It's a sunny day afternoon shining brightly upon the bustling the citizens of the city going about their normal everyday daily lives in Ikebukuro and a really depressed, bags under her eyes and expressionless expression Mairu with her hoodie up with hands in her pockets is walking down the sidewalk towards her & Kururi's Apartment after she the Hospital in downtown ikebukuro to drown her sorrows away for a bit until Kururi eventually recovers and hopefully wakes up from her coma.
She briefly hears a loud Horse noise from behind her as she is walking. Somebody taps her on the shoulder, she turns around to look behind her to see it's the Black Rider aka Celty, Shinra. She was a bit shocked to the Black Rider in front of her and replies:
"What do you want, Celty?" Mairu said, depressingly.
Celty began to type on PDA for a second and replies back:
"I was driving on my bike to drop off Shinra to one of his patients in the city. When me and Shinra saw you on the sidewalk being kinda depressed, brooding and silent, I was worried for you...Mairu" Celty replied on the PDA to Mairu.
"Thanks Celty for good sentiment but we haven't technically met. Why me?" Mairu asked.
"I heard of you from Izaya, when he used to tell stories about you and your sister, when sometimes I met up with him for transporting jobs around Ikebukuro and Toshinma, '' Celty replied.
"Oh…" Mairu said with a surprised look on her face.
"That's weird coming from brother when me and him used to hang out with him he usual-" Shinra exclaimed, before getting cut off his sentence and covering his mouth by Celty's shadows.
Mairu raised an eyebrow in confusion while looking at Shinra, and looked black at Celty.
Celty began to quickly type in her PDA and pulls it in front of Mairu's face again.
"If you're feeling depressed or something, you can come to Shinra's apartment to talk and even stay the night?" Celty said with concern.
"Well….I have nothing else to do right now so why not, anyways I need someone to talk to cope for a while" Mairu replied with some sarcasm.
Celty, Shinra and even her horse black motorcycle; Shooter' behind them in the background were happy to hear about a new person visiting their apartment after all of the chaos that happened 8 years ago in the city.
Shooter was commanded and touched by Celty to turn into a jet-black horse drawn-carriage and Mairu, Shinra went inside Shooter's carriage while Celty drove the carriage and shooter to their apartment as this was going on the surprised and mesmerised locals of ikebukuro look on as they head off for Shinra's Apartment.
Sometime Later….
Shooter as the horse-drawn carriage arrives in the underground parking lot under Shinra and Celty's apartment in front of the (bike) elevator, and before arriving there, Shinra was trying to cheer Mairu up with stories about him and Celty being husband & wife living together for the last six years but to no avail with Mairu being more depressed and Moby as Shooter parked in front of elevator.
Mairu, Shinra, and Celty exited the carriage and then went inside the main elevator, then Shooter drove off by himself and turned back into a Motorcycle form to park himself somewhere in the underground parking lot to wait for Celty's next orders, all of them entered the Shinra's apartment, they went through the front door and entered the inner door to the actual Apartment interior, Mairu went to sent down on the white sofa and Celty followed suit to keep Mairu company, and Mairu begin to question:
"Who would try to kill Kururi and probably target me after?" Mairu wandered on the sofa. "That's what I don't get about all this"
"Maybe it was someone your brother crossed in the past?" Celty typed and asked throw her PDA.
"Probably but I don't know anybody in particular my brother has crossed since his supposed death and disappearance from ikebukuro..." Mairu pondered for a minute.
"My guest is probably Horada, one of the previous leaders of the Yellow Scarves. he got massively screwed over by your brother and others in the past but nobody had seen him since he got arrested and released from prison," Celty suggested to Mairu.
"I heard of a guy named Horada beforehand and I've been hearing some rumors on the street lately in the city before the incident with my sister happened about the same person…." Mairu begins to theorize.
Mairu begins to grow frustrated and even a bit angry about the perpetrator that brutally hurt her sister and got her comatose, Celty and Shinra off to the side setting near Mairu are beginning to get a little bit curious and concerned themselves
"It's alright Mairu. Me and Shinra were to help," Celty assured and reassured Mairu, putting her hand on Mairu's shoulder.
"Izaya has screwed over many individuals over the years and many have been made into very bitter enemies of his and the City," Shinra exclaimed.
"Yeah, as far as I know but I was barely involved in my brother's antics with some exceptions of course," Mairu explained with a somber look to her.
"I got an idea who it might be," Celty suggested.
"Yes, I'm listening," Mairu said with a serious tone.
"Go ahead, Celty" Shinra encouraged Celty about her suggestion.
"You're right, It's mostly like Horada who did this to you and your sister, and that was probably the guy who bumped you into him on the street but there's mostly more people involved in this than you might think." Celty explained her on PDA to Mairu.
"He wouldn't try to take over Ikebukuro and the rest of Tokyo by himself, Horada would definitely need strong backing behind him or maybe a deal made that benefited him" Celty began to elaborate.
"Okay, your point is Celty?" Mairu asked Celty.
"My point is bigger than you and also Horada is the one who did this to you!" Celty bluntly stated.
"How do you know?" Mairu questions Celty's conclusion and logic.
"Becomes Masomi and I to a certain extent but I. came in at the end when he was driving away like a coward then Shizuo scared him off and got arrested...now he's definitely back after being released from prison" Celty answered.
"Where's Masomi?" Mairu asks Celty for a favor.
"Masaomi works at a clothing store now after the yellow scarves got weaker and waned in power, you catch him right now if you're fast enough, the store is probably closing at the moment," Celty exclaimed.
"Okay then I'm going to meet Masomi," Mairu vowed with fervor. "I hate being in the background and not anything to find out who hurt my older sister"
"That's the spirit!" Celty and Shinra said at the same time.
Mairu sprained off the sofa with excitement and lots of motivation to see Masomi, and ran off to the front door.
"Thanks, Celty..thanks pervy Doctor man!"
Mairu leaves Shinra's Apartment to see Masomi at his work,
Later that day, the cloudy sky in Ikebukuro is turning really gray and Ikeburkro is looking gloomy, depressing in one of the highest most luxury skyscrapers in the very center Toshima Ward and the city of Ikebukuro; an high-end luxurious office-apartment on the very top floor looking upon the city.
Mikado Ryuugamine is sitting in his chair on the small-computer desk deleting some old documents on some people in his relatively new skyscraper office-apartment and while Akane his secretary above on the second floor of Mikado's Apartment, is re;arranging new and old document folders for he's on previous clients, targets and people he generally dislikes around Ikebukuro & Shinjuku humming music to herself and thinking reminiscing about her father and mother. Akane Awakusu is now eighteen, and at the moment attending Raira Academy as a junior student. She has been taken away from her family by Mikado to keep her safe in his words, from the danger of Ikebukuro and people in the city but she's basically been held as a captive against her will and became the Secretary of Mikado as part of the agreement-pact with Shu Aozaki of the Awakusu-Kai.
Mikado gets up from his office chair to go stare at a shelf filled with specific and weird items and with a sadistic-looking grin
"What the hell are you doing down there?" Akane said, being visibly annoyed at Mikado.
Mikado with his hands behind his back and an sly smile, staring through the looking-glass, looking upon a shelf of valuables and old items from the pasts of all people in Ikebukuro like Izaya, Shizuo, Tom, Aoba, Kuon, Yahiro, Kyouhei, Erika & Walker, Akane, Awakusu-Kai & Awakusu Family, Horada, Kasane, Manami, Akabayashi, and many more valuable-items spread around the office that he discovered and acquired over the six years after starting his career as a underground information broker of Ikebukuro.
"Admiring my collection and prized-treasures I found," Mikado said with his cold smile growing even wider.
As Mikado looks at his collection of rare items from the people, groups and organizations of the city, he turns his head to the far side of the office to see Akane walking to him from the other side of the office-apartment leaning relaxing on the railing of the half-second floor, inside-balcony of the apartment looking down upon Mikado on the ground floor. Scoffing in disgust and confusion at Mikado as she eats pocky; stick-chocolate) in her mouth while she is talking to her boss.
"Akane, are you jealous?" Mikado remarks to Akane
"No, not really, I just wanted a little time alone without you. You piece of shit." Akane replies, sounding more disgusted at Mikado's remark.
"Come on, don't be all bent out of shape," Mikado said as he walked, went back to sit down at the computer to continue deleting info files, client requests and target information. "Learn to lighten up every once and awhile when in a dire situation, like what Mr. Orihara use do that"
"When you told me to face for the first time, Izaya Orihara wasn't that Nakura guy and that real Izaya tricked me into trying to kill Shizuo when I was merely ten" Akane replied, and began to explain why she genuinely hates Mikado guts. " That's when starting to distrust and despise you at least one of reason but holding me as basically a hostage for your own ends against my family also one of them"
"You're or formally right now at the with me, the daughter of the underboss and heir of the Awakusu-Kai. You weren't really innocent either in the grand scheme of things" Mikado said as he rolled his eyes at Akane's argument about how much shitty a person he is, then took off his glasses and put them in his sharp black suit.
"Plus, you're my secretary now. I pay you greatly and I allow you to roam around here in my skyscraper-office penthouse but with a catch. You're like eighteen, practically an adult already, don't blame me if you get killed by some thug on the street" Mikado argues, against Akane's arguments against him.
"Ugh..fine whatever makes you sleep well at night Mikado." Akane replies, in frustrated disgust while walking down the staircase to the ground floor of Mikado's office-apartment
"By the way I've been hearing you and my uncle Akabayashi have been getting into more large fights like Shizuo & Izaya recently. I haven't seen them, haven't heard much rumors or confirmation about it around the city." Akane exclaimed.
"Oh, you mean Mizaki-chan," Mikado said, while sitting down on the computer with his feet on the desk.
"I forget you and Akabayashi, despise each other for some reason because of Anri and other reasons I believe." Akane said still with her stoic expression.
Mikado's sly smug grin faded away then turning into disgust by the mir mentioning of Akabayashi by Akane or Misaki-chan as he calls him now, duo having a Shizuo and Izaya hatred for one and other after Akabayashi saw and visiting Mikado again in the hospital with Anri and Masaomi after Mikado caused the Battle of Ikebukuro' fourteen years ago with Aoba and the rest of his Blue Squares.
"It's for good reason, that barbarian wouldn't know logic or even love from a human if it hit him" Mikado replied, arguing that Akabayashi is like Shizuo in a different way.
"Mizaki-chan is more like Shizu-chan, a very violent and no-nonsense tough guy who doesn't give a damn about what it is to be extraordinary," Mikado said, as he's sinister smile comes back.
"Ugh..you always find new ways to make me hate you more.." Akane said angrily and left the room.
Akane headed to her side of the penthouse-office to her room. Leaving Mikado in the part of the office.
"I'm heading to my room…..alone so I can do my homework for today, see you later Ryuugamine" Akane tells Mikado off.
"Ok, have a goo-" Mikado said as Akane left to her side of the apartment.
"Day…." Mikado sighed.
Mikado went back to continuing deleting old-files he doesn't need anymore on clients, stopping for a second. Started getting up from his computer-chair to looking out the windows at the bustling ikebukuro reminiscing a little about the old times with Masaomi and Anri after six years then looking upon a picture of all three of them from their Raira Academy days, then caressing the Anri part of the photo with his hand, beginning to turn on emotional. He takes out the photo from the picture frame and begins ripping the picture of Anri, Masomi and himself apart one by one until there's nothing left.
After tearing apart the photo, he shakes and clenches his fists in anger, disgust at his old friends' like Anri and Masomi thinking they're just holding him back from his destiny of ruling Ikebukuro, all of Tokyo while putting on the fake act as the timid, polite, soft-spoken boy act in front of his best friends' to especially Anri his loving girlfriend he's pretending to love, and Masaomi his loyal best friend from childhood he pretends to consider a friend, and everyone else in the city he's currently deceiving to his own ends.
After a minute passes, he calms himself down, takes a deep breath, sits down. Mikado looks down at the picture he ripped up.
"Anri, Masaomi" he said to himself, as he was looking out the window and the residence below. "I've never considered you guys friends or even family to me, not even for a second."
"Not Aoba, Yahiro Kyouhei, and his crew..nobody.." Mikado said with his cold smile back.
Mikado gets up from the chair and grabs his switchblade knife, leaves the penthouse to head out to see what's going on in the city now to let Akane calm her nerves.
Sunshine 60 street. Masaomi is outside closing up shop for the day at the scarf-clothes shop, where he works as an employee, and a few former of the yellow scarves gang members are now currently employed after being part of that color gang.
As customers are leaving the front door and dispersing out into the street, Masaomi looks at the entrance, humming romantic music by himself and as he finishes closing up shop. "Today was really rough." as he began to stretch his arms and yawn.
After he was done relaxing. Masaomi's phone started to ring. He grabbed his cellphone out of his back pocket and it was Anri. after ringing, Anri's voice appeared through the phone.
"Hey, Masaomi how have you been lately"
"Good, I just got out of work right, I'm going home to Saki." Masaomi said with a joyful smile.
After He walked away from the clothing store and down a crossing to the next sidewalk over a minute later.
"Awww, Saki how has she and you been as well?" Anri asked, from the other end.
"Actually we are planning on getting married soon or at least me proposing to Saki at the right time," Masaomi replied.
"That's good!"
"Hopefully, Mikado and I can join in that too!" Anri is really happy for Saki and Masomi.
Masaomi as he walks and is still on the phone with Anri, he hears a very familiar voice coming from the distance.
"Ohhh, Kida!" a familiar voice yells trying to catch his attention.
He sees a guy up ahead standing on the sideway that Masaomi recognizes, Horada, a former member of Blue Squares and formerly the temporary leader of the Yellow Scarves at one point. Horada is smiling, staring at Masaomi from a distance waiting for Masaomi.
"Anri, I'm going to have to call you back." Masaomi said with concern in his voice.
"Alright...Masaomi be safe out there!" Anri replied, from the phone before hanging up.
Masaomi walks up in front of Horada and Horada head pats he's old enemy on the head in a mocking manner.
"Look who it is, it's Masaomi, the former leader of the yellow scarves…" Horada says sarcastically.
"Nice to see you too Horada, why are you back here in Ikebukuro?" Masaomi staring him directly in the eyes and rage slowly growing in him at the site of Horada being back in the city.
"Oh, nothing paying old acquaintances some visits in hell of a town" Horada still with the biggest wide smile on him.
"Cut the crap" Masaomi said as he running out quickly with Horada. "You, exactly why you Bastard"
"Like, I said to meet with old acquaintances a visit again"
"Obviously you wouldn't understand that, I was one of the people who broke your girlfriend's legs regardless of her faking or not," Horada remarked with more mockery.
"Just shut up and cut to the chase already" Masaomi began to raise his voice.
"Fine...fine"
"I'm a member of the Awakusu group now, and some info broker guy by the way" Horada telling his initial plan to Masaomi.
"Oh, good for you, why the hell should I care if you're part of all those two groups or not?" Masaomi doesn't care about his plans for the city.
"You should" Horada's sadistic smile still grows wider and wider.
"Becomes all of you will be affected by my recent actions in the city"
"Just wanted to tell you specifically, because you can't do anything about it now," Horada said.
Horada then flex's Masaomi on the forehead.
"Ah!" Masaomi feels the pain and covers forehead.
"I'll be seeing you later, brat!" Horada begins to walk off into the crosswalk crossing the next street over. "Thank you for the final chat Kida!…"
"Wish, he'll get shot" Masaomi, wishes that upon Horada as he walks away.