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Today was Saturday. Nate was always in a good mood on Saturday, because on Sunday, he had the day off. He and Jibanyan were going to hang out at the amusement park, and then they were gonna go to Blizzaria's snack bar at night, where she was known as Ms. Frost.
"Nate! Nate! We have a problem!" Hailey called. Nate groaned.
He was good friends with Hailey Anne, who was the other engineer, and the other one who had a yo-kai watch, but…
...she was annoying. Nate hated her sometimes. Her problem was probably a stuck lever, or a misplaced coal bag, or a broken pen. How high-maintenance can you get?
Nate sighed. He had to tolerate her, because she had found a boyfriend in his boss, Enma. Sigh. Nate ran to find her on the train. "What is it, Hailey?" He called tiredly.
"Jibanyan needs something from you!" She said happily, pushing up her glasses. Nate was intrigued. "What?" And Hailey moved out of the side to reveal a fidgety Jibanyan. He looked exhausted, like he hadn't slept all night. Nate ran to catch him from falling. "Jibanyan? Jibanyan! Speak to me!" Nate looked around in a panic, and chased out to the caboose, were he hung out.
Bursting on the door, Nate placed Jibanyan on the bed. Sweating, he asked, "Dude! What's wrong?"
Jibanyan groaned. "Couldn't...sleep…"
Nate panicked. "Wh-where's your emergency choco-bars?"
"P-pocket…" He coughed. Nate acted instantaneously, ripping out a single choco-bar from the cat's yellow belt. He unwrapped it and fed it to the cat.
The effect was pathetically instantaneous. Jibanyan sat up vertically, eyeing the choc-bar hungrily. He ripped it out of Nate's hands, and started munching on it ever so greedily. Nate rolled his eyes.
"So, what do you need? Or are we done here?" Nate looked at the door.
"Oh-munch-nyo-! I-munch-really need-munch-your help-!'" Jibanyan waved his smudged paws frantically.
Nate wasn't convinced. Jibanyan breathed in. "I-I'm…."
He paused. Nate gestured for him to continue. Jibanyan took another bite of his bar. "I-I'm proposing to Blizzaria." He said.
Nate stared. Proposing what? And then his face paled. "Oh-oh...Oh!" He looked at him. "W-when?"
"Tomorrow at the bar. I-I'll pop the question in human form." He shook lightly. Nate smiled-but then he frowned. "But then...why'd you ask me?" He asked. Jibanyan was quiet.
"Ny-Nyate...Your my best friend! A-and...really...I guess I didn't have any more options." He looked away. Nate sighed. Last resort? Really?
"N-Nyate...I really love Blizzaria." Jibanyan sighed. Nate chuckled. "Mmm. Okay. So you're going to propose to her. And?"
Jibanyan huffed. "What if she says no?" There it was. Doubt.
Nate put his hands on Jibanyan's shoulders. " How much do you love Blizzaria? How much do you care for her?" He asked.
Jibanyan's eyes widened. "Uh-umm...I would fight trucks for her!" He said proudly. Nate laughed. "Okay then. Then you love her. And-" He paused, holding up his finger, "-I know she loves you. So what do you have to worry about?"
Jibanyan was shocked. Nate was a little like this when he was younger. Being so wise when it came to other people's problems. But as the years went on, he seemed to become even more wise.
"Oh Nyate!" Jibanyan hugged the watch-bearer. "Nyate, when did you learn so much about love? It's nyaot like you've made any progress with Katie." He laughed.
Nate snorted. "Yeah, well, I'm still in love with her. I know it was just a crush when we were in elementary school, but when I kept defending Katie over and over again, like when she gets inspirited by yo-kai, I started to fall in love. She's been a really good friend throughout the years, and she might always be a friend, but I'll still love her. So that's why I asked you if you'll always have Blizzaria's back, and why I assured you she'll always have yours. It was to prove to you that you don't have anything to worry about. So marry that yo-kai, okay?"
By this point both men were in tears, and hugging it out like the sentimental buffoons they were.
Of course they had to stop, because...
"NATE! WE HAVE A PROBLEM!" Hailey's voice called. Nate growled.
15 months later…
The wedding was amazing. Nate found that it was great because it was on a Saturday(again)-meaning that he could take the whole day off for the wedding and have an unproductive Sunday to look forward to-and Blizzaria did a great job at setting it up. Jibanyan tried to help too, but he couldn't keep up with his fiancee.
Nate was about to start to give his best man speech. It was funny, because he was the only human, save Hailey, there.
"Let me just start out by saying congrats to you two. Um...Congrats on getting married." Laughs.
"No! I'm serious! You two are destined to be together! And well it happened, so...there's that."
"Blizzaria, I would like to say thank you." He looked at the Yo-kai, who was in a wedding dress-different from her usual attire. She smiled warmly.
"Thanks for marrying Jibanyan, because honestly, he deserves someone like you. He loves you-you already knew that-and you love him. But what's so special about that cat?" He looked at Jibanyan. Everyone laughed loudly. Jibanyan glared.
"Let me go down the list. The first time I met him, he was fruitlessly trying to battle trucks for his previous owner. The key word here is fruitlessly.
"So then, later, he moves in to my house, demanding me and Whisper to play house for him. How does he repay us? By getting me in trouble for all of the choco-bars he's taken.
"Oh yeah, and Blizzaria? You probably don't know this, but Jibanyan had a huge NyextharMEOWny phase."More laughs Jibanyan was positively glowing like a volcano.
"And then Tomnyan came along, with all his gosh-darn Americanness, and Jibanyan hated him on the spot for some reason.
"So then I have to go back and ask, what do you love about him? Let me go down the list:
"When I first met him, he was fruitlessly fighting trucks for his previous owner. For his owner. That's love-and he shows that to you now, Blizzaria.
"And-as much as he was an annoyance at my home, (a pest, some people would say) he was really cool to have around. We're buds through-and-through.
"I have to admit, I would summon him a lot-"
"Nyo kidding!" Jibanyan yelled. He seemed a bit happier, now.
"-But only because he was my strongest friend. He fights trucks, y'know.
"My point is that Jibanyan has a lot of pluses and minuses as a person, Blizz. We all do. I want to say thank you for loving him, marrying him, and putting up with his minuses. So, thank you."
Silence. Nate sweated. Did I insult Jibanyan a bit too much?
"Woo-hoo!" Tomnyan yelled. He stood up, clapping his yellow paws together. Soon everyone was cheering and clapping and crying. Nate sat down.
After all that, Blizzaria walked up to Nate. "That was a pretty good speech." She clapped him on the back. Nate smiled sheepishly.
Blizzaria laughed. "I already knew about his NyextharMEOWny phase, Nate-san. But I loved your speech. It was so sweet." She smiled. "Jibanyan has faults, definitely, but I love him, and that's what you said. That's what I liked about it."
And then her eyes glinted mischievously. "Now...all that's left is for Jibanyan to give that same speech to Katie." She laughed at his horrified expression.
Ugh. I had no idea about how to make Blizzaria show her thanks to his speech. So that part's a little messed up. R&R!
