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// Upgrading the Yo-Kai Watch (Part 1) 
// Story: Spike and the Yo-kai 
// by Darth Severus 
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Spike was sitting in his room doing his summer homework, something he hated doing. Despite keeping a B minus grade, he still hated school as much as any other kid his age did. Suddenly, his cell phone started ringing. He saw it was Chocolate Harmony and said, "What's up? I'm a bit busy with my summer homework."

Chocolate Harmony told him, "There's been reports from some of our agents, there's supposedly green slime showing up around the school overnight."

Spike sighed, "And let me guess, Twilight wants me to look into this?"

Chocolate Harmony rolled her eyes and said, "No, not yet, but I do have something for you to work on. Meet me at Timer's and More in about an hour, we'll talk there."

Spike nodded, "Got it, I'll be there as soon as I can." before hanging up and finishing the last question on the sheet was on before heading downstairs. "Mom, I'm going out, I'll be back-"

Spike's mom sighed, before saying, "Honey, you don't need to worry. You're not a baby anymore, I trust you enough to stay out after dark and stay safe. Just make sure to check in with me every once and a while."

Spike was surprised by what his mother had just said, but smiled, "Ok mom, I'll make sure to check in. I'll try to be back for dinner though." before heading out of the house and riding his bike to the watch shop that Chocolate Harmony told him to meet her at.

When Spike arrived, Chocolate Harmony said, "Good, you're here. This old place is more than a normal watch shop. The owner can see Yo-Kai, and he's the one who upgrades our Yo-Kai Watches."

Spike's eyes widened, "You mean he can make my Yo-Kai Watch stronger?"

Chocolate Harmony nodded, "Yes, he can. I'd like to help you with this, but I've got to get back to HQ, I have some stuff I need to catch up on. Good luck!" before riding her own bike in the direction of HQ

Spike opened the door and was met by an elderly man who said, "A new Y.U.C.S recruit? Glad to meet you, my name's Mr. Goodsight. What's yours?"

Spike seemed surprised that the man knew he was a Y.U.C.S member, but in retrospect, if he upgraded the Yo-Kai Watches of other members, it made sense he knew. He answered, "My name's Spike, Spike Drake. I was told to come here to get my watch upgraded. Can you help?"

Mr. Goodsight nodded, "Yes, I can, but I have a bit of a problem right now. I left my pair of lucky underwear at the hot springs nearby. I went to check the lost and found there for them, but the staff told me things had been disappearing overnight from the lost and found, only to reappear the next morning. I have too much work piled up to go there at night, so if you could get them for me, I'd appreciate it."

Spike's raised an eyebrow at the request, finding a man's lucky underwear? Who wouldn't think of that as an odd request? But he nodded, "Yeah, I can do that. I'll come back when I get them." before exiting the shop.

Whisper asked Spike, "Doesn't this seem a bit odd to you Spike? An old man asking us to retrieve an important item for him in order to continue on with our journey? It's almost like we're living in some sort of video game or fan fiction, or something like that."

Spike said nothing, but thought in his head, "Does he just enjoy getting on my nerves?" Before heading back home to wait until it was nightfall so he could go to the springs to investigate 'The Case of the Missing Underwear.'

Whisper looked in the sky and said "The Case of the Missing Underwear? Really? That's the best you could come up with?"

Suddenly, it started raining, and a bolt of lightning struck Whisper, and a mysterious voice asked him, "How about this? Case of the Toasted Marshmallow Butler?"

Whisper was barely conscious on the sidewalk, but mumbled, "Curses, you win."

Spike just watched in shock as Whisper was electrocuted, stepping back nervously, mainly because he had a feeling this was caused by a Yo-Kai with a grudge against Whisper, even though his Yo-Kai Watch wasn't detecting anything.

To be continued...

Whisper complained "Really!? You electrocute me and leave it at that!? Why I-" before a clap of thunder scared him into quieting down.