GammaTron: Hi, everyone. And welcome to the second chapter of the story. I'm so happy for all the reviews that I've been getting and I'm glad so many love the first chapter. I'll do my best to keep things going well with it.
Cyber: Ano...
GammaTron: I know, I know. *sighs* The reason why I haven't really updated this is, aside from working on other stories...I just couldn't think of how to do this. Finally, I decided to go episodic like the anime, but let me assure you; there's more to this than like the Anime.
Cyber: *nods* Hai!
GammaTron: Now then, I'll be addressing a matter that I learned on Spacebattles from some readers that talk on there; Cyber's name. Cyber's full name is Cyber Chichigami Miko. I explained to them that her first name, Cyber, was not meant to be a Chuunibyou. To those that do not know what Chuunibyou is:
Chuunibyou, which is a derogative colloquial term in the Japanese language, is used to describe a person which manifests delusional behavior, particularly thinking that one has special powers that no other person has.
There are 3 main types of Chuunibyou:
· DQN (DQN系, dokyun-kei) - Pretends to be anti-social or acts like a delinquent when in fact he or she is not or cannot become like either one. Tells made up stories about gang fights or crimes, or boasts and pretends to know about that subculture. "DQN" is slang for "antisocial person" or "annoying delinquent".
· Subcultural/Hipster (サブカル系, sabukaru-kei) - Often avoids everything mainstream and has a heavy preference to "things that few people like" and establishes themselves as being special. People of this type do not really love the subculture itself but rather strive to obtain the "cool" factor by not having the same interests as others.
· Evil Eye (邪気眼系, jakigan-kei) - Admires mystical powers and thinks that he or she has a hidden power within them as well. It is this trait that they create an alias specifically for said power. This is also known as the delusional type.
Cyber was said to be the third one by one of them, so I will tell you all what I explained to them: I did not mean for Cyber's name to be considered related to the third type. In fact, she's not really any of the three...though with what you said, that might be one of the smaller reasons as to why no one wanted to be her friend since they thought she was lying about her full name and thought she was the third type, not wanting to deal with someone they thought was 'delusional.'
Her middle name is the name of a Kami in Japan. You see, if you happen to watch a guy on YouTube named the Gaijin Goomba, he is the one who inspired me to learn more about different cultures. In one of his videos, he spoke about the Kami Chichigami. She is the Japanese Goddess of…well…breasts. I kid you not, there is a Goddess of Breasts. Japan has a Kami for almost everything, so I'm not surprised.
Well, with that out of the way...Let's get on with the story!
Disclaimer: I do not own Yokai Watch. That is owned by Level-5 and distributed by Nintendo. I do own my OC Cyber Chichigami Miko, however.
"I've heard some strange things have been going on here," Cyber noted as she and Whisper stood at an intersection.
"Strange?" Whisper questioned.
"People suddenly stepping into the middle of the road when a car or truck is coming by, being saved when the vehicle stops on a dime," Cyber explained.
"Oh, that sounds frightening for the humans," Whisper noted, "Perhaps this is the work of a Yokai."
"A Yokai is doing this?" Cyber asked.
"It's one of the more likely explanations, whis," Whisper nodded, glancing behind his back, "In fact, this is what is typically known as a haunting or an inspiriting by a Jibakurei."
"Jibakurei?" Cyber repeated.
"A spirit bound to a single place, often the very place they died," Whisper explained, floating around, keeping his back to her, "This intersection is most likely haunted by one."
"Oh, that's so sad…Do they even know they're, well, spirits?" Cyber asked.
"Most don't really compro…Compro…Compre…?"
"Whisper-san?" Cyber blinked twice.
She looked over Whisper's shoulder to see him looking at a strange device. It reminded her of a tablet with a baby-blue border. The top half of it resembled two light-blue oni horns while the bottom sported a facsimile to Whisper's lower half.
"'Yokai Ukiukipedia,'" Cyber read.
"GAH!" Whisper freaked, quickly hiding it behind his back while facing her.
"It's okay, Whisper-san," Cyber smiled, "It must have been so long that you need that to help you get more familiar with the world, hai?"
"Uh…H-Hai! That's completely right, Cyber-chan!" Whisper assured quickly, "So many years in that gashapon and so much has changed, whis~! So, I'm using this to double-check my facts!"
"Sugoi, Whisper-san!" Cyber beamed.
"Now then, Cyber-chan! Please shine the light of the Yokai Watch about this intersection! I am sure that we'll be able to find the Jibakurei that is in the area, whis~!" Whisper declared.
Cyber nodded as she held up her Yokai Watch. Pressing the button on the side popped the bubble on top to face ahead while a light began to shine from the lower half like a flashlight. She began to look around, her eye looking through the lens.
"I don't see anyone yet, Whisper-san," Cyber noted.
"Check every nook and cranny," Whisper encouraged, "You can't see Yokai without shining the light upon them first!"
Cyber nodded as she kept looking around. Eventually, she looked directly across the street, right in front of the fish store's display of fresh choice tuna. She gasped as the light revealed a shadowed image of a creature with two tails.
"There it is!" Whisper exclaimed, "That must be the Jibakurei that haunts this intersection!"
The shadow opened its eyes, revealing they were a glowing purple. It opened its mouth as if it were going to give off a snarl…until it was revealed to be a yawn. The light fully exposed the creature, revealing it to be a five-year-old-sized humanoid red cat. Its paws were all white along with its chest and face, the white of its face resembling a hinotama. Its eyes were yellow and large while the left ear had a triangle-shape bit missing on it. Around its waist was a haramaki, a long yellow tube of thick cloth that is normally meant to keep the body warm during the winter.
"Meow~!" the Yokai mewled before doing a backflip and landing on its hind left paw, the silver collar with a blue bell-shaped jewel making a small ring, "Jibanyan~!"
Yokai Jibanyan
Class: Purichii-zoku
Attribute: Fire
Rank: D
"A…A nekomata…" Cyber gasped, seeing the two tails with blue fire on the tips.
"Iie-iie-iie-iie," Whisper waved a hand quickly, "It may have two tails, but it's not a nekomata." He looked at his table, "It's actually a kind of Bakeneko known as Jibanyan. Unlike the Nekomata, which is born after a cat lives for a hundred years and are rather infamous, Jibanyan is a Jibakurei born from a fatal accident." He put it away, "Plus, there's the fact that Nekomata are the size of a human adult and there haven't been signs of a fire anywhere."
"O-Oh…" Cyber nodded as Jibanyan yawned, holding the back of its head and its back while stretching, "It…It's kind of kawaii."
"Mite…" Jibanyan mumbled as it scratched its bottom before lying down on its side, looking asleep, before it began to clean itself.
"K-Kawaii…" Cyber softly cooed before a businessman stopped at the intersection as the light turned from 'Cross' to 'Don't Cross,' "Hm?"
"Nya?" Jibanyan looked up at the businessman before jumping, his body phasing into the man, "Nya~!"
"Wh-What's going on?!" Cyber gasped as the man sprouted Jibanyan's ears and tails while his eyes changed to Jibanyan's.
"P-Possession?!" Whisper freaked.
"Meow~, meow~" the businessman stumbled into the intersection, almost like he were drunk and didn't seem to notice the truck heading right down the road.
"P-Please get out of the way!" Cyber called out before Jibanyan erupted from the man and right at the truck.
"Take this, you stupid car! Hyakuretsu Nikukyū (Hundred Cracking Paws)!" Jibanyan rowled as he began to punch rapidly…until the truck slammed into him as it stopped, sending him rocketing into the air, "NYOIIIIIIiiiiiiiii~~~!"
"Y-You idiot!" the truck driver screamed as the suddenly aware businessman.
"M-My legs just started moving on their own!" the businessman replied, freaking out and pointed at his legs.
"Yokatta…" Cyber sighed in relief, falling to her knees.
"It seems that he is behind the cause of these incidents here," Whisper noted before turning to Cyber, pulling on the top of his head and causing the parts he tugged at to change into Jibanyan's ears minus the missing bit in one," Jibanyan was possessing people to cause them!"
"Eh!? Demo…Why would he do that?" Cyber asked, "He seems like such a cute kitty, too."
"We must either negotiate or use brute force," Whisper explained before something crashed into the sidewalk beside them.
The two turned their heads to see what crashed, only seeing something red in the middle of a circle of broken sidewalk. Tiny white-tipped paws poked out before Jibanyan pulled himself out of the rubble. He wiped his haramaki before he started to walk away.
"…Nya?" Jibanyan tilted his head at the two looking at him.
"Meow," Whisper replied in the same tone of voice.
Jibanyan took three steps, "Meow."
"Nya," Cyber giggled.
"NYAAAA!" Jibanyan freaked, startling the two, "Mew two can see me, nyan?!"
"H-Hai," Cyber replied, standing up.
"Nyonto?!" Jibanyan gawked in shock before running up to Cyber, "D-Do you know Emi-chan, nyan?!"
"Emi-chan?" Cyber repeated.
"Nyo, nyo, nyo, nyo! I can't, nyan!" Jibanyan turned his back, shaking his head quickly, "I'm nyot ready yet, nyan!"
"If you have a problem, help is not far," Whisper floated over to Jibanyan, earning his attention.
"H-Hai," Cyber nodded as she knelt down, "W-Watashi wa Miko Cyber."
"Cypurr? …That kinda sounds Chuunibyou, nyan," Jibanyan noted, crossing his upper paws while tilting his head.
Cyber slumped as Whisper smacked Jibanyan upside the head, "That is Cyber-chan's real name, whis~! She is my mistress and is quite the helpful human to many!"
"?!" Cyber looked up at Whisper in surprise.
"I don't knyow…" Jibanyan mumbled.
"Ne, Jibanyan-san, why are you doing this?"
"Nya?"
"Ano…I-I mean, why are you having people go into traffic and then attacking the trucks and cars that go by?" Cyber corrected herself.
"Nyan…" Jibanyan looked down at his lower paws, "…When I was still alive, I was owned by a girl named Emi-chan, nyan. Nyow I'm Jibanyan, but I used to have a name of meown, nyan."
"What was your name?" Whisper asked.
"It was a purrfectly wonderful and gentlemanly name, nyan!" Jibanyan beamed, putting his upper paws on his hips in pride.
"And it was?" Whisper asked.
"I furget!" Jibanyan beamed, causing Whisper to facefault.
"Oh, poor Jibanyan-san," Cyber gasped.
"D-Demo! We were always together when we slept, and when we slept, and especially when we slept! Every day I was so happy, nyan," Jibanyan sighed in reminiscence.
"Did you do things with her besides sleeping?" Cyber asked.
"Well, he is a cat," Whisper sweatdropped.
"And then one day…" Jibanyan looked out at the intersection and pointed at the middle of it, "I was hit by a car and died right over there. And what Emi-chan said to me was: 'Dying over just a little bump from a car…Loser.'"
"L-Loser?!" Cyber gasped.
"That is completely heartless!" Whisper cried out.
"THAT'S NYOT TRUE, NYAN!" Jibanyan shouted, waving his paws frantically before looking at the sky, his upper paws crossed over his chest, "Emi-chan is a nyice girl! Surely she had her reason for saying that, nyan!"
"I'm not sure, whis~" Whisper deadpanned.
"If I hadn't been hit by a car, she wouldn't have…" he sniffled, wiping a tear with his paw as he turned to them again, "That's why I'm purrfecting my techniques, to become a cat that can beat any car or truck out there, nyan! So that I can show Emi-chan that I'm nyot a loser, nyan!"
"…I don't think you're a loser."
"Nya?" Jibanyan looked up at Cyber.
"You're trying to be strong and stop cars from hurting others so they don't lose anyone to them," Cyber noted, a smile forming on her lips, "You're an amazing little kitty, Jibanyan-chan."
"…Y-you really think so?"
"Hai," Cyber nodded as she picked him up and gave him a hug, "You're a good neko, demo…" she looked down at him, "It doesn't explain why you keep putting people in danger, though."
"…" he bopped his paw into the other, "I hadn't pawsed to think about that, nyan." He jumped out of her arms and ran into the street, "I can do it all on my own, nyan!" unfortunately, his back to the oncoming truck and he was sent flying, "NYAAAAA!"
"He got run over like nothing," Whisper gawked.
"Sorry you had to see that, nyan," Jibanyan apologized as he walked over, a bump on his head, a bandage on his cheek, and his haramaki dirtied, "I made a little mistake, nyan. I got caught up in the moment, nyan!"
"He did jump in there with his eyes closed," Whisper noted.
"Daijobu?" Cyber asked, picking up Jibanyan.
"I'm fine, nyan," Jibanyan assured, his injuries fading away while patting his haramaki, "I…?!" he tugged it and reached a paw into it, "Wh-where is it?! I can't find it, nyan!"
"What's wrong?" Cyber asked.
"M-M-My picture of Emi-chan is missing!" Jibanyan exclaimed, jumping out of her arms and took his haramaki off to look through them, "Where is it?! Where is it?! Where is it?!"
"Oh! Kita!" Whisper pointed across the street.
"Ah!" Jibanyan gasped, seeing a picture lying before the fish store…before a green, lizard-like creature picked it up, its orange hair in a pompadour while he wore blue tattered pants held up by white bandages, "NYA?!"
"Heh-heh-heh," the creature chuckled before running off to behind to store as the walking light changed.
"G-Get back here with my picture, nyan!" Jibanyan shouted as he ran across the street.
"Ah! M-Matte, Jibanyan-chan!" Cyber called as she ran after him, Whisper floating behind while looking at his tablet.
"That Yokai that just stole Jibanyan's picture was the Yokai Gurerurin!" Whisper informed, "He's behind the cases where good kids become delinquents during their kōtōgakkō years, whis! If you're inspirited or possessed by him, then you'll start acting like a delinquent, whis!"
"Come back here with my picture, nyan!" Jibanyan shouted as the three ran into the alley behind the building.
"Cyber-chan, be careful back here, whis," Whisper advised, glancing at his table, "Yokai often use alleyways and obscure or hidden areas of town as places to inhabit."
Cyber nodded as she kept her Yokai Watch at ready. Looking through it, she saw that there didn't seem to be any Yokai in the area. Eventually, Gurerurin was cornered in the end of the back alley.
"Give it back, nyan!" Jibanyan growled.
"Heh. Ya want dis here pic?" Gurerurin smirked, waving the photo.
Yokai Gurerurin
Group: Goketsu-zoku
Attribute: Earth
Rank: E
"Why would ya want ta even keep dis lousy thing?" Gurerurin snorted, "Aw~ Is the widdle baby kitty missing his owner? Psh. Pathetic. You're a Yokai, dummy! We ain't got no need for da past!"
He grabbed the photo in both his hands and began to move to tear it.
"Tohoho~hokekkyo~"
*CLONG*
"GAH!" Gurerurin's voice echoed in the pain that landed on his head.
"My photo!" Jibanyan gasped as a blur shot by and grabbed it.
"Min~!" Semimaru cheered as he landed before Jibanyan, "This is yours, yes, min~?"
"Nya?" Jibanyan's eyes widened before Tohohogisu flew down.
"Did I do good, tohoho?"
"You did great!" Cyber beamed, hugging the bird.
"Rrrr…! Yo! Dat ain't one bit o' fair!" Gurerurin snarled as he ripped the bucket off his head before whistling as two more Gurerurin jumped out of a dumpster and joined up with him, "Now dis is more like it! Get 'em!"
"Tohoho-hokekkyo~" Tohohogisu called before unleashing a wave of purple mist that was absorbed into their bodies.
"What was dat?" the third asked before he tripped on an old banana peel, "WHOA!"
"She Inspirited us!" the second realized before the third smacked him in the face in his fall, causing him to back into a small recycling can and fall into it, "WHOA!"
"Semi-Giri!" Semimaru declared as he shot by the third, "…" he sheathed his katana and the pompadour sliced apart into a buzz-cut, "Min~!"
"AH! MY 'DO!" the third screamed before backing up, slipping on the banana peel again, and crashed on top of the recovering second Gurerurin, "D'OH!"
"Onore…" the first growled before a hiss made him look to see Jibanyan lunge at him.
"Hyakuretsu Nikukyū!" Jibanyan screamed.
"Doi! Gah! Ow! Oof! Ite! Geh! Uht! GYOI!" Gurerurin shouted with each hit before the last sent him crashing into the other two.
"I didn't sign up for dis!" the second shouted, "Run away, yo!"
"My 'do~" the third cried as he was dragged off the by second.
"Dis ain't over," the first snarled before he followed the other two.
"And don't come back, min~!" Semimaru shook a fist at them.
"…W-Why did you help me?" Jibanyan asked, "Y…You guys don't even knyow meow, nyan."
"You don't seem all that bad, min~" Semimaru replied, "And it was horrible of those fiends for taking something precious to you, min~"
"I'm sorry if I did something wrong, tohoho~"
"…Th-Thank you, nyan," Jibanyan thanked.
"No problem, min~" Semimaru replied before yawning, "I won't be able to be summoned for 28 days, Cyber-san, min~"
"Have a nice rest, Semimaru-san," Cyber nodded as the cicada flew off, "I'm sorry if I woke you up from a nap, Tohohogisu-chan."
"It's not a problem, tohoho~" Tohohogisu assured before she flew off.
"So this is Emi-chan?" Cyber pondered, looking at the picture of a girl no older than her with her light-brown hair pulled into side ponytails.
"Uh-huh, nyan," Jibanyan nodded before putting it away, "Thank you fur helping me get it back, nyan."
"It's not trouble at all, whis~" Whisper beamed.
"Ne, Jibanyan-chan?"
"Nya?"
"Why do you possess people and go into the street with them?"
"…I…I'm lonely," Jibanyan admitted, "I've been alone all this time, nyan. I've been possessing people because I get stronger when I'm together with someone!" his eyes watered, "If that's just causing others trouble, then I'll just…" he began to sob, "Be alone forever!" he was startled by the sudden scooping and hug from Cyber, "?!"
"No one should be like that…" Cyber sniffled, the feline Yokai feeling something wet hitting his head.
'She's crying…' Jibanyan thought.
"It…It's bad that you've been doing that to people, demo…but…" Jibanyan looked up at her tear-stricken face, "I…I want to be there for you. If you…if you want to keep training then…then you can possess me when you want."
"NANI?!" Whisper gawked.
"D-Doshite, nyan?!"
"Y-You keep trying so hard at beating them," Cyber sniffled, "You…You really love Emi-chan and want to do this for her…" Jibanyan began to cry harder, his tears no longer of sadness, but joy, "If you want, then…then I won't leave you alone and-and I'll stay with you to train so you can beat any car or truck!"
"C-Cyber~!" Jibanyan cried, "Please…be my friend, nyan!"
His body began to glow before the glow shot into the air and swirled around. It compacted and dispersed, a Yokai Medal falling from the air, depicting him in a cute little pose of jumping right at the image, paw aimed ahead. Whisper quickly caught the medal as the two cried for a few more moments.
"We're friends now, nyan!" Jibanyan informed once the two managed stop crying before he hopped out of her arms, "I…I don't want to possess you, Cyber-chan. But…because I knyow that you're my friend nyow, I knyow I have someone that is cheering me on even if they're not there! I purroise I won't possess anymore humans when a car or truck is coming, nyan!"
"You can do it, Jibanyan-chan. I believe in you," Cyber encouraged with a smile.
"Nyan!" Jibanyan pumped his fist before running off into the street, "Nyo matter what, I won't die!" he jumped at a coming car, "Hyakuretsu Nikukyū!"
He rapidly punched at the car as fast as he could. At first, it seemed like it was going to screech to a halt…before Jibanyan mis-hit it and caused his paw to bend in a way it shouldn't. He was sent flying while crying, adding only more pain to his broken paw.
"…" Whisper blinked twice.
"…I…I know he'll be fine," Cyber tried her best to assure.
'Are you trying to assure me or yourself?' Whisper sweatdropped.
A soft yawn escaped Cyber's lips as she got up into a sitting position in her bed. It had been a day since she befriended the Yokai Jibanyan and she hoped he'd be able to achieve his goal while also hoping it wouldn't hurt anyone.
"Good morning, Cyber-chan!" Whisper greeted.
"Ohayo, Whisper-san," Cyber greeted, giving another yawn.
Several minutes later, Cyber was sitting at the dining table, eating a small breakfast of a bowl of ice with an egg on top and some cooked salmon.
"I always worry when you cook things," Whisper admitted as she ate.
"Hm?" Cyber looked at Whisper.
"A little girl should not be cooking at your age," Whisper informed before covering his mouth with wide eyes, "Gah! Why'd I just say that, whis~?!"
Cyber blinked twice before shaking her head, putting her chopsticks down before her empty plate, "Well…My Obaa-chan taught me how to cook when I was ten."
"Your grandmother?"
"Hai. Her back started hurting from her constant trips from the countryside to make sure I was fed properly. She didn't say it to me directly, but I could see it," Cyber replied, "So, I asked her to teach me how to cook." She looked over at the living room table, a pile of papers underneath it, "I still need to write to her about how I've been doing."
"What does your grandmother look like?" Whisper pondered.
"Oh! Her picture's over there," Cyber pointed at the wall across from them.
Whisper looked and blinked twice. There were pictures on that wall of Cyber, often with one, two, or three adults. A few of them included a beautiful woman that made Whisper think of Cyber as a fully grown adult, but her hair was a pure silver in color and pulled into a bun. She also wore a white yukata with black trimming and butterfly detailing.
"I don't see her, whis," Whisper replied, looking at them all.
"That's her," Cyber pointed at a picture of her and the woman, the two at a park with a five-year-old her playing on a swingset with the woman giving her a push.
"EHHHH?! That's your Obaa-sama?!" Whisper exclaimed, "Sh-She looks like she's in her late thirties!"
"She eats daikon and drinks milk," Cyber explained.
"How does that work?!" Whisper gawked, "I was expecting a small, elderly lady with wrinkles and everything!" he covered his mouth while sweating heavily, "Gah! Wh-Why am I spouting things out I want to keep secret!?"
"Ano…" Cyber tilted her head as she looked at Whisper with her Yokai Watch, "Maybe that small Baa-sama is why."
"Eh?" Whisper looked down.
Attached to his face and glowing a faint yellow was a tiny elderly woman, no bigger than a pendant while her arms were longer than her body. Her pale hair was pulled into a bun while she wore a red skirt, a white shirt, and a purple jacket over the shirt.
"Baa~"
Yokai Bakurobaa
Class: Fushigi-zoku
Attribute: Restoration
Rank: D
"GAH! I was Inspirited?!" Whisper freaked as the Yokai hopped off him and landed on the table.
"Ohayo," Cyber greeted.
"Baa~" the Yokai waved.
"This is…eto…ano…" Whisper pulled out the tablet, "The Yokai Bakurobaa. Those she inspirits can't help but blab and reveal any secrets they're hiding! Bakurobaa are often the reason why the most feared event known to all is brought about!"
"You don't mean…" Cyber gasped.
"Hai. The admission of doing number two!" Whisper declared while tucking his tablet away.
"Oh, that's terrible," Cyber gasped, "Bakurobaa-san, why do you tell people that?"
"Baa-Baa~"
"She says that it's because it's fun but helpful, whis~" Whisper noted.
"Eh?" Cyber tilted her head before Bakurobaa jumped off out of the house, "Ah! Matte, Bakurobaa-san!"
"We're chasing her?"
"She needs to say sorry for inspiriting you without permission," Cyber replied.
Bakurobaa bounced through an open window of a barber shop. Inside, a barber was currently giving a young woman a trim before Bakurobaa got on him. He paused in his styling.
"Oh, I messed up," he noted.
"Eh?!" the woman gasped before Bakurobaa spotted Cyber and Whisper and quickly jumped out the other window.
"She's gone out the back way!" Whisper called, flying through.
"…It looks great," the man lied.
"DON'T EVEN TRY!" the woman snapped.
"Howsabout you and I make a habit of going out?" a handsome man asked a woman while they were outside of a café.
"Baa, baa~" Bakurobaa grabbed onto the young woman.
"You know…I agreed to go out with you on a whim, but…you're not really my type," she replied, the man gawking.
"Get back here!" Whisper called, Bakurobaa quickly bouncing off once more with Whisper and Cyber running/floating after her.
The woman blinked twice, "Did I just say something?"
All the man could do was cry.
"Spit it out! Where did you hide the money you stole?" an interrogator demanded, slamming a hand on the desk a criminal was sitting at.
"I got nothin' t' say t' you!" the criminal snorted.
"Talk!" the interrogator demanded as Bakurobaa got on the criminal.
"Nothin'!" the criminal slammed his fist on the desk, "No way I'd ever let slip that I hid the money at Triangle Park!"
"…Eh?" the two cops blinked twice.
"There you are!" Whisper phased halfway through the window.
"Baa, baa~" Bakurobaa bounced off.
"…Triangle Park!"
"Yosha!"
"Why'd I say that?!" the criminal sobbed.
Cyber panted as Bakurobaa halted at a park entrance in the afternoon, "P-Please…stop…"
"Baa-baa…"
"She says okay," Whisper replied.
"Yokatta…" Cyber panted before looking at the playground, seeing a girl three years younger than her looking morosely at the sand while she sat on the swing set.
"What's wrong, Cyber-chan?" Whisper asked.
"Is…something wrong with her?" Cyber asked, pointing to the girl.
"Baa? Baa-baa~" Bakurobaa bounced up and grabbed onto the girl's ears.
"Ah!" Cyber asked before the girl sighed.
"I can't tell Okaa-chan…Getting less than full marks on the exam…" the girl sighed.
"?!" Cyber blinked a few times, "Sh…She has some high level worries…"
"Quite," Whisper agreed before looking at Cyber, "But exams are long since over since we're in the summer months now. Solving this problem will be quite the challenge."
"Mmmm…" Cyber pursed her lips in thought before gasping, "Maybe Bakurobaa-san could keep inspiriting her so she can tell her Okaa-sama about the results."
"Whis?" Whisper's head swirl became a question mark.
"Tadaima…" the girl sighed as she entered her home.
"Welcome back! Oh, what's wrong? Did something happen?" her mother asked.
"Baa-baa."
"Okaa-chan…I…I got the results of the national exam and…and I didn't get 100," the girl explained sadly, "Gomen nassai."
"…" the mother blinked twice, "That's fine." The girl looked up as her mother walked up to her, "No one can be perfect all the time. Just make sure you do your best on the next one."
"Oh…!" the girl blushed a little as her eyes watered, "Mama!"
Cyber got off the trash can she had been on and began to walk home from the girl's house, "Yokatta…I'm sure she'll be okay."
"I suppose there are things that shouldn't be hidden," Whisper noted.
"Hai," Cyber nodded as Bakurobaa bounced up to them, Cyber catching her in her hands, "I guess this is what you meant, hai? All day…you've been showing Whisper-san and I what revealing secrets can do, both good and bad."
"Baa!" Bakurobaa nodded.
"Sugoi…" Cyber awed, "You're really amazing, Bakurobaa-san."
"Baa!" Bakurobaa giggled before pulling out a Yokai Medal, depicting her bouncing, her hands reached out towards the image.
"Y-You're giving me your Medal?" Cyber asked, earning a nod from her, "A-Arigatou, Bakurobaa-san! I'll do my best to keep it close and safe."
"Baa~" Bakurobaa nodded as she bounced off, Cyber waving to her as she left.
"Okay. Eggs, milk, lettuce, fresh tomatoes…" Cyber noted as she reviewed her grocery list one day at the shopping district before blinking twice at seeing Jibanyan at a booth, a leaf on his head, "Jibanyan-san?"
"?!" Jibanyan turned to see Cyber and Whisper, "Cyber-chan?!"
"Konnichiwa!" Cyber greeted.
"What are you doing here, whis?" Whisper asked.
"N-Nyo reason," Jibanyan replied.
"Number 57!"
"H-Here, nyan!" Jibanyan called, running towards the booth.
"Ne, Whisper-san, why is he wearing a leaf on his head?" Cyber whispered.
"He's using it as a focus to appear as a human," Whisper explained, "Many kinds of Yokai use those to hide in plain sight, but since you know Jibanyan, it doesn't work on you."
"Third Prize!"
"NYANI?!" the two look to see Jibanyan slumping against a wall near the booth, a packet of ramen in his paws.
"Is everything okay, Jibanyan-chan?" Cyber asked.
"I wanted to win furst, but each time I go there, I keep getting third!" Jibanyan sniffled.
"First prize?" Cyber pondered before looking at the list of prizes, "A signed CD of all the members of NyaKB48?"
"NyaKB48?" Whisper repeated.
"A big idol group," Cyber explained, "They're all known for wearing pink dresses and cat ears with each group having an additional accessory to differentiate groups of NyaKB48."
"That's right!" Jibanyan nodded as tears welled up in his eyes, "But I keep getting the third place prize; salmon-flavored ramen noodles, nyan!"
"You must have some pretty bad luck, Whis," Whisper noted.
"It's nyot like that, nyan!" Jibanyan argued, "Every day, I come here and fur the last week, I've been getting nothing but third prize!"
"Maybe the owner of the booth has rigged the game," Whisper suggested.
"Oh, I found someone," Cyber blinked twice, looking through the Watch.
"EH?!" the two exclaimed, looking at the booth.
The Yokai revealed by the Watch resembled a bronze pavilion with the top of it as a helmet. Its body was brown with a large pink nose and a bronze-tinted mustache. In its right hand was a bronze pole with a white flag with three black lines on it. It was currently floating right above the prize machine on the table.
Yokai Dōkaku
Tribe: Gōketsu-zoku (Heroic Tribe)
Attribute: Earth
Rank: C
"Who's that Yokai?" Jibanyan pondered.
"Ah! Yes, that is…" Whisper checked his tablet, "…the Yokai Dōkaku. Whomever this Yokai inspirits, no matter how much effort they put it, they will always end up in third place, whis~"
"Really?" Cyber gasped as she saw a man walk up to the booth and paid to play.
"Dō~ Dō~ Dō-Dō-Dō~!" Dōkaku chanted as he swirled his flag around, causing bronze flakes to fall onto the machine.
The man took the crack and began to spin it. The wheel spun around before a ball came out of the wheel.
"Third prize!" the owner declared, handing the man the ramen packet prize.
"Eh?!" the man gawked before slumping, walking off with his packet of ramen.
"That Yokai is getting between me and NyaKB…" Jibanyan narrowed his eyes before removing his leaf and charged with a jump, "TAKE THIS, YOU STUPID JERK! Hyakuretsu Nikukyū!"
Dōkaku chuckles as he quickly blocked each and every punch sent by Jibanyan with his flag before smacking him away with his item of choice.
"NYOIIII~!" Jibanyan cried out as he crashing into the floor beside Cyber, "Nyoi…"
"My, my, my~ I did not expect this at all," Dōkaku noted as he floated over, "You're upset with how I work?"
"Ano… Dōkaku-san, why are you doing this?" Cyber asked.
"Hm? Why, he attacked me; I did so out of self-defense," Dōkaku replied.
"Iie," Cyber shook her head before pointing at the booth, "Why are you inspiriting that booth?"
"The booth?" Dōkaku repeated before inhaling deeply and exhaling slowly, "Well…That is a bit of a third-place story, young shoujo." He looked over at the owner, who was looking at a list and marking something, "You see, the man there has a daughter, possibly a third your age, I believe."
"A daughter?" Whisper repeated.
"Hai," Dōkaku replied, "She is sick right now and times are rather troubling with money. The first place prize this week has been bringing many customers, but he's afraid that once the prize is won, people will no longer come this week. He is so close to earning enough for a little extra this month for her."
"Oh my…" Cyber gasped, "So you've been here to make sure no one wins the first prize?"
"Indeed," Dōkaku replied, "A story such as his touches my spiritual heart."
Whisper blew his nose, "So touching~"
"…Ano…" Cyber pursed her lips, "How long have you been giving the third prize out?"
"All week," Dōkaku's eyes became a smile.
Cyber nodded, "And how many other prizes have been given out?"
"Just third prize," Dōkaku replied.
"That's terrible!" Cyber's exclamation startled him, "Dōkaku-san, you have to stop inspiriting his place!"
"What?! But…why?!" Dōkaku asked before an officer approached the booth.
"Are you the owner of this establishment?" the officer asked.
"Yes, yes I am sir," the owner nodded.
"People have been complaining that your game is rigged," the officer informed, causing Dōkaku to sputter in shock.
"Oh, I see! Because he's only giving out the third place prizes, it looks as if his game is rigged!" Whisper noted.
"B-But I thought…" Dōkaku looked down, "H-Have I really been doing such wrong?"
"You were doing what you felt was good," Cyber replied.
"Ah! The officer is reaching for the wheel!" Whisper exclaimed.
"Dōkaku-san, please stop Inspiriting it!" Cyber pleaded.
"So how does this work?" the officer asked.
"There is at least one of each marble in different colors," the owner explained, "First has a gold marble, second two silver marbles, third three bronze, and fourth four black. When someone wins, I then put the marble back into the machine."
"And yet all this week, only third place has been given," the officer stated, "Pretty interesting first place prize, you've got."
"Oh yes! I was extremely lucky to get this!" the owner beamed.
"So much so you'd rig your game?"
"What?! N-No! Not at all, officer! I assure you that it's not rigged!" the owner assured, "In fact, if you spin the wheel three times, I am sure that not all the balls will be third prize and I will gladly hand over each prize you win!"
"Soka…" the officer nodded, "First spin then."
"Dōkaku-san," Cyber pleaded.
Dōkaku sighed as his flag stopped giving a soft glow. The wheel rolled and a black ball rolled out.
"Fourth prize!" the owner declared, "Care to spin the last two?"
The officer nodded. Spinning the wheel once more, a silver ball came out.
"Second prize!"
He spun one last time and a black ball rolled out.
"Fourth prize!"
"Well…it seems the game isn't rigged," the officer nodded as he was handed two rolls of toilet paper and a DX ZyuohKing toy, "Keep them, my good man. Have a good day and sorry for the suspicion."
Dōkaku sighed in relief at the same time as the owner, "I am ashamed at this happening."
"It's okay," Cyber patted his shoulder, "I know you were trying to do your best, Dōkaku-san. Demo…it's also important that you try to not keep having people end up in third place."
"You're right," Dōkaku nodded, "I'll only do it if I see a glimpse of the gold prize ball coming out until he's gotten enough money for the month."
"Arigatou, Dōkaku-san," Cyber smiled before Dōkaku handed her a medal, depicting him by a scoreboard showing only the third place position, "Eh?"
"Keep it," Dōkaku assured, "If it wasn't for you helping me stop before the officer played, the poor little girl would've been in a worse state than just sick; she'd be missing her tou-san while he'd be out of a job."
"A-Arigatou, Dōkaku-san," Cyber bowed.
"I really hope that little girl is okay," Cyber noted as she and Whisper walked towards the booth.
"Well, it's been a week now," Whisper noted before pointing at the booth, seeing a little girl that was indeed a third of her age calling out with the owner, "That must be her!"
"And there's Jibanyan-chan," Cyber noted, seeing Jibanyan come up with leaf on head.
Jibanyan spun the wheel and watched with baited breath as a marble rolled out.
"First prize!" the owner cheered as his daughter blew a party favor.
"Arigatou, nyan!" Jibanyan cheered before he was handed a portable game, "Nya?"
"A New Nintendo 3DS with Yolo-Watch 1 and 2 installed!" the owner beamed.
"Wh-wh-what happened to NyaKB48?!" Jibanyan gawked.
"Someone won it on the last day," the owner explained, "Gomen nassai."
"I…guess you can't win all the time," Cyber sheepishly giggled, a bead of sweat falling down the back of her head.
Yokai Befriended by Cyber: 8 - Whisper, Semimaru, Tohohogisu, Donyorinne, Honobono, Jibanyan, Bakurobaa, Doukaku
Classes:
Pruichii: 2
Fushigi: 1
Pokapoka: 1
Bukimi: 2
Usurakage: 0
Nyororon: 0
Goketsu: 1
Other: 1
YOKAI DAI-JINTEN (YOKAI GREAT DICTIONARY)!
Whisper: Hey, Cyber-chan, tell everyone which Yokai you've met today!
Cyber: Jibanyan, Bakurobaa, and Dōkaku! *blinks twice as she stands by a winner's stand for 1, 2, and 3 with Dōkaku in '1' with Bakurobaa and Jibanyan in '3'*
Whisper: *wearing a sport's announcer's outfit* Dōkaku of the Goketsu Class causes Everyone they inspirit to win third place always!
Jibanyan: NYONTO?! *glares up at Dōkaku with Bakurobaa*
Whisper: Then again…
Cyber: *gives Dōkaku a small trophy while giving Bakurobaa and Jibanyan the biggest*
Jibanyan: *cheers and hugs Cyber before dancing around the big trophy with Bakurobaa as Dōkaku gawked in disbelief*
Whisper: …First place isn't always the best spot.
GammaTron: Thanks for reading this chapter! Sorry for the long wait!