-Chapter 3-
Queen of Queer
"Unnn-waaaaah!" Ken yawned as he walked to school.
"You look quite tired, Master Ken," Yuray said. "Would you like some cup of tea to wake you up?"
"No thanks," he replied in drowsy tone. "I will be fine. That TV program I watched last night was two hours long, so I went to bed late."
"Oh yes! I do remember that!" She remembered as she giggled. "It was quite comedic."
However, she quickly changed her expression to more serious look. "But, are you sure you'll be fine? If there is anything to help you wake up, I am here for you."
"Thanks Yuray, but I don't need any right now," he said before he yawned widely and arrived at the school.
He walked upstairs and opened the door to his homeroom class. "Gooood morning…"
"Good lovely morning, Ken-kun!" He looked at the familiar, yet unfamiliar look of his old friend.
"WHAT THE FREAK!?" He gasped with a very surprised expression.
"OH MY!" Yuray gasped, too.
What they saw was Keita, but he looked very…different. When by different, he was wearing a pink dress and makeup. Not only that, but his nail was polished and colored in red.
"Keita…what the heck did you do to yourself!?" Ken asked with his eyes spiked out.
"Oh! Do you mean this little thing?" He asked in a girly, yet masculine voice. "It's my new dress. I made it myself. Do you LOVE it?"
Ken stared in disbelief, couldn't believe what he was exactly seeing.
"Good morning, Keita-chan!" Ken shivered when he heard more familiar, yet unusual voice. He turned around and saw the source.
Kuma and Kanchi were also dressed like girls. Kuma had overly ridiculous markup, with big eyeshadows ad big red lipstick. He also wore a blue one-piece dress and same matching pair of heel. Kanchi wore green dress with long eyelashes and white high-heel, along with a green purse he carried with his right arm up.
"Oh, good morning girls!" Keita greeted them with a peck of kiss on their cheek. "I love what you did to yourself today."
"My, thank you, Keita-chan." Kuma adored. "And, I love your new dress."
"You got the latest fashion style in this month's fashion montly." Kanchi amazed.
"Thank you, girlfriends. It's just a little thing I do," he said as he giggled.
Ken gasped and Yuray felt unpleasantly uncomfortable.
"What the….hell is going on here!?" Ken cursed in his thought.
"Master Ken, this…is not right at all!" Yuray stated.
"You think!?" Ken shot a look at her.
"What do you mean, Yuray-chan? I think everyone here looks lovelllyy!" They heard a familiar, yet unpleasant voice.
"Mrrr…Mr. Whisper!?" Yuray gasped.
They looked at him, with their eyes popped out as they were surprised. Whisper, like Keita and the gang, also wore makeup and small pink dress.
"Not you too!" Ken exclaimed.
"What…What's going on here, Mr. Whisper!?" Yuray asked.
"What do you mean? There is nothing wrong here. It is normal like any other times and all the time," Whisper answered in girly tone. "By the way, you don't have to refer to me as 'Mr' anymore. You can refer to me as 'Miss' now."
"That's not what she meant!" Ken yelled aloud. "As far as I can see, you, Keita, and every other guys here are all…all….dress and act like a girl!"
He wasn't wrong. All the other male students were dressed and had makeup, even wearing wigs, like long, blond hair and red-hair.
"Huh? I don't understand what you seeing are wrong. All guys are like this. We are only…expressing our true self," Whisper answered.
"True self?" Ken and Yuray said simultaneously.
"That's right, Ken-chan and Yuray-chan." Keita spoke. "Everyone here has realized and awakened their true self. To finally express our real identity. We discovered our selves to be…Okama!"
"O…kama?" Ken said in confused tone. "What's that supposed to mean?"
"You see, Master Ken. Okama is a Japanese slang term for…well, in the most appropriate and politer way to say it, it means guy who identified themselves as female. It can also mean guy who is interested in male partner." Yuray explained in uncomfortable tone.
"So you are saying that everyone here…has become homo!?" Ken exclaimed.
"Now, Ken-chan…" Keita, Whisper, and all the other guys gathered around Ken. "It's time."
"Time…for what?" Ken stepped back away from them as they walked closer to him.
"Oh, don't be shy, Ken-chan. We know that you are hiding your true self, so it's time for you to finally let the lock be unlocked and free yourself!" Keita stated.
"This is not right! This got to be…work of a Yokai!" Ken yelled.
"I believe so, Master Ken, but my Yokai sense is not tingling at all! This could mean that…" Yuray expressed fearfully.
"Hey, stop it, Yuray! Don't tell me that this is all for real!" Ken yelled angrily.
"Ken-kun!" Ken and Yuray heard a voice. They looked around and saw Fumika, waving her hand at them.
"Over here!" Fumika yelled to him.
Without hesitation, Ken ran off, jumping onto a desk and hopped from one desk to another until he reached to Fumika's side and escaped with her as Yuray flew next to them.
"They're getting away! Get them!" Keita cried.
They chased after them as they ran as fast as possible away from them.
"This way, Ken-kun!" Fumika dragged him around the corner very quickly, entering a room and shut the door quickly before the guys realized it.
"Come back!" The group of guys ran, but missed them.
Fumika opened the door a tiny bit to see if it was clear. She shut it close again and looked relieved.
"Phew. That was close," Fumika whispered aloud.
"I gotta say." Ken looked relieved as he panted. "Thanks for saving me, Fumika."
"Indeed. Thanks heaven." Yuray looked tired.
He quickly noticed that they weren't alone. His female classmates were also in the room, too.
"What the!? What are you guys doing here?" Ken asked.
"We…We are here away from the guys," said the girl with the glasses.
"When we came here, all the guys have turned into girl and acted so weird. Then, they took over the entire school and all the girls…were captured!" The other girl stated.
"Captured!?" Ken gasped. "That's horrible!"
"It's so true!" said the girl with the cap hat. "Of course, we want to save everyone, but those guys keep getting in the way!"
"That's why the girls and I are here. Somehow, we got away, but everyone else…" Fumika became saddened.
"Master Ken, if this is indication of some Yokai's work, it must somewhere in the school. We need to locate it, put it to stop, and save the girls," Yuray said.
"Right." He whispered silently to her before he turned to the girls. "Don't worry. We're going to save the girls and this school!"
"Huh!?" They all gasped.
"But, how would we do it, Ken-kun?" Fumika asked.
"Yeah! Besides, we don't have any clue to what's going on and where they took everyone else!" said Fumika's best friend.
"Well, I believe that…there is somebody here who's manipulating Keita and all the other guys. We just have to find the mastermind and stop them, so that everyone turns back to normal," Ken stated. "If we work together, we can save everyone. Who's with me?"
The girls stared at him with unsure or doubtful expression, but only one looked at him with confident.
"I will join you, Ken-kun." Fumika decided. "I want to save everyone and this school, and I…believe in you."
"If Fumika is going, then I will join too!" Her best friend, Sayoko decided, too.
"Well, you would need some muscles and I can provide that!" stated the girl with the cap.
"It's better than staying in this crampy room," the girl with overweight size said.
"I…I want to help, too!" The girl with the glasses said, with some hesitation in her tone.
"Then, let's do this together!" Ken said as they gathered their hand together, creating their pact and uniting for the same purpose. Fumika watched him and smiled with a bit of pinkness over her face. Yuray felt moving from his words as she cried and blew her nose with her handkerchief.
They sneaked out of the room quietly as Ken led the group, with Yuray following behind them. They stayed close to the wall as Ken scouted around, making sure that there were no sign of guys.
Shortly, he raised his hand to signal for stop. The girls stopped moving as Ken peeked his eye to see Keita alone, looking around.
"What's wrong, Ken-kun?" Fumika asked.
"I see Keita just around this corner. This is good," Ken said.
"How's that even a good thing?" The girl with the cap asked.
"This is our plan," he said as the girls huddled together and he whispered something to them.
"Now, where they could have gone, too? I wonder…I wonder if Fumika and Ken-chan is like making lovey dovey!" Keita wondered. "Oh, so rooooo-mantic-ark!"
He was suddenly grabbed and the girls pummeled him down, silencing him with a cloth over his mouth, so he won't shout or scream in this case.
"OK, we caught him! Now what's next, Ken-kun?" Fumika asked as she and the girls held down Keita.
"Let's bring him back to the room. That's where we will interrogate him," Ken answered.
They took him back to their hiding place while he squirmed and cried, trying to free himself, but with avail.
Once they took him to their hiding place, Ken removed the tape over his mouth.
"Ouchiieeee! That hurt!" Keita cried.
"Listen Keita, I know you and the…other ladies are holding rest of the girls somewhere in the school. Tell us where they are!" Ken demanded.
"I will never tell you, sweety! I have my lip sealed up tight!" Keita stuck his tongue out like a child.
"Don't worry. I will make him talk," said the girl with the cap hat. She then started beating him up, making him have one black eye and huge bump on his head, with x-shaped bandage over it.
"OK, OK, I will talk. They are all at the gym, with our leader," he admitted.
"The leader?" Sayoko repeated.
"That's right, darling. Our greet leader, the Queen of Queer! She will defeat you and soon become the ruler of the new order! Tee-hee, hee, hee, hee!" Keita giggled in evil tone.
"Alright then. I will go there now and face your leader," Ken decided as he was about to leave until Fumika stopped him.
"Wait, Ken-kun, where are you going?" Fumika asked.
"I am going to the gym, alone. It's too dangerous for you girls to come. It's best for you all to stay here, and keep an eye on Keita," Ken said.
"But, Ken-kun, I…" He looked at her as she was having a mental fight in her, but then she looked at him straight. "Just be careful out there."
"Don't worry. I will be back soon," he replied before he left out the door.
"Ken-kun…" She whispered, looking very worried.
Ken, along with Yuray arrived to the gym entrance without getting caught.
"We're here, Master Ken and boy, my Yokai sense is really tingling now! And, I sense real dark aura behind this door, too," she said. "Whatever behind this door, the culprit must be inside. Be careful, Master!"
"I will, but you are right about it," he replied.
"What do you mean, Master Ken?" She asked.
"I can sense something sinister behind this door. It's most likely a Yokai possessed by the dark energy," he said as he sweated. "Well, it's not like had an experience before. Here goes nothing."
He slammed the door opened as the light enveloped them. What he and Yuray saw was very…unexpected.
There were flashing lights everywhere, coming in different colors; red, green, blue, purple, and pink. Many guys in dresses and stockings were dancing around and strange music was playing, which sounded very hypnotic. Then, there was someone in the center, standing on a tall platform with red and white stripes.
It was tall in height and wore red dress with no sleeves, pair of high-heel in same color, and long white fingerless gloves that some women wear at a party. Its lip was pluck in purple color, and her eyeshadows were dark blue. Its hair was long and blond, and body was a female physic, but its foreleg were covered with leg hair and some beard grew over its mouth.
"Hooo-weeeeew! That's right, my pretties! Show your inner true self! Be your okama self!" The being exclaimed with excitement. "Dance, dance for your new queen, I, Okama-chan!"
Okama-chan-Tribe: Eerie, Attribute: Dark
"So, that's the culprit!" Ken pointed out.
"That Yokai, he…or rather she, is Okama-chan from the Charming Tribe!" Yuray realized. "She's the number 1 Yokai who causes the phenomenon of making guys become into okama. He's also leading a certain right movement in the Yokai World for particular kind of people that he is part of, as of what I heard from the Yo-News."
"Wait? There are some Yokai that are…." Ken asked, but shrugged it off. "Wait, why am I even asking that? We got to stop this guy!"
The culprit Yokai noticed Ken and Yuray. "Well, well, well. What do we have here?"
Everyone stopped dancing, and looked at Ken and Yuray, making an opening path for Okama-chan to approach them. He jumped off from the platform and walked up to the boy.
"And here I thought I turned everyone into my okama-minion. Well, every guy that is," he said in feminine tone.
"So, you are the one who's behind all of this," Ken said. "Where's all the girls you locked up, you creep!?"
All the guys gasped and shrieked when Ken referred him or her that.
Okama-chan didn't flinch at his threat. "Hooo-weeeew! You sure are feisty one. I kind of like you, kid. Cute in a way, but does my eyes deceive me? I see that you wield the Yokai Watch, which means that you are here to fight me, are you?"
"That's exactly what I am here for." Ken held up his watch as he already determined.
"Hooo-weeew! Well then, let's see if you can defeat me, little man! Ladies, fight him!" Okama-chan ordered.
"Time for you to be one of us, Ken-chan!" Kuma came out of the crowd as he goes first.
"Yuray, let's do this!" He held up his arm with his watch.
"Yes, Master Ken!" Yuray floated around as she did little bit of dancing before she kissed the watch, transforming it into the Model Zero type.
"I call upon Lasagnyan! Yokai Medal, set on!" He inserted one of his best Yokai friend's medals.
Summoning Pose.
Lasagnyan walked around on a path of clouds until she stopped and posed on the watch's face as a beam of light swallowed her. Ken turned his watch to the 3'o clock mark.
Summoning Charming!
Suuuuu-weeat!
Lasagnyan!
Lasagnyan jumped in the air, with her one arm thrust up, like the pose that Rosie the Riveter did in her poster.
"Howdy y'all!" Lasagnyan greeted as she noticed her surroundings quickly. "In what tarnation is going on here!? Why are these guys wearing a…dress?"
"No time to explain, but it's that Okama-chan there who made these guys look and act the way they are!" Ken pointed out. "Stop him, I mean her, I mean, whatever!"
"You got it, partner!" She nodded in agreement as she turned to face her opponent. First, she used her lasso to tie up some guys, including Kuma. She used the tied-up guys to bash the other guys, using them as a wrecking ball.
"Ah, ah, ah!" Kanchi wagged his finger. "Don't forget about us, Ken-kun!"
More guys came from behind him, with make-up kit and spare dress to attach him with.
"Watch out Master Ken!" Yuray screamed.
"Don't worry about it!" He stated as he inserted another medal into his watch. "I call upon Squabbull!"
Summoning Pose.
As a whistle sound heard, Squabbull stomped around before a beam of light shot out from the watch as Ken turned the dial to 2.
Summoning Time!
Moooooooooww!
Squabbull!
Squabbull appeared and once he saw Kanchi and the other boys wearing in a dress and make-up, he got very furious.
"Mooooooarrr!" It roared as he began running and ramming them over.
"Eeeeeeeeeeek!" They all screamed as they rammed over by the yokai of the tough tribe.
Okama-chan saw the current situation, biting her fingernails and looking frustrated.
"Rrrrrrrrrr! It seems like I have to go on the offense…." He gritted as dark aura surrounded him.
Ken looked at him with seriousness in his eyes. "Face it, you can't stop us! You will turn all of the guys here back to normal and release all the girls you captured."
"Never! I will not allow you to destroy my plan to create a perfect world!" He stated.
"What perfect world?" He asked.
Okama-chan smirked slyly. "Why, a perfect world where all guys, girls, boys, can express their true self and nobody will judge them, no matter who they are. The word we live in, though some people and even some countries are starting to accept people, like us, there are still a lot of people who are still don't accept us equally. That is, Okama-chan, will turn everyone into an okama and rule the world!"
Ken hardened his look. "I will not allow that! And, I am not saying that because what you say is not true!"
"Huh?" He looked at him with doubtful look.
"Listen. I agree with you. Not everyone will accept the person you are. Sometimes, it takes time to accept it. You can't just force someone to like you, and if they still don't accept you, who cares. There will be people who will," Ken said. "However, that doesn't mean you should make everyone the same like you! Everyone here is unique individual, like you and they should not be someone else that they are not!'
Dark aura enveloped the yokai. "You think you can stop me by pity? You will be punished, even if you are cute, little boy!"
Okama-chan performed some kind of martial arts move at Ken. He got punched and kicked so hard, he slammed him into the ground.
"Master Ken!" Yuray screamed.
"Ken!" Lasagnyan cried.
"Uuunngh…" Ken crawled on the floor as he tried to get back up.
Okama-chan stood over him. "Well, well, well. It looks like we are near the climax!"
He kicked him over, and then stomped over his chest.
"Gaaaah!" He gasped.
"Msater!" Yuray screamed.
"Too bad I have to get rid of you, little boy. You seem to be a nice guy, but I have the rest of the town and the whole world to become my perfect okama utopia! GAHAHAHAHAHA!" He laughed evilly as dark aura flared up his body.
"I….won't…let….you….get away….with….THIS!" Ken yelled out with all of his strength.
Suddenly, his watch shined, turning it automatically into Yokai Watch Model S.
"What's this!?" Okama-chan gasped.
"Yokai Watch Model S!?" Yuray shocked.
Dark aura burst out of Ken, making Okama-chan flew off from him as he then stood back up.
"I…call upon…InuKamen!" Ken inserted the dog hero's medal into the watch, but unlike the regular watch, it shot out a beam of dark energy.
It's time for metal!
Raaaaageee!
Terrrrooorrrr!
The Brrraaaaavvvee!
InuKamen!
InuKamen was summoned, but strangely, dark aura also surrounded his body, like Okama-chan's.
"What? InuKamen is also possessed by dark energy, too?" Yuray said.
"Holy cow…." Lasagnyan gasped.
"Well, whatever it is, I shall make him into my minion, too! A Okama hero, now I like the sound of that!" Okama-chan said as he jumped for a kick attack.
"Master Ken?" Yuray asked in a worried tone. "Are you…alright?"
"Alright….I feels GREAT!" He revealed his face, looking very sadistic thought.
Yuray and Lasagnyan looked afraid, seeing Ken's face, which they've never seen before.
"InuKamen…destroy that foolish Yokai!"
InuKamen just obeyed without saying anything at all as he jumped and attacked with his signature move. Okama-chan took it right in his face as the kick caused him to fly off and hit the wall very strongly.
The dark aura only briefly appeared around Ken until it stopped, causing Ken to faint.
"Master Ken, Master Keeeeen!" Yuray screamed.
"Partner! Ken! Wake up!" Lasagnyan cried.
"Finish him off, InuKamen! Punish that pathetic Yokai and let me absorb its dark energy!" Ken exclaimed as he smirked sinisterly.
"What happened to Ken, y'all!? He's acting…too wild, even for him!" Lasagnyan stated in shock.
"I don't know, Lasagnyan, but we got to stop him, somehow!" Yuray cried.
Okama-chan and InuKamen fought each other, as they punched and kicked at each other. However, they were equally match. While Ken was focused in watching the fight, he didn't notice that Squabbull was still out and he was ramming every boys he see until he stared at Ken's back.
"Mrrr? Mmmooooarrr!" It roared as it began running toward Ken. He rammed him over, causing him to go out cold.
"Gaaah!" He gasped as he fainted, with the dark aura dissipated from him.
The same aura disappeared from InuKamen. "Oooooo, what happened?" He sighed as he shook his head.
"InuKamen, are you…back to normal?" Yuray asked.
"Huh? What am I even doing here? And…OMG!? Why all these young boys are wearing like a girl!?" He gasped in shock.
"It's Okama-chan, InuKamen! She possessed every guys in the school and turned them into okama!" Yuray pointed out.
InuKamen looked at the culprit himself. "So, you're responsible for this monstrosity! You'll never get it with away with this!"
"Hoooo-wwweeeeew! On contraire, InuKamen! Nothing will stop me!" Okama-chan shouted.
"We'll see about that!" InuKamen said as he jumped up in the air and performed his signature attack. "InuKamen Kiiiiiicck!"
He kicked Okama-chan so strongly, it was enough for the dark aura around him to disappeared from him. All the possessed boys turned back to normal.
"Huh? What happened?" Kuma asked.
"Uwaah!" Kanchi shouted in shock. "Kuma, what's with that getup!?"
"Eh? Hey, you too!" Kuma pointed out.
-Yo-Kai Watch Another Watcher-
Ken slowly regained his consciousness. "Where…am I?" He asked.
He looked around his surroundings, soon realizing that he was in the nurse's room and he was in the bed.
"Thanks heaven, Master Ken! You're awake!" Yuray appeared, looking very happy.
"Yuray, what am I doing here?" He asked.
"Well, partner." Lasagnyan spoke, who was with her, too. "When you were fighting Okama-chan, you turned all dark and stuff, and summoned InuKamen, turning him dark, too and fought Okama-chan."
"Wait? So your saying that I was possessed by the dark energy," Ken asked as he looked at his Yokai Watch Model S.
"Oh, it was terrible, but you're safe now and that's what matter." Yuray grinned. "Also, there is someone here to apologize you, Master."
"Huh? Who?" He asked.
A curtain next to him opened, revealing Okama-chan. He gasped to see her or him as he tripped over from the bed.
"Yo, partner, are you alright?" Lasagnyan asked as she sweatdropped.
"I…I'm fine," he replied as he got back on the bed.
"Ken is your name's right?" Okama-chan asked. "Listen, I…I am sorry for what I did. I didn't know what I was thinking or even doing. All I just ever wanted was to be with people who would accept me as who I am, but…not many people like to see a people like I am. I am just…a weirdo."
"Well, um, I…really don't know why you are you, but that's just completely fine. Just be yourself and don't let anyone force you to be someone you are not. And, of course, don't do that to other people, too," Ken replied.
Okama-chan grinned. "Oh, I am sssooooo happy to hear that, Ken-chan! You don't mind if I call you that from now on. Thank you so much."
Suddenly, a medal appeared out of him and flew over to Ken and landed safely on his hand. It showed Okama-chan doing a pose like a fashion model on a stage, while winking her eyes, except that some figures around him looked very creeped out.
"And, you got another medal added to your collection. Good job, Master Ken!" Yuray said proudly.
"May I come in?" They heard a voice behind the room door.
The Yokai hid themselves before the person came in. It was Fumika.
"Hey Fumika," Ken said.
"Ken-kun, are you feeling OK now?" She asked, looking worried.
"Yeah, I am fine. So, everything is back to normal, right?" He asked.
"Yep! Every guy is back to normal, and we found everyone else, so they are OK too," Fumika replied.
"That's good to hear." He sighed with a relief.
"Hey Ken-kun," she said, looking anxious to say something.
"Hm, yeah?" He asked.
"I…I'm glad that you are alright now." She said as if she changed her mind.
"Thanks," he grinned.
"Although, I feel like I forgot something…." Fumika thought aloud.
Meanwhile, Keita was still inside the room where they locked him up.
"Hello!? Is anyone there!? Whisper! Ken! Heeeellllppp!" He tried to say that even though he still had the cloth over his mouth.
-Terror Time! Gargaros Appears!-
It was very late in the night. Most residents of Sakura New Town were all sleeping, including Aichi residence. While Ken and Lasagnyan sleep, Yuray was up awake, typing on the Yokai Pad privately in the closet.
"Really? Is that true, Mr. Hidabat?" Yuray asked.
"Yes, it is true." A bat Yokai replied at the other end of the video conference. "No matter how I research it, there is no record of the Yokai Watch Model S. I even contacted my friend at Yopple, and he said that he never heard of it or built it at the company."
"I see. Well, thank you for all your help, Mr. Hidabat." Yuray said.
"Your welcome. If I found out something, I'll let you know. Goodnight then," Hidabat said as he turned off the video conference.
"Hmmm…that watch…I need to find out more about it, and the only way to find out is to meet her, the one who gave it to my master, Nekomusume," she mumbled.
-The Next Morning-
"Goooooo-od morning," Ken said as he yawned.
"Good morning, partner." Lasagnyan replied, cooking breakfast.
Ken looked around and noticed something or someone missing. "Hey Lasagnyan, where's Yuray?"
"Yuray? Oh, she went outside a bit. She said she had some place to go and do, and told me to keep an eye on you," she explained as she just finished making some pancakes.
"She said that? That's a bit…unusual for her," Ken said as he sat down at the table. "She usually stays with me all the time, much to my annoyance."
"She said to me that don't be worry and she will come back soon," Lasagnyan assured.
"I see. Well, whatever," he shrugged as he begin chowing down the pancakes.
After eating breakfast, Ken and Lasagnyan did some morning exercise, watching TV, playing board game, and napping. 4 hours have passed…and Yuray still hadn't come back.
"Geez, what's taking her so long?" Ken mumbled, looking a bit worried.
"Maybe she's just busy," Lasagnyan thought aloud.
Ken got up from the sofa. "Well, I think I'm gonna go and look for her. Staying here is kind of boring."
"Yeah, but Yuray said specifically to stay here," Lasagnyan stated.
"Don't worry about it. I have the house key, and all. Let's just go and find her," Ken decided as he got his jacket out of the closet, looking ready to go.
"I guess so…" Lasagnyan said, looking a bit unsure about this.
Ken and Lasagnyan exited out of the house and went to look for Yuray. As they did, a strange fog appeared out of nowhere and covered their surroundings.
"What's up with these fogs? Where did they come from?" Ken mumbled.
"I don't know, partner, but I have a bad feeling about this. My cat sense is telling me so," Lasagnyan said.
"It's just a fog, or are you a scary cat?" He teased.
"Nya!? I am not a scary cat!" She cried.
He laughed. "Heh, heh. Just kidding, Lasagnyan."
Then they heard a huge stomp, causing the ground to shake a bit. "What was that?" He asked.
"Sound like a footstep of something…big," Lasagnyan said.
The huge stomp was made again, shaking the ground harder as it felt like it was getting closer and closer. They heard it coming from behind them as they turned their head around very slowly. When they turned their head around completely, they saw a huge red ogre or oni with tattered brown loincloth and single yellow horn on its forehead.
"What the….!?" Ken gasped in shock as the red oni roared, begin chasing after them.
Ken and Lasagnyan, out of fear, began running away from the red beast as it chased after them.
"What the heck is that thing!?" Ken asked in fear.
"I am no idea, but we gotta run like a wild boar!" Lasagnyan exclaimed.
They screamed as they ran away from the chasing giant ogre.
"Grrrroooooagh!" It roared at them.
"And here we are just looking for that clumsy Yokai maid, and I met THAT instead!" Ken stated as he looked behind his shoulder while still running.
"Grrroooaar!" It roared again in angry tone.
"Quick! Around the corner!" Lasagnyan stated. They moved quickly and hide around the corner as the monster passed by accidentally.
The monster yokai went away as Ken checked his surroundings. "OK. The ghost is clear."
They got out of their hiding, but still be wary.
"That was too close for comfort," Lasagnyan said as she panted from all the running.
"Miss Lasagnyan! Master Ken!" They looked up to see a familiar yokai maid they've been looking for. "There you two are! I've been looking all over for both of you when I came back home and noticed you two weren't there! I got so worry."
"We're the ones looking for you!" Ken yelled at her. "What were you doing, anyway?"
"I am very sorry, Master Ken, but I was doing an…important errand," she lied.
"…Fine, but let's just get out of here before it shows up again," Ken said.
"It? What do you mean, Master?" Yuray asked.
"Gargoo-gargoo!" The red oni came back right behind them as the trio looked at it and screamed in horror.
They began running again, this time with Yuray as the monster chased after them.
"Seriously! What's wrong with that thing!? What it want from us!?" Ken complained.
"It does not want anything from you, Master Ken! It wants to punish you!" Yuray stated.
"What do you mean!?" He asked while running.
"That red oni yokai chasing us is Gargaros!" She admitted.
Gargaros-Tribe: Tough, Attribute: Fire
"Gargaros is its name!? So, why does it want to punish me!? I didn't do anything bad!" He exclaimed.
"You see, Gargaros only appears when someone who specifically told to stay and watch over the house leave out of the house, breaking the promise to stay in the house," she explained.
"So wait! You're saying that thing behind us appeared because we left the house! That's ridiculous!" Ken complained.
"Gargarrrrrooooooooo!" It roared angrily at him.
"Well, isn't that great, y'all! You made him more angry than before, Ken!" Lasagnyan stated in mad tone.
"There's no time to complain! The only way to make Gargaros to disappear is to get back to home!" Yuray said.
"Then, let's RUN LIKE HELL TO HOME!" Ken exclaimed as they did just that.
As they were running, Ken looked ahead and noticed three familiar friends.
"Whis? Look up ahead, Keita-kun and Jibanyan," Whisper stated. "It's Ken, Lasagnyan, and Yuray."
"Oh hey, what's up, Ken…." The trio passed by, not saying hello back to them.
"Whis? Hey, why are you three running?" Whisper shouted at them.
"From that!" Ken pointed.
They turned around to see Gargaros approaching them. They screamed in horror when they saw it.
"Nyaaaa! Not again!" Jibanyan cried as he began running away.
Keita, Whisper, and Jibanyan joined with Ken, Yuray, and Lasagnyan, making now a pair of trio running from the monstrous, angry oni.
"Whiiiiiss! Why is Gargaros here!?" Whisper asked.
"It's my entire fault! If I just stay with Master Ken, then this would not have happened!" Yuray cried.
"Did you leave the house, Ken!? What's going on!?" Keita asked.
"Long story short, Lasagnyan and I just wanted to look for Yuray because she didn't come home for a while, and because of that, Gargaros is chasing us!" He admitted.
"Nya, nya! I don't want to get stomp over again!" Jibanyan cried as tears fall out of his eyes, like waterfalls.
"Don't cry now, Tomato Bum! We got to get back to my partner's home! It's the only way to make that ugly ogre to disappear!" Lasagnyan stated.
Her comment made Gargaros even angrier as bunch of x mark appeared over its forehead, signifying its anger.
"Gargarooooooooo!" It roared at the loudest it can be.
"Aaaaaaaaaaa!" They all screamed as they ran faster.
As they run, they noticed the house up ahead.
"Look! There is my home! We're almost there!" Ken pointed out.
"Whiiss! We're saved! If we keep running like this! We'll be home free!" Whisper cried in joy.
Gargaros had another plan. He threw his huge mallet, making it land in front of them, so they won't go further. They were forced to stop, each with depressed and shocking expression.
"No way…" Keita mumbled.
"Nya, nya…" Jibanyan was speechless.
"Whiiii!" Whisper held his tear.
"Oh heck no…" Ken whispered in disappointed tone.
They all turned around to see Gargaros approaching them, now slowly.
"What we are gonna do!?" Keita exclaimed.
"The only thing we can do now is fight back!" Lasagnyan stated as she got her lasso out.
"Are you crazy!? Even a strong cat yokai like me couldn't stand up against him!" Jibanyan shouted.
"There's no other choice! At least it's better than going down without a fight!" Lasagnyan argued.
Gargaros walked up to them closer and closer until suddenly, something appeared in between them. It revealed to be a wolf with pure white fur and three green orbs on its collar. It also had a strange red marking over its face.
"Whis!? Where this wolf came from!?' Whisper exclaimed.
"Wait, this…wolf or dog, or whatever it is, I've seen it before!" Ken remembered it. It was on the first day he moved here to Sakura New Town from USA.
Gargaros roared at the mysterious intruder. It used its mallet on it, but the mysterious white wolf dodged at blazing speed, and strike back at the red oni. With one tackle, Gargaros fell on his back, KO'ed in instant.
Their mouths were wide opened to see such magnificent feat; a white wolf just defeated a giant yokai with a single tackle.
The wolf looked at them, especially at Ken for few seconds before it leaped away and disappeared like a ghost.
"Wha…What was that?" Yuray asked.
"It saved us…and it just went away," Keita said.
Suddenly, the fogs cleared away as Gargaros faded away, too.
"Well, at least it's over," Jibanyan said as he lay down on his stomach, looking very relieved and tired.
"It looks like so," Yuray said. "Now that is all over, how about we take a snack break? To be frank, all those running made me famish."
"I agree. Let's all have a snack!" Whisper agreed.
"I want a lot a lot of chocobar!" Jibanyan declared.
"And, I'll have lasagnas!" Lasagnyan added.
"After all this trouble, a snack would be nice." Keita nodded.
"I guess so." Ken agreed as he and everybody headed into his home. However, Ken looked back to the spot where the mysterious wolf was. He shrugged it off and went inside while that same wolf watched mysteriously at a rooftop of his house.
How's everything going, guys? Sorry that I haven't updating this story as often as I wanted. I am busy with new job, and working on other stories.
Speaking of other stories, I've been thinking about the crossover story and I will put some effort starting now. Therefore, this story will be officially in hiatus. I just wanted to get this chapter out to begin working on the crossover next.
Unfortunately, there is no shorts today, but when this story becomes active again after the crossover, I will have shorts next time, but here is some...RECAP TIME!
A/N (3/17/17): I forgot to talk about the new Yokai for this chapter. Today's chapter introduces Okama-chan, created by yours truly. He is from the Eerie Tribe (I changed it from Charming to Eerie) and he used to be a human. When he was a human, he wasn't like all the other guys. He preferred to be girl, so he decided to become one, even though his true gender is male. Therefore, he became an Okama and made a great career as male fashion designer. Unfortunately, he got into a car accident and became a yokai.
-RECAPT TIME-
Yuray: So Ken, who did you meet today?
Ken: Okama-chan!
Yuray: Okama-chan is from the Charming tribe. He's the first ever okama yokai. (As Yuray explains his bio, Okama-chan makes random pose, making himself look pretty or sexier, but no avail.)
Ken: I don't know if he is really he or she, but man he creeps me out
Okama-chan: Oh, don't be like that, Ken boy. How about I give you some sugar?
Ken: HECK NO!
Yuray: Remember, kids, never judge people by cover. Well...most of the times.