It was an eerie night at Springdale Elementary when the group with Nate arrived to the school.

"You're sure about this?" Kazuichi asked.

"Yeah. Rumor has it that at night, people can see the shadow of a giant skeleton on top of the school. I think it might be a Yo-kai." Nate said.

"A boss yokai, i think." Hope said.

"Boss Yokai?" Joseph asked.

"Allow me to explain." Whisper said. "There are certain yo-kai individuals that are a bit more...nasty than the normal variety. They possess extreme power, hence the name Boss Yo-kai." Whisper said.

"So you cant befriend bosses, you beat them." Hope said.

"You know alot, even though you dont collect yokai medals often." Nate said.

"Sunset tells me the ropes sometimes when we see yokai. I dont often use this thing, so its hard for me to not get a lot of medals." Hope said.

"Well, there happens to be Yo-kai that live inside the school. Befriending some of them could expand your arsenal of Yo-kai friends." Whisper said.

"Okay, lets see what we got." Hope said turning on the lens.

"Youre deusional, you wont find yokai that easy…" Whisper said.

"Whaddya call that?" Hope said as a female Yo-ai with a messed up face appeared.

"Gah! Well, uh…" WHisper said looking through. "Ah ha! That is the Yo-kai Jumbelina! She's a Yo-kai that can swap people's faces."

"That doesnt sound good at all." Hope said.

"Yeah, it'd just get freaky." Mahiru said.

"Well, how do you think we'll be able to beat its power?" Nate asked.

"Well, a faceless person would be a perfect opponent." Whisper said.

"I know a guy who fits that description." Hope said. "Youre up, Faysoff! Yo-Kai Medal, do your thing!"

Oh...summoning time!

Jazzy music plays as Faysoff danced to the center

Summoning Mysterious

"Faysoff!"

"Faysoff, deal with Jumbelina!" Hope said.

Faysoff confronted Jumbelina as the two entered a literal face off. Jumbelina then collapsed.

"I give up. I can't mix and match something that doesn't even have looks." Jumbelina said.

"Sorry, guy was the only one with literally no face." Hope said.

"Oh no, it was genius. Here, take this." Jumbelina said giving him her medal. "Call me when you need a makeover, hun." she said before vanishing.

"Well that wasnt creepy at all." Hope said.

"Its sort of a Yo-kai thing. Now let's head inside." Whisper said as they walked inside. As they did, they were surprised to see large capsules rolling down the hallways.

"That is definitely not normal." Nate said.

"You think?" Hope said.

"So, what do we do?" Hsien Ko asked.

"I think we know the answer. Our guy is on the top of the building." Korra said.

As they ran up the stairs, they were soon confronted by a mannequin like creature in red underwear.

"Uh, what is that?" Sonia asked.

"Don't worry. I got it." Whisper said. "Yes! That is Mimikin, a Yo-kai that does impersonates people with impressions that aren't very good."

"Oh dude, why is it only wearing red skivvies? Put on some pants!" Kazuichi said.

"Hey! Look at me! Look at me! I'm a pink haired mechanic guy with freakish shark teeth and will never date a lady in all my life!" Mimikin said.

"You crossed the line, pal!" Hope said.

"Yeah! No one tells me to give up on dating Sonia." Kazuichi said as he tackled him and began beating on them before he was bruised and gave up his medal.

"Nice. Way to go to town, Kazuichi." Hope said. "And dont worry. Unlike most people, I think you might have a shot at Sonia."

'Means a lot man." Kazuichi said.

Upon reaching the top floor, they saw nothing before them as Whisper flew out. "Strange. Where is our…" he said before being trapped in a large golden capsule. "Hey! Not again!"

"Oh ho ho ho! Looks like it's time to play once again!" a voice said as a large skeleton climbed up over the school.

"Whoa! The rumors were true!" Nate said.

"That things huge! What kinda yokai is that?!" Leanne asked.

"He is Gutsy Bones." another voice said as they saw a man standing on the roof nearby. He was tall with a nose ring and an x shape tattoo on his face.

"It's you!" Joseph said.

"Yes. I am Esidisi of the Flame!" he said.

"Youre one of the Pillar Men, i guess?" Hope said.

"Thank you for leaving a trail to the Red Stone of Aja. With the fabric of time ripped apart due to the unbalance of this new time, we can finally achieve the goal we started 92,000 years ago." Esidisi said.

"See what I mean? This is why we wanna keep you with us.' Hope said.

"I suppose. I guess you guys are caught up in my mess further." Joseph said.

"Dont gotta do it alone though. We'll face him to gether." Zephyr said.

"Very well." Esidisi said as he and Gutsy Bones grouped up.

"Alright mates, Esidisi is known for his heat so that it inflicts damage on others. Also, see that nose ring? It has an antidote I need to get a poison ring off that he placed around my windpipe." Joseph said.

"Whoa, I didnt even notice it." Hope said. "All the more reason to help."

"Bring it!" Akane said.

"Humans, no matter what age, they always remain so cocky." Esidisi said as he charged in on them.

Hope back flipped away form Esidisi's first strike.

"Even though its 6 days early, we'll be taking that." Joseph said. "That antidote, in your nose ring, is going to be mine. I haven't slept right since you put that on my windpipe."

"You realize that with a single swipe of my hand, I'll absorb half of your body, right?" Esidisi asked.

"Prove it." Hope said.

Esidisi moves his hand close almost as if it was bigger in context. But in a split second, Joseph blocked the strike dead on the palm of Esidisis hand with his finger, Hamon coursing already.

"Oh look. We're still here." Joseph said.

"Incredible. He's learned a great deal of control since last time. But…" Esidisi thought as he closed his hand around Joseph's. "I can just break your finger off, making sure Hamon never courses through it again."

Before Esidisi could gather enough strength to even twist, Joseph leapt over him with some sort of threat twisted around his arm. "What...what is this?"

"You finally noticed, didnt you? Its silk from the clothing of a dear friend of mine. Well, mainly a new friend." Joseph said pointing to Hope as the thread was from his shirt. "You'll find it really conducts Hamon quite well."

Hamon coursed through the thread before it sliced Esidisi's arms right off and landing on a weather vane.

"Wow, hes clever!" Sonia said.

Joseph landed with the silk. "25 hundred Years ago in china, a man wrote The Art of War. He said this. 'Victory is decided before the battle is fought.' That means if you plan to win, you have to think at least 2 steps ahead of your opponent." Joseph said.

"Thats what I always try to do, man!" Hope said. "Now were on the same… huh?"

Esidisi was crying a bit… more like a lot as tears welled out.

"What the hell is with this guy?" Korra said.

"He was so calm, but now he's crying and throwing a tantrum like a baby." Erica said.

But then, all crying stopped, as seriousness came over his face. Everyone in cluding the boss was frozen for a bit until..

"Ah. I feel much better now." Esidisi said. "Sometimes my emotions overwhelm me."

"So you vent them… by crying like that?" Hope said.

"Exactly." Esidisi said. "Earlier before, Jojo mentioned Sun Tzu, correct?"

"You knew? Obviously, since youre practically immortal." Fuyuhiko said.

"Not just that, I actually knew him personally when I was in China on research." Esidisi said.

"So you knew exactly what Jojo was trying to do." Korra said.

"The oldest trick in Tzu's arsenal, and he knew it right from the start." Peko said. "He saw right through the poly odf Joseph getting under his trick at the start."

"Yes. Though I must admit, I am impressed how fast you have improved Jojo. I've longed for such a worthy opponent." Esidisi said.

Moving quicky, he brished past Nagito and knocked something out of his backpack all to familiar.

"Eeeek!" Sonia said.

"Dude! You still had Junkos arm in your pack?! You have issues!" Kazuichi said.

"Somethings you can't let go of the past." Nagito said.

"Hmm, its a bit thin, but it will grow larger with the passage of time." Esidisi was putting it on his stump as the arm merged with him and turned his skin color. "Much better."

"You guys are freaks." Hope said. "That said, we know all about your skill of heating the body's core temperature."

"I've heard a great deal about you heroes as well." Esidisi said. "How you could do things others might consider unnatural. How you dealt with vampires. Though I must tell you now, when you are fighting me...your chances of escaping unscathed are slim."

"Well see about that!" Josepha said launching his clackers at Esidisis other hand, only for him to manually split it apart.

"Crap. This guy wanted him to attack." Fyuhiko said.

"His uncontrollable emotions prompted him to." Esidisi said. "But you slightly underestimate what my ability of the inferno is all about."

He held out Junko's hand as the nails lifted up as veins came out.

"His...veins?" Mikan said shaking.

"My veins will inject my blood into your brains, making them into a nice red stew." Esidisi said.

"Thats it! He controls his body heat into his blood and used it to destroy foes from the inside!" WHisper. "Everyone! Above all else, dont let his veins even touch your skin! Run and plot with all your might!"

"Think we dont know that, ghostie? Im all over that!" Joseph said.

"But can you deal with the other threat while doing so? Crush them, Gusty Bones!" Esidisi said.

"Yes. Its game time!" Gusty Bones said as a crow came with a coin. Next to him appeared a capsule machine as he placed the coin inside. Cranking it, out came a red capsule. "The prize is...A SEA OF FLAMES!" he said as fire roared out of the capsule.

"Look out!" Hope said.

"Im on it!" Korra said bending to catch the flames and fire them back at Gusty Bones, who reeled back in pain, slamming his hand into the roof, making Joseph dodge.

"Got you!" Esidisi said launching his veins at jojo's face, hitting his breathing mask dead on, burning it right off.

"I finally get that thing off my face, and you go and burn off my perfect lips!" Joseph said.

"Hmm. Jojo, on the outside, you and your blue friend is making all sorts of witty banter but on the inside there are lots of plans, isn't there?" Esidisi said.

"Just him." Hope said as Jojo cringed.

"Looks like i hit the mark. Was I close to the bulls eye?" Esidisi said.

"Joseph, you'll have to change things up. You wanna trap him, you cant use the string on the roof here because its so flat and stone." Hope said.

"I got that. You would think you could use anything to your advantage up here…" Joseph said before looking at Gusty Bones. "I got it!" he thought.

Esidisi sprang into the air and ejected more veins from his back.

"Witness the Flame King's Prison!" Esidisi shouted as the veins followed after Jojo.

"Huh?" Gusty Bones said before Jojo ran into his rib cage. "Hey! That's private!"

He weaved in and out of gusty bones as Esidisi followed him as Jojo landed back near them, Esidisi inside the Rib cage.

"Now, i'll put an end to them." Peko said.

"No need, silent sword lady." Joseph said noting his shrunken hat. "Take a look."

A mase of his hat string was wrapped all over Gusty bones, Edisisi trapped inside.

"What the..?!" Gusty Bones said.

"You laid your strings of your hat all over Gusty Bones's vital spots, and trapped Esidisi inside!" Whisper said.

"Whats more, my hat is made of wool, which conducts Hamon very nicely." Joseph said as Hamon surged from his wool.

"Ahhh! This doesn't actually hurt much since I'm bones but, GAAAH!" Gusty Bones said.

"Dont worry.." Esidisi said.

"What is he smiling about?" Joseph asked.

"Gusty, the next words coming out of Josephs mouth are… I'll wipe that smug look of your face." Esidisi said.

"I'll wipe that smug look off your face." Joseph said before gasping. "Hey, that's my trick!"

"You think you are the one with the web. No, that would be me!" Esidisi said as his veins surrounded Joseph as they dripped his boiling blood.

"Look, even inside Gusty Bones!" Jibanyan said. "Theyre cutting the wool strings!"

"Thats because I knew about Jojo's plan before he even came up with it." Esidisi said. "I seem to have made some small holes. I think I'll be generous and fill them with my boiling blood."

"You think so, huh?" Hope said.

"What? How are you so confident?" Esidisi said.

"I've picked up some signs people have tricks up their sleeves left. For instance, Jospehs arms are crossed, his eyes closed." Hope said. "All that time asleep, and you didint pick up on some stuff."

"What do you mean?" Esidisi asked.

"I'll elaborate on my new teammates rant." Joseph said. "I happen to be a fan of slight at hand. I made the strings able to tie you up even when cut."

"Don't believe him? Just watch this!" Hope said tugging on the string as it pulled tight around GUsty and Esidisi.

"But… he cult all of them! How?" Gusty Bones said.

"I bet he's going to say, but my veins are faster than your Hamon." Joseph said.

"But my veins are faster than your Hamon!" Esidisi said before Joseph fed Hamon into the strings inflicting damage on both enemies. "No. I am a perfect being! I cannot go down like this. Now when you've pushed me too far!" he shouted as a horn came out of his head as he attempted to pierce Joseph.

"Lets end this!" Hope said.

"I'll do it." Peko said slicing the horn off of Esidisi, then moving up and decapitating Gusty Bone's head with a single slice.

"Aw man! I lost!" Gusty Bones said as he vanished as did his body, leaving Esidisi to his fate as his body shined bright with Hamon, exhumin red energy.

"Esidisi's body is giving off some strange energy. Probably from being alive so long." Joseph said. "Die already, die with the power of the thousands of humans you have stolen!"

Esidisi gave one last scream before completely vanishing in an explosion, leaving behind only his clothes and the nose ring.

Whisper picked the ring up and handed it to Joseph.

"Here you go, Jojo. Down the hatch as they say." Whisper said.

Joseph then took the medicine inside as the ring around his windpipe vanished. "Ah much better. I can finally breathe freely once more." Joseph said.

"Two more pillar men to go. Any other ring poisons we have to worry about?"

"Yes. There is a second one….on my heart." Joseph said.

"So in 6 days… you'll die." Nagito said.

"And the only one who has the antidote to it is the Pillar Man who uses the Divine Sandstorm technique, Wamuu." Joseph said.

"We'll fix you right up. If the pillar men show up more on our adventures, we'll be sure to hand it to em, show em how mortals have come so far." Hope said.

"Heh. Grandma erina was right, you always did look to hope even in dark times. So i'll stick to your side...part time of course. At least until all the Pillar Men are gone." Joseph said.

"But.. oh man…" Kazuichi said seeing Junkos arm dissolved too. "Sorry Nagito, know how hard it was to let that thing go…"

"It's fine. Its only a hand after all." Nagito said.

"You will not be missed in my eyes… Ultimate Despair, Junko Enoshima." Peko said.

Time until the ring in Jojo's heart dissolves-6 days.