Here's a oneshot I was talking about-still in da same 'verse. Review responses!

Avabooks: Glad you think so!

Dia2007: thanks for telling me that you think it's great!

Nate was sitting in the lobby for the dentist, having just gotten his checkup done. Whisper was off in a 'political meeting' at Yo-kailifornia. Nate was reading Katie's column, and today she was talking about the transportation economy. If only she knew… he thought.

Japan is a bustling community and country of all different types of transportation. So it's obvious that companies would put a lot of time and effort into what they give us to drive and commune with. Of course, with cars nowadays being more eco-friendly, prices would be driven up the market, right? Yes. Well today…

Nate sighed happily. She wrote exactly like she did back when they were in primary school. A-plus neat. He turned the page.

Now, what I'm saying here isn't that this will ruin the financial position in Japan, no-

Ring Ring! Ring Rin-

Nate sighed, picking up the phone. "Yes?"

"Naaate~! How's life?" A cheery voice called. Nate sat up straighter. "L-lord Enma?" He panicked. "U-umm...what's up?"

Enma laughed. "I've got a job for you, Nate. In Downtown Springdale, A very important passenger waits. So yaa~! Can you be especially sure that this very important passenger makes it on? Thank you!" And with that, Nate's boss hung up.

Nate gulped. Enma used the words very important twice. Oh, God.

Walking out the door, Nate yelled, "Ghost Train! Summ-"

Oh wait. He paused. I can't summon it here. It's not a summon point.

The Ghost Train was designed to have several 'summon points' where a watch bearer could summon it by incanting the key words. The reason was because the yo-kai watch TPW (train pocket-watch) form was still in beta. Nate was able to organize one summon point-his home-but otherwise, the only summon points were the train stations.

Sighing, he changed his course of action. Pulling a medal out of his pocket, he tossed it in the air. "Come on out my friend, calling Mirapo!"

Taking his watch out by the chain, he swung it around rapidly, and caught the medal with it. "Yo-kai medal, Do your thing!"

Woo-woo!

Like steam from a train

We're airy

We're floaty

We're fluffy

We are….

MYSTERIOUS~!

Mirapo spun around. "Howzit, Nate?" He asked, tongue lolling. Nate looked down at him. "Hey, Mirapo? D'ya think you can teleport me to Downtown Springdale?"

"Sure thing, dude." Mirapo glowed brightly, sucking Nate in.

Nate appeared in front of Nomburger. Grumble grumble...complained his tummy. Nate didn't wait a second. Running into the fast food restaurant, he started daydreaming about all the Nogburgers he'd eat. All da Nomburgers! All da Nombur-

"Wahh!" He tripped on someone's foot.

"Nate? What're you doing here?" Katie asked. Nate stood up, suddenly nervous. "erm...I'm getting a Nomburger for lunch?" He offered.

Katie laughed. "Hah! So am I! Wanna eat together?" She responded, unaware of the significance to her statement. Nate blushed, then looked away. "S-sure-"

"Hey Nate! Hey Katie!" Bear walked in suddenly. Eddie was tailing him. "You gonna eat a Nomburger? Mind if we join?"

Bear was all dusty. But then again, he always was nowadays, because of his job as a construction worker. Eddie was uncharacteristically un-sleepy today, and Nate suspected he might be taking a break from work.

But that wasn't important. They were ruining his impromptu date! Nate glared at his two buddies-who had their backs to him.

And it gets worse, too! When they walked up, the Nomburger employee said knowingly, "Table for two, I'm guessing?" To which Katie corrected, "No, we have two friends-" She pointed to Bear and Eddie.

No! Nate screamed mentally.

The worker, who was smirking, deflated. "Oh-okay. What would you like to order?"

When the ordering was all said and done, The four friends were eating and talking leisurely. Nate was feeling better than before.

"So Katie, what brings you to Downtown Springdale?" Nate asked. Katie thought a bit, gathering her thoughts. "Um. I came down here because I needed to do a little research for work."

Nate nodded. "What about you two?" He asked Bear and Eddie. Eddie's happy mood soured. "Ugh. Some angry customer was demanding I come down here to fix her stupid computer."

Bear coughed. "I came down here because of the construction for the Springdale Sports Club. Eddie and I actually carpooled. So what about you, Nate?"

All eyes were on the Ghost Train conductor. Nate gulped, answering, "Work."

Oh shoot! That reminded him. Quickly he took out his watch in a panic. Enma texted him the time to pick up the very important passenger at 13:30-

"Oh crap!" 13:26. He panicked. Enma seemed like a nice guy, but he did get serious when he wasn't pleased. Quickly, Nate stuffed his face full of Nomburger. "Guys-mumph-I gotta-mumph-go! For work!" He sputtered out. He was about to get up when Katie grabbed his wrist.

"Hey, Nate." She said. Her tone was serious.

Nate gulped. "Yeah-?"

Eddie and Bear were staring at him intently as well. Is this some kind of an intervention? Nate's face drained of color.

"Sit down." She ordered. Nate obeyed. "Yes ma'am,"

"Nate, you're our friend." Katie told him. "I don't know what happened, but ever since we all got our jobs, you've kinda...drifted off. Standoffish, maybe."

Nate's eyes widened. "Umm...like how?"

Bear said gruffly, "Remember when we were young and we'd play soccer?"

Nate stared. "Umm...yeah?"

"I'm not saying you should like, um, play soccer with us or anything, but the old you would've said yes at the first chance to play with us. Now it's like we're losing our friend, y'know?"

Eddie chimed in. "And, the three of us talked-"

So it is an intervention! Nate was betrayed.

"And we thought, what if we called you that one word, average, one to many times? We always meant it as a joke, but-"

"No, Eddie." Nate stopped him. Meanwhile, he was remembering

"It's just like you." Katie said, pointing at the bug. "So..average."

"I got a 95!" Eddie exclaimed happily. "I got...a 40." Bear moped. Nate stared at his test. "I got a...72?" He offered weakly. "That's kind of average." Bear and Eddie shook their heads.

"Ooh! That player's amazing!" chimed in a girl, watching the soccer game. Her friend pointed. "That one's terrible." "Ooh! Look! That one scored!" said a third. "Meh, it was kinda...average." someone remarked. Nate stared, having just kicked the ball at the soccer field.

"Well, Nate, your painting's not really bad-it's just average." Mr. Johnson shrugged. "I'll still give a good grade."

"That kid's dreams are so average, I'd never eat them." Baku deadpanned.

"Average." the school said.

"Average." his yo-kai friends said.

"Average." The world said.

Nate gasped. "I-I hate that word. I hated it ever since we went bug-hunting."

He earned blank stares. "When?" Katie asked. Nate rolled his eyes.

"It doesn't matter. But-maybe it will help if, one day, I'll explain everything. But-" He checked his watch. 13:29. "Agh! I gotta go!" Nate scrambled. "Seriously, guys, my boss will have my head if I don't go!" And with that, he ran out.

Nobody cared if he dined and dashed.

When he got to Springdale central station, he huffed and puffed. "I'm h-here." He offered.

"Hello, Nate." came a prideful voice.

"Whi-Whisper?!" Nate was furious. "You're the very important passenger?"

Whisper, who was in a suit, tightened his tie. "Hmm-hmm! Glad you think so! I just moved up in the job ladder, so I'm very important-"

"NOBODY CARES!" Nate brought out his paper fan and slapped him. "Just get on the train!"

30 minutes later, Pandanoko was still waiting. He's been waiting for an hour, along with the rest of the NyextHarMEOWny crew.

Finished. I feel very good about how this turned out. R&R, por favor. DFTBA.