Chapter 27: A New Yokai Watch
Later that Night, Nate, Damona, and Jibanyan all sat in a circle around the new "Yokai watch."
"Ok, so we all know the big question…" Damona said, staring at the device.
"How did my grandma get a Yokai watch?" Nate finished her thought.
"Read the nyote again," Jibanyan said.
"Dear Nathan, this watch was your grandfather's greatest possession, it was his dying wish that it be given to you on your twelfth birthday, use it well, Grandma Lucy," Nate read.
"So you're grandad's greatest possession was a Yokai watch?" Damona questioned, "than how'd he get it? From what I heard they just came out, it's not exactly smart for an old man to go to the yokai world."
"Wait, they just came out?" her fiance questioned, the half demon nodded. Nate gained a quizzical expression, "that makes even less sense, Grandpa Nathaniel died just before I was born, even if he got it as a yokai, it doesn't make any sense giving it to me would be his dying wish!"
"Perhaps it is not a yokai watch at all. -_-" all attention turned to the robotic voice of No-bot, "I can scan the device to verify if it is an official Yopple Yokai watch."
"Oh yeah, the company that made Nyo-bot also made the watches," Jibanyan said.
"Give it a go," Nate held the watch up to it.
"Scanning…" The Robo-kai said, analysing the device for a solid thirty seconds, "Scan complete. This device is NOT an official Yopple product."
"So it isn't a yokai watch?" Nate asked.
"Negative, analysis shows that this was indeed designed to fill the same functions as an official yokai watch. -_-" No-bot answered.
"So it's a bootleg?" Jibanyan wondered.
"What's a bootleg?" Damona questioned.
"It's something you by that's made to look like the official product, but is overall worse in quality," her fiance explained.
"Negative as well. o_o While indeed different, the inner-workings of this watch seem to be built in such a way that it will preform just as well, or even better than an official watch," No-bot said, almost sounding dumbfounded, "as strange as this may sound, this device might be a better alternative to a Yopple watch. O_o"
"We need to test it," Nate said taking off his yokai watch and replacing it with his grandfather's, "Jibanyan, step out of the room."
"On it!" the Nekomata said leaving the bedroom.
Once the cat yokai left the room, Nate took his yokai medal from his pocket ad said, "Come on out my friend, calling Jibanyan! Yokai medal, do your thing!"
He inserted it into the watch, the sound of gears locking into place was heard, thought apart from that, nothing seemed to have happened.
"What gives?" Damona said in an annoyed tone. No-bot floated over and turned the gear so that the engraved arrow was pointed at the printed 1.
"Oh? Summoning time!" the watch voice(which sounded different his time around) chimed, soon after, the medal began to glow as a lyricless version of the Charming tribe theme played. When it ended, No-bot turned the gearto the printed 2. Military trumpets played as the watch chimed, "Summoning Charming."
Pink runes quickly swirled around, a portal generating between them. From the portal, Jibanyan was launched into the air as if he were fired out of a canon!
"Jibany-AH!" The Nekomata said hitting his head on the ceiling and crashing to the floor, "Me.. ow."
"Guess this watch has some kick to it," Nate said in surprise.
"Ugh, nyew rule, only summon me outdoors or in a room with a high ceiling!" Jibanyan yelled in pain.
"Why didn't you just phase through the roof?" Damona asked in a deadpan tone.
Jibanyan paused, "... I forgot."
"Ok, so we know how the summoning works, thanks No-bot,"Nate said, the robo-kai bowed in response.
"Hey, what about m-" "Quiet, wimp!" Damona interrupted the cat.
"Now I wonder about the other fun- what happen to the medal?" Nate said, looking at Jibanyan's medal. For reasons unknown, it had shifted from silver to a metallic green. The picture had shrunk in order to make room for a section of the medal which had three holes in it.
"It changed?" his fiance shared his confusion.
"It would appear the medal has shifted to be better compatible with the watch. o_o" it was like No-bot was feeling genuine surprise, "fascinating."
"Well.. summoning is only half the watch's job," Nate said.
"Better test this next one in the field. Good news is, Yokai are a lot more active at night," Damona suggested, "No-bot?"
The Robo-kai nodded and its chest cavity opened revealing a projector. The projector detached from the machine and began to display a hologram of Nate sleeping.
"If I may, may I join you? I wish to catalog this watch's capabilities in order to improve future models, -_-" No-bot asked.
"Of course," Nate replied.
The group began to creep down the stairs and outside. The crisp, cold air made Nate thankful for his new hoodie. They began to walk down the block, when Nate swore he heard someone follow them, he turned seeing no one.
"You ok, Nyate?" jibanyan asked.
"Yeah, it's nothing," Nate answered and the group continued.
Unbeknownst to nate, Someone was following them.
The group made it to the park, seemed as good as any place to start. Nate flipped the red switch on his watch, which activated its light function, he found it weird that it had no lense. The group surveyed the area, looking for a yokai of any kind.
Nate's concentration was broken by the watch starting to jingle, as if it had a bell inside it. The Sound of a cracking branch soon followed. The boy turned to see it's origin, but was disappointed to see it was just a dog.
"Just a Toy Poodle," He sighed.
"It's not polite to raise your voice, young man," he heard a grown man's voice say.
At that everyone turned to the dog, who turned his head revealing a human face with black glasses. Nate and Jibanyan screamed upon seeing his unsettling appearance, meanwhile No-bot was unimpressed and Damona for some reason was all big-eyed.
"Oh, it's a yokai," Nate said, "um… hi, I'm Nate."
"Manjimutt," the human faced dog replied.
Manjimutt: E rank
Eerie
"Name describes his looks," Jibanyan sighed.
"I don't know, I think he's cute," Damona said, prompting everyone to stare at her, "What, I meant like a puppy or something."
The rest of her group continued to stare, but Manjimutt began to shed tears of joy.
"Finally! Someone who doesn't think of me as completely repulsive!" the strange yokai cheered, "i've waited for this day my entire afterlife!"
"Really?" Nate asked.
"Yes, tis a sad tale. You see when I was ali-" Manjimutt was interrupted by the sound of police sirens, " OH NO, NOT AGAIN!"
He took off running, chucking his medal at Nate, "CALL ME IN THREE DAYS IN CASE I GET ARRESTED!"
Nate caught the medal with a blank expression, everyone wondering what just happened.
"You know, I didn't use my watch on him,"he said to Damona.
"He must be visible to everyone," the princess sighed.
Once again, Nate heard walking behind him, only this time, the watch's bell rung again. He turned, seeing no one once again. Realization struck, "hey… the bell rung when Manjimutt was behind me…"
"You think it rings when Yokai are around?" Jibanyan asked. More footsteps were heard running passed them, though this time everyone noticed.
"Theres a yokai alright, and a fast one," Damona said looking around.
More running was heard behind them, Nate began shining the light, following the noise, but it seemed as if the hidden yokai was always a step ahead of it.
"Come out, come out wherever you are~," Damona said, keeping her eyes open, she saw something small run into her line of sight, "OVER THERE!"
Her fiance aimed the light in front of where she said. The yokai ran through and began glowing a bright yellow making it's form visible. For the most part it resembled a sandal, with a single eye, grass skirt and tiny legs. Its eye widened in surprise before the glow faded.
"There it is!" Nate exclaimed.
"I know that guy, he's Pittapat!" Damona declared.
Pittapat: E rank
Classic Mysterious
"He messes with people by walking behind them and hiding when they turn around!" the oni hybrid finished her thought.
"I'll get him!" Jibanyan exclaimed, leaping into action, fists ignited.
He swung at the classic yokai, but missed as it quickly ran to the side. He jumped for another attack but missed again, Pittapat seemed to taunt him.
In anger, Jibanyan began to swirl his aura, charging his soultimate. However, rather than his normal red aura, it was a bright golden as energy from Damona's and No-bot's auras began to fly into him, causing it to rapidly grow in size.
"Whats going on!?" Nate asked in a panic.
"I dunno, this has never happened before!" Damona felt as if she were going through the effort to charge her own aura. She noticed that Jibanyan wasn't the only thing glowing, so was Nate's watch, "what's up with your watch!"
Her fiance looked at the device, it had seemed he'd forgotten to take Jibanyan's medal from it, and now the coin was glowing the same as the nekomata's aura.
"PAWS OF FURY… MOXIE!" Jibanyan added the last part based off a feeling. He began to punch faster than he ever had, spreading a barrage of attacks so wide Pittapat could not escape. The classic yokai was hit roughly a hundred times in less than thirty seconds, his medal flying out of him just before he collapsed in pain, his body reduced to a soul.
The Medal rolled over to Nate as Jibanyan continued to punch, not the slightest sign of getting tired, or realising his opponent was already beaten.
"We're keeping that watch," Damona said in awe.
Nate picked up the medal and replied, "yep."