3.1 GammaTron
"So you're telling me that this place has a lot of zany stuff that happens almost every single week?" Nate asked, sitting beside Jibanyan, while they were in an office with a walking gumball machine.
"Yeah. Interesting that you two Awoke at the same time just as I hired you both," Benson noted, "Just be careful and make sure to do your work."
"Anything else you wannya tell us?" Jibanyan asked, scratching his bottom.
"Well, I have been working on a survival guide for the Park," Benson noted as he put a binder on the table that was a foot thick, "This is one of the copies I made. Try it out and tell me if it works or not, okay?"
"Sure thing, Benson," Nate replied as he picked up the book...or, rather, tried to, "Wow. This thing is heavy!"
"Really, nyan?" Jibanyan pondered as he picked it up, "It kinda is."
Benson nodded, "Let me show you to your room and you start work in three days. That will give you enough time to read it."
The two nodded.
"So we can't tie 100 times in a row in Rock, Paper, Scissors or we end up making a black hole," Nate noted as the two laid in bed, looking over the guide.
"Nyeeds more pictures," Jibanyan muttered, munching on a chocobo.
"Yeah. I kinda agree," Nate nodded, "'If five geese show up in the park, kill. them. immediately.' ...What's that about?" he turned the page, "...Oh. That's why."
"Same with guys who wannya make toys about us and the geese," Jibanyan noted, looking at the series of photos on the opposite page, "...All that combining in insane."
"Yeah," Nate nodded, "They practically destroyed the moon and the planet."
Jibanyan turned the page, "...I kinda want that bell."
"What, why?"
"So I can see what Whisper's stress looks like, nyan."
"...No. Just...no."
"Aw come on, Nyate."
"No, Jibanyan."
"But..."
"Whisper plus Joker Gas."
"...I'm still sorry."
"I know, Jibanyan."
"So how have you two be..." Whisper awoke the next Loop to see Keita and Jibanyan hitting a wall with their heads, "...Bad Loops?"
"How can so much insanity happen in one place?" Keita pondered.
"I have nyo idea," Jibanyan replied.
"Is everything okay?" Hikikōmori asked, peeking out of the closet.
"I'm not sure, whis."
"We went through this," Keita informed, pulling out a DVD collection called Regular Show and handed it to them, "Watch it and see how crazy that place is."
"At least the survival guide was a good idea," Jibanyan noted.
"Until one of the creatures ate it and vomited on us," Keita shuddered.
"I stunk fur the rest of the loop, nyan..." Jibanyan muttered before saying, "And you were Party Nyate for..."
"We don't speak of that ever again," Keita warned, armed in his Mjolnir Armor and shotgun aimed at the Yokai.
"..." Whisper and Hikikōmori shared looks before Whisper floated into the closet to watch the DVDs with her.
3.2 GammaTron
Nate yawned as he Awoke. Looking around his bedroom, he saw that it was April 13, 2016 and, judging by the bookshelves of manga, Gundam Build models, and a laptop set on a facebook page that showed full episodes of Kamen Rider beside a stack of games for a 3DS, he was in a Hub Loop. A knock from his bedroom door made him look to it to see an African-American boy with blue eyes, a blue shirt, and jeans poke his head in.
"Hey, Nate. You feeling Awake? Probably a bit Loopy at the moment?" the kid asked.
"Yeah," Nate nodded, "So you're Looping?"
"Yep. We met back in Blood Gulch," the kid introduced.
"...Junior?!" Nate gawked.
"Yeah. Sorry about draining all that blood when I wasn't Awake, too," Junior apologized.
"So why are..." Nate frowned as he let his Hub Loop memories come in, "...oh."
"Yeah," Junior nodded, "Well, I've replaced you a few times in your Loop and I found it pretty cool. Ever been through a Kamen Rider Loop yet?"
"No, not yet," Nate admitted.
"That's good to hear. Because with your dealings, you'd most likely end up as a Ghost Rider," Junior noted.
"Ghost Rider?"
"Not the guy with a flaming skull for a head!" Junior snapped Nate out of his thoughts.
"You two arguing this early?" an older African-America groaned as he poked his head in.
"No," the two replied.
"Nate's Awake, dad," Junior added.
"Sweet," Tucker grinned, "Okay. Breakfast is ready in ten minutes, so get dressed because we're going to an abandoned factory I just bought."
"Huh?"
"Okay, so why are we here?" Nate asked.
"Well, you know that dad and me can't really do anything aside from Hogwarts Magic, Aura, and stuff people can naturally learn through physical training?" Junior asked.
"Yeah. That really sucks, huh?"
"Big time," Tucker nodded, "But, we've gotten used to it and just decided that if we can't learn the stuff everyone else can, why not make stuff to let us do that stuff? So, we started studying the stuff that comes out of Japan, learned the entire language just so we could get a more in-depth examination on everything from the original sources, and eventually, we've managed to start rebuilding certain armors and robots from there."
"We have an entire wing of them in Uncle Doc's museum," Junior grinned.
"So why are you guys telling me this?" Nate asked.
"Well, we saw how you were doing in the good ol' Mjolnir armor..." Nate cringed at his memories of wearing that armor, "Yeah. Some Loopers just don't like the stuff. Which is why we are giving you an early b-day present, made by the both of us to test out."
"Test out?" Nate repeated before Tucker tossed him a wrist-mounted device that looked like a black, orange, and green eyedropper, a buckle resembling a one-eyed ghost's face, and a gold over-sized buckle resembling an eye.
"In order, they're the MegaULoader, the GhostDriver, and Eyecon Driver G," Tucker informed before Junior gave Nate a case, "I recreated all three for you and a spare GhostDriver since there are three Ghost Riders at the moment; Ghost, Specter, and Necrom."
"But why give me all these?"
"You deal with spirits and these Riders fight spirits," Tucker explained.
"What I gave you are the sources of the armors," Junior added as Nate opened the case to reveal a pile of eye-shaped devices in a multitude of colors, "These are Eyecons. They're not the originals and it took me a long time to figure out how to completely duplicate the powers of the originals for them so that you or anyone who has one of the devices can use them."
"Huh..." Nate picked up a few of them, "I know some of these as Yokai; Edison... Benkei... and I think there's one for Nobunaga coming out, too."
"Yeah. Brave Tribe's Nobunyaga from that crossover game," Tucker shrugged.
"So we're going to be training with these today?" Nate asked.
"Yep," Tucker nodded, "Once we're done training for today, we can see if there needs to be some adjustments."
"So I'm fighting you both?" Nate gulped.
"Nope. You're fighting Junior while I record everything," Tucker replied.
"Ready?" Junior asked as he picked up one of the Eyecons and put a GhostDriver around his waist.
"Y-Yeah," Nate nodded as he put the GhostDriver on and picked up the orange Eyecon.
"Henshin!" Junior declared as he activated the Eyecon and put it into the GhostDriver.
=EYE~Batchirimiro! Batchirimiro!= Junior pulled out and pushed in the lever, causing the 'eye' to close and open to reveal a mask in it =KAIGAN: SPECTER!= a blue and black parka came out of the belt as the Transient covered his body, reshaping him into a young adult's measurements =READY GO! KAKUGOU! DOKI DOKI GHOST!= the parka landed on Junior's body and its black, blue-eyed face flipped up, revealing a fearsome blue mask with black 'eyes' and two horns.
"W-Whoa..." Nate gulped before activating the orange Eyecon, "H-Henshin!"
=EYE~= an orange and black parka with orange 'eyes' instead of blue ones came out of his belt =Bachirimiina! Bachirimiina!= it danced around Nate as he copied Junior's actions, letting the mask symbol appear in the Ghostdriver's eye =KAIGAN: ORE! LET'S GO! KAKUGO! GHO-GHO-GHO-GHOST!= the parka landed on him as the Transient covered Nate, the face flipping to reveal the orange mask with solid black 'bug eyes' and a lone horn before Nate flipped the hood of the parka off his head =GO! GO! GO! GO!=
"Wh-Whoa!" Ghost awed as his belt glowed and pulled out the Gan Gun Saber from it, "Awesome~! Free weapon, too!"
"Hope you're ready," Specter advised as he took out the Gan Gun Hand from his driver, "Because we're going all out on each other using just the armors!"
"Right!" Ghost nodded before the two charged at each other with a roar.
"I hate Oni Time!" Whisper groaned, sending more boxes of different materials at Kuro Oni, who batted them away each time.
"You can say that again!" Jibanyan groaned before seeing Keita skid to a halt, "Nyan?"
"Keita-kun, are you finally Awake this Loop, whis?" Whisper asked.
"Yeah," Keita nodded as he turned to the Kuro Oni, "And I just got an awesome gift from my friend Junior and his dad/my honorary uncle Tucker." he put his hands a few inches before his waist and a ripple appeared, forming into the Eyecon Driver G, "Not much practice with this, but meh."
=GRATEFUL= Keita went through a small series of movements as the driver began to chant =Gat~chirimi~na! (Kotchinikina!) Gat~chirimi~na! (Kotchinikina!)=
"HENSHIN!" Ketia declared, pushing the Resonate Trigger on the belt.
=Zen Kaigan!= a drum line went off as he was covered in a black and gold Transient with fifteen different Ghost Parka flaying around and connecting to the outfit, their masks appearing on different places of the armor =Kengō, hakken, kyoshō ni ō-sama, samurai, bōzu ni sniper!= a 'crown' appeared on his head while gold 'bug eyes' appeared for the mask =Dai~ Hen~ge~!=
"NYONTO?!" Jibanyan screamed in shock as Kuro Oni skidded to a halt at seeing the little boy he was chasing gain armor.
"Kamen Rider Ghost...Grateful Damashii," Ghost informed before flipping the RevolTrigger and pushing the Resonate Trigger sixteen times, "My soul...will burn brighter than ever before!"
=Zen Dai Kaigan! Let's go! Zen-in shūgō! Mega Omega Formation!=
The fifteen Ghost Parka shot out of the Eyecon Driver G and into the air above Ghost, forming a diamond shape over a gold seal of sorts. Ghost jumped into the air before the symbol as the fifteen parka turned into orbs of light with kanji within that collected into a golden sphere of light over Ghost's foot. He fell down towards Kuro Oni, glowing foot aimed right at him. Kuro Oni roared as he swung his club at him, only for the club to shatter and let Ghost's foot collide with him. Kuro Oni screeched in pain as the power coursed through him. Ghost flipped and landed beside Whisper and Jibanyan as Kuro Oni collapsed, exploding and ending Oni Time.
"...Phew," Ghost sighed in relief as he undid the transformation.
=Kaisān...=
"That is so awesome, nyan!" Jibanyan awed.
"We must do something nice for Tucker and his son for making that for you, whis," Whisper noted.
"Yeah," Keita nodded, "Maybe give them an idea on how to get some oreos from Grif and put laxatives into them as a prank if he annoys them?"
"Excellent idea, Keita-kun!"
3.3
"So… Why exactly are everyone wearing octopi as hats this Loop?" Whisper questioned as he floated beside his human companion, whom was sporting an orange octopus on his head. People wearing various multicolored octopi walked passed them on the streets, going about their days as if it was normal.
"I guess it's just the current style," Nate shrugged, not seeming to mind the cephalopod on his head very much.
"Current style? How exactly could it have become the 'current style' to wear a sea creature on your head!?" Whisper questioned incredulously. Nate absentmindedly twirled one of his octopi's tentacles with his finger.
"Lighten up Whisper, as strange as it seems the octopi don't seem uncomfortable and nobody's getting hurt. I don't see why we can't just enjoy ourselves?" Nate chuckled a bit while Whisper continued to frown.
"Nate, I know you think I'm not that knowledgeable–I've accepted that–but I just have this feeling that something really unpleasant will come of this," Whisper stated seriously. Nate rolled his eyes.
"What could possibly happen?" Nate questioned. Suddenly an alarm blared throughout the town and people along with their octopi looked up in alarm.
"Attention citizens! Alert! Alert! The Squids are coming! Retreat to your homes immediately!" a loud voice boomed through speakers that Nate and Whisper hadn't noticed lining the streetlights until now.
"The squids?" Nate questioned blankly as the people around them began to panic and run.
"It's too late! They're here!" One of the random people shouted as the crowd continued panicking and trying to get away. Nate stood his ground as he tried to look past the crowd to see exactly what they were running from.
"Nate, I think it might be best if we got out of here," Whisper said while looking around at the screaming people that ran past them.
"Hold on, I just want to–" Nate was cut off when a blue, goo-like substance hit him in the face. "Ah! I can't see!" Nate panicked for a moment before he wiped the goop from his face and looked to see… short, pointy eared humanoids wearing random stuff like t-shirts, bicycle helmets and earmuffs. With multicolored hair made of tentacles. They shot the colored goo from what looked like water guns as they ran about. Nate watched as some sunk into the ink the made and swam around somehow. "What is going on!?"
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"Keep away you ink-shooting lunyatics!" Jibanyan shouted, he sported a red octopus on his head as he stood in Nate's bedroom, shooting at the inklings that were out the window with one of their ink-shooting squirt guns. "Man, this isn't good!" Jibanyan groaned as he ducked when some shots flew in the window and splattered on Nate's closet door. The door slid open and Hidabat–a grey octopus perched on her head–peaked out nervously.
"They're only attacking us because of the octopi, right? Shouldn't we just take them off?" The bat-like yo-kai asked timidly before Jibanyan went back to shooting out the window.
"Don't you think I've already tried that!?" the feline yo-kai exclaimed as he shot a few of the squid people below before quickly taking cover again. "These things are stuck on our heads like melted chocolate to my paws!"
"But you just lick your paws–"
"That's nyot the point! The point is they won't come off! And these guys won't stop shooting us!" Jibanyan snapped before he returned to firing at the strange enemy.
"… Um, how can they see us anyway?" Hidabat questioned quietly after a moment.
"I don't knyow!"
*SPLAT!*
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"Ah! Stupid octopus! Get off my head!" Katie cried out as she tried to pull the pink octopus from her head while running from the inklings that were rapidly firing their ink-shooting weapons. "This is one of the worst repeats yet!"
3.4
"… Well this is certainly different," Seaman stated as he looked at his paws, before glancing at his fury dog body questioningly. "I don't recall an evolution like this being a natural stage of mine, and even so. Wouldn't I hatch from the egg first?"
Seaman looked around the street he was on, realizing that he wasn't in the tank this time, so there was likely no caretaker to listen.
"A human city," he mumbled as he started walking, he wasn't sure what to make of this. He had gone through the same basic cycle of events countless times at this point, that to have this big of a difference occur seemed to be a blessing, still… what caused it?
"Jinmenken!" a young boy's voice called out in Seaman's direction, and he turned in confusion.
"Jinmenken?"
"That's not Jinmenken Keita," What looked like small, white ghost floating by the human child's side said, with a disturbed look on its face.
"Excuse me, but I don't know whom this 'Jinmenken' is. The name is Seaman, and remember to get it right: Sea. Man," Seaman stated bluntly as he stared at the two, his caretaker had mispronounced his name enough times in the past. He didn't want anyone else to, especially since these were the first new people he had interacted with for what may very well have been centuries.
"Um, right. I'm Keita, and this is Whisper," The boy introduced as the ghost bowed.
"Charmed, whiss."
"Anyway, I guess you're a visiting Looper?" Keita questioned the creature that looked like Jinmenken, other than the different face and antenna sticking out of his head.
"Looper? What is that?" Seaman questioned as he stared at the human. "Does that have anything to do with how I keep returning to my egg? Do you know something about it?"
"Oh, you don't know?" Keita questioned.
"I've contemplated the reasons for my returning to my egg, and if they are time repeating, or some other effect on me. Or if perhaps it has all just been in my head. But I am aware of it, though I don't know the cause of it or what exactly it is," Seaman explained and Keita nodded.
"Don't worry, you're not crazy, I'll explain everything. You see, imagine a tree," Keita said as he began his explanation to Seaman on exactly what the Loops were.
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"… So this will never end?" Seaman questioned with a contemplative look on his face.
"Not any time in the foreseeable future, but someday they will," Keita assured the human-faced creature, but Seaman still frowned.
"I had waited a thousand lifetimes to be reunited with her, and now… will it never happen? Was it all for nothing?" Seaman muttered to himself sadly.
"Um, hey," Keita started to say and Seaman looked over to him. "Look, I don't know what's going on in your baseline, or what you've gone through. But don't look at the Loops as a prison, or something that keeps you from moving forward. Someday our worlds will continue forward, and until then we can learn through the Loops," Keita looked to the sky for a second with a smile. "I was upset with the Loops at a time to, but I don't regret my experiences, without the Loops I wouldn't have met my brother and sisters. And I wouldn't have been able to prove that I can be something beyond average."
"Well you seem to have a lot to do here, but I'm different," Seaman didn't seem convinced by Keita's words. "My baseline is just a tank! I'm dependent on a caretaker to keep me alive whom sometimes just decides to stop taking care of me, and whenever I do finally get to the point where I can escape the tank. I'm sent straight back to my egg," Seaman clutched his head with his front paws. "So many times. I've been stuck in that tank for so long!" Keita and Whisper both looked at Seaman in concern.
"I'm not the best at this kind of thing," Keita sighed as Seaman looked up at him. "I can tell I'm not exactly being the most helpful right now. I don't know if you'll be able to meet up with this person you've been waiting to see, or say for sure if there's a way for you to make your baseline better. But I can at least help you by being your friend for the Loop."
"Friend?" Seaman questioned as Keita held his hand out to him. Seaman sighed. "Ever since this Looping thing started my only friend has been that caretaker that I could barely communicate with," Seaman took the hand with a small smile. "I must warn you that I can be a bit of a smartass at times."
"Don't worry, he's no better. Whis," Whisper commented. Keita glared at his yo-kai butler.
3.5
Katie found herself back on Mt. Wildwood once more along with Eddie and Bear. Nate had already run off before her memories had hit her.
"Uh, what's going on here? I'm so confused," Katie sighed while clutching her head, she had gone through these repeats several times so far with a few variations every now and then, and she didn't understand what was going on! How was it possible to be time traveling in the first place?
"Um, Katie?" Bear called after the girl with a bit of concern in his voice, but she didn't seem to hear him. Katie wandered away from her two friends while muttering to herself.
"What's up with her?" Eddie questioned his larger friend.
"I have no idea," Bear shook his head with a sigh.
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Katie pushed some tree branches aside as she passed through the foliage on the mountain, she wasn't even sure where she was going but she was just so frustrated right now; frustrated because she felt like she had no control over her life anymore, and that she couldn't even talk to anyone about it because if she did they'd probably just think she's crazy.
"Maybe I need a vacation," Katie sighed as she stopped for a moment, but then she heard a familiar voice up ahead. "Nate?" She questioned as she looked in the direction she heard her friend speaking in, looking out into a clearing to see him standing before some kind of gacha machine.
"Maybe I need to pull harder?" she heard him say as he tried to twist the nob on the machine. "Darn, Whisper? Can you hear me? I can't get the machine to work," Nate tapped the top of the machine a couple times before sighing. "Maybe Jibanyan or Hidabat can help."
"Nate?" the Anchor stiffened a bit at the voice calling him before he turned to see his female friend and crush staring at him curiously. "What are you doing?"
"K-Katie?" Nate questioned in surprise. Why was Katie here? Was this one of those variants where she got the Yo-kai Watch? "I was just…"
"Trying to get that machine to work?" Katie questioned while looking past him and at said machine. "So this is where you run off to at the beginning…" Katie muttered that last part quietly, but Nate heard it.
"Wait, what?" he blinked, thinking he must have misunderstood what she had just said. Katie walked up to the machine before inserting a coin and turning the dial with no issue.
"I don't get why you were having so much trouble Nate. This thing's old but it seems to work just fine," she picked up the capsule that had come out and looked at it for a few seconds. "What kind of prizes would a gacha machine in the middle of the woods give anyway?"
"Um… About that, Katie are you..?" Nate tried to think of how to ask her if she was traveling through time, the best method would probably be to just ask her directly. But he was nervous. However before Nate could figure out what he should do Katie pulled open the capsule and smoke burst out.
"Uh, took you longer than usual Nate, what kept you?" Whisper questioned while he did a few stretches. He looked at Katie who was standing in front of him with a shocked expression on her face, then to Nate whom nervously stood a few feet behind her. The ghost-like yo-kai glanced between the two children a couple of times before his eyes widened. "Oh, um. Hello, my name is Whisper and I am a yo-kai, and thank you both for freeing me! Children I have never met before!" Whisper announced in a theatric manner. Nate sweatdropped while Katie just stared in confusion.
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"Nate, I'm really confused," Katie said as she and Nate sat on a bench in the park with Whisper hovering beside them.
"I know, and I want to help you but I need you to answer some questions first," Nate sighed while rubbing his forehead. "Katie, is time repeating for you?" Katie looked at Nate with a surprised expression after that question, she took a moment to respond.
"… Yes, I've ended up back on this day a few times, sometimes things are a little different but it's mostly the same… have you..?"
"Yes," Nate nodded quickly to the question he knew his friend was about to ask. "For a very, very long time…"
"Long time? How long?" Katie questioned and noticed that Nate looked a bit distracted.
"Geez, I lost count a long time ago, and I've not even been doing this for as long as Nate here," Whisper interjected, reminding Katie of his presence and that time travel wasn't the only weird thing going on.
"You're time traveling too!? What are you anyway?" Katie asked warily and Whisper sighed.
"I already said that I am a yo-kai. And yes, I'm time traveling too, as are two other yo-kai that we know," Whisper explained before bowing. "Whisper: yo-kai butler extraordinaire, at your service."
"Yo-kai exist? And you're a… butler?" Katie questioned a bit skeptically.
"I know this is a bit much to take in, but I'll try to explain everything as best I can," Nate said and Katie nodded before he started to give his best explanation of the Loops.
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"Ok, so let me get this straight," Katie sat in thought after Nate had given her. "The universe is broken?"
"Multiverse actually," Whisper added but stopped talking when Nate sent him a glare before looking back at his friend.
"Um… the multiverse is broken?" Katie chose to correct herself anyway before continuing. "And time is repeating over and over, infinitely?"
"Well… not technically infinitely, but there's definitely no perceivable end for us at least," Nate sighed while Katie rubbed her head.
"Ok, and you, even before this. Have been seeing yo-kai?" Katie looked like she was still trying to grasp the concepts that had been laid out for her.
"Correct, seeing and befriending," Whisper interjected with a proud smile. "All with the help of his fateful yo-kai butler."
"Well your yo-kai pad is fateful," Nate muttered under his breath, though Whisper seemed to hear him.
"Now see here! I am an infallible source of yo-kai information-"
"Are you really still going on with that charade? We've been Looping for centuries," Nate shook his head in disapproval, which only made Whisper angrier.
"How rude! I give you my services free of charge and you have the nerve to insult me?!"
"Well you didn't exactly ask my opinion when you made yourself my butler."
"If it weren't for me you wouldn't even know what a yo-kai is!" Nate was going to respond to Whisper's shouting again when he and the ghostly yo-kai heard… laughing? They both looked over at Katie who was holding her sides as she laughed.
"Katie? What's so funny?" Nate asked with a confused look on his face.
"You!" She chuckled as she opened her eyes. "I'm still really confused about how this happened, but I can see that you're still you and that makes me feel better," after Katie said as she calmed down and gave Nate a soft smile.
"Um… right, of course I am," Nate blushed and gave a nervous chuckle while Whisper looked at him critically.
"Right, same old Nate," Whisper shook his head/body before looking back at Katie and handing her a yo-kai watch necklace. "Here, you may be able to see me but there are plenty of yo-kai you'll need that yo-kai watch to see."
"Yo-kai watch?" Katie questioned while holding it up, she pressed the button and caused the face to pop up.
"Yeah, like mine," Nate showed the yo-kai watch on his wrist. "Though after a few Loops you should be able to see the yo-kai without it with some concentration."
"Huh, that's interesting," Katie shined the light around until it hit something invisible and revealed its form to be some sort of small, pink child-like creature holding what looked like a toothpick along with a pot on its head. "Is that a yo-kai?"
"Yes, that would be," Whisper took out his yo-kai pad and quickly began swiping. "Right, we've seen this one before. Pandle. I told you that I knew what I was doing!" Whisper said smugly as he hid the yo-kai pad behind his back. But Nate didn't respond, he was just glancing between the newly revealed yo-kai and Katie. "… Nate?"
"Get out of here!" Nate suddenly shouted before he charged at the pandle. The small yo-kai noticed him approaching and began running away, Nate stopped after a moment and started shaking his fist in the direction it was running. "Don't let me see your face around here again!"
"… What's wrong with Nate?" Katie asked with a freaked out look on her face.
"I… think he might have had a bad experience with a pandle once," Whisper sweatdropped.
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"So… you can see meow?" Jibanyan questioned as he eyed Katie while lying on the floor of Nate's bedroom, she nodded while staring oddly at the small nekomata.
"Yes, with the yo-kai watch Whisper gave me, so you're another one of those Loopers? Like Nate?" Katie questioned, Jibanyan nodded in response before laying down on his belly. Nate stood by his room's door as he watched them speak with Whisper hovering next to him.
"Yeah, been going through the Loops for quite a while, I'm usually already a yo-kai before I Wake up. So I don't usually get to spend any time with Amy… that's a little disappointing," Jibanyan sighed as he thought about this.
"What do you mean by that? How exactly do you end up a yo-kai?" Katie questioned in a concerned tone, Jibanyan sighed and shook his head.
"It's… really not a big deal anymore I guess, but thinking back on it… um, well. I got hit by a truck," Jibanyan explained as best he could.
"You got hit by a truck?" Katie questioned a little wide eyed.
"Yeah, I was a normal cat but then that truck him me and bam! Here I am," Jibanyan stated as he held his arms out.
"That's terrible!"
"Nya, it's not so bad. Being yo-kai is a bit better than being a regular cat. I can talk to people who can see me, and I have powers!" Jibanyan held out one of his paws and a fireball formed. "I'm sure with these Loops I'll see Amy again someday, but I'm willing to be patient until that happens. In the meantime hanging out with Nyate isn't that bad."
"I enjoy his company," Hidabat's small voice said from the closet, Katie looked the bat-like yo-kai's way in surprise. Nate smiled at the sight of his closet's inhabitant and walked over to her.
"Oh, you must be Hidabat, Nate mentioned you along with Jibanyan," Katie said with a gentle smile.
"Sometimes I go by Hikikomori, but yes. I'm Hidabat," the shut-in gave a small nod.
"You doing fine Hidabat?" Nate questioned her sincerely and she nodded.
"Yes, it's a little strange seeing a new person here… especially one whom can see me. But I know you trust her Nate and I think she seems nice," she said, a little timidly.
"I can't believe you've had friends like this for so long Nate," Katie chuckled as she looked between Hidabat, Jibanyan and Whisper.
"We're just the one's whom are Looping, Nate here has made friends with many more yo-kai then just us," Whisper stated proudly.
"Though I wouldn't get my hopes up for them all to Loop," Nate sighed before Katie walked over to him and put a hand on his shoulder. Nate blushed a bit but hid it from his crush.
"Well I'm still not really sure what all this means Nate, but I'm happy to be a part of it."
"Don't worry… we're not really sure what all of it means yet either," Nate sighed.
3.6
"Nate, if you don't want to be late for school you better get up," Ruby giggled as she watched her little brother sleep. Nate grumbled as he pulled himself up, he looked over to his sister and nodded before he began getting dressed. When he was done he went downstairs and found his mom and dad, along with his siblings having breakfast.
"Good to see you back in the world of the living," Grif greeted before taking a bite out of a waffle.
"Shut up Grif, at least I don't see the need for an afternoon nap, along with an after afternoon nap… and an after after afternoon nap," Nate countered, but Grif just shrugged.
"One day little brother, you too will understand the importance of naps."
"Let's hope not," Cinder scoffed as she took a sip from a cup of coffee.
"Now, now, Cinder be nice. Grif don't tease your little brother. And Nate, get over here and eat so you're not late for school," their mother, whom, like their father, was one of Nate's baseline parent said firmly.
"Yes mom," The three siblings nodded before Nate joined the table.
This kind of Loop was not too out of the ordinary for Nate, finding himself in a family with his adopted out-of-Loop siblings. Though there were no yo-kai around, or there just was no yo-kai watch. He supposed there could still be yo-kai around but… that was a thought that he decided to drop.
Anyway, he was happy that all of his 'siblings' were Awake and he would have the opportunity to spend some time with them… except for maybe Cinder… he hadn't really bonded with her and she kind of… made him feel uneasy.
The oldest sister glanced the way of the youngest of the siblings and he paled slightly.
'She can't read minds, can she?' Nate thought anxiously. It certainly wasn't out of the realm of possibilities with all the crazy stuff he had seen in the Loops, or even in his Baseline…
Cinder shrugged after a moment and went back to her food and coffee. Nate let out a breath of relief.
"You know speaking of getting up, there's one person whom still isn't here," their father stated after looking around and noticing one empty seat. Ruby stood up and looked up the stairs.
"YANG! GET DOWN HERE!"
"I'M COMING! SHEASH!"
The other three sibling's ears rang at the shouts between the two youngest sisters, though the parents didn't seem very phased.
.
"Ok, you got everything you need?" Yang asked as she looked at Nate. Their parents had already left and it was his older siblings' jobs to make sure he got to school on time and safely.
"I'm fine Yang, you do know I'm Awake right?" Nate questioned his blond sister and she chuckled while patting his head.
"Of course, of course. But I still need to lookout for my baby brother."
"I wish you guys would stop calling me a baby," Nate grumbled as he got his shoes on.
"Don't worry Nate, they called me the baby for a while too!" Ruby called from the living room.
"How did you get them to stop?" Nate questioned Remnant's Anchor and he heard her chuckling.
"You became the baby!"
"That doesn't help!"
"It helped me!"
"Ruby!"
"Ok, enough! Shouldn't you get going," Cinder interrupted the little sibling-squabble before she inspected Nate. "He looks fine, send him off into the world."
"I'm getting to that," Yang stated before she nodded to Nate. "Anybody give you any trouble, just give me a call."
"Thanks Yang, but I don't think the principle wants you around the elementary school after what you did to the last bully."
"It was self-defense! Self-defense of my little brother's adorable head!"
"Don't worry, nobody has the guts to try anything after that anyway," Nate chuckled as Yang nodded with a smile.
"Well you better get going before you're late," Grif stated as he stood by the stairs.
"Shouldn't you be getting to work?" Nate questioned his only brother whom just shrugged.
"I'm taking a sick day."
"… You're not sick."
"Oh yes I am, I have a really bad case of the lazies."
"Be careful, I think it's contagious," Yang whispered to Nate in an amused tone.
"Well then… I best be going, Eddie and Bear are waiting for me," Nate stated.
"Bear… why is that his name?" Grif questioned with a shake of his head. Nate stepped outside to meet with his two friends while his siblings came out to the front porch to watch him go. Nate wasn't really that thrilled with going to school… there were no yo-kai and Katie didn't seem to be Awake. That, along with knowing most of the answers to the tests in advance made it… pretty boring. Still he was happy with this Loop and any opportunity to spend time with his 'siblings.'
"So Nate," Bear began as they walked away from his home and siblings, while Eddie messed around with something on his smartphone. "About your sisters…"
"No Bear," Nate said firmly.
"They're kind of…" Bear trailed off with a devious look on his face.
"I swear if you finish that sentence," Nate growled in a threatening manner.
"Your sisters are hot," Eddie stated absentmindedly and Bear laughed.
"THAT'S IT!" Nate shouted before he pounced on his two friends.
"Nate! What are you doing!? That's not how I taught you to punch!" Yang shouted as she came over and started yelling instructions.
"Oh brother," Cinder sighed before she just went back inside. Ruby and Grif watched the scene blankly for a few seconds; Ruby with a concerned look, and Grif not seeming to care.
"Grif… should we do something?"
"Why? Nate seems to be handling this fine."
"Come on Nate! Can't you take a joke!?" Bear's voice cried out.
"I mean step in to stop Nate…"
"Nah… this is something we should let him get out of his system."
"… You sure."
"… Positive."
3.7
"Blake! Get back here with my Bumblebee!" Yang cried out as she chased her girlfriend whom was driving away with a cartoonishly large amount of stolen goods.
"Blake?" Keita questioned as she zoomed by him and Whisper.
"Stop her!" Yang yelled, stopping by her surrogate brother. Keita sighed before grabbing Whisper and zooming after Blake with the enhanced speed he shared with Ruby.
"Keita-kun! Hold up!" Whisper cried as he felt sick moving at this speed. They stopped when they got in front of Blake and forced her to hit the brakes.
"Out of the way!" Blake yelled in aggravation.
"Blake's acting odd, there must be a yo-kai!" Keita concluded before taking out his watch.
"Keita-kun, what have I told you about blaming yo-kai for everything? Blake simply needs to learn some self-control. I'd think by now you would have learned-"
"Found it!" Keita exclaimed when his light hit something and revealed what looked like a fat, purple penguin hovering near Blake.
"What!? There was one!?" Whisper shouted in surprise. "Er, I mean. Of course there is, this is um," Whisper quickly took out his yo-kai pad and tried to look for the name.
"Yokodori, AKA Peckpocket, AKA we've seen this one before," Keita said with shake of his head.
"Um, yes. Of course I knew that. I was just testing you," Whisper insisted.
"Whatever," Keita shook his head before glaring at the avian yo-kai. "Yokodori, stop inspiriting Blake right now!"
"What's mine is mine and what's yours is mine!" Yokodori said uncaringly and Blake's eyes flashed.
"Mine, mine, mine!" before she zoomed past Keita and went ahead. Kaita took a look at himself and confirmed Blake hadn't taken anything from him.
"Huh, odd. I'd think she'd have stolen something from me, that's weird, huh Whisper?" no response. "… Whisper?" he looked and noticed his ghostly butler was no longer by his side.
"Keita-kun! Help!" Whisper cried out as he was taken away along with the rest of the stuff Blake had stolen.
"Oh great…" Keita sighed as he prepared to give chase.
"Blake! Stop it!" Yang yelled as she finally caught up and took a second to catch her breath.
3.8 wildrook
"This is the first I've heard of it," Whisper replied, he and Nate looking at this place. "Mons Convention?"
Nate gave a look-around. "Well," he said, "might as well check out the place. Let's go, Jibanyan! Yo-Kai Watch, do your thing!"
"You don't have to shout," a voice said, surprising them. "I'm right here."
Whisper and Nate just looked at Jibanyan, who had been busy with a tail.
"Jibanyan?" Nate yelled.
"How long have you been here?" Whisper asked him.
"I've been looking at this strange electric-tailed Yokai for quite a while," Jibanyan replied, playing with the tail. "However, it's not responding to it."
Electric tailed Yokai? Nate's face had contorted into a grimace. "Jibanyan, that's not a Yokai," Nate said. "That's a Pokémon."
"Poke-what?" Jibanyan asked him. "What's that mean?"
"It means Pocket Monster," a voice said. "And I suggest not playing with that tail if you know what's good for you."
Imagine their surprise when a cat with a coin on its head had appeared, Nate recognizing the cat while Whisper was just looking up the monsters in the Yokai Wiki.
"Okay," Whisper said, not finding any results, "you know more about these things than I do."
"That's a Meowth," Nate replied, "and Jibanyan's playing with a Pikachu tail."
"Dat's right," Meowth said. "And dat's no ordinary Pikachu. That's our world's Anchor."
"Anchor?"
Pikachu had finally noticed Jibanyan's touch and shocked the Yo-Kai on instinct.
"Sorry about that," Pikachu replied. "Reflex."
"Jiba-nyan..." Jibanyan said, charred.
"Shocking, isn't it?" Whisper snarked.
Pikachu then looked at Meowth. "You guys set up the stand?" Pikachu asked Meowth, who nodded. "Great. Now, who are you guys?"
"I'm Nate, that's Whisper, and the cat Yokai you just shocked was Jibanyan," Nate replied.
"What raw power," Whisper replied. "How long have you been Looping?"
"Longer than you guys, I presume," Pikachu replied. "This is your first time to the Mons convention?"
"We weren't even aware there were conventions for stuff like that," Nate replied, picking up Jibanyan. "Still, mind giving us a tour?"
"We can do more than dat," Meowth said. "We can introduce you to da other Mon-based Loopers. Dat's what Conventions are for in Yggdrasil."
Nate then chuckled. "Well," he said, "no time like the present to meet the others."
And with that, Nate, Whisper, and Jibanyan entered the convention. Who knows what they're going to meet up with.
3.9 wildrook
"Oh, you are kidding me," Nate muttered. "You're telling me that Kiwi..."
"Kyubi," the Yokai-in-Human form said. "Kee-you-bee. It's not that hard to pronounce."
"...Whatever, this guy was trying to hit on you?"
Katie was embarrassed. "Well, to be honest," she muttered, "I didn't think he was a Yokai at the time. Nor did I think he was hitting on me."
"It's like Manjimutt all over again," Jibanyan muttered. "Only this guy's less freakish."
Kyubi growled. "You're comparing me to that Man-Faced-Dog!?" he yelled, freaking out Jibanyan. "The indignity of it all!"
"Whoa, calm down," Nate replied, getting between the two. "He didn't mean anything by it. Anyways, why were you trying to woo Katie, anyways?"
Kyubi then gave out a chuckle. "Isn't it obvious? I'm trying to gather 100 hearts to become the Fox Lord. Katie just had this resistance that made her more desirable."
Nate then cringed. "I was better off not knowing," he muttered. "Still, why come to me, Kate?"
"Probably because when I met him," Katie said, looking in her pocket, "I managed to get this."
She then brought out a medal, much to the three's surprise.
"That's how she saw right through my ways," Kyubi replied. "I ended up becoming her partner Yokai."
"And last I checked," Whisper added, "he's a very powerful Yokai. S-Class, to be precise."
Nate was somewhat impressed. "And that's your first Yokai," he said. "I usually have to work HARD in order to befriend an S-Class one."
"Well, this might be your lucky day, human," Kyubi said, holding out his hand. "I need you to do three things, though...actually, four, because I'm feeling kind of peckish."
Nate, Whisper, and Jibanyan gave each other a look. This was not going to be easy.
3.10 wildrook
Takaharu Igasaki was outright confused.
Especially when a Ghost had shown up claiming to be a Yo-Kai after he inserted 100 yen inside the Gachapon Machine
"You don't exactly look like you're powered by a Sealed Shuriken," he said to the ghost.
"You're definitely new here," the Ghost replied. "Because you're not exactly Nate or Katie. Who are you, really?"
Takaharu gave out a sigh. "Well, you're willing to talk, like the Zaraki-Warashi Sasuke-sensei told me about." He then brought out his Ninja Ichibantou and the Nin Shuriken. "I call myself Takaharu Igasaki, and I'm a ninja...Akaninger, to be precise."
"Well, you can call me Whisper, but not a lot of people outright call themselves Ninja out loud."
"I'm the type that doesn't hide," Takaharu looked around. "So, what is this place."
"Ah, that's easy," Whisper replied. "Welcome to the world of Yo-Kai Watch, and I'll be your Yo-Kai Butler. By the way, catch." He then tossed Takaharu a Yo-Kai Watch. "I take it you're familiar with Yokai?"
"It's a long story." He then walked around. "This brings up the question, though... any Yokai I could meet that would be interested in a sparring match?"
"You'd probably be looking for someone in the Tough Class. Why, are you using the Nanoha Takamichi method of befriending Yokai?"
Takaharu blinked. "The who?"
Next thing he knew, he ended up fighting a Yokai that reminded him of Kyuuemon. Specifically, Kyubi.
Takaharu was NOT lost on the irony.
"Of course I'd run into a Fox-based Yokai," he muttered. "As if Kyuuemon wasn't enough already."
Kyubi had given him a stare. "And you decided to show up in my quest to become Fox Lord," he said. "However, the way you handle your power, you've got me curious. It's been awhile since I've had a good fight."
"Be careful," Whisper replied. "Kyubi's an S-Class Yokai. Not one to be trifled with."
"I had a feeling." Takaharu then brought out the Ninja Ichibanto and the AkaNinger Nin Shuriken. "Then I'd better get creative."
THE HENGE! NIN NIN NIN! NIN NININ NIN! NIN NIN NIN! NIN NININ NIN!
"SHURIKEN HENGE!" Takaharu yelled, pressing the button and spinning the Nin Shuriken.
AKA NINGER!
The change was instantaneous as he changed into a red-clad warrior.
Whisper would have been surprised if it wasn't for Nate having a similar system.
"THE WILD BRILLIANCE!" he yelled. "AKANINGER!"
"Aren't you a little bright and loud to be a Ninja?" Kyubi mocked.
"I don't hide," AkaNinger retorted. "I RAMPAGE!"
Then they decided to clash, both Takaharu and Kyubi slashing each other.
It's well-known that foxes are masters of illusion. Kyubi had the upper hand by diverting Takaharu's attention, getting in a few strikes.
"You're too predictable!" Kyubi yelled, before striking Takaharu in the chest.
However, the term ninja was emphasized due to him using the Kawarimi no Jutsu.
"Oh right," Kyubi muttered before being struck in the back. "You weren't kidding when you said you were a ninja."
"NINPOU! BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!" Takaharu yelled, making multiple copies of himself. All of them attempted to strike the fox if it wasn't for the counter-strikes.
"You're not the only one with tricks up their sleeves!" Kyubi yelled, using Foxfire.
Takaharu looked like he was struck before he and his body doubles faded.
"AGAIN?" Kyubi yelled, countering a strike from above. "Is there anything you can do other than body doubles?"
"HURRICANGER!" the Ninja Ichibanto yelled as he spinned the Nin Shuriken, changing the Ninja Ichibantou into the HayateMaru gun, blasting Kyubi close up.
Kyubi looked annoyed. "Sorry I asked," he muttered. Another clash was made as they struck, the Ichibantou changing back to its normal self.
"I get it," Whisper muttered, watching the fight go on. "That's the difference between Keita and Takaharu. Nate is more of a speedster while Takaharu relies on deception and brute force. And I've never seen Kyubi fight before, so his powers are very shocking."
"WHISPER!" a voice yelled. "Hidabat just finished the Nin Shuriken conversion!"
"Jibanyan! Perfect timing." Whisper then looked at the fight. "Looks like they're on even ground... wait, Nin Shuriken Conversion?"
Jibanyan nodded. "Robonyan helped out with the technology," he said. "She just created a Yo-Kai Nin Shuriken!"
"Yokai nin WHAT!?" Takaharu and Whisper yelled, Kyubi taking advantage of the opening and taking him down.
"You're open!" Kyubi yelled.
Whisper looked around as Jibanyan brought out the Nin Shuriken in question.
"Takaharu!" Jibanyan yelled. "CATCH!" He then threw over the Nin Shuriken modeled after the Yokai Watch and Takaharu caught it before Kyubi could land a strike.
"Hmm," Kyubi muttered. "Now I'm curious. What's that thing going to do?"
"I don't know," Takaharu replied, taking out a random Yo-Kai Medal and inserting it into the Shuriken. He then attached it. "But the anticipation is firing me up!"
YOKAI SHURIKEN! ENHANCING, BRAVE! ISHIMASHI! ISHIMASHI! ISHIMASHI-ZOKU!
"Where's this wind coming from?" Kyubi muttered. "And why is it...oh. He managed to get it to work." He then smirked. "Not bad."
"Was that the Shogunyan Medal, nyan?" Jibanyan asked Whisper.
"Brave medal with wind abilities," Whisper replied, on the Yokai Pad. "And a Class S Legend type, too. I haven't seen anything like this since Keita's Spectral Fang"
THE WAZA! NANJA NANJA! NANJA NANJA!
"NINJA ISSEN!" Takaharu yelled, striking Kyubi with it as Kyubi did a fire strike with his own blow.
The damage to the area was devastating as both opponents had stood there...before they both collapsed, Takaharu losing form.
"Did you plan this?" Kyubi asked him.
"No," Takaharu replied. "But really, call it an urge to spar against someone other than my Grandfather as well as some pent up aggression against another fox-like opponent."
Kyubi gave out a chuckle. "I will admit," he said, "fighting against you is an experience. Not often can a human show up to match a Yo-Kai blow by blow. I haven't heard of something like that since Zerberker fought a samurai with a Yo-Kai Watch."
Takaharu blinked. "Eh?" he yelled. "There's another one with a Yokai Watch? And...I don't know that many samurai... did he have a bunch of guys wearing black with him known as Kuroko?"
Kyubi blinked. "You know of this particular one?"
"Yeah, he uses Mojikara instead of Ninjality. I heard his name was Shiba Takeru."
"That's quite the staggering coincidence," Whisper replied, watching them. "Although...the first Yo-Kai Nin Shuriken... and to see it in action...good thing Hidabat was awake. Does everyone from your Branch crave battle?"
"Not everyone," Takaharu replied. "Grandpa introduced me to the Shiba Clan knowing about the Time Loops without having the Awakening Factor. Usually, Ninjas and Samurai don't get along, but Sentai bonding usually comes first."
Kyubi then smirked. "Well, you've earned my respect," he said. "That was a good fight. Here."
Next thing Takaharu knew, he was given Kyubi's medal.
"I'll be looking forward to the rematch," he said before disappearing.
Takaharu smirked. "So am I," he said.
Now Takaharu had two things on his mind: Why was Shiba Takeru in this Branch, and how many Yo-Kai are going to come to him for a sparring match?
Unknown to anyone, someone else was watching, smirking at the battle.
"Guess he can handle an S-Class Yokai," he said. "Not bad for the latest Sentai Anchor. Still wondering why his Grandfather wanted me to oversee his training."
On the Shinkenmaru was an Inromaru that had a Yo-Kai Watch insignia. Why it was a necessity, he could never figure out.
Otherwise, he had to figure out how strong Takaharu could be. Kid was still cocky and the Loops were quite harsh, so he needed all the training he could get.
3.11
Keita and Fumi both sat on the swings in the park with Jibanyan resting nearby and Whisper floating beside Keita. Fumi had a contemplative look on her face.
"So wait, the time I kept getting tired of things I was doing..?"
"That was a yo-kai's fault," Keita nodded.
"And the time Kuma kept stealing stuff?"
"Yo-kai," Keita nodded again.
"The time you kept saying 'no way?'"
"Yo-kai," Whisper shrugged.
"The time you kept making all those insincere apologies?"
"Yo-kai, yup," Jibanyan yawned–Keita scratched his head in embarrassment.
"The time I kept getting this urge to do bad stuff?"
"Yeah, that was a yo-kai too," Keita muttered.
"And the time I… um," Fumi looked away and blushed a little.
"Got all clingy and jealous towards Keita-kun and tried to move in with him? Yeah that was definitely a yo-kai," Whisper nodded with his arms crossed. Keita smacked him out of the air. "Ow!"
"… Is everything that happens to us caused by yo-kai?" Fumi questioned while frowning.
"No, not everything… well," Keita looked unsure of what to say. Whisper crossed his arms and looked annoyed.
"You do have a habit on blaming everything on yo-kai."
"But isn't he always right?" Jibanyan questioned while rolling onto his stomach. Whisper didn't have any response to that.
3.12 wildrook
"In my years of experience," Whisper said, looking at his pad for the Yo-Kai Wikipedia Page, "I've never seen any of the Jibanyan family jump that high, let alone Jibanyan, Shogunyan, and Robonyan at the same time."
Nate gave out a groan. Walkappa just blinked.
"I just came here to ask for pizza ingredients," Walkappa said. "I didn't think all three of them would jump at the first sight of a cucumber."
"No, it's not your fault," Nate replied. "My only annoyance is how I'm going to explain WHY THERE'S A HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF MY ROOM!"
That's when the door opened, revealing Hidabat.
"Why is there a hole in the middle of the room?" she asked Nate.
"I'LL BE BACK!" Robonyan yelled, off-screen. Shogunyan and Jibanyan just fell.
"Oh."
3.13 GammaTron
"Not so funny, is it?" Ruby giggled.
"Oh hah-hah-hah. Very funny, universe!" Grif shook a hand at the air.
"Oh come on, Grif. It's not that bad," Yang giggled, "Just think about what you can do now."
"... Someone get me a normal-sized slice of pizza," Grif ordered, pointing his hand at them.
"So their extension came with a new average thing they'll Loop through?" Keita asked, looking at his brother turned Mega Blocks standing on the table which was displaying a makeshift Valhalla.
"It seems like it. Quite hilarious," Cinder smirked.
"You better not be thinkin' of lightin' us up!" Sarge demanded on top of Red Base, "Ah've got mah birthday present and Ah ain't 'fraid t' use it!"
Ruby fell over laughing, "Th-Their voices are high pitched!"
"Only one of us that still sounds the same is Caboose," Simmons noted.
"Put. Me. Down," Church glowered at Caboose.
"But you are a toy now! And toys are huggable!" Caboose cheered.
"You're a toy, too, tree-dang it! Branch! We're censored like this!" Church shouted in annoyance.
"Oh my Tree, you're right! I am a toy, too!" Caboose realized before he pulled Church into a bear hug, "Now I can hug you and me at the same time!"
"(Seriously. Why am I a head even now?!)" Lopez complained, a head beside Sarge.
"You're right, Lopez. If she tried t' use her fire on us, we'll blast her with all th' firecrackers we've got!" Sarge nodded his head.
"(Sarge. Learn. Spanish. Already!)"
Sarge chuckled, "Oh, Lopez, Ah love ya too."
"(I hate you.)"
"Whisper... are... are you really recording this?" Keita gawked at the butler.
"But of course. Delta asked me to do this if he wasn't around at the moment," Whisper replied, "And Theta gave me puppy dog eyes."
"But he wears a helmet all the time."
"I could feel the Puppy Dog Eyes through it," Whisper shivered before they both blinked twice at the empty plate with Grif in it.
"I. have. no. regrets..." Grif groaned.
"Wow. He ate the entire slice in three seconds flat," Ruby blinked twice.
3.14
Nate, Katie, and Jibanyan were all seated at a table in a kitchen. For some reason things around them seemed to be made of felt and the window to outside looked like a flat image.
"… Um, what are we doing here exactly?" Katie questioned after a second. Nate looked around suspiciously, and Jibanyan yawned. Suddenly a notepad on the table flipped open by itself to reveal it had a face, and it began singing.
"What's your favorite idea? Mine is being creative!"
"Nope!" Nate pushed the notepad off the table without a second thought. Jibanyan and Katie both blinked.
"Wait, what was that about?" Katie asked while looking very confused.
"I've seen this video, and I'll have no part in it," Nate grunted before he got up from the table and walked off… towards what appeared to be a camera crew run by weird creatures that were just large pairs of eyes with duck feet. Nate walked off into the ambiguous setting that was their studio.
"… How did we miss that?" Katie questioned blankly. Jibanyan absentmindedly rolled around an orange he had taken from a basket of fruit.
3.15
Keita roared as he charged forward, leaving a trail of rose petals along his way. His scythe out, with a Jibanyan medal in place which had changed its color to the pink of the Pretty tribe. His cloaked opponent stood completely still as he approached and just as he was about to swing his weapon, she vanished.
"Nice try," Keita heard his sister's voice say before she appeared behind him with her own weapon out and ready. She swung Crescent Rose at him but he blocked the slash with Spectral Fang. The two traded blows rapidly while running around the mountain range they were currently in.
"I'm going to hit you this time!" Keita cried out as he continued his assault, but Ruby easily blocked or dodged all of his hits. Ruby suddenly vanished from sight again and Keita looked around frantically for her. He noticed Ruby appearing and disappearing around the mountains and quickly switched Spectral Fang to gun mode and attempted to shoot his fire balls at her, but she always disappeared before they could hit her.
"Listen bro, you've definitely improved," in an instant Ruby appeared before Keita and knocked him to the ground. "But you're not ready to beat me!" she changed her weapon to gun mode and pointed it at him. "Do you yield?"
"… I yield," Keita sighed with his head low. Ruby smiled at him and held her hand out, her younger brother took it before she pulled him to his feet. Suddenly the mountain range they were fighting in faded away before they exited Beacon's training room. "One of these days I'm going to get you to go all out Ruby…"
"Maybe, but you've still got a long way to go," Ruby chuckled while ruffling Keita's hair. Keita pushed her hands away and gave her an irritated look.
"Just you wait, next time I'll use more than Jibanyan's medal. You won't know what hit you!"
"You won't have the opportunity to switch it, you need to figure out how to switch the medal faster," Ruby shook her head while Keita looked at Spectral Fang in thought before removing Jibanyan's medal, causing the weapon to return to its base white color. "Now then, I believe we had a deal," Keita sighed at the devious smile on his surrogate–but also currently biological–sister's face.
"Right, right. Two dozen cookies coming up," he shook his head with a small smile.
3.16
"Well that was boring," Nate sighed as he, Whisper and Katie were walking down the sidewalk after school.
"So what, school's not important anymore because you're like a super genius or something now?" Katie questioned with a raised brow.
"I wouldn't call myself a genius, but you have to admit it's not interesting repeating the same couple years of classes over and over again with little variation. You can't tell me you haven't memorized all the answers after your first couple Loops," Nate said while crossing his arms.
"Well… I admit you have a point," Katie muttered while scratching her head.
"Nate, you're attitude towards school isn't really something you should be rubbing off on your friends, we could get an expansion any Loop now," Whisper stated with his arms crossed, but Nate just scoffed.
"I doubt that any expansion will have any classes that benefit me. You forget that I've been learning stuff outside of our branch too," Nate said while shaking his head. Whisper gave him an irritated look while Katie's was a concerned one. Whatever else this conversation was leading to was cut off when the area went dark and everything seemed to freeze.
"What the? Is this..?" Katie looked around a bit fearfully while Nate and Whisper both got serious expressions.
"Terror Time," they both said while looking around for where the oni would appear. A loud roar could be heard from around the corner, and they looked to see the red oni Gargaros stomping towards them. Katie stepped back a little in fear but Nate and Whisper seemed relieved.
"It's just Gargaros," Nate shook his head. "Don't worry guys, I'll handle this quickly," Nate smirked a bit as he stepped towards the approaching yo-kai.
"Don't go overboard Nate," Whisper muttered with a bit of concern.
"What is Nate doing?" Katie asked, stepping forward again and looking at Whisper. Whisper gave her a kind smile and patted her shoulder.
"Don't worry, this isn't that big a deal. Nate can handle it," he nodded as he said that and she nodded back a bit hesitantly as they watched their Anchor stand before the large beast.
"GARGA!" Gargaros roared, stomping on the ground and holding its club high. Nate stood before it looking unaffected by the display.
"Ok Gargaros, we can do this the easy way," Nate began before he pulled Spectral Fang from his pocket and held it in a combat ready stance. "Or the hard way!"
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The fight had gone by in what seemed to be a blur, Katie wasn't even sure if could call it a fight. Nate had moved too quickly for the oni to even touch him and he used his scythe to slice its club in two. Eventually the oni retreated when it became obvious it couldn't win… still.
"Well that was easy," Nate commented as he walked back over to Whisper and Katie, still holding his modified mechanical scythe as the effects of Terror Time faded.
"Didn't I say not to go overboard?" Whisper questioned with his arms crossed.
"That wasn't overboard, bringing out the modified Meta armor I'm working on would've been overboard," Nate commented with a smirk on his face.
"Nate… you have a scythe!?" Katie suddenly exclaimed, staring at the weapon in her friend's hands. Nate nodded and held Spectral Fang before Katie.
"Not just a scythe, it's also a customizable, high-impact sniper rifle–modified to use yo-kai medals for fuel and ammo," Nate explained proudly.
"Um… wha?" Katie muttered with a dumbfounded look on her face.
"It's also a gun," Nate stated, shifting Spectral Fang to gun mode before he placed it back in his Sub-Space Pocket. Katie just stared at him blankly for a few seconds.
"You… have a scythe… that is also a gun?"
"… Yes."
"… And you use this… regularly?"
"You would be surprised how often combat comes up even in our Baseline," Nate shrugged, Whisper nodded. Katie stared for a few more seconds before shaking her head in disbelief.
3.17 wildrook
"I don't know why a Yo-Kai would diet," Nate said, looking at Infinite near their dinner table, "but for the life of me, I'm afraid to find out."
Indeed, Whisper had brought out three small chicken legs and a head of cabbage, which made Nate a bit skeptical considering the rumors of what a Looper can do with it.
Infinite was not amused. "What is this?" he asked the Yo-Kai Butler.
"Chicken, sir," Whisper replied. "Oh, right, you probably don't recognize it without the stuffing and dressing."
The Yo-Kai was not amused. "I can't do this anymore, human! I can't give up my favorite foods cold turkey!" Then Infinite went into a nostalgic binge. "Oh my God. Turkey. With pillowy mounds of mashed potatoes. Butter-drenched dressing. Tiny onions. Swimming in a sea of cream sauce." He then gave out a nostalgic sigh.
"Snap out of it, Infinite!" Jibanyan yelled, scratching the Yokai. "You're scaring Nate-nyan!"
"I'm less confused and more wondering why he decided to channel Phil Banks," Nate muttered.
At that moment, Infinite snapped and threw the table out the window.
Near the shrine, Kyubi was dealing with an unwanted guest.
"Uh," a devil-like creature said, "swiggity swooty. I'm coming for the booty."
Kyubi groaned. "I think you've mistaken me for Frostail," he said, growling. "Or any female Yokai in general." At this point, he would give anything to get rid of Beelzebold.
Said anything happened to be in the form of a table as he stepped aside, Beelzebold getting smacked by it.
The Nine-Tailed Yo-Kai recognized the table. "Isn't this from Adams's house?" he muttered, ignoring the groans from the downed devil Yo-Kai.
Back at said residence, Nate, Jibanyan, and Whisper were looking at the hole in the window.
"Is this a Yo-Kai thing?" he asked the three.
"Now you know why Yo-Kai don't normally diet," Whisper replied, double-facepalming.
3.18
"I… What are we looking at?" Fumi questioned with a freaked out expression on her face, an equally freaked our Keita and Whisper stood beside her.
"I… have no idea," Keita muttered.
"Woo! Let's go get some chocobo bars!"
"It's gonnya be nyap time soon!"
"You all going to the NyaKB concert?"
"YES!"
"I have no words," Whisper muttered. The city was… different this Loop. There were orange and white hair balls hopping around that sprouted into Jibanyan heads with segmented hairball bodies. The houses, and stop signs had cat ears and were dancing. The street lights were dancing. Jibanyans drove cars that were also Jibanyans. A train made up of Jibanyan heads with smaller Jibanyan heads for wheels could be seen going by on the nearby train tracks, with Jibanyans in every window.
"I… How does this kind of thing even occur?" Fumi questioned while holding her head.
"Um… Well look at the bright side, it could be weirder," Keita shrugged. Before a gigantic Jibanyan that had two Jibanyan heads in place of eyes, as well as legs made up of smaller Jibanyans came stomping by.
"NyaKB! NyaKB! NyaKB!" The different Jibanyans that made up the monstrosity chanted.
"Chocolate!" One of them exclaimed as it stomped away. Keita, Fumi and Whisper just continued staring.
"We shall never speak of this again," Keita stated firmly.
"Agreed!" Whisper and Fumi nodded.
3.19
"So, you're letting Komasan and Komajiro live with you this Loop?" Nate questioned and he and Katie stood in her room and watched the two small lion-dogs make themselves at home.
"They kind of just wandered in, they seemed so lost so I thought it would be fine… it's not like my parents can see them anyway," Katie explained while looking a little embarrassed.
"No, I get it. I have my own houseguests after all," Nate shrugged.
"Where is Whisper anyway?" Katie questioned, having noticed that Nate's ghostly butler wasn't following him like usual.
"Eh, I gave him the day off," Nate shrugged, his friend blinked in confusion.
"You… can do that?"
"Apparently…"
"Excuse me Ms. Katie," Komasan waved his paw catching both human's attention. "I would just like to say that my brother and I sure are grateful for you taking us in and all."
"Yeah, thanks a lot!" Komajiro nodded before both yo-kai bowed.
"Oh, no problem," Katie smiled and nodded to the two.
"If there's anything we can do for ya'll just ask," Komasan added kindly.
"Don't worry about it, I'm just happy to help."
"Though I do wonder why the place we've been staying since we came to the city isn't available anymore… And why we seem to have jumped back in time," Komasan muttered with a confused look on his face. Komajiro looked confused while Katie and Nate stared at the little lion-dog in shock.
"Brother, what are you talking about? We just got here," Komajiro questioned confusedly.
"Huh? No we've been here for a while, also it's a pretty big surprise that someone other than Nate can see us… Or was your name Keita?" Komasan questioned while looking up at Nate.
"What? We've never met him," Komajiro muttered. Nate and Katie both looked like they were trying to figure out what to say at this new revelation.
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"So that's the gist of what's going on," Nate sighed after explaining this to both Komasan and Komajiro–despite the fact that Komajiro didn't seem to be Looping, he had a feeling the electric komainu would soon follow his brother's lead.
"Oh my swirls…" Komasan muttered to himself as he and Komajiro both processed what they've been told.
"It's shocking, I know. Though yo-kai existing was also pretty shocking for me. But the Loops can be pretty fun if you can find something to do," Katie said in an encouraging voice.
"Something to do, huh?" Komasan was in thought, though Komajiro looked concerned.
"But from what you said; I'm not Looping. So, I'm going to forget all of this? Or will I be gone and replaced with an alternate me," Komajiro questioned with a scared look in his eyes. Nate went over to the golden lion-dog's side and pat his head comfortingly.
"Don't worry, I assure you that while memories may be lost to the Loops, your you–your soul is still the same through the variants, even if they behave different it will still be you," Nate assured the concerned brother whom looked at him with a hopeful look in his eyes and nodded.
"I won't have my brother left out, don't worry Komajiro, you'll be coming to the next Loop with your memories intact!" Komasan declared boldly.
"Brother…" Komajiro looked at Komasan in wonder, by all accounts the little fire komainu shouldn't be able to follow through on that declaration, but the way he had spoken made Komajiro want to believe him. His eyes narrowed in determination and he nodded. "I'm sure of it! I'll remember this moment, and all that come after for this Loop!"
"Can that happen Nate?" Katie whispered to Nate worriedly.
"I don't know, but strange things happen in the Loops all the time…" Nate whispered back while he watched the two siblings talk about what they'll do for the Loops in the future. "But I'd believe it could happen."
Next Loop…
"Well brother, it's time to head off to the city," Komasan said after he finished packing his bindle and beginning the trek from their shrine to the city.
"To the city, and wherever the Loops may take us," Komajiro smiled at his brother whom smiled back.
Closing Comments.
3.1: There's nothing 'regular' about that place…
3.2: The more armor you have, the more you can beat them onis.
3.3: Wearing an octopus on your head does not make you an Octarian, though I'm not sure the Inklings realize that…
3.4: Nate/Keita's not really that adapt at helping people deal with issues like this. But he is good at making friends.
3.5: Fumi/Katie is Looping! Secrets out! Well, it wasn't really a secret, but either way the others know now. And Fumi/Katie knows that Nate/Keita has been seeing yo-kai even before this Looping started.
3.6: Nate/Keita is happy to have his out of Loop siblings visiting (except Cinder…). He however, is not so happy with his friends taking notice of his sisters…
3.7: Blake stealing stuff? It's the work of a yo-kai!
3.8: I wonder where the Digimon panel is.
3.9: I'm not sure if you should trust that fox…
3.10: Honestly, I don't really know what's going on in this one, so 'No Comment.' '^^
3.11: Let's blame the yo-kai! It's all their fault!
3.12: Cats apparently don't like cucumbers, even ghost, and/or cyborg cats…
3.13: I guess Nate/Keita's the 'big' brother now XD.
3.14: Let's get creative!
3.15: Nate/Keita's really taking after Ruby.
3.16:… He's really taking after Ruby.
3.17: Flip the Table!
3.18: cyriak.
3.19: Two little lion-dogs find their way into the Loops!