Have you ever woken up to a surprise Yo-Kai in your house? Well, that's exactly what Bear woke up to the next morning.
"Hiiii," said Tongus, who had gotten into the room, "you know how we were supposed to tell the 'rents about being sick?" She clicked her tongue (somehow). "Yeah, I didn't do that."
"What are you talking about?" Bear, not even fully awake yet, rubbed his eyes.
"Well, I thought we were gonna tell them when they got home from work, but then they didn't come home until, like, eleven at night, and I'm not just gonna wake Eddie up that late, especially when he's sick." Tongus twiddled her fingers.
"Speakin' a whom, aren't you s'posed ta be wit' him right now?" Roughraff cocked an eyebrow.
"Oh, right, I am!" Tongus jumped up. "But first…" Tongus did a magical girl transformation that pinkened her complexion and gave her a white coat and cap. "Ta da! Nurse Tongus! Okay, bye!" Nurse Tongus climbed out the window that she got in from and took off.
At school, there was quite the peculiar situation going on; Mr. Johnson would not stop talking! He didn't stop for questions or comments, and half the time, he was just prattling on about some inane family details that weren't even relevant to the lesson!
"Is this Act Weird At School Week or something?" Lulu whispered to Bear. "First Eddie, and now Mr. Johnson."
Lulu was right. This was definitely not normal behaviour for Mr. Johnson. And where there's weird, there's probably a Yo-Kai!
He waited until the bell rang for lunch, and then popped open his Yo-Kai Watch to scan the area. Next to Mr. Johnson was a funny looking fella with a very long nose.
"Oh, I know that chump," said Roughraff. "That's Babblong. He makes ya blabber on and on and never shut up."
"How do we get rid of him?"
"Just leave it to me, boyo," said Roughraff. "Hey! Ya loudmouth punk!"
"Hey, speaking of punks…" Oh boy, they were in for quite the long-winded story. "One time I met this fella, I think his name was Hissfit. Boy, now that was a hothead! He stamps his feet all the time, like a little kid! Well, anyway, there we were, discussing something, I don't even remember what it was. Probably something dumb, like what kind of donuts are the best."
"Alright, bozo, cut the crap!" Roughraff entered a battle pose. "You and me, let's handle this like Yo-Kai!"
"Speaking of Yo-Kai, I'm from the Slippery tribe. We're a funky bunch, let me tell ya. Did ya ever meet that Noko fella? Cute as a button, but never there when you actually need him! I-"
"Enough!" Roughraff bonked Babblong in the face with his oversized pompadour. The two had a pathetic slap fight that brought itself into the hallway, where several other students were walking around.
"Bear! Bear!"
Bear looked over, and saw Annie coming around the corner from the Grade 4 classrooms. He broke the two fighting Yo-Kai apart to listen to what she had to say. "What is it?"
"My teacher is acting weird. She couldn't stop hacking the whole lesson!"
"And?" Roughraff crossed his arms. "No boring lectures. It's a win all around!"
"I'm serious!" Annie huffed. "She could be really sick! We have to help her!"
Bear, realizing exactly what kind of Yo-Kai he'd just come across, got an idea. "Hold on; I've got just the guy for ya!"
Bear, Roughraff, and Babblong followed Annie to her classroom. Inside, her teacher was indeed coughing away like there was no tomorrow. "There," said Bear. "You can make her talk."
"Hold it, what do we have here?" Babblong turned not towards the teacher but to the left. "Hey, I know that guy!"
"Huh?" Bear flipped open his Yo-Kai Watch, and looked around. He found a spiky little guy floating around the teacher's head.
"Dat fella's Coughkoff," said Roughraff. "He's a real pain, in more ways than one."
"Hey, hey!" Babblong started up another one of his stories. "Did we ever tell you about that one time we inspirited a concert? No one really liked the guy on stage, cause he was a real jerk to everyone. So we come in, I get him to go on and on instead of singing, and then when they're finally about to actually get started, Coughkoff over there jumps in and stops him! Ain't that funny?"
Coughkoff laughed a hoarse, phlegmy kind of laugh while Babblong chucked along. "Boy, that was a fun time!"
Bear darted his head back and forth between the two. They wouldn't fight each other if they were best friends! Now how was he gonna get them outta here?
"Man, I really wish Eddie were here," said Bear to Annie, "he'd know how to get us out of this jam!"
"Yeah, I haven't seen him all day,
here is he?" Annie was suddenly much more interested in the whereabouts of the second half of this dynamic duo.
"Sick in bed," said Bear, "nurse said it was a flu. And he's the one with the Medallium!"
He dug into his pocket for any spare medals he had. "Please say I at least have one on me!" He pulled out one for Frostina.
"Frostina?" Roughraff caught a glimpse of the medal in Bear's hand. "What good could she do?"
"I don't know, but she'll have to do for now!" Bear's Yo-Kai Watch glowed a pale blue. "Let's go! Frostina!" He clicked the medal into his watch. "Yo-Kai Medal, do your thing!"
"Summoning; Charming!"
"Alarming! Boom boom walla walla dance dance, Charming!"
Frostina appeared from the watch. "Frostina, we need your help getting Coughkoff and Babblong out of here!"
Frostina looked at both of the Yo-Kai present. For a moment, it seemed like she wouldn't do anything.
"Man, you were right, this was a bad idea!" Two big anime sweat drops hung from Bear and Annie's heads, until Frostina suddenly decided to slick the floor with ice. Babblong slipped and fell over in a heap. Coughkoff, who was floating, laughed at him. Frostina then blasted at both of them, and froze their mouths shut.
"Huh?" Annie's teacher looked up. "My throat isn't sore anymore." She put a hand behind her head. "That's a relief, this morning I couldn't get anything done!"
"It's working!" Annie chirped.
Frostina hopped behind Babblong and Coughkoff and blew them away with a blast of cold air. They slid right out of the classroom, headfirst, breaking the ice off of their mouths.
"Hey, ya know what? I saw a funny looking guy down at the Everymart. Let's go find him!" Babblong scrambled to his feet and down the stairs, with Coughkoff trailing behind them. Both left their medals behind.
"Wow," said Bear. "That worked out way better than I expected."
"At least they're gone," said Annie.
Bear picked up the two medals off the ground. "Say, Roughraff, do you think Coughkoff was hanging around here yesterday, and that's how Eddie got sick?"
"Doubt it," said Roughraff. "I would'a seen him if he was. And either way, Coughkoff wouldn't a given yer pal the flu. He gives you a cough that only sounds like a real cold. He definitely doesn't give you a fever or aches or any of that other crap."
Bear shrugged and slipped the two medals into his pocket, alongside Frostina's medal. "Whatever you say, dude."
"...And then she made the floor go all icy, and he totally slipped and fell on his butt."
It was now the afternoon. School was over, and Bear, with Roughraff and Annie trailing behind him, had gone up to Breezy Hills to see Eddie and (Nurse) Tongus. "You should'a seen it, it was hilarious!"
"I'm glad you could manage on your own!" Nurse Tongue chirped. "I did too. Well, mostly. I haven't brought his voice back yet, but I'm sure I'll find it eventually!"
Bring his voice back? Bear found it rather suspicious that Eddie had lost his voice around the same time that he found two Yo-Kai that give you sore throats. But when he scanned the area, no one was there but their companions.
