Demon Eyes

Ch. 11 Where is Orihara Izaya?

Disclaimer: I Do not own Durarara or any of it's characters

In the end there had been no ghosts, much to the distress of Erika and Walker who had pouted the whole walk back to the center of town. They had stopped at a restaurant for lunch before the annoying trek up the hill. According to Kadoka there were too rumored haunted spots in this miserable town. The first being the house where a demon was said to live and second was a now abandoned warehouse where a bunch of people had been brutally killed. To be honest Shizuo was not interested in visiting a former crime scene, not that he had been adamant about visiting the haunted house at first either. His eyes wandered over to the anime worshiping duo as they once again regained their normal dramatic enthusiasm as their new destination grew ever closer. He then slid his eyes to celty to find her watching him and as expected a PDA was shoved in his sight. [Shizuo, are you sure your alright? You've been acting strange ever since we arrived]

Shizuo smiled, "I'm fine Celty, really" He was always so touched by how kind the headless woman was, alot of people could learn from her, the flea included. [So what happened? With Izaya I mean?] Why was she bringing up the flea now, and what happened? He didn't understand what she meant and Celty must have understood because she retracted her PDA to type once more before showing him the screen again. [Only Izaya can get you to run off like that and it's not like you to stop until you've found him.] He knew what she was saying was true but for some reason hearing someone else say what he did on a regular basis sounded so strange. Did he really always drop what he was doing whenever the flea was nearby? Now that he gave it some thought he really did, it didn't matter if he was at work with Tom or chatting with Celty, he always dropped everything for the flea.

Before Shizuo was able to contemplate more on the subject Celty had brought up, he found her PDA in front of him again. [Like I was saying, what happened? You obviously must of found him but it doesn't seem like it broke out into a fight.] His eyes softened as he absorbed the words from his best friend, taking the cigarette out from beneath his lips and letting the smoke drift up to the sky, "I'm not really sure myself, I just couldn't...not when he looked like that" Whatever Celty had been about to say was forgotten as a scream ripped through the air, everyone's movements stopped as they looked around. It was clear to all where the scream had come from, it had come from the warehouse where they were heading but Shizuo was sure none of them realized it because he could mistake it ever.

That was Izaya's voice.

Sure he had never heard the flea scream in pain but even so, he could never mistake the voice of his most hated enemy. Kadoka looked around before clearing his throat, "I'm guessing everyone else heard that too" Shizuo could hear the uncertainty in his voice, maybe he was wrong at thinking he was the only one that recognized Izaya's voice. In fact all his friends seemed frozen where they stood, even him, no matter how much he told his legs to move they wouldn't listen. None of them wanted to confirm the truth of the scream nor see the cause of it.

Shizuo was the first to finally find momentum as he took off running up the hill, as if releasing a curse the others followed suit although none of them were fast enough to keep with Shizuo. His mind was screaming for his legs to move faster, hurry! The great Heiwajima Shizuo was afraid, terrified of what might have happened to Orihara Izaya, he would think about what these feelings meant later because right now he needed to reach Izaya. After what felt like an eternity Shizuo finally reached the warehouse his head shaking as it reached for the door, with a deep breath he calmed his nerves as best he could before opening the door.

Light flooded into the warehouse and his widened at what he saw.

Nothing.

There was no trace of the flea or anyone else for that matter but Shizuo was sure he heard the flea's voice screaming out and everyone in his group heard it. The rest of the gang finally reached him and they also did their own search inside the warehouse but still nothing. Perhaps the scream had come elsewhere or maybe they had all really been hearing things? Shizuo had been about to dismiss the whole thing off until Erika's cheerful voice called out to them as they exited the warehouse. "Look! I found a love letter! There was a rose and a candle on that table earlier too" Her eyes seemed to shine as if she was imagining a secret spot for boy love. Walker who joined in on her excitement encouraged his girlfriend to read the letter. With a bright smile she unfolded it, "My beloved...Izaya" The four adults who were previously not interested snapped their heads backwards to stare at the girl who just mentioned the name of the man who was the source of their panic earlier. Her normal bubbly attitude sobered as it looked like she had read the rest of the letter herself before her eyes lifted to everyone uncertain. Walker placed an encouraging hand on her shoulder for her to continue. "My beloved Izaya, I have longed for this day, the day when we would be together again, the day when you would be forever mine. In life and in death you are mine, remember that Izaya. I will not tolerate betrayal. This hurts me more then it hurts you..."

Erika folded the letter to signal to everyone that she was done, Shizuo's eyes looked around the faces of his friends to see the concern lingering in their eyes. It made no sense to be concerned for a bastard like Izaya but even he found himself worried about the informant. He was sure they all had the same question on their minds...

Where was Orihara Izaya?

OOC: Sorry about the long or should I say really long wait, my deployment is over so I'll try to start updating my stories regularly