#yokai watch forever friends

[sinank0606]

I have to say, I really like Forever Friends. I think despite some of its shortcomings, its a pretty good movie and it was cool seeing Enmas backstory.

Though one thing I always found kinda funny is, how the posters made it seem like Nekomata was going to be this big, important character in the movie, maybe even the friend the title talks about...but then he was basically just another Nyan Yo-kai 😅

[mkmikunasu]

[myloh]

My purple bitch husband who got lobotomized and died for plot related reasons,,,,

[m00nb04rd5]

Can you do Shien from Yokai Watch Forever Friends please ? Love your stuff btw 🥹

Shien (Yo-Kai Watch 4/Forever Friends)

[dreamerkitty]

Shutendoji and Shien from M05

You and me, forever and ever <3

[mr-buisson-bosquet]

As a faithful Yokai Watch fan, I have watched every single movies from the first to the sixth. And as expected of this diverse franchise full of official content, some movies are more popular amongst audiences than others.

Yet, while looking for fan content on them, I found the Forever Friends movie to be barely exploited, even though it has enormous potential both in storytelling lore, and characters.

Which is why I'm asking every Yokai Watch Movie connoisseur !

Are there still Yokai Watch Forever Friends fans today ? Fanfiction writers, fanartists, theorists, music composers, video creators...

Let's all unite and share together our works on this unknown Yokai Watch gem !

[chrismas95]

for Yokai Watch: Forever Friends on Letterbox'd

[dragondark54]

Nekomata ( yokai watch forever friend )

[residentialsinyomakai]

Funny little yokai thing based on a rarepair my friend made!!

(Alt versions w/out eye thing below cut)

I think they'd be cute!! I don't know much about slackerjack tho, feel free to infodump in replies or anything =u=

Also completely unrelated but I need to study this mfs handwriting I love it LMAO

[sfznyxio]

-ˋˏ THROUGH THICK AND THIN ˎˊ

SYNOPSIS. with your kin swept away by the cataclysm, you have no one to rely on other than your wits. the curse of being immortal has you start fresh in the modern world as a citizen of inazuma, living alongside humans and yokai. throughout your life in the moral realm, you’ve met many interesting people. out of all of them, one becomes your rock and a shoulder to cry on. out of the blue, you say whatever is in your heart. they’ll reach out for your hand to let you know they're listening.

CHARACTERS. arataki itto, gorou, yoimiya

CONTENT. gn!reader. canon-compliant. immortal au. hurt/comfort. 0.5k wc. rewrite of phase six at my old main blog @/verxsyon. itto is half- immortal due to his oni blood. gorou is fully immortal due to him being some sort of yokai. yoimiya stays mortal. references to voicelines when you ascend characters to phase six, or in other words, from level 80 to 90. they’re part of the dialogue, which will be italicized.

VERA. you can tell from the old title that i’m terrible with titles. what even is phase six? good thing rewrites exist, amirite?

𝄞༉‧₊˚. ARATAKI ITTO

once an oni, always an oni. that’s a farewell from the villagers when they drove him out of his home for an incident he wasn’t involved in, just because of his half-immortal heritage. the streets ridiculed him; he spent so long fending off for himself until he met granny oni. you remind him of his younger self, even the strongest people need support the most.

“this is the cliff that me and the boys go to sing our hearts out to, you know, loosen up,” he says. “if you want, make sure you’re loud and clear so the ocean can hear you. i gotta warn you though, my voice is so amazing that it’ll blow you away.”

“but in all seriousness…” he helps you up on your feet, and you’re able to see the beauty of the world down below — the ocean that is waiting to hear you sing and the unknown ahead. “just because i made it to the top doesn't mean i’m gonna forget all the things you've done for me, okay? i’ve still got your back, anytime, anywhere.”

𝄞༉‧₊˚. GOROU

top dog. the ever-victorious pointy-eared general. those nicknames are what he believed he didn’t deserve. an immortal like yourself, he has lived through and fought in countless wars for centuries to be acquainted with loneliness. most of his best soldiers are gone. that kid teppei, one of his brightest, is gone. he’s never been so afraid.

“out of all the wars i fought in, this war against the shogun scared me the most,” he confesses, squeezing your hand tightly. “i wasn’t ready to face any more casualties after teppei. i wasn’t ready to lose both kazuha and the traveler after almost getting executed by her judgment. and when i thought all hope was lost…”

“… you were there beside me to assure me that it’s not. i should be the one thanking you. to return the favor, i’m always here to listen if you need me.” his face lights up and his tail starts to wag. “with momentum on our side and close camaraderie, we are unstoppable. thank you for your guidance. this is a victory that belongs to the both of us.”

𝄞༉‧₊˚. YOIMIYA

despite being a mortal, she understands the perspective of an immortal through fireworks. mortal lives are fleeting, she had said to the traveler. once launched into the sky, they disappear. whereas for immortal lives, they can keep watching them disappear forever and ever. she knows that she’ll be gone while you continue to live on, but it doesn’t explain her rather cheerful demeanor.

“oh, why am i happy?” she tilts her head to the side. “well, it’s not because i’m about to leave eventually. it’s because you’re here with me. i’m glad to be able to spend this moment with you. whenever i look at my creations, i don’t think of them being a representation of every mortal living here.”

“i think about the enjoyment i had watching them with my pops, my friends, and my special someone. even when i’m gone, you still believe i’m here.” she stands firm and proud, flashing a peace at you. “never fear, yoimiya is here! evil begone! justice prevails! think this is a good way to introduce the powers you've taught me to the children? isn’t it cool? hehe! hey, tell me if anyone picks on you, too. i’ll stick up for you!”

[umbrella-show]

Platonic Yan Rottmnt

「 ✦ 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐘𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐌𝐍𝐓 𝐱 𝐌𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐭.𝟑 ✦ 」

The final part of my short Yan platonic Rottmnt series :) THIS IS IN NO WAY APPROVING OF A ABUSIVE OR TOXIC RELATIONSHIP

TW: Kidnaping, Stalking

Words : 1661

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“Here you go, birthday boy, enjoy!” You smiled kindly, placing a cake on the table where a young fish yokai sat with a party hat strapped around his head. He beamed at the cake excitedly, his friends gathering around his table to gawk and drool at the cake, eager to eat. You watched fondly, clasping your hands together behind your back. You watched as another yokai, made of green slime, hopped on top of the table. He shouted loudly from excitement, ��Let’s get this party started!” Right at that moment you grabbed a spare menu from another table nearby, opening it in front of your face to shield your face from the sudden splat of Exploding Frankie’s famous party trick. The green goo clung onto the menu before it dripped off and all of the green slime came together to form him again. The kids cheered and you took that as a que you had done your job. 

You loved your job. You loved seeing the smiles on other mutant’s and yokai’s faces when you brought them their meal they had been eagerly waiting for. Your boss, Senior Hueso, was pretty cool. You are forever grateful for him. He took you in when you had nothing and gave you a job as a waiter. The pay was enough for you to buy an apartment in the hidden city. The hidden city was full of wonders. Shortly after you made your escape from the dreaded sewers you had made your way back to the city to find some form of refuge. You had watched, what you learned was a yokai, opening a portal to the mystical city through a graffiti drawing on a wall. You had followed after them and were amazed by the sight of other beings, like you, wandering a city full of mystic and magic.

It’s been 3 months since you escaped the sewers, and you haven’t seen those turtle brothers ever since. You supposed that was a good thing. You didn’t really want to see them ever again after they held you against your will. While living in the sewers wasn’t half as bad as you originally thought, it felt suffocating with all the attention you were given.

“Y/N,” you were snapped out of your thoughts when your boss spoke to you. “Mi amigo manchado, is everything alright.” You gave him a courteous nod, fiddling with the collar of your outfit.  He was always looking out for you. You were one of his most diligent employees, after all. He even told you himself. You did your best to put a smile on everyone’s face. Even the rude customers. 

“I’m alright.” You responded, “just thinking.” You watched your boss look at you with a curious expression as he patted your shoulder. He was always a little concerned when you spaced out to think. You weren't sure why.

“Well then, there are a few more customers you may serve before you clock out.” “I wouldn’t mind working overtime again.” You quickly responded right after he finished speaking. You could use all the extra money. Heuso frowned, shaking his head in disapproval. “Oh no, you, tortuga, need more rest. You have bags under your eyes.” He pointed out, causing you to deflate at his protective tone. However, you weren’t going to argue with him. You didn’t mind getting more sleep anyways. With all of the days you worked overtime, your sleep schedule was basically obliterated.

“Fine,” you muttered in slight disappointment, causing him to give you a proud smile and another pat on the shoulder before walking away and letting you go seat the new customers. You gave him one more glance as he walked. Probably back to his office to work on his miniature wooden ship. You dusted off your apron, making sure you looked presentable for the last customers you were going to serve before walking all the way back to your apartment and collapsing into bed. The more you thought about it, the more excited you were to get more sleep than you usually got.

You glanced at the entrance of the restaurant, about to greet the new customers. Your blood ran cold and you immediately turned around to hide yourself once you saw them. No. There was no way they found you. You dared to take another glance, begging that it wasn’t them. Maybe you mistook someone else for them. You were proven wrong when you took another glance.

The Hamato brothers. They found you. How did they find you? You left no sign that you were here? How did they know about the Hidden city? You thought this was a safe place. The only place they would never find you. You needed to leave. Now.

You began to walk away from them with your back turned to them. You tried to look as discreet as possible. You needed to get to Hueso’s office. Hopefully if you asked him if you could just leave a little earlier, he wouldn’t ask questions and let you. For now, you needed a distraction.

“Excuse me,” you quietly spoke to an unoccupied owl Yokai waiter. “Could you serve them?” You carefully pointed towards the turtle brothers who were already seated at a table. Luckily, by your nervous and uncomfortable expression, the owl nodded and didn’t say a thing as he walked over to serve them. You silently thanked him, standing there for a while. You didn’t realize how shaky your breathing was until now. Your palms felt sweaty and your hands and knees were shaking a bit. You closed your eyes and tried your best to take deep breaths and calm down. You had to keep calm. You needed to blend in. 

You felt a strong urge to check if the turtles were distracted so you could hurry to Hueso’s office. You slowly turned your head as little as you could so your eyes could see them. Leonardo seemed to be talking to the waiter, seemingly ordering for himself and his brothers. Donnie was distracted by his phone and Raph was idly sitting, listening to the waiter list out the food they ordered. Mikey looked especially happy, kicking his feet under the table. You could tell he was extra giddy, seeming excited to get pizza. 

You didn’t know why you continued to watch, most likely looking for reassurance that they were occupied and therefore wouldn’t see you sneak to Hueso’s office. However, just as you were about to turn away, Mikey’s eyes started wandering throughout the restaurant, and soon landed on you. You two engaged in a staring contest, you visibly paling as his face lit up. You tore your gaze away, turning around like it never happened and bolting to your boss’s office. Just before you turned the corner to where Hueso was, you heard a loud whisper from Mikey, alerting his brothers of your presence, you assumed.

You left through a different entrance of the restaurant, one you hoped the turtles didn’t know existed. You bolted to your apartment complex, weaving through the crowd of Yokai in your way. Hueso had graciously let you leave early. You mentally thank him for not asking questions, though he did look suspicious. You wondered if you should tell him some other time. If you did, that might cause the brothers to definitely know you were there. Though, you were sure it didn’t make a difference, considering Mikey already saw you. They all knew you worked here by now. Maybe you could quit and find a different job. Somewhere deeper in the Hidden City. The thought of quitting your job and leaving Hueso out of the blue made you sad. He was the one who took you in when you were desperate and in need of shelter. 

As you continued on to your apartment complex, there were less Yokai in your path and soon enough, you were alone walking through an alley between two other buildings. This was a shortcut you normally took, so you weren’t really on guard or alert. That was a mistake.

The floor suddenly felt as if it disappeared and you felt like you were falling. Your breath hitched, your eyes opening as your body braced itself for some kind of painful impact. Instead, you landed on your backside on what you thought was the floor. You snapped your eyes open and saw you were encased in some purple glowing sphere. You pressed your hands against the walls of your prison. 

“Hey, sib! I didn’t know you got a job at Hueso’s.”

Your blood ran cold at the sound of that voice from behind you, almost not wanting to turn around. However, you did, and stared with wide eyes wide in shock at the sight of the turtle in blue, followed by the rest of them as they stood around you. You pressed yourself against the wall of the round cage, shrinking down like prey to a predator. You watched Leo place his foot on the purple device trapping you.

“It’s a shame, I really thought you’d be able to get us free pizza, or at least a discount.”

You watched him playfully pout, faking looking hurt as he put his hands to his chest. Mikey suddenly hugged the sphere, pressing his face against it with no warning, making you harshly flinch and shrink away from them even more.

“Welcome home, Y/N! We’re so glad to have you back!!!”

You gawked at him, dumbfounded before finally registering his words. Home? You glanced behind him, seeing the familiar walls of Donnie’s lab with computers and machinery all around. You’re mind blanked, your ears catching onto bits and parts of Donnie speaking. Talking about new reinforcements being made to the lair to specifically make sure you don’t escape again. You stared aimlessly at the wall as the feeling of horror and devastation sunk in. 

You were right back where you started. Except this time, there really was no escape.

[amf-studios]

I've done my take on lord Enma's mother... so here's his father

The God of messengers, Hermes himself! For those who recall, I made Hecate as the missing link between Enma and achient enma(I don't acknowledge the forever friends twist. XP) and the witch of the crossroads has a couple different consorts.

Of them, I figured hermes was the most fitting as: he's the one Greek God yokai watch acknowledges by name!

Via the hermes badge, we know he exists in the yokai watch universe in some capacity. So, he made the most sense to appear!

As for him being Enma's father, I imagine a lot of Enma's more mischievous nature comes from dear old dad. Hermes is a trickster God, known for his quick mind and clever tactics. Father and child share the same dislike for monotony and willingness to bend the rules.

Hermes was among the gods who had the easiest time adapting to the modern day. Especially with the advent of online shopping combining two of his godly domains. Him and his agents have formed the most efficient shipping agency in the yokai world. Same day delivery: guaranteed.

Hermes is an A rank of the Slippery tribe, a wind attribute, and is unique in that he is, undeniably, the FASTEST yokai in the world. His speed Stat is *max.* of course to make up for it, he is a bit of a glass cannon with ridiculously low defense to compensate.

His soultimate "just the messenger" where her rapidly attacks his opponents with weak, but numerous strikes.

I hope you enjoy this godly parent of a yokai!

[verdantachillean]

SPOILERS FOR YOKAI WATCH FOREVER FRIENDS

I LOVE yokai watch forever friends because it explains SO MUCH

It explains why Ancient Enma decided to separate the human and yo-kai worlds, creating more background for the second movie

Because of this, it also shows why Nate’s dad didn’t get a watch, ancient Enma’s law separating the yokai world and the human world was likely still in effect when he was a child

It also explains how Lord Enma was born

Also, more info on the Arihoshi family, hooray

Suu-san is now my favorite yokai omg

But, if suu-san is susanoo, a god, and also Shin’s dad (?) is Shin a demigod?

[myloh]

1 - Uptown Springdale : Yo-Kai Watch 1

2 - Jit (Instrumental) : 17 Bucks

[honeyhive65]

LIST OF MONSTERS/CREATURES FOR PUNCH OUT

Someone said I should post the list. I know it was one person but I wanna do it. I’ll also make concepts for their contender and TD matches (I only have joes which I’ll probably put here)

MINOR CIRCUIT

Glass Joe- originally was the only other human. Got turned into a vampire after trying to help someone near an alleyway. Woke up in the dumpster and still trying to adapt. Unfortunately never told his doctor about his predicament (he has woken up in the morgue multiple times).

Von Kaiser- a monster similar to Frankenstein monster. Some scientists wanted to create a boxer using the body parts of some of the best boxers they knew. Unfortunately the product did not meet their expectations and is sitting comfortably down in the minor circuit.

Disco Kid- a friendly zombie who recently rose from its grave. No memory of his life but recently rediscovered boxing, disco, and Micheal Jackson. Managed to be so inspired by thriller he likes to break it down right there in the ring. He’s a bit stiff but he’s still got that spirit in him.

King Hippo- nobody really knows why he came from the sea to land JUST to box. Maybe someone threw an old poster into the ocean and made its way to him. This sea beast may not speak any human language but he sure knows how to throw a punch. Stole clothes from a drowned sailor however the pants are a bit loose even on him.

MAJOR CIRCUIT

Piston Hondo- some people mistake this spirit for a yokai, however he’s just a regular looking ghost. In his life he was an excellent boxer. Most knew his training methods were extreme but nobody ever thought that he’d take “train til you drop dead” a little too seriously. Still he manages to haunt the WVBA determined to keep boxing.

Bear Hugger- he may seem like a human at first but there’s always that one day most people avoid taking a match with him. From evening to morning on a full moon is when his schedule is almost always free. Most people don’t want to get clawed by a werewolf but there have been a few who tried…let’s just say the results in the hospital weren’t pretty. (NOTE: despite the species rivalry, he’s actually pretty good friends with Joe. Being someone who was a human himself he tries his best to give as many tips as he can to adapt)

Great Tiger- a genie who tricked its master into freeing him, tiger now spends his freedom here in the WVBA. He never gives a straight answer for why he wanted to spend his free time here of all places but hey he’s happy at least. Enjoys human opponents the most since they’re the most easy to mess with.

Don Flamenco- did he come from outer space? Was he given a little too much fertilizer? Or perhaps he is just a nymph who lied about his origin. Don was a rose who somehow gained sentience and has taken a more humanoid form. The best way to find out how to be more human to him? Well boxing of course! He may be carnivorous though so watch your back.

WORLD CIRCUIT

Aran Ryan- with Joe now being a vampire, Aran has taken the place as the only human contender in the WVBA…at least before Mac joined. Despite this he seems just as freaky as the others. His superstition keeps him from bonding with the other boxers and maybe even some humans that occasionally join. He gets a little…paranoid.

Soda Popinski- Seeing an advertisement on the WVBA, this abominable snowman quickly left home to check it out. Coming out from his home, he quickly discovered his love for boxing and sugary sodas. It’s however too hot for him to look presentable so all he wears most times is a speedo.

Bald Bull- A Minotaur who’s been at the WVBA for what seems to be forever…at least to most people here. Some don’t even know when he joined and others never bothered to ask. Only exception is doc but he never seems to want to talk about it. He tends to enjoy time alone so best not to bother him or else you might find a horn in your chest.

Super Macho Man- Most people have to avoid being in the front of him and sometimes the sides due to one of his so called signature moves. Macho is a trans gorgon who thought that going into a sport involving punching one’s face was a good idea. You really couldn’t afford his sunglasses although best not to break them. You could end up cold as stone if you do. Where do you think all those decorative statues came from?

Sandman- not much is known about his species but he claims to be something called a dreamcatcher. A creature who can manifest dreams into reality. Nobody knew about it before he came along but what does matter is he seems friendly enough and has even taken a liking to that Gorgon just below his rank (SURPRISE SUPERSAND RAAAAAAH sorry. Also credits to @wvbaandtheboys for making the species/creature I used)

Okay that’s all also I’ll probably also make tempered glass for this. Why? Cause I can and I like the ship so I have to feed myself somehow. Also here’s the concept for joes contender and TD.

Contender- Mac got lucky and doc managed to talk Joe into a day match. A good beginning for someone’s career for Joe is a bit sluggish and looking like he’s on the verge of passing out. He may not burn up in the sun but it sure does exhaust him. Constantly drinking a mysteriously red substance during intermission.

Title defense- His poor unassuming doctor can’t understand how Joe keeps coming back from the dead. His vitals are all off but Joe insists it’s just a cold. His doctor decided to put him on a different diet to help him be healthier and maybe put some weight on those bones of his…unfortunately the doctor gave Joe a not so vampire friendly diet and Joe as slowly gone in a more crazed state from it. For the safety of the other boxers, the WVBA graciously gave Joe a makeshift muzzle from a helmet and something attached. He’s faster and more unpredictable in this state and will try and lunge at opponents to get something in his starving state. Not even the sun can stop him from getting a meal but hey the helmet protects his head at least! Just…try not too hit it too hard or that piece covering his mouth might detach.

[shaotie]

Seven Years - Ch 15: Even Heroes Like Bar Nuts

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Notes:

this is a simurgh for anyone who forgot or didn't know. 🙂

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Casey arrived at his and Leo’s meet-up spot in the New York alley where a Hidden City portal was located, and he was surprised to see the slider wearing jeans, sneakers, and his blue hoodie instead of his ninja apparel. Plus he didn't even have on his blue mask or katanas. But he didn’t say anything at first. After a pleasant greeting Leo led the way, and the next thing he knew he was walking out of a portal into a strange new world.

"Woooah.”

“I know, it’s really sumthing, isn’t it?”

Leo made sure to chose a portal that would spit them out on a hill across a deep gorge overlooking the colorful, bright lights of the underground yokai world known as the Hidden City.

After they took in the sight, Leo gestured with his head, saying: “Come on.”

He jumped down to a lower rocky level, leading Casey to a small group of large bird-like yokai.

“What are those?” Casey asked, before leaning over the edge of the cliff to gaze into the deep, dark cavern that seemed to go on and on forever.

“And how are we getting there from here?”

Casey looked up at Leo when he unexpectedly hopped on one of the giant birds called a simurgh, informing him with a smile: “I don’t remember what they’re called, but they’re sure fun to ride!”

His simurgh took flight, and with a huge grin Casey excitedly hopped on the back of another one and it flew in the air under his control, chasing after Leo.

After they landed on the outskirts of town and the two giant birds flew away, Casey’s smile fell when he saw Leo carefully pull his hood over his head so it obscured his face, before shoving his green turtle hands into his pockets and leading the way.

“My favorite comic store’s just down the block and the Hidden City Market isn’t far away,” Leo told him, in reference to what they had planned for today.

“Uhh, Leo, I thought you didn’t have to hide your face among yokai? What’s with the getup? And where’s all your ninja gear and you katanas?" Casey asked in confusion. "Master Leonardo told me he never went anywhere without his swords."

Now it was Leo’s turn to look at Casey with a surprised expression.

“You don’t know,” he commented with a hint of amusement, before a tiny grin broke out on his face.

“Don’t know what?” came the innocent reply.

Leo turned his head to look at a bar on the street they were walking down, then looked at Casey with a mischievous grin, cheerfully saying: “Wait ‘till you get a load of this!”

He ran to the bar, taking his blue mask out of a pocket to tie it to his head, so he would be more recognizable. Then when he hauled his hoodie off over his head and threw it at Case, his human friend exclaimed in surprise: “We can’t go in there! Aren't we underage? What's the legal drinking age down here?"

Instead of answering any of his questions, Leo gave him another cheeky grin, and with a wink playfully said: “Watch and learn, mi amigo,” before pushing the door wide open and boldly walking into the bar with his hands out, a big grin on his face, and the confused Casey following close behind.

“What’s a turtle gotta do around here to get some bar nuts?”

“Hey you!"

A tough-looking, short but broad and muscular koala bartender aggressively pointed a finger at Leo and was about to order them to leave because they were minors, but when he recognized the turtle from the news, his anger shifted to surprise and he blurted out: “I know you! You’re that ninja warrior who defeated the krang!”

Casey watched on in shock when every head in the bar turned and all eyes were on Leo.

The next thing they knew, they were swarmed - or at least Leo was - by his many fans, who were all eager to buy the hero and defender of the entire earth his very first drink.

Leo politely smiled, nodded, and signed a couple of napkins thrust at his face on his way over to the bar with the crowd of yokai surrounding him like a swarm of bees, leaving Casey alone and ignored at the back of the room, watching everything, feeling bewildered and confused.

When the hero turtle sat on a bar stool, the bartender/owner cried out to the noisy crowd: "Shat up!”

Everyone hushed to a quiet, then the koala sternly glared at his excited patrons, firmly ordering: “Ain’t no one buyin’ this minor a single drink!”

He lifted a glass to a tap and pulled the handle down to fill it with draft beer, finishing in a much more pleasant tone: “Until I buy him his first one.”

As it was filling, he looked at Leo to ask: “What’s your name, kid? No one in the Hidden City seems to know.”

“Leonardo Hamato, and I’ll pass on that beer,” he replied, not because he didn’t want to try an alcoholic drink for the first time ever, but because he had no idea how alcohol would affect his rapidly changing body, especially considering Draxum strictly forbade him from consuming something as simple and commonplace as caffeine.

The koala bartender slammed the beer mug down on the counter, pushed it toward the brave defender of the earth, replying: “I insist.”

In response, Leo pushed it back toward him, saying: "Baron Draxum is my dad, and if you’ve ever heard that name, you know why I can’t drink it.”

“No kidding, I didn’t know the Baron even liked kids let alone had some of his own,” the koala replied, correctly assuming the video he saw of Leo and three other turtles fighting the krang were him and his brothers.

Leo shrugged and dismissively replied: "Kids, mutant turtle experiments, same thing.”

He rested his arm on the bar, gave the koala yokai a crooked grin and with a twinkle to his eye, added: “But I will have those bar nuts.”

~About Twenty Five Minutes Later~

Leo waved goodbye to his new ‘friends’ on his and Casey’s way out of the bar, before popping the rest of his nuts into his mouth, hauling off his mask, and taking his hoodie back from Case to pull it on over his head.

Once they were outside and Leo had his head covered with his hood again Casey gestured vividly to the bar behind them, exclaiming: “What was all that!?”

Leo stuck his hands in his pockets, and as they walked down the road toward his favorite yokai comic book store he asked: “None of you guys came here since the invasion, hey?”

“No, we’ve all been busy patrolling New York because crime’s gone way up with all the looting and everything.”

“And you don’t get yokai channels?” Leo inquired; but then he answered his own question when he remembered: “No, all the cooking shows Mikey likes and the stuff dad watches have humans.” Then he told Casey what all the hullabaloo was about:

“Some skunk yokai combined her mystic powers with her drone like what Donnie does with his tech and recorded everything. Our fight with, uh, you know who, when I sent him…” a chill went up Leo’s spine, prompting him to shiver at the thought of the prison dimension. Then he went on, not needing to say those two words for Casey to understand what he was referring to.

“...and even when Raph pulled me out of Mikey’s portal down on the ground.” He smiled at Casey, adding: “We’re heroes down here.”

“Ok, so I still have to ask…” Casey gestured to Leo again and exclaimed: “What’s with the getup!? Don’t you like all the attention? I know Master Leonardo loooved being in the spotlight. He even bugged Master Donatello until he finally gave in and made a karaoke box, saying it was to ‘boost morale’ with a weekly karaoke night, but he always hogged the machine all night!”

Leo shrugged and a bell dinged when he pushed the door open to the comic and games store.

“I used to be like that but I had more than enough attention put on me the past seven years. And besides, we haven’t spent any real good quality time together, I wanna get to know you better.”

'Before I die,’ he thought but didn’t say.

But his morbid thought didn’t in any way reflect on his face when he gave Casey a very genuine grin; one that 'future boy' happily returned, although still noticing Leo’s red stripes didn’t pop like he knew they should.

Later that night Leo came home, tired but happy, and dragged his sore feet to the lab to let Draxum know how his day went. But when he got there, the lights were on but Draxum was nowhere to be seen. So he turned around to check for him in the kitchen, but at that instant a bright light flashed before his eyes, followed by dozens of sparklers, and he winced his right eye while tightly gritting his teeth because he was struck by what felt like sharp, painful electrical impulses shooting down from his head throughout the entire length of his body.

Something that was triggered by his very first brain bleed.

He fell to the side, managing to catch himself on a table beside him, but not for long before he came crashing down on the floor, landing on his right side, where he stayed.

The second his tense body unstiffened, he cried out into his com: "Draxum!” but he wasn’t able to answer his goat dad’s: “Where are you!?” because his whole body involuntarily tensed and it felt like he was being hit with another intense electrical shock, once again originating from his head and spreading down through every nerve in his body.

Leo didn’t know it, but blood was trickling out of his right ear onto the floor, and the second that painful attack was over, he managed to weakly drag his arm across the floor up to his mouth to say the one-word reply: “Lab.”

Then he curled up in a ball on his side, shivering and whimpering a little from the residual pain he still felt, as a magenta portal opened in the lab.

Draxum stepped out to rush to his side, crouched low in front of his face, inquiring: “What happened?”

“Mmmff…don’t know,” Leo forced out, without opening his eyes and feeling completely spent from whatever did just happened to him.

“It felt like I was electrocuted or sumthin'.”

“I’ll take you to the med bay to run some tests,” Draxum told Leo; but when he put a hand under his body and the other one under his head to pick him up, he noticed the small amount of blood that came out of his son's ear.

“Leonardo, look at me.”

Leo did as he was told, forcing himself to open his eyes even though the bright lab lights felt like they were piercing through his head, and when Draxum nodded, indicating his pupils looked normal he closed them again.

Then when his dad gently scooped him up and held him close to his chest, he heard him say: “Based on the blood coming out of your ear, I’d say you had a bleed in your brain.”

“There’s blood coming out my ear?” Leo mumbled, not having felt it over everything else that just happened to him.

As Draxum brought him through a portal to the med bay, he told him: “Not anymore, your body’s already repairing the damage.”

“Is there anything you can do so that doesn’t happen again?”

His alchemist dad laid him down on a gurney to begin tests, replying with: “If your brain wasn’t already damaged I’d say yes, but with the way things are now, there’s nothing I can do to stop them from occurring without damaging it further.”

“Uuugh, I don’t want that to happen again,” Leo moaned.

"Neither do I," came the solemn reply.

Draxum hooked up a couple of machines to Leo’s chest, head, and finger, to monitor his brainwaves, heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, and oxygen levels. Then, as he covered his cold, shivering son with a blanket, he heard the sad, wobbly words come out of Leo’s mouth:

“Draxum?”

“Hmm?”

“I don’t want to die. Not if it's gonna be like this.”

The grief-stricken alchemist didn't know what to say in reply because they both knew any words of comfort he could offer, like: ‘it’s going to be ok’ or: ‘you’re not going to die’ were untrue. So he did the only thing he could think of by softly and tenderly replying: “I know,” before getting to work on the many tests, scans, x-rays, and bloodwork he had to do to discover if there were any new changes in Leo's body they didn't know about yet.

As exhausted as he was, Leo stayed awake through it all and wasn’t able to fall asleep until very late at night when Draxum was finally done with his tests, carried him through a portal to his room, and laid him in his very own bed, where he conked out almost right away.

As much as Barry wanted to stay there and be with his terminally ill son as a source of comfort, he knew he had important work to begin in relation to Leo’s medical test results. So the room lit up a bright pink for just a few seconds and when the portal closed Draxum was gone, back to his lab to start on four new medications his son now needed.

And he spent the entire night working fervently to make sure they were ready in time for his big family event at Hueso’s the following evening.

~The Next Morning~

Draxum tried to wake Leo for his morning scan and to eat breakfast, but the sound asleep slider was so exhausted from what happened to him the night before he didn’t wake up or even know his goat dad had been there first or last. Or that he returned to check his vitals three times between breakfast and lunch.

Now it was lunch time and he was concerned that Leo hadn’t eaten yet or taken his seizure medication, so he was more persistent with his attempt to wake the slumbering turtle, not giving up this time until his son opened his eyes to look up at him.

“Take this,” came the immediate instruction.

Leo slowly blinked his heavy eyelids twice, then without a word he sat up and accepted a glass of the dark pink seizure medicine and the anti-nausea capsule from Draxum's hands. After he took that, Barry took the glass back and Leo looked at his nightstand in sleepy confusion when his dad gestured to four new medications he didn’t notice until now.

In a groggy, hoarse, ‘morning’ voice, Leo asked: “What’s this?” and tried his best to pay attention through the heavy fog from sleepiness to what his dad told him in reply.

First, Draxum pointed to a brown tablet, and said: “Your body isn’t digesting fats properly, one of these a day will suffice for now to correct that problem. This one,” he pointed to a fizzy liquid that looked a lot like Mountain Dew, “will help increase your hemoglobin. Your red blood cell count is low. That one,” he pointed to what looked like a blue inhaler with a white cap on the end, “is to be taken as needed if you ever struggle with your breathing. I discovered trace amounts of blood in one of your lungs. Not enough for you to notice or to cause any issues yet, but I suspect this problem will continue to worsen with time.”

“Oh.”

Leo didn't know what to think of that, his mind was still too groggy and tired to process much of anything that was happening around him at the moment.

“This one,” Draxum pointed to the final medication in a bottle that looked a lot like Pepto Bismol, but wasn’t, “is to adjust your sodium levels by stabilizing the vasopressin, which is the section of your brain that regulates sodium and water balance. You will require this twice daily, once in the morning and once at night, at exactly the same time each day."

Leo rubbed the sleep out of his eye with a yawn, before saying: “I don’t think I can keep that all straight.” Then he looked up at Barry when his goat dad reassured him: “That won't be necessary, I will do that for you. Remember to keep the inhaler on you at all times and shake it before administering one pump for now. Do you know how an inhaler works?”

“Yeah.”

“Good.”

Leo looked at all the new medication on his nightstand, but then his eyes settled on the inhaler. Thinking about the disturbing news his goat dad just told him, he asked: “I got blood in my lungs?”

“You had trace amounts in one lung at the time of the scan, yes.”

“Am I gonna bleed out? Is that how I’ll die?” came the instant query, because Leo was thinking about the fact he already had issues with nosebleeds, a brain bleed that came out his ear, and now there was blood in his lung. His frightening event from last night also made him worry about his final moments being a harrowing ordeal full of fear and pain, and maybe lots and lots of the icky red stuff.

“Unlikely,” Draxum reassured him.

The ill slider looked up at his face again and his dad was doing such a good job fighting back tears Leo didn’t have any clue that was what he was doing.

Next, he accepted the first new medicine from his goat dad’s hand and took the pill with the fizzy ‘Mountain Dew’ medication (that didn’t taste anything at all like Mountain Dew) before letting out what was on his mind by asking: “What do you think’s gonna happen?”

“I cannot say for certain, but as of now the most likely course of events will be that you slip into a coma and die peacefully in your sleep.”

Draxum poured out a spoonful of the pink medicine, Leo accepted the spoon from his hand, and asked: “But that might not be what happens?” before putting it in his mouth to take the last of the new medication and laying the spoon on the nightstand.

“Correct.”

“And maybe I will bleed out and that’s how I’ll die?” he asked for reassurance, not taking his eyes off his dad's face until he answered.

. . .

. . .

Draxum let out a slow, long exhale through his mouth and replied: “It isn’t impossible.”

Leo sat back against his pillow staring blankly ahead, letting the full weight of Draxum’s words sink in, until his dad turned around to pick up a bowl of soup from off his desk, to hold out to him…

...and he had to clear his throat so his voice didn’t hitch because of the tension he was holding from fighting back tears, before he could open his mouth to say: “Eat and rest. I will return with plenty of time for you to prepare for our special family meal today.”

Leo sat up a little - propping himself up against his pillow - and accepted the bowl of soup from his hands. But instead of eating right away he watched with sadness as one of Draxum’s magenta portals lit up the dimly lit room.

When his dad turned around to leave, he asked: “You’re not staying?” with the sadness coming through in his tone of voice despite him trying to hide it.

Barry turned his head a little, but not far enough for Leo to see the tear in the corner of his eye, and he calmly replied: “I was only able to make a small, two day batch of the tablets and must begin work immediately on more. And the containers for your inhalant medication cannot be reused, I have to order more right away to ensure they arrive before we run out, as well as take stock of my supplies to ensure I am not low on anything we will need in the near future.”

“Oh.”

Leo watched his dad step a foot through his portal, but before he was gone, the goat scientist stopped when he heard: “Dad?”

“Hmm?”

“Thank you.”

"You're welcome, son."

Then he went through the portal without turning around.

On the other side in the lab, when it shut behind the goat warrior's back, he wiped away a tear before straightening up and telling himself: “You’ll have plenty of time for those emotions after. Right now there are important tasks that cannot wait.” Then he forced himself to brush away the sadness and got right back to work.

But everything was happening so fast, too fast. He was supposed to have five years with Leonardo, but now...

Leo fell back asleep after eating only half of his soup. When he woke up on his own a couple of hours later, he was feeling much better and finished the rest of it just before Draxum knocked on his door.

“I’m awake!”

“You have two hours to prepare for our family meal,” Barry informed him from the other side of the door.

Leo promptly got out of bed to shower in the bathroom Draxum exclusively gave to him, which was conveniently located straight across the hall from his bedroom.

When it was almost time to leave, he went to the lab where Draxum was, and the goat yokai noticed he kept rubbing at the red markings on his face.

“Is something wrong?”

“They look paler than usual. I was hoping it was my new moisturizer, but it’s not.”

Leo decided to stop rubbing at the red ‘banana’ marks on his face, knowing all along doing so was futile but not knowing what else to do, and he sniffled - almost on the verge of tears - before saying: “It’s noticeable now. Even Pops is gonna tell if he looks right at me.”

“I noticed this happening a few days ago and prepared a possible contingency,” Draxum informed him. “In your washroom, under the sink, is an aerosol can of reptile yokai refresher spray. Follow the instructions and it should make your color appear more vibrant."

Leo's face abruptly brightened up with a big smile, putting a smile on Draxum's.

“Thanks!” he exclaimed, rushing out of the room to run to his bathroom. But he slowed his pace when Draxum called out: "Pace yourself! You don’t want to overexert yourself before dinner!”

A few minutes later, a happy red-eared slider reappeared holding his mask in his hand and wearing all his usual ninja gear he typically didn't go anywhere without.

With a smile on his face he asked: “How do I look?” and Draxum was pleased to see the color of his red stripes appeared to be just as vibrant as before.

“Adequate.”

“The spray can says it should last eight hours, as long as I don’t wash my face," Leo replied, in the middle of tying his mask to the back of his head and correctly taking Barry's 'adequate' as his way of offering a compliment.

“Are you ready?” his dad questioned.

“Yeah!” Leo enthusiastically replied, with a big grin spreading across his turtle face.

His dad opened a portal that led to Hueso’s yokai Run of the Mill pizza restaurant, but before either one of them stepped through, his son surprised him by wrapping his arms around him in a big hug.

“Thanks, dad.”

Leo imperceivable tensed a little, expecting Draxum to curtly remind him not to call him ‘dad’ like he did once before (and completely forgetting he already said this when Draxum woke him to take his medicine and eat). But instead he relaxed under the taller yokai’s grip when his yokai dad hugged him back.

Then it did his heart a world of good to hear the words he forgot he already heard once today:

“You are welcome, son.”

After that, Leo stepped through first, followed closely behind by Draxum.

In the restaurant, Hueso was waiting for them and as soon as he saw them step through he stopped what he was doing to go up to Leo, surprising him with a big hug, saying: “Pepino! It's good to see you!”

Leo happily hugged him back, and when they were done he said with a smile: “Donnie said he called ahead to book our favorite booth.”

“No no no, you and your family will not be sitting in a booth today, I reserved our private dining room for our local heroes!” Huseo replied with a big smile for the ninja turtle who saved the world.

Leo gazed longingly at the booth he and his brothers often sat in when they came here over the years, but he changed his mind and whole-heartedly agreed with the skeleton yokai when Hueso cleared his throat to get his attention and gestured out to the restaurant full of amazed yokai who were one and all staring straight at him.

“I really think the private dining room will be more to your liking," the skeleton yokai suggested.

“Uh, yeah, lead the way, bone man.”

On the way through the main restaurant to the private dining room, Leo couldn’t help but notice the picture of him and his brothers from the day they did the ‘Maze of Death’ - the one that had been on the ‘cheaters wall’ - was moved to the main dining area and now was prominently displayed in the entire restaurant for all to see.

The one where Raph, Donnie, and Mikey were happily eating ‘the world’s greatest pizza’ while Leo looked half-dead on the floor, with his tongue hanging out and Mikey raising his hand in the air, next to Raph’s ‘thumbs up,' right under the big, sparkly words:

‘Favorite restaurant of earth’s greatest HEROES! Coming here since before they were CHAMPS!'

And above the words:

‘Ask about our new Ninja Turtle Krang Buster hero line of speciality pizzas and desserts!’

Hueso and Draxum stopped to look at the picture with Leo - with Draxum raising one eyebrow before looking down at the restaurant owner, and sweat beading on Hueso’s head while he embarrassingly said: “Uh, perhaps we can get a new photo before you leave today.”

“Yeah,” Leo bluntly replied, not taking his eyes off the photo.

Then there was a snap and a flash of light that left him dazed and a little confused for a second, worrying he was having another brain bleed, from when a yokai excitedly took his picture.

Hueso immediately and very sternly instructed his patrons that no photographs were to be taken and Draxum immediately put a protective hand on Leo’s shoulder to encourage him to continue to the dining room with the skeleton yokai leading the way.

As he walked past the yokai smiling down on the display screen on his camera, from behind Leonardo’s back the warrior alchemist snatched it out of his hands and tossed it into someone’s extra-extra large glass of cola - prompting the yokai to cry out: "Awww, nooo my camera!" and Leo to turn around and look up at his dad in confusion, wondering what he just did, before shrugging it off and continuing on his way.

When they got to the closed door to the private room, Hueso put a hand on the doorknob, saying: “Your family is already here, pepino.”

As he opened the door, Leo chased away the butterflies in his stomach and the anxious thoughts that something was going to go wrong, and instead put a genuine smile on his face, ready to enjoy to the fullest the very last time he would get together with his family for a happy, fun, enjoyable time…

...before everything would come crashing down the next morning when he told them all the truth.

Chapter 15: A Sudden Turn

“Call Draxum...and get my belt...I need my...inhaler!”

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Notes:

Just throwing out a friendly reminder before we get into the next arc that this is a tearjerker, heavy angst fic dealing in depth with - and containing graphic depictions of - illness, terminal illness, and dying. Discretion is advised, please see warnings and tags for more info (tags contain spoilers).

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