Chapter 3: yokai Dismarelda /yokai watch
"Katie, I regret to inform you, but I'm afraid if we keep searching, we'll be as lost as your friend, and it's almost sundown," Whisper said after hours of fruitless searching.
The girl next to him sighed in defeat, "yeah, I guess you're right."
The two headed down the mountain, then proceeded until they reached Katie's house.
"I'm home," she announced as she took her boots off, but she then heard yelling in the other room. She slowly opened the dining room and saw her parents fighting, though they were yelling too much to make out the reason.
"Oh no, their fighting," Katie said.
"Hm?" whisper said before taking a look at the room, "Ah, yes it is definitely her."
"What, you've met my mom?" Katie asked.
"What, no, not her, her-," whisper paused mid-sentence, "Oh, wait, that's right you can't see her, well not without this."
Whisper pulled out a pink and white pocket watch, complete with a strap, and emblazoned with heart patterns.
"What is that?" Katie asked.
"The yokai watch," Whisper started, "by far the most important invention in history, it allows any human whos wheres it the ability to see the invisible spirits all around you, it also doubles as an MP3 player."
Katie put the watch around her neck, the pressed a button, the lens of the watch flipped up and a light began showing from it.
"Now, shine the light at your parents," Whisper said.
Katie complied, the light landed on the fighting couple, but behind them, something began taking shape. After a few seconds, the shape became a purple, goo-like creature with a sad expression.
"What in the world is that thing?" Katie asked.
"Dismarelda," Whisper replied.
Dimarelda: D rank
Eerie.
"...she is a yokai that makes everyone around her have a notoriously bad mood swing, she's known for causing fights, random spurs of sadness, and anything else negative," Whisper continued, "worst case scenario, your parents never stop fighting."
"What?! how do we get her to stop?" Katie asked shocked.
"Negotiation or confrontation," Whisper said.
"Well, then go talk to her," Katie replied.
"Yes, ma'am, I will resolve this issue Quickly and gracefully," the butler said floating away, "hey you! Can you get your big, slimy butt out of this house, no one wants you here!"
Dismarelda began to cry.
"Welp, that backfired," Whisper shrugged.
"Ya think!" Katie scolded him.
"Well, unless you want me to try my hand in combat, we're out of options," Whisper said.
"Oh, no, I'm dealing with this," Katie said walking toward the large spirit, "hey, sorry about him, I'm Katie, pardon me for asking, but why are you making my parents fight?"
"Well, I didn't mean to, I just don't have anywhere else to go, No filter," she sighed, "ya see, I had a fight with my husband, and in the heat of the moment, I stormed off."
"So, yokai have silly disputes to?" Katie thought, "well, Dismarelda, you can't just stay here inspiriting my family, you'd be causing the same thing that happened to you to happen to us."
"Sorry, I didn't mean to be a downer, but even if I knew where he was, he doesn't love me anymore," Dismarelda said.
"Oh, yes I do," a French voice said.
"Look who I found," Whisper said as a yellow puffy cloud-like ghost came through the door.
"Oh, Dis baby, I'm so sorry we had to fight," the yokai said.
"That's her husband?" Katie asked. Whisper nodded, "that is Happierre…"
Happierre: C rank
Heartful.
"...Dismarelda is married to Happierre, who brightens up every mood around him, the two cancel each other out," Whisper finished. The two yokai made up and said their farewells, after that, it was a relatively peaceful night, at least on Katie's end.
Later back with Nate, his new fiancee was definitely being a bad influence.
"Remind me why we are sneaking out in the middle of the night!" Nate said as quietly as he could.
Damona just snickered, "duh, because we only can do this at night."
"When my parents find out I'm dead!" Nate whispered as he slipped out the door.
"They ain't gonna find out, and if they do I can just wipe their memories," the yokai girl said, "now chop-chop, it's almost midnight!"
"What's so important about midnight, anyway?" Nate asked as he took off after Damona.
"You'll see, now where's that train station?" the half-oni said. The two proceeded until they reached spring station in blossom heights.
"Now what?" Nate asked out of breath.
Damona's eyes were glued to the clock, it was a minute to midnight. She floated over to the tracks then motioned for Nate to follow. The clock struck twelve, then Nate her a train horn. After a second, a light began showing, seconds later a train came into sight. Then, the red and black bullet train, with an oni-like-face on it's front, the eye being a literal spot light, pulled into the station.
"What is that?" Nate asked.
"The Midnight Hexpress," Damona smirked, "our ticket to the yokai world."
Damona flew into the train, Nate running in after her. The inside of the train filled with strange creatures, all presumably yokai. The door closed and the train took off at lightning speed, though Nate didn't even notice. The train increased speed, then again, and again. Then train blasted through the barrier between dimensions, it first past through terror time, then mystery way, then the infinite inferno, and finally pulled into the yokai world, it's speed decreased to normal, and slowed to a stop in the New Yokai City station.
"Welcome to the yokai world, honey," Damona said as the two exited the train, "now let's see where we can get some marbles."
"Marbles?" Nate said confused, then immediately thought, "I think you lost yours."
The two walked(well Damona floated) through the bustling city, there were hundreds of yokai. At some point, she pulled a yokai from the street.
"Hey, you know where we can get some mysterious marbles?" She asked the yokai.
"Wh-why do you need one of those?" the yokai asked, which Damona responded by pointing at Nate, the yokai studdered, "why not just get him a yokai watch?"
"A yokai what?" Damona asked.
"Yokai watch, it lets human's see yokai," the yokai answered.
"Oh… where can we find one?" she pressed.
"The Yopple store on Fifth, but better hurry, they just launched and are going fast!" the yokai said. Damona released him.
"Come on hon, we gotta high-tail it," Damona said taking off, Nate running after, "Yopple store, Yopple store, ah! There it is!"
The two ran up to a white building with a sign saying its name. The two entered and saw a large number of tech devices. Nate went up to the counter while something distracted Damona.
"Can I help you, sir? :)" a voice behind the counter said, Nate looked and saw a small rectangular shaped robot with a gray and blue color scheme, "I am Yopple-bot! Is there anything I can assist you with sir? :)"
"Uh, yes, I'm here to get a, oh what was it, Yokai watch right?" Nate said.
"Of course, Sir, I have one left in white! :D" Yopple-bot said pulling out a white wrist watch, with a cyan lense, "you're in luck Sir, this is the last one! :D, will that be all?"
"Yes, please, how much?" Nate asked.
"Twenty Yo-dollars. :)" Yopple-bot said.
Damona flew over holding several shopping bags, "I got the money."
"Couldn't resist a shopping spree could ya?" Nate asked.
"Shut up, it's my money," Damona responded paying for the watch.
Later back at Nate's house, he was trying on his new watch, while Damona was unboxing the various things she bought, which included a black and purple YokaI-pad, a black and purple cover for the watch,(she knew what she liked), some accessories for both, and a freaking robot.
"You actually bought a Yopple-bot?" Nate asked.
"I was honestly surprised they were for sale, too bad the didn't have it in black, but dark grey will do," she responded. Nate took out the owner's manual for the watch, it seemed simple and straight forward enough, but then he saw a feature that caught his interest.
"Hey Damona, can you leave the room for a minute?" he asked.
"Why?" Damona said as she opened another package.
"Just do it, I want to try something," Nate said.
"OK, weirdo," Damona said leaving the room. Nate took out her medal and inserted it into the watch, a voice yelled, "Summoning… Charming! Alarming, Boom boom, wala wala, dance dance, Charming!"
"Damona?" she said confused as she suddenly appeared in front of him, "how'd you do that?"
"It's a feature of the watch, I can use medals to summon any yokai at any time," Nate said.
"Well, looks like it's bye-bye to privacy," Damona sighed.