She kept mulling it over as she walked down the street. She had avoided them both for a while but she knew it wouldn't last much longer. Shizuo had knocked on her door last night and talked to her door. Well at least he voiced that he thought he was talking to her door.

"I don't know if you're mad or something, maybe you're not here… and you're not actually avoiding me but… aw what the hell… I give up." She had listened as he went back over to his apartment and slammed his door. She knew he was probably pissed off about her absents but there was no helping it. Madoka needed to think about her next move; after all it was going to be her last.

Izaya she actually told to leave her alone for a while. He understood that she needed to think about who she really wanted. He was keeping her father off her trail as best he could and so far she had gone about the city like she usually did. In all her twenty years she had never been as paranoid as she was now. Perhaps it was because she wasn't really paranoid before but now she wondered if her father had people looking for her. She didn't know what he was capable of, other than the fighting tactics he had taught her, and she didn't know who he was involved with.

She did know one thing was for sure, Izaya had people watching her but he let her know who they were. Simon while she was at work, Celty and Kyohei with his gang when she was out on the streets and then there were some he didn't tell her that was watching. Izaya said that she wouldn't notice them but they would notice her. It unnerved her to know that Izaya had so many contacts around Ikebukuro and that most of them had an eye on her for him. He promised he wouldn't let anything happen to her no matter what.

It had been a whole week since she had seen him. It was starting to drive her mad, she found herself missing him far more than she missed Shizuo. She would never admit that of course, but it was true. She missed him most of all. She loved him after all.


Izaya felt agitated, it wasn't something he was used to feeling. He knew damn well why he was feeling this way as well. Madoka was the only thing on his mind and he couldn't focus on anything. She hadn't even called him, not that he had given the numbers to any of his phones to her, but still it wasn't all that difficult for her to contact him. He knew where she was of course, she was walking home from work and as soon as she got home the neighbor that was next to Shizu-chan's apartment would call him and let him know she got home safely.

He glanced over at his computer and finally forced himself to do some work for a while, once he had finished everything he logged into the usual chat room and asked Celty, in private message of course, if she had seen Madoka. She told him that she had seen her leaving work about fifteen minutes ago, but she had taken a different route. That made Izaya slightly worried, okay more than slightly, it made him really worried. Madoka was just like any human, she had a routine and she hardly broke it.

Izaya asked her if she could track Madoka for him and she agreed. Knowing that Celty would be watching out for Madoka he felt better, a little, but still it was an improvement. He watched the clock tick, tick, tick, tick, tick…

"Ah! I can't take it anymore!" Izaya shouted to his empty loft and then stood up and pulled on his jacket.

[Can you see her anywhere?] Izaya texted Celty as he made his way towards the door.

[She just walked into the building you live in.] Celty's speedy reply made Izaya pause at the door. Madoka was here?

The door in front of him swung open and nearly hit him but he stepped back in time, but only to be knocked to the ground as Madoka tackled him.

"I missed you." She said sitting up and smiling down at him, "uh sorry for glomping you."

"I missed you… too…" he said staring up at her, "… you worried me you know."

"Sorry Izaya-kun." She said bending down and kissing his forehead, "So… um, I-I wanted to tell you that –"

"Orihara-san?" They both looked up at the sound of that voice. Madoka's blood ran cold at the sight of her father.

"Makisawa-san I think I found your daughter." Izaya said to him nonchalantly as Madoka jumped to her feet and Izaya followed suit.

"Madoka-chan, do you have any idea how worried I was?" Hotaka said taking a step towards his daughter. She moved to hide behind Izaya and he could feel the fear that poured off of her.

"I'm not going back…" she said and Izaya could feel her shaking behind him but he didn't dare turn away from Hotaka.

"Madoka-chan you aren't well my dear, you have to go back." He told her and she stilled for a moment behind Izaya.

"She's not going anywhere." Izaya finally spoke to him and he looked at Izaya.

"Or-Orihara-san..?" he looked back and forth between the two, "… ah I see why I wasn't getting anywhere with you."

"She's not going with you Makisawa-san, Madoka-chan is staying with me." He said and the man in front of him shook his head.

"I've told you everything she's done and yet you're going to keep her around you?" Hotaka said with a cold laugh, "She'll kill you when you least expect it."

"I won't kill someone I love." Madoka spoke and Izaya almost turned around to look at her out of shock, "you don't need me, so, j-just leave."

"I'll leave you alone for the time being but one slip up Madoka-chan and the only thing you'll ever see are the walls of a padded cell." Hotaka said as he backed up and then shut the door, leaving the two alone.

Izaya stepped forward and locked his door and then turned around and looked at Madoka. She looked shaken but otherwise fine, but he asked anyway, "Are you okay?"

"… Yeah…" she said and then stepped forward and locked her arms around him, "… He wasn't lying about me slipping up…"

"What did he mean by that?" Izaya asked as he rested his chin on top of her head.

"He saw me kill that boy." She said and then swallowed nervously, "he saw how happy I was killing someone…"

"You haven't killed anyone since have you?" he asked, "I mean besides with the fire."

"No… I haven't had a reason to kill anyone." Madoka said and then buried her face into his chest.

"Did you mean that?" he asked her as he began to stroke her hair, "Do you really love me?"

"Yes." She said as she looked up at him, "I love you."


Ladybug's Ramble: Okay. Do you want me to continue this? Madoka still hasn't told Shizuo yet. Oh and It was Izaya ten and Shizuo five. Izaya got the girl... sorry Shizuo fans. I'm going to write one where he gets the girl eventually so just watch out for that one. Also if I continue from this point do you want me to try to pair Shizuo with someone? I already have an idea for who I'll set him up with and how they'll meet (which will be beyond hilarious, or to me at least) but if none of you want me to keep going I'm cool with it. I'm actually going to set it as complete when I post this... so really it's already set as complete... haha... Ladybug out~!