A/N: I know, I'm already in the middle of a few stories right now. But, this has been in my head a lot lately. I am still working on my other stories, I've just added this to the mix. I'm not sure how many chapters it will be. I hope you like it. Oh, and Happy Holidays!

Oh, and violence warning just so you know.

Anything but Boring

Chapter 1

Shizuo sighed and tried to take a very deep breath. This was hard for him to do though, since he had raged not too long ago. It had started with Izaya provoking him like he normally did. Then, amongst that irritation, a few dumb guys claiming to be a part of some gang thought it would be a good idea to try to pick a fight with him. Idiots. Needless to say, that had ended with several unconscious punks and a moody Shizuo. During the fighting Izaya had slipped away again. Even though Shizuo hated that the flea got away from him so easily, he hoped it meant that Izaya was done bugging him for today.

Tch, right.

As Shizuo was trying to calm himself, he heard from behind him,

"Shizu-chan?"

Almost immediately Shizuo's vein began to bulge. Hearing the feminine voice, Shizuo immediately thought that the flea had come back to torture him. Without even thinking about it, Shizuo turned around quickly and decked the speaker squarely in the nose. For a moment Shizuo was satisfied when he heard a crunch sound, thinking he had finally gotten the flea. However, Shizuo looked at the figure in front of him and momentarily realized that it was not his mortal enemy who he had just punched.

He was looking at a teenage girl he had never seen before. Her nose looked like it was bashed in and seemed to rest on her face at an unnatural angle. Blood was streaming from her nostrils. Shizuo just froze like he was unsure of what to do. No doubt there were most likely murmurings around him about what he had just done, but he was too in shock to really think about that.

Oh my gosh! I-I just punched a girl! And not only a girl, but a kid!

The two kinds of people he had sworn that he would never hurt. He did not know what to do. He felt so guilty for what he had just done. He also felt a bit irritated too though.

Why would that girl call him that blasted nick-name anyways? Only the Flea called him that and that was because he knew that Shizuo hated it. That was just weird, but still not worth punching her over though.

However, what happened next surprised him even more.

She started…giggling. She was giggling like a mad person. People did not react like that after being punched by Shizuo. Normally people would cry out in pain, or sob, or run away from him in utter terror. Sometimes they did not react at all because they were presumed unconscious or suffering from head trauma.

Shizuo feared he must have given her a concussion as well. She did not even appear to be in any pain. In fact, the look on her face almost seemed like she had no problems with her nose being crooked and her face being covered in blood. Now that he thought about it, his punch should have done much worse to her with the impact he had used.

That punch usually sent grown men flying over buildings. Yet, she had merely stumbled back a little and seemed almost unfazed afterwards. Her giggling calmed down a little bit, and she looked up at Shizuo.

"Wow, Shizuo really is cool." She sounded dazed as she said, like she was staring at something completely incredible. Shizuo still did not know how to respond. There was a crazed gleam in her blue-green eyes that just added to Shizuo's fear that he had given her a concussion.

"I suppose I should have known not to call you Shizu-chan. Sorry about that. Nice punch by the way. Gosh, it gave me such a thrill!" She looked almost giddy as she said that.

Uh…what?

"It was so cool watching you fight those dudes! You truly are amazing just like I knew you would be! I mean, how many other people out there could take on a whole gang just like that!? You are such an awesome dude. I hope you don't mind, but I knew I just had to meet when I heard about how blinding you are."

This really did not make any sense.

Blinding? The heck did that mean?

People did not try to have a normal conversation with him after he had just punched him. That just did not happen. It must be really bad.

Shizuo thought he noticed an accent when she spoke. Was that British maybe? He was not sure. He also thought she looked like a foreigner. She had wavy light brown-blonde hair that seemed to end at her mid back. Not exactly a normal Japanese hair color. (Then again, he was blonde, but still!) There was also a look about her face that just did not seem Asian in the slightest, although Shizuo could not place what that was. That and it was kind of hard to tell with blood dripping down her face.

The smile on her face made her seem almost unhinged with the blood on her face. She stretched her hand out in front of her towards him."My name is Waverly. Waverly Tatsumi. It really is such a pleasure to meet you!" She let out a very girly giggle again.

Shizuo just stared at the hand stretched out in front of is she doing that? Oh wait, isn't it a western thing to shake hands when greeting each other? So she is a foreigner then.

Shizuo still did not move, not sure if he should.

A certain info broker it turns out had not gone very far, but hid in a nearby alley when he heard that Shizu-chan punched someone. He watched the whole encounter with Shizu-chan and this new girl, clearly intrigued by the whole ordeal.

Suki heard what sounded like a man grunting. She figured that voice probably belonged to Shizuo Heiwajima, so she decided to head the longer way home to avoid any of the chaos, like she normally tried to do when she overheard something like that. Little did she know though that avoiding chaos would be harder for her to do for now on; especially when she heard a familiar maniacal giggling after the sound of bone crunching. Suki stopped walking.

No way…it couldn't be.

Suki had a really bad feeling that it was exactly what she thought it was. She took a deep breath and turned back around going towards the sounds of commotion. She hesitantly turned the corner and after she did she noticed something she really wished she did not have to see.

"Waverly!?"

Shizuo turned to see across the street was another teenage girl. This one had shoulder length dark hair (although it was hard to tell since it was pulled up in a ponytail). She was staring in shock at the girl he had just punched, Waverly that is if he recalled what she had said. Shizuo was surprised that this girl did not even seem to notice him. This girl seemed very anxious and stiff as she made her way across the street and over to Waverly. Waverly just beamed at the new girl.

"Suki! Oh, how good it is to see you! Look! It's Shizuo Heiwajima! Isn't that so cool!"

The girl did not even seem aware of Shizuo's presence until Waverly said that. She cast a quick wary glance at him then looked back at Waverly. She let out a very nervous laugh, doing a horrible job of covering up just how anxious she was around him.

Well, at least that reaction was more normal.

Suki sighed deeply before she stepped forward and tried to block Waverly from view.

"I am sorry if she has bothered you in any way, Heiwajima-san." The girl bowed to him. "We will just leave you be for now." She took a hold of Waverly's wrist and quickly said in a hushed tone, "C'mon, let's go."

Waverly started to stomp in resistance and whined.

"Nooooo. Suukii, I was just meeting Shizuo Heiwajima. Come on! You're seriously no fun."

Suki let out an exasperated sigh at this reaction. She then said something in a language Shizuo did not understand, but he guessed that it was English. Now Waverly exhaled in annoyance.

"Oh, fine. Nice talking with you Shizuo-san!" Waverly let Suki drag her away grudgingly. The two seemed to be having a hushed conversation. Suki sounded more anxious and urgent.

Shizuo felt like he should do something. After all, he had just punched the poor girl and her friend had dragged her away clearly because she was scared of him. He wanted to make it up to them somehow, but at the moment all he could do was stay there still not comprehending what just happened.

"Waverly, what are you doing here?" This was not the first time Waverly had run away from England to where Suki lived in Japan. Waverly giggled again and waved her hand nonchalantly.

"Pfft, home was getting boring again. I wanted to experience the thrill of Ikebukuro. Especially since I heard all these rumors online about exciting residents here. I mean, a crazy info broker! A dude who can throw vending machines like they weigh nothing! A headless rider! Absolutely Brilliant! I can't wait to meet them all and maybe watch a few thrilling gang fights!"

Suki let out a long sigh and rubbed her temples. Suki has had to deal with her mental cousin's antics many times before. Ever since she was very young, Waverly has always been looking for the most exciting things to entertain her. Almost like an adrenaline junkie, but this was something else. Waverly did not even seem to care if she got hurt. In fact, she did not even seem to fear dying. Her parents had debated many times on whether or not Waverly had some sort of mental illness. Since she was adopted they really had no way of knowing whether it was genetic. There was no information like that on her biological parents. Her adopted parents had even moved from London to a smaller town in England for Waverly's own safety.

Last time Waverly had run off to Ikebukuro, her parents had been able to come after her right away and take her back home. Thankfully it had been before she met anyone too exciting. Suki felt like she should call someone, but feared if she called Waverly's parents that Waverly would just take off somewhere else. This way at least Suki could be sure to look after her cousin to make sure she did not do anything too stupid. For some reason, Waverly would actually listen to Suki sometimes although Suki did not really know why. After all, Suki was barely a year older than Waverly.

No doubt Suki's parents would call Waverly's parents if they knew she was here. However, this was Suki's parents' busy time of the month. Suki would only see them at night for a while. Suki began to form a plan in her head. She would just look after Waverly until Waverly's parents called and came to pick her up. Since she had come here before, Suki figured they would be able to guess where Waverly had gone. That plan had more of a possibility of succeeding in Waverly not knowing they were coming. She would just have to keep an eye on Waverly in the meantime.

She looked over at Waverly's blood crusted face again. Waverly was smiling giddily again. Suki rolled her eyes."Waverly, we need to take you to a doctor or something. That does not look good."

Waverly whined again.

"Nooo. But doctors are no fun! I really don't mind my face like that, it keeps things interesting. Besides, the little bit of pain is refreshing."

It really did not help that Waverly had such a high threshold for pain. Just after she said that, Waverly began to waver on her feet and slightly fell onto Suki. Suki held her up, slinging Waverly's arm over the back of her own shoulders. She allowed Waverly to lean on her; Waverly was barely able to stand up straight. This did not look good.

She needed to get her some help before she lost consciousness from blood loss. However, Suki was still several months away from being eighteen so she could not set up an appointment for her. Waverly was still sixteen, so she could not either. Most doctors would probably also ask that Waverly's guardians' ne the ones to make her appointment. That and even if she did take Waverly to a doctor, they would no doubt notify Waverly's parents and there was the chance that Waverly would take off again.

She had to find some sort of doctor who did not care about the age of the person calling in and who was no obligated to inform parents, but where could she find an unlicensed doctor like that? Suki had not been aware that she was muttering this thought process out loud. Waverly was too much in her own world to comment on the ramblings.

"If I may make a suggestion."

Suki and Waverly turned around to see a pale man with longish raven-black hair wearing a black parka with white fur trim. Suki sucked in a breath recognizing him from the descriptions she had heard. This was Ikebukuro's most infamous info broker, Izaya Orihara. He was right up there along with Shizuo Heiwajima on the danger scale. She had tried her best to avoid him as well, hoping that she seemed too boring to take an interest in. However, it appears her cousin's thrill seeking tendencies had brought both Waverly and herself to the informant's attention.

Great.

Waverly perked up a little bit as she stared with big eyes at the man before them.

"Izaya Orihara…" She said almost dreamily. Waverly tried to take a step towards him but Suki held her back. The motion sent Waverly slumping onto Suki again, but Waverly still stared at Izaya as though she were amazed.

Suki tried her best to hide her nervousness and spoke to the informant with a serious expression.

"And what would that suggestion be?"

He smirked at them. "Well, Miss Suki Tatsumi, I just so happen to know a well-qualified underground doctor who would be able to help you."

Suki should have known that the man would still somehow know her name. It was still unnerving though, given his reputation. Suki pondered what he said, knowing she should not trust this man.

"At what price?" Suki hated how her voice wavered at that. She really was not very good at this, hence why she tried to avoid people like him as much as possible. Waverly was still giggling crazily.

Izaya just laughed maniacally in response.

"Oh, I figure you probably don't have enough money to pay for my information. However, there are other ways you can pay me.~"

There was a mischievous look in his eye as he smirked while saying that. Suki felt a shiver go through her. She felt stuck. The last thing she wanted was to owe the information broker, but she had to do this for Waverly.

"IIZAAYA!"

Uh oh.

Shizuo Heiwajima came charging over to them. Izaya merely smirked in response.

"YOU LEAVE THOSE DAMN KIDS ALONE OR I SWEAR I WILL POUND YOU INTO THE GROUND!"

Izaya laughed and gave an incredibly fake innocent look on his face as he put his hand to his chest.

"Why, Shizu-chan, I wasn't doing anything to them." He claimed overdramatically, "I was simply offering to help them by telling them where they could find the right doctor."

Shizuo looked over at the girls and seemed to see the panicked look on Suki's face. He tried to take a deep breath, still feeling bad about earlier."Uh, well. I actually know a doctor who might be able to help."

Suki's jaw dropped. She did not expect Shizuo Heiwajima to offer to help.

"And I wouldn't make you pay some ridiculous price, unlike the Flea, just to know which doctor. I'm not an ******* like him."

"Ah, Shizu-chan is soo rude." Izaya complained with fake hurt. Shizuo just rolled his eyes.

"Actually, we are probably talking about the same person. He's a, um," He cleared his throat, ", mutual friend you could say. As a matter of fact, I think he lives not too far from here. I could show you where his place is."

"Um…" The last thing Suki wanted to do was take the word of the two most dangerous men in the city.

"If you're talking about our dear friend from high school, Shizu-chan, then yes, we are in fact on the same page."

Yet, Suki knew that these men hated each other. If they both agreed on something, then it was probably right. Izaya was after all an information broker.

If one of them were lying, it would make sense for the other to call them out on it and not agree with them. Suki figured it probably was not a good idea to listen to these men, but she felt like she did not have much of a choice. Suki always felt desperate when it came to having to watch out for her cousin, despite how carefree Waverly was about pretty much everything.

Suki sighed and nodded.

"Um, alright." She took out her purse and began digging through her wallet. She had a guess about how much a doctor like this may charge, and she was not sure if she would have enough to pay for it. She felt a surprisingly gentle hand on her wrist stopping her searching. She looked up to see that it was Shizuo's hand. He had a serious look on his face that looked like it was a mix of guilt and strained calm.

"Don't worry about it. I'll pay for the doctor." He let go of her wrist.

"Are you-are you sure?" Suki stuttered out.

"Yes. After all, it's my fault she's hurt in the first place. It's only the least I can do."

Suki nodded and put her wallet away.

Izaya laughed.

"Who knew that the beast could actually be chivalrous?"

Shizuo growled.

"Shut your trap you vermin!"

"You can't make me! ~"

"Izaya! You-"

Waverly starting whining again as Suki tried to pull them forward.

"Suukiii! I don wanna go see a doctor!"

Waverly was whining like a child.

"Waverly! You can barely stand up straight! If we don't take you to a doctor soon you'll most likely pass out from blood loss."

"So what?"

They were all silent for a second.

"I'm sorry, but...so what? That's your response?" Suki asked in exasperation.

Waverly shrugged.

"It would certainly be something interesting. Losing consciousness because of someone as exciting as Shizuo Heiwajima. It certainly is more interesting than if nothing were to happen to me."

Suki closed her eyes and pinched the pinch of her nose in frustration.

She knew she was going to regret this, but…she sighed and faced Waverly again.

"Oh, but Waverly, if you pass out you'll miss out on doing anything thrilling. After all, you can't do anything when you're unconscious. That is why you dislike sleep, correct?"

Waverly seemed to be considering for a moment.

"Oh, alright. Being unconscious would be rather boring now that I think about it. Okay, I'll go"

Suki let out the breath that she'd been holding. Shizuo just stared with his mouth hanging open.

What the heck was that!?

Izaya laughed and had a malicious glint in his eyes.

Good grief.

Suki groaned internally.

Waverly thrust her fist forward (as though preparing for some sort of journey) and tried to step forward.

"Well then, let's go!" She immediately fell over, and Shizuo caught her. He sighed.

"How about I carry her there? It might be best for all of us."

Suki sighed and nodded reluctantly. She was not too sure how she felt about going with any of Ikebukuro's most dangerous men somewhere, but she would chance it for her cousin's sake. Waverly drove her crazy, but Suki really cared about her though. She had this great fear that something would happen to Waverly because of her carelessness. Waverly was like a thrill seeking child in a way.

Shizuo carried Waverly princess style. She started giggling psychotically again, but quieter than before. She appeared to be blushing as well, which stood out more against her pale skin from blood loss.

They started walking before Shizuo stopped to look back, seeing that Izaya was following.

"The hell you think you're doing, flea?"

"Why, I'm coming to see what happens of course.~"

Shizuo growled.

"No way."

"It's not like you can stop me. ~" Izaya narrowed his eyes, daring him.

Shizuo grunted but turned back around and started walking again. He did not want to chance raging right now when he had to make sure this girl was cared for. With his luck, maybe he could stab Izaya with one of Shinra's random syringes while they were there. He just better not try anything with these girls.

I mean, they were just kids for crying out loud.

Suki sighed again, and tried to breathe calmly as she followed behind Shizuo. One thing was clear, every time she was with Waverly, that girl always managed to take Suki outside of her comfort zone. And Suki was very happy inside of her comfort zone. She really saw no reason to leave it. That was, usually she did not.

Suki tried to ignore Izaya as best as she could, but he kept trying to start a conversation with her. It was not in her nature to be rude by not responding, plus she feared what might happen if she did not reply to him. She just hoped he could not see how much she was fighting internally to keep from having an anxiety attack.

That would not work out in her favor if she did. Waverly needed her right now, even if Waverly did not even realize it. Another thing seemed likely when Waverly was around, was that Suki was less wrapped up in herself. Suki was not selfish exactly, but when she was with Waverly she was more willing to take a risk if it was to help Waverly. Something she did not normally do with strangers or for herself. Especially since Suki was far from a risk taker.

She did not know how long Waverly was going to be around here, but she knew that changes were definitely going to occur because of it though. Even though Suki did not look forward to it, she would handle them for the sake of her cousin. Suki took deep breaths as she thought about what might happen next.