Hello, folks! I am NewComer1. You may or may not know me, but I write a lot of Yu-Gi-Oh stories and I am also working on Fire Emblem Fates fanfiction as well as other things. I heard about Yo-Kai Watch while I was in Japan, and it is very popular there, but it is kind of shame that it isn't popular here in the USA (or even in other countries). This story won't be just a fanfiction for me and you guys to enjoy, but I also want to teach people who isn't interested in Yo-Kai Watch about what is a Yokai, how it played in the life of people in Japan, and why Yo-kai Watch, both an anime and video game series, really emphasis that people in Japan still be influenced by these mythical creatures.
Also to note, this story will follow more closely to the anime show, and I will keeping the original Japanese name for the human characters as well as some of the Yokai. There will be some Yokai OC made by yours truly, but if you want to request a Yokai OC, be my guest. Please include the name, gender (if it has one, if not genderless), background, and tribe.
With that all said, thank you and I hope you will enjoy reading this.
Yo-Kai Watch: Another Watcher
-Chapter 1-
Surprising New Life
"Why is there a capsule machine here of all places?" A boy asked.
Let me introduce myself. My name is Kennath Aichi, but I go by my nickname "Ken". I am just a normal 11 years old kid. You may be wondering why I have a last name in Japanese. Well, my mother is Japanese and my father is American, so I am Japanese American. My mother and I moved to Sakura New Town for a reason I really don't want to talk about. My hair is dirty blond with dark brown eyes, olive complexion, and my height is about around the average height of my age. Causally, I wear a dark blue T-Shirt with a bold eagle printed on the back, a green jersey shorts, and black shoes with white socks. If you really into the detail, my hairstyle was a bit spiky, with some swayed to the right over my forehead.
So, enough about my physical appearance, to tell you the truth, I really don't like my new home. I miss my old friend back at America. Ever since….well, like I said, I really don't want to talk about the reason why we moved here, but the point is at this time, I really don't like my new home in this country I really don't know much about (besides anime and video games)…until I met this capsule machine, and that is how my life changes for the better…or just became very strange.
-Few hours ago-
A red moving truck halted at front of a new house. It was a big house; two floors with a balcony, a wide backyard, and front yard. There was also a garage. It looked like something a upper middle-class person to live in, or at least someone who can afford it.
Just few seconds later, a dark red car arrived from behind the truck. Two people got off the car. One was a woman in a formal business suit, and another was a boy.
"It looks like we're here, Ken!" His mother said cheerfully as she looked at the house.
The boy shrugged as he glared at the new place.
"Hey maim!" A mover yelled, catching her attention. "Where do we move this?"
"Oh yes!" She noticed. "This way, please."
The boy grabbed his backpack and entered the new house. It was very roomy inside. The wall was plainly white and the flooring had a nice smell to it, indicating that this house was recently built. He noticed a stairway ahead. He headed straight to the stairway, leading upstairs while his mother helped with moving men in the living room.
The boy walked upstairs diligently. He turned around and opened the door at the far right. He entered the room, which was plainly empty. Luckily, there were stuffs that already moved in prior to their arrival. There was only one bed with a white pillow and work desk. He put his backpack on the side, and went to the balcony, which was connected to his room if he opened the slide door.
He opened it, allowing the winds to come in. He stepped out and saw other houses, which will become his new neighbors, but he didn't look too joyful.
"I see that you are enjoying the view." He turned around and noticed his mother at the door before she walked inside.
"So, what do you think, Ken?" She asked. "Do you like the place so far?"
"…It's OK, I guess," he mumbled.
She sighed, looking a bit disappointed and worried, but her expression changed when a light bulb flashed above her head.
"Hey Ken! Why don't you go and explore around the town while everything gets settled here?" She suggested. "Maybe you'll make some new friends by doing that!"
Ken rolled his eyes, but decided to do what she says. "You're sure about that, Mom?"
"I am certain!" She replied excitedly. "Go on. Explore the town!"
He did what he was told, leaving the house completely and headed outside.
He really didn't know what to do or even where to go. Good thing he had a GPS app on his Smartphone.
"Hmmmm, this is just plain useless," he mumbled. "If there is anywhere I want to go, I want to go back home! My real home!"
As he walked around the town, he found an entrance to a forest.
"Eww, at least I found someplace to stay away from other people," he grumbled as he entered the forest.
He walked into the forest as he headed deeper and deeper. "This forest is huge."
He eventually came into a clearing. He awed at the emptiness of the clearing as winds blew through the grasses, giving a wonderful scent.
"This place feels great," he said as he took in a deep breath. Soon, he noticed something unexpected.
About few feet away, there was a dog, but this dog was very strange. Its fur was pure white, white as snow. Its tail was long, and it wore a strange collar with three green orbs in the front. Its eyes were yellow, almost mysterious looking. Its ears stood up, like a fox.
"What the?" He gasped. The strange dog went away, and without thinking, the boy followed the dog, feeling something about it like if he was dragged by some kind of unknown force.
"Hey! Wait up!" He shouted to the dog, but it just kept moving deeper and deeper into the forest.
Ken decided to chase after it. Soon, he came out of the forest and entered another clearing. He looked from left to right, but the dog had disappeared.
"Strange, I thought it came through here, but it's nowhere," he said. That was then when he noticed a huge, tall tree in the middle of the clearing.
As he moved closer to the tree, he noticed one capsule machine sitting in front of the tree.
"What the heck? Why is there a capsule machine here of all places?" He asked.
Suddenly, without a warning, he heard a voice.
"Feed Me…."
"What?" He gasped. "Who's there?"
"Feed me…feed me…."
The voice became louder and louder, saying the same thing over and over again.
"Feed you? Who exactly are you!?" He started yelling. "Show yourself!"
"Feed me….feed me…..feed mmeeeeee…!"
The boy finally found out that the voice was coming from the capsule machine.
"OK. This is just plain weird, so I better go back home…."
"FEEEEEEEEEDDDD MMEEEEEE! Feed me, feed me, feed me, feed, feed, feed, meeeee! Me, me, me, meeeeeee!"
"Argh! Fine! Just shut up already!" He shot a 100 yen into the coin slot and turned the dial to the right, causing one capsule ball to come out of the mouth.
He took the ball and examined it. "Great. I wasted 100 yen to buy this piece of…stuff."
He looked at a bit carefully until he decided to just open it to see what was inside.
"Grgh, man this thing is tight!" He struggled as he tried to open the capsule, but eventually it lit opened….when suddeny pink smoke came out and a flash of light appeared out of nowhere.
"Waaaaaaahh!" He screamed.
He opened his eyelid, and saw something….unexpected and unbelievable. Right in front of him was an actual ghost!
It was mainly pink, but it wore what it appeared to be black and white maid clothes, typical for what a maid would look like. Its face looked quite cute with green emerald eyes, and bang that shaped like a pony-tail as if it has a hair.
"Yeaaahh! I'm finally free! Free at last!"
"It can talk!" The boy gasped.
"Oh, thank you! Thank you very much!" The "thing" bowed down to him constantly.
"Aaahhh…your welcome?" He shrugged as he made a weird smile.
"It's greatly appreciative that you released me from that dreadful capsule. Not to mention inside that old capsule machine as well!" The ghost said. Indicated by how cheerful and high-pitch her voice is, it was a female.
"So, what exactly are you?" The boy asked.
"Oh!" The female ghost realized. "Sorry. How rude I am!"
She bowed to him constantly, this time in apologizing mode.
"Answer my question, dang it!" He scolded.
"Oh sorry! Sorry!" It apologized. "My name is Yuray, and you may take a guess, human like a nice, young gentleman as you are, I am a Yokai!"
Name: Yuray, Tribe: Mysterious
"Yo….kai?" He repeated.
"Oh! You seem to not know what Yokai is. Well, please allow me to explain," she said. "Yokai is a mythical, mysterious creature that causes many mysterious events in life! Some Yokai causes mischief while other Yokai are just cheerful and want to play."
"I see." He still couldn't comprehend everything that was happening right now, but just went along with it. "OK. So, why were you in the capsule ball all this time?"
"Well, that is kind of a long story, but in short, I was imprisoned into the capsule by a powerful monk. It was like over hundred years ago, so I really don't remember when exactly I was imprisoned since…it happened very, very long time ago."
"Wow. Um, that sounds really suck (and weird)," he commented. "Well, I'm glad that I helped you. I guess I better get going then. Good luck with your freedom."
"Huh?" The female ghost gasped. "Wait!"
She flew over to him and stopped him. "You can't just leave me here!"
"Why? My business with you is over, right? So there is no need for me to be with you, so see ya," he said calmly before he was stopped by her again.
"Wait!" She shouted, causing him to cringe and stumbled back. "You can't just leave me like that! We just met, and there are more things I need to say!"
"Great…I hope this is over soon because this is just getting too weird!" He thought.
"As you are the one who set me free and as the rule states, I serve the one who released me from my imprisonment. Therefore, from this day and forward, I will be your servant now, serving you as your maid!" She declared.
"Wait, what?" He thought aloud. "You, my maid?"
"Yes!" She nodded. "That is my purpose in life…well, technically afterlife, but the point is I'm in your servant for the rest of your life!"
"Wait, what!?" He stated surprisingly. "I didn't agree on this!"
"I hope I'll serve you well, Master." She bowed again, this time as a proper introduction.
"Hey! Are you even listening to me!?" He yelled.
After an hour or so, the sun was setting down. Ken, and his new "maid", Yuray, headed back to his house.
"I can't believe I'm going along with this," he mumbled. "What my mother will think if she sees you?"
"Oh, do not worry about that, Master Ken. Only you can see me," she said as she winked.
"Oh, only me? What do you mean?" He asked.
"Well, you see…."
Before she said it, something passed through them.
"Gaah!" Ken fell onto his back.
"Wooo!" Yuray spun around before she stopped, with her eyes all curly now. "What was that?"
"What now, this time?" He grumbled before he noticed a person spinning himself very quickly.
"Woowoowooooo! Feeling so diiiiiiizzzzzyyyy!" A man screamed as he just kept spinning himself.
"What the heck is wrong with that guy?" Ken thought aloud. "Japanese people are just weird."
"This is not good," Yuray said.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"This must be the work of a Yokai!" She proclaimed.
"It is?" Ken looked doubtful.
"Some Yokai has the ability to possess a human being, which lead to trouble in most cases," Yuray explained before she took out something to Ken. "Here, take this!"
Ken looked at what she gave him. It was a silver watch, but it didn't have numbers or Roman numeral symbols to tell time.
"What is this thing? A watch? What do I do with this watch?" He questioned.
"That's a Yokai Watch! It is a special device that allows a human to see a Yokai," she said. "Quick! Put it on and use the right button to flash the light on that man!"
"Why do I need to do that?" He asked.
"Please, Master Ken! Trust me!" She demanded.
"OK, OK! Geez…." He mumbled as he quickly put on the watch. Like what she said, he pressed the button on the right, causing the watch's len to popped open and a blue ray of light flashed out over the man.
Suddenly, he could see a strange siluoette over the spinning man.
"What is that?" He said as he examined it closer, eventually the watch identified the shadowly thing.
It revealed itself to be a spinning red top with two eyes and stubby arms.
"Spin! Spin! Spin around! Yeah, spin it like you mean it!" The top Yokai cheered.
"So, that's a Yokai?" Ken stated.
"Yes, indeed," Yuray said as she held a tablet-like device. "That's Dizzy-Top! He is a Yokai that makes a human have a strange desire to spin until he or she becomes dizzy."
"Spin! Spin! Spin around! Spin it like you mean it!" The top-shaped Yokai cheered in a jingle.
Name: Dizzy-Top, Tribe: Mysterious
"Eewwww, I can't do it anymore. Too dizzy!" The man said as he fainted with his face all green.
"Hey, sir! Are you OK?" Ken was now concerned.
"Ah, no more spinning. Oh well, I guess I will go find someone else then!" Dizzy Top stated.
"Hey, you there!" Ken yelled, catching its attention.
"Huh? Me…" Dizzy-Top asked. "…..Wait! You can see me!?"
"Yeah I can," he replied, with an angry expression. "Stop making other people spin around themselves!"
"Yeah! Master Ken! There are only two ways to stop a Yokai. Either you talk to them with reason or confrontation! In other word, fight them!" Yuray stated.
"Wowowo!" Dizzy-Top said. "I'm sorry!"
"Huh?" Both Ken and Yuray looked a bit confused.
-30 seconds later-
Ken, Yuray, and Dizzy Top were now at a park.
"So, why are you making other people spinning around themselves?" Ken asked.
"Well, you see, it was during the time when I was just an ordinary toy top. I was owned by a young boy, and he cherished me very much. We played together with his friends and other tops in a top battle, and it was great. However, as time went by and my owner grew older, I was forgotten, left with the dusts. Eventually, I realized that I became a Yokai and all I wanted was to play with someone again, like the old time, but nobody play tops these days, so I decided to enjoy myself by making other people spinning until they are completely dizzy."
"My, that is just a sad story," Yuray said as she wiped some of her tears.
"Yeah…" Ken mumbled. "It sounds like to me that you need a…friend."
"Yes, yes I do, but after you allowing me to listen to my story, I will stop make other people spinning," Dizzy Top decided. "But, then I would be just bored and I won't know what to do."
"Well…How about this?" Ken said.
"What's that?" Dizzy Top asked.
"How about you and I hang out sometimes? That way, you wouldn't be bored," he suggested.
"Really? Is that mean we can be friend?" Dizzy Top asked, with an anxious, yet joyful smile (even though he has no mouth).
"I…guess so," Ken said.
"Oh, thank you very much! I am so happy now!" Suddenly, its body glowed for few seconds until a orb of light popped out of itself. The light flew over to Ken, which it flew down to the palm of his hand.
"What is this?" He asked.
"Master Ken, congratulations! You obtained a Yokai Medal from Dizzy Top!" Yuray stated.
"Yokai Medal? What do I do with this?" He asked further.
"With it, you can now summon Dizzy Top with the Yokai Watch whenever you need him. The Yokai Medal represents the friendship between human and Yokai," she explained.
"Yokai Medal, huh…." He said as he analyzed it.
And so, that is how my new life in Japan began. Although, with all the surprises and weirdness that happened today, I felt somewhat…good about it. Now, I am curious to learn more about Yokai, and with this Yokai Watch and Yuray on my side, it will just pretty more interesting and most likely stranger later on.