There was a light rattle against his window, he wanted to ignore it in favour of more sleep. It came again and he groaned in protest, flipping the covers up over his head. Soon enough, there came an actual knock, Izaya huffed and glanced at the clock, he was positive that it wasn't time to get up for school yet: 06:00. He sat up and was ready to take his anger out on whatever innocent bird dare to wake him up. Izaya threw back the black curtain, to reveal what was definitely not a bird. Not even a wild animal, Izaya smirked well, that all depends on someone's opinion I suppose. Shizuo was hanging from his window ledge, his grip tight around the square trellis. Seriously? Izaya chuckled and opened his window "Have you been reading Shakespeare Shizu-chan?" Shizuo gave him a blank look, Izaya raised an eyebrow "No? Romeo and Juliet. Romeo Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo?" Shizuo frowned "Ok never mind. Shakespeare Shizu-chan, he was a play writer"

Shizuo growled at him "Its six in the morning flea. I am not ready for lessons right now. so shut the hell up and let me the fuck in"

Izaya laughed "You're the one hanging from my wall right now. I believe that's called trespassing. At least when Romeo did it, he recited some wooing dialect"

Shizuo gritted his teeth "Then go fucking be with Romeo"

Izaya laughed again "Ok. first of all, he's a fictional character. Second of all, that play was written in the sixteenth century, which I believe-gay individuals were tortured and executed, so I think I like this timeline better. Thirdly-" Izaya was cut off by Shizuo's lips pressed against his, the raven grinned against the kiss.

"You are way too alert for this time of the morning flea. Damn it"

Izaya pulled himself up onto the window ledge and sat down "What can I say. I'm good looking and I have a wonderous mind, it's rare to have both"

Shizuo was getting annoyed and he could tell Izaya was doing it on purpose, just to keep him hanging here for his own amusement. "Let. Me. In"

Izaya grinned at him "No wooing dialect?"

Shizuo gripped the trellis tighter, almost snapping the wood. "Let me in and I won't shove you off the edge"

Izaya pouted "That was terrible Shizu-chan. You're supposed to say something like; A thousand times the worse, to want thy light. Love goes toward love, as schoolboys from their books, but love from love, toward school with heavy books"

Shizuo blinked and then gritted his teeth in agitation "That makes no fucking sense. Stop blabbering and move" Izaya decided that he'd rather not have part of his house broken, he chuckled and slid off the ledge and helped Shizuo through the window. Izaya laughed and pulled Shizuo backwards and they fell against the bed. Shizuo instantly put his palms out to stop himself from crushing the smaller male underneath. "I'm starting to get the feeling you have a small fetish for old written romance plays"

Izaya rolled his eyes "It's not a 'fetish' I simply have an appreciation for the arts of playwriting"

Shizuo shrugged "Whatever. It's all confusing if you ask me"

Izaya chuckled and leaned up to kiss Shizuo on the lips, he rolled them over and lay across Shizuo's chest. "Was that confusing?"

"No. that part completely makes sense" they kissed softly and after a few moments, tongues darted out to battle for dominance. Shizuo's hands came up to caress Izaya's back from underneath his shirt. Izaya let out an appreciative moan and Shizuo sat up and flipped their positions, the raven's head then softly hit the pillows, grinning up at the blond. He brought his knee up to rest against Shizuo's groin, Shizuo frowned and batted it away. "Stop that" Izaya chuckled and did it again, Shizuo growled and grabbed his leg, holding it down. "No"

"Are you shy, Shizu-chan?"

Shizuo rolled his eyes and sat up, bringing Izaya with him and the raven straddled his lap. "Shut up. I thought we were taking things slow. We haven't done anything besides making out, so if you don't mind, stop groping me"

Izaya rolled his eyes "Don't get so defensive. It's not like I asked you to fuck me. It was harmless teasing"

Shizuo shook his head "For someone who appreciates old tale romance, you're really vulgar sometimes, you know that?"

Izaya chuckled "I'm almost sixteen Shizu-chan, regardless of my unique interests, I'm still a normal hormonal teenager"

"I wouldn't go as far as to say you're normal" Izaya huffed and Shizuo laughed "However, I get what you're saying. I just- I don't want to rush anything. This is a pretty big step as it is, I don't know about you, but this is all very new to me. Besides, I am sixteen"

Izaya gave him a genuine smile and then kissed him lightly "I get it. I'm ok with slow. I really was just teasing you, it's not like I'm ready for anything beyond making out either. Just do me one favour?"

Shizuo raised an eyebrow suspiciously "What?"

"Take care of your morning excitement before you decide to come over and sneak up to my window"

Shizuo stammered loudly with a blush on his face "I did!"

Izaya laughed and removed himself from Shizuo's lap. "It's nice to know for future reference that you have a lot of stamina"

Shizuo covered his face with his hands "Shut up!"

Izaya grinned and stood up from the bed "Also, a warning text would be nice too. So that I can take care of mine"

A knock on the bedroom door startled them both "Izaya, are you up?" came his mother's voice.

Shizuo grinned at the irony of those words, Izaya glared at him and shoved a pillow in his face. "Y-yes. sure"

"Good. Don't want to be late for your second year introduction"

"I know"

Izaya removed the pillow from Shizuo to see him trying hard not to laugh. "Protozoan"

Shizuo chuckled and shifted off the bed, he stood up and kissed him. "Well, you're not so excited now"

Izaya shoved him off and pointed to the window "Get the hell out of my bedroom"

Shizuo quickly kissed him one more time and made his way to the windowsill. "See you at school"

Izaya sighed and sat on the edge of the bed, he smiled to himself "What a gentlemen boyfriend I have. I have to give him credit, one of us should have some restraint I suppose"

….

Science Lab: 11:00

"Who the hell wants to learn about plants" Shizuo growled out as he rubbed out something on his page for the third time.

Shinra looked up from his book and with the most innocent face said, "Someone who wants to be a botanist?" Shizuo glared at him and Shinra gave him a sideways smile "Joking!"

Izaya grinned, it wasn't the work that Shizuo was angry over, it was the distraction. Izaya lifted his foot over Shizuo's thigh slowly and lightly grazed his crouch, Shizuo gritted his teeth as he tensed before Izaya then lowered it down his leg. Shizuo glared daggers at him, the two were sat opposite each other on a square table, and the blond thought he'd be safer if they weren't sat next to one another, a decision he now regretted.

"Ok. moving on from the sheet" the teacher informed them "Your table group will now perform an experiment, so please come and get your collection of equipment from up front"

Shinra stood up "I'll get them"

Kadota nodded and followed "I'll give you a hand" and the two made their way up to the front of the room.

Shizuo watched them go and then turned angrily to Izaya, he slammed his fist on the table. "Would you stop it!"

Izaya grinned "Stop what? I was stretching"

Shizuo gritted his teeth "Like hell you were. Remove your foot before I rip it off"

Izaya laughed "I like my foot where it is actually"

Shizuo narrowed his eyes "Then remove it"

Izaya's eyes glinted playfully "No"

Shinra and Kadota came back with the equipment, Shizuo then slammed his fist onto Izaya's ankle, causing the raven to yelp in pain and retreat his foot. Shinra raised an eyebrow as they sat down, placing the equipment on the table. "What's wrong?"

Izaya glared at Shizuo, rubbing his bruised ankle under the table "Nothing"

Shizuo shrugged, completely ignoring the raven's glare and obvious protest. "So, what's the experiment"

…

Art class: 14:00

Izaya was still annoyed at Shizuo for bruising his ankle in their science lab. Even more so now since the blond was ignoring his texts. Izaya had kicked the back of his chair a couple of times, but it would seem Shizuo had developed a skill that would allow him to tune him out, vocal or otherwise.

Shizuo grinned to himself when he heard Izaya huff, he found it both amusing and adorable. He had discovered that the raven hated being ignored, and even more so since the one ignoring him was his boyfriend. He carefully looked down at his phone that was on his lap and finally read the messages that he'd received.

:I hate you:

:Shizu-chan, you're a child:

:Don't ignore me!:

:Fine! See if I care:

:Answer me!:

:Brute:

Shizuo rolled his eyes, he chuckled to himself, who knew that Izaya could be this sensitive. I better answer him Shizuo then typed a message

Izaya was glaring daggers at the blond's back and then looked down as he received a message. :Shut up flea. It's your own fault: What kind of answer is that?

Shizuo shook his head as he opened up his next message :I was bored! And you're a prude!:

Izaya grinned as he read the reply, he could practically hear Shizuo's voice yelling inside his head. :Just keep your hands AND feet to yourself while we're in class! It is NOT an appropriate place!:

"There are many forms of art depicting all kinds of intimacy" the teacher said as she switched on the projector "Please keep an open mind as I show you these images. I expect all of you to act like mature students, you are not in primary school anymore" Izaya and Shizuo's attention was brought to the front, as were their other classmates. An image displayed a sculpture of a male and female in a kissing embrace. "The sculpture the kiss was designed by artist Auguste Rodin. Originally designed for the gates of hell, depicting a scene from Dante's inferno. Shows lovers, Paolo and Francesca" the next image was displayed. "This image is an art painted by Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec. Depicting two women embracing and kissing in bed, he describes the scene as 'the very epitome of sensual delight'" a few images displayed together. "In early Greek art, they produced well developed examples of gay art. They considered adult male sexuality to be both normal and natural. Young males often took older males for mentors and sexual partners as seen on this 'Warren cup' which depicts two males engaging in sexual acts"

Izaya chuckled and sent a text to Shizuo :Art just got even more interesting:

Shizuo clicked his tongue, great, that's all he needs, more encouragement :You're impossible:

:Like you weren't thinking the same thing:

:Shut up:

…

Shizuo grunted as Izaya pushed him against the wall on the rooftop, hidden by another. He pressed his lips against Shizuo's, his palm flat on the brick surface. Shizuo pulled him closer and their bodies grinded against each other. "Someone is going to see us…." Shizuo panted.

Izaya nibbles on his jawline and down his neck. "Relax. No one is coming up here now…." Shizuo pushed him off and switched their positions, shoving the raven lightly against the wall, securing both of his wrists above his head. Izaya grinned. "Kinky" Shizuo rolled his eyes and Izaya laughed before feigning a struggle. "I'm at your mercy, Shizu-chan, what are you going to do?"

Shizuo chuckled and kissed him hard on the lips, tongue darting out, asking for access which was immediately granted. Izaya moaned into the kiss and Shizuo's hands eventually released his wrists in favour of his hips. Izaya's hands came up and snaked around Shizuo's neck. "We're supposed to meet Shinra and Kadota in our club room"

Izaya's fingers threaded through Shizuo's hair "Calling it a club room sounds pathetic"

Shizuo gently bit Izaya's bottom lip "But that's what it is. What do you want to call it?"

"PRO"

"What the hell does that mean?"

"It stands for psychic research office "

Shizuo kissed him again "Yeah. that does sound better"

Izaya returned the kiss and then pushed him off "All right. we better go, before they come looking for us"

…..

Shinra was grinning when the two walked in. Kadota turned to them from the couch "Did you get held up or something, where've you been?"

"Art class ran late" Shizuo simply said as he slumped onto the couch beside him, nodding a thanks as Kadota handed him a soda.

Izaya walked toward the desk and sat down in the chair behind it, gently spinning it with his feet. "All right Shinra. Tell us why you're overly excited this time"

Shinra stood up from the single armchair and spread his arms out "You'll never guess what!" The three looked at him blankly. "No one is going to guess?"

Shizuo frowned "You just said we'll never guess it, so just fricking tell us already"

Shinra raised his hands up in mock surrender "Ok ok. geez. I was just trying to create a little suspense and-"

"Shinra~" Izaya said as he pinched the bridge of his nose. Just like Shizuo, he was annoyed that they had to part from one another because of this. This better be worth it "Out with it"

Shinra sighed and then he was back to grinning "We have our first big real case!" That piqued their interest, all attention focused on the teen. "I know our other two cases were pretty big. And the other two don't count since the first one was our decision and the last one wasn't intentional. But this one is by far the best we've gotten!"

"Just calm down and tell us Shinra. You're giving me a headache"

Shinra nodded and took a deep breath to calm down, he knew that he was being slightly eccentric. "Ok. so the head of the school has realised what we've been accomplishing lately, based on those two cases we solved. Apparently he's friends with the head of a small middle school in Shinjuku. The school has been experiencing some freaky circumstances lately, turns out they've gotten so bad that they're thinking about closing the school"

Kadota leaned forward as he opened his can of soda, taking a large gulp before saying, "What kind of circumstances?"

"The usual really. Doors opening and closing on their own. Pictures flying off the walls for no reason. One girl from her class, is in the hospital right now after receiving a head injury, apparently she was in the library and suddenly a bookshelf fell on her. The students have started to get freaked out, some of them refuse to come to school"

Izaya raised an eyebrow why would they want a group of high schoolers to deal with something like that? "So you're saying that our head actually recommended us?"

Shinra nodded "Well the thing is, that it's not a very big school, and it also doesn't have the funding's a normal school might have. It's supposed to be for those who struggle with education or have behaviour difficulties, though some of the students are fairly tame in comparison to others, mostly the older kids"

Shizuo clicked his tongue "So in other words, it's a school for the delinquents"

Izaya rolled his eyes as he stood up and walked around the desk. "Be nice Shizu-chan. Schools that you've been in, might consider you a delinquent" Shizuo glared at him and Izaya chose to avoid his gaze, knowing he was going to hear about that later. "So that's why he recommended us, because the school is on a low budget crisis?"

Shinra nodded "It'll be even worse if word got out to public ears. So far, nothing has"

"Why is that?"

"I don't know. so far there's only been one incident where a student has gotten hurt, so they put that down to an accident. They don't think they have to worry about the other incidences because they're relying on students not risking their sanity by blabbing about it"

Shizuo crushed the can of soda that he had been drinking, trying not to let his anger show. "Then why are we getting involved if they're not really worried?"

Shinra frowned in concern "Because even though they're not worried about it being publicised; if more students start getting hurt then it could be a disaster. I think our head convinced his friend to seek help before that happens. He approached me with the details, and I was so excited I couldn't say no. given the circumstances, he's already given us the fees"

Izaya didn't like being told the payments for his own job. But since they were only in high school, and they were still under authority, he couldn't argue. "Fine. But it better be good, neither one of us is risking our lives for this case unless it's worth it"

Shinra tilted his head with a slight grin "I thought you didn't want to be in charge?"

Izaya rolled his eyes "I don't. but handling the payments is my job, if you want to handle it all then grow a pair"

Shinra pouted and sighed in defeat "So the deposit will be paid in the sum of 22,000, which we'll receive when we get there. the payment for completing the job will be 25,000. Making the full payment a total of 47,000. I know that's not a high amount considering it's a school, but it's the best one we've gotten so far. What do you think?"

Izaya leaned against the desk, palms flat on the surface behind him. "It's reasonable. For a low funded school, it's better than I expected. Am I to assume that we'll be getting a few days off?"

Shinra nodded with a smile "Most definitely. I can't wait! This is a great opportunity right!?"

Izaya chuckled at Shinra's enthusiasm, walking up to him and clapping him on the shoulder. "I can't argue with that"

Kadota had to agree with them, this was the kind of job they'd been waiting, it would help greatly when they started their own business professionally. The money they'd acquire would gain them more equipment too, and the job itself would give them a chance to actually use the ones they already had. "Sounds good. When are we supposed to start?"

"Tomorrow around ten. All the students will be settled in class by then, we should start in the library since that was where the girl got hurt"

Izaya nodded in agreement "We should also try and talk to the other students, maybe they can give us some clues"

Shinra smiled and put his fist against his palm "Then Shinjuku middle school, here we come!"

…..

Izaya chucked his phone on his bed, he'd just got home. Shinra had insisted on doing a little research on the school before they left, which turned out to be rather pointless, so he was slightly irritated. He removed his jacket and hung it on the door, he then removed his shirt and chucked it in the wash basket. The doorbell rang as he pulled on a dark grey hoodie and then removed his black pants. He stepped closer to the door to listen as he pulled on pair of slacks to match his hoodie. He couldn't quite distinguish the visitor's voice since they were talking so quietly. Izaya decided to leave the bedroom and then headed downstairs. When he reached the bottom step he saw his two sisters giggling and attacking a certain blond, Shizuo chuckled as he gave them a hug.

His mum then appeared and gestured to the twins to go and wash up for dinner. "You're welcome to stay Shizuo-kun" she told him. Izaya couldn't help but smile as Shizuo nodded with a small bow.

"Thanks. I appreciate that Mrs Orihara"

"No problem. And I've told you to call me Kyouko already" she then turned around and saw that her son was standing on the steps. "There you are. I was just about to call you to say that your friend is here" Izaya finally locked eyes with Shizuo "Dinner is in ten minutes" she then smiled at Shizuo "I hope you like Chilli, my husband makes a mean one"

Shizuo smiled, still looking at Izaya "I've been told. Thanks, I like chilli"

Kyouko then left for the kitchen, leaving the two alone. Of course, Izaya's parent's didn't know the real relationship between the teens, no one did. Izaya didn't want Shinra finding out just yet, even though their friendship was fine now, he still wanted to wait for the right time to tell him, so it was better for no one else to know either. "You're not angry then" Izaya said, and he knew Shizuo would know what he was referring to.

Shizuo frowned "I am. But I suppose you had a point"

"There wasn't a point. It just slipped out, that's all. But if we start acting too friendly, they'll start to think something is going on"

Shizuo stepped forward and took the first step so that he was face to face with him. "I doubt their first thought is going to be 'oh, they're getting along. They must be dating'"

Izaya laughed "All right. I guess that's true" he then grabbed the blond's wrist and led him upstairs to his bedroom, he kicked the door shut and shoved him against it.

"Dinner is almost ready, what are you doing?"

Izaya smirked and said "Apologising" before kissing him and then nibbling down to his neck, he opened his mouth at the crook and sucked hard on the skin. Shizuo moaned and reached around to thread his fingers through Izaya's hair. Izaya gently bit down on the already raised skin and then licked over it.

"Mmm… what- are you- a- vampire?" Shizuo panted out

"Complaining?"

Shizuo shook his head and then pushed Izaya backwards until his back hit the wardrobe. "My turn" he then latched onto the hollow part of Izaya's neck and nibbled and sucked on the skin. Izaya pulled Shizuo closer and their bodies grinded together. Izaya started to feel weak in the knees as Shizuo's hands caressed his sides from underneath his hoodie. The raven pushed him off before their make out session got too heated. "Did I hurt you?"

Izaya laughed "As if. No, I was just thinking we should stop before we get too carried away"

Shizuo blushed "You started it"

"And now I'm finishing it" Izaya grinned and pressed a light kiss on his lips. "Time for dinner"

"It's always nice to receive dessert before dinner"

Izaya clicked his tongue "Crude" Shizuo kissed him again "Tst. You can finish me later" The two blink in mild surprise, and this time, Izaya blushed and Shizuo laughed as the raven walked past him. "Shut up. Don't say a word"

….

Kadota parked the van in a spot closest to the school. There was a man in a dark grey suit waiting for them, standing on the pathway with his hands behind his back. Kadota and Shinra got out of the car first, Shinra stepped forward to greet the man first. "Hello. I'm-"

"Shinra Kishitani" the man interrupted as Izaya and Shizuo got out from the back. "I know all your names. Kyohei Kadota, Izaya Orihara-" he then looked directly at Shizuo with a frown. "And then there's you, Shizuo Heiwajima. Not a very promising reputation have you? I've heard all about you. I tell you, if you'd spent your middle schools days with us, we'd have made a good example out of you in no time"

Shizuo clenched his fist "What!?"

Izaya grabbed Shizuo's arm before he did something stupid. Narrowing his eyes at the man before them, he stepped in front of the blond and said "Why don't you take us to the principle now, Mr Tachigama"

The grin on Tachigama's face disappeared and he wasn't happy about being addressed as though he weren't important. "Tst" and then he started to walk toward the school's entrance.

Shinra looked at Izaya "Wow. I thought that was the principle"

Izaya shrugged "I'm sure he likes to think so. At least that's the impression I got when I made it quite clear that he wasn't"

Shinra whined "Don't piss him off Izaya~"

Izaya chuckled and then made it a point to bump arms with Shizuo as he walked toward the school "He deserved it"

…..

The four teens were sat in front of a long desk waiting for the principle to arrive. The school was indeed smaller than the average, only two stories high with a square foot of 32,000 for the first level and 28,000 for the second level. Despite their low budget, the school was not without essentials for the students learning facilities. The school was well kept, and the décor was of good quality standards. There were ten classrooms on each floor, with the library on the lower level. A science wing was separated from the main building and held a further four classrooms. The field was much larger in comparison to the rest of the school, giving the students a chance to fully embrace their physical education should they have the interest.

The sound of the door opened and then closed again. A man in a navy blue suit came in and sat himself down at the desk, he smiled politely at the teens and leaned forward, linking his hands as he lay them on the desk. "I'm Mr Uwasaki. Thank you for taking time from your schoolwork to be here. though when Mr Fook told me that he had students working on solving paranormal cases, I kind of pictured you as seniors at least. I'm not judging of course, just a little surprised"

"Don't think the asshole that greeted us felt the same way" Shizuo gritted out, Izaya's eyes widened a little and he sent a warning glare to Shizuo to tell him to shut up.

"Erm. Yes well, he's a little- he's worked hard for the school. Don't mind him. Anyway, I'm glad you're here"

Shinra was actually dying inside, they weren't getting off to a good start. Note to self, keep Shizuo away from Mr Tachigama he then laughed nervously. "We'll be happy to help. just tell us what's happened. We heard about the pictures flying off the wall and- and that a student got hurt"

Uwasaki nodded "Yes. Nothing else has happened to the students again so far. We're more curious as to why these events are even occurring in the first place"

Kadota then spoke "When did all this start?"

Uwasaki's expression became downcast "About a month ago, a female student by the name of-"

Izaya then interrupted "Luna Setton. Aged fourteen. Committed suicide by jumping off the school roof"

Shinra and the others gaped at him in surprise, But we didn't find anything on the school yesterday, when did he find that out?

Izaya grinned at the expression on Uwasaki's face, the man coughed and nodded "Well. You've done some research I see. Anyway, it was just after that, that the weird occurrences started. I really don't want to suggest that her spirit or whatever is haunting this place. But some of the other students have already started spreading those kinds of rumours. I was hoping for a more logical explanation"

"You don't believe in spirits, Mr Uwasaki?"

"It's not that I don't believe in them- just seems unlikely, like it could be a coincidence"

Shinra stood up and held his hand out for the man to shake "We'll do our best regardless of the outcome"

Uwasaki stood and took Shinra's hand "You sound very confident. I like that. here," he gave Shinra a slip of paper "The deposit as discussed with Mr Fook"

Shinra smiled and placed it in his pocket. "Thank you sir. Do you have an unused room we can work in? somewhere we can set up our equipment?"

"Oh. Well, we've got a room that's supposed to be for storage, we don't really use it, it's a spare really. It's quite large, if that's any help. second floor"

"That's perfect"

…

Kadota and Shizuo were unboxing their computer systems in the storage room, two monitors and two speakers sat side by side on a long wooden desk. Shizuo growled to himself as he unravelled a set of wires. Kadota looked over at him as he plugged in one of the screens to the power socket. "Something wrong?"

Shizuo grunted and then connected one end of the wires to a usb port in the first drive. "Just thinking about what that asshole said earlier. Pisses me off"

Kadota sighed a little and switched on each monitor "Don't let him get to you Shizuo. He doesn't know what he's talking about. He clearly doesn't agree with us being here, so he's just trying to get us out"

"You don't think I'm a delinquent, do you?"

"Of course not! You're a good guy Shizuo, so what if you got into trouble some, everyone has"

"Yeah. but I doubt they've destroyed furniture or attacked people with goal posts"

"Stop that. so you're a little rough around the edges, that's nothing compared to what's underneath the surface"

Shizuo smiled "Thanks"

Kadota sighed again as he checked the volume on the speakers. "Is this about what Izaya said back at school yesterday?"

Shizuo shook his head, he wasn't really that mad at him. "Nah. We're good I guess. That asshole earlier pissed me off more, believe it or not"

Kadota chuckled at the joke and they continued to set up the equipment in comfortable silence.

….

"So what do you think about the second year of high school" Shinra said as he and Izaya were setting up the tripods and microphones in the library. Shinra tightened the nozzle and looked through the lens to make sure the image was clear.

Izaya placed a microphone in the far corner of the room. "It's just the same as last year Shinra"

Shinra shrugged "I guess so, I was just trying to start a conversation" he picked up a microphone and placed it in the opposite corner to Izaya's one. "By the way, how did you find out about Luna Setton?"

Izaya twisted the microphone and clicked it in place on its stand "I found it in their database, I checked their newsprints to see if it was true"

"You hacked into their database?"

"I did"

"Why didn't you tell me? I looked like an idiot, I'm supposed to be in charge, he must have thought I was clueless"

Izaya chuckled "You were"

Shinra pouted "Seriously Izaya. A little heads up would have been nice"

"Sorry. But don't worry. He wasn't expecting us to know anyway. Her parents probably didn't want the general public to know, so it was kept out of new papers. Too bad they didn't do the same for the school's bulletin"

Shinra sighed "Can you please tell me next time, so I don't look like an idiot"

"If you didn't let on you were surprised, then you wouldn't have looked like one" Izaya laughed "I'm kidding. I promise, next time I'll tell you"

Shinra decided to let it go, it wasn't like he could really stay mad at him "Are we sure we want all these in here? what about the classrooms?"

"For now, we don't have enough equipment. This is where the incident happened, so we should keep an eye on this room. We've got two micro cameras left and we can stick those on each of the two levels, that'll show us the corridors at least"

Shinra smiled "Good thinking"

"If an event happens in any of the other rooms, we can move the camera's accordingly. But what we know of the occurrences so far, I doubt there'll be much need for camera's"

"True. But what about the thermal ones? We've only got one of those, shouldn't we set that up in the room where the pictures flew off the walls?"

Izaya gave a thoughtful frown "We'll switch it. like I said, we'll move it accordingly. We're still limited with our resources, so we'll just have to put them where most important"

Shinra nodded and then watched as Izaya turned his earpiece on. {How's the picture up there?} he spoke

{Looks good Izaya} came Kadota's voice in his ear

{Do the sound waves seem ok?}

{All good. We won't know about the inferred footage until tomorrow when we can look at the recordings}

{Right. We'll set up the camera on this floor and then we're coming back to you} Izaya looked over at Shinra who was grinning at him "What?"

"We're like secret agents"

Izaya rolled his eyes but chuckled anyway "Let's go. We should talk to the other students between breaks. Get some idea of what Luna Setton was like. if she is the cause of this whole thing, then we're going to find out why"

"Do you think she is?"

"I don't know. it might really just be a coincidence. If she wanted to commit suicide, why would she then haunt this place"

Shinra shrugged "Bullies?"

"Sounds likely. Could be home life too, we won't know until we ask around"

"Didn't you say that Aoi kid showed up at your middle school? He committed suicide and there was no bullying there right?"

Izaya tensed at the mention of his old school, the irony of them being in a middle school too felt eerie. "That's right. we'll just have to plan our questions carefully. Ask them in detail"

{Guys, I'm picking up some static} came Kadota's voice again

Izaya frowned already? The two teens were stood near to the entrance, Shinra was closest to the large bookshelf by the far wall and Izaya was stood next to a bean bag chair a few feet from him.

Shizuo and Kadota were watching the monitors for any signs of movement from objects. All the while they kept hearing a loud static sound. Shizuo pointed at the other screen. "Hey. Kadota, look. The temperature just dropped I think" Kadota stepped beside him and checked the reading.

"You're right. not by much though, keep an eye on it" Shizuo nodded and Kadota went back to watching the other monitor. Izaya and Shinra hadn't moved just yet, they appeared to be scanning the area, like waiting for something to happen. "They should probably get out of there for now" he said and then his eyes widened, and a loud gasp came out. "Holy shit"

Shizuo straightened and ran over "What? What happened?"

"A book! It just flew out off the shelf and hit Izaya on the back of the head. Damn"

Izaya cradled his head and yelled "Son of bitch! That fucking hurt!"

Shinra winced "Are you ok?"

"Shit. What was that?" Izaya rubbed his head, flinching at the tender spot and picked up the fallen book. He frowned in thought as he read the title. All of a sudden, the whole school was plunged into darkness. the only light in the library was that coming from the one window. "Damn it. well, at least the computers have back up power" he muttered.

Kadota and Shizuo tensed, they could hear a few panicked screams that were coming from the classrooms next door. "Thank god for night vision" Kadota said and switched the monitor over to the night camera.

"Can you still see them, are they all right?"

"I think so-" and then the camera fuzzed out "Shit, I was afraid of this"

Shizuo frowned "What? Afraid of what!?" there was panic in his voice that he tried to keep low

"If a paranormal occurrence happens, sometimes the equipment will malfunction" Kadota switched the camera back "I can't see a whole lot with this one"

Shizuo growled and switched his earpiece on {Are you two all right?}

{We're fine Shizu-chan. Just a little hard to see at the moment}

The two sigh in relief, Shizuo's heart was racing.

Izaya took a step forward and held his hand out "Shinra, take my hand and we'll make our way up to them" as soon as he said it, the power hummed back to life, causing them to blink at the brightness. Shinra gave a chuckle and Izaya smiled. "We better get out of here for now" Shinra nodded, but before he could take a step forward, there was loud creak and the large bookshelf toppled toward him. Izaya's eyes widened. "Shinra move!" Shinra raised his hands up to his face with a loud scream, Izaya ran forward "Shinra!"