Okay, guys, here is the long awaited chapter ten! Sorry it took so long, I was taking a break last week and watched an amazing show called Merlin! If you like the King Arthur story, I highly recommend you watched this series. It unbelievably funny. I swear I almost died from laughing to hard while watching it. And the best part? Merlin's not old!

Anyway, I'll let you read it now. I hope you enjoy and please leave a review!

Once Izaya left the school he went straight to his sisters' school to pick them up. As soon as he got there he saw Mairu's defiant face with her hands on her hips, "Iza-Nii! Where have you been? We were waiting!"

Izaya winced a bit at the volume of her voice and gave her a weak smile, crouching down to her eye level, "Sorry, Mairu, Kururi, I got held up with something."

Noticing his weary expression and slightly forced smile, Kururi put her hand on his cheek and softly asked, "Are you okay, IzaIza?"

Mairu instantly realized that something was wrong with Izaya and stared at him worriedly, "You don't look so good, Iza-Nii. Are you sick?"

Izaya just blinked in surprise at their worry and how well they could read him. He had been trying to hide it from them. Izaya smiled wider this time and stood up, "I'm fine, just tired. What do you say we go home and get some dinner? I'll make you anything you want."

The twins still looked at him worriedly, but nodded their heads and took ahold of each of his hands. As they walked home, Izaya was constantly talking and smiling so he wouldn't further worry his perceptive sisters. It worked and pretty soon they were giggling and laughing all the way home, not noticing how the smile slowly fell off his face and his eyes darkened a little.

After they had dinner, Izaya sent his sisters to bed and when he was sure they were asleep Izaya went into his room. When he shut the door, Izaya slid down the wood until he was sitting on the floor. Sitting there, he let silent tears fall down his pale cheeks until he fell asleep.

The next few days at school Izaya acted like nothing had happened. Like he had never been locked in a closet and showed his weakness to anyone, least of all Shizuo. He pretended like Shizuo had seen nothing and that it was his and Namie's own little secret. Namie's secret because he had trouble pretending she wasn't there every time she walked by and gave him that knowing look. He still couldn't believe that she was the one to find him in such a state and it angered him greatly. No one should have seen him like that, especially someone who would mock him for it.

Izaya was sure that Shizuo would also mock him, but Izaya never gave him the chance. Every time Shizuo looked like he was going to say something about it, Izaya would do something to irritate him into going on a rampage and this always had a way of making him forget.

After a while, Shizuo completely forgot about the whole thing and hadn't even thought about mentioning it for weeks now. Izaya was pleased that he had thwarted Shizuo's mind from the matter, but the real challenge was getting Shinra off his back. He already knew there was nothing he could do about Namie so he didn't even try, but Shinra was another matter. It wouldn't be easy though; Shinra could be stubborn when he wanted to.

As if reading his mind, Shinra popped up around the corner and headed towards Izaya. Sighing, Izaya prepared himself for Shinra's mindless chatter and put on his trademark smirk.

"Shinra! To what do I deserve the honor of your presence?" Izaya asked mockingly and gave him an exaggerated bow.

Shinra automatically noticed what Izaya was trying to do and cut straight to the point, "I want to talk you about what happened a few weeks ago, but you already know that, don't you, Izaya?"

Izaya faked confusion and put his hand on his chin, "Whatever could you mean? I don't recall anything happening."

You wouldn't think it just looking at him, but Shinra is actually quite strong. Especially when angry or deeply concerned for someone. Izaya was startled when Shinra grabbed his wrist and dragged him to a different part of the school. He was even more shocked when he tried to break free, but couldn't because of Shinra's vice-like grip.

All bystanders were stunned at the scene as well and Shizuo just stood there, wondering what in the world was happening. It wasn't until they were in an unused part of the school and Shinra towered over him that Izaya realized something...

Shinra was actually taller than him.

He never noticed it before. Shinra was always so docile-looking and smiled all the same, Izaya always assumed he was taller between the two. For whatever reason, this realization suddenly made Izaya feel small. And it scared him.

"Izaya, do not lie to me. I'm just trying to help you," Shinra said in a comforting voice as he had Izaya cornered. It was almost like he could sense the inner turmoil going on inside Izaya.

"And if I don't want your help?" Izaya managed to say in a calm voice.

Sighing, Shinra answered, "You may not want my help, Izaya, but I can see you need it. Whether you believe it or not, you need help and if not mine, at least someone else's."

Swallowing, Izaya pushed down the fear he was feeling. He didn't understand why he was so afraid. This was Shinra. Shinra would never hurt him, just like Izaya would never hurt Shinra. Shinra was Izaya's only friend and he didn't want to lose him.

Izaya smiled a small, but genuine smile. One Shinra has never seen before and it surprised him. Izaya softly spoke to Shinra, "I do have help, Shinra. My sisters are there for me, they're always there. You don't have to worry about me."

After saying this, Izaya stepped forward and waited for Shinra to move. When he did, Izaya smiled at him again and let. This smile was different, though. It wasn't genuine at all. It was forced and pained.

A stunned Shinra made his way back to his classroom to get his stuff, as school was now over, and bumped into Shizuo. Shinra fell to the ground and looked up at Shizuo, smiling, his trance broken, "Hello, Shizuo!"

Shizuo watched as Shinra got up off the floor and asked him, "What was up with that thing you were doing with Izaya? What did he say?"

Confused, Shinra just blinked up at Shizuo before smiling wide and saying, "I just learned something new about Izaya."

As Shinra walked off, he thought, 'Izaya really does care about his sisters. I hope it can stay like that forever.'

When Izaya made it to Kururi and Mairu's school, they were no where to be found. Izaya asked the teachers about and they told him that there already went home. Confusion entered Izaya's mind as he thought about why his sisters would go home without him.

He thought about this all throughout his walk home, when he finally approached the front door. Opening it, Izaya was filled with a sense of deep dread and fear as he saw his parents inside his, their, house. As soon as his sisters spotted him, they're faces beamed and they came running.

"Iza-Nii!-"

"IzaIza!-"

"Mom and Dad are home!" They said in unison.

Izaya felt his heart drop deep into his stomach and he hoped against hope that this was all just a bad dream. It was all the more harder to pretend as his parents turned to look at him with uncaring, heartless eyes.

After a few seconds, Izaya managed to squeeze out a smile and a polite, "Welcome back, Mom, Dad."

And then, the longer his parents stayed, the more he felt as though his heart was shattering as they slowly poisoned his dear little sisters.