Authors Note
I'm new on this platform, so please forgive me for mistakes! Thank you, nyan! (Sorry, I couldn't resist.)
Edit: As Coolkidwriter97's tip said, I shall try to space out my writing (Please let me know how I did, nyan! Again, couldn't resist.)
Nate was chasing after a cat that had been following him for the past week, he could practically SMELL the Yo-kai, but Whisper always got in the way…UNTIL the Yo-kai butler saw the cat for himself.
"Nate, slow down!" Whisper shouted at him, but he was an arm's length away from grabbing the cat's tail. "Come here you little furball!" Nate hissed as he tried to grab the cat's tail, on the tenth try, he FINALLY snagged it. "Gotcha!" Nate triumphantly said, holding up the cat.
The cat hissed at him, but it couldn't get away. "*huff* *puff* FINALLY! Oh, you caught it." Whisper said, Nate could tell Whisper was worn out, but he didn't have time to apologize now. Nate activated the Yo-kai lens on the Yo-kai watch. "Now, let's see who you REALLY are!" Nate spat, holding the lens to his eye.
The cat changed form, sporting the two tail's a cat Yo-kai normally had. It had golden eyes, a silver collar with a silver and light-yellow ball on it, it was dark blue, with two marks that looked like tire treads on it's face, one starting on the top of its head and going to the bottom left of it's face, and the other on its stomach. The marks were black, going against the Yo-kai's color palette, it had a nick in its ear like Jibanyan, and the flames on its tails were yellow. The rest of the cat Yo-kai looked the same as the others, except this cat Yo-kai had claws, and not small one's either.
"Dang 'nabbit! I done been found ou'!" The cat Yo-kai hissed, Nate was shocked at its BBQen accent. "Hold on, this Yo-kai is…WHAAAT!" Whisper started, but he stopped and started freaking out. "Whisper, hello! What Yo-kai is this?" Nate asked, the cat Yo-kai scoffed. "EXCUSE ME! Adams, I swear if you forgot about me I'll…" The cat Yo-kai spoke, Nate dropped the cat Yo-kai in shock. "Wait… The only person that I know that talks like that is…" Nate looked down at the cat Yo-kai, who had a smirk on his face. "Go on Nathen, you've hit the bull's eye." The cat Yo-kai sneered, Nate couldn't believe it. "Sam!? Is that you?!" Nate shouted, the cat Yo-kai nodded. "Yep! Long time no see, old friend."
"Wait, 'Sam'? Nyate, why did you call that Yo-kai by name? I thought I was the only cat you had, nyan!" Jibanyan questioned Nate, Sam laughed. "That's because I WASN'T a cat, I was human! I just like cat Yo-kai so I took this appearance, I DO have a human form, I just don't like to use it often." Sam explained, Whisper was still freaking out.
"Whisper, why are you still freaking out?" Nate asked him, Whisper flew over to Nate and shoved his Yo-kai Pad in his face. Nate got the Pad out of his face and saw that Sam was a Legendary 'Merican Yo-kai of the Charming Tribe named 'Transnyan', he could apparently transform into any Yo-kai he wished.
"SEE! Transnyan is someone you don't wanna mess with, Nate! Give him what he wants and let's get out of here!" Whisper spat, Sam laughed, causing Whisper to freak out even more. "Um, I'm FRIENDS with Nate. Why the heck would I want to hurt him?" Sam asked Whisper.
Nate was happy he got to see his friend again, but the memories of Sam's death came back as well… "Sam, I'm-" Nate tried to say, but Sam cut him off. "Dude, it's fine. Yeah, it stinks that I died and all, but hey! My memory is still living on with you and the others! So everythin's just fine partner!" Sam said, slipping into his native language. "Wait, so you knew Transnyan back when he was alive, Nate?" Whisper asked Nate, he nodded, shocking Whisper and Jibanyan. "But… I was also the reason he died…" Nate slowly said, tears coming to his eyes.
"Now hold on! That car blew that red light. Yeah, I DID push you out of the way and got ran over instead, but it wasn't your fault!" Sam said, Nate knew he was right, but still… "Look Nyate, maybe you can get his Yo-kai Medal. He IS your friend, nyan." Jibanyan suggested, Sam looked…distraught at the idea. "Um… Sorry, gotta go!" Sam said, running away after he finished talking. "Oops, I scared him off, nyan." Jibanyan said, Nate sighed and returned home, Whisper and Jibanyan in tow.
Nate walked over to Triangle Park to meet up with Katie, Eddie, Bear. "WHAT! Sam went to see you guys too!?" Nate shouted, shocked when his friends told him of their visit by Sam.
"I tried to get him to stay, but he said he had to go and ran off…" Katie sadly said, Bear and Eddie gave similar stories, in addition with Sam saying he was going to leave Springdale on Friday, which was three days away.
"I wonder why he's acting like that?" Nate openly asked his friends. "I think he feels bad about leaving us. I mean, this IS Sammy Charles we're talking about here." Eddie theorized, the others nodded in agreement.
"So, how do we get him to stay? There HAS to be a way to convince him to stay in Springdale." Bear said, the others nodded again in agreement. Nate and his friends thought on it for a bit. "Why don't we build him a shrine at that little area next to where he got…you know, ran over?" Katie suggested, the others agreed with her.
"A shrine for Sammy, you say? Hm…" The principal said, Nate was crossing his fingers, hoping the principal would allow it. "…I think that's a wonderful idea!" The principal said, Nate was relieved. Nate relayed the news to his friends, and over the next two days, Nate and his friends worked on creating a shrine for their fallen friend.
By Friday morning, the shrine was finished and set up. "I hope Sam shows up, I REALLY hope he hasn't left yet." Katie said, crossing her fingers together. "Well, well, well. All this for little ol' me?" Nate turned around, and saw Sam in his Transnyan form walking over to him and his friends.
"Sam! I'm glad you came to see this." Eddie cheerfully said. Sam walked over and observed the shrine Nate and the others made for him. It was a wooden shrine with an old picture of Sam with Nate and the others.
"I can't believe you guys kept this old thing…" Sam said, grabbing the photo carefully with his claws to examine it more closely. "Why wouldn't we? You were our friend, and you still are our friend, Sammy." Bear said, Sam started crying.
"Even… Even after I left you guys? Even after I promised I would make it?" Sam asked Nate and the others, they nodded. "Of course, you tried your best to survive. How could we hate you for that?" Katie told Sam, who put the photo back and looked up at his friends.
"…Heh, I guess I needed to see you guys again as much as you all wanted to see me again." Sam said, Nate crouched down and picked Sam up and hugged him. "I never got to thank you for saving me back then, but I guess now's a good time. Thank you, Sam." Nate told Sam, Nate could feel Sam crying into his shoulder. "No *sniff* No problem, Nathen." Sam told Nate, Nate stopped hugging Sam and put him down.
Sam grabbed the ball on his collar, opened it up, and grabbed four of his Yo-kai Medal's, handing one to each of his friends. "Huh? What's this?" Katie asked Sam, who chuckled. "That's my Yo-kai Medal, think of it as a way to summon me, granted you need a certain device to USE it, but I'm not going anywhere anytime soon. So, if you guys wanna hang out, I'll be here! Also, I rigged that Medal so you guys should be able to see me forever! I did that because usually adults can't see Yo-kai, usually only kids and the elderly can see Yo-kai." Sam explained, Katie, Eddie and Bear thanked Sam and left, promising to hang out with him later.
"So, I guess you got my Medal after all, eh Nathen?" Sam sneered, Nate laughed and nodded. "I guess so, Sammy. Well, I'd better go. Let's hang out later, ok?" Nate asked Sam, who nodded. "Sounds like a plan, partner! Later!" Sam cheerfully said. Nate left, happy he and his friends convinced Sam to stay in Springdale.
Sam hopped up onto his new home, curled up, and carefully grabbed the photo of him with Nate, Katie, Eddie, and Bear back when he was still alive. "…Thanks guys, thank you for not forgetting about me." Sam said, putting the photo back, and falling into a deep sleep, another reason he became a cat Yo-kai.