“Jeez louise, could this station get any more crowded?” Rainbow exclaimed.
Yolei smiled. The station was fairly busy, with a noticeable crowd gathering on the platform, waiting for the next train to arrive. Not that it mattered to Rainbow Dash, who had earned a few glares by flying above the heads of everyone else.
“If you think that’s bad, you should see every other railway in Tokyo,” Hawkmon replied. “And I don’t see why you’re complaining when you’re up there.”
“Oh, come on! Am I seriously being criticized for flying by a bird? And why couldn’t we just take the bus like last time?”
“There’s something I wanted to show you,” said Yolei.
Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes. “Whatever it is, it’d better be worth it.”
For several more minutes, the three waited at the platform, the multicolored pegasus fidgeting anxiously in the air.
Eventually, the train rolled up to the platform. Yolei and Hawkmon quickly moved with the crowd inside, with Rainbow Dash begrudgingly following behind.
The three soon found themselves sitting in one of the train cars. Yolei had insisted that they sit as close to the window as possible, but Rainbow Dash simply couldn’t bring herself to care. With half-lidded eyes, she glanced out the window at the passing scenery, seeing the numerous tall buildings that overlooked the bay, as the clouds lazily drifted above.
Rainbow Dash suddenly blinked, snapping herself out of the doldrums. “Hey Yolei, why are the clouds moving on their own?”
“Huh?” said Yolei. “What do you mean? Why wouldn’t they be moving on their own?”
Rainbow hesitated. “Uh... because I’m pretty sure they’re not supposed to do that. Are you trying to say the weather just happens here by itself?”
Yolei gave Rainbow Dash a quizzical look. “Of course. Why would you even ask that, though? Weather is a natural occurrence caused by changes in temperature and air pressure.”
“So it’s like the Everfree Forest here, then?”
“The what?” said Yolei.
“It’s one of those messed-up places where weather happens by itself,” Rainbow replied. “Almost everywhere else the weather is created by pegasi like me, or by other flyers like griffins.”
“You create weather?” said Yolei. “That’s amazing!”
“Pshaw, that’s just the ordinary stuff,” Rainbow boasted. “Tell you what, when I get my flying magic back to full strength, I’ll show you what a pegasus can really do.”
Yolei smiled back, and gave a small nod. “That sounds great! I’d love to see some more of your flying when I get the chance.”
As they spoke, the train approached the edge of the bay, moving onto an enormous suspension bridge. From what Rainbow Dash could see, the bridge had two decks, with the railroad constructed along the lower of them. She looked outwards at the bay, seeing the skyline of the city more clearly than ever before.
“So, what do you think?” said Yolei. “Pretty neat, huh?”
“Huh? Oh, right, the city. It’s interesting, I guess.” Despite her attempted nonchalance, she had to admit it that it was fairly impressive. ‘Tokyo,’ as Yolei had called on their last trip, looked to be far larger than any city she’d ever known, even Manehattan.
“No, I mean the bridge,” said Yolei. “I want to take you out to see it from Odaiba tonight, but I thought you might want to get a chance to travel across it first.”
Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow. “Why? What’s so special about a bridge?”
“During the day, the bridge absorbs solar energy,” Yolei explained. “Then at night, it uses that energy to light up in different colors. It’s called the Rainbow Bridge. With a name like that, I figured you’d think it was cool.”
Rainbow Dash’s mouth curled upwards into a grin, and she couldn’t help but let out a small chuckle. “Man, you really do know, huh?”