"Okay, so...let's recap. Toma has been captured, Jexi left for his journey, and Gao's spirit has separated from his body…" David said. "So far, nothing new, but damn… That Wisdom guy is a real menace."
"Yeah...but...how can we fix him?" Chibi Panda wondered before they heard running.
"Move it!" A voice said as an old man dove between the group and hit the ground. "Ha! I found a lucky penny!"
"And...who is this guy?" Marco asked sweat dropping.
"I dunno. Never seen him before." Hope said.
"Huh? Well, this kid's body got sealed up by a Dragon's power. His miracle life's a 0. If it ain't up to 10 in 3 days, he's split for good." He said.
"Any idea on how we can restore it?" Ace asked.
"If a certain Demon Lord Dragon could start being nice and friendly to humans...maybe that could do something." He said. "What ya say?"
"Huh? Well...I guess I could." Batzz said.
"Okay, so who are...Whoa!" Al said as the old man dove onto the beach.
"Haha! I found me a dime!" He said before running off far from the group.
"What. The. Hell." Saki said.
"I agree, what the heck just happened?" Francisca asked.
"Seems that old man is a money grubber if you ask me." Rutee said.
"You're one to talk since you like to search for gald all the time." Stahn said.
"Anyway, he gave us a hint on how to bring Gao back. But the question is, how to pull it off…" David said.
"That might be difficult. Maybe we could somehow transfer some of Batzz's energy into Gao?" Simon asked.
"If that was all it took, Gao would've been back already." Flamberge said. "I think there's more to it than that."
"Grr...If only I wasn't so strong." Batzz said roaring as he released energy and hit someone.
"Batzz just hit someone." Lucy said before they saw what he hit was a thief looting houses.
0-3
"Whoa! Look!" Chibi said pointing to the top of Gao's head. "His miracle life just went up."
"Huh, so I was right." Simon said.
"Nevermind that, who's the thief?" Al asked.
"I don't think it matters. If Batzz keeps doing good, he'll have Gao back in no time." Luna said.
"Right!" Batzz said flying off as he starting striking random people with lightning before returning. "Did it work?"
"Why you!" Gao said.
"What's that weird stick symbol?" Batzz asked pointing to the life showing -9.
"It's a minus sign, you goofball!" Gao shouted.
"Most of the people you hit must've been innocents." Papelne said sweat dropping.
"This just got a whole lot harder…" David said.
"Definitely." Ace said. "Don't worry Gao, we'll get you back to normal any way we can."
"And how exactly are we gonna do that?" Luna asked. "This ain't like helpin' out Yo-Kai back in Springdale like Micchy."
"Who?" Hope asked.
"She means me!" a voice said as a figure jumped from the bushes. This figure was a humanoid with one eye and a purple suit. "I am here. The sworn protector of Natsume as well as Sunset. Though Sunset right now!"
"Micchy...I told you not to follow me." Sunset said.
"Hahaha! Nonsense. Where would you be without your sworn protector?" He said posing.
"Who?" Stoj sweatdropped.
"Ugh. His name is Micchy, though some of you know him better as Slimamander." Sunset said.
"I'm guessing he's been an annoyance to you since you vanished back in Hyrule?" Kagura asked.
"He insists on protecting me and the worst part is I can't lose him. Since I came back, I've been keeping him locked up in the closet." Sunset said.
"I'm surprised none of us has noticed. Has he been pounding his fists on the closet since he was locked in?" Al asked.
"Nonsense. She asked me to make no noise. So I made no movements, nor did I breath. I passed out many times!" He said laughing.
"You're either crazy or really stupid to not hold your breath." Papelne said.
"So, have all the Yokai changed like Micchy and Jibanyan?" Erica asked.
"Yeah. Several of them have." Sunset said. "I'll show you." She said installing an ark in her watch and turning.
"Light!" It said.
"Come on out my friend! Calling, Komasan! Yo-kai...Come!" Sunset said as her shadow stretched as out came a white dog with blue flame eyebrows.
"AAAAHH!" Stoj screamed in delight before hugging him.
"Komasan, is that you?!" Hope said. "You've gotten so much… uh… bigger!"
"Huh? Yeah I guess. Excuse me." He said walking over to a hydrant and lifting a leg to it.
"Oh god, warn people!" Saki said.
"And that's his lightside." Sunset said.
"Yeah, you never explained that to me." Hope said.
"See this?" Sunset said holding the key thing. "Its called a Yo-kai Ark. Its what replaces medals. You turn it left for Lightside...but turn it right…" she said doing so.
"Shadow!" The watch said as Komasan changed as he became bigger with more flames, sharp teeth and long flaming blue fur.
"Whoa!" Hope said.
"Remember back during that one redux when Pandora talked about two sides to everything...I think this was what she was hinting." Sunset said.
"So that explains Jibanyan's new look along with his monster form." Al said.
"Yeah, impressive huh?" Jibanyan asked.
"Are you any different in this form, Komasan?" Sakura asked.
"Rar!" Komasan growled.
"Personalities tend to change between light and shadow." Sunset said. "The shadowside is mostly for combat."
"While the lightside would be their normal forms, gotcha. By the way Komasan's shadow form kinda looks like a kitsune in a way." Mari said.
"More like a real life Komainu." Sunset said.
Sunset turned her watch back to the LIghtside as Komasan reverted to normal.
"Now...let's get Gao home. We can come up with a plan tomorrow for revival." Sunset said.
"Are you sure that's a good idea? I mean...his family is not gonna like the situation we're in." Sectonia said.
"Yeah, how do you think they'll react when they see his ghost? I think it's best we head back to the ship." Al said.
"Actually, I think its only Batzz who can see Gao's ghost. And us." Akane said.
"What about his body?" Nu asked.
"We'll bring it back to the ship for now." Natsu said lifting it up. "Not like he's gonna be moving by himself anytime soon."
"No doy." Al said.
Back at the Galaxy King…
"Nice ship you got here. Gotta say it's even bigger than that Satsuki ship." Batzz said.
"I'll say big boss! This place is even bigger on the inside!" Chibi panda said.
"Yep. This is the biggest ship we've ever got. It's even got a loading dock for our other ships and vehicles." David said.
"I wish Gao could enjoy it...we gotta find a way to bring him back." Hope said. "Sunset, you're an expert on Yo-kai. What can you do?"
"Well...none of the arks I have can help bring him back. But...what if Batzz defeated a few ghosts?" Sunset said logging onto her computer.
"Well, Gao's miracle life did go up when Batzz randomly struck that thief with a lightning bolt, but it would be even more difficult to try and find any criminals in the city." Mari said.
"Instead of focusing on just one aspect, let's see how he can do good from a moral standpoint." David said.
"What is this site?" Hope asked.
"It's a website that gives reports on mysterious happens across the worlds, most of them from spirits and Yo-kai. Let's see...we're in luck. Two requests are shown at...Aibo Academy." Sunset said.
"That looks like a good place to start. But can Batzz use his lightning in his smaller form?" Stoj asked.
"Maybe you should listen to the requests before we charge in crazy." Sunset said.
"Yeah, that's probably the smart thing." Gemini said.
"Okay...first one mentions a moving anatomy dummy and a girl in the toilet. Oh, it's about Hanako." Sunset said.
"Hanako? Like Hanako-san from the toilet?" Sachiko said.
"That's probably the one. It's definitely a spooky story." Ichiro said.
"An anatomy dummy, like a skeleton?" Aya said.
"More like one that shows the organs and insides of a person." Sunset said.
"Meat person, got it." Kokoro said.
"What about the other one?" Stoj asked.
"It talks about a boy in a red cap walking the Aibo grounds at night. He challenges people to buddyfights and they end up fainting from some fright. Seems he only targets Danger World users though." Sunset said.
"Danger World users? Oh man…" Marco said.
"I take it you use Danger World monsters?" Al asked.
"Well, I haven't had an official match yet, but I got into it by watching Yoko and Mana. The best I could put together was an Armorknight deck." Marco said.
"Hmm. Either way….we should go there...tonight." Sunset said.
"You're suggesting we use Marco as bait?" Mana asked. "I never took you for that kind of type."
"I don't think so, I'm thinking Marco's gonna do great." Hope said. "You go and show that red capped boy what's what."
"Hold on there blue boy. I think I might have a plan to get both the kid and headphones together as a team against both ghosts." Batzz said. "We just have to encounter them both at the same exact time."
"Hmm… It would seem coincidental, but what would it take to get both groups together?" David asked.
"Litty, any ideas?" Mari asked.
"Hmm…" Litty hummed in thought as she waved her hands over her crystal ball.
"Is that how she thinks?" Hope asked.
"Yeah, she always carriers that crystal ball around, it's a weapon and it helps her think." Mari said.
"I got it, I could cast a psychic projection of a Yo-Kai and have it lead the red capped boy to the grounds." Litty said.
"While at the same time, we go into the girl's bathroom and challenge the Hanako." Chibi Panda said.
"This might just work." Ace said. "Let's do it. For Gao!"
"For Gao!" Everyone else said.
At Aibo Academy the next night….
"This is so cool. It's like we're the Ghostbusters!" Mahiru said.
"Uh...sure. Anyway, if I remember the request...Hanako was usually sighted in the third toilet on the third floor girls bathroom." Sunset said.
"Then that's where we'll be going." Saki said as she was now seen wearing her winter sailor school uniform.
"Why are you wearing that?" Jibanyan asked.
"I always fought undead in this outfit back then, nothing different." Saki said.
"These aren't zombies, okay. They're just ghosts. Spirits." Sunset said.
"I know. I can't wear the same set of gothic dresses all the time you know." Saki said.
"Someone certainly has good taste in fashion…" Rarity said before they heard a scream.
"That was Noboru!" Akane said.
"Kitten Shirt! He was inspecting the bathroom first!" Chibi Panda said as they all ran to the third floor girls bathroom to see Noboru getting dragged into the toilet by a little girl.
"Is that the Hanako, Sunset?" Saaya asked.
"Gotta be!" Hope said.
"Unhand him, you spectre! Fight me instead!" Batzz said.
"I'm not afraid of you. Minions!" Hanako said.
"You called?" A sentient roll of toilet paper asked coming out from the stalls.
"There's more than one?!" Chibi asked in shock.
"Wait a second, I don't think these are even ghosts at all. They're monsters!" Hope said.
"Buddyfight monsters or just normal monsters?" Al asked.
"The former, you foolish girl. We are actually monsters from Legend World." Hanako said.
"Sorry." Al said.
"Uh...did it just get colder in here?" Hope asked as a figure slowly walked into the room. A young man in a red hat with his head twitching as he walked.
"Is that the red capped boy mentioned in the request?" Mari asked.
"I think you just answered your own question." Sunset said.
"B-buddy...fight…..Armorknight user. Challenge?" He said creepily.
"That's you, Marco. Go get em!" Hope said giving Marco a nudge in front of the red capped boy.
"O-okay. Let's do this." Marco said.
"Fine. We'll take this outside." Hanako said.
Outside, the four fighters arrived to the battlefield.
"Win...give...white...dog card." the boy said to Marco.
"If Marco wins or if you win?" Hope asked.
"I think he wants to wager Marco's Armorknight Cerberus." Sachiko said.
"So that's it, huh?" Hope said.
"You...hero guy….Superheroes...lame." The boy said.
"Oh, that is a low blow." Hope said.
"Just ignore him, kid. Let's start the fight!" Batzz said.
"Gather my minions! It is time for delicious fun and malicious pranks! Luminize, Fairytales from School!" Hanako said.
"Fighter Dragons! Dragons that battle with fists. Luminize, Crimson Fist." The boy said.
"Creatures from across far and wide, upgraded to an elite fighting force. Lumineze, Armored Squadron!" Marco said.
"Rise up! Almighty dragon! Luminize! Demon Lord of Dragon Tempest!" Gao said.
"Time to raise the flag!" they said.
"Dragon World!" Gao said.
"Danger World!" Marco said.
"Legend World!" Hanako said.
"Dragon World." the boy said.
"Now...we'll go first. Charge and Draw. I start by calling Paper Ittan-Momen to the right!" Hanako said calling a Toilet Paper creature to the right. "And with his effect, that puts a Toilet card from my deck into my hand. I equip...School Campus Level 3-The Third Toilet Before You!" Hanako said as a toilet appeared behind her.
"Oh man, is everything about this girl toilet related?" Luna asked.
"This is Hanako of the Toilet." Sunset said.
"Now I'll cast The Hardworking Fairies. Draw two more cards...then I attack with the toilet!" Hanako said flushing as water rushed out and hit Gao.
10-8
"But the best is yet to come. Once all three of the cards in my items soul are sent to the drop zone, that's when you'll really be in trouble. My turns done for now, so i'll hand it to my red capped partner." Hanako said.
"Charge...Draw. Call Crimson Battler, Hammer Ball Dragon to right, Call Crimson Battler, Maintenance Kid to left. Effect, another Crimson Battler...gain a life." the kid said.
10-11
"Then, call Crimson Battler, Rock Bunker Dragon to center." he said. "Now...Rock Bunker attacks fighter."
10-8
"End of moves." he said.
"(This guy really knows his moves… I'm gonna need to think hard on a way to beat this guy.)" Marco said. "Alright, now we're up. Draw! Charge and Draw!" he said looking at his hand. "(Okay, Marco. Don't get too crazy yet. Just start up slow and work your way up.) First off, I call Armorknight, Lizardman to the center, Salamander to the left, and Centaur to the right! Then I cast Thunder Devastation! This card allows me to destroy all of my opponent's monsters that have 5000 defense or less!"
"That...all monsters." the boy said before all his monsters vanished.
"And that means you're wide open. Centaur, launch the first attack!" Marco said.
10-9
"Lizardman, you're up next!" Marco said.
9-7
"Salamander, finish it up!" Marco said.
7-5
"Ahh...Ahhh...AHHHH!" the boy screamed as dark shadows covered him before he stood before the group now as a gigantic dragon. "Game...continues!" he roared.
"What the… What is that?" Marco asked.
"No clue. I've never seen a Yo-kai like that before." Sunset said.
"Could this be what caused all of those fainting reactions?" David asked.
"Don't get scared, Marco. You can still win this!" Yoko said.
"Thanks, Yoko. But...my turn is over now, so I'll have to pass it to Gao." Marco said.
"I dunno what's up with that boy turning into a dragon, but I'm not falling over scared! Draw! Charge and Draw! Equip! Demon Lord Sword, Dragoroyale!" Gao said.
8-7
"I'll also call Chibi Panda to the left, and Replenisher, Pentar to the right!" Gao said. "Now let's go! Pentar and Chibi Panda...attack the fighter!" Gao said.
10-6
"Yeah! That's for luring in Kitten shirt." Chibi Panda said.
"It's a tiger!" Noboru shouted.
"Hehehe. Now it's time. No more soul in my item." Hanako said. "I call Anatomy Dummy, Migi Nice Guy to the left." she said as a handsome man appeared standing to show his right side.
"Greetings ladies...how do you do?" he asked.
"Wow...so handsome." Sheena said.
"No need to be nervous!" he said turning to show he was a meat like anatomy doll. This made a lot of the girls scream in terror.
"Hope, should Nu be scared of this?" Nu asked.
"I would think so, but then again you haven't really gotten your emotions up to learning how to feel fear yet." Hope said.
"Lucky her…" Nami said.
"Okay that's just disgusting." Saki said.
"Sorry, but I already have my prince." Selena said.
"So it didn't scare a lot of them… no matter! Migi Nice Guy, attack!" Hanako said.
"So sorry to do this." Migi Nice Guy said before kicking away Chibi Panda.
"How can I lose to this guy?!" he asked before vanishing.
"The center is wide open… go, Itan-Momen!" Hanako said.
"You won't like what I'm about to do to you…" he said wrapping up Gao in toilet paper.
7-5
"And finally, the attack with my toilet!" Hanako said firing another stream of water.
"I cast Blue Dragon Shield!" Gao said defending.
"Hehehe." she said as the door closed as Ittan-Momen knocked three times before the item fell apart. "Buddy call myself, Hanako in the Toilet...scariest ghoul there ever was!" she said.
6-7
"No way! How'd she do that?!" Hiyoko asked as Itanmoment vanished to balance the size limit.
"She called herself out by using her item. When The Third Toilet Before You has no other cards in its soul, you can call any Toilet monster regardless of its other costs, and Hanako called herself to compensate for that since she can't be summoned exempt by the use of a toilet item." Tails said.
"The fox boy has the right call. And when i appear on the field, i can destroy all cards on the field!" Hanako said as Pentar and Dragoroyale. "The best part is, i gain life for each card i destroy."
7-9
"Now for my own attack! It's plunging time!" Hanako said putting a plunger on Gao's face and pushing away.
5-3
"Oh, that is just humiliating…" Gemini said.
"Not to mention disgusting." Saki added.
"Double Attack!" Hanako announced.
"Cast! Green Dragon Shield!" Gao called.
3-4
"Like that's gonna help you! Triple Attack!" Hanako said plunging on Gao again.
4-2
"And now to finish this! Final Phase! I cast the Impact, Dragged By the Toilet!" Hanako said trying to pull Gao in.
"I cast! White Dragon Shield and reduce damage by two!" Gao said.
2-1
Marco sighed in relief. "He held on."
"My...turn. Draw, Charge, Draw. Buddycall Second Crimson Chieftain, Burning Force to right." he said.
5-6
"Equip, Crimson Fist, Dragoblaze. Burning Force. Destroy Armorknight Lizardman." He said as it struck. "Double attack. Attack the fighter. Ability...Critical increases by one with item with Fist in name."
"Rar!" Burning Force roared as it hit Marco.
8-5
"I attack now….with fist!" He said flying at Marco.
5-2
"Done now. End of move." he said.
"Oh man… Things aren't looking so good for those two…" Sachiko said.
"Don't worry. I'm sure they can think of a way out." Kaede said.
"You can do it, Marco! Beat that dragon!" Hope said. "Remember, you're not alone, even when buddyfighting!"
"(He's right. As the adopted son of oil Barons, I was used to people who got close to me for my parents' money. It was because of this that I felt that I was unable to trust anyone. I even held that belief in the erasures. I was at risk multiple times, but these people… They saw me as a true companion, one that they know have their backs when things got rough. I've gone through too much to let them down now!)" Marco thought. "It's my move! I draw! Charge and Draw! First off, I'll cast Exorcist Stomp! This allows me to destroy an item or spell that my opponent has on the field."
Burning Force then vanished as the dragon roared.
"No more monsters! He's wide open!" Leanne said.
"But before I get to that, I'll equip Eradication Spear, Skypierce!" Marco said. "And I'll also cast this! Deep Qigong of the Hungry Wolf!"
"Awesome! If Marco's life is lower than that dragon's… then he's able to regain 4 life all at once!" Indigo said.
2-6
"Plus, once per turn, in the event that I gain life, I can send a card to my gauge, and Skypierce gives me Double Attack!" Marco said.
"Wait...am I….gonna lose?" the dragon wondered.
"Seems that way. Alright, everyone. It's time for an All-Out Attack!" Marco said.
All his monsters struck hard but as soon as he double attacked with the spear, a small hole was made in the dragon as its body flew off like a deflating balloon as the deflated remain fell onto Nami.
6-0
Game over! Winner: Marco Barbato!
"He did it." Sunset said before an Ark appeared in her hand. "Huh? Junior?" she said before looking at Nami to see the deflated remains was now a small round spirit with a cat ear and face as it lied there sleeping soundly.
"What? That's the big bad red cap boy?!" Hope said in shock.
"We'll discuss it after match. My turn now! Draw! Charge and Draw! I equip Arc Dragon Sword and then Buddycall Batzz!" Gao said.
1-2
"Now...Batzz...attack Hanako!" Gao said.
"Here I come!" Batzz said.
"I cast! The Door that Just Wouldn't Open!" Hanako said.
"Like that'll stop me." Batzz said.
"He's got double attack?" Hanako said before she was defeated and returned to the fighter area.
"Not that. Triple attack!" Batzz said striking again.
9-7
"Ha!" Gao said slicing Hanako.
7-5
"Now...Final Phase!" Gao said as his impact appeared. "Thunder Lance X Tempest Buster!"
5-0
Game over! Winner: Gao Mikado!
"Gao and Marco did it!" Rainbow cheered.
Later…
"So that big dragon red cap boy was this little thing, huh?" Nami asked.
"All I got from the ark is his name...Junior." Sunset said.
"Junior… strange name if you ask me for something that big before." Hope said.
"Please call Ji, Ji!" Junior said. "Hero guy needs to stop being lame."
"What?" Hope asked before Junior changed into a copy of Hope in a hero suit before he moved and tripped over the cape before changing back.
"Superheros lame." Junior said.
"Well… Not all of them have capes, but I can see where he's going with this." David said.
"So he can shapeshift. Fascinating." Mari said.
"Okay, talk. Why were you here?" Sunset asked.
"Ji wanted picture of white dog for old lady." Junior said.
"Is that why you were after Danger World users?" Marco asked.
"So all he wanted was to grab Armorknight Cerberus for an elder to see." Himeno said.
"No...Ji gonna turn into white dog. Ji goes to this candy shop run by old lady. She nice to Ji despite being Yo-kai. She used to have white doggy but it died in accident. So Ji saw buddyfight commercial with big white dog. Ji needs image to transform. But…" Junior said.
"It changed too quickly and you became a dragon instead." Sunset said.
"Yes." Junior said.
"So...you just wanted this?" Marco asked holding said card before Junior grabbed it and flew off.
"Well...that was a thing." Al said.
"I'm going after him." Sunset said chasing after him.
"H-hey, wait up!" Marco said going after Sunset.
"Should we follow them?" Simon asked.
"Nah, there's no need." David said.
"Sunset''s got a thing with Yo-Kai. She's an expert with this stuff." Hope said. "Still, this whole change to the Yo-Kai world… it's exciting."
"He's got a point. With the new light and shadow sides...it now means...new Yo-kai as well." Robin said.
"Yeah, and I actually noticed something about one of them." Mari said. "Apparently the Yo-kai Blazion's shadowside form resembles that of Ifrit." She said showing an image.
"Uh...sort of off topic, Mari." Tails said.
The next morning…
"Ah...another wonderful morning. I wonder if...huh?" Raine thought before she and the others saw Sunset and Marco in the kitchen with Junior.
"Hey." The three said.
"Um… What's going on?" Aluche asked.
"Just breakfast." Sunset said.
"Yeah, Just breakfast." Junior said munching on a chocobar.
"You do know Junior is there with you right? What exactly happened last night?" Aya asked.
"Well...everything between Junior and the old lady went well actually. Then after…" Sunset said.
"Ji decides to become Dimensional Hero. Ji be better at it then lame hero guy." Junior said.
"That's it! Let me at him! Let me at him!" Al yelled as Ace held her back.
"Down, girl!" Hope said before Jibanyan leapt over them all. "Huh?!"
"Well...you've certainly grown, kid." Jibanyan said.
"Yes. Ji grow well." Junior said.
"Jibanyan, you know him?" Hope asked.
"Yeah...he came from me." Jibanyan said.
"Wait… did you have a son or something?!" Akane asked.
"It's a complicated story I don't feel like sharing. All you need to know he's a part of me and that's that." Jibanyan said.
"So basically he represents your child side in a way right?"
"Ji just Ji." Junior said.
"Well….Jexi's not going to be the only one with surprises when he returns." Twilight said.
"Definitely. I'm sure we'll encounter other surprises on our side here." Papelne said.
"And with Gao now at 5 Miracle life, we just need to keep this train rolling. Let's keep up the hard work, everyone." Hope said.