Later that night in the park, the group laid Touma down on a bench as he groaned in pain.
"Touma…" Natsume said.
A portal then opened as emerging from them was Enma and Nurarihyon. Enma raised a hand as the thing on Touma's arm stopped moving.
"Lord Enma!" Sunset said.
"Don't give me thanks yet. That will only work for an hour." Enma said.
"So this is him. Lord Enma...the ruler of all the Yo-kai." Luna said.
"Well, not really. Due to some circumstances, I'm not king at the moment." Enma said.
"What? Not king?" Sunset said in shock.
"I'll tell you about it another time." Enma said.
"How can we be calm when he dropped that bombshell?!" Theo thought.
"By the way...Where are Demona and Serva?" Sunset asked.
"I've sent them on a different quest on another part of this world. They are charged as my personal guard but also when there is urgent business." Enma said.
"So like doing errands involving spirits and Yo-kai. Got it." Sunset said.
"So isn't there anyway we can save this dude? Maybe if we like, get this nasty looking thing off his arm." Luna said pointing to the gear.
"Removing the Kigan gear is going to be difficult. Especially considering its latched on to his very spirit. That would require entering his mind. But that magic does not exist in the Yo-kai World." Enma said.
"I would try and call Cor...but I have no clue where he is either." Sunset said.
"So there's no one who could save him?" Theo asked.
"There is one." Akinori's grandmother said. "A legend passed down from our family for years. Kitaro!"
"Kirato?" Sunset asked.
"Yes, I know of him. Gegege no Kitaro, a member of the Ghost Tribe, a group that existed long before humanity on any world. He is the only living member. He should do." Enma said.
"So tell me…" Ling said getting up after looking after a knocked out Lan Fan. "How do we find this Kitaro?"
"He lives in the Gegege Forest...in the Shinto Universe." Enma said.
"What? Well how do we get to him than?" Sunset asked.
"There is a tunnel in the mountains that links the Beast Universe with the Shinto Universe. You can use that." Nurarihyon said. "Just be aware, you won't pass through the barrier unless you actually need Kitaro's help."
"Fine. We'll be going." Ling said getting up.
"Ling...you shouldn't force yourself like this." Sunset said.
"My servant was harmed because of what these Onimaru and titans did. I cannot let this stand." Ling said. "As a man from Xing, I keep my word."
"All right then. Let's go than." Sunset said.
And so, the small group of Sunset, Luna, Theo, Croagunk, Ling, Natsume, Akinori and Jibanyan headed through the tunnel before finding themselves in a scary looking forest.
"So this is...the Gegege Forest." Sunset said.
"Creepy. I've never seen a place like this." Theo said.
They continued through the forest before coming across an odd looking treehouse.
"No way, he lives in a treehouse? Totally rad." Luna said.
"Whoa! What is this?" Theo asked seeing a strange mailbox with a blue flame on it.
"Its the Yo-kai Mailbox. Apparently Kitaro deals with Yo-kai related problems just like we do. He answers the letters and ventures out to solve the problem." Akinori said.
"So do we write the letter or...Ah!" Theo said before they were surrounded by four figures. An old woman in a kimono, an old man in black with grass frills and a weird shaped head, a young girl with sharp teeth and claws like a cat and a man in a gray robe with whiskers and buckteeth.
"Let's take them for everything they got." the rat looking one said.
"Wait...maybe one of these dudes is Kitaro." Luna said.
"Right. But which one? Hmm...Kitaro...the taro refers to a male so the women are out." Natsume said.
"Its gotta be the old man cause the rat one looks like a wimp." Theo said.
"Excuse me? I'll have you know that...I am Kitaro!" he said.
"Yeah...that's a big lie!" most of the group said.
"Hey! Hey! Yes I am. And I'll cut you all in at a special prize. 300,000 for my services." he said before the group heard the sounds of sandals clopping down a path.
"Ratman...trying to scam people again?" said a voice. Appearing was a small boy with brown hair with it covering one eye, he wore a blue and yellow striped vest and wore wooden sandals.
"What, no no!" the rat like man said.
"You can never be to careful these days." said an eyeball emerging from his hair.
"That's eyeball just talked!" Natsume said.
"That's pretty rude. I happen to be Kitaro's father." the eyeball said.
"His father is an eyeball? Wait...then that would make you…" Sunset began.
"I am Gegege no Kitaro." the boy said. "Now...why are you here?"
The story was soon explained to him.
"I see." Kitaro said.
"So please, come and help us. We need you." Ling said.
"Okay. We'll go. This is a friend after all." Kitaro said.
It was later at the park that the group returned with Kitaro, Ratman and a flying paper youkai known as Rollo Cloth. They then approached Touma.
"There is definitely a darkness at work here." Kitaro said as his hair stood on end into a point.
"We must remove this device from his arm." Eyeball Daddy said.
"So you really can save him?" Sunset asked.
"Yes. But you all will have to do it. Only someone already existing in his memories can enter." Kitaro said.
"I'll do it." Natsume said.
"Does he know you?" Kitaro asked.
"I think he does. I'm sure of it." Natsume said.
"Very well." Kitaro said grasping both their hands as he worked his magic. Natsume had entered Touma's mind. A few minutes in the real world later, the gear began to shine. "This is it!" Kitaro said covering the device with his vest. After a flash, he removed it revealing a Yo-kai Watch Sunset was familiar with.
"Yo-kai Watch Ogre...its the real one." Sunset said in awe.
"There...I've purified the darkness. Now I must go." Kitaro said.
"You aren't going to fight alongside us?" Luna asked. "Bogus!"
"Its not our fight. This is something all you have to do." Kitaro said
He then loaded onto the cloth with his pals as he flew off.
"I wonder if we'll ever see that guy again." Theo said.
"Who knows." Sunset said. "More importantly...Touma can fight with us now."
"Yes. Turn the dial to the 3 o'clock position." Enma said.
"Okay. Lend me your strength! Omatsu!" Touma said turning the dial as a light consumed him before standing in the air was a familiar woman. "Omatsu!"
She then waved her fan as a healing wave spread across the city, forcing the Onimaru out of the people there.
"Wow. Righteous." Luna said.
"Now we can easily eliminate the remainder of…" Theo began before the ground shook. "What the? What's happening?"
"Could it be? Did the oni king….was he awakening while we were gone?!" Sunset said.
