Somewhere in Ikebukuro, the underground doctor could hear someone calling, no, screaming his name. Shinra briefly wondered what was going on before he shrugged and continued wandering around the huge city. A few seconds after the mysterious scream, the brunette's phone rang and vibrated in his pants. Fishing out the device, he looked at who the caller was - Heiwajima Shizuo. Shrugging yet again, the doctor answered the phone, not prepared for the yellings and screamings from an unfamiliar voice from the other side. Wincing at the loud voice attempting to burst his eardrums, Shinra wondered why a woman was using Shizuo's phone and calling him. Interrupting the enraged woman using the bodyguard's phone, Shinra asked, "Who are you?"

"I'm Shizuo, damn it!" the woman over the other side exclaimed. Shinra remained silent for a while, then he yelled a loud "What" and almost dropped the phone due to his shock.

"Shizuo! Come to my apartment immediately!" the doctor said as he turned to head back to his home, but he stopped immediately when Shizuo started talking again.

"I can't! What if everyone else sees me?" came the enraged voice. Shinra facepalmed. How could he have been so stupid? Why did he not realize that people would most likely laugh at the now genderbent bodyguard? And of course, Shizuo would not want to be laughed at.

"Ah! Sorry! I'll go get Celty and go right over to your house! Just please, don't murder me when I get there!" the underground doctor said with some hints of fear in his voice.

At the other side of Ikebukuro, the ex-bartender was pacing around his, sorry, her house, anxiously waiting for her friend to arrive.

Fortunately for her, she had fallen asleep without changing her clothes while she was still male, so when she woke up the next morning as a female, she was still wearing the same clothes. That was why she did not have to change her clothes and, well, be disturbed. But either way, Shizuo knew that she would still have to do it in future if Shinra does not change her back to a male soon.

There was a couple of knocks on Shizuo's front door and the bodyguard opened it, hiding as much of herself behind the door as possible and resisting the urge to wrap her fingers around the underground doctor's scrawny neck, though she knew Celty would definitely stop her.

The moment Shinra and Celty entered the messy apartment, Shizuo slammed the door close and locked it. The curtains had already been drawn so that no one outside would see her.

"Alright, Shinra! Do you know how to turn me back?" the blonde asked as calmly as possible. Hesitating, Shinra shook his head, only to make Shizuo punch him across the room. If Celty had a head, her mouth would have been wide open. The dullahan ran to her lover's side and flashed her PDA, asking if he was alright.

"Damn it, Shinra! How am I supposed to carry on with my life like this? And what if my brother comes to visit? What would Tom-san say if he saw me like this? What about that damn flea and Kadota?" Shizuo asked anxiously. Shinra raised both his hands and told her to calm down. And when the blonde finally calmed down, Shinra added that he apparently had no idea what to do, only making the ex-bartender get mad again. Before Shizuo could even lay a finger on the doctor, Celty's shadows prevented him from doing so and she quickly typed on her PDA.

[I have an idea!] the device read. The dullahan took the PDA away and started typing again, not removing her shadows.

[Why don't you just tell Kasuka that you were turned into a girl, but make him promise to be quiet about it and pretend that you were just his cousin that was visiting? Then you can tell Tom that you are Shizuo's cousin and tell him that Shizuo has gone for a vacation and that you will be doing his job for him. And for everyone else, just say the same thing!] was what Celty typed. How she even managed to type that much in just a few seconds, Shizuo will never know. Sighing, the bodyguard simply nodded before the dullahan released the shadows.

"One problem though... Everyone knows only Shizuo has an incredible strength! So they may suspect that you are really Shizuo, which you are except that you are now female, when you lose your temper and start throwing things around!" Shinra stated and paused before he continued, "So, you have to control your temper and try not to be so violent!"

"I hate violence..." was all the blonde said before she simply continued, "Fine, I'll try..." After that, she took out a cigarette and started smoking.

"Also," the doctor started, making the other two turn to look at him, "We need to give you a new name! What would others think if they hear us calling you 'Shizuo'?"

Shizuo replied, "As long as it is nothing stupid!"

After a few minutes of Shinra giving Shizuo a list of girl names which the bodyguard obviously declined, Celty flashed her PDA at the both of them, saying [What about Shizuka?]

Shizuo, whose name was changed to "Shizuka", thought for a moment before she simply shrugged and nodded while Shinra exclaimed that Celty was smart and hugged her, only to make her punch him in the stomach.

After about a couple more hours of discussion about how Shizuka should live her new life and Celty telling her about the female needs and stuff, the couple left the still messy apartment and headed home. Before they left, Shinra also said that he would try to find the cure and return Shizuka back to her original gender. Locking the door once again, Shizuka collapsed onto the couch, sighing in frustration. Glancing at her phone, Shizuka wondered if she should tell Kasuka about her situation now.

"Meh! The sooner the better..." she told herself before she flipped open the phone and dialled her brother's number.

"Hello?" came the voice that had no emotions present in it.

"Kasuka? This is Shizuo."

"You don't sound like him."

"That is why I'm calling you! Uh... Listen, Shinra and Celty, well, more of Celty, told me to tell you about my current situation..." Shizuka said, feeling nervous.

"Nii-san? Are you alright?"

"Yeah! It's just that... Well..." Shizuka paused for half a minute before she continued, "I'm a girl."

"What? Nii-san! Er, I mean, Nee-chan! Are you serious?" Kasuka was, for once, shocked. Shizuka could only manage a soft "Yes", which the actor managed to hear.

"Please don't tell anyone, Kasuka! And also, my name is now Heiwajima Shizuka and please pretend that I am your cousin, visiting, and that Shizuo, erm... Me, has gone on a vacation! Also, pretend that I am replacing myself, meaning my male self, at work because my male self is on a vacation, like I already said!" Shizuka informed the younger of the Heiwajima siblings. After Kasuka agreed, Shizuka hung up the phone and sighed, running her fingers through her hair.

Shizuka headed to the bathroom and changed into more comfortable clothes that Celty had given her along with other necessary female garments. Deciding not to hide any longer, the blonde stepped out of her house and decided to wander around Ikebukuro, trying to hide herself as much as possible. Since when did Celty wear such short skirts? Shizuka puffed on a cigarette again before she continued walking. Perhaps no one would notice her.

A few minutes after wandering around Ikebukuro, the blonde caught a familiar scent in the air that she detested. She resisted the urge of grabbing a random sign and throwing it to where the scent came from because, after all, Shinra said that people may notice she was actually Heiwajima Shizuo.

Taking another puff on the cigarette to calm herself, the bodyguard continued walking until she saw a certain raven-haired informant - Orihara Izaya. It also appeared that the man was watching her.

Trying not to look at him as looking at him would only make her mad, she continued walking onwards but was stopped when Izaya suddenly appeared in front of her.

"You look like Shizu-chan~" he said and again, the girl resisted the urge to throw something to kill the flea. Ignoring the annoying informant, Shizuka continued walking and ended up in Russia Sushi before she noticed a certain louse following her.

"Will you stop following me?" she turned around and shouted a little bit louder than she had intended. Izaya simply laughed before he smirked, saying that she looked like someone he knew. From what the louse had said, it was obvious that Izaya found her familiar but did not know that she was really Shizuo.

Slightly relieved, the blonde continued ignoring the man and took another puff on her cigarette. What she did not expect the crimson-eyed informant to do was introduce himself.

"I'm Orihara Izaya," he said with his cheerful voice still present. Just hearing his voice made Shizuka mad, but she calmed herself down. Still ignoring the man, she walked off. She had no idea what she should do right then because it was her day off and she had no work. Usually, she would be slightly happy to be free but now, because of Izaya, she desperately wanted to go back to work.

"Ne~ Isn't it rude to ignore someone when they introduce themselves?" the informant said, shaking his head.

"Piss off!" Shizuka snapped at the man before she covered her mouth. She was about to call him "Flea" but stopped herself, because if she did say it, Izaya would definitely know she was Shizuo. Much to her annoyance, the raven-haired informant laughed. Well, that was to be expected since the one she snapped at was Izaya.

"At least just tell me your name~" Izaya said in his usual happy, annoying tone. Shizuka growled before she pushed her blue-coloured sunglasses.

"...Heiwajima Shizuka..." After saying that, the girl wanted to hit herself. She should not have told him her surname.

"Oh? You are related to Shizu-chan~? No wonder you look like him~" the man said while smirking. Damn! That guy made Shizuka desperately want to punch him across Ikebukuro.

The informant started asking himself what nickname he should give to Shizuka and the bodyguard took the chance to walk off while she growled to herself.

"Stupid flea..."