-Chapter 2-
Falling In Friendship
It was nighttime now. On the first night of our new life, my mother and I had our first Japanese food. We ate sushi tonight, even though it was something we ate when we lived in USA, but the taste was really different. She ordered it by food delivery, even brought octopus and squid, two kinds of sushi we never tried out. It wasn't that bad I guess.
Most importantly, I feel like my life is tipped over ever since I meet this weird Yokai creature named "Yuray", who now must live with me forever! Good thing that nobody else, especially my mother can't see her, but still, what am I gonna do!? Now, I can't seem to get this stupid Yokai Watch off from my wrist. It really stuck on me…I guess I just have to get used to it from now on.
Ken was preparing to go to sleep. He lay down softly on his bed, trying to relax, but couldn't ever since with everything that happened today.
"Um, Master Ken?" He looked at the wondering Yuray.
"What is it?" He asked in a moody tone.
"Sorry to bother you, but if there is anything you need, I am here for you as I am your maid," she said confidently.
He thought for a moment before he said another word. "Actually, there is something."
"Really!?" She piqued excitedly before she returned to her professional posture. "Ah, I mean, what would that be, Master?"
"Yeah, how do I get rid of this thing?" He showed off the watch.
"Oh no, no, no, Master Ken! That watch is important. You must wear it at all time," she stated. "Also, I…really don't know if you can get rid of it."
Ken sighed disappointed. "Figure much. Well, I'm going to sleep now. Goodnight."
"Goodnight, Master Ken. Sleep well and don't let the bedbugs bite," she said positively as she turned off the light, sat down, and began watching him.
-The Next Day-
It was 10 seconds before seven o'clock. When it became that time, the clock ranged, but soon stopped by Ken when he reached for it and clicked the button. Right after that, he went back to sleep before he was woke up by Yuray.
"WAKE UP, MASTER!" She yelled.
"Aaaaaahh!" Ken fell off from his bed.
"Sorry to scare you like that, Master, but it is morning and you need to wake up. Today is your big day!" Yuray said as she prepared his clothes for him, searching them through his closet.
"Big day? What are you talking about?" He asked as he got up.
"Oh, don't be silly, Master," she waged her finger. "Today is the first day of school for you! You need to look good if you want to impress your teacher and make new friends. Now, while I prepare your clothes, why don't you go to the bathroom and brush up, Master?"
Ken sighed. "Fine."
Ken slowly moved to the bathroom, like a grouchy old man, which he was grouchy in fact. He fixed his hair, brushed his teeth, and washed his face. He came back to his bedroom shortly, and noticed neatly folded clothes lay on his bed…as well as a pile of clothes at the other side of his room near his closet.
"Aaaahhh…." He was speechless.
"Oh Master!" She popped her head out of the pile of clothes, catching him by surprise.
"Ah! What did you do, Yuray!?" He yelled.
"Oh, sorry about the mess, but I was looking for your underwear," she said as she flagged his clean, white underwear with her arm.
"Ah! OK, just…give me that!" He snatched it from her hand. "While you're at it, could you just clean up this mess!?"
"Yes sir!" She obeyed as she quickly cleaned up the piles of clothes.
Ken went back to the bathroom with his prepared clothes, including the underwear and his still reddened face to change while Yuray cleaned his room.
He changed to his clothes, went downstairs to eat his breakfast, and meet his mother.
"Good morning, Ken," she said with a smile.
"Morning," he groaned.
"What's wrong, Ken? Did someone wake up on the wrong side of the bed?" She asked in a baby-talk. If you wanted to know, his mother was now wearing a business suit in lady's size.
"Oh, it's nothing," he replied as he showed a fake smile. Fortunately, she brought it.
"Well, if you say so. Are you ready for your first day at your new school?" She asked.
"Um, yeah," he replied.
"Well, that's good to hear. Anyway, I have to get to work now. You would be fine, right?"
"Don't worry, Mom. I have this," he said as he showed his Smartphone.
"You kid and technology," she joked. "Anyway, have fun."
She picked up her purse and headed off to the door, but before she did, she turned around and looked at him one more time.
"Hey Ken," she said.
"Yeah, mom?" He asked.
"Try to make a new friend, OK?" She suggested.
"…I'll try, Mom," he replied with a small grin, although not very confident looking.
"OK. Well, I will see you later. Have fun!" She said as she rushed to work.
Ken sighed with a relief. "Your mother really concerns you. Good thing I'm here to help you to make friends!"
Ken turned around, and gasped as he fell over from his chair.
"Ah! Master Ken, are you OK!?" She asked, worried.
"Geez! Don't pop out of nowhere like that!" Ken scolded.
"I'm apologize, Master Ken, but I couldn't help to listen. Anyway, I cleaned your bedroom as you ordered, and brought your backpack," she said as she handed him his backpack.
It was both block and gray, with some decorated pins attached to it. Three particular pins were very interesting looking. First one had a golden dragon with angelic wings for the image. The second one was the emblem from Fire Emblem Fates Revelation, and the last one was blue color with Sonic the Hedgehog.
"Um, thanks," he replied as he put it down and put away the dishes he used to the sink, and cleaned it quickly.
-Yo-Kai Watch-
As Ken walked to school, Yuray followed him or rather floated next to him as she followed him to school.
Ken didn't feel comfortable with her following him. Then again, she was now his maid.
"Do you have to follow me everywhere?" He asked.
"Yes, of course, Master Ken! It's my duty as your yokai maid," she insisted. "Although, when it comes to the bathroom, then I won't follow you there, obviously. Ha ha hah!"
Ken growled silently to himself before he approached the gate to Sakura New Elementary. He noticed other students, with standard Japanese backpack, entering through the gate as the teacher who guarded the gate welcomed every students coming in.
Ken quietly went through the gate, even though the teacher who was at the gate said good morning to him. Yuray noticed this, feeling a bit concerned for him.
The school bell rang, starting the day. All the students sat down as they all stared at Ken, who had a serious expression.
"Good morning, class. Today, we have a new student joining today. He moved with his mother all the way from America. His name is Kenneth Aichi. Please give him applaud," the male teacher announced.
Everyone applauded him. "So, Mr. Aichi, would you like to talk about yourself to the class?"
"I like to eat sushi, play baseball, and watch anime and play video games. That is all," he said plainly.
The students just stared at him. Some of them even whispered.
"That was short for an introduction." "He does not look like a nice person." "I guess that's why he's from America." "He's kind of cute, though."
Yuray, who was watching him from outside the class, sighed as she became more concerned.
"Oh, this won't do at all. Ken needs to open up more if he really wants to make friend," she said.
"Umm, yes. Well, thank you for your introduction, Mr. Kenneth. You may take a seat behind Keita," the teacher said.
He followed the teacher's order. He walked through the class as he approached the desk. Everyone watched, including Keita. Ken glared and noticed something very interesting, which couldn't believe his eyes. The boy had a Yo-Kai Watch, like him. He didn't say a word to the boy as he just sat down quietly.
"Alright, let's begin the class, shall we?" The teacher said happily as most of the students didn't look too excited.
-Lunch Time-
It was now lunch time, also a break time for everyone at the Sakura New Elementary School. Ken ate alone at the rooftop of the school, looking over the school yard and the town.
"This school sucks," he commented. "But, on the important matter…."
He remembered that boy with the brown hair and red shirt he saw in his classroom. He had the same Yo-Kai Watch, like his own.
"Why does that kid have a Yo-Kai Watch, like me? Is that meaning he also has the ability to summon Yokai, too? Does he also have a Yokai maid, like Yuray?"
"Master Ken!" Yuray popped right in front of him.
"Waah! What the heck, Yuray!?" He gasped.
"Sorry to surprise you…again, Master Ken, but I just want to check how you are doing. Are you feeling OK?" She said.
"Yeah, I'm fine…Well, actually there is one thing that's bothering me," he admitted.
"Oh? What would that be?" She asked curiously.
"Well, there is a boy in my classroom, one with the red shirt and brown hair, he has a Yo-Kai Watch, like mine here," he explained.
"Say WHAT!?" Yuray gasped, looking very shocked, indicated by her mouth widely opened. "How is that possible!? Unless…there was someone who used the capsule machine before you came, and released another Yokai before me."
"That would explain it, but now I'm curious," Ken wondered. "You know what. Mopping around here won't help. I'm going to find out now!"
He went off to find the boy. "Huh? Oh, wait up, Master Ken!" Yuray said as she followed behind him.
Ken searched around the boy, but he couldn't find him. "Where is that kid?" he thought aloud.
"Perhaps you can ask someone about him," Yuray suggested.
"That would be a bright idea…unless I know his name," he pointed out.
"Oh, that's right, but it's still not bad to ask," she persisted.
"…I pass," he replied. Yuray fully understood that Ken really don't want to socialize with other people, including his classmates.
"Ouch!" Ken heard it and looked into the nearby classroom. He saw some girl fell over a broken chair.
"Oooohh, my butt…" She cried.
"Hey, are you OK? What happened?" Her friend asked.
"I don't know. I was just sitting on this chair until it just broke all of sudden," she said.
"That's strange. Well, either way, you better go to the nurse's office," her friend demanded.
"Mph. Some people are just clumsy," Ken commented.
"I don't think the cause is the girl's clumsiness, Ken," Yuray said.
"Huh? What do you mean?" He asked.
"I don't know, but my Yokai sense is tingling, telling me this must be the work of a Yokai!" she declared.
"You're joking, right?" He asked doubtfully.
"I am serious as you are, Master Ken. That broken chair looks pretty new, and its metal leg was cut clean, like it was done by someone or…something," she explained. "Master Ken, I believe this is your job."
"Huh? Mine? There is no time for that. I want to look for that boy," he argued.
"Master Ken, please! If my hunch is correct, whatever Yokai is, it will continue to cause trouble to your classmates, and the school! Don't you care about your classmates?" She questioned him.
He stared at her before he gave up, and growled. "Fine. I'll just check this once, OK?"
Yuray delighted to see him doing the right thing. He used his Yokai Watch, pointing the lens to the broken chair, showing a shadowy silhouette.
"What do you know? You're right!" Ken looked shock.
"I told you so, Master Ken. Aren't I a good maid?" She cheered.
The Yokai noticed, with an exclamation point above his head as he turned around to see Ken and Yuray looking at it.
"Oh, timber me drumstick! I've been found!"
This Yokai had red skin and pointy ear. He looked like a gremlin, except he had a bushy brown beard and wore a black jumpsuit, like what a janitor would wear. It had some pockets, which contained different types of building tools, like hammer, ratchet, screwdriver, and saw.
Brokalin-Tribe: Eerie
"So, what is this Yokai?" Ken asked.
Yuray took out her Yo-Kai Encyclopedia iPad, looking over her vast database of Yokai data. "Let's see here…Ah ha! That's Brokalin, a Yokai that breaks anything. This Yokai can take apart anything, and when human touches the thing that he took apart of, it falls apart."
"That explains a lot," Ken nodded. "So, what I'm supposed to do?"
"Well to check it, you have to either negotiate with it or confront it," she repeated.
"Or, I can just run away!" The red-skinned Yokai exclaimed as he ran off.
"Oh no! It's escaping! Quick, Master Ken, after him!" She declared.
"Rrrr, why did I have into this mess?" She moaned before he did what he was told.
He chased after the small, red-skinned Yokai. He and Yuray didn't noticed, but as he chased after the Yokai, they just passed by Keita and Whisper.
"Huh? Hey, is that new kid?" Keita said. "And, isn't just me or was that a Yokai following me!?"
"Quick Nate, let's follow him!" Whisper declared as he agreed and decided to do so.
Eventually, Ken chased Brokalin to the rooftop of the school.
"There's no other way to run, Brokalin!" Ken stated. "You're trapped!"
"Oh, am I?" he asked, trying to resist.
"I really don't care what you do and all, but could you like go away and break something else other than stuff here at this school?" Ken demanded.
"Heck no! There's so many stuff to break here that's too fun to leave now! I'm gonna stay and keep taking apart of stuff forever!" Brokalin declared before he laughed a bit evilly, with strange dark aura surrounding him.
"Wooh! It seems that Brokalin is very serious, Master Ken! It looks like we have no choice, but we must confront him!" Yuray stated.
"How would I do that?!" He asked.
"Use your Yokai Medal. Summon Dizzy-Top to help and fight for you!" She said.
"What do you mean by using the medal?" He asked.
Just then, Keita and Whisper arrived at the scene.
"Woah! It's true! That new kid has a Yokai with him!" Keita shocked.
"Indeed! And it seems that he's confronting against one, too!" Whisper added.
"Insert your medal into your watch, and say 'calling Dizzy-Top' to summon him!" Yuray instructed.
"Um, OK!" He said as he took out the medal. "Here goes nothing. Calling Dizzy-Top!"
He inserted the medal into the watch. The hands started to spin around until a blast of light shot out of it as it says something.
"Summoning Mysterious!" The watch stated as it shot a beam of light.
Dizzy-Top appeared as it spun around along with the song that was playing. "A boom-shaking, boom-shaking, oogie-boogie! Cling-clang delirious, mysterious!"
"Dizzy-Top!" Dizzy-Top cheered loudly.
"Woah, it works!" Ken gasped.
"Woah, he summoned a Yokai!" Keita gasped.
"That boy also has a Yokai Watch!?" Whisper asked surprisingly, and realized that he indeed has one.
"Hey, sorry to be a bother, but could you lead us a hand?" Ken asked.
"Sure thing, Ken!" Dizzy-Top declared. "Leave it to me!"
Dizzy-Top began to spin around very quickly, spinning around Brokalin and trapping him in a mini tornado.
"Woooooaahh!" Brokalin cried.
"Wow! That Yokai really knows how to spin!" Keita awed.
Dizzy-Top stopped spinning, but the mini tornado that he created still moved until it settled down completely after few more seconds. Brokalin had two dizzy eyes, but quickly shook them off.
"Time to wreck you guys up!" Brokalin exclaimed.
"Great...That thing is pissed off," Ken thought aloud.
"Master Ken, I know this situation may not be favorable, but please beware of your language," Yuray pointed out.
"Keita, perhaps you should help him," Whisper suggested.
"Right!" Keita nodded as he agreed with him. "Calling Jibanyan!"
He flipped his own Yokai Medal, one with a pink heart for the tail side as he inserted it into his watch.
"Summoning Charming!" His Yokai Watch stated before it shot a powerful white beam.
"Alarming! Boom boom walla walla! Dance dance charming!" As the song played, a mysterious red and white cat with two tails that have a blue flame at the end danced around to the song, until it introduced itself.
"Jibanyaaaan!" It cheered joyfully.
"So that kid…He can summon Yokai, like me," Ken analyzed as he said in his mind.
"Jibanyan, help us with this, will you?" Keita asked.
"No problem, nya!" Jibanyan declared determinedly as he went for the attack. "Kick this! Paw of Fury! Nya nyanya nya nya nya nya nya!"
Jibanyan punched with his paws at rapid speed, creating multiple after images of his paws, like if he was really punching the foe with more than two paws.
"Broka broka broka broka brokaaaaaaa!" Brokalin took a large amount of damage.
"It's working!" Yuray cheered.
"It's time to end this! Dizzy-Top, finish him off!" Ken stated.
"With pleasure!" Dizzy-Top agreed as he spun around again, creating a tornado blast that blew Brokalin into the air before he crashed back to the roof ground.
"Oooohh…." Brokalin moaned in pain as the strange shadow aura disappeared.
"Phew, it's finally over," Ken said as he felt exhausted.
Shortly afterward, Brokalin got back up as he held his hand over his head.
"Ooooh, my head," Brokalin moaned until he looked up to see Ken and the others. "Huh? Where in tarnation am I, and who are you humans, and Yokai?"
"Hey, are you alright?" Ken asked.
"Oh, I think so, sonny, but I can't remember like an old donkey during a hot sunset under Momma Pumpkin's farmhouse," Brokalin said, who had a south-western accent.
"It appears to be Brokalin is back to normal from whatever he was in rage about," Whisper pointed out.
"Obviously," Ken said.
"I really don't quite remember what I do, but I do feel sorry to cause such a fuss, like an old stubborn mule. Here ya go, sunny," he handed a medal to Ken. "This here is my Yokai Medal. Take good care of ya."
"Um, thanks I guess," Ken accepted it before Brokalin left the building.
Later that day, the school bell rang to end the day. All the students busted out of the classroom, leaving. Ken took his time to pack up his stuff before he leaves. Before he did, he was stopped by Keita.
"Hey Ken," Keita said.
"Huh? Oh, it's you. Yeah, actually I want to talk with you," Ken said.
"Oh, you do? Well, so do me!" Keita gasped.
Keita and Ken had their talk as they headed home, which Ken himself didn't even notice. He was very focused in the conversation.
"I see. So, that is how you got your watch," Keita learned.
"Yeah, to be honest, I think it is more of a hassle than a blessing," Ken said.
"But, Master Ken, I do appreciate you for allowing my freedom away from that dreaded capsule machine," Yuray said emotionally as she showed off kitten eyes.
"I didn't mean it like that, Yuray," Ken sighed. "What I mean is that with this whole Yokai business, I'm becoming more stressed about it."
"Well, I kind of feel the same way, too," Keita chuckled.
"On the bright side, this is such a great discovery! Both you and Ken own the Yo-Kai Watch. I can tell this day is beginning of a beautiful friendship," Whisper noted.
"I agree," Yuray chirped.
"Um, yeah, like you say," Ken grimaced. "Anyway, this way leads to my house. See ya later."
"Oh, well OK, I'll see you tomorrow, Ken," Keita waved goodbye at him.
As Ken walked to home, Yuray floated next to him. "Master Ken, isn't this wonderful? You made your first friend at school, and what more, he also uses a Yo-Kai Watch! You and Keita can become ah…ah Yo-Kai Watcher Buddies!"
"Yo-Kai Watcher Buddies?" He repeated. "I…think that name is not very necessary."
"Huh? I think it's a good idea," she insisted.
New chapter is available! This one took a little awhile. It occurs to me that I write a chapter for my story a little longer than usual. But, then it usually takes me two or three days to work on one chapter. Anyway, I just want to say thank you very much for everyone who read and posted the reviews. It seems like all of you really like it, and even felt connected with this story in real life.
On the important matter, a good friend of mine who posted a review said something interesting in his review, which brings my attention to begin a Yokai SYOC Submission! Here are the format for the submission:
1. Name
2. Tribe: (Require)
3. Personality
4. Attribute: (Think of it as a Type, like Fire, Ice, etc. Refer to the video game).
5. Background (Require; be creative on this one. To help you start off, asks this to yourself; what is this Yokai's history? Was it a human before or born out of physical object? Born out of nature? Where did it come from? What does it like to eat?)
6. Appearance: This is a DEFINITE REQUIREMENT! Please describe what the Yokai looks like.
Some rules to follow are one, it must be submitted in the same format above, two it got to be neat for me to read clearly (everything cannot be in capital case or lower case), and three and most importantly, have fun. You can submit your OC through the review or PM to me.
I would like to give credits to pokemonking0924 for coming up of the new Yokai, "Brokalin" for its description. I came up with the name, though. Thank you very much, friend, but next time you come up with new Yokai, please submit it in the format above from now on.
I really don't know how long I will be accepting any submissions, but I will let you all know when it is closed.
As one of you lovely people said in the review, you asked if there will be an antagonist. Well, this story may look kid-friendly at first, but it will become bit more serious down the line...
Well that all said, thank you for reading and I hope to see you all in the next chapter. See you then :)