where the winds blow strong {wind breaker}

opposite ~ togame

After the one-on-one brawl with Furin, Tomiyama Chouji and Togame Jo began to look to the future with bright eyes. After making amends with Shishitoren, everyone began to gradually loosen up again. One day, when the weather is good and clear again, Tomiyama gets a buzz from his phone. His face lights up and he hurries over to Togame who was eating and drinking with the rest of their gang.

"Kame-chan!" He called out with a wave.

"Chouji? What is it?"

The short boy skids to a halt right in front of his best friend, his bright smile remaining. "Would it be ok if my cousin comes to visit us?"

"..Cousin?"

This seemed to grab the others' attention. Some had begun to whisper amongst themselves as quietly as possible. For as long as they've known their leader, he's never once mentioned any relatives. It had never been a topic to bring up in the first place so this was new to everyone. But seeing as how Tomiyama seems delighted by the news, his cousin must be a trustworthy person.

"Must be someone strong if they're related to Tomiyama-san."

"If it turns out to be a crazy strong guy, maybe we can even ask to duke it out with them."

"Are you insane?"

"Don't be stupid, you can't just go pick a fight with our leader's cousin."

"Yeah, and if they're really strong, you won't live to see the next day."

Tomiyama can't help but be amused. Despite the incredibly low whispers, which he and Togame could clearly pick up, it went without saying that Tomiyama still had it in him to terrify his members with just one gaze. Despite his smile, his eyes announced to everyone to exercise caution. Behave.

***

Although the planned time to get there was at noon, you got lost trying to look for Shishitoren's base. It'd been a long time since you last saw your cousin and you were somewhat nervous. You haven't heard from each other in a while, mainly because you've been busy doing shit way out of town. You lived a ways away but you decided that you might move into Makochi town in hopes of reconnecting with dear old Chouji.

The last time you saw him was some time around middle school but you didn't have to worry about him back then because he had friends. He was never alone and he was in good hands. Not that you actually ever encountered his friends but you remember Chouji telling you about them, especially boy he's been closest to. Based on the rumors you heard, that friend must be his second in command now. Still, you were so nervous that you didn't get to your destination until 3 pm.

You stood in front of an old, abandoned movie theater covered in graffiti. Up on the surface of the building is a word in giant letters, "ORION" except the last two letters were faded out. It was ominous enough but it seemed fitting for a beast like your cousin. You're 100% sure they don't watch movies or plays inside the theater either.

"Ori, huh... must be a sick cage." You murmur to yourself, looking around to find nobody. Chouji was supposed to greet you-

"There you are!" A figure popped out from the front entrance. You immediately knew who it was.

"Chouji!"

Your cousin runs up to you and envelops you in a hug (he had to jump up a bit because you were a few inches taller). "I thought you'd never come!"

"Sorry, bro. There were a lot of bars and street corners, haha. I got lost."

Whilst you embraced Chouji, you notice a few people coming out of the building. They all seemed to murmur amongst themselves. The one who approached the two of you was a taller male wearing blue monk clothing and sandals. He scratched the back of his neck, you notice his short black hair as he did this. You look down at Chouji. Your cousin parts from your embrace with a gleeful smile.