The two ships flew across the sky as they were slowly approaching the city known as Ikebukuro.
"Gonna be honest, never thought we'd be returning to this town again." Twilight said.
"It feels like its been so long now." Komasan said.
"Considering everything that went down last time, yeah. Russians, motorcycle gangs, Yakuza...it is somewhat of a series of events why we should have backed away." Sugarcoat said.
"Hopefully, things won't get as crazy as last time. We have friends down there like Celty and Shizuo." Lucy said.
"Course we have lost a few friends ourselves." Patti said.
"Yeah. The Persona users, Ichigo, Aladdin and his friends, Roy, Hancock, those fighters from Medici, they just returned to their worlds after what happened with the Ginova Family to live their normal lives." Jexi said.
"It couldn't be helped." Sectonia said.
"Will you guys quiet down? I'm trying to watch TV!" Aria said flipping to the news.
"Okay. Welcome back. Late last night at 9pm at Sunrise Station near a shopping arcade, there was a stabbing in the area. The stabber was unidentified but the person who was attacked has been identified as Izaya Orihara." the news person said.
"Izaya?" Jexi said in surprise.
David was choking on his Sprite as that was reported. "Did I just hear that right?"
"Unfortunately." Zoro said. "Although, Ikebukuro is already chaotic enough without him."
"Still… I wonder how that even happened…" Leia said.
"Several witnesses have reported that Mr. Orihara was walking before he just collapsed in a heap on the streets bleeding out. He was stabbed in the stomach with a knife. Police are waiting for Mr. Orihara to recover before they can question him about this being a random attack." the reporter said.
"I highly doubt it. Izaya has probably made a lot of enemies." Genis said.
"So what you're saying is that this is an attack by someone he's had bad blood with in the past." Jude said.
"I doubt it's Shizuo. He's dead set on killing him, but he wouldn't be that underhanded about it." Vera said.
"It wasn't him. They said a knife was used so it can't be him. Hmm. I was planning to just explore the city for the day, same with all of you as a day off, but...I think someone should go to the hospital to spy on him. Make sure he's not up to anything." Jexi said.
"That sounds right up your alley, Leia." David said. "As a reporter, you should be able to get the dirt on what's going on."
"Right. Leave it to me!" Leia said.
"Maybe I better go with you. I know where the hospital is." Sunset said.
"Thank you, Sunset. That would be a great help." Leia said.
"Then for the day, let's just live it." Jexi said.
We look to the hospital as Sunset and Leia were scaling the side of it.
"Okay, we should be underneath the window for Izaya's room. Sounds like he's being questioned." Sunset said.
"I don't know who'd wanna attack me, honest. Please, officer. Don't worry about me. Just catch the maniac who did this. The people of this city would sleep a little easier." Izaya said as the police were soon leaving.
"Oh, he is such a liar." Sunset said.
"He's an info broker. That's pretty much what he does." Leia said.
"He also knows when someone is spying on him." Izaya said looking down on the two of them.
"Oh, Izaya! Hey. So we were just in the neighborhood and…" Sunset said as something slimy was being poured down the walls. "What the heck?"
"Some of the sauce from my meal. Enjoy." he said as the two slipped off the wall before shutting the window.
"Man, I hate that guy." Sunset said groaning.
"Still, hard to believe that he'd get himself hurt like that. His attacker must be very crafty." Leia said.
"It was most likely a surprise attack. Most likely, he was on the phone when it happened as was someone else. I believe, Izaya was talking to his stabber as they were approaching him and stabbed him when his guard was down." Sunset said.
"That does seem to be the case, but there are still so many things we don't know about." Leia said.
"This time, we'll listen in from the normal way...by going through the front door." Sunset said.
Going through the front, the two of them sat down and waited a few hours before he came down.
"Excuse me, is it alright if I borrow a phone? I'd like to call a friend." Izaya said.
"Of course. Here. Help yourself." the nurse said giving him the phone.
"How are we…" Leia began.
"I already have that covered." Sunset said pointing to a small child like creature holding a transceiver. "I called Gnomey so we could listen in on his call."
"That seems pretty handy." Leia said.
"Hold it. We're getting something." Sunset said.
"Noooo!" a voice shouted.
"Hello?" Izaya asked.
"Who the hell is this?" the voice said.
"Well, that is the most enthusiastic greeting I've ever gotten from you, Shinra." Izaya said.
"Oh, it's you, Izaya. I'll call you back." Shinra said.
"No, don't hang up. I'm in the hospital and you're the first person I've called." Izaya said.
"What? Why are you in the hospital?" Shinra asked.
"I was stabbed. It was on the news this morning." Izaya said.
"That sucks. See ya." Shinra said hanging up.
"What a pisspoor excuse for a friend." Izaya said sighing before he spied the police watching before smiling. "I'll have you know I am an upstanding citizen! I beg you to quit your life of crime before I end up in the morgue!" he said before hanging up. "I'm done, thank you." Izaya said heading back to his room.
"Wonder what that was all about." Leia said.
"I saw his expression when he came in. He's bored." Sunset sighed. "So he created a situation."
"Figures." Leia said. "Still, that Shinra guy sounded like he was in some sort of carriage. I wonder where he was going. Most likely some sort of trip in the woods."
"Oh yeah. Now that I think of it, him and Celty are out of town for the day." Sunset said.
"Well, with their lines of work, they could use a break every now and then." Leia said.
"Hmm. We need to keep an even better eye on him. The cops are about to call Shinra and Izaya's probably waiting by a phone. Let's sneak into his room and hide under his bed." Sunset said.
"Sure. He has to slip up sometime." Leia said.
A few hours later, it was night as Izaya was sitting up in bed wide awake with Sunset and Leia hiding underneath his bed.
"How can he stay awake this long? He has to be tired by now." Sunset muttered.
"It seems like he's waiting for something." Leia said as they heard the door open up. Walking through was a brown haired woman in glasses with a serious look.
"Who is that? I don't recognize that woman." Sunset said.
"At last...I found you." she said smiling.
"You have. I'm sorry, who are you?" Izaya asked.
"What? You don't remember? I guess you wouldn't. I guess I'm probably the biggest nobody you have ever met." she said.
"You must be right, otherwise I'd remember you." Izaya said.
"When you die, you disappear. The pain you feel doesn't though, only your being." she said. "You say there's nothing but eternal darkness isn't nothing as it has to be there. You can feel it all around you."
"Oh...it's you. I definitely remember you. The suicidal girl I tricked one time. I drugged your drinks and walked right out." Izaya said smiling a bit as she walked onto the bed.
"I hope you're ready. Cause this nobody's come back to cut the life outta you!" she said as Izaya dodged as she slashed the pillow, he grabbed her by the neck and held her down on the ground as he pinned her down.
"You're right. You don't mean anything to me. You didn't even have the guts to commit suicide. Yet you spent the past year waiting for the chance to kill me. And then today, you saw the news and then somehow you found me. And here you are. You've come to kill me...and the two under my bed came to spy on me." Izaya said.
"Again? How does he always know it's us?" Leia asked.
"Oh that's easy. I know how you think. You wouldn't give up after one shot, isn't that right...reporter from Elympios?" Izaya said.
'Crap… He's got me pegged." Leia said.
"Hahahaha! Isn't it amazing how things work out? This was the last thing I ever expected." Izaya said. "Oh I remember now, thanks to you." Izaya said taking a stand up. "How I started, what drives me. Ever since I found something inhuman, I've been selling humanity short. But now I know…" he said getting on the bed and grabbing some pillow feathers. "Humans are interesting! I love humanity! Isn't it magnificent? Magnificent!" Izaya said laughing.
"I don't get whatever it is you're flipping out about. All I know is that you're lower than dirt." the girl said.
"Hate me all you want, same with you two. Fine by me! I'll keep on loving you girls. Obsessively, irrationally, desperately. I love humanity! I love everyone of you!" Izaya shouted.
It was later in the night that the two girls were shaken under the bed as the girl as well as Izaya had snuck out of the room.
"He's even worse than people think." Sunset said. "I think we've both seen enough of this."
"Ditto. That guy is crazy, in pretty much every sense of the word." Leia said.
"Hopefully, everyone else had a better day than us." Sunset said.
"I'm pretty sure they do." Leia said.