In the middle of the night, there was a noise. Not one of the normal noises Katie was used to hearing, like a car horn or the occasional screech of a person laughing outside. Instead this noise sounded like knocking.

"Mom?" the girl called with a yawn, rubbing her tired eyes. She pulled back the covers and hopped out of bed, sliding on her light green slippers. Outside her room she could hear the knocking even clearer, but it didn't sound like knuckles on a door.

…It sounded like metal against wood…

"Mom? Dad? What're you doing?" Katie asked as she slunk to the doorway. She opened the door up slightly, and in rolled…a little bell? "What's this thing?" Katie asked no one in particular. She stooped down and picked up the bell to examine it. It was a little pink bell with a navy-blue bottom. Little pink peaks were on the top, as well as cut outs of lopsided hearts. It was cute, but Katie couldn't help but wonder where the bell came from. Why was it knocking on her door?

Whatever questions she had could wait, however, because her parent's room light turned on, and she had to go back to bed before they knew she was awake.

At school the next morning Katie went straight to class and sat down, pulling out the mysterious bell from the night before. In the light, the pink shown even brighter. It almost glittered, and Katie giggled at thinking that Sailor Moon would love something so sparkly and pink.

"Hey, Katie!" Eddie greeted, pulling the girl out of her daze. She blinked as Eddie, Bear, and Nate all sat down, sighing as she realized she once again had to put off the mystery of the bell.

"Hi, guys!" she greeted enthusiastically, leaning on her palm.

"How come you're in class so early this morning?" Bear asked. Usually Katie was outside with her other friends before class began, and it was only now that she realized how strange she might've seemed.

"Oh! I'm, uh, studying! Yeah, yeah, I heard someone say that we're having a pop quiz this morning!" she lied.

"WHAT?!" Bear exclaimed, "Oh man, oh man! That's not good!" He rifled through his bag and pulled a disheveled notebook out, flipping through it like a mad man.

Katie smiled innocently, happy she'd gotten away with her lie. Even though there were no papers on her desk, Bear and Eddie both had their noses buried too deep to notice. Then Nate spoke.

"So what was that bell you had out a minute ago for?" he asked.

"U-uh, what bell?" Katie laughed awkwardly, scratching the back of her head. She didn't want to lie again, not that she could even think of something to say.

Nate squinted in suspicion, but ultimately gave in and turned around in his seat. Katie thought she heard him speak, but she knew that Nate talked to himself sometimes. Just what was he saying about her, anyway?

Lunchtime rolled around, and Katie found a spot by a window to pull out her bell. She took out the candybar her mom had packed her, peeling open the paper to reveal sweet, delicious chocolate. And then she heard something again, this time coming from a classroom. It almost sounded like…singing? But, who would be in the classroom during lunch?

Katie made her way over to the door, sliding it open just enough to peek inside. Sitting on the teacher's desk was a cat just as pink as Katie's bell. The cat wore a sailor's uniform and swung its legs as it sang a song.

"…Katie?"

"Agh!" Katie whipped around and slammed the door shut. "H-hey, Nate! What's up?"

"What're you doing just staring in the classroom?"

"Who, me? Staring? I think you're seeing things!"

"Are you OK?"

How was she supposed to answer that question? She knew the myth of pink elephants and their meaning, but what about pink cats that sing? She wasn't sure she understood anything, but then the singing grew again.

"Who's in there?" Nate asked. He tried to grab the door, but Katie snatched his wrist and forced it back. If she'd paid any mind she would have seen the blush that covered his face for a second. "Y-you're acting weird, Katie…"

He kind of seemed scared…Katie sighed and moved to the side. She pulled the bell out of her pocket and presented it in her palm. "This bell appeared outside my door last night…and then just a few minutes ago I heard singing. When I opened the door there was…a cat…"

"A cat?" Nate repeated. He looked down to his side, and Katie wanted to ask, but she had more her story to explain.

"I know it sounds weird!" Katie groaned. "But it was a pink cat and she was wearing a dress and…and I'm pretty sure she had two tails and they were on fire!"

"Are you talking about lil' old me?"

The two children jumped, and between them stood said pink cat.

"Sailornyan! What are you doing here?!"

Katie screeched, spotting this floating ghost-looking thing above Nate's shoulder. "Wh-what is that!"

"Oh dear…"

"Whisper shush!" Nate fussed. "Katie, I can explain!"

"Can you?!" Katie yelled. "What is going on?!"

"I think someone just her first few yokai!" Sailornyan cooed. "Such a special time for a human!"

"A yokai? What?!" Katie couldn't believe what she was seeing! "Why are you here?!"

Sailornyan shrugged and looked around, and she spotted the bell in Katie's hand. "Aha! You have my bell! That's why I came here! Ooh, and you have a chocobar!" Sailornyan snatched the candy from Katie's hand and nibbled on it happily.

"Hey, nyo fair!"

Katie looked down, and now there was another cat. "Y-you have a cat too?" she asked Nate.

"This is Jibanyan…" Nate introduced. "He really, really likes chocobars…"

Katie felt something press into her hand, and she looked down to see a medal in her palm. "Wh-what's this for?"

"That's my medal, sweetiepie!" Sailornyan explained. "Anytime you need a little help or just want to get rid of some chocobars, call for me!" With that, Sailornyan closed the door to the classroom door, and when Katie opened it back up the cat was gone.

"…Nate what is going on?"

"I'll take it from here, Nate!" the ghost announced, floating in front of him. "You, dear Katie, have just witness yokai. And now that one has given you its medal, you can use this watch to summon it to your side!" The ghost pulled out a white and pink device from…who knows where. It hung from a blue strap and seemed so big and clunky. "This is the Yokai Watch!"

"Whisper, there's more than one?!" Nate exclaimed. "How come you didn't tell me?!"

"Well, you don't need two, obviously," Whisper answered nonchalantly. "This is the pocket watch version!"

"This is all…a lot," Katie said when Whisper put the device in her hand.

"But it's really cool, Katie!" Jibanyan said, rubbing his cheek against Katie's leg. "Nyate really likes you, so it'll be fun to have you two working together for yokai!"

"Jibanyan, hush!"

First yokai watch fic, we'll see where this gets to. Katie and Nate sharing the butler yokai? Yes, definitely. Jibanyan teasing Nate a bunch? Absolutely.