"What is it? What do you want?!"
"Shh. Just be a good girl, unlike the real whore you are and go to sleep."
'This is for Masaomi.'
Yuno quickly slammed her gloved hand over the female's mouth, as the shining blade struck through the skin and flesh of the female's throat. Red spurted across the secluded dark pavement. A scream wanted to echo through the night, but the voice was killed, and so was the life. A life that should not have been taken was taken.
"It's done…but I can't get ahead of myself…there's plenty more, and I'm gonna find them…I can't let a single one escape…"
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Tap. Tap. Tap.
Yuno sat in her chair, impatiently tapping her pen, just waiting for class to finally end so she could get to lunch. Late last night, she had knocked on Mikado's door, just to find out Masaomi's phone number she had forgotten to ask for the other day. She was more than surprised to find both boys awake at that time. And how does this have to do with lunch? Well, you see…
Flashback
Yuno held her cellphone anxiously up to her ear. It beeped, trying to get to the phone she had just received the number for. It only took a few seconds before a voice responded from the other side of the line.
"Hello?"
"Masaomi? Is that you?" Yuno inquired. She swore she could hear a small chuckle emit from the person she was calling.
"Well now Yuno, how did you get your hands on my number? You haven't been so eager to hear my voice again, that you have been snooping around asking for it, have you now?"
"N-No! I-I just wanted to ask you something a-and Mikado had your number so—!" The female could hear the male give another chuckle.
"Alright, alright. I will let you off the hook this time. What's your question my sweet?"
"U-Um…I was wondering, if you could not bring lunch with you tomorrow?"
"Huh? Why not? Don't tell me you wanna be my own personal chef, Yuno~?"
"U-Um, I wanted to do you a favor! For, for helping and taking me around town yesterday…"
"Okay~. I'll be waiting patiently for lunch tomorrow, my cute female chef~."
"O-Okay! D-Don't worry! I won't disappoint you!" Yuno quickly hanged up, too nervous to keep talking.
"Masaomi called me cute!" She giggled, feeling triumphant with the compliment she had received from the male. No sooner, her face distorted into a frown. She wasn't done for the night. Just in case he was awake, she would give this person a call.
Flashback End
That was what had Yuno kept thriving over the entire night. Or, at least half of it. Because the other half was—
RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING
The rosette female quickly rose from her desk, snatching her books and throwing them into her bag, which she quickly swung over her shoulder.
"Mikado! Where are we having lunch?!" The black haired boy jumped and dropped his stuff as Yuno practically screamed into his face.
"Y-Yuno! Don't, don't scare me like that!" Mikado protested as he bent down on his knees, grabbing all the stuff he dropped.
"Sorry! I was just curious! But seriously, where are we going?!" Yuno wriggled anxiously where she stood.
"Well, uh, the rooftop but I'll be waiting for Masaomi—"
"Okay! I'll wait for Masaomi too!" Yuno began standing by impatiently whilst Mikado picked up the last of his things, stuffing them into his bag.
"MI~KA~DO! YU~NO!" Yuno happily jumped and turned around, looking at her blond crush.
"Masaomi! Good you're here!" She chirped, stepping over to the male. Masaomi grinned as he stuffed his hands into his pockets, pivoting and walking out of the classroom with Yuno and Mikado trailing after him.
As they reached the rooftop of the school, they seated themselves on one of the few benches. Yuno would've imagined more people up there, but it was surprisingly deserted.
"So, Yuno~," Masaomi leaned over to the rosette and cooed in her ear. "You said something about lunch, didn't cha?"
"That's right!" Yuno searched through her bag until she spotted two bento boxes.
"Here you go, Masaomi." She handed Masaomi a box, which he gladly took, sliding off its lid.
"Whoa! Look at that Mikado! It looks like something made in heaven, doesn't it?" Masaomi quickly showed the contents of the bento box to his childhood friend. In contained both onigiri, yakitori, korokke, and dorayaki.
"Itadakimasu~!" Masaomi picked up a korokke with the chopsticks that followed in the bento, and put it in his mouth. His eyes widened as he chewed and swallowed the Yoshoku dish.
"Yuno…" Masaomi gawked at the female beside him. "You made this?"
"Y-Yeah. Is it really that bad?! I'm so sorry Masaomi!" Yuno quickly bowed and lowered her head in shame.
"Wha—No! No, this is amazing!" Yuno looked back up at the blond, and blushed deeply at the compliment.
"R-Really?" She stuttered out.
"Yeah! I had no idea you could cook so well!" Masaomi grabbed another korokke, stuffing it into his mouth. "It's so amazing! You could be a chef one day!" He excitedly said, muffled by the korokke.
"Y-You think so, Masaomi?"
"Of course I do!" Masaomi swallowed the korokke before he continued speaking. "I wish I could eat bentos like these everyday…" He muttered, disappointed.
"I'll gladly make you bento everyday Masaomi!" Yuno proclaimed, gripping onto Masaomi's palm.
"Really? You'd do that for yours truly Yuno?"
"Yes!" Masaomi grinned, before scooting closer to the rosette.
"You know, I would like to see you in a chef's tunic." Masaomi hugged himself, rocking back and forth as he fanboyed over his thoughts. "You'd look so sexy in that tunic! I can just imagine it! Your beautiful glossy pink hair pulled into a ponytail! Your painfully cute smile plastered upon your face as you cook! Your boobs looking even bigger due to the tightness of the tunic!"
Yuno had already hidden her face in palms. Her face couldn't get redder at this point. He thought her hair was beautiful? That her smile was cute? That her boobs were big?
"M-M-Masaomi! Don't say stuff like that to Yuno! Just look at how embarrassed she is!" Oh. Mikado. Was he here all along?
"Mikado! You ruined the moment!" Masaomi whined to the black haired male he and Yuno had easily forgotten about.
"M-Mikado! It's fine, really!" Yuno assured Mikado, a blush still present on her face.
"See Mikado? Yuno loves my love and attention, right, Yu-no~?"
"Yeah I do, Masaomi!" Masaomi just grinned as Mikado stared at the two of them in disbelief.
Time-Skip
Now, why did such a great day come down to this? That the four of them, were walking from school in mere silence, on their way to the park to get ice cream? Honestly, Yuno couldn't tell.
And yes. Four.
That other girl had joined them. It was that girl from yesterday who were standing between Parkas and Shizuo with Masaomi and Mikado. The one that Masaomi said was into him. The one who had the black bob-cut and glasses. And…she was busty. Bustier than Yuno. And if Yuno hadn't zoned out during the introduction, she would have known that she was the class rep along with Mikado before he told her.
"You took some guff the other day." Mikado said to the bob-cut girl. Her name was Anri Sonohara. That's what Yuno's been told anyway.
"Oh. Yeah." Well, she was the quietest…
Yuno wanted to hold Masaomi's hand again, but she couldn't, since his arms were crossed behind his head. Best she could do without seeming weird was to walk close to him. She quietly shuffled a bit closer to said blond, not that he noticed.
"I sure didn't see that coming." Speaking of Masaomi... "You putting the muse on her before me" H-Huh?!
"That isn't what I was doing." Mikado protested. What the hell were they talking about?!
"But you know, it's all good!" Dammit! Masaomi was walking in-between Mikado and Anri! Yuno couldn't just shuffle in-between! "I think if I were you though, I would've taken that shot and scored. By now, I would be whispering sweet nothings to her in West Gate Park." Oh. He was talking about yesterday with Parkas and Shizuo.
Huh?!
'Masaomi, why are you on one knee in front of Anri?!'
"Dump the chump and go out with me!"
"Huh?!" Yuno, Mikado and Anri exclaimed in pure surprise. The rosette felt the grip on her shoulder-bag tighten.
'That bitch!'
"Hey, what are you-!?"
"Um, I'm not-"
"It's alright!" Masaomi waved his hand reassuringly. "You don't need to answer right away. I've got the same offer out to seven other girls and I still don't know which one I want most"
Seven?! And Yuno wasn't one of them?!
"Don't waste time making sense of him Anri, it'll just make your head hurt."
'Mikado! Masaomi is very charming FYI!"
"I know he likes to act like a playboy, but he's far from it. Last time he hit on girls—"
"Okay! You've said enough!" Mikado looked back at Masaomi. Masaomi was grinning an ear to ear grin as he jumped at Mikado from the rail of the stairs. Mikado shrieked as Masaomi fell on him.
"Masaomi…" Mikado groaned. Yuno giggled a bit at the sight of the boys struggling, while the female next to her stood unfazed.
"I can tell, your good friends…"
'Wow, Kuudere much?'
"Yeah! Best friends!" Masaomi proclaimed.
"It's the cross I bear."
'I could bear it for you Mikado!'
Masaomi and Mikado continued their little struggle before Mikado finally gave up. Masaomi threw his hands up in the air in triumph like a little child.
"Yes! I won!" He proclaimed. Yuno clapped as she jumped up and down with elation.
"Good job Masaomi!" She cheered for him. "I knew you could do it!"
"Great to know you have no confidence in me." Mikado grumbled under his breath, but it seemed like the rosette didn't notice.
"Come on now. Let's get going before there are too many at the ice cream booth." Masaomi began walking away, the three others trailing after him. Yuno caught up to him and walked beside him, glancing up at him.
"Well now Yuno, you can't seem to stop staring at me. Does my hot body and handsome looks really captivate you that much~? You always look at me now that I think about it~."
'How could I look away from you?'
"M-Maybe, maybe not." Yuno replied nervously.
"Eh~? Did I hear a stutter~? Don't tell me you really have fallen in love with me, Yuno~?"
'You have no idea, Masaomi. You're just so perfect!'
"Maybe, maybe not." Yuno simply replied.
'I'll give you anything you want.'
Time-Skip
Yuno, Anri, and Mikado were sitting on two different spring riders as Masaomi came back with four different ice creams. On the outside, Yuno looked neutral. But on the inside, she was dissatisfied. Why did she have to sit next to her? Why couldn't she sit next to Masaomi again? That wasn't fair.
"Here you go. All yours." Masaomi handed a plain white ice cream to Anri.
"Thank you."
'Ugh. Shut up'
"And for you, my rose." Yuno blushed as she took the soft yellow ice cream from Masaomi.
"Thank you, Masaomi." She flashed him a sweet smile as he went over to Mikado, who was standing up against the spring rider across from theirs. He had his own ice cream too, a soft pink one, a color similar to Yuno's hair, while Masaomi had a chocolate brown one. In all seriousness, Yuno had banana, Anri had vanilla, Masaomi had chocolate, and Mikado had strawberry.
"Hey, seriously, look out for that guy." Masaomi spoke to Anri as he sat down on the spring rider, much to Yuno's annoyance. "He's bad news. Most of it is just rumors but, Nasujima really did go after a student once."
"He did what?!" Mikado exclaimed at the blond.
"Yeah, an older student name Haruna Niekawa. She transferred out second semester of last year. Word about them dating spread quickly, then they broke things off so they wouldn't get busted."
"Really…?" Mikado seemed loss of words.
Masaomi took a big bite of his ice cream before he continued. Yuno just stared quietly down at hers before she took a bite of her own. It was good. Really good in fact.
"Maybe Nasujima or the school made her leave, or she left on her own. Either way, she's not here this year."
Yuno looked back up at Masaomi, and growled under her breath as she stared at him. He was smiling at the bitch!
"Hey, if he messes with you, Mikado and I will take him out. Won't we buddy?" Masaomi luckily looked away from the said bob-cut girl and back up at Mikado, who nodded slightly.
"Uh, yeah. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do, but if you need my help I'm glad to do it." He said, his voice wavering a bit with his usual timidity.
"Dude, wrong line! You're supposed to be all 'I don't know what I'm doing but love is the wind beneath my wings!'. Or something like that, otherwise you're a puss." Masaomi took a huge bite of his ice cream, so big that he only had the cone left.
"Hey have some manners!"
"It's just the truth." said blond said, muffled by the cone before ate the rest of it.
"Anyway, about those girls..." Mikado looked at Anri. "The ones that were bullying you, they're from your junior high right?"
"How, how did you know that?" Anri asked, clearly surprised from the question.
'Left out, much?'
"Well, it was just some of the things they said to you. It seems like there might have been some other girl around who used to stick up for you, but I guess that girl is gone now so those girls came back to harass you again."
"Yeah that's right. A friend of yours has disappeared. Still no sign of her?" Masaomi asked.
'Masaomi! How could you be concerned for this whore?!'
"It's Mika Harima from our class, isn't it?" Anri was silent for a few minutes before she took out a scrapbook. Not that Yuno cared, but she looked at the contents anyways. It was Anri, and a chestnut haired girl with short hair and a small beanie.
"They're saying that she's just absent from school right now, but she's been missing since before school even started." Anri spoke out.
"Shouldn't we tell the cops about this?" Masaomi asked.
'No. Just let her suffer. Listen to me Masaomi!'
"The last I heard from her she had sent a text to me and her family. She said her heart was broken so she was taking a quick trip and not to worry."
"Her heart was broken? What happened?" Mikado asked.
'Well it wouldn't surprise me if she just said that to get away from this girl'
"Well she…listen, this might come as a bit of a shock to you…" Anri mumbled.
"After all I've seen these past few days I doubt anything can shock me."
"I have to agree with that Mikado" Yuno added to Mikado's statement.
"My friend Mika…" Anri mumbled.
'Even though I don't really care about you and your—'
"…Is a stalker." Yuno, along with Mikado choked on a bit of ice cream.
'She's a stalker?'
"Gotcha. So that guy we overheard you talking to earlier…" Masaomi crossed his arms as he talked. "Mika was stalking him. No sorry, she was deeply in love with him and had to go on a trip because he rejected her." Masaomi concluded.
'Ouch. That must've hurt. I don't think that's what I would've done though. I know exactly what I would do if Masaomi would reject me…which I doubt he will.'
"That's an issue for a family then, not you. If she doesn't come back soon, they'll call the cops."
'Good job Masaomi! Now we don't need her whoring out on us!'
"Were the two of you close? Were you good friends?"
'...Mikado. What did I just say to Masaomi?'
"Well, we were together all the time."
'Wow. Shocker'
"I'm not naturally very social, but, she dragged me along wherever she went. And it was only because of her I actually met people."
'Why does Hinata and my relationship need to be similar to hers?!'
"Then when I found out she chose the same high school, I actually felt kinda guilty."
"So then…"
'Exactly Mikado. Mika has only been using her to make herself look better. Not even Hinata or Kousaka did that. So go ahead, inform her'
"I know." Anri mumbled instead.
"Huh? Know what?"
"That Mika was only using me to make herself look better-"
'Huh. She's that smart at least.'
"-But to be completely honest I was using her too. Depending on her made my life easier. Pretty soon I couldn't imagine living any other way."
'Wow, good thing she admits that she's a parasite.'
"Um…" Mikado simply mumbled out.
"But now I think I'm okay. I realize that I don't really need her."
'You bitch! Friends are there for you because they want you, not because they need you, even if they use you! So you don't need the girl you called a friend?!'
"I'm used to it now. I'm doing fine without her. To tell you guys the truth, I only asked to be class rep because that's the job she wanted. I figured I should just do it in her place."
'Go die already.'
"I wanted to prove to myself that I can be better than she is. You think I'm devious, don't you?" Anri asked with a small smile on her face.
'Yes! I do!'
"Actually I think it's devious that you're telling us this" Yuno, along with Anri and Masaomi looked up at Mikado in surprise. "It kinda seems…like you're asking for our forgiveness or something. The fact that you wanna be better than her is not something you should feel the need to defend. If you ask me that something you should really own and be proud of."
'Wait a second. Mikado, could it be that…?'
Mikado looked a bit away before Anri stood up from the spring rider.
"You're so right." She bowed as she spoke. "Thank you Mikado."
'Maybe…maybe I don't need to harm her to keep her from Masaomi.'
Speaking of Masaomi…
"Hahaha! You're lame!" Masaomi was rocking the rider, causing Mikado to fall off and drop the remains of his ice cream cone. R.I.P Ice Cream Cone. From April 6th 2008 till April 6th 2008.
"Why am I lame? Masaomi!" Yuno smiled at the small quarrel between the childhood best friends.
'If I could get her and Mikado together…then maybe…'
Time-Skip
"Thanks for everything today. I should really be getting home." It was already sunset. Anri was bowing to Yuno, Mikado and Masaomi as she was about to depart.
"Alright, see ya." Mikado said.
"Goodbye my dear Anri!"
"See you." Yuno waved as she followed the two males.
"You know, I started thinking, I'll bet Seiji and her friend Mika might actually be together right now." Mikado told Yuno and Masaomi.
"You mean the stalker got the stalkee?" Yuno asked Mikado. If that was true, then it could happen to Masaomi and her! Right? Wait, no! She wasn't a stalker!
"I don't know I'm not sure. Maybe she kidnapped him or something."
"More likely." Masaomi said.
"If we wanted to, how could we find her?" Masaomi waved his hand at Mikado.
"I say drop it. Anri said she's fine." said blond said.
"You would need a massive organization for something like this." Mikado mumbled. "Like the Dollars or something…"
'What is it with Mikado and the Dollars? That's all he's been asking about since I met him.'
"Mikado, don't tell me you're planning to join the Dollars or something." Whoa. Masaomi actually sounded kinda serious.
"Huh? What? No way." Mikado assured the blond.
"You too Yuno. Color gangs are the kind of thing you do when you're young, and then just regret it when you're older!"
"But then again, you need to do some things while you're young." Mikado responded. Yuno just took Masaomi's hand and gave it a squeeze.
"Don't worry Masaomi. I promise you, I won't join one of those gangs!" She flashed him a smile.
"Good. No color gang gets to have you Yuno, because you're all~ mine~."
It wasn't long before they all stopped at the corner of a street where they always met and departed.
"So, we'll see you tomorrow again Masaomi?" Mikado asked his childhood friend.
"Of course you will! Right, Yuno?"
"That's right!" The rosette chirped.
"Well, I better get going. You coming Yuno?" Mikado asked.
"Sorry Mikado. But, I have some business to take care of first. I can't go home with you tonight." Yuno apologized.
"That's okay! Well, I'll see you later!" Mikado waved as he began to walk away.
"See ya!" Masaomi said as he waved back.
"Bye bye!" Yuno waved back with him. "So…I should go do my stuff. Goodbye, Masaomi." Yuno was about to leave, but someone grabbed her wrist.
"Now, now, just hold on a sec Yuno." Yuno looked back at the blond, who had a smirk plastered on his face.
"W-What is it?" Yuno blushed, as she looked at that enticing smirk of his.
"We still have some unfinished business."
"W-What?"
Masaomi pulled Yuno back towards him and held onto her upper arms. Yuno's face flushed crimson red as he leaned his face closer to hers, their noses barely away from each other.
'I-Is Masaomi gonna-?!'
Yuno looked as he closed his eyes. The grip on her arms tightened a bit and pulled her slightly closer to their owner.
'M-Masaomi!'
He planted his lips on her nose. Yuno's face flushed darker red. Seconds passed before he finally retracted.
"Ma-Ma-Masaomi! What…!"
"That was your reward for cheering me on earlier. And also because I wanted to." Masaomi leaned away from Yuno and let go of her arms. Yuno stared up at his face. He was giving her a warm smile, one that easily melted her heart lovestruck heart.
"Masa…omi…" Yuno mumbled out. Her face looked completely flustered. Masaomi looked away and rubbed the back of his head as he smiled sheepishly.
"Hehe, sorry. Guess that was kinda awkward huh?"
"H-Huh? N-No! Not at all!" Yuno quickly exclaimed, grabbing Masaomi's hand. "I'm fine with it!"
"Yuno…" She felt the hand she was holding give a light squeeze and a shadow loom over her.
"Then, I better get going. I got some things I gotta take care of as well." He said. He didn't even give the female a chance to say goodbye, because he had already turned around and vanished from her sight.
Flashback
"Masaomi called me cute!" She giggled, feeling triumphant with the compliment she had received from the male. No sooner, her face distorted into a frown. She wasn't done for the night. Just in case he was awake, she would give this person a call.
Typing in the newest digits and pressing the call button, the female held the phone up to her ear. Another set of beeps was thrown her way, before a voice finally responded to her call.
"Good evening. What might I do for you this late?"
"Is this Izaya Orihara?"
"Oh! Yes! What may I do for you on this fine evening miss?"
"I would like to make an appointment with you."
Flashback End
Masaomi's P.O.V
Masaomi trudged down the street as he pondered over his earlier actions. What was that all about? He had never done that to any female friend of his. The only one he could ever do something like that to was—
…Saki.
What was it Masaomi was doing? Was he attracted to the unusual female? Why would he be attracted to her like that so early on? Okay, bad question, he was attracted to every female that met his eyesight but, what made Yuno more attractive than sexy Anri-chan? Was it because she seemed to like his flirting? Because she was heartbreakingly cute at times? Because of what?
It didn't make sense to have fallen for Yuno! It was just their 2nd day of knowing each other even existed! Besides, it wouldn't be right to just get with Yuno. Especially not since that day. He wasn't going to date or even confess to himself that he liked Yuno. He'd just keep it like he always has. Just throwing lame flirtatious jokes and lines at her, like every female.
Still…
Yuno's P.O.V
Yuno fiddled with her skirt as she sat in a seat in the metro. Her thoughts kept trailing back to just half an hour ago. Masaomi had kissed her! Not directly on the lips, but on the nose! She could still feel his lips' touch linger on face, the warmth spread through the lovable kiss still intact.
As the doors of the metro opened, Yuno stepped out. She was now in Shinjuku Station. She quickly took out the card she had received yesterday.
Izaya Orihara
Information Broker in Shinjuku
Then, there was of course the address along with the phone number she called. Yuno looked at it, and took out her phone, searching for the place on an online local map. Huh. Wasn't too far from here. She could easily walk there.
She began rushing to the address. As she walked, she pondered over how she even received the card yesterday. It just slipped into her pocket as she had been going around. It was only once she had paid for the groceries yesterday that she had noticed the paper, as it grazed across her fingers.
She finally reached the written address. Yuno stared up in awe at the tall building. It was like a penthouse building. And this was where the info broker lived? Impressive. Yuno entered the building, spotting vending machines and an elevator to the left. She hesitantly clicked on the arrow up button of the elevator, seeing the doors open.
Yuno stepped inside said elevator, standing completely still as it slowly drove up to the top floor. When it finally reached her destination, she stepped out, appearing in a hallway and close to a door. Hesitantly, she knocked on the door. It only took a few seconds before the door opened.
"Ah, you're here! Welcome!" A man had opened the door. He was taller than Yuno, and was definitely a young adult in his mid-twenties. His hair was short, black, and spiky, and his overall face complexion was, yes, Yuno would admit it, pretty beautiful. He was wearing a black blouse and a pair of belted jeans. As much as Yuno hated to say it, this man was definitely a handsome one.
However, Yuno couldn't shrug off the devious and manipulative vibe he was giving off. Especially not as his crimson brown eyes looked as if they were examined every detail of her body and soul. This man was dangerous, no doubt. Wait a second… This man was—
'Parkas!'
"You seem somewhat surprised. Tell me, why is that?" Yep. Definitely Parkas. He was talking with the exact tone and accent. This man was definitely dangerous then. Shizuo hated him, yet he wasn't hit. Well, that might be because Shizuo was busy beating delinquents, but still.
"You're the one who Shizuo hates, right? Yesterday you were in the middle of town and you were in a sort of…battle."
"Ah yes, you were there too right? Well let me introduce myself in person rather than over a phone. I am Izaya Orihara. Please, come in Yuno Gasai!" The black haired male stepped aside and motioned his hand inside the room.
"How do you know my name?" Yuno questioned distrustfully as she stepped inside. The room was luxurious, and as Yuno had mentioned earlier, looked like a penthouse. Actually, it looked more like the mix of a penthouse apartment and an office. As Izaya closed the door and chuckled, he motioned his hand towards one of the two leather couches in the room.
"I know just about every human that lives in Ikebukuro, Yuno. Now please, take a seat and we can get started."
Yuno slowly sat down on the couch, and took her shoulder bag off, placing it between her legs. Izaya went up and sat on an office chair at a desk with two computers. A laptop and desktop computer.
"So, what is it you want, Yu-chan?"
…
'What do I want?'
"I want…"
'Masaomi's love and affection…I want it…'
"…information on these girls."
'This is the only way to obtain it without too many obstacles to overcome.'
Yuno rose from the couch and stepped over to the info broker. She turned on her phone, showing all the girls on the pictures. A smirk formed on Izaya's face.
"Ah, yes. All these girls have been near Masaomi, is that right?"
"That's right."
"But tell me this, Yu-chan. How do you plan to dispose of all the girls Masaomi flirts with? I mean, he flirts every day with a new female." Izaya shrugged his shoulders.
"And I hang around him every day. It can go on from there. I just won't leave a trace leading back to me."
"Eh? Is that so? Alright, I'll give you all the information available on these girls. But it will cost you, so I wonder how you are going to pay. But not really, I think I know how"
Yuno walked back over to her bag at the couch and zipped it open. She searched for a few seconds before she returned to Izaya, holding more than a handful of cash.
"Is this enough?" Yuno asked as she threw the money on the desk. Izaya grabbed the cash, and smirked as he looked at the amount.
"This should cover for the all the girls you have now and the ones in the future. How about this? You give me this, and 5500¥ every time you need information, and in return, I'll give you all the info you want. Sounds reasonable?"
Yuno immediately held her hand out for the info broker to take.
"Deal." Izaya chuckled, and took her hand, shaking it.
Time-Skip
'The first one you're looking for is an Akane Nakamura. No notable traits, besides her red dyed hair with pink highlights, and also her school uniform. It's not from Raira, but from another school called Rikkyo Ikebukuro University. Nothing out of the ordinary. Let's see...you should be able to corner her somewhere in the eastern part of Ikebukuro. Good luck.'
The words from Izaya kept repeating in Yuno's head. That, and the word 'kill'.
She wore a rather flexible outfit. Just a pair of black jeans and a black blouse to blend in with the shadows. Her face was covered by a doctor's mask, whilst her hands were covered by black gloves. She wore normal sneakers, just so she could run away easily if something happened.
She heard a feminine voice up ahead. She had reached a darker part of town, one where you just don't find people in the blink of an eye compared to the mid-city.
'This is for Masaomi.'
"Akane Nakamura, right?" Yuno chirped as she faced the back of a female. The female had red hair, with pink highlights. The female turned around, staring at Yuno. What appeared to be confusion at first, turned to slight fear and discomfort.
'This is for Masaomi.'
"What is it? What do you want?"
"Shh. Just be a good girl, unlike the real whore you are and go to sleep."
'This is for Masaomi.'
Yuno quickly slammed her gloved hand over the female's mouth, as the shining blade struck through the skin and flesh of the female's throat. Red blood spurted across the secluded dark pavement. A scream wanted to echo through the night, but the voice was killed, and so was the life. A life that should not have been taken was taken.
"It's done…but I can't get ahead of myself…there's plenty more, and I'm gonna find them…I can't let a single one escape…"
Yuno quickly took out a piece of paper. Something was written on it. She quickly placed it on the newly dead body in front of her, before she turned and left, hiding in the shadows.
"YoU'rE iNsAnE, YuNo!"
'No. I'm not insane'
"- WiLl PrAiSe mE aGaIn!"
'That's right; Masaomi will praise me for everything I do'
"YuNo! I'M gOiNg tO SaVe YoU!"
'Of course you are Masaomi. You're my hero after all.'
"It'S aLrIgHt, -"
'You aren't going to get hurt I promise you.'
"I LoVe YoU, YuNo"
'I love you too, Masaomi.
'Let's stay together forever'
AlL tHe CoMiNg DeAtHs ArE aLrEaDy ReCoRdEd iN mY dIaRy. GoOd LuCk FiNdInG mE.
'ThIs WoN't StOp…UnTiL mAsAoMi Is MiNe.
'ThAt'S oKaY…rIgHt?'