Chapter 1 : A Special Encounter
It seemed like it was going to be just another day for Ash, travelling with his companions, Serena, Clemont, Bonnie, and of course, Pikachu. Doing their usual, exploring around routine, having fun, playing around, aiming to become Pokemon masters. However this day was different... Unlike any other. It all began when Ash and the others were camping out in a forest they had recently entered that week.
Ash rose his head to the sky, the light slowly disappearing as the dark clouds blocked the bright sun. He then looked down back at his friends, about to tell them to stop walking around, as a storm was arriving.
"Those clouds don't look so good, I think we should head for cover," Clemont said, before Ash could even say anything. Ash would've mentally slapped himself for being so slow, if he didn't want to get to safety as soon as possible.
"Well I guess it's decided, let's head to for cover!" Ash belatedly declared, as they began to speed up their pace, while looking for a somewhere to hide out.
"Pika!" Pikachu cheered, as the little yellow Pokemon followed his partner.
Serena smiled, brushing her hands through her, now short, hair. Giving a wink to Ash, which he didn't notice, "Yes let's head for cover, you're a very smart person Ash!"
Clemont flinched, he was the one who came up the idea. He then shrugged, well... It was Serena, the Serena that, pretty much, worshipped Ash. He then adjusted his glasses and continued walking at the same pace as his friends.
"I wonder if we'll find another woman!" Bonnie said, causing Clemont to shiver in fear of how she'd approach the next woman they meet.
Ash laughed, "Yeah, I wonder if the next woman we meet is the keeper!"
Clemont lightly pushed Ash, "That's not funny Ash!" His cheeks going red from the memories of the times his sister had embarrassed him, asking a girl for their hand in marriage for her older brother, which was him.
Serena giggled quietly, while still observing the area for somewhere to camp out. Soon, her eyes caught something while the boys were still arguing and Bonnie was still thinking about her ideal sister-in-law.
"Hey guys, look over there, I think we should camp out in that cave there!" Serena suggested, pointing towards the large cave ahead.
"It seems safe, so why not?" Clemont said, walking past Serena and towards the cave.
It was only a little while after that very moment, the Pokemon Trainers' plans were about to change completely...
In the town of New Sakura Town, in the year 2040, the Yo-Kai Detective Agency were at their HQ, or better known as, Akinori's room.
It seemed to be a pretty average day, go to school, return to the "HQ" then investigate their latest case chosen by Akinori, who continued to believe he was their founding leader, which was only half the truth.
"So my fellow detectives, how was school for all of you, I hope none of you cut classes!" Akinori said optimistically, with a huge bright smile that always brought life to the room.
"I don't know about you, but I'd rather be stuck doing extra homework then be here and watch you carry on with the same questions over and over, then continue to boss us around," Natsume said with a frown, flipping one of her plaited pigtails at him and turning her head away from him.
Akinori flinched, clenching his fists, "Natsume, I'd really appreciate it, if you stopped disrespecting me and as the leader of-
"Akinori, settle down." Touma told him calmly, stopping the purple haired guy from exploding from anger. Touma sighed, while he did agree a little with Natsume, he didn't really have anywhere else to go, his parents were working late, and he still didn't have any other friends then the detective team, while he did promise he'd try to make friends, he has been too "busy" to try to make friends.
"I'm totally okay with being here," Keisuke said to everyone's surprise, causing all eyes to go to Keisuke. His older sister, Natsume, had heard many strange from her brother, but this was the strangest so far. "Just as long as no Yo-Kai show up and-"
"What's you problem with Yo-Kai?" Asked Micchy, the purple muscular Yo-Kai, startling everyone, especially Keisuke who screamed in fear, throwing himself behind Touma.
"Take him! TAKE HIM! Please spare me! I don't care about him- Oh wait it's Micchy.." Keisuke screamed like a girl, before ending the sentence in a low tone of relief and also discomfort. Even though it was just plain old, harmless Lightside Micchy, he still felt uncomfortable around the half naked Yo-Kai. Not as uncomfortable as he was around Shadowside Micchy, but he did still feel pretty uncomfortable.
Touma turned around to Keisuke, staring at him with his usual blank stare, "Jee, thanks, I really appreciate being sacrificed... I really do..."
Akinori nodded in agreement, "Poor guy, he is willing to sacrifice one of the only people who can put up with his average personality." He said, trying not to laugh at the end.
"A- A- Average!? Says you, fat dude!" Keisuke hissed angrily.
"You know what!? Touma!" Akinori snapped, slightly startling the dark green-black haired boy, Keisuke stood in front of Touma, alongside Akinori. "Touma." He began.
"Who is in the right here? Akinori or me?" Keisuke finished the sentence while crossing his arms.
Touma looked away from them before whispering, "Is this punishment for when I did those awful things as a villain?"
"Miss Natsume, how do I look, I've been working out, can you see my abs?" Micchy asked, striking a few poses at Natsume in another weak attempt to woo her over.
"All I can see is a weak Yo-kai who doesn't know when to give up," Natsume said, rolling her eyes in annoyance. She really was getting sick of Micchy constantly trying to get her to date him, she had already tried many times to politely decline him, but no, he never gave up. It was at the point where she had to be rude!
"Muscles got dumped!" Junior laughed, the small, red, cat-like ballon Yo-Kai then flew around, repeating that same sentence over and over. Soon he flew over to where Akinori and Keisuke were, who were listening to Touma, who was trying to calm the situation down between them. "Fatty and scaredy-pants are being stupid heads again!" Junior said cheerfully.
"What!? Why you little!" Akinori and Keisuke hissed with fury, chasing after the small floating cat-like-ballon.
Touma and Natsume turned to each other, shaking their heads in dissatisfaction. It was just another day at the detective agency... Or was it?
It wasn't long after they headed into the cave they heard heavy rain, thunder and even saw some lightning flashes. The Pokemon trainers knew that there was going to be a storm, but they didn't expect it to be this bad.
"It seems like we'll be staying in here for awhile." Ash said, as they sat in the cave. Thankfully, in the cave was somehow wasn't dark at all. Ash observed the cave, seeing that it was actually quite large. "So why don't we explore this place a little?"
Serena shivered a little, "I don't know Ash, this place gives me the creeps." She said.
"Agreed!" Bonnie said, clutching onto Serena while shaking a little, causing Serena to clutch on her too.
"I'm sure it's safe, and besides, there's nothing else to do." Clemont said, siding with Ash. Serena and Bonnie loosened their grips on each other. There was a long moment of silence until the two girls nodded. "Good, now Ash where shall we- Ah!" Clemont's eyes widened, he couldn't believe his eyes. Did this really happen!? "HE'S GONE ALREADY!" Ash and Pikachu pretty much ditched them!
Serena and Bonnie's scared expressions changed, their jaws now dropped, their faces slowly turning into frowns, completely forgetting about their fears, "THAT JERK! HE DITCHED US!" They shouted together.
Quickly, Clemont and the others stood up, running after Ash and Pikachu. Strangely, it seemed the further they went, the dark the tunnel got...
It took awhile, but after a lot of cussing and pleads, Touma managed to calm down Akinori and Keisuke.
"Well, I guess we did it again! We got into an argument, I'm surprised it was I, who got involved in the argument. I'm supposed to be the leader who's supposed to be a role model!" Akinori laughed, getting an annoyed eye roll from everyone.
Touma sighed, at least he wasn't babbling on about how he missed "his Himeaya-chan". He still didn't get why the girls in his class had given such a strange nickname to Ayame. Yes, her surname was Himeno, and yes, her given name was Ayame, but why give her such a strange nickname? Touma never really understood girls... But then again, he never understood many guys either, even though he was one, he just didn't understand them. "So "great leader", what's the case today?" He asked blankly, with his usual expression of calmness.
"Well now that you ask, my onl- best friend~" Akinori sang, lengthening each words, savouring the taste of each word that came out, happy that finally someone at least acted like they wanted to be here, "There was one case that caught my eye, that I saw a while ago."
Natsume sighed, Akinori always acted like this when they asked about the stupid cases. "Remind me why I agreed to do this whole thing?" She placed her hand on her forehead, trying to ease the pain she got from Akinori whenever he'd carry on about how the world needed their agency's existence.
"Well it looks like you guys are at it again, so I'm just gonna go and-" Keisuke stopped, his sister had grabbed him by the shirt keeping him from moving.
"You're staying, I'm not suffering alone!" Natsume said, pulling him back to the ground. While she was slightly happy that Keisuke finally accepted the fact that he was part of the "detective agency" and stopped believing that they were the occult or something, she was still sick of Keisuke still denying the fact that Yo-Kai exist.
"Let go of me!" Keisuke demanded, waving his arms around frantically, "I'll tell mother, and you'll get in so much trouble!" He threatened his older sister.
Touma, Junior and Akinori continued to watch the Amano siblings shout at each other, bringing forth another argument. While Micchy seemed to be in his own world, mumbling about how he was Natsume knight in shinning armour.
Touma smiled slightly, even though they always argued with each other, and were loud as heck, he loved them. He hoped that nothing would change, despite how annoying they were... It was at times like this, Touma wished he hadn't isolated himself from others in the past, he wished that he hadn't become so bitter. He wished that he hadn't become so distant with his parents.. He wished he hadn't hurt others around him. He wished he hadn't done those things when he worked for the Onimaro, even though it did actually help him reconnect with Natsume, whom he had known as a child. Although his memories of her as a child were fuzzy, he could tell that while she maybe the same snarky, sarcastic, slightly sadistic, yet still, kind, selfless, girly girl from elementary, she had also grown into a kind woman who would never let her friend fall into darkness again. Never. Never.. Never. Just like he'd never let his friends get hurt. He will protect them! At all costs, even if it cost his life, he will protect them! He'll die for them... If it's for his friends, he wouldn't mind dying! Just like when he got himself killed before, which he still is very thankful for the Onimaro Trio for having a change of heart, and saving him. He was happy that they are living happily around the are. Even though everyone, including him did presume them to be dead for a few months, until he ended up collapsing and almost dying, which cause them to reveal themselves to have been fighting some kind of darkness in his body, and then a lot messed up stuff that he didn't really want to think of.
"Touma! Akinori! Take my stupid, stinky sister down!" Keisuke shouted, snapping Touma out of his thoughts. Touma stood up, putting himself in between Natsume and Keisuke, while Akinori lightly shoved them away from each other.
"SHUSH!" Akinori hissed, pushing Keisuke back even further, and slightly more harder. "Now! Let's get onto our case! Okay everyone!?" Akinori said, beginning to sound desperate.
"Yes.. Yes..." Everyone sighed back, sitting down.
"Pikachu, this place looks awesome right?" Ash asked Pikachu, as they ran through the cave like idiots. Pikachu nodded with a huge grin on his face. "Do you think we should slow down and let the others catch up!?" He asked in an overly excited tone. Pikachu shook his head, speeding up the pace even more. "WHOOHOO!" Ash shouted cheerfully, running even faster.
"Ash! You get back here this instant!" Ash heard a faint voice shout, it sounded quite feminine and slightly old... It was definitely Serena's voice. Ash continued to speed up the pace, smirking even more.
"Come on Ash, game's over!" Ash heard another faint voice shout, the voice belonged to Clemont. Ash knew that instantly, since he was the only guy with them other than Ash, himself.
"Ash stop being such a mean jerk!" Ash heard a childish voice shout, which was Bonnie, as she was the youngest of them, therefore she sounded the youngest.
Ash sighed, stopping dead in his tracks, not slowing down, watching his feet slowly drag against the ground. Pikachu, who had the late reaction, did the same, instead some of his face got dirt on it.
It wasn't long before his friends had caught up, their faces filled with anger. Ash slightly put his hands in a defensive pose, just to be safe.
"Well if it isn't Mr "I should ditch my friends in a dark cave during a storm" Ketchum!" Serena growled, clenching her fists, about to punch him out.
Clemont and Bonnie walked in front of Serena, Clemont then adjusted his glasses before saying in a forcibly calm tone, "Now, now! We should all calm down and-"
Out of nowhere, the ground cracked into nothing. As if their very weight had crushed the ground! Everyone had no time to react, all they could do was scream as they fell into the dark abyss. But soon, their even screams couldn't be heard and it was around that time everything had gone dark...
All Clemont could feel now was something cold... Something surrounding them...
Natsume didn't know what was worse, spending the day looking around for something that could be fake or the fact that Micchy was following them and showing off his abs and muscles to her, with his half naked body. Natsume didn't know what it was with Yo-Kai and clothes, most of the Yo-Kai she encountered were technically half naked. She needed a break from all this crazy stuff! They had been searching for about half an hour already anyway...
Natsume sighed, giving the boys a tap on the back, "Guys, I'm going to take a break okay?" She told then, before leaving, without getting an answer from them. Walking towards the river, Natsume let out another loud sigh. She loved the guys, but sometimes she needed some time away from them, especially Akinori, he was always being such a jerk! Keisuke's stubbornness always pissed her off too! And Touma! Well... There was nothing much about him that pissed her off. He was alright. The only problem about him was his inability to share his opinions, he is always just saying "Oh that's alright" if she didn't know any better, he was acting like one of those overly humble people won't say how they really feel. However, very rarely, whenever Touma did speak how he felt, it was usually a brutally honest opinion.
This time, Natsume let out a groan, before looking at the river. It was so beautiful... She loved the glittery water, she was so thankful to have such wonderful things in her life. Natsume smiled, playing with her brown hair as she watched the glistening water shine in the light of the afternoon sun. She closed her eyes, feeling the rays of the sun touch her. Ah, life was good... When you weren't being annoyed by the stupid fat guy who thinks he is the leader, the snotty, stupid, stubborn, coward of a little brother or the emo nerd who had no idea what the heck he was doing. Of course, she was referring to the boys, Akinori, Keisuke and Touma. While she didn't really mean to think up such harsh words about her dear friends, it was all true... She shook her head, trying to remove such awful thoughts, before opening her eyes to the water again.
Natsume snapped out of her daze, noticing something in the water... She blinked in shock, not believing it. She rubbed her eyes and looked again. Wait.. It wasn't something! It was someone! And it wasn't just one person! It was a group of people! Natsume would've questioned how four people ended up in the river, about to drown, but she had no time! She had to save them! It was her job to help those in need!
Natsume threw herself into the water, her Yo-Kai Watch still on her wrist. Throwing her arms around and kicking as fast as she could, Natsume reached the unconscious kids. Grabbing the youngest first, then the other girl, Natsume wrapped each of her arms around them. She knew it wasn't smart, as she was only used to holding one person with two arms but she had to do this! Natsume took a deep breath, as her body occasionally slipped into the water. Soon she had reached the shore with the two girls. It had only taken her about 10 seconds, which was actually very slow when it came to saving a drowning person. Natsume then immediately jumped back into the river, without taking a couple seconds to breath. She didn't have time to pant! She had to save the other two boys! Natsume then repeated the same thing again, kicking her legs and throwing her arms around as fast as her weak body could go. She then reached the two boys, realising that a strange yellow unconscious animal was on one of the guy's head. Which didn't really matter so much, as she grabbed them by the arm, dragging them towards the shore, which somehow, felt further away then last time.
The boys seemed heavier than the girls... Natsume's legs ached of stress, her body seemed to slip into the water a lot more than usual, giving her less time to breath..
Natsume wasn't dumb... She knew what this all meant, and she knew exactly how to deal with it. Natsume's grip on the boys grew tighter, she then slipped deep into the see, letting them all fall deep into the sea. Just a little bit more... Deeper they fell... NOW! With all her strength, Natsume pulled the boys upwards, swimming all the way up before letting go up them. The boys then floated upwards, as if they had been thrown into the air. Natsume's sight weren't the best underwater, but she had to take the bet... She then shoved her hand into her pocket, desperate and hastily searching through her pocket with her hand... She got it... Now... All she had to do was simple..
"Argh, we found nothing!" Akinori groaned, as he sat down at the bench by the town's river. Thankfully no one was around, it was quite peaceful and quiet. "And I can't believe Natsume! Ditching us like that!"
Touma nodded in agreement, it was quite rude of her to have just left them. He then looked at the sparkling river. He remembered he had actually had seen Natsume at this same river some time before he had encountered the Onimaro. He remembered seeing her soaking wet, from what he had gathered, Natsume had most likely been saving someone from drowning. Apparently, it was a normal thing, for her to go jump into the river and save someone from drowning, even if it was Winter and she could've died from the cold and stuff. Touma laughed lightly, Natsume sure was much kinder than him.
Despite how many claims she made, saying he was a kind person. Touma himself didn't believe it... He didn't think he was a kind person...
"Well we were being annoying," Keisuke pointed out, getting a nod from Touma. Keisuke understood his big sister's feelings and how frustrating it was to deal with them when they acted like toddlers, he remembered the days when he was younger and he made his sister cry from frustration because of how troublesome he was, and how their parents put the blame on her, even though it was his fault. But alas, he was such a coward as a toddler, thus, he had let his sister take the blame whenever he broke something, causing them to grow a very awkward relationship. It wasn't until he had met Ken, he finally had the courage to admit to his mistakes. Even so, the damage had already been done, his sister already had been hurt. The both of them have since then, grown up; Natsume being the less emotional girl she was before, and Keisuke himself, being less of a coward. Keisuke understood that his sister still got annoyed by many things. He understood that- Keisuke gasped, "GUYS! OVER THERE!" He screamed, pointing towards the unconscious group of people who were just laying on the ground right by the river.
Almost immediately, Keisuke and the others ran towards the unconscious kids, who seemed to be around Keisuke's age.
Akinori looked at the four kids with worry, before turning his attention to the clear blue waters. His eyes widened. Now the kids were the least of his worries... "OH MY KING EFFING ENMA DAIOU! NATSUME!" Akinori shouted, seeing his best friend's Yo-Kai Watch giving off a faint light, which was able to reveal that it was in fact Natsume down there, about to drown! He couldn't think, everything in his mind was rushing. Akinori didn't know what to do! He really didn't!
Keisuke pressed his ear against one of the girl's chest, nothing! "THEY'RE LOSING PULSE!" Keisuke shouted worriedly.
Akinori stood there in shock. What should he do!? Save his best friend, or a bunch of innocent strangers!? Akinori turned his head between the unconscious kids and the faint light coming from Natsume's Yo-kai watch which was growing even fainter by the second.
Abruptly, to Akinori's shock, Keisuke leaped into the river while saying words way too fast for him to hear. But Akinori had a feeling he knew what Keisuke had said. This was his job as a leader.. Akinori quickly turned to Touma who seemed just as confused and shocked as he was. He knew his friends didn't take him seriously when he said he was a leader and at times, he didn't believe it. But Akinori knew that now was the time to be one! "Touma transform into Omatsu now!"
Touma flinched. For a second, he had no idea what Akinori was talking about, until he realised exactly what he meant. He nodded, grabbing out a black watch.
Meanwhile in the river, Keisuke swam as fast as he could to his sister, his eyes beginning to blur from the waters as he tried to keep his eyes on his sister, watching the life slowly disappear from her. He was so close... Just a little further... A little more! A little more! A little more! Almost there! Keisuke threw his arm out, trying to reach out to his sister. He stretched his arm out as far as he could, feeling the air slowly leave his body as he continued to reach out to his sister.
"Come on!" Keisuke thought to himself, as continued to stretch his arm out as far as possible to reach his sister. His fingers soon reached the tips of his sister's nails, slowly reaching down towards her fingers, and then finally her hand. Keisuke smiled victoriously, as he clutched onto his sister's hand tightly, pulling it up above the waters and to the air. Keisuke shot out of the water first, letting out a huge breath, before panting exhaustedly. The unconscious, Natsume the shot up. Keisuke could already tell that her breathing was way too shallow and she need to get to shore at this instant.
It wasn't long before Keisuke had reached the shore, dropping his sister onto the grass.
"Touma! Akinori! Please save my sister!" Keisuke huffed desperately, unfortunately he hadn't been taught CPR.
Akinori ran to Natsume, checking her pulse, he smiled, "She's going to be okay, she wasn't in there for too long! She just needs a little mouth to mouth."
"AS NATSUME KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOUR, I SHALL SAVE HER!" Declared Micchy, jumping out in front of everyone, giving everyone a fright. But, surprisingly, no one was against Micchy when he knelt down to Natsume and slowly open his humanoid mouth, about to have contact with Natsume's... Closer.. Closer... And closer.. And!
BANG!
"GET OFF ME YOU STUPID AS EFF, LOSER WANNABE!" Screamed Natsume as she spat out the very little water in her mouth, spraying it on Micchy, before giving him a strong kick to the sky.
"I guess... Big sister's fear of getting touched by Micchy is so powerful that it cures her instantly..." Keisuke said silently, almost speechless of had just happened.
Touma nodded in agreement, not saying a word while Akinori looked at the kids who were all better, now only unconscious. There were many questions he wondered about them, but the most obvious one was...
Just who were these kids?
A faint light... That's all he could see.. Why did his eyes feel so heavy? No, why did his whole body feel so heavy!? Ash slowly opened his mouth, letting out a loud groan. Before, with all his might, opening his eyes, to blinding light. Ash groaned again. What had just happened? The last thing he remembered was-
Ash jolted up, forcing his body to sit up. He went into that strange cave where the ground somehow collapsed! But what happened!? Shouldn't he be dead? Ash's eyes widened as he looked at his surroundings. To his surprise, there was a girl and three boys staring at him with slight relief. Ash stared at them for a short moment before looking down at his friends who were slowly awakening.
Ash let out a sigh of relief, seeing that Pikachu and the others were unharmed. He then turned his attention back to the group of young teenagers, who most definitely seemed slightly older than him...
"W- Who are you?" Ash asked, to his surprise, when he talked, he throat felt as if it had been scratched by the claws of a bear, it now ached to even breath.
The girl with brown hair smiled warmly, kneeling down to Ash's level, "It's okay," She said calmly, Ash didn't know what is was, but he felt safer with the girl, in a somewhat strange way. "We'll answer those questions later, for now, where are your parents?"
Ash slightly turned his head, what good would that be? "Well my mother is all the way back at my house and my father..." Ash paused, remembering what his mother had told him, how hurt she seemed whenever it came to his father. He looked back up to the girl, "He left to go on an adventure like I am doing." He tried to put it as subtle as possible.
The brown eyed girl's eyes softened at the boy, "Oh, I'm sorry.." She apologised, understanding almost immediately what he had meant. "So what's your mother's phone number?"
Ash slowly backed away from the girl, "Why do want to know?" He asked suspiciously.
"So I can get her to pick you up or maybe tell her that you were hurt." The girl replied simply, as she fixed her fringe.
Ash tilted his head again, "Picked up? What?" Ash blinked in confusion, staring at the girl confusedly. "It's not like I haven't been in this condition before. When you're on an adventure to become a Pokemon master, you've got to always expect danger to approach you!"
The girl blinked in confusion, just has Ash had earlier. "Pokemon? What's that?" She asked to his shock. She then turned around to the boys who were helping Serena and the others regain their consciousness. "Hey guys, you idiots are always keeping up with those weird as ass games, tell me what a Pokemon is." She said in a very commanding tone, completely different from what she had seemed earlier.
The three boys stood there in silence, shaking their heads as if they hadn't had a clue of what a Pokemon was either.
"A Pokemon is like- How do you not know what a Pokemon is?" Ash asked slightly offended, as if it were a crime not to know what a Pokemon was.
The girl shrugged, "I don't really know much about boy games." She said, getting a sigh from Ash. Pokemon wasn't a game, nor were they for boys specifically. Did this girl know anything!?
"Pokemon isn't a game, Pokemon are beings." Ash explained as calmly as he could without screeching in pain, as his throat continued to ache.
"Oh, like Yo-Kai!" The fat guy said, as he walked over to the girl.
"Yo-Kai?" Ash repeated, not knowing what the term meant.
The girl giggled, giving Ash a pat, "Lots of people in Japan know what Yo-Kai are, so that probably means, you're either not from around here or are part of the few who just don't listen to many legends and myths."
Ash titled his head, "Japan? What's that?" He asked, completely forgetting the fact that he was supposed to be explaining what a Pokemon was.
The girl blinked in confusion, "How can you not know what Japan is? You're speaking in it's language, and you are in Japan." She said in the same tone as he had when she said she didn't know what Pokemon were, as if it were a crime.
"We're in Japan? But we were just in... Never mind," Ash sighed, turning around to his friends who were letting out a loud yawn, "Guys, just explain to this woman, what a Pokemon is."
Clemont rubbed his eyes, "Huh? How can she not know what a Pokemon is?" He whispered, before letting out a sigh, adjusting his wet glasses, "Pokemon are creatures of all shapes and sizes who live in the wild or alongside humans. Pokemon can't speak the human language, instead they utter their names." Clemont explained, the girl and her male friends listening in carefully. "Pokémon are raised and commanded by their owners, who are called "Trainers". During their adventures, Pokémon grow and even, on occasion, evolve into stronger Pokémon." He then finally, let out an exhausted breath, who knew explaining something so simple, could be so tiring.
"So their pretty much like Yo-Kai? Except for the evolving part." The youngest boy asked, who seemed to be around Ash's age, if not, maybe a little older. The young boy resembled the girl slightly, except he had a more brown colour to his hair and he was.. Well a guy, not a girl.
The purple-haired fat boy laughed lightly, "Actually, Yo-Kai do evolve, however it takes a lot of training and dedication." He explained to the younger brown haired boy. Ash and his friends merely sat there in confusion, not knowing, at all, what "Yo-kai" were.
"Anyway, hello there! I'm Amano Natsume!" The girl introduced herself, she then turned to her friends, "That's Amano Keisuke, my little brother." She pointed to the younger brown haired boy, who just waved awkwardly. Ash didn't understand why the two had the same first name, but different last names.. Was that a thing in Japan or something? "Tsukinami Touma, my dear friend." She pointed to the green-black haired boy who smiled in a warm, but somehow forceful way. "And finally, Arihoshi Akinori, my annoying-as-eff friend." She pointed to the fat kid.
"Hey! Natsume, don't swear in front of these kids! Also, I'm not annoying!" Arihoshi shouted. Now Ash and his friends were confused, was the girl's name Amano?
"I wasn't cussing! And face it Akinori, you are annoying!" Amano snapped back rudely. Once again, Ash, Serena, Clemont, Bonnie and Pikachu sat there, in confusion.
"Um wasn't your name Amano? Why is he calling you Natsume?" Bonnie finally spoke.
"Eh? No, Amano is my family name, Natsume is my given name. In Japan, we say our surnames first and our given names last. Don't you people do that?" Amano- Natsume asked. Ash and the others all shook their heads in sync. "Does that mean you're not even from this continent? You know, Asia.. That's a continent... Japan is a country in Asia.." Natsume said, trying to explain every little thing now, to the little kids who she now presumed, to be dumb.
"We know what a continent is, we're not dummies." Serena said simply in a slightly offended tone.
Bonnie turned to Natsume, running towards her. Clemont knew exactly what was going to happen... He sighed, grabbing onto his backpack, ready to stop the most annoying act of "love" happen again.
"Hey! You're a keeper! Will you take care of my brother?" Bonnie asked, kneeling down before Natsume.
Natsume backed away with disgust, before hissing, "No way! I've already got my eyes on-" Natsume immediately stopped, realising what she had almost said. "Never mind... I'll just decline your offer.." She laughed awkwardly.
"Eh!? But you'll make such an amazing bride for my brother!" Bonnie cried before a hand emerged from Clemont's backpack, picking her up from the back off the shirt and pulling her away from Natsume, startling Natsume and her male friends.
"What is that?!" Natsume asked curiously and shock, pointing at the hand coming out of Clemont's backpack, in a slightly calm tone, which almost made her seem like Touma.
"It's my invention!" Clemont replied filled with pride, giving off a strange aura, he smiled like a mad scientist.
"You're almost just as strange as Micchy and Whisper are..." Keisuke whispered in a low tone, crossing his arms.
Clemont's mad-scientist face changed back into a more human one, and then to a confused one, "Who?"
"No one special." Natsume replied simply, almost immediately after Clemont asked.
"If he heard you now, he'd be crying," Akinori told Natsume with a smirk. While he did find Micchy's crush on Natsume to be very annoying, he did find the time from a few occasions to make a couple jokes about it.
Natsume turned away from Akinori, crossing her arms like her little brother was doing, "So? I don't care!" It was true, she only saw the idiotic Yo-Kai as a friend- no scratch that she didn't see him as that either, no she saw him more as a stalker who she had to put up with.
"Anyway, forgetting about these last few awkward conversations we've had," Ash began, interrupting the somewhat argument between Akinori and Natsume. "It's nice to meet you Natsume! I'm Ash Ketchum! These are my friends, Serena!" Ash pointed towards the short light-brown haired girl who waved tiredly at Natsume. "That's Clemont." Ash pointed at the yellow haired boy, who replied with a grin at Natsume's friends. "That's Bonnie, Clemont's little sister," Ash continued, now looking at the young blonde girl, who looked like she was around six to eight. Ash beamed, picking up the yellow Pokemon from the ground. "And this is Pikachu! My best friend!" He announced.
Natsume's seemingly, uninterested expression abruptly changed to an overly excited one, running towards Ash- or was it Pikachu? "OH MY GOSH! ITS SO CUTE!" She screamed, running in front of Ash. "Hello there little one! My name's Natsume!" She said sweetly, getting a groan from Akinori and Keisuke, while Touma just stared blankly.
Pikachu sweated, overwhelmed by the strange girl who shoved her face in front of him. While the girl did smile in an ever-so-sweet-and-warm way, that almost melted his heart, Pikachu couldn't help but feel uncomfortable, "P- Pika!" He squeaked, about to let out his lightning upon her, before her smile grew to become even sweeter and warmer.
"Aww! You're so cute!" Natsume complimented Pikachu, causing Pikachu to smile awkwardly back. "I hope you and I can get along!" She told the yellow Pokemon.
"Since when could Natsume "seduce" her way out?" Keisuke asked Akinori, emphasising his sister name.
"I bet cute Ayame-chan's cuteness, has cutely rubbed off onto Natsume." Akinori theorised, just thinking of his crush, Ayame made his heart beat of excitement.
"You said cute, way too many times..." Keisuke mumbled, getting a nod from Touma.
Ash laughed, these guys were funny. Also, Natsume is now officially the second person not to get shocked by Pikachu from first meeting. However, a few questions lingered... Who were these people? How did they not know what Pokemon were? What's Japan? What's a "Yo-Kai"? And why is the name Satoshi suddenly popping into his mind, for no reason at all.
