Hey everyone, Muk854 here with the next chapter of An Entranced Tale, and boy is this chapter something. This is where things start changing, and where this story takes a dark turn.

I think I talked enough so without further ado, enjoy.

*1 year later*

After the events of Nate's disappearance, Katie told his parents and they were devastated to hear about it. They contacted the police and search parties were sent to look for him. Posters of Nate have been put all over Springdale, seeing if anyone may have seen him. When the news of Nate's kidnapping reached the school, students were shocked. They never expected anyone to take Nate, and were afraid of what happened to him. Bear and Eddie were more surprised and felt sad for their friend being gone.

News has even hit the Yo-Kai World, thanks to Whisper alerting them. Most of the Yo-Kai that felt sad were the ones that Nate made friends with, even Lord Enma was sad and had Yo-Kai search parties to look for Nate. Of course, none of the Yo-Kai were sadder than Whisper, Jibanyan, and even Hidabat, who lived with Nate and developed a close bond with him.

However, nobody, human or Yo-Kai, was more devastated by Nate's disappearance, than Katie. It affected her so much that she changed, she wasn't the usual happy, kind Katie and was more depressed and sorrowful. Nate was very close to her, and when she found his watch's remains, she was never the same.

Since she also found out about the Yo-Kai, Whisper and Jibanyan figured it might be best to stay with her to help her go through this. They got her a special Yo-Kai watch that resembled a pocket watch and while she was still depressed, she thanked them for it. Most of the Yo-Kai Nate befriended already knew of Katie so they made friends with her so they can help her as well. But even with so many Yo-Kai friends, she still felt empty without Nate.

Right now she was just laying on her bed, which was how she usually spent her days now. She was thinking about Nate, on where he might be and hoping that he was ok, "Oh Nate…"

Whisper and Jibanyan just looked at her with saddened expressions. "It's been a year since Nyate's kidnapping, and she's been getting more depressed," Jibanyan said.

"I know, it hurts seeing her like this," Whisper said.

As they watched, Hidabat came out of Katie's closet, which she moved into following Nate's disappearance, and seemed eager about something. "Guys guys, we got a picture of him!"

"Of Nate?" Whisper inquired, which got Katie's attention and she sat up.

"No, but I think it might be a clue to Nate," Hidabat said, "It's a picture of that Yo-Kai kidnapper."

"Are you serious?" Jibanyan asked, receiving a nod, "I don't believe it, we actually have him."

10 months after Nate's disappearance, Katie had noticed that some of the Yo-Kai Medals she had were going black. When she tried them on the watch, nothing happened and they just fell out of the watch. It was later that they found out on the Yo-Kai web that someone has been kidnapping Yo-Kai, never to be seen again. And while no one has ever seen the actual person, they have seen something on the scene where the Yo-Kai was last seen. This is the first ever picture they got.

"Why do you think it's a clue to Nate?" Katie asked

"Because something of the guy looks very familiar," Hidabat said showing them her laptop. The image wasn't much to see since it was taken from far away, but one thing stood out that the Yo-Kai recognized. Its eyes were red, with a purple haze around them.

"It can't be," Whisper said in shock.

"I thought they were gone," Jibanyan said just as shocked.

"Guys, what is that?" Katie asked confused.

"Something we thought we would never see again, the Entranced," Whisper explained.

"The Entranced?" Katie said questioningly.

"They're a group of evil Yo-Kai that were bent on destroying humanity," Jibanyan continued.

"Well, what does that have to do with Nate?" Katie asked

"Because he was the one who stopped them," Whisper said, "You see they actually were trying to get rid of the Yo-Kai Watch before it was made, so Nate went to the past and teamed up with his grandfather, the creator of the watch, and stopped them."

"We thought that was the last we see of them because we destroyed their leader, but looks like we were wrong," Jibanyan said.

Katie was surprised from hearing that Nate actually did all of that, and had a feeling in what they were talking about, "So if they're back, then…"

"They must've gotten Nate as revenge and are now striking back by taking Yo-Kai since they can control them," Whisper said.

"Then we need to find them and get Nate back!" Katie said.

"Easier said than done, this guy is hard to find, we were lucky to get a brief image of it," Hidabat said, "Who knows where they are now."

Just then, the door to Katie's room burst open and Swelterrier rushed in out of breath.

"Swelterrior, what's wrong?" Katie asked.

"I need your help, Blazion, he's fighting that Yo-Kai kidnapper now," he said exhausted.

"What where?!" Jibanyan inquired.

"Follow me," Swelterrier said as he left.

"This could be our chance to find Nate, come on," Whisper said as he followed Swelterrior.

Katie and Jibanyan followed as well, eager the find the one clue that could lead to Nate.

Swelterrier had led them to an empty street where they heard some noises.

"Blazion is around the corner, hurry," he said as he sped up.

They got to the corner and were shocked by what they saw. Sure enough, Blazion was there, but they saw something else. In front of him was a cloaked figure, and while most of his body was covered, they could see his red eyes, surrounded by the purple haze.

"That's the guy, and sure enough it's the Entranced controlling him," Jibanyan said.

Blazion was on a knee, covered in bruises and panting, while the cloaked figure was just standing there in perfect condition. Blazion then got up and fired a stream of fire at it, only for the cloaked figure to vanish instantly. Blazion was shocked and looked around for it, but it appeared behind him and struck him from behind, sending Blazion flying into a lamppost.

"That thing is fast," Whisper said shocked.

"We need to help Blazion!" Swelterrier shouted.

They saw as Blazion got up before roaring loudly and his mane grew. He was surrounded with fire and rushed towards the cloaked person, who just stood there calmly.

"What is it doing, it's just standing there?" Katie asked.

"I have a bad feeling about this," Whisper said.

They then saw as the Entranced drew an arm out of the cloak and reached for it's back. It reached under the cloak, and they saw what it got. It drew out a long, silver bladed katana from a sheath on its back and held it in front of itself. The sword than had a purple aura surrounding it and the Entranced held it ready. As Blazion was still running to it, it dashed towards the lion Yo-Kai and went right past him. Blazion stopped moving and just stood there, but when the Entranced sheathed its sword, Blazion fell.

"Blazion!" Swelterrior exclaimed as he rushed to his friend.

The others went to him as well before they saw him moving. They thought he was ok before Blazion started to scream in agony. They were confused until they saw that he was changing color. Starting from his feet and moving up, his orange skin was turning a dark purple. The Entranced turned and saw this happening.

"It hurts doesn't it," it said in a deep voice, "You're feeling agonizing pain, wishing it would stop. That's how I felt, that's my pain your feeling."

Blazion's mane went a darker purple and the tips of it were silver. Katie and the other just watched as Blazion was completely consumed, and when he opened his eyes, they were deep red.

"Blazion?" Swelterrier said in an unsure tone.

Blazion got up, but turned to the Entranced and got to a knee with his head down.

"Good, you know your place beneath me," it said.

Swelterrier's expression was one of anger from seeing his friend turned into some servant to this Entranced.

"How dare you!" he exclaimed as he got out his wand and fired a stream of fire.

However, Blazion turned and released his own stream of purple flames. As the flames collided, they released a strong wind which made Katie and the others cover up, while the Entranced just stood there, but the wind blew his cloak off of him.

When the wind stopped, everyone looked to see who the Entranced was controlling, and the truth made them gasp in shock. They saw that the Entranced was controlling none other than the one person that had been searching for so long, Nate. His attire was different than what he usually wore, instead of a red shirt and sweater, he had a purple jacket over a black shirt with the Entranced symbol on it. He had on black fingerless gloves that were spiked, black pants, and purple shoes. The Entranced mask was on him as it showed his eyes were now red.

Everyone was shocked that Nate was being controlled by the Entranced. After all this time, he was being in control, unable to return home. Katie was horrified at what had become of her friend.

"Nate, is that you?"She asked as she walked towards him.

However, Blazion got in front of her, preparing to attack, but was stopped by Nate, "Stop, you are not needed, head back to base."

Blazion nodded as he suddenly vanished, leaving Katie and the Yo-Kai, and Nate.

"Nate, it's really him, but the Entranced got to him," Whisper said in disbelief.

"What do we do?" Katie asked.

"Just get the mask off, he'll be back to nyormal once it's off," Jibanyan said as he jumped towards the mask.

However, Nate swatted Jibanyan away, sending him into a trash can.

"This is going to be hard," Swelterrier said, "But still, I'll avenge Blazion!" he let loose another stream of fire which Nate jumped over.

While still in mid-air, Nate charged up purple spheres of energy at his hands and fired a barrage of them to the ground. Everyone ran to avoid the blasts, but Swelterrier didn't see Nate land behind him. When he did, Nate had already grabbed his cloak and pulled him forward and landed a solid punch at his face, before tossing Swelterrior into the air. Nate jumped up to him and smashed Swelterrior down to the ground with enough force to make a crater.

"What's going on, Nate wasn't able to do this?" Katie inquired.

"The Entranced that's controlling him must be giving him power, we need to get it off of him," Whisper said.

"I'm on it!" Jibanyan exclaimed as he got out of the trash can and rushed towards Nate, "Sorry about this Nyate, but I got nyo choice."

Jibanyan jumped towards him, "Paws of Fury!" Jibanyan proceeded to land punch after punch at Nate with tremendous speed, aiming for the mask. But Nate seemed unfazed from the punches, and just stood there. When Jibanyan stopped, he saw that his attack did nothing and suddenly got worried, before Nate kicked him away.

Nate turned to where Katie and Whisper were at and walked towards them. Whisper was starting to get nervous and hid behind Katie, while she just stood there, stunned by the menacing creature that was Nate.

"Nate, please you have to snap out of it this isn't you," she said trying to talk sense into him, but with no effect.

"It's no use, as long as the Entranced is controlling Nate we can't get through to him," Whisper said.

Nate got closer to them every second and just as he was reaching for his sword, a stream of fire struck his back. Nate turned and saw Swelterrier standing with his wand pointed at him. "Get the mask, now!" he shouted.

Not wasting any time, Whisper got out from behind Katie and grabbed the mask on Nate. He tried pulling it off but found it was harder than he thought.

"Get off of me!" Nate shouted as he tried to push Whisper off.

However, the butler Yo-Kai was determined to get the mask off of his master and with a final pull, the mask came off. Nate fell on his back from the force and was unconscious. Whisper threw the mask to the ground and went up to him.

"Nate, are you ok?" he inquired.

Nate began to stir awake and his eyes opened slowly, "Whisper, is that you?"

Whisper smiled, "Yes Nate, it's me."

Katie couldn't help but tear up at the return of her friend. For months, she's been depressed on where he has been this whole time and now, he's back. She was about to walk up to him when something unexpected happened. In Nate's hand, was a purple sphere of energy, and he thrust it at Whisper, making it explode on contact and sending him flying. Katie was shocked at this and looked at Nate as he got up.

"I've been wanting to do that, for a long time," he said as he cracked his knuckles, "You alright Puni?"

"I'm fine," someone said.

Katie turned to where the mask was and saw it change. It was now a small round entity with four stubby legs. It walked over to Nate, who brought his arm down so it could crawl up it.

"He didn't hurt you did he?" Nate asked

"Him, not at all I just let go because it was just sad to watch," Puni said.

Katie didn't understand what was going on, why was Nate bring friends with this thing. "Nate?" She asked.

Nate turned to her and stared at her, "Hey Katie."

"Nate, what's going on?" She asked.

"Yes I would like to know why you blasted me," Whisper said as he floated back, "And how were you able to of that?"

"I figured blasts would make sense for me to have since, well, I'm working with the Entranced," Nate explained.

Everyone was shocked by his explanation. They thought they misunderstood him, but it seemed clear. But they still couldn't believe it.

"What do you mean you're working with them?" Jibanyan asked, "We got the mask off you, you should be back to nyormal."

"First off, this mask has a name, it's Punitrance or Puni for short," Nate said stroking Puni's head, "And I am normal, this is me."

"Nate, what are you talking about?" Whisper asked.

"I'm saying that I'm done with you Yo-Kai, I've had it with you ruining my life, and I'm getting my revenge," Nate explained.

"Nate, what's gotten into you, why are you like this?" Katie asked

"I'm like this because of what they've done to me," Nate said before he noticed the watch on Katie's neck, "And they lured you into it as well. You made a mistake."

Swelterrier finally got up from the crater he was in, "What did you do to Blazion?"

Nate looked back to look at Swelterrier, "I made him into one of us, thanks to this." He drew out the sword on his back and held it in front of him. "The Entranced Blade, with this I can turn any Yo-Kai into an Entrance, just as you saw with Blazion and the other Yo-Kai that I've been targeting."

"So all those Yo-Kai that disappeared, that was you?" Swelterrier asked.

"Yep, they're all part of the Entranced now," Nate said sheathing the sword.

He then started to walk away, "Just so you all know, the Entrance ate making a return, so enjoy what little time you have left. Oh and one more thing." Nate turned back to them, "Nate is gone, there's only Keizo."

Katie was still lost by everything that had happened. She thought that her friend had returned after so long, but it seems like he's still lost. Swelterrier however, just looked furious.

"You're not getting away!" he said reaching for his wand.

However, Keizo fired an energy blast at the ground and a cloud of smoke surrounded him. When the smoke cleared, he and Puni were gone, leaving the four in disbelief.

"Nyate, he's bad now?" Jibanyan asked

"It seems so, we need to alert the Yo-Kai world, tell them a new danger is rising," Whisper said.

Katie however, had tears flowing down her face as she just saw what had happened to her friend.

"Nate, what happened to you?"

Dun, dun, dun!

The reveal of Keizo has finally come! Oh, I am going to have so much fun writing him. Seriously, I already have some scenes with Keizo in mind, and they are going to be fun to write.

So in case you can't tell, Keizo is pretty powerful. Before anyone goes 'To OP, please nerf,' this was how I wanted Keizo to be. A threat so powerful, so strong, that beating him seems impossible. Like I said, Keizo is going to be a fun character, and I hope you guys enjoy him as well.

Oh and I also want to talk about another character, Punitrance, or Puni for short. If you remember from Pikatwig's and mine collab "Operation: Rescue Katie," Puni was introduced there. Puni was Pikatwig's idea, and the reason I'm using him is because I wanted Keizo to have a Wicked, or Entrance as I'm using it in this story, to be an ally with Keizo.

At first, I thought of the snake-like Entrance Yo-Kai, but then Pika brought up the idea about the masks being a Yo-Kai, and thus Punitrance was born.

My favorite part of this chapter was the fight against Keizo, as it just showcased a bit of his power, believe me, he is going to be much stronger.

Well, that's all. So keep an eye for the next chapter and I'll see you guys later.

Sain'ofu.