Timeline: A couple of days after Astral and Yuma's last duel. A random tournament which is being held in the bustling city of Heartland.
Pairing: platonic, prior-romance HolyIceshipping (Durbe x Rio/Merag), but mostly Rio-centric.
The Curse Of Mr. Bear
There were a couple of things Kamishiro Rio disliked.
Flames. Cats. And children.
She didn't particulary dislike them because they were children but because of their behaviour. Now, as she sat in the front of rows beside Durbe as they watched some random duelists battle, she could hear the children all around them cooing and cheering and crying whenever a cute monster card was summoned or destroyed. She couldn't understand why parents would even bring their kids to a tournament like this one, but one specific little girl crying about the destroyed "Mr. Sheep" was starting to annoy her the most.
"Rio-hime?"
Rio looked at Durbe when he posed the question.
"What?"
"Are you alright?"
"Do I look alright?" her eyebrow started to twich when that girl cried about "Mr. Bear" getting destroyed. She hoped that they would never become duelists. She really didn't want to see what they would do to her beloved card game.
"They are only children, Rio-hime, they don't know any better..." Durbe tried to soothe her but Rio just huffed and turned to face the duelists, trying to focus on the duel in front of them.
"MR. BEAR! MOMMY, I WANT MR. BEAR BACK!"
Why was she here again?