Prologue: It all starts on... Valentines Day was it?
Ikebukuro was bustling with people, especially at morning rush hour. All sorts of people, in fact. Many held stoic expressions, in business attire as they pushed their way through the crowd to get to their destinations, others strided in a more carefree fashion, dressing more casual. It was incredibly noisy, with cars beeping impatiently and the voices of a thousand people chattering or bickering. To one's first glance, Ikebukuro would seem like a typical busy city, but there were strange rumors surrounding the area. Something about, a headless rider dressed in black, or a ferociously monsterous bartender that brutally murder you if you got on his bad side...
Many strange rumors about Ikebukuro.
And yet there was not a single one Izaya Orihara hadn't heard before for Shinjuku.
Izaya Orihara, the most troublesome underground information broker of all time, gave a deep sigh as he scrolled through message boards, eager to find something he hadn't known. Anything. He was dying for something he could entertain himself with, especially since after the Saika incident, he had gotten almost no action. Hiding out was boring. Shinjuku was boring. Izaya had wrung out every bit and last detail about the city and he hadn't found anything worth looking into. The little bits of information that caught his eye turned out to be boring stories made up by broke housewives or whatnot. Why couldn't Shinjuku be just as interesting as Ikebukuro? Ikebukuro seemed to have something hilarious happen everyday.
Even Shizu-chan would be better than this.
Izaya blinked at the thought that had popped in his head and almost snorted in laughter. That monster? Who was he kidding.
Shizu-chan should just die already.
Izaya knew that it wasn't safe to go back to Ikebukuro yet. Some yakuza groups had teamed up against him, and going back to the city before their anger died would not end up well. Even Shinra-kun wouldn't be willing to fix him up if the yakuza was going to be banging on his door. It was just one little bad deal, they didn't have to get so angry did they? It wasn't as if Izaya didn't see this before hand though, because he had started making preparations to move months before the Saika incident. It was too bad Namie-san ddin't decide to come along with him. He was starting to enjoy her boring, uninteresting company, with the exception of her coffee. Her coffee tasted great. Izaya wrote himself a reminder to start looking for a new secretary.
Now then, were was I? Izaya logged in the chat room, and started typing.
- - Chrome has logged in
Chrome: Good evening
Setton: Hey
Tanaka Taro: Hello Chrome-san
Chrome: Hi. Where's everyone else?
Setton: It's unfortunate, but it seems that everyone's busy
Chrome: That makes me kind of curious huh...
Tanaka Taro: Well, today's Valentines Day after all
Today's Valentines Day? Izaya blinked. Of course, he knew that, but he decided to disregard it under the thinking that it wasn't as important as other affairs. What in the world was he thinking. Valentines Day, the day where all females gush over males and hand them chocolates. Vaguely somewhere deep in the back of his head, he wondered if he was going to get some (which he doubted).
Chrome: Ooh
Setton: Eh?
Tanaka Taro: You guys didn't know?
Setton: Oh no, I forgot...
Chrome: What Setton, do you have someone special to give chocolate to? haha~
Setton: I-It's not like that! Well, I mean, um, I have to go!
Chrome: You'd better hurry, shops close at around 5 pm today.
Setton: Thanks!
Tanaka Taro: Bye Setton-san!
- - Setton has logged out
Chrome: Tanaka-kun, has someone given you chocolates yet?
Tanaka Taro: E-eh?
- - Bakyura has logged in
Bakyura: Yo! I heard this is the place where people who don't get chocolates from girls hang out! I'm here to join y'all!
Tanaka Taro: Bakyura-san, that's mean.
Chrome: Welcome Bakyura, I'm sure there's plenty of room for you. Setton just left to buy chocolates.
Bakyura: Wah, lucky!
Tanaka Taro: Haha... Chrome-san, are you giving chocolates to anyone? Not to be rude or anything...
Chrome: Waah, how bold.
Tanaka Taro: S-sorry! /
Chrome: There's so many people I'd like to give chocolate to, but too many to count so I'm not going to bother.
Bakyura: Oh come on, there must be that special someone Chrome-san~
Chrome: That person deserves it the least, I hate his guts
Eep. Izaya quickly spun around in his chair and massaged his temples with his cold fingers. He had gotten a bit too pumped up while thinking about the monster that his persona slipped a bit. After clearing his thoughts, he spun back around and found that the chat had moved on already.
Bakyura: I got two chocolates already! I beat you haha!
Chrome: Oh please, I'm sure it's one from your mom and one from your sister or something.
Bakyura: Gaaah Chrome-san! Don't say it like that! .
Chrome: I speak only the truth
Bakyura: Gaaaah!
After a while, the chat had gotten boring. Izaya wished he could burst into the chat as Kanra-chan, but Tanaka Taro knew who he was and it would surely dampen the mood quite a lot. Then they would leave. Then it would get unbearably boring. He sighed, and wondered if he should just dress up as a girl and go around Ikebukuro giving chocolates to the poor lonely humans that didn't get any. Then he would flash his man-bearings and watch his human's scarred expression. He almost laughed aloud at that, and was about to go back to the chat when a thought occurred.
Why shouldn't he?
Well, Ikebukuro is filled with the yakuza he moved away from just for the sake of staying away and keeping safe from.
No one would recognize him as a girl. Two balloons for boobs and a well-hidden crotch would make the difference between him and a girl next to nothing.
Why should he sacrifice his dignity for the sake of cross-dressing.
Izaya is bored.
Why should he go back and have to run away from Shizu-chan again?
Izaya is bored. Besides, a protozoan like him would barely be able to tell.
The whole idea is stupid.
Izaya is bored.
Izaya turned around to face the screen.
Chrome: I'm have to go now. Stuff to do, places to see.
Bakyura: Eh? Already?
Tanaka Taro: Bye Chrome-san!
Chrome: Yes, already. Bye guys.
- - Chrome has logged out.
Now then, where did he keep his bras again...?