Shinra had finally convinced Celty to go to sleep in his room when he finished treating the other's wounds.
Shinra worked in silence and firstly, treated Shizuo's leg.
"And... there you go." Shinra said as he finished wrapping his leg in an Ace-Bandage. His usual excitement was replaced, however, by a solemn look. "Now, don't strain it too much."
Shizuo nodded and got up. He headed upstairs to one of the guest bedrooms and closed the door.
Shinra sighed, "Izaya, come on. Let's get started."
Izaya simply got up and walked over to the doctor with no resistance, which really showed how throughly exshausted he was.
"Explain this, Izaya." Shinra said as he started patching up the injuries his friend had received from the prior fight.
"Nothing to explain." He replied simply, with a distant look in his eye.
Shinra stopped, and just looked at his friend, "Izaya... this isn't normal. None of it is... Why can't you just let me help?"
He received no response.
Shinra sighed, and continued patching up the injuries, finishing with the shot wound on his shoulder.
Izaya got up with a quiet "Thank you" and walked upstairs to the other guest bedroom.
He quietly snuck in the room, not wanting to wake anyone else in the house. After all, it was past 6 am and the day had been very eventful.
However, even with all that, combined with injuries and trudging through the city, sleep just wouldn't come to him.
"Who is our common enemy?" Izaya thought aloud. "Who, other than myself, wants to cause a gang war? And for what purpose?"
"Maybe the same reasons you wanted to start one." A very familiar voice responded.
Izaya sighed, he hadn't even heard the brute come in, "I doubt anyone has the ability to think of that reason, other than myself."
Shizuo sighed, and leaned against the wall, "You're the informant. Shouldn't you know everything about this then?"
Izaya didn't respond. He just put his arm over his eyes and let out a deep breath.
"Look flea, honestly, I don't think you're more upset that someone is gonna complete your stupid plan before you are, but the fact that you don't even know who this 'someone' is."
"How were you able to tell? The injuries, I mean. I thought I was pretty convincing, and considering no one else noticed it until you pointed it out, they thought so too." Izaya replied, not moving his arm from his face.
The blonde scoffed, "Like I said, I been chasing your ass for 8 years, I can tell when something's off."
Izaya snickered, "I never thought Shizu-chan would be so observant."
"I never thought you'd be the one to get your ass kicked by someone other than me."
"You flatter me Shizu-chan, but as you know, your not my only enemy..." Izaya trailed off, going back to what Shinra said earlier.
Who would go up against both of you at the same time?
You two are the only one's who can go up against the other...
"Who is our common enemy?"
"I don't know.." Shizuo responded, gazing off into the early morning sky through the window in the room.
Izaya sighed, "Humans are predictable beings...but they're also selfish and greedy. They want only what they can't have. If this was between you and I, Shizu-chan, I would be able to desciper this quickly... However, considering I am now looking for a common enemy not only between you and myself, but of also, Shinra, Celty, Dotachin, and well, everyone that was with us today... It narrows it down to almost no one."
"You said 'almost'." Shizuo pointed out, "Does that mean you have someone in mind?"
"It was a common phrase to say, that's all." Izaya said, not lingering on any suspicions he had.
Shizuo looked at the informant for the first time since the conversation started, "Normally, I wouldn't give a fuck about what's going on with you or who wants you dead. But whatever 'this' is and whatever you know, has brought me and people I care about into it."
Shizuo turned to walk out the door, "You can say you don't want help Izaya, but we all know you need it." He turned his head back to look at the informant. Izaya moved his arm and looked at the brute, "But this time you need to put your fucking pride away and accept it."
Okay guys! Some changes have occurred.
This is my Junior year in High School, and I'm on Varsity sports. My grandpa is still alive, but he's not doing any much better than he was before.
Argo... time is limited.
I know I'm not that dependable with updates, but hey, life throws some weird curve-balls and as I said before, I rather have you guys wait for a good story, than getting a crappy chapter just because it's on 'time'.
But updates will probably be once a week. You guys shouldn't have to wait so long and it'll be easier once I can manage my time better.
So, goodbye loves!