[Yusuke's never been great at showing discretion as far as, you know, not jumping into potentially dangerous situations like the Shounen Idiot he is, but even he finds himself stopping short when he notices the big fuckin' dinosaur and the pissed off hippopotamus standing at attention amidst the menagerie formed at the foot of the building. The fact that he, you know, wouldn't be able to defend himself or Taro very easily if either of those things were to charge helps; yeah, he'd do it if he had to - it wouldn't be the first time he's stuck his neck out for an adorable little dumbass, after all, and at least this time he (supposedly) wouldn't be at risk of dying - but as it is, it's early in the morning and he's tired and pissed off, and given the choice, he'd rather fight monsters at an hour that isn't quite so hideous.
(All of this is, of course, assuming the lady on the rooftop was too wrapped up in... whatever it is she's doing to call her Pokemon off in the event that they got aggressive. Given the level of, uh, effort put into this spectacle, he's not too hopeful that she wouldn't be.)
Fortunately, it quickly becomes evident that Yusuke doesn't have much to worry about: the first line of defense, on the side of the Wall of Pokemon, comes in the form of an equally yappy little dog and a fox, the latter of whom shuts both dogs up by - well. He doesn't know how to describe it, exactly - at least, not in a way that doesn't make him feel totally stupid - but as far as he can tell, she seems to be flirting with Taro, which would explain why Taro seems totally dumbstruck. Yusuke doesn't exactly have a lot of patience for weird animal mating rituals, though, so without another moment to spare, he creeps on over to collect his dog and bug out...
... and is then distracted by Rooftop Lady yelling at him. Now, Yusuke probably wouldn't have been difficult to provoke regardless of what time of day it was or what mood he was in to begin with, but for obvious reasons, he's feeling particularly belligerent right now, and so it comes as little surprise that he stops and scowls up at her when she tells him off. It comes as even less of a surprise that he then yells back at her, loudly enough for her - and probably the rest of the goddamn neighborhood - to hear him.]
Oh, I'm sorry! Maybe next time you wanna offer up a sacrifice to the Sun God, you should try leaving your zoo at home and picking a ritual site that doesn't suck!
[... okay, that wasn't the greatest comeback he's ever made in his life, but whatever, he delivers it with enough Attitude that it makes up for the lameness. Seriously, lady, what the heck are you doing? It's at this point that he realizes her voice is familiar, but with the sun in his eyes, he can't quite gauge who it is he's talking to. Now how many weird blonde chicks does he know...?
Meanwhile, Taro is completely enamored with Sophie. Heeey there, beautiful lady! He regards her with a big doofy doggy grin and wags his tail. COULD THIS BE TRUE LOVE???]
ACTION!
(All of this is, of course, assuming the lady on the rooftop was too wrapped up in... whatever it is she's doing to call her Pokemon off in the event that they got aggressive. Given the level of, uh, effort put into this spectacle, he's not too hopeful that she wouldn't be.)
Fortunately, it quickly becomes evident that Yusuke doesn't have much to worry about: the first line of defense, on the side of the Wall of Pokemon, comes in the form of an equally yappy little dog and a fox, the latter of whom shuts both dogs up by - well. He doesn't know how to describe it, exactly - at least, not in a way that doesn't make him feel totally stupid - but as far as he can tell, she seems to be flirting with Taro, which would explain why Taro seems totally dumbstruck. Yusuke doesn't exactly have a lot of patience for weird animal mating rituals, though, so without another moment to spare, he creeps on over to collect his dog and bug out...
... and is then distracted by Rooftop Lady yelling at him. Now, Yusuke probably wouldn't have been difficult to provoke regardless of what time of day it was or what mood he was in to begin with, but for obvious reasons, he's feeling particularly belligerent right now, and so it comes as little surprise that he stops and scowls up at her when she tells him off. It comes as even less of a surprise that he then yells back at her, loudly enough for her - and probably the rest of the goddamn neighborhood - to hear him.]
Oh, I'm sorry! Maybe next time you wanna offer up a sacrifice to the Sun God, you should try leaving your zoo at home and picking a ritual site that doesn't suck!
[... okay, that wasn't the greatest comeback he's ever made in his life, but whatever, he delivers it with enough Attitude that it makes up for the lameness. Seriously, lady, what the heck are you doing? It's at this point that he realizes her voice is familiar, but with the sun in his eyes, he can't quite gauge who it is he's talking to. Now how many weird blonde chicks does he know...?
Meanwhile, Taro is completely enamored with Sophie. Heeey there, beautiful lady! He regards her with a big doofy doggy grin and wags his tail. COULD THIS BE TRUE LOVE???]