Oh, I just re-watched a series and so I wanted to have a story with that element, too. No, not the plot or situational things… just that kind'a 'club'. Heheh, but I will do my best on this one to be more of original than copycat. ^^ I now present you, A.K.A. Monsters, a Romance/Supernatural type of story… which is much more inclined to the Romance part. Multiple pairings and of course, Shizaya!

Introductory might hint otherwise… but sheesh… it's not like that! ^^

Disclaimer: I do not own Durarara and Bokuwa. There are also other references used yet fanfics of other authors are not included.

Warnings: Shounen-ai, language, violence, supernatural, sensual themes, healthy insanity— a lot. OOC. High-school-themed. Tsun-tsun-dere-dere!

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A.K.A. Monsters

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Summary: Feared by school and scared to become themselves, they do not have friends. However, both being lured by a crazy idea, they will have the best times… dealing with their worst enemies— each other. Will the romance flag be raised this time just before graduation? Shizaya.

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A.K.A. Monsters

Bound by the sole purpose of confession lies the wildest dreams of one's heart…

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The morning wind starts blowing as the students march once again towards their dearest Raira Academy— the only high school in the district. Spring blossoms greet them in this new school year… readying themselves for the school opening ceremony. Gentle smiles embrace their faces and another year will be spent with their living treasures…

Friends.

However, not everyone this year is happy. Currently in his third year and still unsuccessful to gather friends, it must be very lonely for him. But he is more than used to this… ever since he was four, no one had the nerve to even play with him.

He is a brute. He is a monster. He is nothing but trouble and violence.

Time is getting spent by either merely staring out the window, dumping his face at the table, sleeping on the rooftop… or fighting off everyone who wants to. He has been renowned as the 'Automatic Fighting Doll'— such in a way that one's token is a simple display of attacking stance… and the product will be massive destruction. But at times that he is in 'idle mode', he is nothing less tranquil than a rock in the garden… so quiet and unmoving. But due to the risky and daring (stupid) gang members, his life has never been so loud…

More likely when the phantom student comes along.

Just like the 'Fighting Doll', he never had any friends— no one even knows which class he belongs or whether he really is a student of that school. All he does is run library work during suspensions and to put tokens on the Doll when he is free. No one has ever seen him in a class… and so no one can tell if he is a good or bad academic student. And since it has been three years since he is first spotted, everyone thought the trouble will only last until the end of that school year.

So… the phantom student must be making the most of it.

"IIIIIZAAAAAAAYAAAAAAA!" That familiar yell echoes around the corridors… only to be followed by loud crashing sounds. The class clerks run away from their stations as they speed away from the sources of the sound. And for those who stayed, before their scared eyes runs across a man in dark blazers and red shirt. He runs across the corridors in evasion of the flying chairs being thrown at him.

"What the fuck, Shizu-chan? Have the vacation clouded your sight?" The student in red laughs out and the one wearing the blue blazers and white shirt yells back, "Stop running and let's see, you flea!" Malicious laughter then echoes around as the student in red vanishes along with the smoke of the commotion. The other guy brings down the chair he is holding and begins picking up the nearby thrown ones…

"Every year. Every damn year. He's the source of my problems."

Hi, I'm Shizuo Heiwajima and I will be graduating from Raira Academy at the end of this academic year. I may have no friends for now but I will try my best to find just even one. I just have to scratch that flea off from the face of the world first— those are my goals and this is my story!

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A.K.A Monsters

Rei Haruno —Sakura no Imooto

First Activity: Let's be Friends

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"Hey, have you heard? They said the class rosters have been shuffled again." "Huh? That's so sudden! So that means my classmates last year are not really my classmates this year?!" "…It's been the school's policy to rearrange rosters once in a while." "Yeah, this school is weird. It even has three sets of uniforms… with different color themes." "…Yeah, the black, blue and yellow uniforms. They say it is to make it look like our district has three high schools. That's just twisted!"

Girls are loudly gossiping nearby the Fighting Doll who is simply staring outside the window that morning. He has nothing else to do since he has finished cleaning the room minutes ago before eight strikes— even though the other class clerk did not come early out of fear.

"…Hey, I heard you said the rosters have been rearranged? Is that why Heiwajima belongs to our class now?" "Hey, not so loud! He might hear you." "Oh, my!"

"…What the fuck am I hearing?" Shizuo then shifts to dump his face at the desk, "…That fucking flea is the one responsible for this…"

"…Anou, is this seat taken?" Shizuo twitches as he hears the class gasp and then he lifts his face to see most of their classmates' eyes nailed at his direction. He then straightens up and looks at his side… seeing a beautiful lady standing before the seat beside him. Her pale brown hair and dim green orbs somewhat points out her non-Asian origins and yet she speaks fluent Japanese. She is also wearing the black-red uniform for women— black midrib blazers and a long red dress with a pleated skirt— along with her black high socks and white shoes.

"Is it? I mean— is the seat taken?"

"…N… No." Shizuo murmurs and then she smiles a bit as she sits down… noticing the gazes she is earning from everyone else. She then turns to Shizuo, "Anou, is there something on my face?"

"…You're not Japanese, are you?" Shizuo answers with another question— the girl thinking that he must be referring to her non-Japanese appearance as the reason why she is being eyed upon. She then twitches and gives him a small smile, "Yes, I'm Irish… but I am studying here in Japan for two years now." She then offers a hand for handshake, "My name is Celty Sturluson. What's yours?"

"…S-She's the transfer student, right?" "…No wonder she doesn't know how dangerous that man is."

She twitches even before Shizuo can reply and slowly retracts her hand as she looks around— finding people scared for her. The blonde guy then turns away and then murmurs, "Keep away. It'll be better for you."

The girl sighs and then she brings out a notebook and begins browsing it. The class members then go back to their original topics and then Shizuo takes a glance at what she is reading— seeing that nothing is written in there. Then she writes at the side nearest to Shizuo…

'Don't you want to be friends with me? (smiley)'

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A.K.A. Monsters

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At the rooftop where only a few students dare to come due to the presence of the Doll, Celty Sturluson wanders around to see everything from there, "Wow, this is a wonderful place! I can see the whole school from here!"

"Get down. You'll get suspended if they spot you here."

"…!" Celty ducks down and crawls towards Shizuo, "You should have said earlier." The blond watches her sit down properly and fishes inside her bag for a packed lunch— noticing the panicky tone she has earlier. He then begins after she murmurs 'Itadakimasu' and digs at her food, "You seem to cook just fine." She hums and then she smiles with a declining hum, "Someone else prepared this for me. I told him I will be eating up here but then he said there's a monster here so I shouldn't go."

She then looks around, "But I don't see anything strange—" "I AM the monster." "Huh?" Celty stares at him and then she kindly smiles, "You don't look like a monster at all." "You haven't seen it." "Then let's put some tokens in, shall we?"

The two look at a direction and the student in red earlier shows himself, "What a very cute improvement, Shizu-chan! You're hitting it off with a girl… not Japanese, moreover."

"Why of all times…?" Shizuo grinds his teeth and then Celty points at him, "You're… uhm, the so-called phantom student, right?" The boy twitches and goes to her side and squats down, "Oh my, a transfer student knows me. I'm so touched." "Well, I heard you are causing some trouble around school. Is it—?" The boy holds her head and makes her face the blond, "Then why don't you ask the Automatic Fighting Doll right there?"

"You flea…" Shizuo gets up and rotates his shoulder, "How many times do I have to tell you not to show your face around here?! HUH?!"

"Oooops! See ya later!" The boy runs down the stairs as well as the blond who just decided to chase him. The woman cocks her head to the side and she brings out her phone to message someone.

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A.K.A Monsters

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Afternoon classes are done and Shizuo just have to go home now. After the event at the rooftop during lunchtime, Celty has not spoken to him just yet. He then leaves the classroom while Celty is still packing her things up. She then watches him pass by then the girls surround her, "Sturluson, right?" "H-Hai." "…You should know better than to get near Heiwajima. You wouldn't know when he's going to hurt you." "He's a monster… get away from him."

Celty suddenly feels bad with all the warnings she has been receiving from them. Such disheartening thoughts.

"I'm sorry. I need to go." She quickly evades all concerns and then walks out of her classroom. She then speed-walks towards the entrance of the building and then a guy waves at her, "Celty!"

The guy has somewhat dark short hair and eyeglasses. He is wearing the school's blue uniform just like what Shizuo is wearing.

"There you are." She goes to him and then the bespectacled guy smiles at her, "Anou…" He then cries childishly, "Aren't you hurt? I heard you were hanging around the Fighting Doll! I was so worried about you!"

"…You, too?" "…?" "To be honest, he's a nice guy… when he's not mad." "…! He has let out his fury on you?!" "…The phantom student that passed us by earlier came and then Heiwajima-kun chased him." "…Eh? Whenever that phantom student comes around, he always loses his cool…"

"I think he needs friends, Shinra." The guy then twitches and chuckles with a helpless face, "Well, he's nothing like you, Celty. He can perfectly live alright with all that. Besides, if he really wants friends… he should do something about his attitude."

"Then what do you suggest should I do?"

"Well, that's…! HUH?!" The guy named Shinra shrieks and then he suddenly hides behind Celty. The girl then smiles kindly and greets him, "Hello, Heiwajima-kun." "Neh, tell me what should I do, Kishitani? HUH?"

"I apologize from the bottom of my heart!" "You can start by acting friendlier." "Tch. They all think I'm going to swindle them or something." "Ignore challenges?" "How can I ignore someone who is basically throwing knives at me?! …Sorry." "…Befriend that guy?"

The blonde guy stones up… only to grind his teeth at the woman, "Do you have any idea of what you're talking about, huh?! That flea never deserved anyone! He is good for nothing all I wanted for him to do is die!" She then crosses her arms before her chest, "…Exactly." The guy twitches and straightens as she starts explaining, "That is what everyone thinks of you as well. You should probably know how hard it is for him feel that. It's not just you, Mr. Automatic Fighting Doll… even he gets that kind of eyes and treatment."

Shizuo then sighs and punches the wall behind Celty on the side where Shinra is not on, "You don't get it at all." She then twitches and then Shinra eyes at him differently. Shizuo then continues talking, "I understand where you are coming from, Sturluson. But I want you to know that that flea does not see things the same way we do. He intentionally hurts people and I don't. There is a big difference between the two of us."

"…I see." Celty then smiles and puts her hands behind her, "Then that means that you have more of a heart than he does. And that also means that it'll be easier for you to do that than waiting him to do so, neh?"

…An awkward moment of silence envelops the three and then Shizuo then decides to walk away— losing the argument yet remaining stubborn, "I refuse."

The conversation ends with those words and then Shinra Kishitani goes in front of Celty, "…We can just give up on this, Celty. You can't force your ideals on someone who refuses to take in anything anymore. Pain numbs the heart, I know you know that."

"…That's why I wanted to help him!" "…He doesn't want it…" Shinra scratches his head and looks at Shizuo's direction, "…Or more like, even if he wants to do what you are saying… it's going to be tough asking for help. More likely in making peace…"

"…Help? Peace? Friends?" Celty murmurs words and then she gasps loudly in excitement, "I have an idea how to do this! Thank you, Shinra!"

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A.K.A. Monsters

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In their classmates' relief, Celty Sturluson— the Irish transfer student— has not talked to Shizuo Heiwajima— the Automatic Fighting Doll— for almost three days now ever since they have warned her. And as the afternoon classes have gone away, they start checking up on her and telling her their 'we told you so' remarks. However, Celty just smiles at them and speaks in a determined voice, "I haven't given up yet."

She then runs off to the entrance and tugs on Shinra towards a location. They head to the auxiliary library and then Shinra asks her, "Celty, where are we going?" "Auxiliary library." "Why there?" "…Well, the school needs the Presidents of each club to be submitting their club rules and regulations, aims and lists of members to the librarian there. Monthly update needed as well…"

"Wait? A club?"

Celty just nods and then they walk near the library door… hearing people converse with murmurs, "Just put it right there." "But these are useless books, Tsukumoya. You should throw them away." "Those are school property. Leave them alone."

"…I'll just… put them here. Fuck, it's too high…!" "If you damage anything, you have to fix it." "…I forgot I can… there." "Orihara idiot."

Celty then knocks at the door and then she opens the door… finding the librarian sitting at his desk— browsing student records. She then walks to him as Shinra closes the door behind them. She then speaks as she gets near enough, "I came here for the listing for legitimate clubs. Here are the copy of our requirements and the club registration form." "…Hmm. Okay, let me check."

Celty then looks around— probably looking for the person the librarian is talking with. She then gazes at the Helper's Board which enlists the names of the student helpers in the auxiliary library. However, there is only one name on the list. The kanji of the student's name is quite hard to decipher and then she cocks her head to the side… "Orihara… Rin… ya?"

"It's read as Izaya— but written with those kanji." The voice of the phantom student echoes in the library and the students look at their side… seeing him rolling an empty trolley towards them, "Club registration, huh."

Celty stares at him for a moment— quickly noticing that he reacts and speaks differently from the first day they have met. He doesn't seem to remember her as well. His voice is not as happy as it sounded before and his red eyes are filled with biting coldness.

"…Hm, quite interesting." The librarian whispers and then he asks Celty and Shinra, "Are you sure you can handle this? I mean, Raira Academy is the nest of all juvenile elements in Raira District. It is not all about the Fighting Doll, you know." Izaya— the phantom student— peers on the paper the librarian held after going around the desk, "…Watchers Club?"

"We are well aware that a lot of people are causing ruckus to the school and even though they do not do anything, their mere names are enough to send chills to the students. We are not against their existence but it is our best interest to restrict any more chaos from breaking. We do not aim to neutralize them… suppression is also a lot harsher than the actual idea, as well."

"…Orihara, meet your new enemies." Izaya sighs and takes another trolley filled with books, suddenly getting disinterested in the matter, "I'll check up on that once you had the Fighting Doll under your control." "It's not really 'control'. But that is somehow what we intend to do."

"…" Izaya looks at them… only to continue on deeper the library. The librarian then chuckles and then he files in the registration, "Registration secured. You can start your operations tomorrow." "…I'd rather call it activities than operations, Tsukumoya-sensei." "But you're practically street-sweeping Raira! But lem'me give ya some pointers." The librarian gets out of his seat and whispers at Celty's ear, "You better handle Shizuo Heiwajima with extra care. You don't wanna have that guy after you."

"…I will… keep that in mind."

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A.K.A. Monsters

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Afternoon classes have been done but Celty's request for Shizuo to meet with them by the garden. And since she somehow intrigues the blond, he decides to come by and hear her out. The garden is exceptionally far from the school premises and no other students go that far since thug students have been lurking around lately. And seeing that the pathwalk is cleared from any 'idiots', Shizuo knows that something is already off.

He reaches the forgotten garden and he finds Shinra and Celty waiting at the dirty and mossy pavilion. The bespectacled man sees him from afar and so they go out and meet with Shizuo. However, the blond stops meters before them and then he speaks, "There are bastards normally surrounding this area. It seems to me that… you could have wiped them out."

"Wipe out? It's nothing like that." Celty smiles and then she puts her hands behind her, "Shizuo Heiwajima, why don't you join us at the pavilion? I want to talk about something with you." "…What is this about? I also heard you established something like the Watchers Club. Are you trying to pick a fight with me?" Celty twitches and then she smiles, "I see, Orihara-san must have told you. I didn't think you were close."

"Don't fuck with me. I don't want to hit women." "No, I just thought maybe… if we had a club which members are… well-known delinquents then… they would easily understand each of our desires to have friends." "…?" Shizuo then gets caught off-guard by the thing… he knew it— it is still about him and the phantom student. He then scratches his head and speaks, "…No can do. You can't keep a club like that. Delinquents are always open to betrayal. You cannot have friends like that."

"But Shizuo-san isn't like that… is he?"

"…I guess I should have fought you after all." Shizuo then picks up a mossy bench and motions to throw it at Celty, "Please leave me alone!" Shinra looks at Celty and then she sighs, "I… also wanted to make use of my strength to stop fights." She then draws out a nightstick-looking thing… only to extend into a three-meter-long pole with a curved blade at the end— a scythe as a matter of fact— "Let's just settle this like this then."

Shizuo twitches within and stares at the woman… "…Who the hell is this Celty Sturluson?"

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End of Activity 1

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