Yay! My first fanfic! It's based around Kida, Shizuo and Izaya. It's set after Mikado, Anri and Kida become friends but before the big three-way conflict starts. It's inspired by the ShizuoxKida story I read by GraceDragon013. I may or may not add more. I hope to add more though, because I have more plans for this~


How the hell did I get in this situation, Kida thought as he glanced back and forth between a devious looking Izaya Orihara and a VERY pissed off Shizuo Heiwajima.

He was probably in the worst spot in Ikebukuro at the moment. He knew from his past experience what a despicable cur Izaya Orihara was. It would have been bad enough to run into only Izaya.

If you added Shizuo, with his short fuse and super-human strength, then things got really dicey. Kida had seen firsthand the destruction that Shizuo was capable of and Shizuo only seemed to get stronger when pissed off.

And, man, did Izaya know how to piss off Shizuo.

How had his peaceful afternoon of picking up girls in the park turned into this dangerous situation? He had to admit though, he was thankful both Anri and Mikado had been busy today, so neither of them was with him in this predicament.

Shizuo was on one side of the park's fountain, breathing heavily, holding a sign he had ripped from the ground and could hurl at Izaya at any moment. Izaya was on the other side of the fountain, smirking slightly, despite the fact that he was also breathing a little heavily. Kida was sitting on a bench on the same side of the fountain as Izaya, directly in the line of fire.

There had been few people in the park when the destructive duo had shown up, but those who had been there were smart enough to disappear. Kida only wished he could have been so lucky. They were all motionless at the moment. Shizuo and Izaya seemed to be taking a moment to catch their breath, which made Kida wonder how long this game of "tag" had been going on. Neither of them was the type to easily tire. The tension in the air was unbearably intense. Kida felt that if he made the slightest movement, then all hell would break loose.

Kida tensed as he saw movement out of the corner of his eye. He had been looking at Shizuo, but turned just in time to see Izaya stand up a bit straighter and chuckle darkly. He smiled coyly at Shizuo and cooed, "Aww...what's wrong Shizu-chan? Are you really the type of man to run out of gas and quit so quickly? No wonder you don't get much attention from the ladies~"

Kida turned just in time to see the flying sign before it hit him in the head and knocked him out.

Shizuo didn't know what had happened. Had that kid been there the whole time since he'd chased Izaya into the park? He probably wouldn't have even noticed him, had it not been for the fact that the sign he had meant to hit Izaya had slammed into the kid instead, and didn't hit Izaya. When the sign hadn't hit that damned flea, Shizuo had ran around the fountain, planning to catch and squash the information broker. But when he got to the other side of the fountain, he had caught a splash of red out of the corner of his eye. When he'd turned, he saw the kid, laying face down, blood slowly pooling around his blonde head. With the sign that Shizuo had thrown lying next to him, a corner of it stained with the young boys blood. Then, when he went to squash the useless flea, Simon had gotten in the way, catching Shizuo's fist in one hand while balancing a Russia Sushi delivery on the other. Shizuo had to argue with Simon for a minute, trying his best to get around the big Russian to Izaya. Simon just kept blocking all of Shizuo's attempts, saying, "Fighting is no good. It only makes you hungry. You should stop by and get some Russia Sushi to help calm down, Shizuo." Shizuo was finally able to get Simon to leave when he yelled about the sushi getting cold.

And in those few seconds of distraction, that dirty flea had escaped.

Shizuo turned, still though roughly pissed, but then saw the bloody boy lying by the fountain. It sobered his rage and he picked up the kid, running him to the best place he could think of.

When Shizuo rang the doorbell, Celty was the one to answer the door. When she saw the bloody boy that Shizuo was carrying, she stepped out of the way so Shizuo could come in and quickly typed into her phone "What happened?"

Shizuo grunted and said, "Izaya. That bastard was in Ikebukuro again. I didn't see the kid..." In the back of his mind, Shizuo knew that he might not have even noticed the kid if he hadn't injured him so badly.

He felt guilt. When he lost his temper, he wasn't the most cautious and caring about others. People called him a monster when they saw his strength, and they were right. Today's event had only proved it more. To make matters worse, he had meant to kill that damn flea with that sign, so it was thrown full force. The kid hadn't opened his eyes or spoken the whole time Shizuo had carried him to Shinra's. Shizuo entered the kitchen/living room to see Shinra digging through the fridge. "Hey," Shizuo said and Shinra popped his head up from behind the door. "Hey Shizu-oh." His greeting was cut short when he saw the bloody boy in Shizuo's arms. Shinra pointed in the direction of his spare room, where he often treated Shizuo and any other patient who showed up on his doorstep.

Shizuo quickly carried the bloody boy to the spare room, and Celty opened the door for him. He laid the kid down on the table and stepped back. Celty typed away on her phone and showed it to Shinra, who came in moments later. Shinra only nodded and started working on the boy's injury. Celty went and stood beside Shizuo. Shinra was an excellent doctor and they really couldn't help much, so they just stayed out of the way.

Celty and Shizuo stood to the side quietly while Shinra worked away, stitching up the boy's head. He finished pretty quickly and then turned to Shizuo, "It's not such a terrible injury. It looked a lot worse than it was. That's the trouble with head wounds, they like to bleed." Shinra sighed. "He will have one bad headache when he wakes up and I'll have to check to see if he has a concussion. But he'll be ok." Shizuo nodded and Shinra stretched. "I'm going to go fix something up for dinner. Celty, do you wanna come? And what about you, Shizuo? Are you hungry?"

"I'm fine. I'll wait here 'til the kid wakes up." Shizuo said as he sat in the chair that was in the corner. Shinra nodded and turned to Celty, smiling, "Let's go, Celty." Celty typed in her phone, "Alright. I'll be out in a minute." And Shinra skipped out of the room.

Celty turned to Shizuo, typed in her phone, "You really ok?" Shizuo nodded and Celty went out to the kitchen where Shinra waited. What Shizuo really needed was a smoke to calm his nerves. He pulled out a cigarette and stuck it in his mouth. But right as he went to light it, he heard Shinra call, "And no smoking near the patient."

Shizuo stopped, he waited a moment, then grudgingly put away his cigarette. He glance up at the unconscious boy and had to admit that he looked a lot better, probably because Shinra had cleaned up the blood on the kids skin. Though his uniform would probably be stained; there was a bit of blood on his blazer and hoodie. The sight of the bloody uniform caused guilt which began to turn his stomach. Celty had left the door open, so Shizuo got up and closed it most of the way, leaving it open a crack. When he sat back down in the chair he put his head in his hands and heaved a sigh.

Why did things always turn out like this? Why had he been born this way? So destructive when he was blind with rage, hurting anyone who was too close...hurting innocent people...he thought of the woman from his childhood. The one who had worked at the convenient store they passed on their way home. The one who had always been so kind and given them milk. He shuddered at the memory of her small and frail body, lying broken under the debris of his rampage. He remembered never even apologizing to the woman…too afraid to get close to her again. For fear that one of the few people to show him kindness would treat him like the monster he knew he was.

While Shizuo had his head in his hands, thinking to himself, he hadn't noticed that Kida had woken up. Kida hadn't said anything, just opened his eyes and looked around, trying to figure out where he was. He was lying on a bed or maybe it was better described as a doctors table. His head hurt. He lay there for a moment without moving, letting the room stop spinning, then looked around. The rooms seemed very plain. White walls, grey tile floor, no furniture except the bed, a small table littered with medical tools and a chair. When he turned his head he saw Shizuo Heiwajima sitting in the chair, in the corner of the room across from where Kida was laying on the table. Kida's first emotion was fear; Shizuo was not someone who you wanted to piss off, and maybe Shizuo had gotten pissed because Kida got in the way of his fight. But then he really looked at Shizuo.

Shizuo had his head in his hands, and for some reason he looked very vulnerable to Kida. It felt like he was peeking into a very private part of Shizuo's heart. He knew it was irrational, because although Kida had seen how strong Shizuo was, he had never thought that Shizuo could look vulnerable. Well, he knew he probably could, but it wasn't something that had ever crossed his mind before. Or something that he could have imagined on his own. But at this moment Shizuo looked very weak and…human. Not like the super-strong monster that everyone described him as. It was strange…like if he would have seen Mikado picking up girls with the same suave moves he had. Kida chuckled at the mental image of his childhood friend trying to be as smooth with the ladies as he was.

At the sound, Shizuo glanced up to see the kid was awake. He was immediately worried because the kid had his eyes closed and was laughing quietly. Maybe Shizuo really had given the kid a concussion, or worse, brain damage. Shizuo stood up and was about to call in Shinra when the kid stopped laughing and opened his eyes. The kid looked over at Shizuo immediately after opening his eyes. Shizuo thought the kid had a weird expression. But, strangely, the kid didn't look as scared as Shizuo had expected. The boy did look somewhat scared, but it was mixed with another emotion that Shizuo couldn't quite put his finger on. It reminded him of Kasuka, though.

The two sat there in silence for a minute, both looking at the other. Shizuo was the first to speak, "Look…sorry. You were in the park and I accidentally hit you with a sign…it was intended for that damn flea Izaya…" He had to apologize…as much as it pissed him off. He didn't want to feel the guilt of never apologizing again. Besides, he would probably never see this kid again. Shizuo wasn't sure what else to do so he went to the door, opened it all the way and called Shinra. "Shinra, he's awake."

After a minute or two Shinra and Celty came back in, Shinra holding a half eaten sandwich over a plate. The boy sat up when they came in, but his eyes widened slightly when he saw Celty. He got a small smile on his face. Celty and Shizuo went to stand by the wall, across from the bed. Shinra put his plate and sandwich down on the table with the medical equipment. Then Shinra turned to the boy and said, "Hello. I'm Shinra Kishitani, a doctor. Shizuo brought you here so I could patch up that cut on your head. It's good that you're conscious and moving around so soon, but in order to tell if you have a concussion or not I have some basic questions and things to ask you. Can you tell me what your name is and what day of the week it is? What school is your uniform from? Also, do you remember what happened?"

The boy had been eyeing Celty, but turned to Shinra when he had started talking. "I'm Masaomi Kida. The day of the week is Thursday. I go to Raira Academy, which is why I'm wearing their uniform. Well, what I remember was having a nice afternoon of picking up girls in the park when I was suddenly right between Shizuo and Izaya's fight..." Kida trailed off as he thought of the comment that Izaya had made, but didn't want to mention it, worried it might set off Shizuo. Despite what he had seen in Shizuo a few moments ago, he didn't want to push his luck. "Uh…then I think I remember seeing a flying sign and waking up here."

Shinra nodded, picking up a light and shining it in both of Kida's eyes before setting it back down. He then held up three fingers and asked, "Alright, last question. How many fingers am I holding up?"

Kida gave him an are-you-serious-look, then said three. Shinra nodded and turned slightly, so he was facing the door and could more easily address both Kida and Shizuo. "Doesn't seem like a concussion or anything. Though, Kida, you should come back in about a week and I'll remove those stitches and do another check, just to make sure you're alright." Shizuo grunted in response and Kida nodded. Which only made his headache worse. Then Shinra turned to Celty, "Celty, would you mind running Kida home on your bike?" Celty nodded and Kida got a huge smile on his face, "Sweet, I get to ride home on the back of a motorcycle with my arms wrapped around a gorgeous woman!" He winked at Celty and if she had eyes, she probably would have been rolling them.

Shinra's face twitched before he forced a stiff smile and turned to Shizuo, "On second thought, you take him home Shizuo. After all, you are responsible. Besides, since he lost a bit of blood it wouldn't be good for him to ride on the back of a motorcycle with his arms wrapped around a gorgeous woman. He might get lightheaded or pass out." Celty was typing, "It's fine. I can take him. It would be faster that way. And I could catch him if he were to fall." into her phone when Shizuo nodded and took a step towards the kid. Shizuo knew Shinra loved Celty. Shizuo also knew that Shinra seemed to think everyone would fall for Celty immediately. Shinra was worried about losing Celty, so he had always been very paranoid when it came to her. It would keep things a lot less complicated if Shizuo just took the kid home. Kida looked a bit disappointed about not getting to go with Celty, but it didn't look like he would argue. Shizuo sighed and said, "Alright kid, let's go. It's pretty late."

Kida clicked his tongue and said, "So close. But you have to add an A."

Shizuo was puzzled, "What?"

"My name is Kida, not kid. But it's really close, so if you add an A to kid you get Kida." Kida scratched the back of his head and chuckled nervously, maybe it wasn't the best idea to correct Shizuo, he thought.

Shizuo sighed and said, "Let's go."

Shizuo grabbed Kida's bag, the only thing he'd had with him, while Kida stood up. Shinra and Celty saw them to the door and then Shizuo left with Kida.