Hidabat who's soft click of paws in the keyboard lulled him to sleep every night.

No more Venoct ocassionally popping up to ask questions about Mighty Dog's whereabouts. (And even though every time their answer was no idea he kept showing up-)

No more receiving letters from Komasan about his adventures in the big city with his little brother.

No more Kyubi to argue about how he could get his last Kyun Orb from another girl that wasn't Katie-

It had been a month.

Nate tried his hardest to stay cheerful and move on (they would meet again, he promised-). But it was difficult when every time his attention wondered -summer work is awful- he abstentmindedly doodled Yo-kai in the margins of his notebook (he gave up and just bought a sketchbook). When he kept going home through back alleys, subconciously trying to catch a glimpse of even Suspicioni or Cheeksqueek.

Because every time someone sneaked up on him (very few people-living with ghosts who can literally faze through walls does wonders for your stealth detector) or felt threatened his hand immediately went to the medals in his pocket (pretty much useless now, except he still couldn't make himself leave them at home, when they were the only indication that it hadn't all been a dream-)

Because when he got nervous his hand abstentmindedly rubbed his empty wrist (wrongwrongwrong-) Because he turned around to comment something to Whisper and Jibanyan and he met only air. (And then it hit him all over again that they were gone, gone as never ever coming back-)

(They promised. They promised)

He felt like a piece of him that he didn't even know was missing was finally in place, only for the puzzle to be torn apart again barely two months later and leaving him very aware of the gaping hole in himself.

(Missing. Missing, I need to find them-)

It all came to a head the next day.

Nate was walking under the cherry trees (which he had to make bloom to save Springdale. He couldn't stomach even looking at a cherry since then without throwing up) when a click resounded in his ears. He stopped, suddenly aware that he was all alone. The Watch Wielder was for once grateful that summer had already ended and he was busy with classes, (if there is a teacher shouting at him to pay attention he isn't thinking about his -empty- wrist and -useless- medals-) but today it had taken him a bit longer than normal to clean up his part of the class. Then he had to go to the toilet. (fortunately, this was only a number one. A number two would be just embarrasing). All his friends (human friends, which he had known for a lot longer, but it wasn't the same the hole was still there-) were busy, and he hadn't brought his bike, so he was left to leg it home on his own. He squinted in front of him, where he could swear he saw the air shimmer-

The world suddenly seemed a bit- lackluster, as if the little something that made it special was no longer there. And then an aching hollowness spread in his chest, piercing his heart.

This wasn't anything new. His heart had been feeling a little hollow ever since he said goodbye to all his supernatural friends, but this was different. It was a hollowness that teared at his heart and broke it into a thousand sharp little shards, which then stabbed down and down again inside his chest, and again, and again and it hurts please make it stop-

(Everything's wrongwrongwrong-!)

He had just enough presence of mind to drag himself over behind the nearest cherry tree, his chest an inferno of searing white-hot blinding pain-

(No. Please!)

He leaned against the trunk, not noticing his bag digging against his back as he desesperaly tried to muffle his gasps on the sleeve of the hoodie he had brought today. Nate scrambled to put together what had happened and why did he feel so- so-

(It feels... empty)

And then he realised.

The part of his mind which hummed with warmth ever since he made his first Yo-kai friend and got his first medal (Jiban-!) was no longer. Now it was not there, just as it had been for his ten years of life (but not for the past two months-), and he had never before felt so utterly alone. The missing warmth was replaced by an icy coldness that descended in layers over him, sinking into his very bones and making his teeth chatter even though the warm summer breeze was still clinging to the air.

(Please come back. Come back.)

That's when he knew, the portal had finally closed completely down.

Salty drops ran down rosy cheeks, mixing with soft earth and decaying pink blossoms. His unheard wail was echoed by spectral voices which shuddered from the same sense of loss-

(I don't want to move on. I just want them to be back)


A kid with brown hair and brown eyes fell asleep under the old tree, fists clenched and cheeks stained, bag digging into his back, a look of pure agony etched into his features.

But then his brow relaxed, his face smoothed out, his fists unclenched. A small smile worked its way onto his lips just as a cold gale of wind brought down a new shower of pink petals. When it receded, there was only a dark blue backpack where a boy once lay.

It went unnoticed. The only witnesses were the softly falling cherry blossoms, continuing their impassive descent towards the earth.


CLIFFHANGER! Yes, I'm horrible. XD

Good news? I have a defined ending for this, and I loved the little animation in which Nate confirms that befriending Yo-kai is his new normal. But there's obviously quite a bit of time from here to there, so I'm not gonna talk about that.

I wanted to say sorry, once again, if there are any inconsistencies. I watched the anime in English, so I know I got the names right, but I played the game in Spanish, so that's that.

And, this is also an AU. Similarly to Not So Average, my other story, which was anime with elements from the game thrown in to spice it up a bit, this is mainly game, with elements from the anime in it. But the anime references thrown in here are a LOT more. To make things clear, Yo-kai types won't be like the game. Each Yo-kai is unique, and have the backstory from the anime (like Abuzampa waiting for his grandaughter and Venoct wanting to avenge his village). There are the odd exceptions, like the Noko which are a race instead of a single Yo-kai, and the little guys which take care of homes. I don't know their name, if anyone can find it it would be much appreciated.

Nate is still called average, Jibanyan still lives with Nate, Whisper still uses his Yo-kai Pad for everything, Hidabat is still inside the closet being a shut-in, and I haven't seen Venoct defeat Mighty Dog, so he's still looking, and uses the excuse of scouting for information to hang out with Jibanyan and get to know Nate. I have seen further episodes in which Nate calls in Kyubi for help, so I put in here that they argue about the kitsune seeing Katie as a trophy quite often. And since I don't remember Nate being surprised when Komasan introduced Komajiro, I put in that he writes letters to the Watch Wielder. Jibanyan is still the first Yo-kai he befriended, and the nameless Yo-kai you befriend in the game each have their moment to shine. But it would be really messy to interwine the game's summer with the anime's school, so I'll leave it to your imaginations. Maybe in the far future...^^'

In this, when the Yo-kai come back Nate is already in school, instead of it still being summer. This is so introducing aspects from the anime will be easier, and because I would like to write how Nate would juggle pretending to be a normal kid for his parents and friends and then being recognized as a hero and someone special in the Yo-kai world. I bet the sudden transition from "average" to hero would confuse the heck out of the poor kid.

And I'm ditching the whole "Faust is King Enma's son" thing. Scraping it. Setting it on fire, throwing it to the air and watching the sparkly fireworks. You literally talk with the guy one time, and suddenly it's all "he is the only hope" and "McKrakken can't find him?" NO. The only thing he was good for was restoring the elevator, and I can substitute that easily. And McKrakken seemed a lot more interested in fighting Nate than finding some kid which hadn't done absolutely anything remarkable.

I'm too lazy to write everything down again. I'll just say that every headcanon I metioned in Not So Average also applies here, with the Energy Cores and the Medium. If you want to check it out, it's on the author notes at the bottom in my other story. Yay for blatant advertising! ^^'

And about Nate vanishing, don't worry! He's okay. See how he smiled? He's still alive, but he won't be back for a chapter or two at most. Maybe. But his parents and friends are going to freak out when they can't find him, and once he reappears he will be under heavy scrutinity for the rest of the week, which will in turn make hiding his invisible pals even harder... Ah, I can already picture Nate stammering out excuse after excuse...XD

And about the brackets, obviously Nate's thoughts and feelings. Sorry if he is too out-of-character, but it will all be explained in future chapters. And I can't believe a ten-year-old (even if it is Nate, 'nough said XD) could let his best friends go and be okay right after. Nate is just a bit worse than most in moving on, as he doesn't want to in the first place, and the second reason will be explained in future chapters. Sorry! Want to know more, stay tuned. :P

...I'm pretty sure I wanted to write down something else, but I forgot what. Welp.

Thaks for reading me ramble ^^'. MidightStarHunter, out!