Now alone, Zoaruah has entered the park, looking for thr Banette that stole his belongings. As he walks along the path, hes gets a sense of eerieness, but he's mostly focused on getting his things back, and being grumpy. As he continues walking, he starts to notice something odd, "Huh..." Zoaruah begins looking around, "You know, this does look a lot like the park in our world. That tree is there, except it's dead. And this path looks the same, except its all cracked up. Of course, I don't ever go to the park anymore, so maybe it has gotten this bad? Man, this messed up dimension is freaky, almost unsettling..Who said that? Not me, eheh.." Zoaruah follows the path around in circles as he searches for the playground, but to no avail, "Who builds a park with this many winding paths!?! UGH!" As he sits to catch his breath, he notices a bench, "Woah, even Mudkip's bench is here." Zoaruah walks over to it and sits back, "Phew..." Zoaruah closes his eyes. "Derp." "WAAH!"

Zoaruah jumps! Mudkip is sitting next to him. "HOW'D YOU EVEN!?" Mudkip just smiled and stared blankly though. "Wait, are you REALLY Mudkip? Or some evil version?" Zoaruah waves his hand in front of Mudkip's face, but with no response at all, "Yup, that's Mudkip..." Zoaruah, rather than trying to wrap his head around how Mudkip, decided he could use Mudkip, "Hey, Mudkip, you know the park well. Show me which way the playground is!" Mudkip just smiled and grabbed a taco out of his pocket, "Hey, don't eat lunch. Of course you didn't understand me." Mudkip then hands the taco to Zoaruah, "No I'm not hungry! I don't want a taco!" Zoaruah grabs the taco to throw it, but as he holds on to it, it flies him across the park! "Waaah!!!"

"Hehe, this game is so fun!" Banette is sitting at the playground at the top of the slide, playing Zoaruah's Nintendo Switch as his Shuppet goons watch. "Okay, okay, now watch this!" He jumps off a cliff in breath if the wild and they burst out into laughing.

"Do it again! Do it again!!" A Shuppet says. Banette reloads the save back at the top and repeats the process, "Look at him flail aroundlike a doll!" Banette laughs. A Shuppet, after calming down, hears distant yelling, and looks up into the sky, "Uh oh. Boss! Didn't you say you stole this from a Zorua kid?" Banette responds, "Yeah, why?" "Because he's here..." The taco, flying around in zigzags, finally stops above the park, "Thank goodness!" Zoaruah sighs. He lets go of the taco, then opening his eyes, notices he is up in the air, "Oh come on--" He falls into the sand below, making a sandsplosion. Banette is a bit worried, "Psst, everyone just turn invisible! Then he won't see us! Zoaruah regains his composure and shakes his head, "Airline food, yeesh." he then walks around looking for something..."Hey, show yourself!" Banette reminds quiet. Zoaruah then calls out again, "I know you're there, the Switch is still floating!" After a moment of silence, the Switch is then put down.

Zoaruah facepalms then heads up the stairs towards the top of the slide. "What do we do boss?" A Shuppet asks. "Block him while I prepare plan B!" The Shuppets then regain visibility and all fly in front if Zoaruah, forming a wall, "Nyeh!" "Can't get through!" "You're so dumb!" Zoaruah is unshaken by this and tries to push them back, "Get out of my way, I'm after that Banette!" "What Banette?" Zoaruah is confused and looks forward. The Shuppets move away and Banette is wearing a fake moustache, "There's no Banette here. I'm a Stoutland!" Zoaruah just walks right up to him, gives him a cold stare, and rips off the moustache. Banette is quiet for a minute from surprise, then moans, "Um I meant a Lillipup." Zoaruah then reaches for the Switch, but Banette hold him back with his arm. Zoaruah then says, "Give me back my stuff! I'm not playing your games!" Banette is in a bit of a panic, but puts together a plan, "Games eh?" He holds the Switch over the edge and claims, "HOLD IT! Or else!"

Zoaruah is forced to stop and he steps back. The Shuppets then get in front of him again, and Banette tells him, "Okay, I've got your stuff, and if you want to get it back, you'll have to do what I say and complete my challenges!" Zoaruah ponders to himself, (Ugh, this is stupid! I don't have time to mess around with some goof. All though, he is a goof, so this should be fairly easy..) "Fine, whatever." Banette nods, "Good. Now, head over to the monkey bars, Then your first challenge will begin!" Zoaruah heads over to them and the Shuppets appriach Banette, "You're not really going to give the stuff back to him are you boss?!" Banette laughs, "Of course not, we're just going to have a little fun with this goof. Now huddle up, heres what we need to do!" They huddle and whisper.

Meanwhile, elsewhere, the Misdreavus floats around with her jar in hand. She heads to an abandoned store and heads inside, "Mrs. Mismagi!" She calls out. The candles around the shop light with a purple flame.

Many other Misdreavus appear, coming out of various hiding spots, "Ooh, what's up?" "Is that what I think it is?" "You're looking awfully spooky today!" The Misdreavus' then move back as a Mismagius comes out of the darkness, "Ahh, you've returned. Tell me what is new." Misdreavus, "Ma'am! I have some news! Banette has foolishly brought a living being into our world!" Mismagi laughs, "Oh, that fool! Doesn't he know that is a terrible offense? Probably not, he couldn't remember anything the fool. Tell me, what is this Pokemon he has brought?" Misdreavus answers, "A Zorua ma'am!" Mismagi is a bit frightened, "Oh my..How unfortunately perfect...Banette thinks he has someone to play with, but he'll soon learn of his folly. I feel bad for the Zorua honestly...But I have a devilish plan. This will help me get back at Banette. Everyone, head to the Puppet's tomb!" The Misdreavus all become afraid, "No, not that one! Are you really certain?" Mismagi nods, "Don't worry, we'll do this quickly."

Back to Zoaruah, he is standing in front of the monkey bars. Banette approaches him, "All right, your stuff is guarded right now! Don't you try running off and getting it, or I'll have my Shuppet minion push it down the slide. The slide, of paaaain!" Zoaruah just rolls his eyes, "Yeah, look, can we just get this over with?" Banette chuckles, "Okay. Here is your challenge! Ypu need to get across these monkey bars!" ... Zoaruah is expecting more, but there is none, "That's it? Just get across?!" Banette nods, "Yes, its very very challenging." Zoaruah actually laughs, "Oh man, you guys are stupid!" Banette then responds, "Oops, is it too easy? I can make a harder one-" Zoaruah just cuts him off, "Too late, you all ready picked it! Now watch me ace it." Zoaruah jumps onto the bar and starts swinging across it. Banette then laughs to himself quietly, trying to conceal his laughter. Zoaruah swings across, one var at a time, "Easy peasy!" He says. That is, until... "Ow!"

A spitball hits Zoaruah in the face! "What the heck?" Shuppets are all around him, firing spitballs at him, "Hey! This is cheating! Stop it!" A Shuppet then says, "There were no rules, the only requirement was to get across without falling off!" The shuppet then fired a spitball. Zoaruah is annoyed, then decides to play dirty, "Fine then, if theres no rules!" Zoaruah pulls himself up above the bar and begins to walk across them, "I'll do it the easy way!" The Shuppets start firing spitballs upwards, but they hit the bars more than Zoaruah, "Hah, can't hit me know, suckers!" The bars start getting wet though, and on his next step, Zoaruah slips and falls off of the bars! "GAH!" Everyone else then bursts out in laughter as Zoaruah gets up, "Ow... Jerks..." Banette then comes up to Zoaruah, "Looks like you failed! Ha ha ha!"

"Now looks like you've got to do another challenge!" Zoaruah pouts.

"Are we there yet Mismagi?" "Yes.." The Mismagius approaches a cave, along with her Misdreavus lackeys. They're all somewhat frightened. Mismagi turns to the Misdreavus and tells her, "Hand me the jar and wait for me to come back out." The Misdreavus complies and Mismagi enters the cave. She floats through the dark, dilapidated hallways, past shattered objects and broken statues, until finally reaching a door. She pushes it open, and in the middle of the room is a large coffin, "This may be extreme," She says to herself, "But this is the only way to get back at Banette!" She goes to the coffin, and in the middle is a strange lock resembling a hole. She opens the jar, and pours the drop of blood into it. The coffin then activates and slowly opens. Inside is a shadowlike figure. "I've given it life once again with the blood, now to quickly place the hairs on its nose before it wakes up, so it has the scent."

She does so quickly.."There." Its eyes then jolt open, glowing red, and the small pupil immediately loojs at her. She jumps and freaks out. She lies out of there as fast as possible and meets her lackeys. She does not hesitate though in speaking to them, "Hurry, escape, pronto! We must arrive before IT does!" They then scatter.

A cold, and foul breeze comes out of the cave.

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What is in the darkness?! This concludes part 5. I hope you all enjoyed this part. Please stay tuned!
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The slide of pain, lol XD

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Re: Thanks so much man!! :D Also I'm enjoying your stories so far. :3

Re 1: Aaaa thank you. :''D Jibanyan is one of my favorite characters ever, you can expect to see more of him and other Yo-Kai in my gallery. >uo

Re 2: Thank you. :3

...you tried to reach me in our chat room last month

Geez, we're bad at this whole "staying in touch" thing :P I'll be checking it over the next few days or so. Hope ya stop by