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 35: Awesome True Goodnight!

"A couples' doubles Rush Duel tennis competition?"

"Uh huh! You and Chupataro-kun should enter next week!"

"Yuamu~! What's in it for you?"

"What, I can't be my big brother's wingman without any hidden motivations?"

Yuhi stared silently at her for half a minute.

"All right! The organizers provide free ad space! We can take out an ad for UTS and profit off the free publicity!"

"Sounds like a plan, chupa!" Chupataro rose up between them from below the desk.

"What d'ya do, live here now?" Yuhi made a face.

"Hey, does Chupa look hot to you, cabra?" Chupataro carolled, more or less.

Yuhi coughed.

"What?" Yuamu peered out the window. "It's raining. It's pouring. It's so cold. Val-Valvelgear's environmental controls must be on the fritz."

Shit! Shit! Shit! Yuhi improvised. "I've had a change of heart! Participating in this couples' doubles Rush Duel tennis competition? It's a mega cool idea! Where do we sign up?"

"Registration's by phone, Yuhi." Yuamu handed him the number.

"Wait. There's an entry fee? AND IT COSTS HOW MUCH?"

"Entry fee? Where, Yuhi?"

"Down here, in the super tiny fine print!"

Yuamu snatched the leaflet away from him, grabbing a magnifier. "You can read that? Hold on, HOW MUCH? WHAT A SCAM! I'm not shelling out good money for this! I have it on good authority to march up to the head sponsor – What's his name? Mike? – and give him a piece of my mind!"

"Mike? You sure that isn't Kurimoto Makeru from Mutsuba TV?"

"I'm not paying for this!"

"Unless we dip into Asaka's reserves."

"Bah! Chupa will pay for it, chupa!"

"You spent all your money on your scooter, Chupataro!"

"Chupa got a second job, chupa!"

"A second job? Doing what, Chupataro-kun?"

"Driving tourists around town, chupa!"

"Tourists? From where? We're in space!"

"Okay, Manya. Manya's Chupa's only customer, cabra!"

"In that case, you two better get practicing!"

"Chupataro…You and you're big yap!" Yuhi curbed his urge to wring him by the neck.

…

"Thank you again, for returning me my illustration."

"It's the least Chupa could do, having you to do this on such short notice, chupa. Sorry Chupa kept it so long, chupa. Your art of Meeeg-chan was not baaaaad~!"

"We may not cut hair with cards, but we're the best hairdressers in town, eight years running!" self-promoted the blue-haired girl with way more jobs than him.

"Oh, you watched that episode, chupa?"

"Yes, it was a nice change to nothing else on air! You worked on it with your boyfriend, didn't you? How are things going with your two? I haven't seen you since you came by the cleaners to talk to Kawai Tell."

"It's good, chupa. He called Chupa hot the other day!" Chupataro chupapapapapapa'd again. "He's a little mad he's stuck participating in the couples' doubles Rush Duel tennis competition with Chupa, but he'll get over it, chupa!"

"Did he give you a reason why?"

"Chupa assumed maybe he can't play tennis, chupa. We'd make quite the phony pair on the court, chupa!"

"Is that the reason you want to look your best tonight? Is there a peace offering in the cards?"

"Chupa has something planned, chupa!" Chupataro chirped happily.

"Regardless of what it is, I guarantee you he'll find you very handsome!"

"Chupataro is handsome, chupa?"

"Yes, I'd say you're plenty handsome already, but once I'm through with you, he won't be able to keep his hands to himself!"

"Chu. Compared to him, Chupa's not anything special, chupa."

"Ever run that by him?"

"Chupa hasn't, chupa."

"Why not?"

"Chupa's lucky Chupa even has him, chupa! After what an annoyance Chupa's been…Well, you know a lot about how that feels, chupa!"

"You want to know what I see when I look at you? I mean, truly look at you?"

"What, chupa?"

"A beautiful old soul, trying to make it in a world that perhaps isn't where it should be in its acceptance of aliens. You hide it well, but I feel that, at the heart of it, you want the same things we all want: direction, security, someone to love and to love us. And you'll fight tooth and nail to keep that."

Chupataro contemplated his reflection in the mirror.

A beautiful soul…chupa? That could just as easily be the clump of Yuhi's soul inside Chupa, bra.

…

"Did you get a haircut?" Yuhi chomped down on his crêpe.

"You noticed, chupa?" Chupataro scratched at it. "Do you like it, chupa?"

"You look very handsome!" Yuhi mussed up his hair with the hand not dripping with grape syrup from his Voidvelgr Peltast Vanilla.

"Is it okay if Chupa asks why you don't want to compete in the couples' doubles Rush Duel tennis competition, chupa?"

Yuhi eyeballed his shoes. "I've just been thinking about it a lot recently."

"About what, chupa?"

"I always believed I became weak at Rush Duels after losing the Earthdamar. But when I lost to Zuwijo, it became clear to me. I didn't want to face the truth I was weak, so I blamed it on the Earthdamar."

"What about when you teamed up with Chupa? You did impressively in that Duel, chupa!"

"That was a 2-v-1, Chupataro. On my own, my track record is…It's not great! And after that Duel with Zuwijo, I…That's why I've decided! I'm gonna say sayonara to my weak self! That's why I can't compete in this Rush Duel tennis meet with ya!"

Yuhi wanted to get stronger. Yuhi wanted to be a better Yuhi. Chupataro could relate.

"Chupa understands, chupa. Chupa will talk to your sister and convince her to drop the whole thing, chupa."

"REALLY? THANK YOU!" Yuhi was so relieved he lost his grip on his crêpe…which went Splat! in Chupataro's hair.

"Kkuuuu!" Chupataro's anger simmered the crêpe on his head.

"Uh…Let me get that for ya." Yuhi scouted for a napkin.