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 96: After the Rain Comes Fair Weather
"You're going to the secret Chapeau alien gathering, chupa?"
"Yeah. Camos will be there. We gotta ask her how much time Yudias and the other Velgearians have until they all disappear, and what we can do to keep it from happenin'! With Camos' ability to predict the future, we just might…"
"If it's for Yudias, Chupa won't stop you, chupa. But don't call them Chapeau aliens when you're with them, chupa! They go by 'the Worn.' You don't want to find out what they'll do to you if they catch you sneaking into one of their secret gatherings, cabra!"
"What, ya already knew that? Ya could've said something sooner and saved me the legwork and almost gettin' scammed by Nomura! How d'ya know so much about Chapeau aliens anyway, Chupataro?"
"It's a long story, chupa."
It wasn't. Chupataro was simply not comfortable telling it.
"Yuhi! Let's go! Let's go!" Damamu swayed Yuhi by the legs like a tree in the wind.
"WHOOOA, DAMAMU! Quit movin' around! I'll fall! I'll fall!"
The two of them were feeling out how to maneuver in the Chapeau alien costume. A Purisaki-san original.
What alien wears a hat as big as one person on top of another person's shoulders?
Mitsuko and Tamako could pull off the look.
"Chupa would say be careful, but you clearly have this wrapped in a bow, chupa," Chupataro tittered.
"I'm ig-nor-in' you~!" Yuhi ribbed through the mesh eyehole. "Damamu, left! Go left!"
After Yuhi and Damamu set off on their mission, Chupataro took out the note with letters cut out of a travel guide he'd hidden in his cupboard. Letters that'd been arranged to form a message, and slipped under the apartment door while Yuhi and Damamu were at UTS.
COME TO MUTSUBA HEAVY MACHINERY GARBAGE COLLECTION SITE #8.
The message was unambiguous. Moreover, with the secret Chapeau alien gathering in town, it was sewn-up who sent it.
Still could've gone with a formal invite in lieu of the ransom note vibe.
"Revenge, is it, chupa?"
…
Two years ago.
Chupataro was fresh out of bad cop, bad cop with MIK's lapdog and cat for his part in the serial assaults. An interrogation and capture he wormed his way out of by flashing his Gold-rank Permit for Residence on Earth for Verified Aliens.
"That rude giant yakitori Earthling, chupa? Ch-Chupa wouldn't be caught dead with him, chupa!"
"Sorry to disappoint, but I have already seen it, vanas. You and the Earthling, Ohdo Yuhi, are in for that kind of relationship, vanas."
He knelt below his poster of Magical Sheep Girl Meeeg-chan (the wall-length one), surrounded by everything Meeeg-chan. "But Meeeg-chan! Meeeg-chan, chupa~!"
"This is the way the plan moves forward, vanas."
"Chu! Chupa gets it, chupa! For Meeeg-chan's sake, Chupa has to lie and close in on the target to learn about Earthdamar, cabra!"
"…"
"It is a lie, right, chupa?"
"…"
"Right, chupa?"
"…"
"Vaaanaaas!" Chupataro burst into tears. "Tell Chupa it's just a lie, chupa!"
"The Worn can only see into the near future, vanas. I cannot provide you a definitive forecast, vanas."
"CHUPAAAAH! Zuwijo-sama…You better keep up your end of the bargain, chupa!"
…
Chupataro piled some coins on the payphone, inserted an amount into the machine, dialled the number he wrote on his robot's hand, and paused for the click.
He was never living this down.
In a husky voice which had him kicking himself, he crooned thusly to the person who picked up the phone: "What chu wearing?"
Chupataro hadn't thought this out. What if one of the UTS8 or the President of UTS picked up? What if Yudias did?
Luckily for him, it wasn't any of those. It was actually Yuhi, the staff member the phone call was meant for.
"Wut? Who is this?"
"It's Chupataro, chupa! We met yesterday night, cabra!"
"Weren't ya arrested by MIK? What're ya callin' us for? And what am I wearin'? What the heck do ya need to know that for?"
"Is that the tone you take with your customers, chupa? UTS takes job requests, doesn't it, chupa?"
"Yeah…" Yuhi started getting nervous.
"Chupa has a request for your consultancy, chupa. Or more specifically, you, chupa."
"Me?"
"Do you know where your sister stored the Meeeg-chan cosplay she wore, cabra?"
"I saw where Yuamu put it. Why?"
Did the yakitori alien want him to sell it to him? For the right price, Yuamu would probably –
"Will you go out with Chupataro tomorrow, chupa? Dressed as Meeeg-chan?"
"ARE YOU OUTTA YOUR MIND?" Yuhi startled Taira-san and Maki-san.
Arisugawa-san and Omaeno-san abandoned their phones to listen in on the young master.
"Are you outta your mind?" Yuhi spoke quieter into the handset. "Ya want me to wear Yuamu's costume?"
"You're twins, aren't chu?"
"I dunno what kind of prank this is…"
"No prank, chupa! Chupa wants to go out with you, cabra!"
"I'm human, y'know? And we're both –"
"Chupataro doesn't care about that, chupa!"
This has gotta be some sort of trick. Yuhi twisted extra braids into the wire.
"Can't a chupacabra express interest in a lovely Earth boy without Chupa's motives being questioned, chupa?"
"Lovely? Me?"
Think of him as a substitute Meeeg-chan, chupa. Do it for Meeeg-chan. Do it for Meeeg-chan, cabra!
The moment Chupataro created this excuse for himself, it became easier to fall for Yuhi. To fall…and keep falling.
…
Even further back…
A sorrowful melody.
A chupacabra alone in the world, shivering among the rained-on garbage cans.
Before Yuhi. Meeeg-chan doll in claw.
"Chupa…"
Expelling salt.
A hat's shadow, drawing nearer, up tragedy's alley.
"Salt is the spice!"