This is my first story on here; I finally got around to making one. Hope you guys like it.

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"Orihara I-zaYA!"

"No, no. Don't say my name like that. It reminds me of him."

"Who?"

Orihara Izaya, an underground information broker, twirled around in his desk chair, tenting his fingers. "The monstrously strong man of Ikebukuro."

"Oh. Heiwaji-"

"Don't say it!" As he yelled this, he shot up from his desk, and stared maliciously down at Yagiri Namie, the former president of the Yagiri Pharmaceutical Company, who just stared nonchalantly back. Orihara's face then slowly turned into a smile. He sauntered over to his brand new shogi board; a replacement for the one he burned a few months back. On top of the board were a wooden, pentagonal king shogi piece, placed in the center, a plastic black checker piece, placed to one side of the board, and a pair of ivory king and queen chess pieces on the opposite side. Izaya picked up the queen and rotated it between his fingers.

"She's always moving. The Queen, that is. Always going off into a fight or two; leaving behind her King." He gently placed the piece back down onto the board. "She's very strong, you know. She could lay waste to an entire army." Orihara bent over to closely stare at the queen. "So beautiful. So much so that she shouldn't exist; she should be blotted from this world." He snatched up the piece, threw it on the floor, and proceeded to stomp on it while laughing hysterically.

"Blotting out! I'm taking you out of this world because I'm the only one that can! I'm the only one that can stop you! I am the only one that hates you this much!" He said between hysterical bursts of laughter. With a lack of interest, Yagiri turned away and went into the kitchen, as her boss continued his insane tirade.

Eventually, Orihara began to calm down. Once it was over, he walked over to the large window behind his desk and looked down at the bustling city below. An enormous smile was plastered onto his face. It had been too long since he'd had any kind of fun in the city; a new idea for a game began to brew in his head.

"Haven't visited Ikebukuro in a while."

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I know, it's short. But at least it is faster to read and write it.