[tri OOM] Odaibananigans with Barry and Cisco

[angry_friendship_wolf]

When Yamato opens the door to the safehouse and ushers Barry and Cisco through, it's not as busy as it usually is, but there are still a few people milling around the main room of the apartment.

Sora and Jyou are both at the kitchen table, Sora carefully working on a flower arrangement while Jyou reads through a medical textbook and scribbles notes. Nearby, on the couch, with a laptop resting on his knees, is a boy who looks almost identical to Yamato, minus a few years and with much more boyish features.

Yamato carefully shuts the door behind them. "Welcome to Chez Chosen, I guess," he says, crossing to the kitchen table to pick up his digivice and clip it to his belt.

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[run_barry]

"I did consider that one briefly," Barry says, just managing not to roll his eyes, not certain if Yamato put his brother up to it, or if they just have similar taste in names.

Asked what they want to see, Barry and Cisco answer simultaneously.

"Mall." "Games."

Barry looks sheepish and says, "I'm down with whatever, but I think it'd be cool to checkout the mall."

[makes_the_toys]

"Like your wardrobe isn't big enough already," Cisco scoffs. "Games. I want to see if the legends are true."

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"Congrats on being the first superhero in this world, anyway," Takeru says sunnily. "If you end up having to stop a bank robbery, we'll make sure the media knows what to call you."

"The island's pretty small, we can do both," Yamato says with a laugh. "Head south-east to the arcade, then north-east from there to the mall and expanding Barry's wardrobe."

[run_barry]

Barry gives a laugh to that and nods at Takeru, "Thanks, I appreciate it. We're just here to hangout though, hopefully nothing comes up."

Giving Yamato's plan a thumbs-up, Barry agrees easily.

"Sure, sounds great to me."

[makes_the_toys]

"Welp, Barry just jinxed us," Cisco declares, "so yeah, let's definitely do my thing first before something explodes or there's an invasion."

[angry_friendship_wolf]

The front door opens right on cue, and Taichi -- dark-haired, tanned, a few inches shorter than Yamato if you don't count the mane of hair, with slightly narrow and angular pupils that almost resemble a lizard's -- ambles in, dropping off a bag of groceries next to Sora and Jyou.

He crosses over to them in a few long strides, giving Yamato a rough hair-ruffle as he passes, and stopping in front of Barry and Cisco.

"Hey," he says, brightly. "Barry-san and Cisco-san, right?"

"This is Taichi," Yamato says, a little gruffly.

[run_barry]

Turning to face Taichi as he walks over, Barry offers his hand and a smile.

"Hey, what's up?" Barry greets, nodding to his name.

[makes_the_toys]

"Yooo!" Cisco greets the man. "Cool to meet the legendary Taichi."

[angry_friendship_wolf]

Taichi shakes Barry's hand, flashing a cheerful, if slightly bashful grin.

"I wouldn't call myself legendary. Not unless Yama's been bigging me up."

"Please," Yamato replies. "I've complained about you and called you an idiot, and that's it. Don't start getting an inflated ego just because these two are being nice."

[makes_the_toys]

"Oh, Yama gushes about you all the time," Cisco replies with a grin.

He is fully ready to duck behind Barry for protection if Yamato reacts.

[run_barry]

"We've heard a bit about you," Barry says diplomatically. "Congrats on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs thing, that's awesome."

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"I don't -- I've never gushed," Yamato protests, turning bright red. "I don't gush. About anyone."

"Aw, you're so sweet, Yama," Taichi starts, sing-song, settling his chin on Yamato's shoulder. Yamato shoves him away, one hand on his forehead. To Barry, Taichi adds: "Yeah, it's going to be good. I'll need to brush up on my English, though."

[makes_the_toys]

Cisco dissolves into snickering, throwing Taichi a, 'Thank you for making this better' look.

[run_barry]

Barry just rolls his eyes and laughs, then gives Taichi a nod.

"Sounds like a cool opportunity. Good luck with it."

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"You two are the worst," Yamato says to Cisco and Taichi, adding to the latter: "You especially. You're demoted from being my rival, I'm going to make Barry my rival instead."

"Yamaaaa~," Taichi whines, trying to drop his chin onto Yamato's shoulder, only to get shoved away from him. To Barry, he says: "Yeah, it'll be good. Leaving Tokyo is going to be weird, but I'll be back for Christmas. Maybe I can get Yama to give me a tour of his fancy military academy."

"Don't hold your breath," Yamato mutters.

[makes_the_toys]

Cisco waves off Yamato's declaration.

"You love us and you know it."

[run_barry]

"I'm good," Barry says, declining the chance to be Yamato's new rival.

"It'll be different, but I'm sure it'll be really cool, too," he says to Taichi, then drops his voice a little and gives a not so surreptitious nod towards Yamato. "And you know this guy is going to miss you."

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"Don't encourage him," Yamato says to Barry, shaking his head. "You're all as bad as each other. Let's go, island's not going to see itself."

He busies himself with pulling on his coat, grabbing Taichi's coat and tossing it so that it drapes artfully over the other boy's head.

"He'll be way too busy to miss me," Taichi laughs, ducking his head and pulling the coat on. "I'll end up coming back and he'll have to ask who I even am."

[run_barry]

"I'm not encouraging anything," Barry denies, amused by Yamato.

"Alright, let's go Mr. Tour Guide."

[makes_the_toys]

"Yes, let's go. The city awaits!" Cisco declares.

[angry_friendship_wolf]

Yamato leads them out of the safehouse, itself really just a small apartment in a large apartment block, and leads them downstairs, until they eventually emerge from the front gate.

The scent of sea air is strong here, and they're close enough to the edge of the island that it can be seen, not so much a coast as a straight, steep drop-off of a few feet, with a railing around the edge.

It's not a long walk at all to get into the entertainment district, barely a few minutes, at which point the streets become much busier and the buildings much denser. There's plenty of tourists meandering about, and a significant presence of men in gaudy business suits with tattoos just visible over the collar, a few of whom wave and give cheerful greetings of 'Ishi-chan' or 'Ishida-kun,' and a few yells of 'Yagami-kun.'

"Arcade's not far," Yamato remarks to the Barry and Cisco, Taichi giving a quick nod of agreement.

[run_barry]

Barry follows, looking around as they leave the complex and make it out onto the street.

"Wow, different view than Central City," Barry remarks, looking out over the water.

Also a lot more crowded, though Barry navigates it easily enough; sticking close to Yamato and Taichi, with an eye on Cisco to make sure he keeps up.

"You guys are popular," Barry notes to the calls that come their way.

[makes_the_toys]

Once they're walking Cisco immediately pulls out his phone and starts taking pics. He snaps a few of the sea and the city, and takes some of the other three from the side and the back of their heads as he trails behind.

"Great, I'm excited to see what sort of gaming experience you guys offer here," Cisco notes when Yamato announces that they're close.

"This also might be the only chance I'll ever have to kick Yamato's ass in a fight."

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"We're -- not that popular, it's just a small island, everyone who lives and works here knows each other. Most of the islanders know we're the Chosen," Yamato says, a little awkwardly.

Taichi snorts. "Some of us are popular. The Kidos are the only doctors here, so everyone loves Jyou. And some people love a grumpy puppy," he says. "All the yakuza families on the island adore Yama, have done since he was a kid. Every time we need to negotiate with Old Man Hakuho, he goes in person."

"Shut up," Yamato replies dryly, rolling his eyes.

Taichi snickers, slinging an arm around Cisco's shoulders. "You've got this, Cisco. Yamato never goes to the arcade, you can beat him on thumb speed."

[run_barry]

Barry looks over at Yamato, studying him very thoughtfully for a moment, before nodding at Taichi.

"He is a grumpy puppy, isn't he?"