Death iN Turn

Chapter Four: To The Death

The Female stranger wouldn't look at the one called Kadota, it was a mistake coming here. She can't stay in one area for too long. If he was going to make the first move it would be best if it was when no one was around. Or, she would make the first move if she could just only find him. But it never turns out that way; he would always make the first move. No matter how hard she tries, she can never find him first. It was like he knew how to hide his scent from her.

Seymon, or Simon as they call him, tried his best to ease the tension, but to no success.

"Heyyyy," said the female as she walked over to Kadota and the stranger, a scared expression is present on her young face. "Maybe we should just leave, act like we didn't see anything." She laughed a strange forced laugh, the stranger thought.

Then it hit her.

She could smell him now. Her eyes grew wide and her head shot up to look at the sky, the smell growing stronger. The one named Kadota took a step back from surprise as he stared at her face. She didn't pay any more attention to him, at least, until she saw him. Her eyes shot back down at everyone around her. Innocent people that have no idea what's coming towards them.

He was already dropping down near her, she felt his powers growing as he fell from she didn't know where.

"GET DOWN!" She yelled at them. She watched as they flinched at her voice, probably just now realizing she is, well… a girl, but they stood there like morons. "Damn it," she spat out, brought her arms up and pushed them back away from her toward Simon's sushi, (er, the person he's helping sushi restaurant). She turned sharply on her heel and brought up her arms already expecting the debris that was already flying at her. She stopped them with ease, after all they were only the size of a fire hydrant and… what looks like one is flying at her that is the size of a minivan. She dropped the debris she already stopped and stopped the large one with even more ease.

Next more were being flung, much smaller pieces. She would laugh if she was that sort of person, but today, she wasn't. Yes, it was comical to think that he can get past her defense with such trivial attacks.

"Holy shit!" That Kadota kid yelled. She looked back behind her to see him and his friends all lying on the ground behind her staring at her and her brother, fear clear on their faces.

"It's nice to see you still haven't lost your touch, sister!" Her brother yelled with ferocity, something she knew was his normal tone with her. He stood up straight, head bent low as he looked at her with a venomous eye. She mimicked him, standing up as well, but instead looked at him with her normal lazy stare. This seemed to irk him quite a bit; he clutched his hands together and made a loud audible growl of frustration and then looked back up at his sister with complete and utter hatred.

"You stupid FUCKING BITCH!" He screamed, swinging his arms wildly in front of him and then placing them on his face where he screamed some more. "Stop looking at me like that, stop it, stop it, STOP IT, STOP IT, STOP IT!" He was now shaking his head back and forth, his hands on his face like he was gouging his eyes out, but she knew better.

She glanced around her, there were so many innocent lives, and most will lose their lives today. She felt bad, they didn't deserve this, but the ones who are standing around with curiosity will most likely die. They always do.

Then her eyes caught someone else, his blonde hair making it easy to find him when she wasn't even looking for him. He was looking at her and then he was looking at her brother, more like glaring. So, they must have met earlier. She was surprised he was still alive after meeting up with her brother.

"I'm going to kill you!" Her Brother yelled, "I swear I'm going to kill you for what you have done!" he charged forward, each step he took made a small indent in the cement underneath his foot.

The strange woman also charged forward. If she had to fight him now there is no need to run. Running will just lead to more deaths. Today will be the day where they will settle the score. Today, only one will come out alive. This she knew was fact.

They met half way, arms swung out and once their fists meet a shock wave of pure power erupted around them forming a barrier around where they were standing.

There fists pushed against each other, sending shockwaves of power at one another in hopes to knock the other one down to make the final blow. One slip up and it was all over. The sister gritted her teeth underneath her wraps, her one eyes in a fine slit as she watched her own bothers eyes mimicking hers, but more animalistic. Her eyes glanced at the barrier of power that formed around them; if anyone tried to help her they would surely get fried.

Then her brother did something she wasn't expecting. He reached over with his other arm ripping it to shreds from their power, all the way to the bone in some parts and grabbed her arm and swung her down on the ground hard. She kicked up with her feet when he tried to reach for her neck, he stumbled backwards, just enough time for her to stand up and punch back. Once her fist was close enough, he regained his balance reached up with his hand and grabbed her wrists and brought his other fist into her face. She was flung backwards from the sheer force and power he held in that single punch. Her body did a couple of back flips, something she couldn't control, and the first thing that touched the ground was her face.

She hit right cheek first, did another flip, hit her forehead, and flipped more on the cement itself each part of her body seemed to hit the cement at the right angle. She skidded to a halt and before she can comprehend what just happened her brother was already over her, his fist digging deep with each punch into her stomach; her body sinking into the cement with each bone breaking punch.

She had to get away; she wasn't going to last much longer. She pushed her hands into his face and build up all the energy she had and used her "powers" to push him off her and sent him flying through a building and into the next.

The sister rolled to her side, wet coughing as she did so. She reached up and pulled herself out of the small hole her brother punched her in. She had a second to breathe, seemed he needs to collect himself before he goes on the attack again. She reached down to her stomach and a white light began to glow from her hands, she had to heal herself.

But, to her own fear, her brother came from behind and grabbed her by the hoodie and flung her back into a light pole and then skidding on the ground to a stop. She ended up coughing more, feeling some sort of wetness sticking to her wraps around her lips.

"I won't let you – heal yourself…" he said while gasping for breath. His wraps around his face was completely gone revealing a face that looked to be badly burned, recent burns from her powers. Blood was dripping down his face and one eye was damaged shut, his left revealing his normal big bright blue eye on his right. His hoodie was no longer there either, must have ripped off when he was flung through the building.

The sister stood up, holding onto her side but fell to her right knee. She coughed some more watching her world go from clear to blurry. Her brother limped up to her slowly and all she can do is watch.

I lost, she thought to herself. I can't believe I lost. This is where it ends.

Her brother was now in front of her, she closed her eyes when he began to speak. "What? No fighting back? No last words? Come on sister, if I'm going to kill you I would like to hear you plead with your final words." He grabbed her by the neck and pushed her on her back. "Come on! Scream! Plead!"

But she wouldn't say anything; she won't say anything to him.

"Fine, die like the bitch you are!" A white mist like energy starts to ooze out of her mouth and eyes. This is it, she thought her last thoughts. He gets all my powers and I'll become nothing. The mist began to grow in front of her face, until all her energy is almost drained and her vision began to grow black.

She was going to die… At least until a trashcan can flying at her brother missing her but knocking her brother off of her and onto his side. The mist came back into her, giving her full life once again. But her vision was still growing black. She looked to the side to see where the trashcan came from and saw the blonde she saved a couple nights ago. He came running at her, looking into her eye. Next to him was a woman with a cat like looking helmet and a black rider suit. Something black, like shadows, came out of her right sleeve and a large scythe came into view.

A Dullahan, was her last thoughts before she went unconscious.

Shizuo watched as she got her assed kicked. Every time she was knocked on her ass, got punched, whatever, he would yell damn and clutch his hands and grit his teeth together.

When she finally made a good blow and her brother was flung backwards through two buildings he smiled. He watched as she tried to heal herself, he wanted to go over there and help her. How? He didn't know. But out of nowhere her stupid fucking brother came out of nowhere and pulled her hoodie and flung her back, giving her no time to heal her injuries.

Then he was on top of her and this strange mist came out of her wraps. That's when he lost it, he grabbed the thing nearest to him, which in his case was a trashcan and chuck it at the guy. With so much practice at chucking things at Izaya, he had no problem not hitting the stranger that helped him a couple of nights ago. He flung off her and onto his side, the strangers mist going back into her body and she began to cough and breathe again. The front of her wraps was covered with blood; Shizuo ran for her. She looked over at him and their eyes meet then she closed her eye and he knew she passed out. Celty already had her scythe on her hand as she ran after the brother.

The brother got back up and looked over at his sister then back at Celty. Then his head looked over to the left, so did Shizuo and he saw Simon making his way over as well. The brother stood there like he was calculating something, shook his head and turned to run. He was outnumbered.

"YOU BETTER RUN ASSHOLE!" Shizuo yelled as he knelt down to the girl who saved him. He reached for her face and turned her head so she was looking at him. Well, not exactly looking at him since she was unconscious.

Simon ran over to Shizuo and knelt on the other side of the sister. His left hand grasped her right cheek as he looked down into her face. "There's a lot of blood, she didn't have time to heal herself." Simon said and picked her up bridal style. His gaze was serious as he looked down at Shizuo, "You know doctor, yes?" When Shizuo nodded Simon continued, "Good, Inesa needs medical attention."

"Inesa?" Shizuo looked up at Simon dumbfounded. He stood up and looked at the girl in Simon's arms. "Her name is Inesa?" Then realization hit him making his eyes grow big. "Wait, you know her?"

Simon nodded, "No time to explain, she needs doctor."

Celty, once she came back to the group of friends after chasing after the brother with no luck, texted Shinra to warn him of what is coming his way. She agreed to drive "Inesa" back on her back. Awkwardly, she placed Inesa in front of her and let her head lean back against Celty's shoulder. She revved up her bike and took off, her bike making the creepy nay noise as it disappeared around the corner.

Shizuo and Simon took off after her on foot. It would take her at least five minutes to make it back to her apartment, but Shizuo and Simon will take at least twenty minutes. They sprinted down the street; everyone turned and stared at them, wondering where the two are heading to in such a hurry. Others ran past them trying to see what the commotion was all about, but once they get to the crater they will realize they were too late.

Shizuo glanced over at Simon. "So how do - you know her?" He said in-between pants.

Simon continued to look ahead, his face distant as he thought about his past with Inesa. He didn't speak for another two blocks; Shizuo kept on glancing at Simon waiting for his response. "She's always traveling, I didn't think I would see her in Ikebukuro," Simon finally said. Shizuo waited for more but he didn't speak any further. Shizuo sighed and gave up for the time being, he'll get his information once everything is settled down.

Twenty minutes later they finally made it to the apartment Shinra and Celty shared. They both waited patiently in the elevator. Simon had his arms crossed as he watched the number of each floor pass and Shizuo had his head tilted toward the ground with his eyes closed, itching for a cigarette as he kept his hands in his pocket. But he wouldn't start smoking, not in Celty's home.

Once they reached the top floor Celty was already waiting near the elevator door. She brought up her PDA for both of them to see, "She's hurt pretty bad. Shinra took her into the kitchen and is seeing if he can do anything for her. It's best if you two wait out here for now."

Shizuo nodded, they needed their privacy.

But they didn't have to wait long; Shinra came out with one bloody hand and an interesting look on his face. Shizuo was the first to speak, "So, what's the deal?"

Shinra smile grew. "I never seen anything like it… Um," He looked over at Celty and said, "Besides you of course." Then he looked back at the rest of them. "I was looking at her stomach, and man is it torn up! Anyways, I was looking and I noticed she broke almost all her ribs and probably had internal bleeding but I couldn't know for sure until I looked inside. When I reached for my scalpel and looked back at her stomach I noticed that the coloration began to turn back to a normal skin tone. She's healing that fast!" And then she looked at Celty again, "Besides your healing abilities, they are extraordinary. But, of course, Celty's still far exceeds hers…"

Simon cut him off, something everyone is not use seeing. "Can we see her?" His voice serious as well as his expression.

Shinra nodded, "Yes, of course, do you know her by chance?" Shinra, he's always noisy. Simon only nodded his head. "Good, it would be nice for her to wake up to someone she knew." Simon nodded again and followed Shinra and Celty inside, Shizuo trailed after.

Like Shinra said, she was lying on her back on the table. Her eye was still closed and the blood was beginning to dry on her wraps. Her breathing seemed to be normal. Her clothes were almost torn to pieces. There was hardly anything left of her jacket, her pants were torn in random area's and underneath her jacket she had only a red sports bra on. Thankfully, to Shizuo at least, that there was enough of her jacket left where you can only see a little bit of her upper body. Like Shinra said, her lower stomach as well around her rib cage they could see was badly injured and black, but to their surprise they can also see the color changing back into a light cream skin color. Shizuo could have sworn he saw a rib cage pop back into its original form.

"It was all over the news," Shinra said as he walked over next to Simon and looked down at Inesa's unconscious form. "The fight I mean. They are already saying she's part of the dollars, funny right? Anything that ever happens in this town is always the dollars fault." He pushed his glasses back up the bridge of his noise. "I think she's in a healing stasis right now."

Shizuo finally walked over to the two and looked down at Inesa. "When do you think she's going to wake up?"

"Probably when she fully heals, which at the rate she's going it will probably be in about thirty minutes."

Shinra asked about what happened that he didn't see before the fight. Celty explained everything to him. She even explained how she healed Shizuo. Simon, on the other hand, stood in the corner looking out the window and staying quite. Something that isn't like him, this is the first time Shizuo saw him not speak longer than a minute.

They waited, and waited, and waited. After everything was said there was an akward silence. Shizuo sat back on the couch with his head laid lazily against the back of the couch. His eyes were closed and his knees was shaking ever so slight. He was craving a cigarette, but he can withstand the craving. He didn't want to leave just in case Inesa decided to wake up.

Inesa? Shizuo thought it was a strange name, one that doesn't really fit her; then Shizuo lightly shook his head. He doesn't even know who this girl was; he doesn't know what she looks like or what her personality was. All he knows, she's some crazy powerful person that is out to kill everyone in Ikebukuro.

Then why did she heal me? Shizuo thought. It was true, if she was a crazed person then why did she heal him?

Shinra walked over to Inesa and looked back down at her. "I wonder if she's even human? Maybe she's something like you Celty?" Then he titled his head up toward the ceiling and began to smile. "If she isn't human, I wonder what her insides look like. Maybe if she wakes up she'll let me dissect…" But before he can say anything more Inesa eyes shot open and looked up at Shinra, taking in his lab coat and then the scalpel that was placed near her table. She shot up off of her table and turned toward everyone in the room, her one eye wide and frightened looking. Shizuo shot up from where he was sitting and walked over to her.

"Wait, stop!" Simon warned Shizuo. "She's inching near the window."

When Simon spoke Inesa instantly looked over at him. "Seymon?" She asked, surprised to see him. Her voice taking everyone off guard; it was soft and sweet, with a little bit of a strain when she spoke, like she was still in pain.

"Yes, Inesa, it's me, now come." He said as he waved toward him. "Come away from the window, the doctor helped you. He doesn't mean no harm."

She glared over at Shinra, "I heard the word dissect." She spat out the last word.

Shinra laughed an embarrassed laugh. "Hey, I was just kidding, I swear!"

When she didn't look like she was going to move away from the window Celty walked over to Inesa showing her PDA. "Please, don't mind the idiot. He says a lot of things he doesn't mean."

Inesa stance began to relax as she looked at Celty, her eye showing recognition. "You're a Dullahan." It wasn't a question, more like stating the fact. Celty nodded her head. Inesa looked at everyone else in the room, the doctor, Simon, Celty, and then Shizuo where her eyes stayed. "Blondie is here, too."

"My name is Shizuo."

Inesa only nodded her head. "Yes, I know."

Then she suddenly fell to one knee and clutched her side. Simon lightly ran over to her and crouched next to her with his hand on her shoulder. "Inesa, you okay?" He asked as he helped her up, grabbing her elbow as he did so.

Inesa nodded. "Funny," she said her voice still slightly strained. "That you still call me that."

"What else would you like me to call you, friend? Isn't that your name?" Simon said, his old cheerfully voice was back.

Inesa didn't say anything. When she was standing back up Simon walked her over to the couch and sat her down, he sat with her and kept his hand firmly on her elbow the whole time. Shizuo watched patiently, the cigarette craving now only in the back on his mind as he thought about what just happened. So, she's afraid of doctors and being dissected. Even now as he watched her, when she looked back up at Shinra as he walked over to her to ask her questions, she was still glaring at him, but she answered his questions.

Once Shinra asked his ridiculous questions, Celty finally asked her question that was itching at her. "If you don't mind me asking, why was your brother trying to kill you?"

Shizuo noticed Simon tense as he looked at Inesa. She closed her eyes and shook her head, "I rather not talk about it; it's a long story." When she opened her eyes again, Shizuo noticed how tired her eye looked. He could see the bag underneath her eye.

"When's the last time you slept?" He blurted out.

She looked up at him and shook her head, "Um… Two nights ago I believe."

Shizuo still felt strange hearing her talk, but he put that thought aside and continued to speak. "Why?"

She looked away from him. "It's really none of your business."

Shizuo's eye twitched but he kept his cool. "That's understandable. So, why are you back in Ikebukuro?" Shizuo decided to change the subject. If he wasn't going to get answers out of her, then he'll beat them out of Simon.

That's when he watched her look at nothing in front of her, her eye became half lidded in a lazy "eye expression", and didn't say anything. "So?" Shizuo asked again but with no success.

Simon looked at her and then back at Shizuo. "Looks like she's zoning you out; she does that a lot."

Shizuo closed his eyes and placed his pointer finger and thumb on the bridge of his noise, trying to keep calm. "So she answers the doctors' questions but when I ask two she zones me out like I'm annoying her?"

"Yep," Simon said a little too cheerfully, not realizing that Inesa was starting to piss off Shizuo.

(Yes! Chapter four is up and running. I changed Inesa's name like fifty times, I couldn't find the right one. If you like it tell me so, if you think of a better name that starts with In then also tell me.

I was at my grandpa house for a week, this chapter was suppose to come out like a week ago, but he doesn't have any internet access, :(.

Please review, I'm a reviewing whore and the only way to resolve my lust is to have more reviews. More reviews= more chapters.

Reviews:

Anonymous – Thanks for the kind words! Yeah, I try to draw out the romance and make it as believable as possible.

Anon – Yeah, I saw that when I first read it, it was really clever! I'm glad this story is different from all the other ones, that really makes my day to read that. :)

UncommonIdiocy – Thanks for being there since chapter one! Hope to see your review for this chapter. :)

Sonic Gamer – I like your name. I hope this chapter is as great as the other three. :)