"Whisper. Can I ask you something?" said Twilight as she, Whisper, and Jibanyan walked down the streets of Ponyville.

"Anything, Twilight." Whisper nodded and held up his pad. "Whatever question you might have, I'm certain that I have the answer for it. Why, I'm a veritable ocean of knowledge and intelligence! No Yo-kai fact is safe from—"

"Give it a rest, Whisper." Jibanyan leisurely waved a paw at him. "Twilight's already read your entire Yo-kai Pad from top to bottom. I'm sure that it's going to be a question about you or me."

"Hey! You never know, Jibanyan! The Yo-kai species is full of secrets and surprises!" Whisper flapped his arms. "For all we know, Twilight might have skimmed over something!"

"No, Whisper. I read EVERY PAGE." Twilight shook her head at Whisper and took the pad out of his hands. "FIVE TIMES as a matter of fact."

"WHAAAAAT?!" Whisper's entire face went pale and he hung his head as Twilight handed the pad back to him. He let out a dreary sigh as he took the Yo-kai Pad and slipped it back into his chest. "Fine then. What is it that you want to learn about me and Jibanyan, Twilight?"

"Not just about you and Jibanyan, Whipser. I want to know something about ALL the Yo-kai as a whole." Twilight stopped in her tracks and let Jibanyan hustle off of her back. Then she took a deep breath and looked both of them in their eyes. "When were Yo-kai first created? How long have you existed for? Do either of you know the answer?"

"Well, I know how the Yo-kai Watch came into fruition and what happened to me that got me stuck in that Crank-a-kai. But on the topic of how Yo-kai actually started existing... I'm afraid that's a question that I don't have the answer for."

"I don't knyow either." Jibanyan put one of his paws to his chin and began to scratch it. "I remember getting run over by that truck and becoming a Yo-kai, but I'm with Whisper on this one. We're both completely clueless."

"There's gotta be something in the Yo-kai World that shows this kinda stuff. An ancient manuscript, something made out of stained glass, anything that could give me an insight on how you all came into the universe." Twilight began to pace back and forth, diving into a deep state of thought. "Maybe Nurarihyon and Queen Ephemer have some history vault that goes beyond what we already know. Or an artefact that can grant us a wish or something. Oh! Or maybe even some special one-of-a-kind Yo-kai that shows you all of your oldest memories; even being able to remember being a baby..."

"Uh... Twilight?" JIbanyan was about to scamper off to Twilight, but Whisper gently grabbed onto his shoulder and turned the cat back towards him.

"Best not to interrupt her, Jibanyan." Whisper hovered down to Jibanyan's side and leaned over his body, pointing towards Twilight as she began to walk around in circles. "She has these every so often when something interests her. We should wait until she calms down a bit.

"Or maybe the Yo-kai World is the history of the world. And with that in mind, we could go back to the castle or the oldest part of the world and see just how it all came into being." Twilight muttered softly under her breath to the point where she was barely making any audible noise. "Although, even if my hunch is right on there being a Yo-kai that can fish out your deepest and earliest memories, I could probably befriend it and use it to see just how the species was created. But there could still be a number of differing possibilities in the process. Best not to rule anything out in the case that I might be missing anything..."

"Um... excuse me, miss?"

"Not now. I'm busy trying to think here." Twilight brushed her hoof away at the newcomer. "Now then, as I was sa—" she turned around and looked down at her feet "—hello? Is someone there?"

"Ah, shucks, did ah frighten ya'll?" said a western voice. "Ah'm awfully sorry."

"Whisper. Do you think that's..." Jibanyan stared at a dog like creature with blue flames where his eyebrows would be. He wore a bright green backpack and had red swirls dotted around his body.

"It can be no other," said Whisper. "Twilight. I believe you know the proceedure." He pointed down at her Yo-kai Watch.

"I know. I know." Twilight flipped her Yo-kai Watch open and pointed the lens down towards where the white dog was standing. It didn't take long before the segments lit up and the new Yo-kai revealed itself to her.

"Howdy, ya'll!" It waved. "My name's Komasan. It's nice to meet ya."

"Komasan?" Twilight looked down at Komasan, then turned towards Whisper and Jibanyan. "When you two said that it could be no other, are you saying that you know Komasan?"

"We have... some history together." Whisper rubbed the tuft on his head.

"I still can't forget the day he thought that Whisper's head was ice cream." Jibanyan snickered and cracked a devilish grin.

"I thought we both agreed to never bring that up again, Jibanyan!" snapped Whisper, waving his arms around.

"What? I can't help it when it's too funny to remember." Jibanyan gave them all a coy little smile, prowling up onto Twilight's back "But other than that, yeah, Komasan and I have had some good times together."

"Ahem. Anyway, Komasan is a very unique Yo-kai that is unlike any other." Whisper floated down to Komasan, who began looking around with one of his paws planted against his forehead. "He and his brother Komajiro are actually a very good Yo-kai duo."

"I was just about to ask about that!" Komasan piped up. "See, mah brother Komajiro wanted to see what kinda big and fancy cities that this newfangled world has ta offer, so he just ran off towards that there big mountain castle." He pointed towards Canterlot. "Ah don't suppose any of you have seen him anywhere, have ya?"

"No. I don't think so." Twilight gave Komasan a gentle pat on the head, only for her hoof to receive a burn. "YEOWWCH! What the heck was that?!" Twilight jumped into the air and shook her burning hoof.

"Those eyebrows aren't for show, Twilight." Whisper held out a marshmallow on a stick and toasted it over Komasan's flame-brows. Once it was finely cooked, he ate it whole. "Those are real flames on Komasan's head."

"Whisper! Help me! I've got a burn!" Twilight began to blow on her hoof, putting out the flames but leaving the rest of it damaged and cracked.

"Not to worry, Twilight. I've got just the thing for your little predicament right here." Whisper reached into the folds of his ghostly body and retrieved a large white bottle with a soap dispenser cap. "One Yo-kai Burn Ointment should do the trick."

"Whisper, how do you know that this isn't one of those junk products you bought off of the Yo-kai Pad?" Jibanyan lowered his brows and glared at him.

"Hey! I'll have you know that this came from a reputable retailer, Jibanyan!" said Whisper, hovering over to Twilight. "And besides, I've learned my lesson on buying spam after that Yo-kai Repellent issue we had a while back."

"Oh, really?" Jibanyan squinted at him. "Then why did you order that Yo-kai Wisp and think it was a reading light for Twilight?"

"JIBANYAN!" Whisper roared.

"So that's why my curtains were charred back then." Twilight leaned in close to Whisper's face and illuminated her horn. She brought a vacuum cleaner close to her and turned it on, pointing the nozzle at Whisper. "I think someone's in need of a time-out, Whisper."

"Wait, what?" Whisper could already feel himself getting sucked into the vacuum cleaner. "H-hey! Hands off the merchandise, Twilight! I'll have you know that this body is the ownership of one handsome ghost butler named WhispeEEEEEERRRR!" He slammed against the barrel of the cleaning device, crammed against the walls.

"Now, then." Twilight kicked the vacuum cleaner away and squatted down towards Komasan. "Would you like us to find your brother, Komasan?"

"Oh yes, miss! I'd me mighty appreciative of ya'll if ya did." Komasan nodded and pointed towards Canterlot. "Mah brother Komajiro can put me on edge sometimes. Ah'd like nothin' more than ta be reunited with him as fast as ah can, to make sure he doesn't get in trouble."

"We'll find him, Komasan," said Jibanyan. "Twilight's like, an expert at tracking down Yo-kai nyaow that she's got the Yo-kai Watch."

"Thank you, Jibanyan, but I still think I've got a lot to learn about Yo-kai." Twilight peered down at her Yo-kai Watch, watching light glisten off of the bubble dome straight into her eyes. "If King Void wasn't plaguing our worlds, then I'm sure that we'd have all the time in the world to learn every little detail about each and every individual Yo-kai. But for now, duty calls, and we must answer it."

"He won't be hard ta track down." Komasan sat on Twilight's back and held on to her neck with his tiny paws. "Komajiro loves everything big, shiny, and modern. All we need ta do is ta find somewhere in that there mountain city that's like somethin' in a human world city. Like a underground train or an ice-cream makin' thingamajig."

"Oh, I'm sure that we can find something like that in Canterlot." Twilight smirked and walked towards the train station. "The ponies there love to show off their fancy things. Something's got your brother's attention."

Canterlot was crammed with ponies, hustling down the busy streets. Some wearing top hats and monocles, while others were garbed in dresses of all sorts of fabrics and silks. The combination of clothing and building colours played havoc on the eyes of Twilight, Komasan, and Jibanyan. They had to squint their eyes just to make the simplest of details out.

"Oh mah swirls! This place is crazy!" exclaimed Komasan. "Do the people here always dress in these fancy-schmancy clothes?"

"Only in Canterlot." Twilight turned her head back to Komasan and almost bumped into another pony in doing so. "Because there's a castle here in this city, you would expect that there are many posh ponies and royals would be all over the place. There's almost no poor ponies here in Canterlot."

"And we'd very much like to keep it that way, thank you very much," said a random passerby.

"But... as it would turn out, all of that influence and power went straight to the ponies' heads here. They're a little bit... stuck up at times." Twilight rolled her eyes as she watched the eavesdropped stick up his nose and trot off. "I don't suppose there's a Yo-kai that's causing that."

"Well, there is one pretty mean Yo-kai like that." Jibanyan clambered up onto Twilight's head. "Her name's Snobetty, and if you happen to find her, just fight her. She won't listen to reason because of her snootiness. Just send me or one of your other Yo-kai friends out, and we'll claw some sense into her pretty quickly."

"I'll be sure to keep that in mind." Twilight gave Jibanyan a sweet look and turned back to her search for Komajiro, flipping up the dome of her Yo-kai Watch. "Now then. If I were a country pony looking for something hi-tech, where would I be?" She flashed the ultraviolet beam all around the city, mainly at the most shiny and modern things there were. "Nothing here. Maybe we'll have some more luck in Restaurant Row. Komajiro might want to try some of the fancy cuisine Canterlot has to offer."

Twilight, Komasan, and Jibanyan trotted up to Restaurant Row and were assaulted by a torrent of scents. Each and every restaurant in the street had its' doors wide open, and the smells wafting away from the different food danced around their noses. Sweet, savoury, and even spicy were all culminating together to create a smorgasbord of aromas, and Twilight, JIbanyan, and Komasan were captivated by each and every one of them.

"Mmm." Twilight patted her belly. "Just being here's making me feel hungry. Komajiro's gotta be at one of the restaurants." And she began looking around.

"Ah'll admit, it sure does smell mighty fine." Komasan smiled at all of the choices of restaurant. "All these strange and wonderful foods aren't like anything ah've ate back home. And that's saying somethin', considerin' they're all fer greenhorns."

"The ponies in Equestria have always been finding ways to spice up their food." Twilight salivated as she walked down the road. "Hay sandwiches with sprinkles of garnish, curries from the far corners of the world, and even some pastries baked to so much perfection that even Pinkie Pie would have a hard time competing against."

"Komajiro? You there?" Komasan called out, stretching his body over Twilight's head. "It's me! Yer brother! Komasan! C'mon, brother. Just come out! Ya'll don't have ta be a shy ladybug around me!"

"A shy ladybug?" Twilight parroted. "You're starting to remind me of Applejack. I don't think I've ever heard a Yo-kai make so many country-isms like that before."

"Well, that's 'cause ah hail from the countryside." Komasan nodded. "Ah might be a Yo-kai, but I'm also a proud Komainu. If'n there's any japanese statues that kinda look like me, it's prob'ly 'cause ah'm famous there."

"I see..." Twilight scratched her chin and pulled out a notebook. I'd better start writing this all down. The next time I make a trip to Japony, I can ask Red Snow more about Komasan being a Komainu. Eee! There's so much to learn that I could be occupied for weeks upon weeks!

Jibanyan was just about to hop off of Twilight's back and get a closer look at the food, when he saw a pair of brown flames sticking out from behind one of the tables.

"Uh, Twilight?" Jibanyan tugged at Twilight's ears, pulling her from the notepad immediately. "Do you see tables with weird flames coming out of it like that everyday? Or is it just my imagination, nyan?"

"What are you talking about, Jibanyan?" Twilight looked towards the table and saw two ponies eating their meals. "Seems like a regular old table to me. You sure you're not hallucinating a little?"

"I knyow I saw something there, Twilight!" Jibanyan started waving his arms crazily.

"Alright, alright. I get it. You don't need to fly off the handle like that." Twilight flipped up the Yo-kai Watch and gave the table a quick examination. Much to her surprise, however, the twelve pieces around her watch began to light up. "What the heck?!" Once the last segment illuminated, a blast of purple smog revealed the flames to Twilight, Jibanyan, and Komasan.

There before them was a Yo-kai climbing onto the table, who was identical to Komasan in terms of body and stature, but it had a pale topaz skin tone with brown flame eyebrows instead of blue. His swirls were the colour of chocolate, and his blue bag jostled and banged itself around as it hoisted itself onto the table.

"Komajiro! It's him! It's him!" Komasan beamed from ear to ear and bounced on the spot. He sprung around so much that he ended up losing his footing and slid off Twilight towards the earth. "OH MAH SWIRLS!" He smashed into the ground and felt pain shoot up his body, but he still got back onto his feet and dashed into the restaurant. "Brother! Ah'm here!"

"Hmm. For being brothers, Komasan and Komajiro don't really seem to fall far from the tree." Twilight closed her notebook and zapped it away before following the tiny white komainu into the restaurant. "I'm guessing that—not that they would, but you never really know—when they fight, they even fight like brothers do too. All this stuff about who did what and who's in the right, and what they want to watch. Just the kind of stuff that boys would fight over."

"Well, Komasan and Komajiro are both country bumpkins, so they'd be making a lot of countryisms when they do it too." Jibanyan fanned his face.

"Isn't that a bit rude calling them bumpkins?" Twilight lifted a brow.

"Aw, c'mon, Twilight. It's a compliment, nyan," said Jibanyan. "Look, either way, they don't really seem to mind. Just as long as they're back together again."

As Twilight and Jibanyan came into the restaurant, they heard the tinkling of a bell above their heads. They walked over towards the table where Komasan and Komajiro were reuniting with each other, and listened in to their little conversation.

"Oh, ah'm so glad to see ya again, Komasan!" Komajiro smiled. "Ah've never been happier since ya won that rodeo back in the countryside!"

"Aw, shucks, brother. Yer makin' me blush." Komasan did indeed blush, and even his swirls were turning a shade of pink "Ah would've found ya'll sooner, but with these here Dark Yo-kai scarin' all the Yo-kai off, it was like tryin' ta find a needle in a haystack."

"If that haystack were on fire, I bet ya'll would've found me pretty easy," said Komajiro. "Ah'm just so glad ta see ya again, big brother!" And he pulled him into a tight hug. "Ah'm more happier than a dog chasin' after a frisbee on a hot summer day!"

"Yep! And ah have mah new friend ta thank few that! Twilight Sparkle; the nicest talkin' pony ah ever did meet..." As Komasan hugged his brother, a Yo-kai Medal popped out of his backpack and landed in Twilight's hooves, with Komajiro's Yo-kai Medal tucked underneath it.

"A new friend, huh? Aw, shucks, brother. Ah wanna be friends with yer new friend too," said Komajiro. "Hopefully, them there Yo-kai Medals will help her on her little adventure. And ah'm sure that we'll be able to help her out too someday."

"It's so nice when brothers come together again, isn't it?" Twilight couldn't help but swoon at Komasan and Komajiro as they both walked out of the restaurant, hand in hand. "And these Yo-kai Medals are gonna get us one step closer to stopping King Void. I'm sure of it."

"Nyeah. And for once, we didn't have Whisper barking at us the whole way there." Jibanyan smirked. "Speaking of which, where is he?"

Meanwhile, back in Ponyville, a lone vacuum cleaner rattled and shook in the middle of the street. Whisper's cries and groans were eminent as he tried to squeeze out of the metallic prison, but to no avail.

"Oh, come on! This is just a regular vacuum cleaner!" He spluttered. "How is so hard to get out of this silly thing! I was in a capsule for over 190 years for Enma's sake!" He shook the machine up so much that the elongated nozzle popped off, leaving an open tube. He squeezed and pushed his squishy body out of the vacuum cleaner, only to find that it was now sunset.

"How could Twilight and Jibanyan just leave me out here like that?!" He went red in the face. "I am a very capable and talented Yo-kai butler extraordinaire! I shouldn't just be swept to the wayside like thi—"

"Hi, Whisper!" Pinkie Pie sprung over to the vacuum cleaner. "Ooh! Is that the vacuum cleaner I ordered? What are you doing with it all the way out here, silly billy?" And she reattached the nozzle and walked back home with it. "Well, anyway, it's great that you're here. Mr. and Mrs. Cake want me to be a little bit more responsible back home, so, naturally, I did what any pony would do and got myself a vacuum cleaner. Now, I can clean the dusty old floors, keep Pound and Pumpkin all nice and clean, and even make cleaning up after a party a real cinch. Not that my parties can get that messy, mind you, but I'm still doing the responsible thing as Pinkie Responsibility Pie and cleaning up after myself..."

"Oh, the indignity..." Whisper put a hand to his face and let out a large moan as he was wheeled off back to Sugarcube Corner, with Pinkie yapping in his ears the whole time.