Chapter 5 - Sorry

Anais admitted that maybe she did overreact a bit too much at Whisper's earlier, but she brushed it off and decided to go to the dance…alone. The only way she could get in was to volunteer to be a chaperone, so she had to dress nicely in her human form in some hot pink dress clothes and dress shoes.

But with all the happy and dancing kids, and the awesome up-beat music, Anais just couldn't get happy, not after the way she treated Whisper. Sure, he was just being stupid because most guys are when they're bitten by the love bug, but could he help it? No.

Anais really did feel bad, and she actually wished she could apologize…but she knew he'd NEVER come near her again after what she told him.

What have I done? Anais yelled in her head, and she nearly started crying, so she sat alone at one of the tables, and she buried her head in her arms.

But little did poor Anais know that she wasn't going to spend the whole night alone by herself, for Nate, Whisper, and Jibanyan had all attended the party too. Nate was wearing black dress clothes, Whisper wore nothing but a little black bow-tie on his chest, and Jibanyan…wore nothing, as always. Oh, well.

Besides, the cat Yo-Kai was too busy stuffing his face with the chocolate bars at the buffet table, and Nate was busy looking for Katie when…

"Hey, Nate!"

"Katie?" Nate called with happiness when he saw Katie, who was wearing a short and bright pink dress.

"Hi! It's so good to see you here! I honestly didn't think you'd come!" Katie shouted over the music.

"Are you kidding? Of course I'd come!"

"Yes, well, while you handle YOU'RE love life, Nate—I have to take care of mine," Whisper muttered and flew off, leaving Nate with his crush.

What was Whisper's plan? Well, he could use the party to his advantage because as event at the party was karaoke, so all he had to do was serenade Anais with a little bit of music…and yes, he was well aware that Anais showed up at the party.

So, the butler Yo-Kai flew up to the DJ's turn table, and he started flipping through the playlist on the DJ's computer.

Soon, Whisper found the perfect song, but as he adjusted a microphone headset over his nonexistent ears, he suddenly realized he was going to need help.

"You want me to what?" Jibanyan asked with a mouth full of chocolate.

"I need you to be my back-up singer," Whisper replied, as he grabbed out a second headset for Jibanyan, but the cat Yo-Kai didn't take it.

"What's in it for me?"

"I'll let you eat ANY Choco Bars I get for a year."

"Deal!"

With that, Jibanyan immediately swiped the headset from Whisper, and he put it on over his ears.

Soon, everyone perked up and smiled when they heard Justin Bieber's "Sorry" suddenly started playing, and can you guess who was singing the lyrics? Why, it was Whisper, of course, as Jibanyan was singing back-up!

Surprisingly, Whisper wasn't a bad singer; he wasn't as good as Justin, and neither was Jibanyan, but the two managed to harmonize pretty well.

And as the music echoed throughout the school's gymnasium, Anais couldn't help but look up…because she could've sworn she's heard that voice before.

But when Anais stood up and walked up to the stage, she certainly NEVER expected to see Whisper, OR that he would be the one singing.

"Ooh, I LOVE this song! C'mon, Nate! Let's dance!" Katie squealed with delight, and she suddenly pulled Nate out onto the dance floor without warning.

But as everyone danced or even tried to sing along, Anais couldn't help but smile at Whisper, as she knew he would only sing this to apologize—hence the lyrics.

And the entire time Whisper sang, the butler Yo-Kai only smiled back at his crush. But Jibanyan also noticed that the two were slowly approaching each other, so to speed it up, he pounced up and shoved Whisper, causing something rather unexpected to happen next.

Whisper never thought Jibanyan would push him, and when he couldn't stop himself from flying forward, he only ended up colliding into Anais…as their lips accidentally crashed into each other as well.

As Whisper and Anais stood absolutely still and stared into each others' wide eyes, the song was still playing, but everyone was too busy dancing to notice that the singing had stopped. Even Jibanyan had stopped singing, but he just stood there with a grin over a job well done.

The REAL miracle was that no one noticed what was happening(since Yo-Kai are invisible to humans), and when the sudden kiss between them caused Anais to lose all focus, she transformed back into her Yo-Kai form, which finally caused the kiss to end.

Whisper and Jibanyan waited with anticipation, as they waited for the pink dust cloud engulfing Anais to disappear. When it was finally gone, Anais' true Yo-Kai form was revealed.

Anais was a Siberian Husky dog-based Yo-Kai with hot pink fur and a white underbelly; she was about Whisper's size with a more fit and slim figure, and her curly husky tail was just as big and fluffy as her.

Anais just floated there in front of Whisper for a long and awkward moment, but she smiled softly at him.

"Well, this is me—and now you know," Anais began sheepishly with a soft smile and blushed, but then she frowned, and her ears drooped sadly, "and now you think I'm ugly, don't you? I'm just some Technicolor mutt."

With that, Anais flew out of the building, but Whisper wasn't going to let her get away again.

"Anais! No! Wait!" the butler Yo-Kai called as he took off after Anais after throwing away his headset, and Jibanyan just stayed behind so that he could get back to the Choco Bars.

Meanwhile, Whisper had chased Anais all the way out of the building, but he somehow lost sight of her. But after frantically looking around for a few moments, he soon found her lying under a tree near the playground.

So, Whisper slowly and quietly approached her, and he sat down next to her, but she remained quiet, as she rested her sulking head atop her front paws.

"You know what the difference between you and I is, Whisper?" Anais asked softly, breaking the silence.

"Um…" was all Whisper could say.

"You actually KNOW what you're meant for; you're Nate's faithful butler and friend…but me? I don't know what I'm meant for. Why do you think I'm always a human?"

…

"You were a human because you didn't know what to do about being a first-time Yo-Kai," Whisper gently pointed out, and Anais nodded.

"I don't know what I can do, I don't know my Yo-Kai name…I just…" Anais tried to explain, but she eventually sighed when she knew she made her point…that she seemed pointless.

"Anais, to tell you the truth, NO ONE ever knows what to do when they first become a Yo-Kai—and that included me."

"You didn't know what to do either? Well, then what DID you do?" Anais questioned with wonder, as she sat up and finally looked at Whisper.

"I didn't get to figure out anything. Right after I became a Yo-Kai, I was accidentally locked away with the other bad Yo-Kai by a monk for almost two hundred years. Nate was the one who freed me, and that's why I'm his butler. I owe him my life."

"So…you STILL didn't get to discover your true potential?"

"Nope. I don't even have my own Yo-Kai medal."

"Well…then I guess we're BOTH still trying to discover who we are, huh?" Anais figured with a smile, as she pulled Whisper in for a hug.

"Whisper, listen, I'm really sorry about the way I yelled at you the other day. I just overreacted."

"Well, I'm sorry too. I shouldn't have asked Baku to invade your privacy."

"Apology accepted."

"I forgive you too, but, um…Anais…w-what did you think when I…u-um…?"

"When you kissed me? It's ok. I saw Jibanyan push you, so it's not your fault…not that I didn't like it."

"W-what? Y-you mean you…l-liked it?" Whisper stuttered in bewilderment.

"Well, yeah…" Anais replied sheepishly, and she blushed when she realized how close together their faces were.

But before they could decrease the space between them anymore, the two suddenly felt a sharp pinching in the back of their necks…and their eyes soon rolled back into their heads, as they unwillingly blacked out.

Ah, some more light has been shed. We now know Anais' Yo-Kai form, and she forgives Whisper. But one question remains: What will happen to them now?

Stick around for the next and final chapter, and you shall find out!

Until the next chapter, I'm TRikiD, bye-bye!