Yo-kai Watch 2: The Yo-kai War (Book 2 of the Rewrite Series)

Chapter 2: Donuts and Medals

The afternoon came faster than Nate and Katie expected as they were now walking around with their parents and their Yo-kai compainions doing some shopping. There wasn't a lot of Yo-kai hi-jinx happening on their shopping trip and for the whole trip, it felt strangely normal, even with their Yo-kai companions traveling with them. Nate and Katie got what they wanted, making mental notes to buy their Yo-kai companions some gifts later, their mothers got what they wanted, they went to a few other stores, and ate lunch at a nice cafe, even if they had to get creative with sharing their meal with their Yo-kai companions so that they could have a taste without their parents noticing.

We've had a nice shopping trip and nothing went wrong so far...but knowing our recent luck, something's going to happen.

It wasn't until they were heading home and their fathers wanted to head to the grand opening of the donut shops that had just come to Flower Road that things started to become weird, and considering what Nate and Katie went through recently, that's saying something.

"And if we turn this corner, we'll be right there."

There was a crowd in front of two donut shops, which were right next to each other, which was a little weird, but still not surprising. Of course, there was some fighting over whether Spirit Donuts or Soul Donuts tasted better.

Okay, a rivialry between businesses. Not a very surprising thing and why are our parents joining the fighting?

To their shock and embarrassment, both of their parents were now fighting over which donut was better after eating the free donut samples from both Spirit and Soul. Nate and Katie did also eat the samples, but they couldn't see what the big deal was. Sure, the Spirit donuts had cream filling and the Soul donuts had custard filling, but they both tasted very similiar. Of course, they weren't going to tell these people that, especially their parents. They slowly stepped away from the crowd, trying to distance themselves as best as possible from the craziness.

"So, Whisper?"

"Yes?"

"Was this the work of a Yo-kai or are we humans just that crazy?"

Before Whisper could say anything, Nate and Katie turned to see Lucas standing nearby, holding a box and eating from it.

"Hey, Lucas. Did you get wrapped up in the craziness of the Spirit and Soul donuts too?"

Lucas looked up and said,

"Actually, these are from a shop in the Yo-kai Realm called Specter Donuts. From what I know, they're aware of the Spirit and Soul Donuts rivalry and they're trying to put an end to it since that rivarly has been happening for decades apparently. Care for one?"

Lucas offered the box to Nate and Katie and they looked in the box to see that the Specter donuts looked similar to the Spirit and Soul donuts, but it was more golden, the frosting looked like it was vanilla instead of chocolate, and it had a golden Yo-kai Watch symbol with a smaller symbol that looked like the Yo-kai spirit symbol colored gray inside the Yo-kai Watch symbol, on top of it. They took a donut and bit down on it, their eyes lighting up at the taste.

"What's in these? These are really good!"

Admittedly, they taste like a lighter version of both the Spirit and Soul donuts, but the Specter donuts are just so delicious!

Lucas had to think back to when he bought the donuts and he finally said,

"From what the shopkeeper told me, the filling is supposed to be mousse."

An idea appeared in Nate's head as he asked,

"Hey, Lucas? Are you free for the rest of the afternoon?"