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Aftermath of YKW 1 || or, How to Redeem a Dead Chairman

The last thing he could clearly remember was his own scream.

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Blindingly white petals fluttered around as the scene unfolded, attacks flying from either side of the battlefield. Almost all of Mt. Wildwood had been turned white; a forest of faded leaves. A small clearing, near the back, held a large tree home to the Yokai Elevator. The only thing standing between him and the ultimate domination of the human world was a 12-year-old kid and his yokai friends.

Baddinyan and Bruff were in the front getting heavy hits in against the yokai chairman, with the former also inspiriting from time to time. Baddinyan ducked as a tentacle went piercing overhead, managing to get a few slashes in on it in the process. Blandon was busy concealing the healer, Pinkiepoo, while the second-mentioned kept everyone at a reasonable health. In the meantime, Katie was busy purifying the two negatively inspirited; Bloominoko and Leadoni. McKraken sent out beams up from the ground which the party managed to narrowly dodged, ignoring the groans about a singed pompadour coming from the front row. After successfully purifying the snake and oni yokai, Katie handed a spirit talisman to Pinkiepoo before seeing them off. Leadoni and Bruff exchanged knowing glances.

The blue Oni raced over to the right of the chairman and stuck his tongue out at him.

“Hey! Look this way!” He shrieked over the pandemonium of the battlefield.

This caught the attention of the former chairman. He let out an ear piercingly loud laugh before turning to the little oni and sending a beam his way. Leadoni narrowly dodged it, feeling the energy barely miss his ear. He hardly had time to recover before having to dodge another two attacks.Concurrently, Bruff was behind McKraken and while he was distracted, slammed the spiked bat into his side. The squid-like beast roared in pain before finally going down.

“...I think he’s beat!” Bruff shouted to the others across the clearing.

Several cheers rang out, some louder than others. They all regrouped where Katie was to exchange congratulations, mini-celebrate, and general check up; making sure to stay a considerable distance away from the chairman’s body.

“Is everyone okay? Nobody badly hurt?” Katie asked, still a tad shaken up.

The group looked around at each other before Baddinyan spoke up, “Nyothin’ major as far as I can see, nyan. But,”

he turned to look at Bruff, speaking a little quieter. “At some point it looked like you got hit in the back, when he was sendin’ out the tentacles?”

“Eh, doesn’t feel like anythin’s wrong for now. Howzabout you two?” He said looking at Katie and Whisper.

“Well, I don’t think I’ll stop seeing him in my nightmares anytime soon, but other than that, I’m pretty good!” The former replied.Just as she finished speaking, the group felt something move the ground.

Katie turned around to see McKraken propped up on one leg, still appearing dazed.

“I don’t believe it…How could I possquidly lose?” He spoke, muddled and distressed, “What a calamity!”

Whisper came forwards from beside Katie, “Oh, please… Are you quite through?” “Let’s all experience your demise with a little bit of self-respect. As a butler, I am quite proud of all of us! Our cooperation was steller!”

“Well said! We did pretty great, doki!” Pinkiepoo chimed in.

“It’s like Lord Enma always said: The human world needs our friendship, not our control.”The yokai butler looked around at the motley crew.

“To witness the strength of friendship is both inspiring and humbling.”

“Whisper…that’s beautiful!” Katie said.“GRAAAAAAGH!” And with one last howl, as if on cue, McKraken’s body disappeared into a cloud of purple smoke. Katie yelled out a ‘woohoo!’ and was followed not long after by the others, cheering or just generally feeling proud.

“We did it! I’m so glad that’s finally over!”

“As am I. However, this isn’t over yet. There’s still the issue of his followers, and I’ve a feeling he won’t stay down forever.” Whisper floated past the chairman, closer to the yokai elevator.

With a sigh, he said:“If we’re going to finish this, we’ll need to seal this. Possibly permanently.”

There wasn’t but a beat of silence before the eventual collective response.

“What?!”

There was a variety of mixed reactions among the crowd; some confused, some understanding, and some…not so much.

Bruff stepped closer to the floating yokai, “That’s bull-”

“-woah, okay we are not finishing that, doki. But I agree, can you think of any other way we could solve this, Whisper?” Pinkiepoo asked, holding a hand out in front of Bruff in a futile attempt to cease his advancement. It was working surprisingly well.

“I wish that was the case. If McKraken was able to undo the seals the last few times, what is to stop him from trying again?”

“We’ll stop him. What was the point of all this if youse was gonna give him what he wants, anyways,” Bruff grumbled through gritted teeth.

Katie turned to Whisper, pleadingly,“Yeah! I can’t see you all leave again! These past two months have been some of the funnest in my life!”

“U-um, if this counts for anything, It’d do a better job of keeping people…everywhere safe if we were to…s-seal it versus trying to stop it e-every week,” Blandon added, “and we’ll have time to say goodbye this way.”

Bloominoko wailed dejectedly, “Noko noko! Ko… (It’s not fair! One bad yokai spoiled it for all of us…)”

“The yokai world is still in chaos, even though he’s gone. There are still a great deal of his followers who would want nothing more than to harness that power and take it to the human realm. The only way to stop that is to close the elevator.” Whisper reasoned.

“I…really hate to admit this, even to the marshmallow, but he’s got a point. If we go, we can at least make sure those goons aren’t able to come back,” Baddinyan agreed. Despite this and how much it makes sense logically, he knew it didn’t stop it from hurting like hell.

“Blegh, this is getting nowhere! How about a vote?” Leadoni suggests, standing on a high rock by the tree.

“I’ll keep score; me included of course! Ready?”

“I guess…”

“Sure! All’s fair in a show of hands.”

“Let’s get this over with.”

“Okay! Those for the elevator being sealed, bring a thumbs up! Those against, thumbs down.”

It was a pretty obvious vote with Whisper, Baddinyan, Blandon, Pinkiepoo, and (hesitantly) Bloominoko for it, Bruff, Katie, and Leadoni against it.

“Well, I guess that’s only fair…” Katie smiled sadly.

They all circled around the tree to watch Whisper seal the elevator.

“It’s now time to perform my final duty as your butler.” Whisper floated over to the door and pulled out a talisman.

He recited some sort of hymn before slapping the talisman onto the closed doors.

“This elevator is now closed for business!”

The structure started glowing as blue light rings with symbols on them started floating around it. They all got the feeling this was going to be goodbye.

“Well, it was nice knowing you, Katie!” Bloominoko says.

“I’m always going to miss having the best luck on the candy lottery, plus, who’s gonna play uno with me now?” Katie laughed with Bloominoko as he dissipated into light.

“Leadoni, try not to get any more children lost. High five?”

“No promises!” He reached up with his big hand and just as they made contact, he too vanished. Katie briskly walked over to Blandon; the yokai in question looked as if he would shrink into himself if he could.

She smiled as she approached him, hands behind her back, “Don’t think I forgot you! I’ll always remember our sword training together.”

“I don’t want to leave, you actually notice when I’m i-in a room…” Blandon said sorrowfully.

“We’ll always have our memories, and I’ll never forget you.”

She could’ve swore she felt her eyes start to sting this time. He disappeared with the wind, as if he was never there. Pinkiepoo stalked over and tapped her on the shoulder with his staff.

“Hey~! We’re gonna miss you over there. Try not to be too sad about it, okay?”

“Sniff, if you say so, Pinkie. Make sure to say hi to Enma for me!” She asked, choked up.

Pinkiepoo nodded, and both human and yokai teared up as he faded away. Katie walked over to the next two she would bid farewell to. Baddinyan was standing looking cool as ever, and Bruff right beside him; arms crossed over a purple and black jacket. She felt tears form in her eyes as she tried to smile at the two. Bruff furrowed his brow and kneeled down a little to face her.

“Hey, what’s the matter? You ain’t going soft on us now, are ya?” He gave her a pat on the shoulder.

“Hehe, maybe. Truthfully…you two were always like siblings to me…I can’t believe you all are leaving.”

Baddinyan gave a low sigh, “Hey man, we’ll see each other some other time, yeah? We’ll talk nyext time,'' the cat gave her a pat on the back, “this ain’t gonna be goodbye yet, nyan.”

“Yeah kid, who else ‘round here is gonna tease you endlessly? All ‘at aside, We really are gonna miss you, punk.” Bruff wiped at something under his shades, he must have gotten something in his eye.

Katie swiftly pulled them in for a hug, which was reciprocated once the shock wore off. It was almost as if she could still feel them as their spirits dispersed. Hearing the familiar sound of shifting in the air, she knew Whisper was nearby. Her butler—she would even go as far as to call him a friend—since the beginning. The one who allowed her to make such wonderful new friends. The yokai who gave her the watch and stuck by her side (most of the time; Nocturn was a one time thing, promise). She didn’t even know where to begin. Thank him, apologise, in the end, she opted for a bittersweet grin.

“You’re the best yokai butler in the world, I’m glad you bugged me to take the watch.”

“Hey! You practically begged for me to come with you; my charm is irresistible.”

“Sure, sure, believe what you want,” she jested, “I hope we meet again someday. It’s hard to picture a future without you all.”

“Likewise. No matter what, I’m sure you’ll do fine without me. You’ve proven more than capable,” Whisper gave a deep bow. He closed his eyes as he said, “my time as your butler has come to an end.”

And with that, he too faded to nothing but a distant memory. This time, there was nothing stopping the tears falling from her eyes. She looked up into the clouds and allowed herself a final moment of despair for her friends.

“I’ll never forget you guys.”

~End of chapter one~

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