A/N (1/28/17): Forgot to add Recap Time at the end.
Dremona's Seven Slices of Life
Day 4
Yesterday…I really missed thing up! I flooded the entire mansion because of my carelessness. I know Granny Yaga and everyone are not mad at me for it, but some tenants weren't, especially Blazion. He was complaining about getting wet again or something like it. Oooow…I hope I don't mess up something like that today. I got to stay confident…hopefully.
Dremona sighed sadly, folding some laundries for her fellow tenants, whose clothes got wet from yesterday's wet incident.
"Cheer up, Dremona! It's not your fault." Blizzaria spoke up, helping with the folding.
"I know, but I still feel bad. I was only trying to be a good tenant…" She sighed.
"Dremona, it is alright. Everyone makes mistakes, sometimes." Blizzaria encouraged. "To be honest, when I first moved here, I accidentally changed the thermostat for the living room down, and freeze everyone in the room."
"That must have been…quite a chill," Dremona said.
Blizzaria giggled. "Nice pun! Anyway, the point is everyone here makes mistakes. You just have to learn from it and move on, that's all."
"Thanks, Blizzaria. I feel little bit better…" Dremona grinned.
BOOM!
The entire mansion shook, like if there was an earthquake.
"Eeek!" Dremona shrieked as she hid under the table.
"What is it!? An earthquake?" Blizzaria asked, hiding under the table with Dremona.
"Waaaaah! Run people! They are at it again!" They saw Manjimutt running through the hallway, panicking and yelling at the top of his lungs.
"Oh no…not again!" Dremona grumbled, floating off to somewhere.
"Ah! Where are you going, Blizzaria?" Dremona worried, slowly, but surely followed after her.
"Hey, you two! Calm down! This is not fabuluous at all!" Dandoodle yelled, as he wore a pink apron that says "I'm a Fabuluous Cook".
"I will until this guy apologizes, gecko!" A white humanoid yokai stated.
The said yokai had pale skin, tidal blue marking on his face, and long dark hair tied into a ponytail with a dull red bulb like tip. His clothes were green haori jacket with golden colored cotton fluffs, a lime green short kimono with the same cotton fluff, which it was held by a red-orange obi belt, green pants, and traditional jori socks, with a pair of baby blue socks.
"There is no need for apologize. You accused a wrong yokai." The other one stated.
The other one was also humanoid with pale skin, only little peachy and he had a red marking on his face instead. The facial marking made him look like a Kabuki performer, his black hair was spiky with some yellow streaks and appendages that looked like spider legs and a ponytail at the back of his head. He wore a red kimono, a purple kataginu, traditional Japanese trouser, with spider web designs and it was held by yellow ropes, a dark blue hakama, and a pair of white socks. He also wore zori sandals, too.
"Don't lie, gecko! I know that you are the one who took the last pudding!" The yokai with the green kimono pointed his finger at the other one.
The other one crossed his arms. "Hmph! If you think I took the last one, then you are wrong. I saw with my own eyes that there were more puddings in the refrigerator."
"Yeah, I checked, but there weren't any left, gecko! I just wanted to enjoy the rest of my day with nice, tasty pudding, but you just ruin it! In fact, you ruin everything!" The other one yelled as he stomped his feet few times.
The other one didn't look bothered, as he looked more serious. "Hmph! It seems like reasoning is out of question."
The other one smirked. "Gecko! It looks like so, dude! I'm gonna beat you up, once and for all!"
They jumped into midair, ready to punch each other until Blizzaria came in and used her ice powers to freeze them.
"Stop!" She yelled. The two yokai froze in ice before both fell to the ground, without being cracked that is. "What are you two fighting for this time?"
The first one cracked out of the ice. "Well, this jerk ate my pudding! There should be enough for everyone, and mine was saved for last until he took it and ate it for his own."
The second one freed himself, too. "Preposterous! I, Arachnus, did not eat his pudding. I know, because I saw one more when I took one out of the refrigerator. Toadal Dude here is wrongly accusing me for stealing his pudding."
"You're lying! I checked it, and when I did, there was no more pudding," Toadal Dude argued. "He's the lying one here!"
Blizzaria shook her head, indicating a headache. "OK, OK! Now I know why you two are arguing about, but look at this mess! You two better clean this up before Grandma Yaga is back from her grocery shopping."
"Oh, we will, Blizzaria…until this jerk apologizes!" Toadal Dude looked at his foe.
"Like I said, there is no need for me to apologize you for wrong accusation," Arachnus responded with a serious glare.
"Why you!" Toadal Dude attacked again with his hair. Arachnus quickly dodged the attack, but it crashed the dinner table even more.
"Aaah! The dinner table!" Blizzaria screamed.
The two yokai resumed their fighting, taking them crashing through the walls. At the same time, Blazion was walking down the hallway, minding his business until he got hit when the two yokai crashed through the last wall, sending him flying away until he hit into the pool.
"Blaze, blaze! (Help! I'm drowning, ggrrowgh, again)!" Blazion cried.
Everyone watched the fight. Arachnus and Toadal Dude were equally matched, punching each other out.
"Great, just great! Now, how am I going to explain this to Grandma Yaga when she comes back?" Blizzaria felt stomped.
Dremona saw the ruckus outside from the second floor. "Oh my!"
She quickly walked downstairs and went outside by taking the huge holes that led to outside, conveniently. She saw the two yokai fighting it out.
"Um, excuse me…" She spoke in soft, quiet tone.
They didn't hear her. "Excuse me…" She spoke a little louder, but they still didn't hear her. "Excuse me…"
They still couldn't hear her. "Excuse me!" She yelled out.
Everyone stared at her when she did, as the two yokai froze and eyed at her, with their fist ready to slam on each other.
"Please stop fighting. It is not nice to fight against friends," she said.
"Hmm?" Arachnus tilted his head.
"What?" Toadal Dude did the same.
She approached them. "Let's be nice to each other. There is no need to fight."
They noticed something walking by, interrupting the scene.
"Aaah. Pudding sure is the best!" Walkappa took a bite of the pudding. "Good thing I got this last one from the fridge. Lucky me!"
"Ah! Hey that is…" Toadal Dude noticed
"Indeed it is…" Arachnus noted.
Later that day, Toadal Dude and Arachnus fixed all the walls, and cleaned up all the mess they made, just before Grandma Yaga is back.
"Good, you two! See, isn't teamwork and getting along the best?" Blizzaria asked.
"Yes, Miss Blizzaria," they both agreed forcefully.
"How about a break?" Blizzaria declared as Dremona brought her with a tray, which had puddings on it.
"Here you go, guys. Have some puddings," Dremona said.
"Oh sweet gecko! It's pudding!" Toadal Dude exclaimed happily.
"A good snack always taste better after a hard work," Arachnus stated.
"Just shut up and eat your own, dude. It's pudding time, gecko!" Toadal Dude said, as he enjoyed himself with every bite.
"Yes, I should just silence myself and enjoy this delicious pudding." The spider yokai nodded as he took the first bite, soon engulfed by its flavor. "Delicious…"
"I'm glad that you two are friend again. It's great to see you two are now getting along," Dremona smiled.
"Oh, well…yeah, we're friends, alright!" Toadal Dude perked. "Right, buddy?"
He forcefully strapped his arm around Arachnus' shoulders.
"Gah! Um, correct! We are good friends, now." Arachnus agreed, looking flustered.
"I'm glad to hear that. Like my good friend said, everybody makes mistakes, sometimes," she said.
I know that I felt bad for making mistakes, but now I don't feel bad about it. As long as we accept each other's mistakes, no matter how many times you make a mistake, you friends will always forgive you.
-Chapter 2-
Old Friend
After meeting that strange yokai, Nekomusume, I explained to Yuray and Lasagnyan about dark yokai, and the new watch I got; Yokai Watch Model S. I still don't trust her, but what to loose. Squabbull's incident wasn't the only time I had an encounter with dark yokai. Graven and if I remember, even Brokalin was possessed by their own dark energy.
Ken and Yuray were taking a nice, peaceful stroll around the town plaza until they saw Kaita, with his ghost butler, Whisper and Jibanyan, who was jumping in joy.
"Hey Keita!" He yelled.
"Huh?" Keita turned around, and then saw him. He waved to them. "Hey, Ken and Yuray!"
"Good day, Mr. Keita, Mr. Whisper, and Mr. Jibanyan," Yuray greeted. "What are you all doing here for?"
"We were just taking a nice stroll until Jibanyan dragged us here to show us this." Whisper pointed to a flyer posted on the café's window.
Ken and Yuray looked at it. "NyaKB's Last Summer Concert?" Ken read.
"Here in Sakura New Town, NyaKB will sing aloud and celebrate the last remaining summer, singing their latest hit song…" Yuray repeated.
"Well, I'm guessing that you guys want to go to the concert, which will be held in two weeks?" Ken guessed.
"Nya, nya, nyaaaa….NYA! K! B!" Jibanyan yelled at top of his lungs, surprising everyone.
He realized what he did. "Nya, nya, sorry about that, guys. Sorry to you, too, Ken and Yuray. I am just so excited that my favorite idol group, NyaKB48 will be coming here, giving a live concert!"
"Yeah, aren't you jumpy?" Ken said, sweat-dropping.
"And good thing I have the tickets to go! Nya, nya!" He showed three tickets.
"You already brought tickets?" Yuray gasped.
"Of course, nya! As true NyaKB48, I reserve my tickets in advance!" Jibanyan exclaimed passionately, as fires burned behind him in the background.
"Yes, he brought ticket for each of us, and he won't shut up about it," Whisper explained, shrugging.
"He just loves NyaKB48, probably more than everyone in the whole town," Keita said, scratching behind his head.
"I see…" Ken nodded. He looked over the poster again, noticing that five members will be singing. However, one member's face caught his attention.
"Master Ken, is this poster bother you?" Yuray noticed.
"Huh? Oh! No, it's nothing…" he ignored.
"Oooo, I see you've taken a liking into some of the NyaKB members," Jibanyan intoned, noticing Ken's look.
"What? It's not that!" he chided.
"Nya, just admit it, Ken! You're interested to see the NyaKB!" Jibanyan claimed. "But, since you came from USA, let me explain who they are! NyaKB48 is the most popular, most famous idol unit group in all of Japan. There are actually 48 members, but each of them separate into four groups, 14 members in each one. They are Flower! Clover! Heart! And Love! The upcoming concert will be performed by five of the 14 members from the Love Group, my favorite group out of the four! The five members are the great leader of the group, and NyaKB48 as whole, Fusasa-san! The cute and athletic, Kimi-chan! The pun-maker, Sora-chan! The sweet, quiet one, Makino-san! And the most hard-working and talented one of all, Minnie-chan!"
"Wow! I'm amazed that you know each member's name!" Yuray impressed.
"You should hear him naming all the members in the group, but don't ask him…" Whisper whispered to her.
"So…she really did make it…" Ken mumbled before he walked away.
"Um, Master Ken?" Yuray asked. "Oh, please excuse me, guys. I hope to listen more about NyaKB48 next time, Mr. Jibanyan."
"Anytime, Yuray," Jibanyan said. She bowed to them before she floated after Ken.
-The Next Day-
"Dad! Where are you? Daaadd!" Ken yelled.
Suddenly, an explosion was heard. Ken gasped, feeling scared before he started running like he never ran before. Gunfires were heard from everywhere he looks.
"Dad! Please, help me! Daaaad!" Ken yelled.
"Master Ken, Master Ken! Please wake up!" Yuray shook him in his bed.
He abruptly opened his eyes, waking up from his nightmares.
"Where am I?" He asked, sweating.
"You are in your bed room, Master Ken," Yuray answered.
"I see…OK," he said, wiping his face, noticing the sweat he made.
"Oh yes! Master Ken, horrible thing had happened!" Yuray screamed.
"What horrible thing?" Ken asked.
After changing his pajama to his casual look, he quickly went downstairs. Yuray presented the news on TV to Ken.
"Today, we have breaking news. One of the members of the famous and popular idol group, NyaKB48, went missing yesterday. The member's name is, according to the group manager, by her stage name, Minnie-chan or by full name, Minnie Akashi. According to the last eyewitness, they saw young Akashi-san did the usual practice with the fellow members, and went back to the hotel room that they were staying until the live concert. According to the group manager and the group themselves, they won't do the concert until they find Minnie, safe and sound. We will bring you any updates about this incident as the story develops. That is all from Sakura News One!"
"No way…" he thought.
"This is horrible! I just hope that Ms. Minnie-chan is alright. Oh, Mr. Jibanyan must be very upset right now," Yuray cringed.
"Come on, Yuray." She looked at Ken.
"Where are we going, Master Ken?" she asked.
"We're going to find Minnie-chan," he declared.
Ken and Yuray searched around the place.
"There is no sign of that girl," Yuray stated.
"Don't worry. If anything, I don't think she wouldn't get out of the town," he said.
"Master Ken, how would you know that?" She asked.
"I, uuhh, just my suspicion, that's all." He lied. "Let's go the mall next!"
Yuray looked over at him, feeling a bit suspicious about him.
They arrived at the mall, and there were a lot of people.
"How are we going to find her in a place like this?" Yuray asked, feeling a bit doubtful. "As much I hope, we don't even know what she looks like."
"Her hair is chocolate brown, up to her shoulder, with a bit of her forehead revealing. Her eyes are dark brown, milky white skin," Ken stated.
Yuray stared at him. "Master Ken, how do you know what she looks like?"
"I, uuhh, you should know, too! We saw her face on the flyer yesterday! Don't you remember?" Yuray tried to think to herself.
"Oh! Right! She did at that kind of description from the flyer before," Yuray realized.
"Phew, that was too close…" Ken relieved.
Suddenly, he bumped into somewhere.
"Oof! Sorry about that…huh?" Ken looked at the person he bumped into.
"Ouch…" The person revealed to be the one he's looking for.
"Minnie?" He realized.
"Huh! Ken?" She gasped.
"It is you!" He realized. "What are you doing here?"
"I should be the one saying that!" she exclaimed.
Then, they heard a thunder of walking.
"Oh great! They're here, too!" She chided.
"Who?" He asked.
"I'll explain later! Come on!" She grabbed his hand, and ran off.
"Wah! Ah, alright!" Ken quickly agreed.
"Master Ken, where are you going?" Yuray screamed.
Not far away, Fumika saw what happened.
"Was that…Ken-kun?" she wondered.
The idol girl dragged Ken to somewhere very secluded, to the town's beach. It was now in the afternoon.
"I think we should be safe here, for now," she said.
"That's good, and man, what a run!" Ken panted as he immediately sat down on the sandy beach. "I think we ran all over the whole town. Warn me before you do that!"
"Sorry," she apologized as she joined with him. She took off the sunglasses and the scarf over her head.
"So Ken, I never knew you live here now! That's amazing," she marveled.
"It's not that amazing. My mom's the one decided to move here," he said. "Although, I didn't like my new home at first, but….after going through things, I sort of started liking here. This town is not totally a bad place to live."
"That's good to hear. I'm happy to hear that," she said, grinning.
"Ew, thanks, I guess." He shrugged.
They looked up to the sky, seeing the clouds passing by and the sunlight raying its light. Birds were chirping peacefully.
"Mmm, this feels great. I never felt like this since I joined the group." The idol girl sniffed in the fresh air, enjoying the small nature around them.
"You don't get out often," Ken guessed.
She gasped. "Oh, well…sort of, I mean. Ever since I became a member in NyaKB48, I just didn't have the time for myself. It was always work, work, and work. I mean, I do like singing for people and doing concert with the other girls. I accomplished my dream, but it just feels stressful, sometimes. Pretty much I am the one who comes up with the songs, what kind of dress we should wear for our performance, and other things. You can say, I am sort of caretaker for everyone."
"Well, that sounds really…tough. Don't you ever get a break?" he asked.
She stood up. "We do, but I don't take any break. Everyone's counting on me, so I don't want to let them down, but…I…I just felt like I want to run away from all of that. That's why I am here, and…I am thinking of quitting being an idol singer and just go back to being a normal girl."
Ken looked surprised. "Why? Isn't your dream to live as celebrity? I remember you said that all the time when we were younger."
"I know I did, but now that I am, I…don't feel as happy as I was before I became a celebrity. I missed going out, to the park, to the mall, and to the beach, like this. And most importantly, I missed hanging out with my family and friends, like you, Ken."
"Well, why don't you, you know, say to everyone how you feel? I am sure they would understand," he suggested. "How is your family?"
"It is just me and my grandparents. Both my parents are too busy in their job, and all, that they don't have much time with me. My grandma and grandpa are kind of take care of me, most of the times," she explained.
"Oh…I'm sorry to ask," he apologized.
"No, no! It's completely fine, Ken," she quickly replied. "I should be the one who should say sorry. I…heard about what happened to your dad."
Ken stared at the wave as it hit the beach in a cycle.
"….Sorry to bring that out," she apologized as she sat back down.
"Naw, you don't need to, Minnie. Pretty much everybody knows…Well, at least everyone at my old school and the town. I guess I kind of ran away, too. Just like you right now," he said.
"Don't remind you, you dumb-dumb!" She pushed him hard, making him trip.
"Hey, watch it!" Ken argued as he splashed some water at her.
"Hey!" She yelled.
Ken laughed at her, but got what he deserved as his face got wet.
"Ha, ha! Kick that, Ken!" She teased.
"Oh yeah!" He splashed water back her as she did the same to him.
After some splashing, the sun was setting down. They watched quietly as the sun goes down. Suddenly, some light flashed at them.
"What the?" Ken noticed. He saw something flashing at a nearby bush. When he took a look closer, it revealed a man with a black T-shirt, a hat, and camera.
"Oh no! That guy is one of the paparazzi that have been chasing me all day!" Minnie exclaimed.
"No way!" Ken gasped.
"Hee, hee, hee!" The man laughed. "I got what I came here for! Once I give the photo I've taken to the media, Minnie of NyaKB48 will be done for good!"
"Hey Buster, what's the big idea!? Minnie here has not done anything wrong!" He yelled.
"Oh yeah? She ran away from her group, and she hanged out with a little boyfriend! Don't you know that it is illegal for an idol girl to date with someone other than another celebrity?" The man warned, showing off a dark aura.
"That aura…he's possessed by a dark yokai!" He mumbled. "Minnie, go and hide somewhere! I will take care of this guy."
"What? What are you going to do?" Minnie asked.
"Just go, Minnie!" He ordered.
She looked into his eyes, knowing that he was very serious. "OK. I will."
She hid somewhere. The man saw, and chased after her, but Ken stopped her.
"You're not going anywhere, sir nor should I say…yokai!" Ken used his watch to scan over the man, as he found the yokai.
The revealed yokai was literally a black camera with feet and arms. It had big white gloves, like Mickie Mouse and the lens was its single eye.
"Master Ken!" Yuray screamed as she floated quickly to his side. "Oh, thanks to Enma that I finally found you!"
"Yuray, who is that yokai?" Ken pointed.
"Hmm…?" She turned around, seeing the said yokai. "That yokai, he is Snaptrap!"
Snaptrap-Tribe: Mysterious, Attribute: Light
"He's a Yokai who takes photos of embarrassing moment of somebody else. When he possesses a human, he turns them into a pesky person. He's the number one yokai who caused the whole paparazzi trend," Yuray explained.
"Well, we got to stop him! We took pictures of me with Minnie, and if he gives those photos to the media, Minnie's life will go bad! So for mine!" Ken stated.
"Say what!?" she gasped. "I cannot let that happen to my master!"
"Snap, snap, snap!" Snaptrap laughed as dark aura burst out. "All your embarrassing moment will be shot by me!"
"Let's go, Yuray!" Ken raised his arm with his watch on. Yuray floated down, and gave a quick kiss on the watch, transforming it into model zero.
"It's time to summon Lasagnyan!" Ken declared.
"Hold up a second!" Yuray interrupted.
Ken stopped. "What is it, Yuray!? Can't you see I am going to summon Lasagnyan!"
"Sorry to interrupt, but you can't summon Lasagnyan right now! She's still recovering from the last fight." Yuray reminded him.
"Then, what are we gonna do!? How else I can beat him?" he asked.
"Maybe you should use your old watch to summon other yokai pals?" Yuray suggested.
All of a sudden, something was glowing inside Ken's back pocket. He checked what it was, taking out the Yokai Watch Model S.
"Hey, this watch, it's glowing!" Ken stated.
"Perhaps, it's trying to tell you to use it! In order to stop Snaptrap from being possessed by its own dark energy, you need to use Yokai Watch Model S!" Yuray exclaimed.
"Hmmm…I really don't trust what this watch will actually do, but I have no choice," he said, putting on the watch immediately.
All of a sudden, Model S absorbed Model Zero, making it disappeared and be replaced by the other model.
"Hey, look at that! The model zero switched itself to Model S!" Yuray pointed out.
"OK. I guess we will see what this watch can do!" He declared as he took out one medal. "I call upon….Dizzy Top! Yokai Medal, set on!"
It's time to rock out!
The Yokai Watch Model S spoke in a very mysterious, yet dark tone. A ray of dark energy shot out of it as a familiar wave of energy swirled out, like the other yokai watches.
Delirious, hilarious, ridiculous!
Here comes the, Mysterious!
The song it played sounded very heavy rock. Dizzy Top spun around very strongly until it stopped.
Dizzy-Top!
"Hey, long time no see, Ken!" The said yokai greeted.
"It's been awhile, but I need your help right now!" He replied.
"That's what I am here for!" Dizzy-Top nodded.
"We need you to stop Snaptrap!" Yuray pointed out.
"You got it!" Dizzy-Top spun around, turning into a tornado. He moved toward Snaptrap, but as he was, he tripped on a small pebble, causing him to lose balance and then dropped to the ground on his face.
"Ooof!" He fell very hard.
"Uuuh! That will leave a mark," Yuray cringed.
"Snap!" Snaptrap took a photo of that. "Ha, ha! Now, that's a nice picture I've taken!"
"What!? You took a picture of me tripping!" Dizzy-Top exclaimed.
The Yokai Watch Model S glowed with dark aura for a brief moment. In reaction, Dizzy-Top glowed in dark aura.
"That's not very nice!" Dizzy-Top easily got angered. He spun himself faster than before, turning into a bigger tornado, but in purple color.
Snaptrap pulled into the tornado. "Waaaaaaaaaahh!"
Ken and Yuray held onto something.
"Kyaaaaaah! This is too much!" Yuray screamed.
Dizzy-Top stopped spinning, making everything that it sucked falling to the ground, including Snaptrap, which left a big hole shaped of him in the ground.
"Huh? What just happened?" Dizzy-Top looked around, feeling confused.
"Great job, Dizzy-Top! You stopped Snaptrap!" Yuray praised him.
"I did?" He asked.
The man who was possessed by Snaptrap snapped out of the trance. "Huh? Hey, what am I doing here?"
The man went away immediately. Snaptrap crawled out of its own hole, looking very exhausted.
"Eewww, how could I…lose?" He stated as the dark aura still glowed around him.
"He is still possessed!" Yuray exclaimed.
All of a sudden, the Model S spoke up something. "Dark Absorption…"
It sucked up all of the dark energy from Snaptrap, turning it back to its original self. The watch made a chime sound when the microwave finished cooking. "Dark Absorption, complete…"
"Well, I guess that is how absorbing dark energy works," Ken said.
"What happened?" Snaptrap asked. "I couldn't remember anything."
"You were possessed by your own dark energy, Mr. Snaptrap," Yuray admitted. "Do you not remember?"
He nodded. "No, not really much, but I do remember that I really wanted to take a picture of something embarrassing so bad, and then I went totally blank until now."
"I see. So, I guess your inner desire turned you into a dark yokai," Ken summarized.
"Either way, thanks for stopping me, for whatever reason. For that, here is my medal." Snaptrap handed Ken his yokai medal, which was green color, like Lasagnyan's medals. It showed him flashing pictures of people tripping and doing something embarrassing.
"Um, thanks," he replied.
"Your welcome! Maybe I will see you guys later," Snaptrap said. "And, if you see anything fun for me take a picture of, just give me a call!"
He walked away joyfully until he disappeared completely. Ken and Yuray watched him go away.
"Hey Ken…" Ken jumped and then looked around, seeing Minnie coming out of hiding.
"Oh! Minnie, are you alright?" Ken asked.
"Yeah, I'm completely fine. It's all thanks to you!" Minnie exulted.
"Um, sure, but you know…it is getting late and all, I think it's time for us to go back home, you know." Ken suggested.
Minnie looked a bit surprised. "Oh, so…you don't want to hang out with me?"
"What? No, I don't mean it like that. Besides, aren't the other girls in your group worried about you?" He asked.
Minnie just giggled. "Good point. I think I had enough of playing hooky. Thank you for everything, Ken. And, I am just glad that you are doing just fine, especially now you have a maid of your own."
"Wait, what?" Before he asked her, Minnie was waving her hands at him as she ran off.
"Did she…it can't be…" Yuray said.
"I…have no idea," Ken nodded, but showed a slight smile. "But, I'm glad to see her, my old friend."
-Two Weeks Later-
Almost the whole town was at the live concert. NyaKB48 performed so joyfully and heartful, singing to all the spectators.
"Nya, nya, nya! NyaKB Love forever!" Jibanyan cheered, as his eyes were heart-shaped.
"Yeah, NyaKB!" Kuma cheered loudly.
"Yeah!" Kanchi raised his fist up, cheering, too.
Keita and Whisper were presented as they cheered. Luckily, Ken, Yuray, and Lasagnyan were also in the crowd of the spectators.
"Look, Master Ken! There's Miss Minnie!" Yuray pointed.
Ken grinned as he only watched Minnie singing and dancing. At the end of the song, Minnie, with the mic, approached to the front.
"Everyone, are you all having fun?" She asked.
"Yeah!" Everyone yelled loudly.
"That's great to hear, but I have an important thing to say! I know that this will shock everyone here, but…from today, I, Minnie Akashi, decide to graduate from NyaKB48 and move on to the real world!" Minnie announced.
"Say what!?" Everyone gasped as Jibanyan's heart-shaped eyes split in two.
"I know that all of you feel sad for me to say that, and I'm very sorry to make you all feel that way, but as much as I love being idol and enjoy singing for you, my fans, a good, old friend of mine told me to let my feeling know to other people. My feeling is to move on and accomplish more things in life. That's why...this live concert will be where I will sing my graduation song! The new song, Last Summer Love!"
She sang the song, which sounded the sweet and soft, yet sad and calm. Everyone waved their glow-sticks from left to right in a cycle.
"Nya, nya, nyaaa! So beautiful, yet I feel sad and happy at the same time!" Jibanyan cried emotionally.
"What a lovely song. This song will definitely be a hit song," Yuray commented. "Don't you think, Master Ken?"
Yuray noticed that her master was shedding with teardrops while smiling. She left him alone as she listened to the song, too.
-Don't Be so Dramatic Yokai!-
A new day arrived. Even though it was still summer, the kids of Sakura New Town knew that this day would come; the day when they return to school.
"Uuuwaaah!" Kuma stretched his arms up. "I can't believe we have to go back to school today. It felt like summer just began yesterday."
"Time sure flies," Kanchi nodded.
"I wish it would last longer, but at least I enjoyed our summer vacation and what an adventure it was!" Keita stated.
"True to that, especially when we went to London!" Kuma exclaimed. "It's all thanks to Ken, and his luck in winning the lottery."
"I'm not that lucky," Ken said.
Everyone was back at their respective classroom. The first bell of the school ranged for a long time since the last time, teacher coming in as students sat down on their desk.
"Good morning, class! I hope you all enjoyed your long summer vacation!" The teacher exclaimed. "Now that we are all back in school, let's enjoy the rest of the year in learning and do our best."
"Yes sir!" Everyone responded.
"Good! First thing first, I would like to collect each of your summer homework," the teacher decided.
Everyone passed their summer homework, although Keita and Kuma received some scolding by the teacher. Apparently, they didn't do their long summer project over the summer. As they began their first lessons in a while, lunch time started and soon after lunch, recess came.
"Ah! I missed this spot here!" Yuray stretched her arms. She and Ken were at the rooftop of the school, where he hanged out most of the times when he first came to this school.
Ken just looked down at what other students were doing. Some were playing soccer, like Kanchi. Although, Keita and Kuma have to do some school chores during the recess for punishment.
"Hey Ken." He turned to his shoulders, seeing Fumika.
"Fumika, what's up," he greeted as he looked at her.
"I need to talk with you about something," she said. "Were you with Minnie Akashi from NyaKB48?"
He and Yuray gulped. "Oh, um…I don't know what you are talking about." He lied as he turned around, facing her away.
Fumika didn't look convinced. "So, you were with her!"
"I…Looks, it's kind of a long story, OK. She is…"
"How could you be so heartless, Ken-kun!?" She interrupted him as she yelled at him.
"Whoa! Hey, hey, just calm down, OK. I admit that I had met her and all, but I can explain that. You see…" Ken said as he was about to explain to her, but she began crying.
"You're big meanie, Ken! I thought us…we…..I hate you!" She yelled before she ran off.
"Fumika, wait!" Ken raised his arm to reach her, but it was already too late.
He crossed his arms, looking very annoyed. "Tch, what was that all about!? Geez…"
"Master Ken, I believe that you have a problem when talking to a girl," Yuray plainly said.
He glared at her. "Oh, you think? She's the one who became so dramatic about it."
"Although, I felt some strange thing when Fumika started acting the way she just did," Yuray thought aloud, pondering.
"Let me guess. Another of that whole yokai sense of yours?" He guessed.
"Precisely, Master Ken! I think Fumika must be possessed by a yokai!" Yuray declared.
He sighed. "Well, something just never changes. Let's go find her."
Ken and Yuray went downstairs to search for Fumika. He decided to look for her at their classroom, to see if she is there.
"And, then he said horrible things to me! What a horror!" He heard her voice from the classroom.
He opened the door to see her talking with their female classmates.
"Oh look! There she is!" Yuray pointed out.
"Hey, Ken! Why did you say such horrible thing to Fumika-chan!" One of her friends exclaimed.
"Huh?" Ken gasped.
"Don't be so 'huh' at us! We know what you did!" The other girl stated.
"Wait, what? What did I do?" Ken asked.
The girls surrounded Ken, not letting him go anywhere.
"Yes, off with his head!" Possessed Fumika declared dramatically as dark aura flaring around her.
"Dark Aura!? That means she is possessed by a dark yokai!" Yuray pointed out. "Master Ken, I believe that you have to use the Model S for this job!"
"I know, but I also need a little help here!" Ken screamed for help as the girls prevented him from going anywhere.
The possessed Fumika ran away again.
"Oh no, she's getting away!" Yuray noticed.
The possessed Fumika ran by Keita, who looked exhausted.
"Huh? Was that Fumika-chan?" Keita asked.
"It seems like so," Whisper said.
"Mr. Keita and Mr. Whisper, you got to stop Miss Fumika!" Yuray demanded.
"Huh? Why?" Keita asked. "And to be honest, I kind of need a break. I am not in a mood for tag."
"That's not it! She is possessed, by a yokai!" Yuray exclaimed.
"Say what!?" Keita and Whisper gasped.
"But, where is Ken-san?" Whisper asked.
"Oh! First, please help Master Ken!" She showed them to what was happening to Ken.
"Little help here!" He yelled as the girls beating him up.
A minute or two later, Ken and Yuray, joined with Keita and Whisper, chased after Fumika, which they stopped her at the rooftop of the school.
"Fumi-chan, what's wrong?" Keita asked.
"Ah, I am trap! What can a damsel like me do at a peril like de?" She asked, as if she was a play or something. She posed with her head behind her back, making an upside-down U-shape with her back.
"Why is she talking like that?" Whisper sweat-dropped.
"This got to be some kind of yokai's work!" Ken stated. The boys used their Yokai Watch to see what was wrong with Fumika.
"Oh please, gentlemen. Fumika may be talking funny, but there is no such yokai who would make her talk like Shakesphere…" Whisper shrugged.
"Found it!" Both boys claimed.
"What!?" Whisper gasped.
The revealed yokai stood next to Fumika, mimicking the same pose like her. The yokai was a man with gray skin, black eyes, and a handlebar mustache. He wore a dark fedora hat, with black cape, dark blue suit, and black shoes. He also held a small brown skull in his left hand.
"Who's that Yokai?" Keita asked.
"Yuray." Ken looked at her, as he expected her to know.
"That Yokai is Dramaniac!" She answered.
Dramaniac-Tribe: Shady, Attribute: Ice
"Ah! I've been exposed!" The said yokai gasped in a dramatic tone and pose.
"Dramaniac of the Shady Tribe, is a yokai…" Whisper spoke as he read its description secretly on his Yokai Pad. "…that inspirits human to make him or her be dramatic in everything he or she do, like if it was on a play."
"So, that's why Fumika got upset when…" Ken pondered.
"Well, whatever he is, what he's doing is wrong and just plain annoying! I will stop him!" Keita declared. "Whisper, let's go!"
"Right-O!" Whisper agreed as he flew up into the air, and then came rushing down with his mouth wide opened while Keita was rising up his arm.
Whisper gabbled the boy's arm with the watch, turning it into Model Zero as he took his mouth off from Keita's arm.
"Yokai Watch Model Zero!" Keita emphasized. "Calling Jibanyan! Yokai Medal, set on!"
He turned the dial to number 1.
Halt, Summoning Time!
The charming tribe music played in the background as Jibanyan walked along the swirling road that looked like it was made up of bunch of stars. Then Keita turned the dial to 2, making the watch blow a horn.
Summoning Charming!
Jibanyan!
Nyext!
Jibanyan posed with his right arm above his head and his left arm below his chin, while he had his right foot up.
"Nyaaah!" The red yokai cat yawned. "What did you summon at this time? You know that it is my kitty nap time…"
"Sorry about that, but we need your help Jibanyan! Stop Dramaniac!" Keita exclaimed.
"OK," Jibanyan said as he wiped his face. "Here I go! Paws of Fury!"
Dramaniac unleashed a ray of dark beam from his skull, hitting Jibanyan directly, but it didn't bother him. He and possessed Fumika stepped to the side, making Jibanyan hit the wall instead.
"Jibanyan! Are you OK?" Keita asked worryingly.
Jibanyan wept until he completely cried. "Nyaaah! My face, it hurts! Why life has to be so cruel!?"
"Great. Now, Dramaniac possessed Jibanyan," Ken sighed.
"Life, full of wonderful drama, and I shall make this entire town be my huge play stage!" Dramaniac declared as dark aura burst out of him.
"Whoa, whoa, whoaaa!" Whisper gasped. "What is up with Dramaniac!?"
"It's his dark energy! It's acting up and it's getting powerful!" Yuray warned.
"Not if I can say anything about it," Ken stated. "Yuray!"
"Yes, Master Ken!" She understood quickly She floated around before she gave a quick sweet smooch on the watch, changing it to the Yokai Watch Model S.
Whisper noticed it the new watch. "Oh! Is that a new watch!? I never have seen one like it before! When and where I can get it!?"
"I call upon…Lasagnyan! Yokai Medal, set on!" He inserted one of Lasagnyan's new medals.
It's time to DJ out!
An energy beam shot out of the watch, like the regular old one. Lasagnyan appeared, showing off a country folk dance as the music played in DJ style.
Listen to the beat, listen to the beat!
Alarming, damning, Charm~ing!
Hee-haw!
Lasagnyan!
"Lasagnyan, stop Dramaniac!" Ken ordered.
"No problem-o, partner!" The catgirl cat yokai exclaimed. "Hee-haw!"
Lasagnyan pulled out her lasso, tightening up Dramaniac.
"Ah, I'm trapped! Trapped in the web of traps!" Dramaniac yelled dramatically.
"Hey, whiny Tomato Bum, now's your chance!" Lasagnyan yelled.
"Huh?" Jibanyan snapped out. "Oh nyah! Kick this, Paws of Fury!"
Jibanyan gave a round of multiple cat punches until Dramaniac lost consciousness.
Fumika was released from his possession before she fainted.
"Fumi-chan!" Keita exclaimed.
"Someone, take her to the nursery room!" Keita stated.
Ken and Keita took Fumika to the nursery room. After that, they went back upstairs to the roof, where they binded Dramaniac in a rope.
"Let me out of this web of shadows, for I shall place curse on each and every one of you fiends!" Dramaniac stated.
"We will…until all your dark energy is gone," Ken replied as his watch began absorbing his dark energy.
It sucked up all of his energy, which made him calm again. "Huh? What is this setting? Where am I?"
"You're at the rooftop of our school, Dramaniac," Keita explained.
"Oh really? My, I don't recall how I even got up here," he pondered.
"Just like Snaptrap…" Ken mumbled. "We will untie you, alright."
They untied him the ropes.
"Oh, thank you very much. I really appreciate," Dramaniac said. "Although, I still wonder why I even got here."
"Well, long story short, you were possessed by your own dark energy and became evil, but we were able to turn you back to normal," Ken explained.
"Ho, I see. It sounds like to me I caused enough trouble to you two. Here, I give you my medal as a way to say my thanks to you." The said yokai handed Ken his yokai medal, which showed Dramaniac performing at some kind of stage.
"Thanks," he replied.
"Now that is over, let me see your watch!" Whisper grabbed Ken's wrist, looking at the watch with huge interest sparkling in his eyes. "My, I never ever saw this kind of watch before! Its design is very sleek!"
"Where did you got the watch from, Ken?" Keita asked.
"Well, that's a long story…" Ken explained.
-Yo-Kai Watch Another Watcher-
Nekomusume walked through a dark hallway. The only source of light was the rows of fire touches attached to the wall. She came in front of a large door. She pushed it to open, making a big cranky sound when it did.
"Nekomusume, was your mission a success?" A strange shadow asked. It only revealed its two bright red eyes, and black collar with the color red in the overall.
"Yes, I have. I gave the watch to the boy I mentioned in my reports, and he has already collected some significant dark energy," she said.
"That's very good to hear," said the other shadowy figure. This one had two bright yellow eyes, and hairs that seemed to be moving and making hissing sounds, like snakes.
"More dark energy means more power to our master," said the third one. This one showed two bright green eyes with a shiny red jewel in its forehead.
"As long as that boy plays in the pawn of our hands, our master's resurrection is inevitable!" The first one exclaimed as he laughed evilly. "And, so for our lost tribe!"
Hello, Yokai Fans! Thank you for everyone who posted reviews for the first chapter. As a reward, I wrote the second chapter.
Just to make a quick annoucement; this chapter will be the last one I will write for Yokai Watch for awhile. I am starting my new job next week, so I won't have as much time to work on this story, or any of my other stories, but I will be accepting any Yokai OC for the story. You may submit it in the review or PM me.
Speaking about SYOC, I also want to say that for anyone who's concern about their submission for the last Yokai Watch story, do not worry. I will accept old submissions from the last story, and I may use the Yokai OC that were already submitted someday. We just have to wait and see.
Today, we have Snaptrap and Dramaniac introduced in this chapter! Snaptrap is a Yokai created by yours truly. He is an inspiration of yokai spirit from Japanese myths, called "Tsukumogami." Basically, it means "tool kami" or in more simpler English translation, "tool spirits". Snaptrap was an old camera that was used long time ago, but now no longer used due to the advancement of camera technology. He became into a Yokai shortly after his "model" no longer being made.
Dramaniac is created by johannvanguard. He is been helping me with ideas for stories for chapters, shorts, and other things. Dramaniac was a struggling stage actor who didn't make quite the cut. He always carry a brown skull, which he name it "Bob". When he got an actual big role to play, he felt very happy, but unfortunately he died in a car accident with Bob before he got the chance to play the role. That is his idea for this yokai, but I expanded this yokai's power; when it inspirits a human, that human becomes very over-dramatic about everything, and also behaves like as if it is on a stage play.
What do you think of this chapter? I also reveal the main villains at the end, but who are they exactly. We will find that out in the future. I will see you guys again someday, and until then, have a nice day :)
Recap Time
Yuray: So Ken, who did you meet today?
Ken: Snaptrap and Dramaniac!
Yuray: Why!? Why does the baby turtle have to di-iieeeeee!?
Dramaniac stood next her, inspiriting her to be over-dramatic. She was watching the nature channel on the TV.
Ken: That's part of nature, Yuray...