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Ah yes a beautiful
day in Springdale,
Birds are singing,
Flowers are blooming,
And on days like these…
*BOOM*
A certain space nerd is kicking down the door of an not-so averagely
average kid…
this is gonna end poorly isn't it?
“ Inaho what the hell??! ”
there stood from his chair the most certainly startled average kid in question. Nate Amano, Springdales very own Yo-Kai extraordinaire, (but if you're reading this fic then you already know that.) Trailing his eyes from his nerdy friend's face which is plastered with a mischievous grin, down to what she holds in her hands…
A roomba, But not just any roomba, a Yo-Kai Roomba!
Well more specifically called the Yo-Kai Vacuum Cleaner tho they prefer to call it the Yo-Kai Roomba but Inaho nicknamed it Roomby so that whats it will be called within this fic because Inaho is always right (this is lie do not trust her)
“ And why does the roomba have a knife taped to it..? ” Nate questioned, staring at the high quality knife taped to the little roomba with a piece of gray duck tape, not sure if he should be scared or not since its within her hands,
“ Why not? ”
“ honestly there are so many reasons why not but i dont have the time nor energy right now to say them all out for you. ”
He said with a classic ‘I'm so done with your shit’ to his voice as he sat back down at his desk,
“ And please just take the knife off and put the roomba back on its charging port or even take it out to go collect stuff, and not set it on the floor with the knife still attached, please.” he warned her as he returned to the boring homework he was working on before the sudden intrusion.
Inaho, looking down at Roomby, contemplating on the chaos she could unleash.. People dead, houses burned, hearts stolen, war crimes committed, by this adorable little cleaning robot with a knife.. if she just.. Sat it dow- and she did it.(god dammit inaho)
With roomby now on the floor it makes a little beep. Nate turning back to look at the robot at the sound, fear striking his face, eyes widening at the sight.
A roomba.
With a knife taped to it.
On the floor.
Fully let loose.
And in his room.
BECAUSE A CERTAIN SOMEBODY HAS NO REGARD FOR HER OWN AND OTHERS SAFETY.
(*ahem* excuse that outbreak, inaho is my skrunkly blorbo bleebus but she's really a lot sometimes, anyhoot let's continue)
Nate yelps out in fear, curling up into a ball in his chair, he looks back over to inaho.
“ Why.. why would you do this? ” he asks inaho with a shaky wobbliness to his voice, but no response.. Just a mischievous and evil grin on her face as she begins to cackle like a crazy witch in her tower when confronting the hero who came to save the princess she kidnapped.. And then.. Suddenly.. While neither of them were looking..
Roomby stabs the knife into the wall, actually is it right to call it stabbing in this case?
Well anyhoots both of the watchers turn their gaze to roomby with Nate beginning to spiral into panic.. Probably because his mom will kill him if she finds out what happened to the wall..
Inaho awws at the sight as she crouches down with quite a pleased smile plastered on her face
“ Aww roombys first bit of destruction! ’
“ HOW CAN YOU ACT LIKE THIS WHEN IT DID THIS TO MY WALL?!? ” he scolded inaho, making a pout strike is face afterwards
“ Nate chill chilllllllll ” inaho exclaimed as the roomba turned to face the blades towards inaho's definitely exposed ankle
“ It's just a small hole in the wal- ” she explained being cut off at the end with eyes widening as she looked down to see that the roomba had moved towards her. Slicing into her ankle as a result, bright red crimson blood falling from the cut onto the floor and the blade of the knife.. Her eye twitches as she attempts to keep her cool, staring at how her own blood contrasts on the shiny sliver of the knife's blade (which is very sharp btw, inaho got herself a knife sharpening kit just to make sure she got it to peak sharpness).
She breathes through her teeth due to the pain as roomby slowly backs up,
“ Oh no, I've been impaled.. well not really i just got a little cut but STILL. ”
(octos note here but uh, KARRRRRRMMMMAAAA)
“ A-are you okay? ” Nate stuttered while asking, tilting his head being genuinely concerned for Inaho's well being. while she may be an asshole to him sometimes he does have a genuine concern for her health considering how many bad situations she gets herself into,
“ Oh nooo I'm fineeee, really. ” she assured nate
“ Are you sure about that? ”
" ALRIGHT FINE! I'M NOT OKAYYYYY! " She wails in the pain and suffering, repeating 'ow', 'owie', and other forms of expressing one's pain and discomfort to herself as she sits herself on the floor to begin rocking back and forth.
“ I'll grab some bandages so in the meantime wait here and cover the wound with your hand, that might help stop the bleeding for now. ” nate exclaimed, making a small calm down hand gesture to go along with it, (how else to i quacking describe thiissss -octo) inaho responding with a simple nod in agreement as she then quickly does as nate instructed and covers the wound with the palm of her hand as nate dashes out of his room to swiftly grab the medical supplies from the bathroom, passing by whisper in the hallway as he leaves.
" What in the world has got nate this panicked to be rushing out of his roo-
GOOD GOD?! "
[ Insert here the wailings in pain of The Big Dumb Idiot™ Inaho Misora ]
" Well that explains the noise at least ..'' Whisper mumbled to himself as inaho turns her head to look at Whisper only able to give out a small wobbly, crying, "h i w h i s p e r" in response.
"Inaho, What in the name of Lord Enma Happened here?" He asked floating closer towards inaho with crossed arms and a confused but also worried look on his face, inaho after taking a moment to properly collect herself brings out a response,
" Ya want the long or the short? "
" The short please. "
" So roomba, "
Whisper nods his head,
" With knife taped on, "
He nods his head again,
" Put on the floor by me, "
Once again he nods his head,
" I got the bitch called karma, "
Another nod followed by an "im listening" in response,
" And i'm now here, as you can see, in a lot of pain "
Whisper only able to just let out a sigh in response pinches where his nose bridge would, floating the other way.
" Now please excuse me while I return to my regularly scheduled wailing " she declared as she resumed her wailing.
" Inaho.., " he takes a pause to look at her " Why did you think taping a Knife to the Yo-Kai Vacuum Cleaner was a good idea? "
" Alright so 1 its name is roomby, and 2 i am an individual with a significant line of violence, be it cannon or fannon, so me taping a knife to a roomba was bound to happen eventually, and that just happened to be today. " She answered, a strong sense of Determination coming from her as she then immediately returned to wailing in pain like a baby,
" And now why did you name it, 'Roomby'?"
" BECAUSE ROOMBY IS MY BELOVED MINION OF CHAOS AND DESTRUCTION THAT'S WHY!! "
As she responded Nate returned, med kit, and damp wash rag in hand.
" Inaho please keep your voice down. "
" Welllll excuse me princess for having to let out a little bit of anger for a second "
Nate would simply sigh at the response as he crouches down to deal with the wound, moving her hand to see how much blood has gotten on it, inaho promptly taking back her hand from Nate and.. licking off the blood from her hand, uh yeah nate and whisper both give her this baffled look as she simply responds with
" Whaaat? i like the taste of it, and besiiiddees, it's my own blood. "
Nate simply chooses to not respond to her weirdness as he doesn't really have the energy to deal with it.
Swiftly he begins dealing with the wound this big idiot got herself with, cleaning up the blood while applying slight pressure, applying some antibiotic cream that absolutely STUNG and is cold as fuck and she hates it she hates it ohhhh she so fucking hates it, folding a bit of the medical tape on itself to cover the wound then wrapping more it around her ankle to keep it in place due to the size not fitting any of the bandages.
(disclaimer i feel i should add, that this is most likely not entirely accurate on how to deal with a wound like this, this is just what i gathered from some quick research, please seek professional help or do your own proper research if you or someone else gets a wound in a similar fashion -octo)
With that all dealt with he puts everything back into the med kit to take back down, but before that he gives inaho a small bonk on the head.
" There ya go you big blundering idiot "
" OI- i aint no blundering idiot! "
" Yes you are ."
" No I'm not ."
" Yes you are "
" No I'm not. "
And this continues on and on and on and on, Whisper letting out a small sigh as he then realizes something, glancing around the room to kinda confirm it with himself, and his suspicions are indeed correct.
" Snap out of it you two! The Vacuum Cleaner, it's not here!" He announced as this promptly snapped the two out of the loop as they both frantically start looking around and indeed, Roomby is nowhere to be found,
Nate beginning to spiral into a panic due to this, and inaho being inaho is very happy sparkly eyed about this
" Awww my little minion has gone to go cause mass chaos and destruction! "(:D)
" INAHO, THIS IS A PROBLEM! "
" I see no problem with this, So i really don't know what you're waffling about bruh. "
" Why are you like this..? "
" Do I really gotta explain this to you? " She gave as the answer to nate's question, this simply leaving nate more furious than before but all he could let out is a sigh in frustration as he closed the med kit up and take it back downstairs alongside the now bloody wash rag, before he leaves he looks back at inaho who just stood back up,
" If you think you can walk fine then you're gonna help me find it, if not then go home and hopefully not cause any more chaos than you've already done " he explained with his resting bitch face on, truly just done with her shit at this point, inaho simply rolling her eyes in response which only adds more fuel to his fire
" I was gonna go home either way so uh yeah. " She said with a smug look on her face. Nate just giving her the bombastic side eye at this response.
" Your rarely ever any help, you know that?"
"Damn right! "
After returning the med kit and wash rag, Nate and inaho leave his house and go their separate ways, inaho simply going around the corner to pocket mirapo close to home.
Nate, in a worse emotional state right now, even after whisper thought it would be a better idea, got Whisper to stay home, simply because Nate doesn't want to deal with any more annoyances.
It's sunny outside, and unsurprisingly jibanyan is sunbathing on top of the car, nate walks towards him to give the cat head scratches, he does enjoy that,
“ oh hi nyate ” jibanyan says tiredly, yawning afterwards.
“ Hiya jibbers, having a nice sunbath? ” he asked, giving more head scratches.
“Nyeah, purrfectly warm and sunny out, just how i like it nya”
“That's good, did you by any chance see a roomba with a knife pass by at all? Inaho taped a knife to the roomba and now it's gotten loose somehow”
“Hmm nyo sorry, i've been having a cat nyap this entire time so i cyant really help mew there nya'' jibanyan answered, the slightest tinge of disappointment falling onto nates face,
" Well thank you anyways, enjoy your sunbath now " he gave jibanyan more head pats before running off, jibanyan waving goodbye behind him.
Now i'm not gonna go too into detail of course, for my own and you the readers sake but just goes all over springdale asking any and all yokai he bumps into if they've seen the roomba and seeing any destruction it leaves in its wake, this leads him onto a wild goose chase all around springdale, taking him basically all day until he ends up at the Mt Wildwood summit at midnight, the moonlight dimly lighting up the area as he tiredly drags his fatigued body up the stairs, not the first time he's lost a lot of sleep looking for something at least.
Now he saw it come up here, he's sure he did! Only a little bit of looking around tho to prove him wrong, the roomba was nowhere to be seen around here, only him and the mirapo, but wait a minute! He thought to himself for a moment connecting the dots, if the roombas not here and there's a mirapo then…
He immediately rushes to the mirapo at his sudden realization.
“ Good evening blegh, were you headin? ”
“ Uh actually did a roomba with a knife go through your portal at all recently? ”
The mirapo thought for a moment, Nate anxiously waiting for an answer.
“ Yeah one did, it went over to America, why you askin blegh? ”
Nate takes a quick sigh of relief,
‘ Can you teleport me to where it went please? ”
“ Yeah sure, not problem ”
Nate thanks the mirapo before it opens up its portal and Nate walks through.
The bright american sun greets him on his way out, covering his eyes from its bright light as they adjust to the sudden change in brightness, East Pine at the old town teleport by the watch shop, well it couldn't have gone too far he thought to himself for a moment the quick idea of giving a visit to buck quickly crossed his mind but he quickly shuts that own down, gotta stay on the mission and get that roomba, no time for silly distractions! Although maybe he could take a quick moment to say hi, i mean it'll just be a quick hello and explanation of the situation, hell knowing buck he'll probably end up wanting to help him out in the end and they do say two heads are better than one!
So off nate goes against his better judgment to go see his Good Friend, totally just his Good Friend and totally not his big crush, nope no boy lovers here just an average boy and his best adventurous boyfriend that he does not have romantic feelings for in any way shape or form. He's totally not thinking of how looking for a roomba with a knife could turn into a romantic date nope totally not!
(GAY IN DENIAL ALERT!!!! -Octo)
And so our beloved yet average protagonist heads on his way, passing by the supermarket where he and buck had fled from the supermanager that fateful night after they went on that useless fetch quest for that stupid ass chicken, Nate still hates that cluckers face
(i am humor -Octo)
But more importantly he remembers that feeling he felt when they had jumped to escape.. yeahhhh no it was totally just their totally platonic bond growing, yeah totally.
(Nate in denial counter-2)
Passing by the church and trying to not think too hard about how turning yo kai into souls is almost a form of.. sealing them for lack of a nicer word,
Waving to the landlord of the local St. Peanutsburg Wayfaring Manor, and of course going through Broccoli Blocks to that memorable red bridge, well at least him. (yes that is actually what the little pathway to the secret base is called in game)
The familiar spring leaves grace his presence as nate approaches the Secret Base of the BBQ trio,
ever since inaho started showing up more they basically officially became a trio that one fateful night nate and buck brought a mini grill over to the base for a BBQ, obviously it was inaho and her silly brain that came up with the name that buck seconded, so unfortunately for nate it was a majority vote to his displeasure but he eventually grew to like the name, also ended up being what the Yo-Kai world recognized them as,
Aside from there being a grill not much has changed about the secret bases exterior, aside from a new coat of paint and a proper team flag and symbol that the trio worked together to make, it was basically the same.
Climbing up the ladder and onto the deck, nate can only hope Buck is here and not out on an adventure without him, opening the door, well there's the golden sunshine boy himself sleeping on the nice couch they got,
The inside of the Base was definitely the most changed part, new proper furniture, a bean bag, string lights, and a hammock that inaho claimed to be hers only, and some proper storage space, oh and a small disco ball that Inaho and Buck had literally begged and puppy eyed for Nate to keep, it being here means they're plan worked unfortunately.
But anyyyhooots, Nate walked up to the snoozing red haired boy, his face almost glowing in the warm sunlight that planted on his face, nate couldn't help but clench his fist to his heart at how peaceful and cute buck was, wait- cute? Nonononono no he totally doesn't think bucks cute, just peaceful, yeah peaceful.
(Nate in denial counter- 3)
Well ignoring those thoughts Nate pokes Bucks cheek, continuing to do those in an attempt to wake him up.. unfortunately he sleeps like a log so plan B,
Nate sits himself on top of the couch and readys himself…
* Thud *
Well unfortunately it had to be a rude awakening via kicking him off the couch and onto the floor,
As Nate slides himself down onto the seating of the couch, crossing his leg and looking down onto Buck.
" OWWW- couldn't ya have woken me up, y'know softer? "
Nate rolls his eyes as Buck raises an eyebrow,
" Well i trieedd to wake you up via pokes but no! you have to sleep like a log and force me to have to use the hard way, "
Buck grumbles, standing up to dust himself off,
" What are ye even here for tho, Sumin bad happen? " The red head questioned turning to meet nate's gaze, the brunette crossing over his other leg and leaning back before replying,
" Yes actually, tho i kinda just wanted to say hi,
But to summarize inaho, roomba, knife, got loose, ended up in America. "
Buck tilts his head in confusion like a little puppy (he kinda just wants to hear Nate talk more tho), Nate sighs,
" Inaho taped a knife to the roomba and it ended up getting loose while i was tending to the wound she got from it, so i search everywhere around springdale for it but ended up in here to look for it "
" SHE DID WHAT?!? "
He yelled, name quickly replying
" I KNOW RIGHT?! I swear the stupidity of this bitch sometimes, can't she just let the chaos and destruction rest in her brain for at least a week? "
" Honestly i think that's impossible fer her "
" Yeah you're probably right there. "
" Wait- Nate? "
" Yeah what's up? "
" You're losing sleep over this aren't you " he questioned to the brunette, nate averting his gaze away from buck because well he hit the nail on the coffin, it is like 1am in springdale right now,
" Well I've gone for longer without sleep so i'll be fineee "
" Like the time ye passed out from a whole week of no sleep? "
Yeah Buck was right, that is the longest Nate has gone without sleep for.. 7 seven days no sleep and high on caffeine as he became a coffee addict to stave of the sleep depression from all the nights of sleep before and after his adventures in America he lost to dealing with yo kai business
" Well uh, " he gracefully changes the topic, meeting eyes with Buck again, " anyways Buck, do you wanna help me look for this stupid roomba? "
" M'thinkin you already know the answer to that? "
" Yeah I do, cmon lets get going." He says as the duo head out back to east pine to begin the search but it doesn't take them long because…
" THE SUPERMARKETS ON FIRE?!? " Nate yells out in shock, both of them are shocked of course, in a hurry they rush over to the parking lot and who do they see standing next to the St. Peanutsburg bunny.. the devils little helper herself Inaho, hands behind her back like some kinda villain.. maybe she is in another universe but not here.
She turns her head to look at the two with an evil smirk on her face,
" Hellloo there you twoo~ "
" Get that stupid smirk off your face " Nate retorts as he and Buck walk over towards Inaho,
" Fuhuhu~ " she turns to look back at the fire, " Fire is so beautiful isn't it?" She completely ignored him-
"I do agree it is pretty, BUT NOT WHEN ITS BURNING THE FUCKING SUPERMARKET!" he exclaims as he gestures to the burning supermarket to put emphasis on it,
" I still think it's pretty. "
" Weirdo- well what's more important is why would you commit arson on the supermarket??? "
Inaho tilts her head in confusion,
" Why ya gotta blame me for every bad thing that happens, but it was roomby who did this and don't ask me how because i aint got no focking clue man "
" Well then where's the roomba?? "
And in a response Inaho points down to where low and behold the roomba is, no scratches or burn marks or any damage really, scrape free.
Seeing it, Nate quickly scoops it up, pulling off the taped knife with force and then throwing said knife down into the ground by Inaho's feet, just barely missing her.
After that jumpscare inaho picks the knife up from the ground and swiftly gives nate the middle finger with her free hand,
" OI FOCK YOU YE FOCKING BITCH! "
He swiftly gives her a middle finger back with his own free hand,
" Fuck you too bitch! "
" WELL- FOCK YOU MORE! "
" I swear is that really the best- Well how about you go fuck yourself!? "
" WELL I ALREADY DO ENOUGH OF THAT SO NO THANKS! " She yelled, as then Nate and Buck look at her with this wtf look of confusion before letting out a "Huh?", inaho then tilting her head with her own "huh?" As if she didn't hear what she just said
But before anyone can say anything there is yelling in the distance..
" INAHO MISORAAAA!!!!! "
mad yelling- from a very mad otter, it's USApyon of course, inaho stepping back from the other two from hearing him,
" Well it seems this is where i bid thee adieu " she proclaims before bows like some actor after a show after which she runs off making USApyon have to take chase, " GET'CHER ASS BACK HERE MISSY! "
Well good to know those two still have that dynamic going for them, until inaho narrowly avoids getting hit by the upcoming fire truck, this causing everyone to take a moment of shock and for USApyon to stop in his tracks, and it's not until she gives them the thumbs up of okay for them to all sigh in relief and for USApyon to continue chase as inaho runs off towards the church area,
Well at least the fire is going to be taken care of now.
" I should go take this roomba home now, see ya buck!"
" See ya! N'please do go get some sleep when ya get on home and not just sip on coffee. "
" Don't worry i will i will " he says as the two depart, Nate using pocket mirapo to teleport straight to his room.
After turning on the light and setting the roomba on its charging port he stretches before sitting down at his desk grabbing the cup of cold coffee that had been left there this entire time,
" Now then " he looks down at the paper on his table with tired bloodshot eyes, " to finish this homework.. " he mumbles to himself before taking a sip of his coffee- but no he stops himself, buck did tell him to get some sleep.. Well, getting this homework done can wait, besides tomorrow, well technically today is a Saturday so he can just do it after breakfast, so instead before he gets ready for bed he'll just write in his diary, (or his journal as he calls it to inaho and buck), for today.
| 4月21-22日20XX |
Hmm yeah it makes more sense if he writes it as through yesterday and today.
| Today was a rather, eventful day for lack of a better word. Inaho barged into my room with a knife taped to the roomba, thankfully she got her karma from the roomba no less but it had ended up escaping, somehow, taking me on a wild goose chase all around Springdale until i ended up going to St. Peanutsburg and taking a small detour to go see buck and his cute face , he ended up helping me search but we didn't have to look far as it had set the supermarket on fire, i was thankfully able to scoop it up and take off the knife so aside from Inaho almost committing a Jibanyan and getting hit by a truck, a fire truck no less, id say this was a successful mission complete |