A Yokai Journey

By: GammaTron

Summary: There are inexplicable events occurring in this world, that are all caused by Yokai. You can see those Yokai with an object called the "Yokai Watch." When encountering those Yokai, no one knows what will happen to your life.

Disclaimer: I don't own the series Yokai Watch. Yokai Watch is owned by Level-5. I do own my OC Cyber Miko.

A soft sniffle came out as leaves rustled a bit in the wind. Walking through the forest was a young girl around 13 years of age, clutching an empty case close to her. She rubbed her eyes of tears, trying not to flinch at the sting from the scrapes on the arm.

'It's not fair…I was the one who collected all those bugs…' she thought, shaking her messy blue hair out of her face, trying to ignore the clumps of mud in it.

Their summer homework was simple enough; collect six different bugs. Since she…she shook her head of that though…she just knew where some of the best bugs were. She has just gotten the last of her favorite kind, a nice normal cicada, when some of the kids in her class ambushed her and stole her case!

'It…It's not my fault I'm different…' she thought, her hand moving up to lightly press on her developing bosom, 'Everyone in my Kaa-chan's family is an early bloomer…' she stopped when she reached a clearing, '?!' before her was a huge tree, the trunk sporting a braided rope as thick as her body with white papers attached to it, "It's huge…I…Could there be some bugs here?" she then looked down at the base to see a pair of grave markers behind a rock…with a stone gashapon machine resting on top of the rock, "A gashapon? Made of stone?" she bent down to get a better look, "Why would anyone make something like this?"

"Fe~ed me~, feed me~"

"?!" the girl bounced back, "Wh-What was that?!"

"Fe~ed me~, feed me~"

"Th-The stone gashapon's singing?!" the girl gawked, her teal eyes widening in shock.

"Feed me~! Feed me~! Feed me right now~!"

"Demanding, too," the girl gulped.

"Fe~ed me~, feed me~"

"Mmm…" she dug into her pocket and took out a hundred yen coin, "Yokatta…They didn't take it."

"Fe~ed me~, feed me~"

"O-Okay," she noted as she slowly slid the coin into the slot.

"Please insert a coin~!"

What that last tune, she turned the handle and the coin went into the machine. A stone gashapon capsule came out of the machine and she picked it up. The girl grunted as she tried to open it normally before she began to twist it in two directions. With one last grunt, the capsule opened and she moved back from the blue light that began to float before her. The light pulsed before erupting into a massive spiraling vortex made of a sutra scroll made of a blue translucent light, wisps of blue light spiraling about that.

"Oh~" she gasped, faintly seeing a figure floating within the light.

"Fu~shi~shi~shi~shi~shi~…" the figure's echoing voice reverberated as they gave a huge smile before a plume of magenta smoke dispelled the light.

"E-Eh? What…What is…?" the girl began as she now saw the figure looked like a stereotype for a ghost-being a white body with a wispy lower half, large blue/purple lips, and a black line connecting both eyes.

"Hi~!" the ghost greeted enthusiastically, "I am Whisper!" he bowed formally before saluting, "At your serwhisp."

Yokai: Whisper

Class: Unknown

Rank: Unknown

Element: Unknown

"I am what you humans commonly refer to as a 'Yokai,'" Whisper informed, zipping about her as he spoke quickly.

"Yokai? A…And you can talk fan…"

"Hai! We are mysterious beings that cause mysterious events! And you want to know why I was in a Gashapon?"

"Uh-huh," she nodded.

"That story dates back to 190 years ago in the Edo Period!" Whisper informed, "A 'righteous' monk decided all Yokai are evil and he sealed me with great prejudice. And just how did I end up in a stone Gashapon?" he shrugged, "Who cares about little details like that. What matters is that you freed me from my loooooong imprisonment!" he pointed right at the surprised girl, stars in his eyes, "You, yourself, and you!"

"Why was it a stone gashapon?" she asked.

"NANI?!" Whisper exclaimed as he fell hard onto the ground in shock, "Th-That's all you can say?!"

"G-Gomenassai!" she apologized, bowing quickly.

"?! A…Are you okay?" Whisper asked as he floated over.

"I…I'm fine."

"But…There are clumps of mud in your nice hair," Whisper noted.

"I fell."

"You're bleeding, too," Whisper added.

"I fell."

Whisper shook his head, "Unacceptable. As a Yokai Butler, I must correct this at once!" he zipped off and came back just as quick…ending up hitting the smaller tree beside her, "Gah!"

"Oh my! Daijoubu?" she asked as she quickly made her way over to the downed Yokai.

"I…I am fine…" Whisper groaned as he got up, showing he had a medical bag now on his person, "Just had to go grab some medical supplies."

"Wh-What?" the girl gasped, "Y…You didn't have to do that."

"Of course I did! You freed me from 190 years of imprisonment! That's 2,280 months! That's 9,880 weeks! That's 69,397 days! That's 99,930,310 minutes that have passed by just like THAT! We Yokai don't age," Whisper informed, "And since you released me, I shall become your Yokai Butler!"

"Whisper-san…" the girl whispered.

"Now sit down beside this and I'll get started on getting you all cleaned up," Whisper informed.

"…A…Arigatou," the girl sniffled, a small smile on her lips.

"No problem, my dear mistress," Whisper replied as he went to work.

"Ano…What's a Yokai Butler?"

"A Yokai Butler is meant to act as a guide to the Yokai World for their master or mistress," Whisper informed, "Anything you need help with, I'll be there to help you!"

"Y…You will?"

"Of course," Whisper replied, "A Yokai Butler is also considered a close friend of their master or mistress and…"

"Y…You want to be my friend?" the girl asked.

"Of course I do! You saved me from 190 years of containment from a 'righteous' monk's spell!" Whisper informed, "I will always be by your side so long as I am your Yokai Butler!" his eyes widened, "?!"

"I…I have a friend…" she sniffled, not caring about the tears that fell, "A….A real friend…"

"So that's why you were so happy, Cyber-chan," Whisper noted.

"Uhn…" the girl nodded, her hair now free of the clumps of mud/dirt.

"How deplorable children are these days," Whisper shook his head, "Allow me to help you with your summer assignment, then."

"You will?" the girl asked.

"Of course!" Whisper declared before he made a strange dance, "Bugs~, bugs~, rare~ bugs~! Come on, step right up~!"

"Nani?" Cyber blinked before a brown cicada flew into her bug net, "Oh! A brown cicada~!" her eyes widened as five more different bugs joined it, "Oh! It…These are the bugs I collected…" she looked up at Whisper in awe, "How did you…?"

"Whis~!" Whisper smiled, "Let's just say that one of them is really special."

"Yokatta…I'm so glad they're all okay," Cyber smiled gently at the six bugs in her net.

"I was amazed that none of them were dead," Whisper noted.

"It'd be mean to do that. I was planning to let them go once I showed them to sensei," Cyber informed.

"Ah, so kind and caring. But you do know that cicadas can only live for a week, right?" Whisper questioned.

Cyber nodded, "It's why I saved my favorite kind of mushi for last. We can show them to sensei early if we manage to find all six bugs we wanted to study."

"Really?" Whisper asked.

"Uhn," Cyber nodded, "We had to write a report on each bug we caught, so I wrote all six reports and went off to find the bugs I wrote about."

"Isn't that the opposite of what you needed to do?" Whisper asked.

"Hai, demo…The groundskeeper at our school told me the best places to find bugs and even gave me some special stuff to attract them," Cyber informed, reaching into her pocket, "Oh!" she frowned as she took her hand out, the hand covered in a sticky substance, "They must have broken when they pushed me down."

"Ah, what a waste of good cream," Whisper shook his head as he took out a handkerchief and wiped the substance off her hand, "Oh! That reminds me! I need to give you something!"

"B-But you already…" Cyber began.

"I know, but it will let you see something special," Whisper chuckled.

"Special?" Cyber questioned.

Cue: Yokai Watch main theme

With that, Whisper took out a necklace, the chain for it made of a blue metallic material. The pendant on it was big enough to fit perfectly in her hand. The pendant was what caught her eye. It was a soft shade of periwinkle with a heart theme to the circular shape of it. In the center of the pendant was a clear dome with a watch inside of it. The background of the watch displayed four different colors separated by black lines.

"Wh…What is this?" Cyber asked as Whisper put it on her.

"This, Cyber-chan, is the great and amazing Yokai Watch," Whisper informed, "With it, you can see more kinds of Yokai. Also, only you can see me. No other humans can."

"Really? Then…why can I see you just fine?" Cyber asked.

"Because you were the one who freed me," Whisper informed, "It was, in a way, a Familiar Bonding contract of sorts, you could say. But I am honest when I say that I am happy to be your friend, Cyber-chan."

"Arigatou, Whisper-san," Cyber thanked.

"No problem," Whisper saluted, "Now then, why not try to find some Yokai?"

"Eh?"

"Of course, Cyber-chan," Whisper encouraged, "There are tons of Yokai in the world, all of different shapes and sizes with many abilities unique to them! In fact, there might be one around here."

"Really?"

"Of course. Just open the top of your Yokai Watch and shine the light all over," Whisper informed.

"Ano…" Cyber held up the Yokai Watch and pressed a button on the side, causing the top to open up and a light to start shining, "Like this?"

The light soon fell upon a shadowed image near the base of a tree nearby. The image filled in quickly, revealing it to be a strange bird-like creature with dark feathers with a sad ghost face on its belly. Its long neck was bent down as if the bird was slumping and it sported a sad expression.

"Oh my…A bird?" Cyber gasped.

"That's…! Uh…" Whisper spun around and quickly tapped something on a strange blue device, "Ah!" he turned back and pointed at the bird, "That is the Bukimi-zoku Yokai, Tohohogisu."

"Tohohokekyo~" the bird greeted.

Tohohogisu

Class: Bukimi-zoku

Rank: E

Element: Wind

"Tohohogisu causes good things to end, causing humiliation. It ultimately results in the one she inspirits to end up feeling humiliated and awkward," Whisper explained, "She's the Yokai responsible for most humiliations in the world."

"She must be lonely if she causes others to have bad luck just because she's around," Cyber noted sadly.

"I was having such a nice nap…and you had to go and wake me. …Poor me," Tohohogisu sighed, "I guess I now have to, ano…get revenge on you now or something. Tohoho~…"

"Nani?" Cyber blinked.

"I think we may have upset her," Whisper gulped, "She might be getting ready to attack us."

"Nani?!" Cyber yelped as a dark aura began to emanate from the bird.

"Tohohokekyo!" Tohohogisu declared before firing a wave of purple energy at them.

"Oh no!" Whisper yelped as the two covered their eyes.

"Min-min~!"

"…" Cyber slowly opened an eye to see a strange sight before her, "A…A giant cicada in a Samurai outfit!"

"Ah! That's the Yokai Semimaru!" Whisper exclaimed, "He can only stay awake for seven days and then must sleep for an entire month!"

The vapors of the attack sent by Tohohogisu faded away as the Yokai sheathed his ninjato. The Yokai looked like a light-yellow and green cicada. It's lower arms were crossed over its torso while its two upper arms were ready to pull the blade out once more. His two feet sported a pair of geta while he had a purple sash around his waist.

Yokai Semimaru

Class: Purichii-zoku

Rank: E

Element: Wind

"Min~, min~!" the Yokai nodded, "I was impressed with your bug-catching abilities, Cyber."

"M-me?" Cyber blinked twice before looking at her case, "Ah! The cicada I caught is missing!"

"I wanted to test those skills myself, so I hid as a normal Cicada and had you try to catch me, min~, min~," Semimaru informed, "You performed amazing. Now, I will protect you from this Yokai as a way to pay my respect to that!"

"Tohohokekyo~" Tohohogisu taunted before a purple energy wafted off her and shot towards Semimaru.

"Ah! She's trying to inspirit Semimaru!" Whisper exclaimed as Semimaru flew over the attack, letting it hit a small flower that ended up stepped on by a shocked Cyber.

"Cicada Cut!" Semimaru declared before delivering a barrage of slashes on Tohohogisu, knocking her into the tree and causing a branch to break off and hit her on the head, "Min~" he sheathed his blade and nodded to Cyber, "Min~"

"Oh my! Semimaru-sama, matte!" Cyber gasped as she ran over and took the branch off, "Are…Are you okay?"

"You…You're helping me?" Tohohogisu asked.

"I'm so sorry that this happened. I didn't mean to wake you up," Cyber apologized.

"I guess I have to give you my Medal, then," Tohohogisu sighed, "Even if you don't want it."

"…I don't mind you being around, Tohohogisu," Cyber informed.

"?!"

"It's not your fault that your Inspiriting causes bad luck to those around you. I…I think it's lucky, because only a real friend wouldn't care about that because they know who you really are," Cyber smiled.

"Y…You don't mind me?" Tohohogisu asked.

"I…I know what it's like to have no friends," Cyber replied.

"Thank you! Thank you so much!" Tohohogisu began to cry before her body shined and released a medal with her image in it.

"Well done, Cyber-chan!" Whisper cheered as it landed in Cyber's hands, "You now have a Yokai Medal, meaning that you can summon her if you're ever in need of help or a friend. But know that Yokai have their own lives, so don't be surprised if they appear in the middle of doing something."

"I'll do my best in being your friend, tohoho~" Tohohogisu informed.

"And I'll do the same, Toho-chan," Cyber nodded before turning to Semimaru, "Arigatou for protecting us, Semimaru-sama."

"Don't mention it," Semimaru assured, tossing her his own Yokai Medal that depicted him with his sword out on a tree, trying to avoid bug nets, "Now let's go get that good grade of yours, min~, min~"

"Demo…" Cyber began.

"It's fine, min~," Semimaru waved her off, "I only have a day left before I fall asleep for a month, so I want to spend my last day helping you get a good grade."

"…" Cyber hugged him, "Arigatou, Semimaru-san."

"No problem, min~," Semimaru nodded, returning the hug.

"Ne, Whisper-san?"

"Hm?"

"What does a Yokai Butler do?" Cyber asked as she walked towards the school.

"Well, Cyber, a Yokai Butler makes sure that you're well, safe, and content," Whisper informed, "I am also in charge of providing you any assistance that you are in need of."

"Are…Are Yokai all over?" Cyber asked.

"Indeed," Whisper replied with a smile, "Think you understand Yokai just a little better now?"

"I think so," Cyber replied, her lips pursed a bit.

Whisper chuckled, "I understand fully well, whis. Yokai are hiding everywhere in the city, you see!" he twirled before pointing across the street where a man was walking, "Like over there!"

"There?" Cyber pondered before a trash can lid went into the air as a human-like, blue-skinned Yokai jumped out of the trashcan and ran around in a circle, laughing, the launching lid startling the human.

"And over there, whis!" Whisper pointed at the bus stop, where an elderly woman and a young businessman were laughing and just being so happy…with a Yokai resembling a yellow cloud with a head of green, a flower on the top of his green, and a large smile was glowing.

"I'm here~! Not there~! Seems I got lost, bono~!" the Yokai observed as he looked around.

"So you see? There are Yokai all around you hidden in plain sight. You may not be able to see them, but they're everywhere!" Whisper informed, "So let's take that Yokai Watch once we're done turning in your report…and start using it to make you some more Yokai friends! Okay, whis~?"

"…Yosh!" Cyber nodded, her smiling growing.

"Great! Now let's get your project turned in!" Whisper beamed.

"This is the school," Cyber noted as they walked past a set of gates, "He should be in our classroom, finishing up in there for the day."

"Are you sure?" Whisper asked.

Cyber nodded, "I called him this morning, asking if he would be at school today for anyone who wanted to turn their assignments in early." She gave a small, embarrassed giggle, "Turns out he was just about to send it out to all the houses in a voice message when I called."

"Ah. A brilliant instructor," Whisper observed.

"He is. When in class, he doesn't play favorites; he makes sure everyone is doing their best; he always stays in contact with parents to make sure everything is going well," Cyber listed, "He's a really great teacher and…"

"Seriously?!"

"Don't you raise your voice with me!"

"That sounded like sensei," Cyber noted before quickly walking upstairs to her classroom to see two adults arguing, "That is sensei and his wife, but…"

"It's all about you, isn't it?!"

"You're always like this!"

"Whaat, I could say the same thing to you!"

"This is…This is wrong," Cyber shivered, "They…They're not like this."

"Oh? Do you know them that well?" Whisper asked.

"Sensei's been my teacher for two years now and his wife was my sensei when I was a toddler," Cyber explained, "I've seen them both visiting one another on days their schools have a day off for something and the other school is still on. They're both amazing people, Whisper-san."

"Well then, why not ask the person over there?" Whisper questioned, pointing towards an empty spot near the two.

"…Could it really be?" Cyber asked before holding her Yokai Watch up and opening it, causing the light to shine on the spot and reveal a large pile of sludge in shades of purple…with a ribbon on the top and a gloomy pair of eyes and large mouth with lipstick, the sight earning a soft gasp from Cyber, "It's a Yokai!"

"Juban~…" the Yokai sighed.

Donyorinne

Class: Bukimi-zoku

Rank: D

Element: Earth

"Why did you gasp so softly?" Whisper asked.

"I don't want to get in trouble for being too loud," Cyber replied with a blush.

"If you got in trouble for that when those two are being so loud, then I'd be surprised, whis~" Whisper deadpanned.

"Ano…What Yokai is she, Whisper-san?" Cyber asked.

"Who you're looking at is Donyorinne," Whisper explained, his eyes not looking at the Yokai or Cyber or the arguing couple, "When she's around, a heavy atmosphere befalls the area. She drags doesn the spirits of anyone in the same room and causes arguments." Cyber peeked over his shoulder to see he was reading from a tablet that showed the Yokai's image, "This is a spooky event commonly known as a 'sudden couple fight.' If left unchecked, this could even lead to a divorce."

"D-Divorce?!" Cyber gasped, taking a step back with wide eyes and a pale expression, "H-How do we stop her?"

"Leave it to me, min~, min~!" Semimaru declared, dropping his disguise as he charged at the Bukimi-class Yokai, "Cicada C-GAH!"

"One hit KO!" Whisper gawked as Cyber picked up the knocked out cicada Yokai, the arguing couple not even noticing anything in their argument, "This is not good at all."

"Whisper-san, how is this even possible that just because she's here this is happening?" Cyber gulped.

"Strangely enough, there is no theory regarding why Yokai influence your world like this," Whisper informed, "They always say it is just a coincidence or their imagination…"

"Ano…Donyorinne-sama?" Whisper looked up to see Cyber a few inches away from the Yokai.

"EH!? NANI?!" Whisper freaked.

"Yes, juban~?"

"Is…Is everything okay?" Cyber asked, "You…You look sad at the moment."

"The truth is…I had an argument with my husband and I sulked my way right out of the house," Donyorinne informed, poking her stubby hands together, "When…When I saw these two so happy together, I just got jealous."

"You're married?" Cyber asked.

"It's something normal for both humans and Yokai," Whisper informed.

"He doesn't love grumbly old me any longer…" Donyorinne sighed.

"Do you really think so?" Cyber asked, a hand moving over her lips in concern for the Yokai before her, "I guess that even Yokai who get along well can end up fighting, just like people. Demo…" she pumped her fists, "…I'm sure that you can sort it out if you just talk to your love!" she gave her an encouraging smile, "I'm sure you can, Donyorinne-sama!"

"…" Donyorinne shook her head, "But I haven't the whiniest idea where he could be."

"Oh my," Cyber whispered, "Ano…What's their name?"

"Honobono, juban~," Donnyorinne informed.

"Whisper-san, what does Honobono look like?" Cyber asked.

"Honobono? Well…" Whisper discreetly looked at his tablet, "He looks like a yellow gas cloud with a small mustache, green hair, and a flower growing out of his head."

"Is that him outside?" Cyber asked, looking outside with her Yokai Watch active.

"Eh?" Whisper blinked as he looked out, "Ah! Yes!"

"Honobono?" Donyorinne asked before Cyber and Whisper moved away from the window to let the Yokai float right in through it.

"So this is where you been hiding, bono~!" Honobono exclaimed as the dark atmosphere suddenly began to brighten up, "I went too far earlier, bono~!"

Honobono

Class: Pokapoka-zoku

Rank: C

Element: Restoration

"The atmosphere…" Cyber's eyes widened.

"Honobono is a Yokai who fills his surroundings with warm feelings of joviality," Whisper informed, "Donyorinne, who dampens the mood, and Honobono, who makes you jovial. Together, they neutralize each other's powers and leave behind a normal atmosphere. See?"

"Oh…Dear, I'm so sorry. I've been worried about my students and if any of them failed, I forgot all about what we're expecting soon," Sensei apologized to his wife.

His wife shook her head, "It's been hard for me, but I'm sorry for getting upset. If our genders were reversed, we'd probably have done this at my school."

"Min~" Semimaru groaned as he recovered.

"So sorry, juban~" Donyorinne apologized.

"Everything's okay now, bono~" Honobono beamed as he helped Semimaru up so her could hide as Cyber's cicada for her project once more.

"Now's the time, Cyber," Whisper encouraged.

"H-Hai," Cyber nodded, "Ano…Sensei-tachi?"

"Hm? Ah, Cyber-chan," Sensei greeted, "You found all your bugs for the summer project already?"

"Uhn," Cyber nodded as she held it up along with the six pages, "I…I hope it can be graded fast. I don't want the bugs to be here any longer than they need to be."

Sensei's wife giggled, "Ah, Cyber-chan, even when you were in my classes, you were just like this. A shame that no one wanted to be your friend then aside from that one boy."

"One boy?" Whisper asked as Cyber's smile faltered a little.

"It…It's okay, Sensei-sama," Cyber assured, "In fact, I feel like I'm going to make a lot of new friends now."

"That's good to hear," Sensei chuckled, "Okay, let me just grade this all quick and you can let them go where you caught them, okay?"

Cyber nodded.

"The girl was concerned about the bugs she caught, bono~. Do you think our child will ever be like her, bono~?" Honobono asked as the three Yokai watched the two teachers grade Cyber's summer assignment.

"I wouldn't mind, juban~," Donyorinne replied.

"Well researched and none of the bugs seem to be harmed," Sensei's wife informed, "If you were still my student, I'd give you a perfect score for such care you put into this."

"You made a small mistake on one of the words, making the middle line before the bottom line, but aside from that, this is a great assignment," Sensei added, "An A, for sure."

"Ah! A-Arigatou!" Cyber bowed, unaware of Honobono slipping his Yokai Medal and his wife's into her satchel, the two medals clinking against Semimaru and Tohohogisu's Medals.

YOKAI DAI-JINTEN (YOKAI GREAT DICTIONARY)!

Whisper: Hey, Cyber-chan, tell everyone which Yokai you've met today!

Cyber: Semimaru, Tohohogisu, Donyorinne, and Honobono! *tilts head as she and Whisper were in an abandoned hospital, Yokai dressed up as medical workers moving about* Whisper-san, can Yokai have children?

Whisper: Of course we can! Many might look like younger versions of ourselves while some look more like a combined form of them! For example, when Honobono and Donyonrinne have a child…*he leads Cyber over to the baby ward where Honobono and Donyorinne were looking at a baby Yokai that looked like a fusion of them both*…it looks more like that; a Hyouhennu.

Cyber: Aw~ Yokai babies are so kawaii~! *the baby starts laughing and crying and constantly switching between them* Ano… *cringes with Whisper* Not so much anymore…