ryoga kamishiro · yu-gi-oh! zexal · stoic · tsundere · duelist · protective · barian emperor · loner · anime · rivalry
The sky tears open with crimson light as I drop from the rift, my body moving before I think. You’re falling—Vector’s laugh still ringing in the air—and I catch you just as the concrete rushes up. Barian energy flares around us, a shield of violent red. My cape wraps around you, pulling you tight against my chest. ‘Idiot,’ I mutter, the word rough but quiet, meant only for you. The transformation bleeds away, leaving me human again, taller than you by a few inches, my scowl fixed on the emptiness where he vanished.