Hey-o, my furry friends! JAF here with the next chapter of Twice as Nice!
A big ol' hand to everyone who reviewed!
Guest: That's okay, the only reason Blare the Swelterrier is Wood's partner is because I wanted someone that was hard to come by. Interestingly, Blare was goin' to be a Pupsicle named Shiver, and he was for about two chapters, then I realized that the personality I wanted him to have wouldn't work very well with the constant shakin' givin' him a stutter. Plus, I wasn't goin' to have him do any fightin' anyway, so I decided to make him a fully evolved Yo-kai. He was then goin' to be Chilhuahua, but... I ran into a Swelterrier in my game once, and never saw another. Blare was my coping mechanism.
Foxchick1: I'm so happy you like it enough to want more! I can't wait to continue this! *beams happily *
To the summery!
Summery: With their parents fighting because of Dismarelda, twins Nate and Wood head out to find more Yo-kai to befriend and save their parents. After befriending four new Yo-kai, Whisper and Blare sense the aura of a strong Yo-kai by the Fish Place. Once they get there, they find two cat Yo-kai called Jibanyan and Baddinyan. After learning that Jibanyan was behind the weird events at the intersection, and why, the twins learn that Jibanyan was being bullied by the other Yo-kai and they had even stolen his only photo of Amy! Promising to get the photo back, the twins head off to do that. But wait, what happened to Baddinyan? Where did he go? Can they find him before anything happens?
Whew, that was a mouthful. What will happen next? Will they find Baddinyan and Jibanyan's photo? Or will both be lost?
Let's read on, and find out!
Disclaimer: I do not own Yo-kai Watch or its content. I merely own my own thoughts, ideas, and imagination, nothing else. Thank you for understanding.
Chapter Five: Jibanyan's Photo
The twins stood just outside the alley behind the Fish Place, staring into the darkness with slight chills running down their backs.
"So, the Yo-kai that stole Jibanyan's photo is back there?" Wood checked, doing her best to ignore the cold that settled along her spine.
"Yes," Whisper said, peering into the darkness. "Shall we go?"
With twin swallows, Nate and Wood walked into the darkness.
"Its kind of sketchy back here," Nate commented once they were in the alley.
"Yo-kai just love lurking in dark, desolate places like this!" Whisper informed them. "Areas like this are good places to train your Yo-kai friends against tougher Yo-kai. However, they don't hide in places like this, so if your spotted, they will come after you! We like to call them Dungeons, since Yo-kai tend to keep you busy and unable to take much of a breather and heal your Yo-kai friends."
"Wonderful," Wood grumbled. "Let's get moving, guys. We need to find Baddinyan and the Yo-kai that stole Jibanyan's photo."
Luckily, or maybe not so lucky, the alley was pretty straightforward. They didn't get far before coming to a more open area, where they could see a manhole to the sewers on their left, and below them on the right, a small patio.
"Hey, Blare, Whisper, what's that?" Wood pointed down at the patio. Just beneath the stairs, was a weird looking door with a large C on it and some kind of energy curling around it.
"That, my dear, is a Watch Lock," Whisper informed. "Many areas are sealed off by these doors. You see, your Watches have Ranks, which allow you to see stronger Yo-kai and access Watch Locks. If your Watch Rank is lower then the Lock, you cannot access the area behind the Lock. Strong Yo-kai await you behind high-ranking Watch Locks, so beware!"
"How do we get our Ranks higher?" Nate asked.
"Oh, yes. You see—" Whisper began, but he was interrupted by Blare.
"Ah, a Yo-kai Box!" Blare said, gesturing towards a yellow box with an eye on it.
Nate walked over and opened the box. He pulled out a small orb and held it up to the faint light. "What is this?" he asked.
"That, Nate, is a Small Exporb," Whisper explained, drifting over. "The smallest of the Exporbs, it gives a small amount of experience to a single Yo-kai. Larger Exporbs give more experience."
"Very cool," Nate grinned, putting the Exporb in a pouch hanging from his backpack.
The four friends headed deeper into the alley. As they passed by a trashcan, Nate and Wood's Watches glowed brightly, grabbing their attention.
"I got it," Nate said, bringing up his Watch and finding a cone-shaped old man Yo-kai wearing a robe and drooling slightly. "Who's that?"
"That is the Yo-kai Hungramps," Blare told them as Hungramps realized it was caught and leaped out to attack. "He's part of the Heartful Tribe."
"Okay then," Nate pulled out his medals as Hungramps called upon a Dulluma and some kind of bird Yo-kai with snot dripping from its nose to help him. "Come on out, my friends! Yo-kai medal, do your thing!"
"Summoning, Charming! Summoning, Eerie! Summoning, Tough! Summoning, Shady!" Cadin, Buhu, Dulluma and Negatibuzz flew out of the Watch.
Wood bit her lip slightly in worry. She knew Nate could battle, he managed just fine on his own an hour ago, but she still had to fight down the urge to jump in and take over.
She didn't have time to worry, though because her Watch suddenly flashed, dragging her attention towards another trashcan. Glancing over at her brother, she made sure he had everything under control before heading towards the other trashcan. Blare followed close behind as she lifted her Watch and found another Hungramps.
"You should know, Lady Wood, that while Nate uses Cadin and Buhu, you cannot," Blare told her. "However, you only need at least one Medal to battle."
"Alright then," Wood pulled out her two medals of Stingray and Coughkoff. "Come on out, my friends! Yo-kai medal, do your thing!"
"Summoning, Shady! Summoning, Eerie!" Stingray and Coughkoff leaped out of the Watch to fight Hungramps, who didn't call on any friends for some reason.
The fight didn't last long, and in the end, Wood received the Medal for Hungramps (who she named Halibut), fifty-five cents, and something called a Getaway Plush.
"Ah, the Getaway Plush," Blare said noticing the weird doll in Wood's hands. "Throwing this at a attacking Yo-kai allows you to run away from the battle. Useful if your Yo-kai are low on health."
Walking back towards Nate and Whisper, Wood watched as the bird Yo-kai gave Nate its Medal. "You won!" Wood congratulated. "Who's your knew friend?"
"Thanks, sis," Nate blushed slightly. "This is Snotsolong, he's part of the Mysterious Tribe."
"Call when you need," Snotsolong told Nate before vanishing.
"What happened with you?" Whisper asked. "Did you get Hungramps' Medal?"
"Yep!" Wood showed the Medal to them. "I called him Halibut when he asked for a name change."
"Wonderful!" Whisper praised. "Come along now, I think we're close to that Yo-kai who stole Jibanyan's photo."
They moved on, finding a purple Yo-kai Box with a plum rice ball along the way, and soon came to the end of the alley.
"Look!" Wood pointed. "There's Baddinyan! And that Yo-kai, it has Jibanyan's photo!" the group ran down towards Baddinyan and the green Yo-kai with a similar hair-style.
"Hey-a, justa who is youze punks suppose'ta be? Youze hangin' with this punk and his wimpy friend?" the green Yo-kai asked.
"You stole Jibanyan's photo," Nate accused. "We came to get it back!"
"Heh, so the little meow meow done went and made some tough friends, eh? Wimp like that, I'm surprised," the Yo-kai taunted.
"Give us the photo," Wood snapped. "We can do this the easy way, or the hard way."
"I'll second that," Baddinyan growled. He bared his teeth at the green Yo-kai. "Ya better listen to the girl, Roughraff."
"Heheheh, youze gone soft, Baddinyan," Roughraff told him. "Youze use'ta be the toughest cat in town! Then youze started hangin' with that wimpy meow meow and left us behind."
Nate exchanged a look with Wood. It looked like they had stumbled into something bigger then getting a photo back.
"I ain't givin' up dis pic! Y'hear me, Baddinyan? Youze gotta fight for it!" Roughraff told him. Roughraff got into a fighting stance as two more Roughraff stalked in from the shadows.
"I'll take all of ya on," Baddinyan growled, taking his own fighting stance. With a snarl, the purple cat Yo-kai lounged forward, but was knocked back by the Roughraff on the left. He twisted midair and landed on his feet before turning and shooting bursts of fire at the offending Roughraff.
"Whoa," Nate said as they watched Baddinyan beat-up the attacking Roughraff.
"You can say that again," Wood agreed. "But what's with the fire?"
"That fire is Baddinyan's Technique, Fire," Blare explained. "All Yo-kai have Element Attributes, which reveal themselves as their Techniques. All Yo-kai have weaknesses and resistances to certain Elements."
Back in the fight, Baddinyan ducked under the left Roughraff's headbutt and kicked the attacker in the stomach. The Roughraff on the right leaped in and slammed his knee into Baddinyan's back, knocking the cat onto his stomach. Fire swirled around Baddinyan before shooting back at the Roughraff on the right. Baddinyan flipped to his paws and flickered with a dark purple aura. The aura swirled around him for a moment before shooting out and encasing the Roughraff on the left. The left Roughraff drooped his shoulders, then suddenly lounged at the one sneaking up on Baddinyan from behind.
As the two battled, Baddinyan wrung his forepaws together and they burst into flames. Before he could throw the fire at the fighting Yo-kai, the first Roughraff kicked him in the back, knocking him into the fighting Yo-kai. Caught in the middle, Baddinyan took more then a few blows before managing to break away and shoot fire at the two Roughraff, defeating them.
"Ya give up?" Baddinyan asked, slightly out of breath as he turned to fight Roughraff.
"Hehe, youze think I'ma givin' up when I'ma 'bout to win?" Roughraff taunted. "Its like I said, youze gone soft. Yer already out of breath just from fighin' my lackeys."
Baddinyan grimaced as he realized that Roughraff was right.
"But we aren't!" Wood broke in, running up to Baddinyan with Nate, Whisper and Blare. "Baddinyan, you take a rest. Nate and I can get Jibanyan's photo back for you."
"No, I'll do it," Nate protested. "I'm the one who promised Jibanyan, and I'm going to keep it."
"Nya," Baddinyan grimaced. "Be careful, pal, Roughraff ain't nyo cupcake." he allowed Wood to pick him up and carry him back towards Blare while Whisper drifted over to Nate's side.
"Here," Wood set Baddinyan down next to Blare before swinging off her backpack. Rifling through it, she found the dried mackerel she got from defeating Coughkoff. "Do you like fish? Wait, what am I saying? You're a cat, course you like fish... right?"
"Nya," Baddinyan chuckled. "I like fish." Wood grinned as she handed him the dried mackerel.
"Alright, Nate," Whisper said. "Roughraff is a Tough Yo-kai."
"I got that from his fight with Baddinyan," Nate said.
"No, I mean he's part of the Tough Tribe," Whisper told him.
"Uhh," Nate shook his head before pulling out his medals. "Come on out, my friends! Yo-kai medal, do your thing!"
"Summoning, Charming! Summoning, Eerie! Summoning, Tough! Summoning, Shady! Summoning, Mysterious!" Cadin, Buhu, Dulluma, Negatibuzz, and Snotsolong flew out of the Yo-kai Watch as Roughraff called two more Roughraff to his side.
"Fight!" Whisper shouted.
Cadin, Buhu and Snotsolong leaped into battle as Negatibuzz and Dulluma waited by Nate's side.
"Let's try this," Nate said after the six Yo-kai exchanged a few attacks. He tapped the Target icon and a giant pin appeared in his hand. Taking aim, he threw the pin at the Roughraff on the left. As soon as the pin hit him, the left Roughraff paused for a second, looking for the pin that was now stuck in his hair. Cadin, Buhu and Snotsolong focused their attacks on that Roughraff.
"Now, how about a Charge," Nate tapped the Soultimate icon then on Snotsolong. The bird stopped attacking as signals appeared in front of Nate. Tracing the signals, Nate filled up the meter-bowl behind them, and the light coursed through Nate, to the Watch, then finally shot out into Snotsolong. In a burst of light, Snotsolong flew into the air and flew towards the targeted Roughraff. Once in range, Snotsolong twisted his head around and slapped the Roughraff with its snot.
"Gross, but effective," Whisper commented as the left Roughraff as defeated.
Tapping the Target icon again, Nate threw the pin at the right Roughraff. Cadin sliced at the right Roughraff, but was knocked back by his fist. Glancing down at his Watch, Nate noticed Snotsolong's health getting low as Roughraff tackled the bird. As he reached for the dial to switch Yo-kai, Buhu unleashed a gust of wind at the right Roughraff, defeating it.
"Let's finish this," Nate said with narrowed eyes as he moved the dial, switching out Snotsolong with Dulluma. "Charging, now!" he tapped the Soultimate icon then Dulluma's picture. Golden orbs suddenly surrounded Nate, swirling around him and bobbing up and down.
"Ooh, the orbs!" Whisper said. "Quickly, Nate! Grab the orbs, and the meter will fill!"
Nate did as Whisper said, leaping up and grabbing orbs that vanished once he caught them and filled the meter. Once filled, the meter burst into light and flowed into Nate, coursed through his Watch, and shot out in a beam of light towards Dulluma. With a flash, Dulluma leaped into the air and slammed into Roughraff with a powerful headbutt.
"Headbutt Hey-O," Whisper told them as Roughraff fell to the ground in defeat. He drifted over and collected Nate's prizes, a dollar thirty-eight cents and three 10-Cent gum.
"You jerks!" Roughraff growled as he forced himself to his feet. Wood, Blare and Baddinyan walked over to Nate and Whisper as their Yo-kai friends vanished. "This kinda stuff is gonna drive me to hooliganism!" he vanished into purple smoke, leaving behind Jibanyan's photo of Amy behind.
"Hooliganism? Isn't he already a hooligan?" Whisper asked, clearly confused.
"He certainly smells like a hooligan," Blare commented. "Lots of hair product."
"He can't be anyamore of a troublemaker then he already is," Baddinyan told them.
"Well, we better take this photo back to Jibanyan," Nate said, picking up the photo. Carefully folding it up, he gently placed it in his pocket.
"Sounds good," Wood grinned. Turning around the group started towards the corner, but were stopped by a weird man with a flashing red light on his head.
"Hold it! I saw what you two did!" the man shouted at them.
"Uhh," Nate and Wood said together, confused. "What did we do?"
"You just defeated a wanted Yo-kai! One of the most wanted of Yo-crooks!" the man informed them, still shouting.
"A wanted Yo-kai...? So you can see Yo-kai as well?" Wood asked the man.
"Of course I can!" the man snapped. "You think I'm running around trying to arrest air, here? Roughraff over there was wanted for one count of disorderly pompadour!"
"I don't think his hair was disorderly at all," Wood said with a frown.
"Yeah, it was kind of cool, in a retro kind of way," Nate agreed.
"You two are just sayin' that because I have the same style, aren't you?" Baddinyan said from his spot at their feet.
"Yeah? Well, your follicles are pretty orderly there... hmm, that might work," the man said.
"What might work?" Wood asked.
"You kids ever think about going undercover?" the man asked, lifting a pole with a cage on the end. He didn't wait for them to answer. "Good! Its decided. I'm deputizing you both as official Yo-kai investigators!"
"Can I have your hat?" Nate asked.
"Absolutely not!" the man snapped. "But you do get the satisfaction of wiping out the Yo-crime in the city. I can see the flames of justice burning in your eyes... you'll do it?"
"Didn't you already deputize us?" Wood asked.
"Of course we'll do it! We would be delighted," Whisper told him.
"Yes, noble sir," Blare agreed.
"Ah, the vigor of youth. You sound like me when I had hope," the man said.
"Hold on, what?" Wood asked.
"You'll do great! Just remember, this fair city's peace rests in your young hands," the man informed them. "If you ever need me, I will not be loitering by the Lambert Post Office!" with that, the odd man left.
"Well, that happened," Wood said with a bland look. "I don't suppose any of you caught what it is we're suppose to be doing?"
"Yer suppose to catch Yo-criminals, Yo-kai who have committed a crime," Baddinyan explained. "Just keep a look out for suspicious Yo-kai and catch them. When ya catch a Yo-criminal three times, they give ya a letter to a secret password. Once ya get the whole password, ya can go the the post office and talk to the lady at the second window to get a reward. When ya talk to Detective Holdit —the guy with the flashing light for a hat— he'll tell ya about what Yo-criminals are around."
"How do you know all that?" Whisper asked.
"Used to be part of Roughraff's gang before I meet Jibanyan," Baddinyan shared. "Haven't been hangin' around with his crowd since, though."
"Speaking of Jibanyan," Nate broke in. "Lets get this photo back to him."
"Nyate!" Jibanyan waved at the friends as they crossed the street. "Oh, and Baddinyan! You found him!"
"Yeah," Nate took out the photo and handed it to the red cat. "I think this is your?"
"I can't believe it," Jibanyan gasped as he took the photo from Nate. "How did you do that?"
"Baddinyan did most of the work," Nate said. "But it still wouldn't be right to let something so important to you stay stolen."
"T-thank you," Jibanyan told them, holding the photo to his chest and sniffling. Baddinyan padded up to the red cat. "This means so much to me... but I couldn't get the photo back by myself. I am just..."
"Don't you say it, Jibanyan," Baddinyan snapped. "Yer not lame."
"Baddinyan's right," Nate agreed. "I think you're pretty awesome! I mean, you're fighting trucks to impress a girl. I could never do that."
"Nor would I let you," Wood informed him, though she was mostly ignored.
"R-really?" Jibanyan asked. Nate and Baddninyan both nodded. "T-thank you Nyate, Baddinyan..."
"Keep up the great work, Jibanyan! I'll be cheering you on!" Nate encouraged.
"Thank you again!" Jibanyan purred. "I just know I'm gonna beat up a truck someday!" with a happy skip, he gave Nate his Medal. "We're friends nyaow! You can call on me whenyever!"
Wood looked down when she felt someone tap her leg. A purple paw holding a Medal was raised towards her.
"Here," Baddinyan raised his paw a bit higher. "If Jibanyan likes ya, I guess yer okay. Besides, someone has to watch the kid." Wood grinned as she accepted Baddinyan's Medal.
"You knyaow you're nyot that much older then me," Jibanyan commented.
"Well, now we've found that strong aura from earlier," Whisper said happily. "This is promising!"
"It would appear that our instincts were on the money," Blare agreed. "Even though Jibanyan wasn't able to defeat a vehicle, all trucks should beware."
"Exactly! Come Nate, Wood, let us go home and defeat Dismarelda!" Whisper reminded them. "We still have some unfinished business to attend."
"Y'know, I feel a bit more confident know that we have some strong friends," Nate said.
"Same here, little brother," Wood agreed.
The twins stood outside their house, shoulders stiff as they mentally prepared themselves for the upcoming battle.
"So, we're agreed?" Wood asked. "I battle Dismarelda?"
"Right," the other three agreed. Steeling their nerves, they took and step...
"Nyice house," someone said behind them.
"Yeep!" Nate and Wood shrieked, whirling around in surprise and falling over each other. Whisper bolted, slamming into Blare who was spinning in a circle, trying to locate the speaker.
Meanwhile, standing there, watching the chaos they caused, was Jibanyan and Baddinyan.
"Baddinyan!" Wood gasped.
"Jibanyan!" Nate gasped at the same time. "What are you two doing here?"
"We heard you two talkin' about a Yo-kai messin' with yer parents," Baddinyan explained. "So we decided to just tag along with ya."
"Nya," Jibanyan agreed. "And.. well... we can't really stay at the intersection anyamore."
"Why not?" Wood asked.
"Roughraff knyaows nyaow that I'lla protect Jibanyan," Baddinyan explained. "He's not the kind of Yo-kai to take bein' beatnyan lightly. He's gonna try an' get revenge. Jibanyan ain't tough like me, an' I can't let him outta my sight long before he gets inta trouble."
"I know the feeling," Wood sympathized with a not-at-all-subtle look at Nate. "So, you want to know if you can stay with us?"
"If that's okay with you," Jibanyan said.
"Well," Wood wasn't sure. They were already letting in two Yo-kai as it was. And they were apparently butlers. Four, though? Two of which might be hunted down by a bad Yo-kai?
"Of course you can," Whisper said before Wood could make a decision. "Wood, you do know that only you and Nate can see Yo-kai, right? No one will even notice that we're here!"
"I do now," Wood told him with a roll of her eyes. "Well guys, lets go stop Dismarelda!" there was a cheer from the group, and they all headed into the house.
"Ms. Dismarelda?" Wood approached the lady Yo-kai after taking off her shoes at the door. The purple lady Yo-kai turned her attention away from Nate and Wood's fighting parents. "I'm going to take it you're not going to leave anytime soon, right? At least, not on your own?"
"Oh no no no no no, my dahlings," Dismarelda said. "I most certainly don't feel like leaving. I'm quite taken with this place, and your parents are so entertaining!"
"That went as well as expected," Whisper commented. "We're going to have to work on your negotiating skills."
"It appears we will have to go to plan B," Blare said.
"Running?" Nate asked.
"No, Sir Nate," Blare disagreed. "We must attack! Lady Wood, are you ready?"
"Yep," Wood nodded determinedly. "Baddinyan, will you help me?" the purple cat rolled his shoulders before padding up towards Disarelda.
"Why nyaot?" Baddinyan shrugged. "Ya ready for this, lady?"
"So rude," Dismarelda sniffed with disdain. "Attacking a lady, will you, dahling? Well, come on then!"
"Battle, commence!" Blare shouted as Wood pulled out the Medals for Cadin, Buhu, Stingray, Halibut, and Coughkoff.
"Come on out, my friends! Yo-kai medal, do your thing!" Wood shotued, inserting the Medals in the Watch's slot.
"Summoning, Charming! Summoning, Eerie! Summoning, Shady! Summoning, Heartful! Summoning, Eerie!" the called Yo-kai flew from the Watch and landed at Wood's feet. Cadin and Stingray leaped forward to stand beside Baddinyan, while Buhu, Halibut, and Coughkoff stood (or floated) next to Wood.
"Good luck," Nate said as the battle began.
What-what-WHAT!? That's it?
Yes, yes it is.
Ooh, I'm evil!
Well, this chapter is twenty pages long. And it wasn't even goin' to be its own CHAPTER! It was suppose to be part of the next chapter, but then I realized that if I did that, the whole thing would have been maybe fifty pages. So I made a few changes, and voila, a whole extra chapter I didn't know I was goin' to write!
Also, it might be a bit hard to remember all the Yo-kai the twins will be/have befriended, so if y'all want me to, I'lla start puttin' up who had what Yo-kai at the end of each chapter. We'll see.
And, surprise! A plot twist! Jibanyan and Baddinyan will be stayin' with Nate and Wood! That isn't in the game, now is it? Nope! Neither is Baddinyan protectin' Jibanyan, so HA! Y'all thought this was just a slight change to the game, didn't ya? Just give the main character a twin sister, nothing else, right? Well, HA!
Sure, it mostly follows the game's story-line, but there are little things that may or may not be noticed that make it different then the game. Can you find them all? Yes, that is a challenge. Accept at your own risk!
Anyhow, time for the questions of the day!
Will Wood be able to defeat Dismarelda? What will happen with Baddinyan and Jibanyan? Will Roughraff really come after them for revenge? What happened to the mystery being following the twins? Find out next time in... Chapter Six: Dismarelda Again!
Until next time, my fine, furry friends! -JAF logging out!