A Japanese Weresheep in Mutsuba Town
Author's Note: Time for a new pairing! Enjoy the story and R&R.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to or of the Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH! series.
Pairing: Developing Yuhi x Chupataro.
Summary:
There are some forms of alien activity even MIK turns a blind eye to. The truly alien activity between Chupataro and Ohdo Yuhi, for instance.
Chapter 19: The 8th Day
"Chupa was? Wha…You mean –!" Yuhi stuttered.
"You were inside the cryostasis chamber, Chupataro-kun?" Yuamu finished for Yuhi.
"Manya-nya? But why?" Manya manya-nya'd.
"The truth is, chupa…"
"There's evidence Chupataro may have been cloned," Mitsuko finished for Chupataro, like Yuamu had for Yuhi.
"Cloned?" The oxygen was vacuumed out of Yuhi's lungs.
"By MIK, using the comatose Chupataro's genetic material and brainwaves. They kept this utterly hidden from their errand boy in Mutsuba Town, obviously," Mitsuko finished again, the third "finish" in a row.
"So MIK stole Chupataro-kun's DNA, and stored the clone in here?" Yuamu thought she'd figured it out.
Mitsuko shook her head. "No."
"No?"
"This cryostasis chamber was for Chupataro's original body."
"How do you know?"
"Because per my reconnaissance efforts, his original body was kept on ice, while the clone was sent back into the world. Chupataro's original body still contained a speck of Ohdo Yuhi's Earthdamar. When he was cloned, that speck further subdivided, and was passed on to the clone. This provided MIK optimal conditions to research the Earthdamar in both lab and wild settings. The Director General amassed valuable data witnessing Earthdamar's potential for herself in Chupataro's Duel against Goha Yuna."
"Sent back into –" Yuhi repeated before stopping. "Ch-Chupataro?"
"Chupa." Chupataro half-lidded his eyes, confirming Yuhi's deduction.
"No way! You're a clone?"
Mitsuko continued: "After the Duel at Mutsuba Tower, a remnant of the Earthdamar was left in Zuwijo-sama as well. Since Earthdamar reacts in the presence of itself, MIK struck a bargain with Kirishima Rovian to analyze the Earthdamar's energy signature to locate Zuwijo-sama, who they view as the bigger threat. Our plan was to steal Chupataro's original body back and reintegrate his selves and the Earthdamar, but Rovian, wary of MIK's motives, must have released the original Chupataro as a sanctioning tactic to hamper MIK's ambitions."
The group stood in shocked silence in the subway tunnel, all eyes on Yuhi.
Yuhi put his foot down. "What's important now is we rescue Yudias!"
"Yuhi…" His sister was certain he was skirting the new information on purpose.
"Hey, you! Did you not hear what she said?" Manya was more vocal, despite Yuhi's earlier response where it was obvious he had heard.
"The probability that Chupataro isn't a clone isn't zero. This Chupataro, who you've remained by up till this point," Mitsuko stated matter-of-factly.
"That doesn't matter!"
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT DOESN'T MATTER, CHUPA? Chupa was sent back to monitor the effects of Earthdamar close to the source, chupa! What if Chupa is only with you because MIK programmed Chupa to get close to you, chupa? Maybe the real Chupa still loves Meeeg-chan, cabra!"
"Chupa this! Chupa that! You're the real Chupataro, aren't ya?" Yuhi went on the attack.
"Chupa?"
"If they copied your brainwaves, you already felt the way you feel about me during your coma!"
"Chupa…You wouldn't say that if you knew for sure Chupa's original body were still alive, chupa."
"CHUPATARO! Who rode with me on his scooter? Who slept over all those nights? Who was with me on all our dates? Who duelled Goha Yuna? Yes. Even our trip to the sewers! What happened to us happened!"
"Yes, who, chupa? Was it Chupataro, chupa? Or a fake, cabra?"
Yuhi wasn't having any of this. He hugged Chupataro. The metal was cold, but the skin on Chupataro's face was warm.
"You're Chupataro! And if anyone makes you feel otherwise, I'll…lessee, I'll beat 'em up for ya! And if you make yourself feel like that, I'll show you no mercy either!"
"That's amazingly mature of you, Yuhi," Yuamu commended.
"Re-really? Ahaha!" Yuhi reddened and rubbed his neck.
"You? Beat Chupa up, chupa? CHUPA'LL CHUPA YOUR CABRA FIRST, CHUPA!" Chupataro chose violence, biting Yuhi's face.
"Ooow! Yuamu, do something~!"
Manya grabbed her hips. "Honestly, what a couple of dorks!"
"So what's our next move? How do we rescue Yudias?" Yuhi discussed strategy while still fending off Chupataro.
"The Rovian Bandits will be on the lookout for us back the way we came!"
"We gotta try! Yudias needs our help! He'd do it for us!"
"You are prepared to lay down your life for your friend? Wonderful." Bochi was inspired by Yuhi's resolve. "Fortunately, Bochi knows another route to Badloon Castle through Under-Underground Town."
"Under-Underground Town?"
"Yes, leave it to Bochi! He used to live down here a long time ago!" Manya disclosed.
Yuhi settled Valvelgear down. "Well, what're we waitin' around here for? Take us there, Bochi!"
"We can use the elevator at the end of the tunnel." The Bow Wow Wow alien clomped to it.
Mitsuko discarded the unoccupied cryotube in the subway station. She'd neglected to mention she had maneuvered Yudias into his current circumstance under Zuwijo's instruction. To ensure all the players were in their fated positions for when the time came to pull back the curtain on the Space Treasure's true nature.
Thus Yuamu, Yuhi, Manya, Bochi, Chupataro, and Mitsuko journeyed lower into the Under-Underground. Manya clashed with a henchman of Goha Yuna's at a tsukemen restaurant, during which the twins managed to slip away and retrieve Yudias off the Badloon Castle clothesline. While everyone except Chupataro bawled about how they couldn't resurrect Yudias from shirt form, Mitsuko secretly took him to Kappa Heavenly Cleaning, where she and Zuwijo fixed him with Earthdamar Sap.
Rovian and her motley crew arrived topside to confiscate UTS.
London double-crossed her and hijacked the spaceship concealed beneath the building.
Yudias fought Equips with Equips.
And Mutsuba Town rose off into the depths of space, bidding a surprise farewell to Mother Earth altogether.
