Chapter 3

Yo-Mysteries Gang and the Yokai Hunter

"Welcome back, my children of the night," Elvampire greeted. "It's time for another good story and this week, we're going to read about an adventurous, yet scary experience for the shy Yokai, Dremona at the Yokai Mansion..."


It was a dark night with the full moon out. The owl hooted and the winds blew through the leaves, causing it to make a rustling noise. Near the Yokai Mansion, a strange man watched the mansion from the top of a hill as he laughed in a sinister tone to himself.

Inside the mansion, the Yokai tenants were a horror movie on the TV. It was about a creepy man who hunts down people, and everyone was enjoying it...well, everyone except for Dremona.

"Kyyyaaaaah!" The character in the movie screamed, which Dremona screamed in response.

"Relax, Dremona. It is just a movie," Blizzaria said. Tonight she was wearing her snow-theme pajama and blue eyeglasses, the same one that she wears in Yo-Kai Busters.

"Bu, bu, but, it's so scary!" Dremona shivered in fear.

"Don't worry, gecko! There's no need to be afraid of. I will protect you from any scary monsters!" Toadal Dude said.

"Hmm, then who would protect you?" Arachnus

The movie ended, and everyone decided to go to sleep. Dremona, on the other hand, was still scared, too scared to even go to sleep. However, nonetheless, she believed in her friend, Blizzaria's word, and tried to get some sleep. She was entering her deep sleep state...until a noise was made just outside her window.

"What was that?" She thought. She looked at the window and then suddenly, a lighting struck down, and the flash of the lightning showed a creepy man just standing outside her window.

"Kkyyyyyaaaaaaahhh!" She screamed as she hid under her bed.

The creepy man outside the mansion turned his attention to another window, and decided to break through to get inside.

"What was that?" Blizzaria asked as she got out of her bed.

"Gecko?" Toadal Dude got up, too.

Other Yokai tenants woke up, and checked what the fuss was about. They all gathered at the living room when a creepy man presented in front of them.

"Who the heck are you?!" Blizzaria questioned.

"My name is Victor Yo-Hanseling, and I am a Yokai Hunter," he said as he showed his license.

"Blaze, blaze?" Blazion said, which translated to "There's a license for that?"

" I am here to hunt the most rarest of Yokai, and you all are on my wanted list!" He took out his weapon, starting shooting at everyone he sees.

Everyone ran away from him, but his aim was too good that he caught some of them. One few escaped.

"This is bad!" Blizzaria cried.

"What are we going to do, Gecko?" Toadal Dude asked.

"Blaze, blaze is Dremoma?" Blazion questioned, which translated to "Hey, where is Dremona?"

"Dremona? She must still be in her room!" Arachnus exclaimed. The four decided to escape to Dremona's room as well as to check if Dremona is still there.

"Dremona, open the door!" Blizzaria banged the door. Dremona opened the door, and all four quickly rushed in and closed the door before the hunter noticed them.

"Come out, come out!" The Yokai Hunter shouted as he walked down the hallway.

"Guys, what are you guys doing here?" Dremona asked.

"Blaze, Blaze, Blaze!" Blazion cried.

"Yeah, like what Blazion said, gecko, everyone got captured by that creepy, old Yokai Hunter dude!" Toadal Dude said.

Dremona gasped and said, "What!? Yokai Hunter! Joinks!"

She slid into the bed, hiding under the sheets as she shook in fear.

"Not helping, guys." Blizzaria scolded the two. "We got to do something to save our friends and get ride of that Yokai Hunter!"

"What should we do then?" Arachnus asked.

"Well, first thing, we got to know where that Yokai Hunter took our friends to. I think we should split up to cover the ground," Blizzaria suggested.

"Then, I will go with Dremona! I will protect her with my life, gecko," Toadal Dude said confidently.

"What? Nonsense! I am more capable to protect Miss Dremona," Arachnus argued.

"No way, gecko! I will do it!" Toadal Dude counter-argued.

"Stop fighting, you two dummies!" Blizzaria stated. "I will go with Dremona while you boys go together."

"Blaaazze..." Blazion grumbled.

"Fine." Both Toadal Dude and Arachnus agreed.

They split up and quietly went to look for the rest of their friends, who were captured by the Yokai Hunter.

While the two female Yokai were looking elsewhere in the mansion, the male Yokai trio went to the kitchen at the first floor.

"Blaze?" Blazion looked around carefully and quietly with just a flashlight.

"Gecko, it sure is dark in here," Toadal Dude commented.

"The power is not back on yet," Arachnus said.

"Blaze, blaze," Blazion said.

"What was that, gecko? You want to eat something to clear our mind…. That's sound like a good idea, gecko!" Toadal Dude agreed.

They both started getting stuff out of the refrigerator. Arachnus noticed and said to them, "What are you both doing?!"

"What it looks like? We're going to have some snack," Toadal Dude answered. "Do you want something?"

"Oh, I would like to have a cup of coffee, if you don't mind," said a casual, yet sinister voice.

"Ummm, sorry, dude, but we don't have any bag of coffee…." Toadal Dude turned to the source of the voice and gasped.

The trio screamed to the hunter who was standing in the same kitchen with them.

"You three will be good portraits on my wall!" The hunter exclaimed.

"Bllaaaazee!" Blazion screamed as he, Toadal Dude, and Arachnus dashed away. The hunter chased after them with his weapon out.

Suddenly, a random chase music started in the background as the hunter chases after the male Yokai trio. The song was called "I Can Make You Happy" by George A. Robertson, Jr.

The Yokai hunter ran down the hallway, passing the trio who was hiding as part of a painting. The Yokai hunter returned back and checked the painting closer when Toadal Dude took a pot in the painting and smashed it over the hunter's head.

They escaped from him again as a giant bump was made on his head, making him furious and then chased after them.

The Yokai hunter shots nets at them, but whenever he did, Blazion ducked under it while Arachnus and Toadal Dude jumped over it, and the cycle of them doing that repeated couples of times until they reached the library.

Their chase continued, but they were inside the library, so they did it very quietly until they reached the exit at the other side. They met up with Blizzaria and Dremona, but passed them by.

The girls looked at each other, confused until they realized why they were running away.

"Yikes!" Dremona cried as she and Blizzaria ran away from the Yokai Hunter, too, joining with the boys.

They all went to the hallway of doors on each side, and opened through one of the doors. The hunter was right behind them, and each of them go through all the doors multiple times. One of the doors opened and out came Codebreaker from "Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Codes of Secrets".

"Geez! How did I end up here?" He questioned aloud. He went through another door.

The gang got out through the door by walking backward while the hunter did the same thing. They bumped into each other and gasped, and the chase went on again.

The Yokai gang jumped on the stair's rail, riding down to the first floor when they thought they got away from the hunter. However, the hunter was actually waiting just down the stair. Toadal Dude, who was in the front noticed, and he stopped, but everyone kept going down until they bumped over the hunter, rolling down in a giant ball until they hit into the closet.

Out in the closet, Dremona came out in a bicycle, the hunter with a red bicycle, Blizzaria, Toadal Dude, and Arachnus on a bicycle for three people, and finally Blazion on a tricycle for smaller, younger child.

Dremona pedaled as fast as possible while the hunter chased after her, pedaling a lot faster than her. The yokai behind them tried their best to reach Dremona before the hunter does. However, Dremona hit on a random bucket, causing her to jump off and then hanged on a chandelier. The hunter hit his bike, too, causing him to jump and hang on the chandelier, too. Followed by the other Yokai, which caused their combined weight to make the chandelier fall off from the ceiling. They crashed on the ground, all feeling dazed and tired from all the running around in the mansion.

"Oooooooohh, my head…" Blizzaria moaned.

"Ouch," Toadal Dude mumbled in pain.

"Is everyone OK?" Dremona asked.

"Blaze? Blaze, blaze!" Blazion exclaimed.

They noticed that despite the wreck they made, they somehow captured the hunter successfully.

"Look at that, gecko! We actually caught the hunter!" Toadal Dude said.

"Now, it is time to unmask this villain," Arachnus decided as he took off the hunter's mask.

They all gasped to the hunter's true face. "Grandma Yaga!?"

"Hee, hee, hee. That's me!" Grandma Yaga was revealed to be the Yokai hunter.

"Grandma Yaga, what is going on!?" Dremona asked.

"Hee, hee, hee! It was all just a game, good ol' trick!" Grandma Yaga said. "I was only pretending and playing trick on you all."

She clapped her hand twice, causing all the lights to turn back on again, and the rest of the missing Yokai reappeared and gathered around them.

"Everyone's safe?" Blizzaria questioned.

"Of course they are. They were part of the trick, too!" Grandma Yaga chuckled. "Every year, I secretly select couples of candidates to play a trick on and asked everyone else to help with the trick. They were all hiding."

"So, this was all a trick. There isn't a real Yokai hunter?" Dremona asked worryingly.

"Of course, not dear! And sorry if I scare you, but like with any tricks, it also comes with a….treat!" Grandma Yaga revealed a pot full of candies. "Dig it, everyone! It's time to begin the annual Halloween party!"

The music started playing, and everyone danced and celebrated for the rest of the night. Dremona was glad that it was just a trick.

"To be honest, I was scared, but I also felt it was...fun, too," she admitted. "So Grandma Yaga, I guess all of that stuff you did, including you outside my room's window was done by you, right?"

"Huh? What do you mean? I wasn't outside your room's window," Grandma Yaga replied.

"Wait...If you say you weren't there when I saw….Then, who was it?" Dremona asked.

Outside the mansion, at the top of the hill, the creepy man stood in the full moonlight. He laughed evilly before he turned into a spirit form, and flew off into the night.

- The End -


"Now that was a very exciting, and frightful story," Elvampira commented. "Well, at least for Dremona, that is."

She giggled and then said, "Well, my children of the night, for next week, we are going to see what would happen when a fashion show is held, but stopped by an unfortunate soul who is determined to destroy the show. Until next time, boys and girls, have a nice, frightful night."