I don't own Mega Man Star Force or Yokai Watch, except for a few OCs.
A spotlight was lit above Whisper. Who was sitting on a chair looking serious.
"Yokai. Invisible beings that exists within your world. They always cause trouble without you ever even noticing. Whether you suddenly feel hungry right after a meal? You decided to become dis-"
"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!!!"
Another Yokai called Cosmonyan suddenly kicked Whisper off his chair. The pitch black room was lit completely, revealing the bright and colorful background.
"OW! Who are you and what in the blazes are you doing here!?", Whisper asked him angrily.
"Who wants to listen to some boring speech about how mysteriously creepy we Yokai are? It's so old school.", Cosmonyan huffed.
"Because that's exactly what we are, you little furball!", Whisper yelled furiously, before getting whacked in the head by the Cat Yokai's hammer.
"AIIEEEE!!!", Whisper winced as he rubbed the bump on his head.
"Like I said, Marshmallow. It's old school.", Cosmonyan scoffed after throwing the hammer away.
"What the fans really want is how AWESOME we can do at the hands of a Yokai Watch user!", he winked at the audience.
A screen appeared behind them and projected a picture of the Yokai Watch."
The Yokai Watch is a tool that let's any wearer see and interact with Yokai. With a tool like this, we will finally bridge the gap between the Human World and the Yokai World!", the cat Yokai spun around happily.
"Hmph! Even so, that's nothing but an impossible dream.", Whisper cried dramatically."
Such a drama queen. That's because the media hardly gave the characters any development.", Cosmonyan shook his head.
A question mark appeared above Whisper's head. "Hmm? What are you talking ab-"
"MUSIC START!", after holding up a microphone, Cosmonyan shouted after pushing Whisper aside.
Playing BGM (DiVE! - Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters - English Cover)
Four silhouettes power walked as the music began playing.
Transition to Leon, Sonia, and then Geo, who held up his Yokai Watch as it glowed.
"AI" just wanna DiVE into the future!
Geo and Omega-Xis were walking around Springdale when a yellow flaming wisp floated towards to them.
Maybe you could come along?
Said wisp transformed into Cosmonyan, much to the duo's surprise.
Follow me that way,
Several transitions, first where Cosmonyan emerged from a Crank-a-kai capsule opened by Geo, startling him.
Leading the pathway, baby!
Second, as Geo and Omega-Xis were sitting on a grassy hill, Cosmonyan gets chased by a curious stray dog.
Now we're turned on!
Third, Geo, Omega-Xis and Cosmonyan gazed at the whole view of Springdale.
Don't you hesitate to take that that first step!
Wait and see how far you'll come!
Geo was falling in an unknown space filled with random Yokai, when spectral energy surrounded his left wrist, forming a Yokai Watch.
The journey is fruitful!
We're living our youthful freedom!
Curiously, Geo slowly touched the button on the watch, causing it to glow brightly.
The scene changed to the trademark "Yokai Watch" title. Then some data chunks materialized under the title before turning into words, forming the title of the fanfic.
[Yokai Watch: Shooting Star]
………………………………...
You can ride and run the code.
Geo was leaning on the classroom wall of Springdale Elementary, fiddling with his Hunter-VG. Katie, Bear and Eddie were playing some sort of multiplayer game on their smartphones. Bear gripped his hair in frustration, presumably losing the game. Geo chuckled in amusement. A transparent figure of Cosmonyan saluted the audience before flying away.
Hero up and break the mode.
Sonia, with Lyra floating next to her, was singing alongside the Next HarMEOWny girls on stage. A transparent figure of Blizzaria winked adorably and blew a snowy kiss at the audience before flying away. Geo was still fiddling with his Hunter-VG, leaning on a street lamp in front of the Next HarMeowny stage.
Know this,
Leon was walking along the streets of Springdale chatting with Luna, Bud and Zack. A transparent figure of Blazion was punching at the audience with literal fiery passion before flying away. Geo, again was leaning on another street lamp, doing the same thing.
Hold this,
Scene transitioned to night time at the same place. Only this time it was Solo, walking in the opposite direction with his Wizard, Laplace. A transparent figure of Chansin gave the audience a stoic glare. Geo still leaned at the same area doing the same thing.
And don't forget to trust your heart.
Nate, Whisper and Jibanyan walked towards Geo at the school staircase, both Yokai Watch users greeted each other with a fist bump.
Here on out it's you and me,
Geo turned his head around in curiosity. Then his eyes widened.
Breaking ground for all to see,
He was suddenly in the Yokai World! With several Yokai wandering around.
Just text me where you wanna start!
Cosmonyan floated towards him and Omega-Xis with joy. All while being surrounded by other friendly Yokai.
(And we'll go, bro!)
Geo's Yokai Watch spun as Cosmonyan's medal magically inserted itself into the watch.
If you can't handle or keep the pace,
If you're not packing the system space,
A Wicked Tribe symbol appeared from a wisp, revealing the Wicked Executives, who were rendered in silhouettes, except for their red glowing eyes and wisps.
I'll take your hand and make a plan to pave the way!
After the Executives came Kin, Gin and Bronzlow. Behind them is a large shadowy figure reaching it's hand out as if to try and grab the reader.
Then the scene changed to Rogue arming himself with his Laplace Sword and a Yokai Sword!
"AI" just wanna DiVE into the future!
Harp Note strummed her guitar to empower Blizzaria with Charming Yokai Energy, then fired her Shock Note attack while Blizzaria unleashed her Soultimate, "Shiny Snowdrifts" alongside her.
Maybe you could come along?
Camo Leon, being Inspirited by Blazion (evidenced by his glowing red irises and a ghostly form of Blazion behind him mimicking his movements), roared confidently before unleashing Blazion's Soultimate, "Blazing Fist".
Follow me that way,
Leading the pathway, baby!
Mega Man fired his Charge Shot alongside Cosmonyan, who unleashed his Soultimate, "Galaxy Blaster". Both projectiles created an explosion engulfing some Terror Time Yokai.
Now we're turned on!
Gargaros emerged from the explosion and slammed his club at the duo, forcing them to split up.
Time to make a mark on all the textbooks!
Cosmonyan tossed Mega Man a Goldenyan Medal. Mega Man inserted the Medal into his Yokai Watch as spectral energy began to form around the watch.
Everyone will know our names!
An arm and a leg popped out of some sort of spectral cloud, revealing Iron Catbot.
It's ours for the taking,
The Universe waiting untamed!
Iron Catbot crossed his arms to charge up his chest laser, then spread them wide apart to fire the laser, which is actually his Soultimate, "Super Star Beam"!
……………………….
Scene transitioned to the front lot of Springdale Elementary, where Luna was pressing her glasses proudly, posing alongside Bud and Zack, as well as their Wizards Vogue, Ophiuca, Taurus, and Pedia.
Then Nate, who was trying to pose for the camera, gets squished by Whisper and Jibanyan trying to hog the screen.
Then the scenery changed to a Next HarMEOWny stage. Sonia, in one of her idol costumes, pointing and winking at the audience, with Lyra and Blizzaria posing alongside her.
Then scene transition to some random Yokai such as Goldenyan, Tattletell, Noway, and Komasan.
Then next scenery changed to the Mount Millwood Temple. Leon lifted his cap up, smiling and pumping his fist alongside Camo and Blazion.
Next scene transitioned to several Legendary Yokai, all in silhouettes with glowing red eyes.
Then scene transitioned to a dark space where Solo, Laplace and Chansin were standing next to each other, glaring at the audience.
Final scene transitioned to Geo, Sonia, Leon, and Solo standing together with their respective Wizards and Yokai partners. All looking at the audience with confidence in their eyes. Surrounded by several Yokai Medals.
(End of song)
………...Chapter 2…………
...Part 1: Dull Demeanor...
The school bell of Springdale Elementary rang as the students of Class 5-2 regrouped in the classroom.
"Hey guys!", an average boy by the name of Nathan Adams, mostly known as Nate, greeted his friends. They were chatting amongst themselves like crazy, but at least they responded to his greeting.
"Oh. Hey, Nate!", A large blue shirted boy named Barnaby "Bear" Bernstein greeted him.
"What's up?", Nate asked.
"Haven't you heard? We're gonna get new students in our class today. About five of them to be exact!", another friend of his, named Edward "Eddie" Archer exclaimed excitedly.
"Whoa! Five new students in one day!?", Nate was shocked by the news. Getting two new students in a class can be surprising at best, but five?
"I know, right? Isn't it exciting? That means we'll have more friends to make.", the lone girl of the group, named Katie Forester clasped her hands happily.
"Yeah. Maybe.", Nate smiled. 'And hopefully they're as average as me. Then I won't be the only average one in class.', he thought.
Then their homeroom teacher, Mr. Johnson walked into the classroom of 5-2. "Okay, class. Settle down.", the teacher's presence was enough to make the students sit down in their respective desks. "I know you're all excited to meet these new students. But I want you to be on your best behavior. Because these students are transferred from Echo Ridge Elementary.", Mr. Johnson announced.
The students began talking amongst themselves about the topic.
"Wait. Echo Ridge Elementary? Isn't that like, one the most technologically advanced schools in the world?", Eddie raised his hand in question.
"Ahh. I see you've done your research, Edward.", the homeroom teacher was impressed by Eddie's knowledge.
"But if what Eddie said was right, then why would some students from such a techy school would wanna transfer to ours?", another girl named Alex wondered.
"Well. If you want some answers, I suggest you ask them yourselves.", Mr. Johnson replied before gesturing someone at the door. "You can come in now."
The students became anxious about this. They're gonna have students from a hi-tech school today. What if these students won't be friendly because of their high standards? Well. The only way to find out is to see these students themselves as five of them walked into the classroom.
The students observed that there is one blonde girl out of four boys. Though the blonde girl appears to have some sort of authority to the group, implying to be their de facto leader.
But Mr. Johnson didn't stutter like the students. He is an adult after all. "Introduce yourselves.", he said.
The blonde girl went forward. She laid her hands on her hips after adjusting her glasses. "I'm Luna Platz! Soon to be President of Springdale Elementary School Council! Pleased to meet you.", Luna greeted pridefully after curtseying.
While most students would find that introduction a little too bold, but no one's perfect, so they gave an applause.
"Wow. Luna. Looks like you've already set up a goal in mind.", the homeroom teacher complimented.
"Of course, sir. I used to be the Council President in our school. And I wish to do the same thing here for the sake of this school.", Luna curtseyed at the teacher. Her declaration of leadership earned her more applause from the students.
'Uh. Luna. Aren't you doing this just to investigate the paranormal activity in this school?', Ophiuca asked telepathically, but was promptly ignored.
"Wow! I thought she was just some rich snob. But looks like I'm wrong about it.", a boy named Kenny spoke. "Well. Eddie's rich too, and he's also a nice guy.", a girl named Chelsea mentioned, making Eddie blush at her compliment.
Then a meek but cool looking brunette went forward next. "Umm. I'm Geo Stelar. And…. I like, technology and astronomy. Pleased to m-meet you?", Geo bowed politely.
"Huh. So he's a guy who's into science.", a girl named Megan deduced.
"I don't know about you girls, but I think he's handsome.", Alex gave a flirty look at Geo.
"A nerd, huh? Sounds like your kind of guy, Stephen.", a boy named Matt told another nerdy boy, who raised his eyebrow in curiosity.
Geo forced a smile when he noticed several girls swooning over him. The best he could do is wave his hand and laughed gingerly, which only made the girls swoon even more, with hearts replacing their eyes. 'Ah geez. Not this again.', Geo mumbled.
Cosmonyan floated next to him snickering. "Wow. Who knew you are such a lady killer, Geo.", he said to him. Geo could only ignore the Yokai, since he's invisible to everyone else. "It is his gift. It is his curse.", Omega-Xis said in his Hunter-VG quietly.
Nate couldn't help but turn green with envy at the visored brunette. "Drat. He's so cool.", Nate grumbled. Then he smiled when he saw that Katie was the only girl who wasn't swooning over him. "Good thing he's not Katie's type."
"Well. He does looks cool and talented after all, Nate. While you're just an average boy with a special watch.", a certain marshmallow ghost appeared next to Nate pointed out bluntly, making him growl.
"Gee. Thanks for the pep talk, Whisper.", Nate rolled his eyes out of sarcasm. Then he noticed something Geo was wearing. "Is that, a Yokai Watch?", Nate widened his eyes. But it was nothing compared to Whisper exploding with shock.
Then it was the blonde boy in a green hoodie's turn. He looked so confident and happy to be in a new school where he is about to make new friends, if his big smile didn't give it away.
"What's up, dudes and dudettes!?", as Leon was cheerfully preparing to give his introduction, an orange aura was spreading into him. "The name's-", Leon suddenly paused as the aura surrounded him completely.
Then his personality suddenly turned grumpy and dismissal. "None of your business……", he crossed his arms dismissively.
The students, including his friends, looked shocked and disappointed at his display.
Luna and her friends took notice. "Hey! What are you doing, Leon?", Luna called him out on his sudden change in demeanor.
Leon responded half-heartedly, "Who cares?"
Luna reeled back in surprise. "Leon! Cut it out! You're embarrassing yourself!", she scolded. Leon simply scoffed.
Geo paled. "This isn't right. Leon wouldn't never act like that. Let alone oppose Prez unless for a good reason. And this is not.", Geo mentioned.
Then Cosmonyan's antenna popped out of his helmet and blinked. "If it's nyot nyormal, then it's PARANYORMAL!", he raised his paw in acknowledgement.
Nate squinted, "Wait a minute. If these new students find that Leon guy's behavior weird
.", then his eyes widened.
"Then this must be the work of a Yokai!", he guessed.
"He's Inspirited. I can feel some sort of Yokai energy around him. Shine your Yokai Watch at the source.", Cosmonyan told Geo, who did just that.
Whisper shook his head in disbelief, "Oh, Nate. That's preposterous! He's probably anxious.", ignoring Whisper's denial, Nate shined his Yokai Watch at the Inspirited Leon. "Anyone would be anxious when they're going to a new school. That's why they'll start behaving like an anti so-"
"There it is!", Nate and Geo shouted as they found the culprit, an orange daruma latched on Leon's head.
"WHAAAAAAAAAA!!!?", Whisper did a wild take.
Said Yokai is an orange daruma Yo-kai. It has four pairs of blue markings, humanoid arms and short legs, dark peach noses, white eyes with no visible pupils, and black facial hair. He has an outer shell in which it has pale peach skin and having a serious expression. It's actual appearance is underneath the outer shell, has pale blue skin and arms holding the outer face, has drooping facial hair, and holding a dull expression unlike the mask's serious expression, literally.
"So. What Yokai is that?", Geo and Nate asked their Yokai butlers simultaneously.
Both Whisper and Cosmonyan pulled out their Yokai Pads, though Whisper did so behind Nate's back, in which the average boy noticed with deadpan look.
"Of course! I-it's a multi-faced Daruma Yokai with two different expressions……..", Whisper panickedly guessed as he slid his finger on his tablet.
"Let's see. Yokai from the Tough Tribe…………", Cosmonyan on the other hand was calmly fiddling with his tablet without bothering to hide it. Acknowledging the fact that he doesn't know all the Yokai unlike Whisper.
"That's Dulluma!", both Yokai announced with a pointer finger.
Name: Dulluma
Rank: E
Attribute: Earth
Tribe: Tough
"He looks like a lucky daruma, but Dulluma's real body is inside the shell. Dull and sluggish, he can really slow you down.", Cosmonyan read the Yokai's description.
"Dulluma is a Yokai who Inspirits people who make people go-", Whisper then dressed up as an emo teen. "Ugh. Why do I even bother with this? I don't care.", he then reverted to his original personality. "Like so."
Geo gritted his teeth. How could such a lowly Yokai embarrass his best friend in a new school. "Scare him off.", Geo said coldly.
"Don't mind if I do!", Cosmonyan gleefully pulled out his energy gun and blasted Dulluma.
"Ugh….", Dulluma groaned as he jumped off Leon's body, making him pass out. Dulluma then rolled out of the classroom.
"Leon!", Luna gasped in concern as Bud grabbed him.
Geo looked at the exit where the mischievous Yokai escaped. "I'll get the doctor!", Geo told Luna as he went off to chase after Dulluma.
Nate stood up and called the teacher. "Umm. I'll go help him, Mr. Johnson. He might not know where the infirmary is.", well, Nate's not totally lying on that part.
"Okay.", the homeroom teacher nodded. Nate exited to follow Geo.
Leon groaned as he woke up. "Ugh… What happened?", he throbbed his shaking head.
………………………………
Geo chased Dulluma all the way to the school roof, with Nate and Whisper hiding behind a wall to observe Geo's use of the Yokai Watch.
"Nobody embarasses my best friend and gets away with it!", Geo shouted at Dulluma angrily for making Leon look bad on his first day in a new school. "Whoa. He is scary when he's worried.", Cosmonyan remarked. "You have no idea.", Omega-Xis stated.
Dulluma only hung his head. "Who cares……….", Dulluma perform some sort of dance to fire his Inspirit aura at Geo. He widened his eyes. He couldn't dodge an attack so sudden that he raised his arms to try and block it.
"Look out!", Cosmonyan pushed him away from the line of fire, taking the hit himself.
"Cosmonyan!", Geo yelled.
"Cosmonyan? So that cat is a Yokai like Jibanyan?", Nate wondered.
"Ah. Yes. Cosmonyan is a……", Whisper stuttered trying to think of what Yokai Cosmonyan is, before frantically searching in his Yokai Pad. "A cat Yokai in a space suit! That's what it is!", he declared.
Nate deadpanned. "That's it?", he said.
"That's what I said.", Whisper concluded before sweating profusely.
Not buying it, Nate swiped the Yokai Pad off Whisper's hands and took a look. "There's nothing about that Yokai!", he said angrily. "You could just say you don't know!", he proceeded to slap him with a paper fan.
Back to the battle, Geo walked closer to Cosmonyan, who was still down from the Inspiritment.
"Cosmonyan? Are you, okay?", Geo stretched his hand out.
"Why do you care? My afterlife sucks……", Cosmonyan said sadly, his eyes even have eyebags underneath.
"No….. He must've been Inspirited.", Geo paled at the sight of his possessed partner Yokai, drained of his motivation to fight.
"Grr……", Geo gritted his teeth at Dulluma, who's still sighing depressively. "Who cares about how you feel?", Dulluma insulted.
'Chill out, kid. Don't let him get over your head.', Omega-Xis spoke in telepathy.
Geo breathed deeply to calm down. "Right. I can't EM Wave Change here. Can't risk exposing myself, and Cosmonyan is out of commission.", the brunette looked at his still Inspirited partner Yokai with worry.
'You do have another Medal with you, right?', Omega-Xis reminded him.
"Oh yeah! The Buhu Medal!", Geo pulled the aforementioned medal out of his pocket.
"The Buhu Medal? So that means that boy befriended Buhu?", Whisper was shocked.
"And what's EM Wave Change?", Nate raised his eyebrow at the term.
"So? How do I use it again?", Geo took a look at the medal, then his Yokai Watch. Then he began to put two on two together.
An imaginary light bulb appeared above his head.
"That's it!"
……………………………
Geo raised his Yokai Watch hand in the air.
"Yokai Watch!"
"Activate!",
Geo shouted as he opened the lens of the watch.
The Buhu Medal flew up in the air before being caught by Geo.
"Alright, Buhu!"
"I'm calling you!"
Geo inserted the medal into the slot and slammed the lens on the watch.
[Summoning Eerie!]
The bezel of the watch glowed purple as a purple beams and runes of light shot out of the lens and crashed into the ground, where Buhu emerged out of it dancing to the music.
[Lookie-lee, lookie-lee, flippidy-dee!Lookie-lee, lookie-lee, bubba Eerie!]
"Buhu…..", Buhu squacked sullenly.
[Name: Buhu]
[Rank: E]
[Attribute: Wind]
[Tribe:Eerie]
[Attention, please! Buhu! The Wind Attribute Yokai of the Eerie Tribe!], the Yokai Watch announced loudly.
………………………………
"Oh. Hello, Geo. Did you call me for something?", Buhu asked her summoner.
Geo nodded. "I need you to defeat Dulluma. He's Inspirited Cosmonyan.", he told her, Pointing at Cosmonyan sulking in the corner.
"My life... is worthless……..", Cosmonyan muttered.
Buhu always disliked making anyone miserable despite her nature. So it wreaks when someone else enjoyed making them do so.
"Okay………", Buhu said depressively before engaging Dulluma.
"Oh. Guess I'm fighting you. Who cares…..", Dulluma sighed before putting his battle mask on.
"I won't disappoint Geo.", Buhu said as she dodged Dulluma's tackle attack by flying above.
Dulluma sighed before throwing a rock at her, nailing her in the head. "Ouchie!", she recoiled from the hit. Buhu counterattacked by flapping her wings to blast wind at the Daruma Yokai.
"Wow….. A battle between two emo ghosts. Talk about awkward.", Omega-Xis sweatdropped at the rather aforementioned scene.
"Whoa!", Dulluma almost fell over by the gust of wind. "What a drag……..", Dulluma mumbled before rolling towards Buhu and struck her down. "Oww…….", Buhu cried.
"You can do it, Buhu! I believe in you!", Geo cheered for the Bird Yokai.
Buhu eventually got up. "Geo…… believed in me… Then I have to win!", Buhu declared confidently before spinning her head around, gathering purple energy from her surroundings.
"What's Buhu doing?", Nate was confused by her behavior.
"She's charging up her Soultimate!", Whisper said with a shock.
"BOOHOO BLAST!", Buhu flapped her wings and blasted purple energy waves at Dulluma.
"Yooooowwwww!!!", Dulluma was pushed back and crashed into a wall. "Ugh……", the Yokai's eyes swirled, signalled it was knocked out.
The Inspirit aura was dispelled from Cosmonyan's body. The cat Yokai blinked. "What just happened?"
"Cosmonyan! You're alright!", Geo immediate wrapped him in an embrace. "Whoa. Easy there, buddy. I was only Inspirited. This is a very common thing, ya knyow.", Cosmonyan said, flustered. "I know. But you weren't being yourself. I am worried if anything happens to my friends.", Geo said before releasing him.
"Geez, Geo. Do you always worry too much?", Cosmonyan raised his eyebrow. "That's my kid.", Omega-Xis chuckled.
"*sniff* How heartwarming. He actually cared for his Yokai partner.", Whisper comically blew his (nose?) on a tissue paper. "Still. How does this guy has a Yokai Watch?", Nate thought curiously.
"Ugh…….", Dulluma, having regained consciousness, rubbed his head. Geo, Cosmonyan and Buhu walked up to the battered Yokai. The Yokai responded by sweating fearfully.
"Promise you won't embarrass my friends like that?", Geo threatened him, arms crossed as Cosmonyan cocked his laser gun gleefully while Buhu laid a glare at him.
Dulluma switched to a begging position, "Okay! Okay! I won't do that again! I promise!". Dulluma then tossed his Yokai Medal at Geo, who grabbed it reflexively. "Here! Take my Medal!", Dulluma said panickedly before jumping off the school roof.
Geo paled when he did that, "Wait! No!", he tried to reach out to the diving Yokai.
"Don't worry. Yokai can't die, since they're technically already dead.", Cosmonyan lectured. "Besides. Dulluma's shell is hard enough to handle a head on collision with a truck.", he said as Dulluma crashed into the ground with no worse for wear….. before rolling away.
Then Geo realized something, "Wait a minute. Things can turn to Yokai too?", he wondered about Dulluma's case, since he's Yokai born from a daruma doll, an inanimate object.
Cosmonyan pulled out his Yokai Pad. Seriously, where did he keep all those stuff? "Yup. But it's a rare case.", he explained as he read the tablet.
Then the school bell rang.
Geo and Nate turned white with shock. "Oh, crap! We missed the period!", then Geo became curious when he noticed someone else. Nate cupped his hands on his mouth.
"Hello? Is someone there?", Geo spun his head to find the source. Nate remained silent. "I swear I heard someone here."
Geo shrugged and ran back to the school, with Nate following him.
……………………………….
When Geo ran back to the classroom, he sighed in relief to what he saw.
Luna was having a girl talk with a few girls in the class, including Katie.
Bud was arm wrestling against Bear. Leon, Zack and Eddie were cheering on the sidelines.
The classroom was going smooth as if nothing happened.
Cosmonyan's antenna popped out and blinked. "Wait. I sense a Yokai here. Shine it here.", he pointed at the classroom.
Geo did as he was told. That's when a green cloud emerged. The cloud disappear and revealed a humanoid Yokai.
A little humanoid Yo-kai who had a sandy body and is much shorter than Geo. His body is gold-ish brown and he has black eyes with light blue pupils.
The Yokai noticed that he was being flashed and turned around.
"Oh. Hello there.", the Yokai greeted politely.
"Hello. Who are you?", Geo asked.
"My name is Sandmeh. Pleased to meet you.", the Yokai named Sandmeh bowed.
Name: Sandmeh
Rank: E
Attribute: Earth
Tribe: Heartful
"A simple, serene Yo-kai whose calming aura is so effective, he can get even Roughraff to chill out.", Cosmonyan read his Yokai Pad.
"So he's a Yokai that can make anyone friendly and polite, huh?", Omega-Xis snarked.
"So. What are you doing here, Sandmeh?", Geo asked quietly in the hallway, not wanting to alarm the classroom.
"I saw that something's wrong in this classroom,", Sandmeh explained.
………………………
Flashback.
After Geo and Nate left the classroom to chase after Dulluma, Leon woke up.
"Wh….. What happened?", Leon groaned.
"You were dismissing the whole class rudely when you're supposed to introduce yourself. Then you passed out suddenly.", Luna scolded.Leon's eyes widened when she said that.
"I-I did!?", Leon looked at all the students who gave him awkward stares.
Leon recomposed himself and bowed repeatedly, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I don't know what's going on with me!"
While Leon was apologizing profusely, Sandmeh just happened to be passing by and saw Leon crying between apologies.
"So I decided to give him a hand."
Sandmeh went towards Leon and Inspirited him.This made Leon calm down as he hung his head low and spoke again.
"It's just that….. I'm so nervous to come to a new school. I even went through this same episode when I transferred to Echo Ridge Elementary.", he then smiled at his friends.
"But thanks to Prez and my newfound friends, I was able to fit in easily.", Luna, Bud and Zack smiled back at him.
"It's alright, Leon. Everyone's welcome to Springdale Elementary. You don't need to feel nervous.", Mr. Johnson reassured him.
Sandmeh smiled happily, satisfied with his duty.
………………………..
"Thanks, Sandmeh. You're a lifesaver.", Geo thanked silently, making sure not to be noticed by anyone else.
"You're welcome, sir.", Sandmeh bowed.
"You can call me Geo.", after he said that, Sandmeh gave him his Yokai Medal. Geo couldn't help but notice that unlike Buhu and Cosmonyan's medal, Sandmeh's medal has green outlines instead of grey.
Cosmonyan noticed this and pulled out his Yokai Pad, "This is a Z-Medal. They basically function like most Medals, except they were first featured to be used for the Yokai Watch Type-Z models."
Geo then looked at his own Yokai Watch curiously. Cosmonyan understood that look and scrolled through his tablet for a picture of a grey Yokai Watch. "I don't know what your watch is, but this is one of the early models.", the cat Yokai scratched his chin, "I only remembered receiving this just before I got sealed in the Crank-a-kai, nothing else. So it's nothing but a mystery."
"I see.", Geo nodded.
"Uh. Geo. Who are you talking to?", Mr. Johnson asked, slightly unnerved after noticing him monologuing.
"U-uh. Someone from a-nother class! Yeah! Just b-breaking the ice. Hehehe……….", Geo laughed nervously.
The homeroom teacher raised his eyebrow before shrugging it off. "Well. Hope you enjoy your stay here in school.", he smiled before standing out and walked out of the classroom.
As soon as the teacher is out of sight, "Phew. That was close.", Geo sighed in relief. "Why would you not tell the teacher about Yokai? He's an adult, he should be smart.", Cosmonyan asked confusedly. "Because he'll think I'm crazy? Duh.", Geo deadpanned. "Let's just go inside for now. We'll talk about it later.", Geo said quietly before entering the classroom.
Meanwhile, Nate was standing behind the stairs, apparently he was stalking Geo. "How come he has a Yokai Watch? I thought only I was the only one with the watch so far.", he thought, a little bit hard to believe that. "Maybe someone slipped the knowledge and gave one to him? It could be any Yokai.", Whisper assumed.
"Nathan? What are you doing here?", Mr. Johnson's voice startled Nate so much, "GAH!", that he jumped and fell down the stairs. The teacher winced at the scene. Nate's eyes were swirling from the crash. "Owwww…….", the average boy groaned in pain.
Whisper sighed before raising his shoulders dismissively, "You've really need to stop being so jumpy, Nate.", he said.
"Nobody cares……..", Dulluma commented offscreen.
...
….Part 2: Mochi Power!...
The class is having recess. So the students decided to pass the time by cleaning up the classroom.
"Well. Things were running smooth so far.", Geo said quietly, while washing the windows. "Don't you ever wish for something abnyormal to happen in your life?", Cosmonyan crossed his arms. Geo shook his head, "Not really. I just accept whatever came to me. Some people don't ask to be heroes. But fate isn't always fair to us. All we can do is try to make the most out of what we get.", he said, leaving Cosmonyan blinked from his words of wisdom.
"Whoa. That's really deep.", Cosmonyan noted.
"Your talking to someone with experience, rookie.", Omega-Xis said, earning a confused look from the Cat Yokai. "But if I were him, I'd totally wish for something to happen so I can beat the heck out of them!", he whispered to him.
"Umm. Can someone give me a hand with this?", Bear was having trouble moving a wardrobe to sweep the dust behind it.
"Sure thing, Bear.", Bud decided to help since he is the strongest one in Luna's group. He placed his hands under the other side of the wardrobe, ready to lift it with Bear.
Then suddenly, Bud was surrounded in red miasma.
"MOCHI POWER!!!", a split second later, the wardrobe was lifted into the air by Bud himself! Bear was thrown off the ground. Everyone jawdropped at the sight.
"HUUUUOOOOOOOOHHHH!!!", with another roar, he threw the wardrobe halfway across the room. It landed with a loud thud.
"Watch it, Bud! That's cost plenty!", Mr. Johnson scolded, hiding behind his desk from the impact. Then the red aura disappeared from the big boy.
"Huh? What just happened?", Bud blinked, having absolutely no idea.
"Uh oh……", Cosmonyan paled, knowing the inevitable, especially after his 'Yokai Radar' just beeped.
"Probably a one time occurance. I'm sure it's not gonna happen twice.", Geo shrugged.
Omega-Xis facepalmed, "Way to jinx it, kid."
…………………...
It's lunchtime. And from what Geo and company discovered that the classmates of Springdale Elementary frequently rotate in serving lunch to other classmates in the cafeteria.
"Wassup! Up for some fried chicken? Don't forget to cross the road safely, so you can help the chickens get to the other side!", Leon just happened to be one of the lunch kids serving the meals, swung his arm to emphasize his joke, earning a chuckle from the customer. He then gave him the chicken.
"Hey, Leon! Can you help me lift this up?", Chloe asked him to help carry a curry refill. "Sure thing!", Leon adjusted his cap, before glancing at his customers, "I'll be right back after these messages!", he winked before heading into the kitchen.
"Is he always like this?", Katie asked Luna about the American blonde's,... eccentricity. They were sitting in a girl's table. "Yup.", she deadpanned, eating a spoonful of curry rice. "Let's just say he's our group's cheerleader-"
"MOCHI POWER!!!", Luna coughed in shock when she saw Leon delivered five pots of curry, at once! With his bare hands! He slammed the pots on the floor, shaking the ground and nearly spilt the contents of the curry.
Everyone's jaw dropped at the sight. "Okay. Not that energetic.", Luna sweatdropped.
"Now you're convinced?", Cosmonyan smirked at the brunette. Geo sighed without a word and activated the Yokai Watch's flashlight. He shined the light at Leon who was flexing his arms and roaring energetically, scaring nearby students.
A cloud of red spectral energy appeared behind the blonde boy before revealing a Yokai resembling an anthropomorphic mochi cake.
The Yokai initially appears as a kakumochi (square rice cake) with a scowling face with flushed cheeks pops out and bulky arms and stubby feet and a strip of nori resembling pants wrapped around his waist.
Geo's eye twitched at the weird looking Yokai, even by Yokai standards. "First we met a Yokai that looks like a toy, now there's a Yokai that looks like food?", he mumbled in ire. "Trust me. I stopped asking myself that a long time ago.", Cosmonyan joked before pulling out his Yokai Pad.
"Huh. So that Cat Yokai of his also gave him Yokai knowledge. Who knew?", Nate glanced at Cosmonyan reading his tablet. He shined his own Yokai Watch at the target earlier while Whisper, as usual, mentioned otherwise. "At least he knows he doesn't know everything, unlike someone else I know.", he gave Whisper a deadpan look, the marshmallow ghost was frantically looking at his Yokai Pad behind his back, despite Nate being aware of it.
"Whaaaaa!? What are you talking about, Nate? If course I know everything!", Whisper's face sweated as he denied Nate's claim, all while he was still scrolling through his tablet behind his own back without missing a beat. Nate just rolled his eyes, not even caring what he's doing.
"Let's see. He's a Yokai from the Brave Tribe.", Cosmonyan was reading on his tablet for said Yokai.
"That's Mochismo!", Whisper and Cosmonyan announced the Yokai in unison.
Name: Mochismo
Rank: D
Attribute: Earth
Tribe: Brave
"Mochismo's cute most of the time, but when he's mad, his body cracks and his manly face pops out.', That's what it says.", Cosmonyan explained.
"Mochismo is a Yokai who can grant anyone super strength. They'll be like-", Whisper then suddenly turned to a muscular figure. "HWAA! LOOK AT ME! I'M SUPER STRONG!", he flexed his muscles loudly, before deflating. "Something like that."
Geo thought, "Sure. Having super strength is great and all, but Mochismo's Inspiritment is making Leon scaring the students. We need to chase him out of the classroom.", he instructed Cosmonyan.
"Thought you nyever asked, partnyer.", Cosmonyan gleefully twirled his laser gun and blasted at Mochismo. "YEOW!", the Mochi Yokai yelped in pain from having his butt shot. He turned around to glare at the culprit with a steaming red face, "Why you little-"
"Pew! Pew! Pew!", Cosmonyan cried gleefully as he continued blasting Mochismo. "YIKES!", this finally drove the Yokai to run out of the building. Leon eventually stopped whatever he's doing and simply blinked in confusion. "What just happened?", he asked. Geo promptly gave chase to that mischievous Yokai.
"After them!", Whisper pointed loudly. Nate obliged.
……………………
Mochismo was running out of the school grounds, then he stopped to breathe. "Phew. The coast is clear."
"Or so you thought?", a familiar voice alerted Mochismo as he turned around to find Cosmonyan flying in front of him, his blaster aimed him and a big grin plastered on his face. Geo finally caught up with the two dueling Yokai before clutching his knees tiredly.
"Leave me alone! MOCHI POWER!", Mochismo retaliated by flexing his arms. Red aura began to surround him as his already bulging arms started bulging.
"Ooh! Feisty! I like it!", Cosmonyan said before shooting a laser at Mochismo. Unfortunately, his increased strength means he can brush off lasers with his body, literally.
"Haha! Only strong Yokai can win!", Mochismo boasted as he threw a punch at the Cat Yokai, who easily dodged it by flying back.
"But what's the point of being strong if you can't even reach me?", Cosmonyan laughed at his boast being backfired. "Nye nyeh!", he pulled his eyelid down and stuck his tongue out to taunt his opponent.
Geo sweatdropped at his behavior, "Is he serious?", he deadpanned.
Omega-Xis on the other hand was amused, "Heh. I like this cat. He's funny.", he laughed. "Only you can be fast friends with bloodthirsty attitudes.", he glanced at his Wizard.
Mochismo was literally steaming with anger, that he's turning red. "I'M GONNA TURN YOU INTO KIBBLE, YOU LITTLE RASCAL!", he roared furiously before lunging at the laughing Cat Yokai. He managed to grab the cat by the leg since he's distracted.
"WHOAOAOAOAAO!", Cosmonyan yelled dizzily due to Mochismo spinning him around before being tossed through the bushes.
"Cosmonyan!", Geo shouted as he ran towards his injured Yokai partner, who was lying on his belly. "Are you alright?", he asked.
Cosmonyan moaned before getting up. He then gasped when he saw something tragic.
His blaster was crushed.
"You….. You broke my blaster!", he glared at the offending Yokai. He then slowly flew up with a very angry face that surprisingly, managed to intimidate Mochismo.
"YOU'RE GONNYA PAY!!!", he screamed as he pulled out a gatling gun from his jetpack. Mochismo's body turned white in fear. Even Geo was terrified by his outburst that he backed away.
"Yup. It's official. He's toast.", Whisper commented.
"NYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!!", screaming with fur-ry, pun intended, Cosmonyan fired a massive volley of lasers from the gatling. Mochismo was forced to tap dance to avoid getting hit by the lasers.
"Whoa! Cosmonyan! Take it easy!", Geo tried to get him to stop, but his words fell on deaf ears as two mounted rocket launchers popped out of his jetpack. He fired two missiles at the Yokai.
*BOOM!*
"AIIIIEEEE!", the explosion sent Mochismo flying into the school wall. The crash left him stuck in his own imprint on the wall, before falling to the ground unconscious.
"Yikes. Remind me not to break his favorite toy.", Omega-Xis was surprisingly unnerved by the overkill. "Agreed.", Geo nodded.
As Mochismo woke up, he suddenly found his face met with a lightsaber held by Cosmonyan. "And this is for my blaster!", he gave a sadistic grin before raising the lightsaber up.
"That's enough, Cosmonyan!", the Yokai lowered his lightsaber at Geo's command. He didn't look too pleased. In fact, he seemed pretty angry himself. "I think he got the message.", he said sternly as he walked towards the two dueling Yokai. Mochismo was curling into a ball, shaking in terror. In fact, his face and limbs shrunk to make him look cute and innocent, totally opposite his macho form.
"Aww, come on. Like I said. Yokai can't die. I'll just keep blasting him till I blow my steam-"
"I said that's enough!", Geo shouted, making the Yokai shiver. "Fine……..", he begrudgingly stored his lightsaber into his jetpack.
Geo turned to look at the scared mochi Yokai. Mochismo, still in his cute form, took a glance at Geo, before hiding his face again. "Don't hurt me, please!", he cried with a surprisingly high pitched voice. That onslaught seriously broke him enough to change him physically.
Geo knelt down to his eye level, "I'm sorry that Cosmonyan hurt you so badly. We just wanted you to stop Inspiriting Leon because you were embarrassing him."
Mochismo stopped shaking when Geo asked him nicely. He was expecting the human to be just as crazy as the cat. But turns out he was wrong.
"I-I didn't mean to…..", Mochismo stood up. He fidgeted his hands. "I just wanted to give those kids a hand with lifting those heavy things.", he then sat down.
………………………..
Flashback
A muscular man was lifting multiple boxes of ingredient to make mochi.
"Before I was Mochismo, I was a stockboy working in a mochi restaurant. A muscular one to be exact.", he began. "I happily spent my life delivering ingredients to help my restaurant cook and serve mochi to satisfy my customers' hungry tummies.
Next scene showing some chefs cooking mochi and waiters serving mochi to customers.
"But one day, I pushed my limits too far."
"Umm. Are you sure you can lift all of those?", a truck driver worriedly asked the stockboy, who was lifting all of the boxes from the truck. All at once!
"D-don't w-worry! Th-there's n-n-nothing, I-I can't l-lift. I am the strongest man in the restaurant, after all!", the stockboy's legs were shaking from fatigue, but he refused to give in.
But as soon he was about to take a step towards the restaurant, he was almost tipping over. "WHOAOAOAOAAO!!!", the stockboy eventually fell over, as every single box he lifted fell on him like an avalanche.
"Everything went blank after that. And once I finally opened my eyes again."
He opened his eyes to find several people running towards the pile of boxes, frantically trying to lift the boxes off the stockboy.He was confused to find his body there, when he was right here. Then he saw his hands. They were still muscular, but white. This left him surprised as he looked at a reflection in the building wall.
"I was a Yokai."
Mochismo screamed in shock that he scared a few birds away.
Flashback ended.
…………………….
Mochismo clenched his fist in despair, "I turned into Mochismo, because I wasn't strong enough to lift those boxes!", he said frustratingly. "So I decided to spend my afterlife helping people with weightlifting problems."
"*sniff* Such a heartbreaking death…..", Whisper said sadly before blowing on a tissue paper. "So he became a Yokai because he got crushed by some boxes. What's so heartbreaking about that?", Nate deadpanned. Both were hiding behind the bush.
'By possessing them against their will? Not the best move.', Geo thought. He knew all too well that this is not the best strategy.
He sighed before speaking to him, "Mochismo. Sometimes in life, there are some tasks that you just can't tackle all by yourself.", he stood up.
"Take a look.", he pointed at the classroom where his friends and classmates were moving more pots.
Mochismo did as Geo told. He saw Leon was picking up the spilt curry pots. But when he almost trip, Mochismo was freaking out. But then he saw that Bear grabbed the falling pots before they could hit his face. Leon scratched his head in embarrassment. But they all just laughed it off together.
"See that? It's called teamwork. More hands lifting is just as better as having bigger arms.", Mochismo clenched his heart at Geo's words. Maybe that's the problem that caused him to become a Yokai. He started sobbing sadly.
"I'm so stupid…….", he muttered. "To think that I became a Yokai was my own doing……..", he went back to his cute form, curling into his fetal position in shame.
Geo patted his shoulder, "Maybe there's a better reason you've become a Yokai. You're given a second chance to help people accomplish something you didn't.", Mochismo looked at him.
"I mean, you've been trying to help people lifting heavy things during your time as a Yokai. At least you have good reasons to use your powers. You're just not doing it right.", Geo said.
Mochismo thought about it. He never did ask anyone about his mistakes because (1), Yokai are invisible to humans, and (2), he never tried possessing a Yokai since they have their own powers, but maybe Geo has a point, maybe he never tried to take a good look at what they're doing to make sure if his powers are really needed for those problems.
Mochismo took a deep breath, and popped out his manly face. "I know that a manly Yokai like me should never ask for help, but a man should also be thankful, like my Pops always say.", he smiled before pulling out his Yokai Medal and handed it to Geo, "Consider this my token of gratitude, chum. Call me if you ever need something heavy to lift.", he flexed his arm before leaving.
"That turned out better than you expected, kid.", Omega-Xis chuckled in his Hunter-VG.
"Yeah. We should head back. Prez is gonna be worried sick if she finds out I'm missing.", Geo stood up and left the area.
"Wow. This Geo boy sure knows how to handle such solutions rather maturely. And I'm still wondering who's that blue Yokai floating next to him.", Whisper commented, noting about Omega-Xis. Then he noticed that Nate's hands were trembling and his face darkened.
"That guy thinks he's so cool. Not only did he came from a hi-tech school, he even got a Yokai Watch like me!", Nate was growling enviously.
"Uhh… L-look on the bright side, at least n-now we found another person who can share Yokai knowledge with you.", Whisper was sweating bullets, trying to calm Nate down before he decided to do something stupid. But alas, Nate was too jealous to listen.
"If Katie falls for him, I'll never be able to get the girl of my dreams. She and that cool guy will get marry and have a happy family and a big home, while I'm forced to live in a garbage can for the rest of my life…..", Nate was slumping from his fantasy. Then he got back up with fiery passion burning in his eyes, "I'll have to make sure Katie doesn't fall for him!", he said while gritting his teeth.
Whisper shook his head, "I just hope his recklessness doesn't ruin his life first."
"Let's Recap!"
Cosmonyan: Yo! Geo! What Yokai did we met today?
Geo: Let's see. Dulluma, Sandmeh, and Mochismo.
Scene changed to Mochismo ready to lift up a 75kg barbell. "MOCHI POWER!!!", he roared before lifting up the barbell high up into the air.
"Impressive. That's a new record.", Geo commented. He, Omega-Xis, and Sandmeh, were sitting at the commentators table. "Umm. Why are we here?", Omega-Xis asked confusedly.
Cosmonyan, who's dressed in wrestler's spandex for some reason, scoffed at Mochismo's achievement. "Bah. I can lift heavier. Watch this!", Cosmonyan spat on his paws, rubbed them together, before gripping on a 150kg barbell!
"NYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!", he slowly lifted it up, before roaring with energy to finally lift it above his head.
Geo was about to compliment Cosmonyan, before he noticed that the floor below the Yokai began to crack. "Uh. Cosmonyan? I think you should-"
*CRACK!*
"NYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!", the floor eventually gave in to the barbell's weight and was crushed into a big gaping hole that swallowed the unfortunate Cat Yokai.
*CRASH!*
Geo, Omega-Xis, and Mochismo winced. "-let go…", Geo finished.
"*sigh* Nobody cares……..", Dulluma muttered in the background.
Is it too weird that our fellow Team Star Force have transferred schools just for the sake of Luna's investigation? And it looks like Nate has become suspicious and jealous of the new guy at the same time.
So. What chapter do you want Switch to write next?
A battle between two Yokai Watch users?
Or a battle between hot and cold?
Or both?
Leave your votes on the Review section below.