Shizuo and Kadota ran through the corridor; thankfully the councillors office wasn't that far from their temporary one. Kadota tripped and almost skidded on his ass, the floors were getting slippery due to the water that was still sprouting from the sprinklers. Their hair was sticking to their face and Kadota swiped his dripping strands away from his eyes. Shizuo skidded to a stop by the office, they noted the door was shut. The blond pounded on the door after finding out that it was actually locked. "Izaya! Are you in there!?"

Kadota frowned as he knelt down and placed his hand on the floor near the crack under the door. "Whoa. It's pretty warm,"

Shizuo narrowed his eyes as he glanced down at Kadota. "What does that mean?"

Kadota looked up at him with a worried expression. "That the fire might have come from here, what set off the sprinklers in the first place." Shizuo's eyes widened and he pushed Kadota back. Seeing that Shizuo was about to ram down the door, Kadota grabbed his arm. "Are you crazy! You can't just break down the door!"

Shizuo growled and yanked his arm away. "The hell I can't!"

Kadota grabbed him again. "If the fire isn't out and you barge in there, the whole thing could blow, it might even take us with it."

Shizuo narrowed his eyes. "I'm not fucking waiting Kadota!" Shizuo crouched slightly, preparing to bust open the door with his foot. "The fire was probably put out by the sprinklers already."

"But Shizuo - Izaya was - if he was in there when,"

"Shut up! The fire didn't spread through the whole room, otherwise the door would be burnt." Shizuo took a running jump but stopped suddenly. If he passed out, he could be behind the door. Shizuo frowned and then slammed his fist through the wood and turned his wrist, he twisted the knob and the door opened. The blond slowly opened the door, noting that the fire was indeed out, but the room was blackened; melted wood, charred walls and burnt cabinets. Shizuo growled to himself, he then turned his attention to the side when something caught the corner of his eye. "Izaya!" The blond ran over to him, he was unconscious. Shizuo looked down at the floor, it was charred right up to where Izaya lay, which could only have meant that if the sprinklers hadn't gone off when they did, the raven would have been next. What if there had been no sprinklers in here at all? Gritting his teeth, Shizuo cradled Izaya within his arms and took him out of the room. Kadota knelt down beside them as Shizuo placed him down on the floor, gently brushing the damp bangs from his eyes.

Kadota watched the exchange with curiosity, for two people that didn't get along so well, the scene before him was so unusual. He shook his head, it didn't matter at the moment, besides, Shizuo was still Izaya's friend, he wouldn't blame him for worrying.

Shizuo shook Izaya's shoulder, he then placed his head against the raven's chest and a small smile crossed his face when he felt it slowly rise and then fall.

"I'm a little concerned about smoke inhalation," Kadota said. "We should call an ambulance and the fire department, we're just visitors at this school, if we don't call it in right away, Mr Uwasaki will think we're responsible. Mr Tachigama already thinks you're trouble, we don't wanna give him a reason to back that up."

Shizuo clenched his fist; while what Kadota said angered him, he could see his point. Suddenly, a hand come up and he felt fingers threading through his hair and then, "Shizu…chan." Eyes widening, Shizuo realised he was still laying on Izaya's chest. Shizuo shot up and locked eyes with him. "Did I.. make it?" They sigh in relief. Shizuo nodded and helped Izaya to sit up. The raven coughed harshly and reached out for Shizuo's arm; the blond pulled him up to his feet. "Fire…."

Kadota nodded and then said, "What happened?"

Izaya frowned and his mind reeled back to what he'd heard before the sudden explosion of flames. "There was…a voice."

"Was it the girl?"

"I think so…" Izaya winced as he coughed again.

"Let's get outside, fresh air will help; we'll call the departments from there."

Shizuo then remembered something. "Our phones are dead" he said with a frown.

"There's a phone box just across from the school. I'll use that."

….

Within forty minutes, two fire trucks and an ambulance were stationed outside the school. Mr Uwasaki had been called; he was stood talking with two of the firefighters as they waited for confirmation of the damage. Izaya was sat just inside of the ambulance, with his two friends by his side, he had a blanket around his shoulders and had been subjected to many tests. His mouth and nose were checked for soot; his breathing was being monitored and the paramedic had already listened to his chest for any signs of built up fluid.

The firefighters that had entered the building before were now heading in their direction, and they didn't look very happy. "You said the fire originated in the councillors office?" one of them spoke.

Kadota nodded and decided to answer first. "Yes."

Shaking his head, the man huffed in annoyance. "I don't know what it is that you kids get a kick out of when you make a false call. Honestly, it makes me sick. This is a waste of our time and our resources!"

The three teens looked absolutely dumbstruck. Shizuo growled. "We're not making it up! Did you even look in the room!? It was fucking destroyed!"

"No. it wasn't. Nothing looked out of place at all."

The paramedic sighed and then frowned as he switched off Izaya's monitor. "He doesn't have any signs of smoke inhalation either. Even if there was a fire, if he was within the room, it couldn't have been no more than a few seconds. This really was a true waste of time. I hate kids like you, pulling pranks for your own amusement."

Izaya frowned and shoved off his blanket, this couldn't be happening, that room was on fire! He was right fucking there! "What about the sprinklers? They wouldn't have gone off if there wasn't a fire."

The firefighter snorted. "Please. Do you think I was born yesterday? Anyone knows that if you put a lighter toward the sensor, it'll set it off. Such a pathetic attempt to cover yourselves."

Shizuo clenched his fists, this was ridiculous, he saw that room with his own eyes damn it! He heard the ambulance doors close behind him, the paramedic sighing as they got into the van and drove off.

Uwasaki bowed to the firefighters. "I'm truly sorry for what has happened,"

"Not your fault," The man looked at the three teens, who were frowning back at him. "You can't change them all I suppose." And they slammed the doors of their trucks and rolled out of the car park and down the street.

The teens were then left alone in the parking lot with Uwasaki, silence overcame them until he gave a tut of disappointment, shaking his head. "I truly thought that you were good kids. I trusted you enough to let you stay here to assess the situation."

Izaya stepped forward, he was fuming inside, but he had learned to remain calm on the outside. "We're not making this up Mr Uwasaki. Something happened in the councillors office, there was a fire. I don't know how to explain it, I was there. The door locked behind me and I couldn't get out. It's the truth, we're not pranksters, you would not have taken Mr Fook seriously if you doubted that we could help. Something happened in this school that even you didn't know about."

Shizuo and Kadota looked at one another, both having no idea what Izaya was on about. Had he had another dream?

Uwasaki shook his head. "I was willing to believe whatever you might have discovered. But then you go and do something like this. Since I am not your principle, it's not my job to inform your parents, but I will inform Mr Fook immediately and he can decide what to do. Please pack up your equipment and I suggest you all go home."

Shizuo growled. "But we're not finished!" He then pointed at the building. "That school is still being threatened by something, you're putting your students at risk, don't you care about that!?"

Uwasaki frowned. "Of course I care. But in my opinion, you're much of a dangerous risk as whatever is in this building."

"Are you fucking kidding me!? You -"

Izaya grabbed Shizuo's arm, halting him from making their situation worse. "Shizu-chan, that's enough." Izaya frowned at the principle. "We'll go. I just hope you don't regret the decision."

….

"I'm. So. Pissed. Off!" Shizuo growled out as he helped Kadota carry the last box of equipment into the van. Izaya was sat cross legged, checking their equipment for any water damage, thankfully, there had been no sprinklers in their room. Shizuo looked at Izaya, the raven was acting way too calm, focusing on his task. "How can you be so damn calm about this!? Aren't you pissed off at all?"

Izaya sighed and stopped what he was doing to turn his attention to Shizuo. "Yes Shizu-chan. But unlike you, I can keep my anger under control and not yell at everything, big or small, that might annoy me. Honestly, almost anything will set you off most of the time."

"You could have fucking died! So I don't give a shit whether I get angry or not!"

Izaya looked at him with a frown and then glanced over to Kadota. "Give us a minute, would you?"

Kadota nodded hesitantly. They're acting so weird. He left the van and opted to stand a few feet away to give them privacy.

Izaya sighed and said, "Shut the door Shizuo."

Shizuo's anger subsided a little and he pulled the door shut, he suddenly felt nervous. "Izaya -"

Izaya put down the drive he was holding and scooted over to the blond, placing his hands on both sides of his face. "I'm all right. You don't need to get so angry. Things like this are going to happen, we need to get use to that. I know you care about me, and, and I care about you too. But if we're going to make us work, we're going to have to be prepared for anything. Constantly worrying about the other is going to cause a lot of problems. I'm not ready to tell anyone yet Shizu-chan," Izaya tilted his head with a grin. "So try not to make it too obvious, ok?"

Shizuo lightly wrapped his hands around Izaya's wrists and pulled them away from his face with a loud sigh of defeat. "I'm sorry. I know I can overreact. It's just – you mean a lot to me…I guess."

Izaya chuckled. "That's a bit much, but all right, I get it. Thanks."

"Tch. Yeah well, it's your fault." Izaya shrugged and then gently kissed Shizuo on the lips. "Why do I feel like you always manipulate me when you kiss me?"

Izaya kissed him again. "Because, I'm so good at it. And you turn into mush whenever I do."

Shizuo shook his head and kissed him back. "I don't think that's a good thing."

Izaya grinned and leaned in to whisper in Shizuo's ear, "Just wait until we start to really get physical."

Shizuo blushed and then shoved Izaya off. "Damn flea."

…

The three teens were sat in the privacy of Shinra's hospital room, having decided to visit the boy before school started, to explain what had happened at the Shinjuku middle school. Shinra scratched his head and leaned back on his pillows with a slight grunt of surprise. "Wow. You were lucky none of you were seriously hurt. But something bugs me about your story," He quickly put his hands up. "Not that I'm doubting any of you or anything. It's just; let's say that it was Luna, why would she cause a fire and then set off the sprinklers. She must know that we're trying to help her."

Izaya turned to him from staring out the window. "Well. There are a few reasons I could come up with. One; she really is just an angry spirit with no other memories and is just out to get anyone. Two; the fire was an accident and she set off the sprinklers to protect me. Though if that were the case, the damage caused by the fire would have still been there. That fire was definitely a result of a poltergeist."

"Maybe it was. Maybe it was an accident caused by her anger and she then set off the sprinklers to rectify her mistake."

Izaya nodded. "Sounds more plausible. But there's a third option that I know is going to sound – too accurate. The fire wasn't supposed to be a means to hurt me."

They frowned at him. Shizuo took a step forward and said, "What do you mean?"

"I was in Mr Tachigama's office when the fire erupted. I think she was trying to tell me something at the time, the sprinklers were set off afterward because she really didn't want me to die. I didn't exactly want to die either."

Kadota frowned in thought, he then remembered what Izaya had said to Uwasaki before they left the school. "What did you mean when you said, 'something happened that even you didn't know about'."

Izaya chewed his bottom lip for a moment. "When I passed out, I saw something, it was a memory…."

Izaya sat up from the floor with a gasp; looking around the room, he narrowed his eyes, he could have sworn that the room was in flames a minute ago. He jumped when he heard the door beside him open, quickly standing up, he pressed himself against the wall in the corner. Though he was aware that they would notice him almost instantly. They didn't, however. Izaya watched with curiosity as Mr Tachigama and Luna appeared in the room, he motioned for her to take a seat and then brought his chair to sit in front of her. This must be one of their sessions. He thought to himself with a deeper frown. He watched their exchange carefully; it was strange to witness the memory and not experience it himself for once. That certainly was new.

"You're a promising young student Miss Setton. I feel like I've gotten to know you a lot."

Izaya frowned, he got the same feeling he did when he read the recording of their last session before.

"Thank you Mr Tachigama. I feel like I can tell you anything. You've helped me through so much."

Tachigama smiled. "I'm just sorry that those girls are still picking on you. I promise, nothing will happen to you."

"Thank you."

His hand suddenly reached over and began caressing her knee. "You're special to me Luna, you know that?"

Now Izaya was extremely grateful that he was witness to this, and not experiencing the part of the victim. He grimaced and watched Luna's expression change from a grateful smile to one of surprise and disgust.

"M-Mr Tachigama…. I, I don't think this is right,"

Tachigama smiled and shifted closer. "It is. You must feel it too. Our connection." He leaned forward to kiss her, grabbing her arm. She yanked it away and stood up abruptly, running out of the classroom before he had a chance to stop her.

The three teens stared at the small raven; their mouths agape. Shinra was the first to speak, stuttering out his sentence with no intention of hiding his surprise. "Um – what? A-are you saying he made a move on her?"

Izaya nodded. "She rejected him and left before he could stop her. That's when I woke up."

"But, but we've got to tell Mr Uwasaki!"

Izaya sneered. "And say what, that Mr Tachigama is a paedophile and we found this out because I had a dream? Right. That'll convince him."

Shinra sighed. "Then what now?"

"Well, unless Mr Uwasaki comes to his senses and clears up the misunderstandings; I don't know about Dota-chin, but I'm grounded for life right now."

Shinra gave Izaya a sympathetic smile. "I'm sure your parents will realise that you wouldn't do something like that."

Izaya huffed. "The point is that they did. We don't have any proof that we didn't, unless Mr Uwasaki drops the accusation."

Shizuo growled, he wasn't at all happy about taking the blame for something they didn't even do. Luckily for him, his parents weren't a part of his life, and that he lived alone. "What about Tachigama?" He said. "It's kind of obvious at this point that he did it."

Kadota blinked in surprise. "That he murdered her?"

Shizuo nodded and turned to Izaya. "It fits, right?"

Izaya leaned on the window ledge. "It would make sense. She rejects him, he shuts her up before she can tell anyone. And now she's one pissed off spirit."

Shinra frowned. "Ok. so what do we do now?"

"I don't know," the sound of a phone interrupted them. Izaya pulled his own from his pocket and frowned. "It's Mr Uwasaki." He then answered the call. The others watched the raven listen intently to whatever was being said, and given Izaya's expression, it wasn't good news. Izaya hung up and looked at his friends. "He wants us to go back to the school. Apparently there's something we should see but he couldn't explain it over the phone, I got the feeling he didn't want to. Seeing is believing after all."

Shizuo and Kadota looked at him suspiciously. "I thought we weren't allowed back there." Kadota said

"The accusation has been dropped. Which means I'm going to get a flurry of apologies when I get home later. For now though, let's just go and see what's happened."

Shinra felt annoyed that he couldn't go with them, he was stuck in the hospital for at least another day. "Be careful. Sorry I can't be much help," he then remembered. "Oh. Izaya, that symbol you sent me, I found out what it is."

"What is it?"

"It has something to do with Vikings, see; the three triangles that are interlocked with one another, its called the valknut. Maybe Luna used to be interested in Norse mythology."

Izaya wasn't even sure if that information was relevant, what did that have to do with anything? Still, Shinra had gone through the effort of finding it for him, so he smiled and said, "Thank you. I'll keep that in mind. Just focus on getting your strength back." Then he turned to the other two with a smirk. "Time for school."

…..

They had expected something weird, like another symbol, or books flying around again. What they did see, was the kanji murderer. It was everywhere. All over the walls of the corridor, including Mr Tachigama's office door. In. Red. Ink. At least, they hoped it was ink. Luna was getting her message across all right, wanted everyone to know the truth. Either that, or someone had witnessed the scene and was reluctant to come forth, testifying without speaking. Izaya would bet money on the former, no human could have covered these walls in one short night this quickly.

"I apologise for dismissing your statement so quickly," Uwasaki said. "But this is getting out of hand, I'm truly worried for my student's safety. If you don't want to continue with the case I understand, but I'd really appreciate it."

Izaya's eyes scanned over the walls of the first corridor and then looked at the principle. "My advice is to send a quick notification email to all the students, telling them that the school is closed today."

Mr Uwasaki looked like he wanted to protest; but at this point he didn't have a choice, the man nodded. "I will do that."

"That's ridiculous!" they heard a shout come from the side of them, looking to see an angry Tachigama come storming toward them, his black shoes squeaking along the floor as he did so. "Are you going to listen to a bunch of barely high school teenagers?!" he said with a grit of his teeth. "If we close the school, then it will look like there's something to hide."

Izaya almost snorted at that, then he smirked and said, "Do you have something to hide, Mr Tachigama?" His two friends tensed immediately upon hearing Izaya's words, the raven was not going to just accuse him so bluntly, was he?

Tachigama glared at Izaya and calmed himself before he got really angry. "Of course not. But I am second in charge here, not you. I am here as Uwasaki's adviser, you're here to play your little ghost game, pretending that the school is actually haunted in order to get money."

Izaya clenched a fist unseen, he bit his tongue, because if he said something really over the mark, then he'd get them all in trouble and that wouldn't solve any of the remaining problems. "By now, you should know this isn't a joke. There have been several incidents now already to prove that."

Tachigama snorted. "Please. All these, "incidences" could have easily been created by you. I mean, you were here last night after all."

Shizuo gritted his teeth. "We didn't write on the damn walls! What kind of people do you think we are!?" Izaya cringed at Shizuo's voice, placing his hand up in front of the blond's face to try and get him to shut up. Shizuo understood the hint, that didn't mean he was happy about it, but he did calm himself regardless.

Tachigama narrowed his eyes at them. "If it were up to me, I'd have sent a request to ship you to a boarding school. Giving your parents the cold hard truth as to just how much of a damage you are to society."

Uwasaki snapped his head to his second, eyes narrowing slightly. "That's enough. Cool off. It's my decision, they are here to help us. We do not speak of children in such a way, even the troubled ones."

Tachigama seemed to tense and then bowed apologetically. "I am sorry. I don't know what came over me, maybe the stress is getting to me. Please excuse me." they watched him leave. Kadota blinked at the exchange, wondering how the hell Shizuo restrained himself from throwing him down the stairs.

Uwasaki smiled at them. "I am sorry about him. He's not always this aggressive toward students, especially ones that are guests; I admit, the stress of what's been happening really is getting to us. I hope you can help; I really do appreciate you returning, it shows dedication, despite previous mishaps."

Izaya nodded. "We'll do our best"

"Thank you. Feel free to use any resources that you might need. I'll be in my office."

And then Uwasaki left them alone. Izaya turned to his friends; without Shinra here, he felt obligated to be the one to take charge. "We'll bring in the equipment first. Then I want to analyse the data we picked up before the fire."

Kadota nodded. "At least the equipment wasn't damaged. The cameras are still working too, so there's some good news."

"What are we going to do to after?" Shizuo said, "I mean, Tachigama did murder her."

Izaya sighed, if only it were that simple. "Shizu-chan, we still don't know that for certain. This isn't a police investigation. We're paranormal investigators, there are certain rules we have to stick to, it's not as though we have any real evidence anyway. The police aren't going to waste their time on this, unless we find a piece of real solid proof, one that's not been revealed from a poltergeist occurrence or a spirit, then we can't go accusing someone just because. We're suppose to be here to exorcise the spirit and cleanse the school."

Izaya had a point, and it wasn't as though he wanted to switch professions or anything. "I get it. I was just wondering if what we figure out really does prove that Tachigama is responsible, what are we supposed to do then?"

"If it's true. And we have something to back it up, only then we can go to the police. But we have to do our job first. Either way, he's not going to get away with it."

Satisfied with the answer; Shizuo, Izaya and Kadota began to bring in their equipment to continue their investigation.

….

Without their forth member, it took them longer to set up. Shizuo and Kadota opted to set up the cameras in the library themselves this time, Izaya wondered whether what happened to Shinra and himself had put them on edge and they were subtly trying to protect him from further harm. Izaya didn't mind, he was used to his friends' protective nature, and given how so far only he and Shinra had been attacked since their group started this business, he didn't blame them. With the two of them setting up the equipment on both floors, it gave Izaya time to search through the data without distraction.

Izaya eventually found the audio feed that had recorded while he had been in Tachigama's office. He placed on the headset and tapped the enter key to play the feedback. There was loud static and then he heard the words, and they sent a shiver down his spine. Somehow in the chaos of what had happened, they had forgotten to mention this to him. "No wonder Shizu-chan is dead set on this murder thing. But that still doesn't mean it proves it's Tachigama." All of a sudden, the screen shut off, Izaya frowned. He reached over to try the monitor's switch and that's when he noticed the keyboard -

The keys –

They were moving –

By themselves.

Izaya then looked up at the black screen, only for it to reveal the message that was being typed on the keyboard.

'MURDERER'

Izaya's fingers hovered over the keys, he wasn't quite sure if it was a good idea to speak directly to the spirit. All they had learned from their experiences, it could just as well be someone completely different, someone that wasn't Luna. Izaya felt confident enough that in this case, it probably was Luna, but that didn't mean he had to risk conversing with her. This job was all about risks though, so Izaya typed back.

'WHO?'

'TACHIGAMA'

Izaya's eyes widened. "Shit"

A bloody handprint suddenly slapped over the screen, it startled Izaya so much that his chair tipped backwards, he fell, and his head hit the floor. The raven let out a small groan of pain before darkness invaded his vision and he blacked out.

Izaya opened his eyes and found himself standing in front of Tachigama's office. Frowning, he reached out to twist the doorknob, noticing that the hand wasn't his own, but rather that of a girl. Without his control, he knocked on the door, opening it at the same time. "Mr Tachigama?" His voice sounded familiar, like he'd heard it somewhere before. 'Luna.' His subconscious mind was telling him. "Y-you wanted to see me?" Izaya had lived other people's memories before, yet this was the first time he truly felt fear, like he knew something bad was going to happen without having any knowledge of it, but he couldn't get himself to turn back, he had no control over the memory. Once he was in the room, he realised there was no one in it, frowning, he took another step forward and then -

Izaya's eyes widened as a cloth like material suddenly covered his mouth. Immediately bringing his hands to the one that covered him, scratching at the hand and trying desperately to pry it away. His struggles became panicked and he tried to elbow the person behind him, but his wrist was grabbed. Soon, his struggles lessened, and his eyes drooped closed and his body laxed.

'Hush little darling, don't say a word,'

'You won't ever wake up to the sound of birds,'

'And if you do, I promise one thing…..,'

Izaya opened his eyes slightly, his vision was blurry, but he didn't need to be fully conscious to know that he was outside somewhere. The blurry scene before him was moving, and he could feel the ground beneath him move too, an indication that he was being dragged. Looking ahead, he saw his feet in the grip of one who was dragging him, and then they stopped.

Turning around, Izaya realised that his captor was clad in a mask and his vision cleared just enough to see the jacket his perpetrator was wearing, the sleeves were rolled up to reveal their arms. Given the build of the person before him, it most likely was a man. But Izaya didn't care about that right now, what he cared about was what was covering one of the forearm's.

His skin crawled as said man continued to hum the tune as he was dragged up, with no resistance on his part. And then -

'No one will be around to hear you sing.'

Izaya couldn't help but acknowledge that last word. Sing. Supposedly a play on word for Scream. Imagining that if he – or rather – she, woke up before he did what he wanted to do, that no one would be around to hear her scream for help. Forced to his feet, Izaya soon realised where he was, looking down from at least twenty feet above ground. They were on a roof, and most likely, the school roof.

Without a single warning; the raven's eyes widened as the ground below got closer -

And closer -

And -

Izaya gasped and almost headbutted Shizuo in the face as he shot up in an attempt to save himself. Shizuo grasped his shoulders tightly and Izaya struggled. "Izaya! It's ok! it's me, calm down. It's just us."

Izaya frowned, he looked in front of him and realised that the voice was Shizuo's and he immediately relaxed. Upon seeing Kadota kneeling on the opposite side of him, he sighed in relief, a hand coming up to the back of his head, he should probably get it checked out after this was over. "Are you ok?" Kadota spoke, the two gently pulled Izaya to his feet and sat him down on a chair. "What happened? When we got back you were unconscious on the floor."

Izaya rubbed his forehead, he then looked up, suddenly remembering. "I, I spoke to the spirit…"

Shizuo narrowed his eyes. "What do you mean you spoke to it, spoke to it how?"

Izaya pointed at the computer. "A message typed. It said Murderer. I asked who, and it replied with Tachigama."

"I knew it!"

Izaya rolled his eyes, wincing though, his head was throbbing. "It was right after I found the audio feedback from when I was in Tachigama's office."

Kadota hunched his shoulders. "Damn. I forgot all about that, what with the fire and all."

Izaya gave him a reassuring smile. "Don't worry about it Dota-chin. You had a good excuse," then his smile faded, and he was serious once more. "Anyway, afterward, there was – a hand, it was bloody…. It startled me so much that I fell off the chair, I must have hit my head pretty hard…"

Shizuo clenched his fists, he knew he shouldn't have left Izaya alone. The damn flea attracted the spirits way too much, he was supposed to be able to protect Izaya from things like this happening. Sensing Shizuo's distress, Izaya turned to him and smiled. "I'm fine" he said.

Shizuo sighed. "I know. Sorry."

Izaya shrugged, he thought about telling them about his dream, but given how Shizuo was reacting and how Kadota looked worried, it would only make it worse. So he chose to keep quiet for now, at the very least, that symbol Shinra found now had some significance. More importantly, if the murderer was wearing a mask, then Luna didn't really know who done it either. She was just guessing.

"You ok?"

Izaya blinked, he looked at Shizuo, realising that he'd spaced out and he chuckled. "I'm fine," he then stood up. "Let's do a sweep of the school, Shizu-chan can -" A loud scream interrupted him, and they dashed out of the room. Reaching the stairs, they soon halted, gasping loudly as they stared down at the unmoving body of Mr Tachigama. "Fuck."

Their eyes were just as wide as the man's that stared lifelessly back at them. "Damn it." Shizuo said. "This is – this can't be good." Now what?

Soon enough, Uwasaki came running down the corridor. "What happened!? I heard someone scream, are you kids all right?" He stopped when he saw their pale faces, stepping beside them, his eyes then widened, the name of his second coming out of his lips in a whisper of shock. "Tachigama…."