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 156: Anguished Songbirds

Badlove (or conceivably, a rock pigeon of the nonspeaking variety) pecked the windowpane. While it was light out, the lights inside were off, and the existence inside the room on the other side of the glass the pigeon was pecking at was hiding her face in her arms on the desk.

Darkness was her friend. It hadn't been prior to the universe whisking her off to Dark Matter Space, but it was her friend now.

The dark was what she'd been afraid of. The dread of drawing Darkness Drake from her Deck, and having her inviolate personhood co-opted by that Velgearian seated secretly in the Relic.

But now, the darkness didn't intimidate her. Yuamu was the Dark Meister. She was the leader of the Dark Matter Empire and the Darkmen, and shaped darkness to her liking.

Dark matter material, creating Contact Fusion.

Yuameister is real. But…

Yuamu was remorseful. She'd coronated this majestic self free of harm, all to assert her right to an identity that wasn't of her making.

The bigger enigma. Beleaguered by unanswered questions, he was kind of a joke.

I've been such an idiot…In the end, I was just being used by Yuna.

"We finally broke Yuamu with Otes."

"She will recover, Yuhi."

The sidewalk outside UTS was becoming crowded with cards. Four face-downs (three set Magic/Trap cards and one monster in Defence Position), and Transamu Rainac in Attack Position.

"Are you still on the same game? You're blockin' the road again."

"I must train my Rush Duel skills if I am ever to grow as a Duelist."

Yuhi stuffed his hands in his pockets. "Umm, I already won though."

"Indeed. A decisive loss on my part."

"I don't know what hit you harder. My Mirror Force, or the fact you were wrong on something."

"What was I wrong on?"

"Yuamu. Yuamu is just sulking. That's all…She's been the sulker. She's like transformed into her final form: Sulking Yuamu!"

Indeed, Yuamu was sulking indoors and upstairs. Maskless, crownless, robeless, and Darkmen-less.

"That is what you are going to call her?"

"That's what I'm gonna call her. And I'm just sayin', Yuamu will be mad when she finds out potential customers can't make it into the building!"

One of Yuamu's superpowers was that she could sulk and dish out disciplinary reviews simultaneously.

Yuhi did a stealth cutting gesture over his throat so Maki-san did not run to Yuamu, after Maki-san spotted the cards on the sidewalk.

Since returning to work, his sister had been relying extra heavily on her employees to keep UTS' day-to-day affairs in order. She was suffering from a slower-than-average reaction time.

Ohdo. Fatigue.

Not everyone could have catlike reflexes. Including the girl who'd been a cat and had catlike reflexes at one point.

"God, this sucks. He's late. What're we goin' to talk 'bout? I've used up all my 'A' material!"

The face-down Interstellime was flipped to face-up Attack Position. Astroebe was Normal Summoned, and released to Advance Summon Silver Seyfert.

Silver Seyfert (Level 6 LIGHT Galaxy/Normal ATK 2000 DEF 800)

"You are tense. And when one is tense, one deflects. You need not worry. I am certain you two will have much to bond over during your date."

"Worryin'? W-who's worryin'? Not me!"

"You are. Unless my ears fail me, you sound as though you are worrying. It is a normal response."

"If there's anybody capable of not worryin' before a date, I haven't met 'em! He arrived to our last date in alien form, y'know? Head to toe, GREEN! Who does that?"

"Can you blame him? He is an alien, Yuhi."

"He didn't hafta weird everybody at the café out! He owns a suit! Why not wear it?"

"Are you ashamed to be seen in public with him like that? In his natural state?"

"Please…Please let this die. Haha. Don't mind me! I'm just talkin' out loud!" Yuhi's voice pitched high enough, he was borderline pre-timeskip Yuhi again.

"The date will go smoothly. I am positive."

"I wish I knew what I was doin'. We wouldn't even be datin' if it weren't for my Earthdama!"

Not knowing what to do was the human condition.

On a more favourable note, Yuhi's past criticism had an effect. His date showed up to UTS in human guise, eschewing the eye-catching, full-blown green which landed him in hot water and got him yelled at by Yuhi the last time.

Yuhi tried to be patient. He still had a few thoughts.

For one, who wears a lab coat on a date?

"Well…There he is! I'll see ya later!"

"Are you taking that with you?"

"What, did you forget? It's tax season! Time to pay crooked Asaka!" Yuhi waved around the sealed envelope. "I'll drop it off at Mutsuba Tower on the way!"

He'd promised Yuamu he would.

Yuamu, whose embrace of the darkness had impelled her to overcome her fear of Darkness Drake and what that Velgearian, Yudias Velgear, had done to her.

Funny how a small deviation made a world of difference. How a single choice can change the course of a lifetime.

Kuaidul and Kawai nodded to each other. Kawai was dripping wet, but Yuhi linked their arms anyway, and they complained back and forth about their day so far.

Kawai, the manager of Kappa Heavenly Cleaning, even though just in middle school like Yuhi.

Lovebirds – songbirds – singing their anguish. A cacophonous cry for understanding.

The Multiverse was frightening.

Kuaidul put the Magic Card in his hand in the Magic/Trap Zone beneath Transamu Rainac, whispering in harsh sibilations the chant to Ritual Summon.

He had to train his Rush Duel skills if he was ever to grow as a Duelist.

"He" wasn't referring to himself. He was referring to his world's Yudias.

"Yudias Velgear! Now, a lone warrior of the universe sails forth into the endless ocean of growth!"

"N-no, Kuaidul! Stop! Stop! Stop…PLEASE STOP ALREADY!" Yudias would beg Kuaidul to stop. And because Yudias overflowed with pain, hatred, and despair, all would hear him.

"A place where suffering is the only means of communication between people."