Summary: He is my brother, my protector, my hero. When he is with me I find the courage to do everything. But he is so funny and stupid sometimes. He gets excited hearing the awful truth but he can get scared from a bedtime story. RXR please!
Type: One – Shot
Character(s): Ruka x Rua
Setting: head-canon (take place after episode 27)
Rating: K
Genres: Humor/Hurt/Comfort
Warning: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, not even this title. I own only the plot of this story
Werewolf
Ruka's POV
I looked in the dark sky, standing near the window. I was tired but I tried to ignore it. I should be sleeping by now, like Rua, but I can't. Sometimes I envy him for that part of his character; unlike him, I'm so scared. Yanagi told us this strange story about the legend of the Crimson Dragon. He also said that I'm a Signer and I'm chosen by the People of the Stars, but I have no idea what that is supposed to mean. What future is waiting me? What scary fate?
I don't know if I can handle all this. But at least I'm not alone; I'm not the only one with a Birthmark on my forearm anymore and as long as I have Rua on my side and Yuusei too, I know that everything is going to be ok. Rua always protects me after all; he won't let anything bad happen to me.
BAAAAANG!
I froze, looking outside for the source of the noise.
"Eeeeh, what's wrong?" Rua shouted as he jumped up from his bed in no time, looking around.
I don't blame him. After all, in Tops, I'm not used to hearing scary sounds in the middle of the night either.
"It's ok, we're safe here," I comforted him.
Only then did he realize that I wasn't in my bed. "Why are you not sleeping, Ruka?"
"I can't, I'm thinking of Yanagi's words again, about the legend of the Crimson Dragon. I feel that something terrible is about to happen."
"Isn't it awesome?" he asked full of excitement, forgetting that he was supposed to be sleeping too. "I mean the legend."
The door opened and both Yanagi and Himuro came into our room.
"What is wrong, Ruka?" Himuro asked seriously. "It's really late, too late to stay awake at this hour! You too, Rua."
"Ruka can't sleep, and I'm worried about her," he said to defended himself.
I rolled my eyes. "You can sleep if you like."
"What is it, Ruka?" Yanagi's voice was full of sympathy.
"I'm thinking of what you said before about my Birthmark and I'm scared to be honest."
"Don't be afraid, Ruka; I'll protect you." Same old Rua –he can't take a serious situation seriously. "It's so cool to be a Signer. You think that I could be the fifth one?" he asked in wonder.
"Rua, this isn't something funny to take so lightly…" I began but Yanagi cut me off.
"Nah, nah, if you like my stories then I can tell you some more."
Rua got really excited. "Really? Please tell us."
"I'm going to bed," Himuro said as he left the room.
"Alright then, I'll tell you about one of my adventures when I was traveling around the word," Yanagi started the story and Rua open his eyes and his ears, ready to hear everything. I sat in the bed near him quietly. "Have you ever heard about the werewolf's legend?"
"WOW!" My brother was defiantly ready to believe every word. "But werewolves aren't real, right?"
"On no, of course they are real and believe me when I say that, because I met one," Yanagi continued his story for another half hour. At the beginning Rua was very talkative, asking questions but as the story went on, he began to get nervous and became unusually silent. Maybe he was getting tired.
"And that is how this story ends," he finished. "Now it's time for bed. You two stayed awake for long enough."
I nodded, smiling and I pulled my bed covers over my shoulders. Yanagi stroked my hair like a caring grandfather. But when we both looked at Rua's bed, we saw him in the same position with eyes full of fear.
"What is it, Rua?"
"Is the werewolf still chasing you?" he asked, totally freaked out.
I laughed a bit. Same old Rua; he will never change. He was so calm and excited when he learned about my fate as a Singer and the legend of the Crimson Dragon, but when he hears a werewolf fairytale, he's scared to death.
It was about time to write a story with the twins and I think I caught their characters pretty well. Hehe!
Credits to my betas, EndlessNight025 and Monobrows78!
I hope you liked it! ^_^ If you do, review! If you don't, review anyway; I will accept all your comments, good and bad...
