GammaTron: *lying on back on couch* I hate working in a hot factory making plastic food containers for twelve hours straight…well, at least until I got my new job. Now I work nine hours Monday through Thursday and four on Fridays.
Z0: Work is work my friend...we must live with it. *coyote biting my rear* Live with it…
GT: ...Um...why do you have a coyote biting your behind?
Z0: They are common in my workplace. I work near a nature park so animals wonder in a lot. Ranging from rabbits, foxes and...coyotes. And guess whose job is it to go outside and inadvertently deal with them.
GT: Huh...neat
Z0: Work is suppose to be a pain. But people need money and thats what matters in the end. Besides we got time off to work so best we use it.
GT: *nods* Fair enough. Hopefully, today's chapter will be better than what we do at our jobs. As usual, we own none of the franchises for this story and only our OCs. And now…*puts up a sign reading 'Foxy is a pansy that can't beat I Am Bread and doesn't like Balloon Boy whatsoever'* I am so glad I asked Sento to repair and upgrade them and so glad that FFPS had the souls pass on.
Z0: Of course he would…
Foxy: *off-screen* What the-?! Oh screw you, curtains!
Both authors: *duck as Foxy tackles the camera behind the curtains, screeching*
Takeru and Makoto blinked staring at USApyon, whom Kanon introduced them to later in the day. They were the most interested in his appearance as everyone else has just happily accepted he was a part of the gang now.
"You say he's an Otter…" Makoto spoke up.
"But his helmet has...rabbit ears…" Takeru added.
"What's wrong with my helmet, dani?" USApyon asked, an annoyed look forming on his face.
"I just don't understand Yokai," both boys sighed, dropping the concept entirely.
"Eh...what conclusion is that, dani?!" USApyon asked while he blinked, confused and shocked.
"They have had colorful reactions to other Yokai," Kanon explained patting his head, "Don't take it personally."
"Okay, Kanon, dani!" USApyon replied, leaning into the petting hand.
"You sure he's an otter? 'Cause he acts more like a rabbit," Yurusen noted, "Seriously, what's he gonna do next? Jump out of a hat?"
"Oi…" USApyon spoke, adopting his annoyed look.
"Seriously, you look more like this mushroom mascot at this pizza shop that I saw once," Yurusen noted.
"M-Mushroom?!" USApyon gawked before gritting his teeth as anger marks appeared on his helmet.
"Yep. A tiny, little, big-eyed mushroom," Yurusen noted, "Maybe I'll call ya Mushroom Otter."
"Rrrrrrr!-!-!" USApyon growled as his eye twitched furiously.
"Uh, Yurusen, what are you…?" Takeru began as USApyon brought up his thumbs to his helmet.
"Teme…!" USApyon growled out before pushing in the buttons on the underside of his helmet, causing a clear bubble to cover his face before it was engulfed in black smoke, leaving sinister glowing red eyes visible.
=VADER MODE=
"Vader Mode?" Makoto repeated before USApyon whipped out a space age blaster shaped and colored like a carrot and proceeded to chase a startled Yurusen around, blasting wildly at the orange and white spirit.
"Ah! Yikes! Eek!" Yurusen yelped, barely avoiding some of the shots.
"I like him!" Whisper exclaimed happily.
"He fits in amazingly well," Onari added.
"Monge!" Komajirou and Komasan awed.
"So let me see if I got this straight...he's from America and makes his own rockets?" Takeru asked Kanon.
"Uhn. He said he was from NASA and wants to go to the moon, which is why he makes rockets," Kanon explained as USApyon calmed down.
"Hai! I want to see if that place on it wasn't destroyed fours years ago, dani!" USApyon informed.
"Destroyed?" Makoto and Kanon repeated.
"Ah! That's right! You two were not here for that!" Onari realized, "Four years ago, the moon exploded and seventy five percent of it was just gone! It was only last year that the moon collapsed back into its original shape and it's much closer now, too."
"What has happened while we were away?!" the Fukami siblings shouted, shocked and surprised by that.
"A lot of things really…" Takeru muttered, "Maybe best you guys were off in another dimension for some things." he nodded, "But that is a marathon of news stories for a later time."
"I'll take the cliffnotes…" Makoto spoke up.
"Would news articles suffice, whis?" Whisper asked, offering his YokaiPad showing various human news articles and several Yokai-made ones, "I was just as startled by the news of what happened to the moon as you are, whis."
"Ugh...and here I thought we had enough history lessons with Takeru…" Makoto muttered.
"Hey~" Takeru whined in protest.
"What are you hoping is still up there?"
"The flag and footprints of course, dani!" USApyon replied.
"The famous marks of Neil Armstrong," Takeru spoke, "That would be a wonderful sight to see."
"Only thing is that I need to finish making the rocket...again…" USApyon sighed, "Forgot the cone part in the last design, dani."
"Wow. You forgot the cone? What a dummy," Yurusen noted, sewing up the holes in her cape.
"Dummy?" USApyon repeated, an annoyed look forming on his face once more.
"What...it's true," she shrugged, "I mean who forgets something like that? It's like driving without a windshield or hood. The car would fall apart and you'd be unable to see when going too fast!"
"Rocket?" Komasan pondered, tilting his head, "You mean like the ones we fire in the launcher, zura?"
"...You have a rocket launcher...in Japan?" USApyon asked, raising a brow at the komainu.
"We ordered it online!" Komajiro smiled as Komasan pulled it out of his bag with a smile, making USApyon's eyes bug out in shock.
"That's...that's not logic, dani…" he muttered shocked.
"I mean...we just pushed order and express delivery," Komasan explained, "That's logic right, zura?"
"Ack! Komasan-dono, put that back in the armory in your hallway!" Onari yelped.
"...Armory?" USApyon repeated, looking at Takeru.
"...We...we stink at Komainu Duty…" Takeru admitted, slumping a bit with a sigh.
Alain yawned as he stretched, leaning against the railing of the roof on one of the taller buildings in the city. He was currently taking a break from training using his two Eyecons. He found it rather amusing and annoying involving the two Eyecons. One seemed to have two souls within that worked together while the other seemed to be purposely limiting its power no matter what Alain attempted to force it out. But for now, he had learned to use them the best of his current ability.
"Ah well…" Alain noted as he traced the eye symbol in the air, "Might as well do some work so I don't upset Anue."
The Ganma symbol appeared in the air where he had been tracing it and a pair of Ganma Eyecons flew out. The Ganma Eyecons glowed before transforming into a pair of Parka-wearing Ganma. One was a carbon copy of the Katana Ganma that first battled Takeru all those months ago. The second however was different, he wore a yellow armored parka with matching guantlers. His head was hidden under a glass dome helmet with a large neck, a pure light blue head visible under the glass. Several antena formed behind the glass dome.
"You two know what the plan is, right?" Alain asked.
"Hai, Alain-sama," the new Ganma replied.
"Good. I wasn't gonna explain a second time, anyway." he sighed, "Alright begin the plan." he ordered walking off, "I have other things to prepare for."
"Yes, Alain-sama!" they bowed before walking off as well to prepare for their machinations.
"And now back to the clouds…" Alain sighed as he laid back down, "Huh...that one looks like the giant pirate ship/motorcycle lizard Ghost was riding back against that three-headed slime Yokai." he went quiet for a few moments, "...Note to self: ask Igor to make me a dragon version of it with a battleship instead of a pirate ship. Though what to name it…? Dragon Necromstriker? No, no, no. Too obvious..." he muttered to himself.
Takeru, Cyber, and Kanon walked through the city streets with their Yokai partners of Komasan & Komajirou, Jibanyan, and USApyon walking in front of them.
"It's nyot that funny…" Jibanyan muttered as USApyon held his stomach while laughing.
"It kinda was, zura," Komajirou giggled.
"Gomen nassai, zura," Komasan apologized, "I didn't mean to think you were a bowl…"
"Stop apologizing, nyan!" Jibanyan replied, throwing his paws up as USApyon just laughed harder, "I nyever want to see another cone ever again! Those two weeks with that on me were horrible, nyan! Especially when Yurusen tried to use me as a lamp, nyan! I think my right tail still has burns from being shoved into a plug..."
"The funny thing is...He actually lit up!" Yurusen laughed, floating above them, "Like some kind of cartoon character! Could see his skeleton and everything!"
"How you do this is still beyond me…" Whisper added as their humans talked casually.
"Reminds me of Hanna Barbera cartoons, dani!" USApyon exclaimed between laughs.
"Stop, nyan!" Jibanyan whined.
"Hmph. Baby~" Yurusen taunted.
"No, that's you, too," Whisper snickered before Yurusen was before him, painted platinum.
"ORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA!" Yurusen snapped as she proceeded to punch him repeatedly, "Yurusen Justice!"
"I have to get her to stop watching internet videos…" Takeru spoke as the humans just watched all of that and were unphased by it.
"Hai, hai," Cyber agreed.
"I don't get it. Why does painting herself platinum and shouting ora have to do with internet videos?" Kanon asked.
"It's from an anime," Cyber explained, "It's kinda...bizarre."
"Ba-dum-tss," Takeru chuckled, "Oh...I thought you were doing a pun…" he realized as Cyber stared at him, "What...I liked the manga." he chuckled.
"...So the store we're looking for is near here, right Whisper-san?" Kanon asked.
"Of course!" Whisper replied, pulling up a map on his YokaiPad, "Considering our new companion's goal, this is the perfect place to find just what he needs, whis!"
"Well then we should be on course then!" Takeru cheered, "Let's build the best rocket ever!"
"Yes, dani!" USApyon cheered before they turned down the street to see a dilapidated building, "..." his eye twitched as his thumbs neared the buttons on the underside of his helmet, "Why you…"
"Looks can be deceiving, whis," Whisper informed as he floated over to the door of the building and pulled out a Medal depicting him with his YokaiPad, "Watch."
"Dani?" USApyon blinked.
Whisper put the Medal into the palm of his hand and then grabbed the doorknob. The door glowed before Whisper opened it, revealing a massive market filled with Yokai shopping around inside.
"Welcome to YokaiMart," Whisper introduced.
"Wha...where did...how?!" Yurusen exclaimed.
"We Yokai are quite devious in making homes and places known to just Yokai and those who are friends with them, whis," Whisper chuckled as everyone entered.
"Amazing…" Takeru awed, looking around, "It's like a mythical giant warehouse store…"
"No, that's at Mt. Fuji," Komajirou replied.
"Eh?" Takeru, Kanon, and Cyber pondered, looking down at the brown/tan Komainu.
"It's true." Komasan nodded, "A lot of bigger Yokai go to that one, zura."
"Well...we have something else to do if we ever go there…" Takeru chuckled.
"Well, shall we go find what you need, USApyon?" Whisper asked.
"We have a list we can divide up?" Takeru asked.
"Of course, dani," USApyon replied as he dug into his outfit and pulled out a blueprint, "I need to find an engine, fuel cell, cooling system, a safety device, and the main control."
"Don't you need the rocket as well?" Takeru asked.
"You know those minipla with the boxes that are also the instructions, whis?" Whisper asked, earning a nod from Takeru, "Well, for Yokai…" he pointed over at an aisle, showing human-sized minipla boxes showing vehicle parts, "We liked them a little too much, whis."
"Sugoi…." the humans awed staring down the aisle.
"Frankly it concerns me…." Whisper added, "How long until someone tries crossing certain lines with this?" he sighed as they walked down the aisle before all stopping at a new display, "Like that!" he pointed at a statue of Kamen Rider Ghost.
"Eh?!" Takeru gawked.
"See? This is what concerns me! They made a life-sized Minipla of Takeru-kun's hero persona!" Whisper ranted.
"Oh! They have Parka," Cyber noted, looking behind the statue.
"Nothing involving Onii-chan," Kanon noted.
"What I don't get is how they got me so accurate," Takeru noted, not noticing Yurusen whistling 'innocently' as she avoided looking at their direction.
"What did you do, you teru-teru-bozu?" Whisper demanded.
"What...some Yokai businessmen came by and said they had a deal for Takeru, as his familiar naturally I dealt with them. I did a copyright deal for big-BIG money!" she cheered, "Like crazy money! Do you know how much a Kamen Rider who's also a spirit sells to you Yokai?! Like insane! The Royalties are in the hundred thousands a month!"
"Nani?!" Takeru gawked.
"You sold Takeru-kun's image for a quick buck!?" Whisper gawked.
"No...I sold it for a big time royalty!" Yurusen replied, "And not his actual image, just his Rider part. My lawyer said it'd be bad if I included his normal half."
"...And your lawyer is…?"
"Hikikomouri's lawyers," Yurusen replied, "...What? I asked for good ones and she provided them."
"You...I...Ooh!" Whisper shook in rage, "If you didn't cover all your bases…"
"What...I put most of the money towards the temple," Yurusen spoke, "Everyone knows you never take to much money with you to Monte Carlo…" she whispered the last part.
"Takeru-GAH" Whisper cried as his mouth was stuffed with the model for a car.
"You say something, Whisper?" Takeru asked as they where to busy looking over the model of his armor, "Is my horn really that pointy?"
"Oh I think they got the gloves wrong. Your gloves have armor like a skeleton hand," Kanon spoke.
"First timers always get distracted, dani…" USApyon noted, a drop of sweat going down the back of his head.
"Ah!" the humans remembered why they were actually here.
"There it is," Komajiro spoke with a nod.
"What aisle are the rocket kits, Whisper?" Cyber asked.
"Aisle A-15," Whisper replied.
"A-15, got i...A-15...Apollo Fifteen...Clever," Takeru chuckled.
"History puns!" Kanon laughed as they walked off.
Komasan, however, backstepped and paid an employee to deliver one of the Kamen Rider Ghost models before sprinting off to catch up with the others before they left his field of vision.
"Okay, I think we have enough for the party today," Fu-chan noted as she walked beside Atsugaru, the two carrying several bags, "Where was it again?"
"I'll check, garu," Atsugaru replied as he pulled out a YokaiPad, "Okay, looks like it's in Shibuya at 2…" a blue pulse passed over them, "?! GAOOOOOO~!"
"Garu-chan?!" Fu-chan gasped as the red canine dropped the tablet while covering his ears.
"WHAT IS THE RINGING?!" Atsugaru howled before panting, "Ah...ah...it stopped, garu…"
"Mou, we may need to see Takeru-chan and Cyber-chan if it happens again," Fu-chan noted as she knelt down, "...Eh?"
"What's wrong, garu?" Atsugaru asked as Fu-chan reached down...and picked up an Eyecon, "Ah! That's one of the Eyecons, isn't it, garu?"
"It looks like i…" Fu-chan began before the Eyecon flashed a metallic blue before going into her, "Gh?!"
"Fu-chan?!" Atsugaru gasped before Fu-chan straightened and stretched a little.
"Gonna borrow your body for a bit!" Fu-chan declared, opening her eyes to reveal them to be a metallic blue in color...with a man's voice escaping her lips.
"?!" 'That voice…'
"Ah, you have quite a big dream!" 'Fu-chan' noted before looking at Atsugaru, "Yo, Hiinuko."
"R-Ryoma-dono!" Atsugaru gawked.
"Ah, it's been so long since I've been awake! Care to show me around Japan?" 'Fu-chan' asked with a smirk.
"This it?" Takeru asked as he floated up to pick up a part on a higher shelf, USApyon riding on his back inside the hood of his hoodie.
"Ah! That's it, dani!" USApyon beamed, "Yokatta...it's the last one, too."
"Yosh lucky," Takeru smiled as he floated back down with the part before he floated USApyon out of his 'harness' and back to Kanon's arms.
"That's a really comfy hoodie, dani," USApyon noted, "I nearly fell asleep."
"Uhn," Komasan and Komajirou agreed.
"I call next!" Jibanyan declared hearing that as he lunged to land in the hood only to overshoot and land in an outdoor cooking display.
"And three...two…" Yurusen counted down before Jibanyan raced by them, rowling while his behind was on fire, "Bwahahahaha! I love this joint!"
"I really hope we don't get kicked out because of that," Cyber noted.
"This is actually a regular day," a worker noted as they went by after the little 'fireball,' a fire extinguisher in hand.
"Eh…" the humans awed at that revelation.
"Nyah…." Jibanyan, who was covered in foam, groaned as he walked back, "I'm nyot okay…"
"Oh, poor neko," Cyber noted as she knelt down and picked up the jibakurei while pulling out a handkerchief to wipe some of the foam off, "Well, let's get this to check out and get to building, ne?"
"Hai!" everyone agreed.
"Hahaha...ah...oh...oh my non-existent ribs...hey wait...where they go? Minna...hello?" Yurusen asked, seeing she was left behind, "Anybody?"
"Hey, where's Yurusen?" Takeru asked once they finished paying.
"More than likely, laughing herself sick still," Whisper deadpanned.
"I'm sure she'll catch up." Cyber assured.
"Yeah, you're right." Takeru shrugged as he pushed their cart to the exit.
"Monge! We're kings of the world, zura!" the Komainu brothers laughed standing on the cart and atop all the things they purchased.
"And you said they're 300 years old, dani?" USApyon asked, "They act like they're six."
"Yokai age slowly. While you may have been mature before your death, they're still children," Whisper noted, "While Yurusen...she's a baby in terms of Yokai age."
"Who said it?" Yurusen asked, appearing behind Whisper in a puff of smoke.
"Jibanyan," Whisper replied before diving into Takeru's sleeve.
"Yurusen Justice!" Yurusen roared, zipping in after Whisper.
"Hey...whoa!" Takeru muttered as his clothing rippled and expanded to accommodate the unseen violence happening in there.
"You can run, but you can't hide!" Yurusen declared.
"Surprisingly, I have a lot of running room in here!" Whisper shouted.
"Yeah, and more room for me to deliver Yurusen Justice on you!"
"This is...kinda nice, dani," USApyon noted, "It reminds me of how manic NASA was, especially in the labs."
"They had scientists who did stuff like this?" Kanon asked, "Maybe some things really are universal."
A caw went off before Condor Denwor flew towards them and changed into its phone mode. Cyber caught the phone as Komajirou picked up the receiver.
"Hamashi-Hamashi!" Komajirou answered, "...Oh." he put his paw over the speaker and turned to Takeru, "Takeru-nii, it's for you."
"Moshi-moshi?" Takeru responded when he was handed the receiver, "...Eh? People collapsing? ...hai, we'll look into it, Onari." he hung up, "Onari-san is saying that people are collapsing all over town." he turned to Kanon and USApyon, the Yokai in the former's arms still, "Gomen, USApyon. We're going to need to hold on the rocket for a little bit."
"Eh?" USApyon gawked.
"Don't worry. I can help USApyon," Kanon assured as she held up a copy of Jibanyan, Komasan, and Komajirou's medals, "And I can summon someone to help if we get into trouble."
"Alright, but if things get too bad, call me or Makoto-nii for extra help." Takeru gave a thumbs up.
"I'm gonna try not to…" Kanon whispered, not wanting her overbearing brother ruining her own adventure, "Come on USApyon, let's get some progress in on this while they save the city from what I assume is the forces of evil."
"The fact you can all just say things like that and not have looks of concern is very disproportionate to what is actually happening, dani," USApyon complained.
"Considering you're friends with us now, you'll get used to it," Whisper chuckled before Takeru drove off with Cyber, the Koma Kyodai and Jibanyan on Takeru's shoulders and in his hood respectively, "Ah! Wait for me, whis!"
"Your taxi, Ohime-sama~" Yurusen teased as she called a ride back to the temple for her via Ungaikyo.
"Arigatou, Yurusen," Kanon thanked before turning to the Ungaikyo, "Um, we have several boxes to transport as well. Can you ask the Ungaikyo at the Tenkujii Temple if Shibuya and Narita are there?"
The mirror closed his eyes for a few moments. It glowed before the duo stepped out.
"Onari had us standing by the mirror the whole time since you guys left," Shibuya sighed.
"Can you help us get these boxes to the temple?"
"Oh! They're huge minipla!" Narita gawked.
"And they make a real working rocket that can reach the moon and back, dani," USApyon added.
"Yokai are just too much extra…." Narita muttered as he just went to work.
The spaceman-like Ganma looked around the city upon the highest point he could get to. Its torso was covered in an off colored yellow puffy parka, decorated in multiple glowing orbs along its torso and shoulders, each one resembling planets. Its arms were covered in armor in the same shade of yellow, with armored pads on the back of each hand. The head was where the spaceman theme was most...obvious. It looked more like a clear dome a stereotypical alien would wear, while its exposed head...strangely looked like the Earth's surface with two large dark blue eyes. A silver and blue collar wrapped around its neck with a silver screw where its mouth would be, making it look more like some alien mouth then a screw. And to finish its alien aesthetic were six antenna's jutting from the back of his head.
It let out a grunt before swinging its arms out towards the city, releasing bolts of electricity all over, striking multiple cables, powerlines, and generators. In the town, a man was talking into his phone. It sparked and he collapsed, passed out on the ground. Nearby, a young couple were looking at a picture on the man's phone before it sparked and the man passed out.
"Are you okay?" the girl gasped as, all over, people were checking on men and women and even children that had passed out.
Unseen by the humans, orbs of blue light came out of the passed out people and shot off towards the Ganma. In a particular closet, a purple spirit orb with a symbol resembling a shady expression came out of it and went with the others, leaving behind a grey lifeless bat before an open laptop. The Ganma halted his attack and held his arms out as if in greeting someone and all the orbs entered his body.
"It doesn't look like anyone's passed out here," Cyber noted, looking around a modest park.
"For now...whatever is doing this seems to be making its way around town fast…" Takeru spoke, "But...what?" he pondered.
"Hey, there's something going on there, nyan," Jibanyan noted as he pointed to a crowd of people gathering before a covered bench.
Komajirou tugged on Cyber's leg, earning her attention. He held his arms up and Cyber picked up the Komainu to put on her head. Komajirou pulled out a pair of binoculars.
"Oh! It's Fubuki-hime and Atsugaru-san, zura," Komajirou noted, "...Eh? Why is she wearing a suit, zura? I nearly thought she was a man in it if I didn't recognize her hair and face."
"Why are they around the crowd?" Takeru asked.
"Um...oh, there's two signs beside her. 'Life Counseling' and 'There is more than one path in life. There are hundreds, thousands, and ten thousands of paths.' ...Is she giving advice, zura?" Komajirou pondered.
"That seems...unlike her…" Takeru muttered, "Let's see what's happening."
"That's only a small matter. Too small!" R-Fubiki declared, "If you are troubled by such a small matter, you cannot realize your big dream!"
"Ah...Y-You're right!" the man before her exclaimed in realization before bowing, "Arigatou gozaimasu!"
R-Fubuki nodded, returning the bow, before looking at Atsugaru, who was sporting a leaf on his head. To the humans, he looked like a young man in a red business suit with fiery-red hair.
"Next, garu!" he declared, "Please, come forth!"
"That gal's under the control of an Eyecon," Yurusen noted, popping up beside Takeru.
"Eh? Eyecons can posses people?" Takeru blinked.
"Of course they can! You and the Sis-con…"
"Hmm?" Makoto blinked as he was in the middle of a workout, "I'm think I'm gonna kill Yurusen later."
"...are always being possessed by them," Yurusen continued, "The Eyecons possess you, but since you are synchronizing with their soul, you retain control but get all their skills and powers. You know, beneficial possession."
"...So it's not a Ganma, but one of the missing ones or a newly made one?" Cyber guessed.
"Big money it's one of the missing ones," Yurusen laughed, "Now let's yank it out of her and chalk up a win!"
"But why would Atsugaru not try to contact us?" Whisper pondered, "With how close they are, it'd take something big for him to not want to get her out of the control of the Eyecon."
"Maybe it's...who it is," Takeru offered.
"Whis? Who what is?" Whisper pondered.
"Ah, I think I have an idea," Mitsunari noted, "Cyber-san, you mentioned your fiery friend over there belonged to someone in the past when he was still a normal dog, yes?"
"Hm? Oh, he did. He and Fu-chan were at the exhibit where your kabuto was and they said…" Cyber began before her eyes widened and she looked at the two S-Ranked Yokai, "...they said he used to be an extremely faithful dog to Sakamoto Ryoma."
"AH! Ryoma's Eyecon!" Takeru shouted.
"Um, Takeru-san, who's Sakamoto Ryoma, zura?" Komasan asked.
Takeru's eyes flashed at that as he turned to them.
"Oh no…" Cyber realized.
"Run fur it!" Jibanyan panicked as he ran off.
"Monge!" Komasan panicked, running only to be scooped up by a blur. Everyone realizing that was Takeru...and that he'd become much faster.
"I am so glad you asked, Komasan!" Takeru beamed, eyes practically sparking with the intent to share his knowledge.
"...Protect me, please, Edison-san, zura," Komasan whispered a plea, pulling out Edison's Eyecon and hugging it as a comfort device...said Eyecon starting to sweat alongside the Komainu.
"Mou...we lost him…" Yurusen complained as Takeru unleashed it all upon the poor Komainu, "Amazoness, make progress and figure out what's going on. They're your friends."
"Of course you'd dump the work on me…" Cyber sighed, far too accustomed to Yurusen's nonsense.
"We'll need to have the people leave," Whisper noted before sighing, "I can't believe it, but...we need him."
"...Komajirou-chan, Jibanyan-chan, please get ready to cover your noses," Cyber warned.
"Hah? Who?" Yurusen asked as Cyber pulled out a Medal.
"Watashi wa tomodachi. Debekoi...Onarazumono," Cyber cringed as she put the Medal into her Yokai Watch Dream, "Yokai Medal, set on."
=IT'S A~BUKIMI TIME~!= the watch declared before a funky beat belted out of it =Bukimi! Bukīmī! Nani ga deru no ka na? Bukkimī!=
"Onarazumono!" the summoned Yokai declared.
The Yokai was unusual, even for others. It had a young child's body yet its head was a big pink peach-shape with rosy cheek marks and a single swirl of brown hair on the top. His eyes were squinted and he had two tiny nostrils. He wore a light brown bib with the he (へ) character on it, and a pair of baggy green pants with darker vertical stripes.
"Ohayo," Cyber greeted.
"Pu~!" Onarazumono greeted with a wave.
"Could you...mmm...please get rid of the crowd?" Cyber asked, pointing to the crowd before R-Fubuki and Atsugaru.
"Pupu~!" Onarazumono saluted.
"...I don't get it. Why are your cringing around him?" Yurusen asked as Onarazumono picked up Jibanyan and ran over to the crowd.
"It's what he does," Whisper wearily informed as he pulled out several gas masks and handed them to the others...and slid a pair on Komasan's head while wearing earmuffs to avoid getting involved with Takeru.
"What? What does he do? And why are you all putting on those gas ma…"
*PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFRRRRRRRRRBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBTTTTTTTTT!-!-!-!*
"MY EYE~! MY EYE BURNS~!" Yurusen screamed as she flew around, her eye glowing red with water falling from it while the area was engulfed in red smoke, "THE STENCH IS TOO POWERFUL!"
"And furthe…" Takeru groaned, twitching on the floor as Komasan hid behind Cyber's leg, hugging Edison's Eyecon still, "...further...more...st-stinky…"
"Well it's not how I'd like to stop him...but it worked," Cyber muttered from behind her mask, seeing the people flee the area.
"Good lord! That reeks!" R-Fubuki exclaimed, covering 'her' nose.
"Onarazumono…" Atsugaru growled before igniting the tip of his wand.
*BOOM!*
"Bad...idea…" R-Fubuki and Atsugaru groaned, smoke wafting off their soot-covered forms as Onarazumono was sent flying into the distance, looking more life a fireball.
"Monge!" the Koma Kyodai exclaimed.
"While...stinky...that...ugh...smell was filled with things like methane...Of course it'd explode," Whisper muttered.
"You...t-took that from a science book…" Yurusen declared from the ground in the same state as she pointed behind Whisper's back.
"And an experiment with Shibuya, Narita, Komajirou-kun, and a lighter," Whisper noted.
"That was fun, zura!" Komajirou beamed.
"And this is why I rarely summon him…" Cyber muttered as she walked over to the two S-Rank Yokai and helped them up, "Daijobu?"
"Make it stop…" they both groaned.
"I'm alive….ah...no, still a ghost…" Takeru muttered, sitting up.
"Well they should heal in a few seconds..." Whisper muttered.
"Oi...Inu...you alive, nyan?" Jibanyan asked, poking Atsugaru, "If you're not...can I have your stuff?"
"Ite…" Atsugaru groaned before gasping and moving over to R-Fubuki, "Ryoma-dono! Fu-chan! Daijobu?!"
"Someone get me the number of the meteor that hit us…" Fu-chan groaned, the Eyecon poking out of her cleavage before fading back into her and taking over, "Random explosions...I'm not sure if that is a good or bad thing to experience in this day and age, Hiinuko."
"That's for sure Ryoma," Takeru muttered, "But why would he inhabit a Yokai?"
"She has the biggest dream since myself!" Ryoma declared, earning their attention, "A deeper understanding between all Yokai and humans, coexistence between opposite natures. That and she was the only one who picked me up the entire time I was stuck in the mud…" 'he' slumped, "Was the vessel I reside in really that hideous...?"
"Ah! Ryoma-dono, that's not it! They must have thought you were something too important to pick up is all!" Atsugaru encouraged.
"More normal humans can't naturally perceive Eyecons unless they posses slight spiritual awareness. Everyone who walked past you must have been totally normal and had lives to get to," Yurusen bluntly explained.
"Oi! Don't be making fun of Fu-chan!" Atsugaru snapped.
"She's allowing me to 'steal the square'..." Ryoma informed.
"'Take the wheel,' Ryoma-dono," Atsugaru corrected.
"...to experience all that is new in this day since my time!" Ryoma continued as if Atsugaru hadn't corrected the Eyecon-possessed Yokai, "...Ah. Forgot." 'he' crossed 'his' arms, "I am Sakamoto Ryoma ze yo!" he looked at Cyber, "...My goodness. Women have gotten far taller than men in this day."
"Gomen nassai," Atsugaru apologized as Cyber slumped, "Ryoma-dono, this is Cyber-san and Takeru-san."
"Ah, the young maiden who aided you and you companion and the brave boy trying to regain life," Ryoma noted before looking Takeru over, "...Huh. So you wish to revive?"
"Hai," Takeru nodded, "Please, lend me your power, Ryoma-san."
"Let me ask you something first. What is your dream?" Ryoma questioned.
"Huh…?" he blinked at that, "Ore no yume…" he thought of that for another second, "I guess right now it's to come back to life."
"WEAK!" Ryoma barked, making Takeru jump back, "Hmph. A man isn't alive unless he has a big dream!"
"But...I'm not alive...I'm a ghost." Takeru pointed out.
"Aren't you also a ghost now, Ryoma-san?" Cyber pointed out, "I mean I get you're making a point...but still...it kind defeats your own point."
"Right!" Takeru agreed.
"Wah...these two are now totally on their own wavelength ever since he came back…." Yurusen muttered.
"BAKA!" Ryoma barked, making the two jump, "So boring~"
"Hmm...Ah, maybe the Satcho Alliance, Ryoma-dono?" Atsugaru suggested.
"...The what?" Komajirou asked.
"One of Ryoma-dono's best achievements in life, garu," Atsugaru explained, "An alliance formed between the Satsuma and Choshu domains formed to survive the changing times of the time, garu!"
"Ah, that's my Hiinuko," Ryoma chuckled before looking at Takeru, "Form that in this age."
"I still don't get it, but I'm gonna nod and say yes. ...Yes," Komajirou smiled simply, giving a nod like he said he would.
"So what does this Satcho Alliance entail?" Cyber whispered to Takeru.
"It was a key alliance that led to the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate," Takeru explained, "Despite the tensions between the two domains, primarily because the Satsuma helped to banish the Choshu from Kyoto in 1863 only to have the alliance be made in 1866."
"Oh I see, something to get two faction who don't fully trust or like each other to work towards a common goal," Cyber translated mostly for those around who didn't understand yet, "...I didn't think we made that bad of a first impression."
"Well, I guess he's just really stuck in his way of thinking." Takeru offered a counter point.
"See! They just...do this! This needs to stop!" Yurusen complained.
"Why?" Whisper asked.
"They keep just...suddenly understanding one another...it's been happening...AH! The 99 days she gave to Takeru has linked them!"
"And your point being...?" Whisper asked again.
"They are too strong for me to deal with united! She no longer gets upset when I make fun of her!" Yurusen cried.
"And there it is…" Whisper complained.
"I would go with the nine iron, Whisbei," Mitsunari noted.
"Nine ir…" Yurusen began.
"FOUR!" Whisper called before whacking Yurusen with a golf club, sending her screaming into the distance.
"What weapon is that?" Ryoma asked.
"Golf club, Ryoma-dono," Atsugaru explained, "It's meant for a sport called 'golf,' where you hit a small ball with it and try to get it into a hole in the least amount of hits to it."
"To what end?"
"Well, to win," Whisper added, "It's a sport of patience and time."
"Whisper, didn't that one time you and Onari tried playing, you sent your club into a lake, zura?" Komasan reminded.
"GH!" Whisper froze at that.
"Ah...How are we going to make a Satcho Alliance in this day and age?" Takeru pondered.
"Ah mou," Cyber sighed before her phone rang, "Moshi-moshi?" she answered before yelping and moving her phone away from her ear, "Ah, what is that?"
"GAOOOO~!" Atsugaru howled as more phones began to ring, "Gah! The noise is back, garu!"
"Cyber-chan, hang up! Hang up!" Whisper panicked as Cyber fumbled with her phone until she managed to turn it off.
"What was that?" Komasan gawked, rubbing his ears.
"That really hurt~!" Komajirou whimpered, rubbing his ears as both brothers had tears welling in their eyes.
"A Ganma maybe," Takeru realized, "Yurusen! Oi! Yurusen!"
"Ugh...give me a minute…" Yurusen groaned, her voice echoing from a fish stuck over her head, "I got sent into the fish market and got my head stuck. It stinks in here!"
Takeru pulled it off, "Yurusen, is there a Ganma nearby?"
"Mmm...maybe," Yurusen shrugged, "There might be one. Shall I tell you? What should I do?"
"Ah mou...Just take me to it already!" Takeru groaned as he grabbed Yurusen.
"Eh?! Ah?!"
"I know the bit. Cyber, I'm gonna go deal with a possibly violent evil Ganma monster, you good to handle things here?" Takeru asked as he jogged off.
"Hai~!" Cyber replied, waving him off, "Ganbatte, Takeru-san!"
"I really hope it's not one of those Ganma that seems to keep getting away before Takeru can destroy it for good, nyan," Jibanyan complained.
"Even when indecisive, he acts when the time calls for it," Ryoma noted before 'his' stomach growled, "Ah...I forgot how hunger felt."
An alarm went off and Atsugaru pulled out his YokaiPad, "Ack! I almost forgot the party, garu! But I need to stay with Ryoma-dono...but all the new Temp Sect Yokai that were gonna come...Awooo..." he started to sweat a bit, "Ah...ah...Oh! Cyber-san! Onegai!"
"Out of one frying pan and into another, whis," Whisper noted.
"Aw come on! Lemme go! Lemme go! Seriously, your hands are too tight!" Yurusen demanded as the two got onto a roof, "Ah! Up there!"
"Thats a Ganma, alright...or an alien...Oh please don't let it be aliens now," Takeru sighed, pulling out his Ore Eyecon.
"Oi, why not go with the new form?" Yurusen argued.
"I can't rely on Toucon Boost all the time. The bad guys will get too accustomed to it," he argued, "Henshin!"
=KAIGAN: ORE!=
Ghost grunted as he landed on the same rooftop as the Ganma, "Ganma! What are you doing?"
"Hm?" the Ganma turned around.
"...Wow. That is the ugliest mug yet," Yurusen noted before Ghost jumped back from a slash by the Blade Ganma.
"I won't let you interfere," the Ganma informed.
"Ah! You...You're the one that killed me! But...didn't I defeat you?" Ghost pondered.
"Oi, dummy. He's not the same guy, not even made of the same katana either," Yurusen spoke up, "Ganma take on the same 'form' if they use the same type of object. This guy is made of an even finer Katana of an even greater swordsmen, one that could even make a good Eyecon if we purify it."
"Eh? Honto?" Ghost asked before dodging another slash only to be blasted by the Space Ganma's electricity, "Gah! I can guess how to stop them, but not at the same time..." he groaned, rolling out of the way of a slash, "First you!" he spoke to the Blade Ganma, "Ike, Musashi!"
=KAIGAN: MUSASHI!=
"Alright! Come on! Give 'em a right and a left!" Yurusen cheered as Makoto emerged from the roof entrance, "Well about time ya showed up."
"I had to help get some boxes to a clearing near the temple for Kanon," Makoto argued before summoning his belt, "Henshin!"
=KAIGAN: SPECTER!=
"HA!" Specter shouted as he kicked the Space Ganma across his domed face, "Takeru, what's their scheme this time?"
"Nearest I can guess, the spaceman one was sucking up energy and sending out a weird noise through phones and made people's heads hurt...and probably knocked out half the town." Ghost Musashi Damashii grunted blocking slash after slash from the Blade Ganma, "Also this guy is a copy of the Ganma who killed me." he grunted.
"Okay you take care of him; I'll take care of Rocketman." Specter nodded.
"Here: try this to counter his electric powers!" Ghost grunted, batting Edison to Specter with his right sword.
"Thank you!" he cheered catching and clicking it.
=KAIGAN: EDISON!=
"GH?!" Komasan froze.
"Nii-san?" Komajirou pondered.
"I felt someone using Edison Eyecon that I don't like them using, zura…" Komasan whimpered.
"Ha!" Specter Edison Damashii grunted as he fired bolts of lightning from his Gan Gun Hand at the Ganma. He then stopped as he let a blast hit him only to be absorbed into his antenna, "Sorry, that type of play doesn't work here." he shook his finger before reverting his weapon to rod mode and striking the Ganma across the chest multiple times.
"Hup!" Ghost grunted blocking a low slash before ducking around the Ganma and slashing him across the back. Ghost blocked another slash before spinning his sword around and forcing the Ganma to move as he wanted via twisting his arm which was also his actual sword. Using this Ghost jumped and slashed with both swords as he jumped forward, slashing the monster across its shoulder to its back with both blades.
"Takeru!" Specter spoke as he swung his Gan Gun hand as it stretched and struck the Blade Ganma making him cry in pain as he was zapped.
"Hai, Makoto-nii!" Ghost cheered, jumping off Specter's shoulders as he brought both of his swords down across the Space Ganma's torso, making it cry in pain and stumble back, "Hissatsu."
"Right," Specter agreed.
The two moved to scan their weapons as the two Ganma stumbled to regain their footing. But before their attacks could be primed, the ground around them exploded. Both Riders grunted before turning to the side to see a familiar figure.
=CRUSH THE INVADER!=
"Ha!" Necrom grunted as he rushed and slammed the palms of his hands into their stomachs sending them reeling back into a wall.
"Alain…" Specter grunted.
"It's your very violent friend again…" Ghost grunted in a dazed tone, "Hey buddy….oh god, he's got my leg!" he cried as Necrom swung Ghost around before swinging him into Specter, knocking them both over once more, "This reminds me of this internet show from America Shibuya and Narita got into thanks to a trip there for gun shooting with the Koma Kyodai…"
"How'd it go?"
"From what I remember of an episode they showed involving a group of guys against one person...he's the single person," Ghost replied, he then paused as he remembered something, "Ah man...I'm the guy in orange…"
"You two beat it. We can't afford to lose ground on the project," Necrom ordered, "I'll deal with them."
"Yes, sire," both replied before quickly booking it.
"Ugh...and before they could blab their plans to boot..." Specter groaned.
"I won't finish you both here as I must return to supervising, so try and let this kill you," Necrom said as he lifted up his left arm.
=DAITENGAN: NECROM! OMEGAULOAD!=
Necrom spun his arms around as green energy pooled from his chest symbol into a sphere in front of him. As his hands came together via touching his thumbs to his index fingers, he grunted as he unleashed a blast of green energy. Ghost and Specter quickly pulled on their belts as the beam came close to them.
"GAH! What was that?!" Whisper shouted, hearing a giant boom in the distance followed by a pillar of smoke rising into the air.
"That's someone from Dragonball about to sue somebody," Yurusen said.
"Why are you here?" Whisper complained.
"I got the hell out of dodge!" she smiled. "Now call a lawyer Yokai! We're gonna need one."
"Eh? Hikikomori-chan isn't answering," Cyber noted, looking at her phone.
"And why are you not heading for the big boom or your place to find out what's wrong?" Yurusen asked.
"Well for the second, she's done this before when a timed event was happening on a MMORPG she plays in and tends to shut her phone completely down so she can't get disturbed," Cyber noted, "As for the first, I would but I owed Atsugaru-san a favor." a downpour began, "Pardon me, I need to go assure Ame-Onna everything is okay...again."
"...Makoto-nii...am I alive?"
"No...no, you are not…"
"Oh thank the kami..."
"Takeru…"
"Hai?"
"Shut up please…" Specter groaned as he was pinned under rubble.
"Hang on…" Ghost groaned, getting up as his body was skewered by random rebars, but as he was a ghost they were more just stuck inside his ethereal body then anything disturbing. It was actually kinda funny as one was going right through his head.
"I can't take you seriously when you let stuff like that phase through your body…" Specter sighed.
"What...I'm worried I can't control my intangibility when I worry," Ghost complained as he lifted rubble off Specter.
"Then think of something else, like a girl you like in a skimpy bikini," Specter snorted, "And before you ask how I know that, blame Mitsunari and a bookstore."
"Skimpy bikini...are there other kinds?"
"...Oh right. Onari. Think of her in the nude then."
"...Makoto-Nii, you need help…" Ghost simply replied after a few moments.
"Nani?"
"Ah…" Ghost shook his head as he walked off.
"What...WHAT!?" he complained, "Ah mou…"
"We need to get you looked at."
"I don't need that from the guy with a pipe stuck in his head…" Specter groaned.
"Well I'm dead. What's your excuse?"
"I've been to Hell!"
"He's changed a lot," Necrom spoke as he picked up a fallen Gan Gun Hand; he then held it over his Mega-Uloader, absorbing it before vanishing.
"That was quite amusing," both jumped and turned to see Ryoma sitting on a piece of rubble, "So you're dead, but your life burns bright. What's that mean anyway?"
"...Isn't that your girl's female Yokai friend that we play off as her sister?" Specter asked, "Why does she have a guy's voice now?"
"Ryoma-dono's Eyecon," Ghost replied before turning to Ryoma as 'he' chewed on a piece of jerky, "It means doing my best while putting my life on the line."
"Risking our lives for our dreams was what we did every day in my era!" Ryoma smirked.
"You are quite irritating," Ghost sighed.
"I can't take him seriously in that body," Specter stated, causing Ryoma to fall over into a slump.
"It makes me wonder why he didn't wait to be handed over to a male body to possess…" Ghost muttered as Ryoma poked the floor, "Well, at least his wife's not around to chew him out for it."
Ryoma paused to shudder at that.
"His wife?" Specter asked.
"Hai. Ryoma's wife was with him all his life in his campaign to change Japan and even continued his mission after his passing." Ghost explained, "She was a great hero in her own right. Brave and powerful, truly a female hero."
'You never had to deal with her during that time of month…' Ryoma thought, "...The scary thing is...I feel like she's waiting on something and then she'll strike...she's like...ahh what was it called….Star Platinum from Jojo part 3."
"Ah...he's had time to read manga…" Ghost muttered.
"You seem to be pretty lax for the great man with a dream for Japan," Specter added, causing Ryoma to slump once more.
"Okay, maybe we should stop picking on him…" Ghost sighed as he let all the pipes fall out of him, "About that Satcho Alliance…"
"I ask that for a friend who has a very very big dream," Ryoma informed, quickly correcting 'himself' once more, "He's here right now in fact."
"Eh?" the two pondered.
"Ahem," the two looked down to see Nobunyaga.
"Oh, Nobunyaga," Ghost realized.
"Cat...can you make this less weird by any chance?" Specter pointed at Ryoma's 'body.'
"Considering the girl is allowing him free reign, not much," Nobunyaga replied, "However, he is correct. The descendent of a vassal of mine, Nagamasa Tamura, requires assistance with his family's company, Kameyama Heavy Industries."
"Eh soka…" Ghost muttered, "Well how can I help?"
"It's his dream that's the issue," Nobunyaga frowned.
"Eh?"
"Space."
"..." the two Riders stepped back.
"Not 'space,'" Nobunyaga growled before pointing his flintlock at the sky, "That space! His company builds satellites. When I have my spies go in and possess someone and get him talking, it results in nothing but talks of space and all things about it to the point they can't remember what their mission was in the first place."
"Soka…" Ghost took back Edison and transformed into that form before letting his new mask light up with a 'ding' sound.
"Ah, true. Such a huge dream he has!" Ryoma chuckled before sighing as 'he' rested 'his' hand on 'his' cheek, "Sadly, there's a bit of an issue."
"His latest satellite that he wants to build require cooperation with someone vital, but that someone refuses to assist," Nobunyaga informed.
"Who?" Specter asked, cracking his knuckles.
"No combat for this, at least...physical combat," Nobunyaga countered, "The person of vital importance...is his own father." the two looked at the cat Yokai as he snapped his fingers, causing a shinobi-garbed Yokai to appear and hand his a folder before vanishing, "This has the important information. The young man's ambitions are powerful, drawn forth by his dream. Keep his ambitions from dying out...and, if possible, provide me dirt to have his company merged under my company."
"Eh…" Both Riders muttered at that as Nobunyaga left in a puff of smoke, "Eh sounds like you." they muttered.
"Even as a Yokai, his dream of a unified Japan is big," Ryoma chuckled, "So shall you head on out?"
"Hai," Ghost replied.
"I gotta get back to see how Kanon's handling that new pet of hers," Specter noted.
"You know he's not a pet...He's like a companion who...lives in our house...eats our food...and drags her on wonderful adventures...Huh...two out of three of those do sound like pet things…" Ghost muttered.
"Ah, the youth of this era is interesting," Ryoma chuckled before blinking a few times, revealing Fu-chan's eyes were normal, "Eh? Oh please tell me he did not figure out my powers and did all this while drunk."
"No...That was all someone else…" Both riders quickly sighed.
"Honestly, it seems like the most he can do is move your body around," Specter added before muttering, "And make you sound like a guy."
"What was that last bit?" Fu-chan asked as the area went from moderately warm to frigid in a second.
"Ah! He said 'Gotta go check on Kanon,'" Ghost noted, pushing Specter away, "Go, go, go."
"Alright, alright. I'm goin'. I'm goin'," Specter huffed as he walked off.
"Fu-chan, would you come along while I go see Nagamasa-san?" Ghost asked, changing back to normal.
"Considering Cyber-chan's good work at the Temp Sect party, sure," Fu-chan replied before unbuttoning her business shirt a bit, "Phew...that's better. How can anyone wear such tight things…?" she walked over to Takeru and winked, "Shall we get going, ne?"
"Hai." Takeru smiled.
"Hmm...lets see...this goes here...and that here...and this there…" USApyon muttered as he worked reading the instructions and Kanon put them in place to be properly fixed or welded into place by others.
"Hm? Oi, Uchu-Usagi!" Narita called.
"What?" USApyon asked.
"Why is there a slot for a medal on this part?" Narita asked.
"Eh? A slot, dani?" USApyon pondered before looking at the instructions, "...'While everything is provided for building your rocket, the requirements for using said rocket require five Medals of five specific Yokai.'"
"Nani?" Kanon asked as she ran over, "What Medals? Maybe Cyber-Oneechan has some."
"Um...Ah, Merameraion, Fubuki-hime, Fusafusan, Hatsudenshin, and...and…" USApyon groaned as he slumped to the ground, "...The Legend Yokai Unchikuma."
"Legend?" Kanon asked.
"The rarest of the rarest, dani," USApyon explained, "It's said that there is only one of each kind of Legend Yokai at a time."
"So it's a grand adventure which could take us weeks...no, months to finish!" Kanon cheered with sparkles of adventure in her eyes.
"..." USApyon, Shibuya, and Narita shared looks.
"..." USApyon motioned to Kanon.
Shibuya and Narita shrugged, having no idea why she was acting like that. USApyon slumped.
"Sa...Let the adventure begin!" she cheered, trying to run off...only to realize she wasn't moving, "Wait...Ah, Oniichan!?"
"Oi, where are you going? It's nearly sunset," Makoto demanded, pointing at the sun and showing that it was indeed starting to set.
"Eh!? Already!?" Kanon asked shocked, "Uso...but...adventure...and freedom...and…"
"Hai hai tomorrow...with Supervision." Makoto added, slinging her over his shoulder in a fireman carry.
"No…." Kanon whined.
"Will it be okay out here?" Shibuya pondered.
"It came with a tarp to cover it in case of weather," USApyon noted.
"Oh, that's good!" Shibuya beamed, "Oh, do you have a place to stay, USApyon?"
"Ah...not really, dani," USApyon replied.
"He's staying with me!" Kanon declared, "He's my friend so until he has his own place, he's moving in with us!"
"You heard her," Makoto said as a Gan Gun Hand extended and grabbed USApyon by his helmet and dragged him away.
"AH! Nani, dani?!"
"Come on, mushroom."
"...Did you call him a mushroom?"
"What? He looks like a big yellow one," Makoto noted, "I think he's a namekichi from this space show I watched even."
"...Mou…" Kanon groaned as she spotted USApyon's madly twitching eye as his hands went up to beneath his helmet.
"Teme…" USApyon growled as he pushed the buttons.
=VADER MODE=
"BWAH! What the hell, you crazy rabbit?!" Makoto yelped as he ran off as USApyon charged after him, firing wildly at the Rider.
"Huh...So glad we haven't gotten targeted yet," Narita noted as he and Shibuya went to work covering the rocket with the tarp.
"Yokai get stranger every day...then they go and show us things like easy teleporting, life-size minipla that actually work, and a shooting range in America for fun days when we get a day off," Shibuya added.
"I'm waiting for a Yokai that can either help me earn extra cash or find cute girls," Narita admitted, "As cute as most of them are...they can't be seen by normal girls."
"True. ...Have you seen what happened when Onari bought a laser pointer?"
"No, what?"
"Jibanyan chased the red light all over."
"Well, he was a normal cat before he died, right?"
"Yep."
"...Did you…?"
"Already shared it with ya."
"Nice."
"It did? ...Oh, that's a relief," Fu-chan sighed in relief, "...hai. Hai, he's fine. ...Considering he's hitching a ride in my body, I know. ...Okay, aishiteru, Garu-chan~" she hung up and put her phone away, "The party was a success thanks to Cyber-chan. That's a relief. I was really not expecting to be letting a famous man to share my body today."
"I still wonder why he was so antsy to do so…" Takeru muttered, "Is it that rough being stuck in an Eyecon?" he asked, holding up Musashi.
"More than likely he's too weak willed to handle it, if I had to venture a guess," he responded, "Ano Ryoma was too energetic in his lifetime. He likely has no sense of patience, or like you've said before without his wife he is unfocused."
"Okay, seems we're here," Fu-chan noted, seeing a man in a business suit waving them down outside of a fence with a sign reading 'Tamura Technology Plant.'
"Ah that must be him," Takeru waved back as he jogged over, "Nagamasa Tamura-san?"
"Hai, that's me," the man replied, bowing, "You're Tenkuji Takeru-san and his assistant, hai?"
"Hai. I'm just a temporary one, though. His regular is out on some business," Fu-chan replied, "Watashi wa Fubuki, but please call me 'Fu-chan,' ne?"
"Ah...hai, Takeru-kun, Fu-chan," he nodded, "Thank you for coming."
"Of course." Takeru nodded.
"So your father works here?" Fu-chan asked.
"Yes. He used to be a satellite design engineer," Tamura explained, "He created the first satellite that could link with other satellites. He was famous in the industry."
"Oh, sugei!" Fu-chan awed.
"If that's true...then why won't he help with your project?" Takeru pondered.
"Oh...well, that…" Tamura began as the two quickly noticed how awkward it turned.
"Oh, it doesn't matter at the moment. What's important is that he's your father, ne? I'm sure deep down he wants to help," Fu-chan noted.
"Yeah, there must be a reason why. We just need to find out why then work from there," Takeru added.
"Yeah…" Tamura agreed.
"I don't have anything to say to you," an older man in a blue uniform informed, focusing on the machine before him.
"We can finally build a satellite together," Tamura informed, "Isn't that my, your's, and Nii-san's dream? You understand, don't you?" he pulled out a blueprint, "Tou-san!" the older man finally paused to look, "If this satellite launches successfully, Japan's space program will take a leap forward. That's why…"
"This is a waste of time. Leave," the man ordered.
"Okay...this is not going as I expected," Fu-chan quietly admitted to Takeru.
"Indeed...times like this I wish I could call on Yokai to help people say what they really mean," Takeru muttered.
"Tou-san! Are you still bothered by the past?"
"What was that?!" the elder snapped as he prepared to grab his son.
"Ah! Matte!" Takeru yelped as he moved between them, "Let's talk this out. If we talk..."
"Who are you?" the elder questioned.
"Tenkuji Takeru," Takeru replied before looking at the elder's name tag, "Satsunoshin Tamura-san…" he blinked twice and looked at Tamura, "Nagamasa-san and Satsunoshin-san…"
"Since Naga can also be read as 'Cho'..." Fu-chan mumbled, "...Oh, so that's what Ryoma-san meant."
"So that's what he meant by Satcho Alliance…" Takeru realized.
"What the heck are you talking about?" Satsunoshin demanded.
"I've come to help form the Satcho Alliance," Takeru informed with a salute.
"..."
"Out! Out! Out! All three of you out!" Satsunoshin demanded, pushing the trio out, "Leave now and don't ever come back!"
"I half expected to get a cartoonish boot out into the street," Takeru muttered.
"I won't come back to someone who can't let go of the past!" Nagamasa declared as he walked off.
"Ah, wait! Where are you heading for?" Fu-chan gasped.
"It's pointless. I can't rely on my father!" Nagamasa declared as he left.
"Why am I stuck between an argument of father and son?" Takeru sighed.
"Ah…" Fu-chan sighed before she turned around and Ryoma crossed 'his' arms over 'his' chest, "You're such a small man ze yo."
"Oh not this again…" Takeru sighed, "I find it so hard to believe the ghost is the one reprimanding me for failing to help two living people...then again, that's literally my job as I am a ghost…" he sighed, jogging after Nagamasa.
"Once a man makes a promise, he should keep it!" Ryoma called.
"That's what I'm trying to do." Takeru replied, "I had no idea how much I appreciate having people with me on investigations…minus the ones like that haunted hospital..."
"Hospital?" Ryoma pondered, tilting his head before looking up, "Ah. You may want to dodge to the left."
"Eh?" Takeru pondered before yelping as he barely dodged the swing of the Sword Ganma's blade, "You again?!"
"Don't think badly of me. My order was to eliminate you!" the Blade Ganma declared.
"You know I hate to poke holes in enemy orders...but I'm already dead…" Takeru muttered, making the Ganma pause for a moment of contemplation, "Ikuze, Tou-san. Henshin!"
=IPPATSU TOUCON!=
A burst of fire sent the Ganma reeling back as Ghost's new red suit formed over his body.
=Ore Ga Boost! Furitatsu Ghost! Go Fight! Go Fight! Go! Go! Go!=
"Thanks for giving me time to transform!" Ghost grunted as he summoned his Sunglasseslasher and slashed the Sword Ganma across the torso knocking him back, "Boy, I hope that works in future fights…" he muttered, blocking a slash from the Ganma before kicking him back.
The two clashed swords drawing sparks with each clash of blades. The two grunted as Ghost pushed the Ganma back with their next clash. Ghost rolled to the side avoiding another swing, as he did he grabbed the blade and twisted it around changing the sword into the barrel of a gun; its length shortening as it did to be more of a pistol. Ghost turned around and shot a powerful stream of red burning energy which struck the Ganma's torso, making him stumble back as flames sparked off where he was blasted.
"Tch...This will not be like the last time we dueled," the Sword Ganma declared as he jumped high into the air, sprouting spectral swallow wings on his back, "Secret technique!" before Ghost could move, he cried out as he was struck by the Sword Ganma, who had become a blur in his swoop down to strike, "Tsubame Gaeshi (Swallow Counter)!"
"Nani?" Ghost asked as he was slashed across the chest, the slash causing a small explosion as he was sent stumbling away, "Honto no...Tsubame Gaeshi...masaka...the sword he's using?"
"Ah. It is the blade of Sasaki Kojiro," the Sword Ganma confirmed, landing on a rooftop before sprouting the wings once more and delivering several strikes.
"Gah! Haiyei…" Ghost grunted, tumbling away after a slash sent several sparks off his armor, "Even with Toucon Boost's power...I won't stand a chance against his air superiority and speed…" he blinked as sparkles fell on him, "Eh?"
"Ah! It's as you said, Komajirou-dono!" Ghost turned to see Onari with the Kumo Lantern in hand and Komajirou on his shoulder.
"I'm just glad Ryoma-san figured out how to text, zura," Komajirou noted, "Mmm...Still haven't heard from Hikikomori-san, zura. She normally calls when a Ganma attacks."
"Onari?!" Ghost gawked.
"Takeru-dono!" Onari greeted, "What happened? Why...AH!" he screamed when the Ganma swooped past him.
"Monge!" Komajirou yelped as Onari ducked in time, "Haiyei, zura!"
The two looked up as they touched the top of their heads. Onari felt the normal smooth shaved head, and Komajirou felt his fur, letting them breathe in relief.
"That is a fast Ganma," Onari noted, "...Oh! I know someone just as fast!"
"Eh? You have a watch now, Onari?"
"Iie," Onari bluntly replied as he dug in his robes, "Takeru-dono, I'm sure you know already that…" he grinned as he pulled out Goemon's Eyecon, "Goemon-dono was a ninja! He is perfect for countering quick attacks!"
"Soka! Nice idea, Onari!" Ghost gave a thumbs up as he stood back up and held his hand out.
"Monge! The tsubame is coming back, zura!" Komajirou yelped.
Onari yelped and quickly threw it before barely avoiding another attack. Ghost jumped, barely avoiding the swooping attack, and caught the tossed Eyecon. Landing, he quickly clicked the side of the Eyecon and pulled out Boost.
"Goemon!" Ghost called as he inserted the new Eyecon into the Driver and closed it.
=EYE~! Bacchiri Minaa~!=
As the tune began to play, the Sword Ganma swooped down once more. A yellow glow came from the 'eye' of the belt as a new Parka emerged, parrying the attacks of the Ganma several times. After a final block, the Parka posed in a kabuki stance, letting it be fully seen in the moonlight. It was much longer than normal Parkas, more akin to a trench coat than a parka. It was a pale yellow color with the black cuffs and lining of the parka made out of yen coins, two lappels of golden bars with Ghost's symbol added to this money theme. Silver rope merged into the back of the parka like that of a Kabuki actors attire while the top of the hood was a similar black cap to even further add to its Kabuki aesthetic. Ghost pulled and pushed it the lever of his Driver, making the 'eye' blink.
=KAIGAN! GOE~MON~!=
With that, the parka slipped onto Ghost. Ghost adjusted the sleeves as the mask lifted and locked into place. His pale yellow mask with black markings resembled the famous eye paint of Goemon prominent in the plays about his tales.
=Kabuki ukiuki! Midare zaki!=
"Monge~!" Komajirou awed as Ghost posed like a kabuki actor, his weapon now grasped in a reverse grip.
"Very cool!" Onari applauded.
"Yoh!" Ghost declared as he jumped and landed on the same roof as the Ganma. He swung and deflected a swing before spinning around and kicking the Ganma in the side, making him stumble to the left as Ghost wanted.
The two ran across the tip of a roof. The Ganma stumbled, unable to keep a proper footing on the uneven terrain. Ghost, however, walked along the thin edge which was the roof's peek. Like a tightrope walker, he stepped gracefully forward. Ghost grunted as he swung his sword and slashed the Ganma, making hm stumble down one side of the roof from the sudden attack. Ghost deflected a swing from the Ganma before swinging down and slashing the spiritual monster across his shoulder to his hip. Ghost quickly twisted his wrist and swung up slashing him in a different angle, leaving a glowing oblong X wound in the Ganma's torso.
The Ganma roared as he charged while swinging down, only for Ghost to pass him with his superior speed and slash him across his abdomen. The Ganma cried as sparks and black ectoplasm spilled from the wound. Ghost stomped his foot as he adjusted his footing and turned to face the monster once more. Ghost began ducking under swing after swing, letting the Ganma waste his stamina and lose balance with each swing of his giant blade. As the Ganma moved in to decrease Ghost's room for evasion, he was stunned by two quick slashes from Ghost's new reverse grip sword style.
"You gotta be kidding me...is...is he posing each time he strikes the guy?!" Yurusen gawked.
"Yay!" Onari and Komajirou cheered.
Ghost blocked another swing as he began stepping around the Ganma, forcing it to step in the same circle lest he lose his position. However, the Ganma's weaker balance forced him to take many smaller steps...and look down to keep from slipping...giving Ghost a chance to pull his sword back and jump. As he came down, he swung adding the momentum of his fall to his swing allowing him to deal a deep slash to the Ganma's torso.
"Tsubame Gaeshi!" Sword Ganma roared as he took to the air again and swooped down.
Ghost grunted as he jumped into the air and backflipped through it, letting the Ganma fly under him. The Rider landed on the roof, perfect landing on one knee. The Sword Ganma came around for another strike only for Ghost to avoid by simply leaning back. The Ganma performed a sharp turn and came at the Rider from behind...only for Ghost to push himself into the air by pushing with his hand sending him flying up over the literal backstab attack. Ghost jumped over another swoop and landed with a spin as he now faced the Ganma who's energy that allowed him to fly seemed to begin to waver from extended use. Ghost jumped and slashed with his sword as the two crossed paths mid-air. The Ganma cried as he fell on the roof with a wound as Ghost landed on the ground below.
"This is pretty cool!" Ghost cheered as he fixed his parka and hood.
"That weapon is a pair of sunglasses, yeah?" Yurusen giggled, poofing in next to Ghost as she pointed. Ghost spun the Sunglasseslasher around as he lifted the actual sunglasses part up revealing two slots, "Bingo baby!"
"It looks like the Eyecons can fit in here," Ghost noted, pulling out Ore and Boost before inserting them into the two slots.
=MEGA MABUSHI~! MEGA MABUSHI~!=
"Nanto?" the Ganma asked, hearing that odd tune from the weapon.
Ghost pulled the shades down as the symbols of both Eyecons formed through the tinted glass before fading into fire which began converging on the blade of the Sunglasseslasher. The Toucon Boost mandala formed behind Ghost as he held the blade behind his back, sheathing it into the symbol. The crimson and black flames converged on the blade as Ghost struck another pose.
=TOUCON DAIKAIGAN!=
"Yoh!" Ghost shouted, jumping into the air with all the force his legs could.
"Hikken! Tsubame Gaeshi!" the Ganma shouted as his wings extended and he flew directly at Ghost.
Red and blue flashes of light flew towards one another. The pale moon acting as a canvas as both figures clashed mid-air. Ghost slashed his sword from the right as the Ganma thrust his forward. Their aura dispersed for a moment only for a red streak to form through the Ganma's body. His wings fell apart as his parka fell off mid-air allowing the regular Ganma to fall to the ground and explode into red flames.
=MEGA OMEGA SHINE!=
Ghost landed on a roof top as the flames and smoke died down slowly. He then suddenly stomped his foot as he held his sword down as if a cane/umbrella. "A Superb view~!" he shouted while rotating his body around, "It is a Superb View~!" he shouted as he struck a pose with his left palm facing out and his Sunglasseslasher held across his shoulder. Suddenly an entire fireworks show of sparks and explosions went off in the sky behind Ghost as he finished his performance.
"Oi vey…" Yurusen groaned, "Too much ham today. Something out there, strike down the ham!"
Condor Denwor screeched as it flew down to Ghost before pecking him repeatedly on the head.
"Ah! Gah! Goi! Oi, what's wrong with you?!" Ghost demanded before the condor assumed phone mode once more that Ghost answered, "Moshi-moshi? ...Oi, oi. Calm down, Cyber. Cal...eh?! She's lost her soul?!" he panicked, "I'll be right there! Also yes the fireworks were my fault. Sorry!" he hung up and jumped down, "Yurusen, I need Captain Ghost to get to Cyber's house! Hikikomouri's lost her soul!"
"...Someone out there, strike down Whisper and give me a billion Yen!" Yurusen declared, earning only an awkward silence, "...Damn."
"You're very hammy tonight," Ghost noted.
"Wha...up but you and...fireworks and Kabuki...Yoh!" she shouted, summoning Captain Ghost, "Go be with your girlfriend and leave me be, kid!" she spun around and pointed at Onari and Komajirou, "And you two get back to the temple! Knowing little Ms. Princess, she's probably gonna try to sneak out with the fake-rabbit otter when Makoto goes to bed or if they manage to bribe the stupid one with soft cream to distract him!"
"Ah…." they realized how accurate that was.
"Yoh…" Ghost grunted, landing on the roof to Cyber's house before he back flipped and landed in through the window, rolling across the ground and stopping in another pose.
"Oh, is that Goemon, whis?" Whisper asked.
"Pay up. I knew it'd be hammy, nyan," Jibanyan deadpanned.
"Eh?!" Whisper gawked.
"Sorry...this form is just so nimble…" Ghost chuckled, "Look…" he leaned forward so far he was practically horizontal to the ground; he then flipped forward and landed on both feet perfectly despite the small space of the room.
"Oh! How impressive!" Whisper applauded with Jibanyan.
"Takeru-san!" Cyber called as she ran over, carrying a greyed out Hikikomori, "Onegai! We came home and found her like this!"
"Right," Ghost nodded as he reverted to his default Toucon Boost and walked over; he put his hand out as he began to focus his spiritual powers, "How did this happen?"
"When a Yokai loses their spirit, the body remains until they're reunited, whis," Whisper explained, "But the reason for the separation is always different for each Yokai. ...Well...outside of the food-based ones."
"It's odd...I can feel that her body is stable...but I can't reach out to her soul…" Ghost muttered, "Someone must have it contained somewhere…Whisper, is there a time limit for this we should worry about?"
"No. Some Yokai can spend centuries in this state, whis," Whisper explained.
"Okay...so we don't have a clock to beat...we can worry a little less…" he sighed before removing his armor, "But we need to find out where her soul is."
"What was she doing anyway?" Jibanyan pondered as he looked at her laptop, "That's a lotta dots on a map, nyan."
"Hm?" Takeru mused using his powers to bring the laptop over to them, "It's a map of town…"
"That looks like the area where all the people were collapsing, whis," Whisper noted before yelping, "The dots are increasing?!"
"What's that say at the bottom, nyan?" Jibanyan asked pointing at english words.
"Network interference in this area?" Takeru read and translated, "Wait...is the Ganma using electronics to take peoples souls?!"
"Evil!" Jibanyan shouted, tossing Cyber's smartphone out the window. He then jumped and stole Whisper's YokaiPad and moved to do the same before stopping and handing it back "You can keep it." he smiled.
"Why thank-HEY WAIT A MINUTE!" Whisper realized why he gave it back.
A satellite signal management center in the Kanto region was bare of any workers at the time. Despite it, the monitors were all still working until they began fizzle as Alain entered with the unusual alien-like Ganma behind him. Looking around, he smirked before turning to the Ganma.
"Do it."
"Yes, sir," the Ganma replied, giving a formal bow.
Two orbs on its chest light up and sent out waves of energy. The energy seemed to possess the equipment and move the satellite dish outside to link up with a satellite orbiting overhead.
The satellite that was linked to by the Ganma began sparking before a Ganma eye symbol formed over it. It moved and began sending out a dark wave that went down towards earth. As it floated around it became clear this was not the only satellite that was being hijacked by Ganma. Several were all branded by the Ganma eye symbol and sent out the same dark wavelength to the earth below.
GT: Welll...this is bad.
Z0: Who thought ghosts could possess our modern electronics. Oh who am I kidding it's the plot of most popular japanese modern horror movies.
GT: Really? Huh...learn something new everyday.
Z0: I mean if you can stand through the buckets of fake blood and jump scares they are decent horror flicks. But eh talk for a different crowd.
GT: Yep. But for now...PRE…*bucket gets shoved on my head*
Yurusen: Oi. You weren't gonna forget that we had a new Parka debut, right?
Z0: Ah...right *hands paycheck* you money hungry little troll.
Yurusen: Hello! I am Yurusen and welcome back to another Rider Fashion Check! Oh…*looks over at Whisper* And that's Whibutt.
Whisper: Whisper! And today we're going to be talking about.
=KAIGAN: GOE~MON~!=
Whisper: The Goemon Damashii, whis! *sees Ghost posing as a Kabuki actor in the Parka* Why are you posing like that?! Are you not supposed to be a ninja?!
Ghost: Ya know...I don't rightly know...but it feels right...it feels right, *the Parka's coattail swings and tosses coins at Whisper*
Yurusen: MINE! *slams Whisper away with a mallet before picking up the coins* The posing could be explained simply by the fact that his tale has been told constantly through the art of Kabuki performances, hence why the transformation announcement mentions kabuki and all his posing like he's performing it. *sniffs the air, not noticing the coins are smoking* What's cooking?
*BOOM!*
Whisper: *looks from the twitching, soot-covered Yurusen on the ground to Ghost* You have exploding coins, whis?!
Ghost: Yeah. It seems like depending on the kind of currency the bombs look like, the level of explosion. *holds up the old yen coin* This must be the smallest while this...*holds up gold bar with Ghost's symbol etched onto it* ...must be the big boy explosives…
Whisper: R-Right…*clears throat* Well, the kabuki does help me understand why your helmet is called the Persona Superstar, whis. It's quite eye catching, really, especially since it's covered in the Zekkeifudo and Die Byaku head.
Ghost: The Die Byaku head is this hat. *points to said hat on his hood* It sharpens my senses and makes me more aware of my surroundings, allowing me to predict enemy movements and attacks coming from angles I can't see. *ducks under a swing from Yurusen's sword and then several more, all without turning to see her* See? It's like a sense enhancer. I can hear each swing coming, and even feel the disturbance in the air it makes with each swing.
Whisper: And the Zekkeifudo converts mental energy from the transformation to enhance the body's abilities to superhuman levels, increasing speed and strength. *gets bisected by Yurusen* GAH!
Yurusen: Grrr...Get back here, coin-bomber! Yurusen Justice! *tries to attack Ghost only for her blade to bounce off one of the ropes, giving a metallic clang* Gah! Forgot about your Niounotasuki!
Ghost: The ropes on Goemon's parka are not ropes, but pipes; energy pipes to be exact. They take the energy I produce and amplify them before feeding them back into me, essentially allowing me to shatter my own limits for short bursts of scary power. Hehe...bet you didn't expect this form to also be a power type, huh!?
Whisper: Chotto!? This form is both fast and strong!? *crudely stitched back together*
Ghost: Sonotori da Whisper! This form is truly, Amazing de gozaru! *strikes another pose as Kabuki sound effects play in the background*
Yurusen: *slams a mallet on Ghost only for nothing to happen* ...This is like Benkei, isn't it?
Whisper: You refer to the Kin Orchid Court, correct?
Ghost: The special golden grain fiber which makes up the parka is designed to absorb kinetic energy as well as energy attacks and convert it to energy fed into the parka itself and me. Essentially, it make a loop with the Niounotasuki. The more hits I take, the higher and higher my power grows.
Whisper: Wait! So it has speed, amazing sense, power, and endurance as well as a limitless energy reserve in combat? Is...is this your strongest form!?
Yurusen: No, that's far later and spoiler-filled. Plus, I know a way to beat it.
Ghost: Eh?
Yurusen: *grabs the belt and gets the Eyecon out*
=OYASUMI~=
Takeru: …
Yurusen: Yurusen Justice! *whips out a mallet twice Takeru's size*
Whisper and Takeru: GAH! *flee as Yurusen chases them*
USApyon: Uhm...that's a cut, dani.
GT: Should we help them?
Z0: Beyond our power and beyond our pay.
GT: RIght. So...preview it is!
USApyon: Jikan, Kamen Rider Ghost: Yokai Chronicles, dani!
Takeru: Eh...the whole city is falling asleep.
Cyber: Ah! Whisper-san!
USApyon: Minna, I think I know where this is coming from, dani!
Alain: There is something I want to ask you, brother.
Takeru: I want to protect their dreams! I want to create a world where I can laugh with my friends!
USApyon: Onwards to space, dani! Liftoff!
=MEZAMEYO! NIHON! YOAKE ZE YO!=
Arc 2 Chapter 3: Superb View! The Earth's Daybreak, dani!
Ghost: Uchu Kita!
GT: I still laugh at that reference.
Z0: I think that's proof Fourze is forever loved.
GT: Very true. Well, until next time, please read and rev-*gets run over by a still-fleeing Takeru and Whisper*-GAH!
Yurusen: *flies by with an even bigger metal mallet* GET BACK HERE AND SUFFER!
Z0: Till next time readers *snaps as an explosion swallows up Yurusen*