After a while Shizuo had calmed down. He walked to where Tom was standing and asked:
"Where's Kanzaki?"
"Huh? Wasn't she over there?"
Tom pointed out to a wall. As he looked there was no one there. He looked around to see where the girl might be but she was no where to be seen. Shizuo also looked around and couldn't see her anywhere.
-Guess she ran away after all.
-She tried to act all cool but it's not like I can blame her for running away.
Tom thought of the most possible possibility and said:
"Perhaps she went home since our job is done."
"Yeah, well since our job is done I guess I'll go home too."
The man in the bartender suit walked away and waved his hand. They both knew that the girl must have ran away due to seeing Shizuo's actions but they decided to keep quiet about it.
-I guess I won't be seeing Kanzaki again.
-It's too bad. She was pretty fun.
Shizuo the man who people feared couldn't help but feel upset that someone who was in good therms with him ran away due to his abnormal strength. There's no one to blame but himself.
As walked slowly away from where he was standing he saw a man and felt like he has seen him before. He remembered seeing his face in the list of 'wanted' people in his company that if anyone encounters them they should catch them and bring them back to the company.
"Tom-san, isn't that guy on the wanted list?"
Tom who was checking his cell phone looked at the man Shizuo was referring to.
"Yeah, that guy has a lot of debt from our company and has been running away."
The man that was 'wanted' recognized the man in the bartender suit and trembled in fear.
-This is bad. I gotta get out of here.
The man ran away as fast as he could before the two debt collectors even started to chase him. Shizuo who was in a bad mood chased him the second the 'wanted' man started running.
"Stop!"
He shouted but the 'wanted' man was already far from where he was running. The man was so fast that it was no wonder no one from the company has captured him until now.
Shizuo kept chasing the man with Tom not far behind him.
-Even if it's Hewiajima Shizuo there's no way he can catch me.
-He might be strong but it's no use if he can't catch me.
The 'wanted' man grinned while he was running. He thought that everything will be alright as long as he keeps on running but he didn't see what was going to hit him.
*Clang*
A can just flew at his direction and hit his forehead. The man held his forehead that has just been hit by a can as he keeps on running. Since he was running he didn't see that it was an empty can that just hit his head. All he knew was he had to keep running or he will be in big trouble.
Suddenly, he tripped and fell to the ground. There was nothing on the road that could have possibly trip him so why did he fall?
"You know, running away from your troubles isn't going to change anything."
He heard a voice as a girl came out of the shadows from a narrow place.
"It's only going to make everything worse."
The girl looked down at the man that was on the ground and smiled. The smile that the girl gave that man was a usual smile yet the man felt a pressuring aura from the girls smile and froze. He felt terrified by the girls smile and didn't move an inch. While the man was still sitting on the ground frozen staring at the girl Shizuo and Tom had caught up to them.
They were surprised to see someone stop the 'wanted' man but what really surprised them was that the one who stopped the 'wanted' man was Miyuki. She saw the two debt collectors as they took their breath from all the running.
"Hey guys, sorry for leaving without saying a word earlier."
The girl placed her right hand on the back of her head.
"I got a phone call and it was really noisy back there, so I went to find a quieter place."
As usual the girl was smiling as she said those words. Shizuo went and knocked the 'wanted' man until he was unconscious then held him so he wouldn't escape just in case he wakes up again. He faced Miyuki and said:
"So why didn't you come back?"
"I was going to come back but after the call I felt thirsty so I went to buy a drink first."
"I saw you chasing that guy from afar so thought I'd help you guys buy tripping him over."
It was all clear now. Miyuki was the one who threw the empty can and tripped the 'wanted' man. After hearing her explanation, somehow Shizuo felt relieved. He put on a smile and asked:
"So what are you going to do now?"
"I'm going home now, I kind of feel tired."
Who wouldn't be tired after a long exhausting day? Shizuo went to the company to hand in the 'wanted' man and Tom walked Miyuki home since it was late and it's not good for a girl to walk all alone at night.
As Tom and Miyuki walked though the streets of Ikebukuro Tom ask:
"Miyu-chan, what do you think about Shizuo?"
"Well I think he's a nice guy even though he easily gets mad and breaks public property."
She chuckled as she pictured the sight of swinging sign poles.
"Did you know about that superhuman strength that Shizuo had before coming with us today?"
"Yes, I did."
"I did a little research and found many interesting things about Shizuo."
Without the person their talking about with them Miyuki casually dropped the honorific that she's used to address Shizuo.
"Really? What else did you find out about him besides his strength?"
"Well, I know that he hates Orihara Izaya and he fought with a bunch of slasher people."
"Don't you think he's scary?"
The girl paused and lowered her head after hearing that question. Tom thought that she was going to do something similar to what she had done earlier that day and say that Shizuo is scary in a low tone. Then girl said:
"I don't think he's scary."
Tom didn't expect her to say that and felt a bit shocked. Even he, who has known Shizuo since his third year of middle school still thinks that he's kind of scary. Miyuki looked up at the sky where she could see some stars shining.
"I just think it must be hard to be someone like him."
"Having strength that surpasses a normal human."
"Unable to control his anger and going out of control despite his will."
"Being feared by all, being completely different from everybody else."
"He never asked for any of that yet that's how it turned out."
Tom couldn't say anything after what Miyuki just said. It seemed that she knows more about Shizuo than he does. The two of them walked silently though the streets of Ikebukuro as they were headed to Miyuki's apartment.
Celty and Shinra will show up in the next chapter :D
Next chapter: Delivery
