Zombire
Author's Note: Enjoy the story and R&R.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to or of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters series.
Pairing: Ambiguous Ryuzaki x Haga, if you want to view it that way. Or not. It works purely on a friendship level as well. The choice is up to you.
Summary:
Not all heroes wear capes. Insector Haga pushes against this, but Dinosaur Ryuzaki might qualify.
"ZOMBIRE! Picture, please! Picture, please!" Kids clutched the cape of the comic book superhero at the Dark Hero Charity Card Giveaway.
That should have been him the brats were buzzing for! He'd refuse just to get in an "Eee hyuk, hyuk, hyuk, hyuk, hyuk, hyuk!"
Yugi and Jonouchi turned them into utter jokes. Walking in view of the fans, yet nobody respected either of them! Ryuzaki's backslide into obscurity, Haga could giggle at. That klutz was a dodo. He had a pea-sized dinosaur brain.
But witnessing his career reach a crawl was drinking acid!
Ryuzaki stuck a paper plate in Haga's face.
"Hyo? What's this?"
"It's pavlova, Haga. The bakery over thur is famous fer them."
"Bug off, moron! I'm strategizing!" Haga dismissed Ryuzaki's uncommon altruism with a more common insult.
"Yer gunna duel Zombire? I dun think that guy's a Duelist. They probably just hired him to werk the event. Here. Dun the Japanese National Champion eat anythin' other than bugs?"
The Insect Duelist released a harsh, frustrated whistle. If this were a Duel, he'd summon Leghul to put the squeeze on Ryuzaki and bite his arm for distracting him!
Ryuzaki got the idea and crunched into the egg white crust like he was a t-rex and the cake was a tasty triceratops.
Haga's not havin' any? More fer me!
After the Duels he lost to Yugi and Jonouchi, Haga learned squat. He underestimated who he was dealing with.
When Jonouchi hoisted him up by his shirt from the shock of seeing Yugi with the Orichalcos crest on his forehead, Haga thought he was going to die. Ryuzaki was the first to hold Jonouchi back, kneeling by Haga and resting a hand on him until he stopped choking.
Haga hadn't thanked Ryuzaki. Because why would he? They weren't friends…despite hanging around with no one else.
What fool offers him food? What the hell was the numbskull's angle?
He pinched some strawberry off the whipped cream without glancing at Ryuzaki.
Be diplomatic about it, he supposed.
"Ah-hey! Ya can't cancel yer decision!"
"Shut up and warm the bench!" Haga clicked his Deck into his Duel Disk's Deck slot. "I'm gonna show Zombire who the real popular one is!"
Numbskulls had to be useful for something.