Three months ago
Ikebukuro. One of the best cities in the world, or it was for Mikado. It was nice, friendly and full of things to do. New friends, new opportunities and also new surprises. He liked it. Maybe because it was one of the two cities he had ever visited in his short life. But he knew that even if he went to the farthest city, Ikebukuro would have left its stigma in him.
It was Saturday. One of the busiest days in his opinion. Or was it by the way he was squeezed while walking. He sighed. Anri smiled and Kida hit him in the back.
"Come on, you idiot! If you walk like that, you'll be swallowed up by the crowd and become part of the ground under their feet. Stop thinking and walk. I want to leave this road, too. There's too many people, too much traffic." He said, laughing while watching the traffic.
Anri nodded and looked around. She tightened her grib on her bag and said,"Kida-kun is right. There are more people today. And I don't know anyone or have seen any of them before."
"Of course we haven't, Sonohara-san. This road is new to me, too. I didn't know it existed! Masaomi brought us here." Mikado sighed in annoyance.
But Anri wasn't wrong. He hadn't seen anyone before either. Maybe this road was one of the busiest roads in the city. Either way, he was starting to get frustrated. All these nods, hits and pushes drove him mad.
"Ohhh...shhhh. You're like a married couple taunting their child!" He shouted proud while bringing his arms behind his head.
He heard gasps and saw both of his friends become red. There was some nervous rambling, maybe Mikado saying that that was ridiculous, Anri gasping and Mikado apologizing to her. He snorted and let them talk while he was looking around.
Anri-chan was right. He didn't know anyone and usually, he knew or recognized the faces here. Many of the yellow scarves were from this place. But today there wasn't any of them here. Well, he didn't care.
The Yellow scarves were semi-active. Only when he wanted something did he bring them back. He closed his eyes and thought of what had happened these two years.
The Saika accident, the Yellow Scarves and the Dollars.
He was glad that everything had stopped and even gladder that he was back in his town. He was also relieved that his friends had stayed together and that he was now back with them.
He breathed a sigh of content. Kida was lucky enough to come back at the right time, before Mikado got into even more trouble. He stopped Mikado before he became the leader of the Blue Squares and convinced him to rethink it.
Luckily Mikado listened to him and stopped. He wished that he would have listened to himself, too. That fucking bastard Izaya had become his boss.
He smiled. Well, better an information finder than a gang leader. No more trouble or kidnappings. Only that idiotic face and that fucking smirk. But what he could do? He was paid from this job, after all. He needed the money. He and Saki were living together so...
Saki! Fuck, he looked at his watch. Kida started running.
"Kida-kun!"
"Kida" His friends shouted after him.
But then they understood. They had set up to meet with Saki. They started running, too, forgetting their conversation and following Kida.
Kida maneuvered around some people, hitting some but finally reaching his destination. He turned right and there she was, sitting on a bench under a tree and tapping on her phone. Saki smiled or laughed (he didn't know which exactly) and closed her phone.
"Saki!" Kida declared and approached her. "I am so sorry. We were stuck in traffic."
Saki smiled and hit him lightly on the arm.
"Oh really~ Then where is your vehicle? Give me a ride and I will forgive you~" She sang while making a full circle around him.
"Oh, I will give you a ride and you know what I mean!" He chimed and got hit again this time from behind.
"Kida, are you crazy? You are in public!" Mikado panted and smiled at Saki. "Sorry for keeping you waiting. Someone lost his way."
"I didn't lose my way, Mikado." Kida turned and glared at him while Anri said hello to Saki. "We just GOT late. There are so many people here!"
"Kida-kun is right." Anri started but was stopped by Saki.
"Oh, there is a celebration coming. Maybe that's why? But still, I don't recognize anyone. Maybe they are new~ Well, I don't care. Let's go!" Saki laughed, she caught Kida's arm and started walking.
Kida smiled and hugged Saki while his friends followed.
"To the same place? In the cafe?" Mikado asked
"Oh yeah! I wouldn't change it for the world. Either way, you like it there don't you, Mikado-kun? There are many beautiful and cute waitresses in there~ Some even want to date you!" Saki joked but as always Mikado took it seriously.
"Ahh, no. I won't date anyone!.. I have other things on my mind...like reading and...school? Yeah, school! Not dating."
"Ah really? Not even Anri-san?"
Mikado went red and looked at Anri. Anri looked away and then he became redder.
"Of course...yeah...no...wait...no, not now! I have school. I can't date anyone now. But I wouldn't mind...wait!"
Kida pinched Saki. "Leave them alone!" He murmured.
Saki pinched him back.
"Ow, hey!"
"Oh, why do you want me to stop? Look at him! It is so obvious that he wants to date her but NO he doesn't. A little help wouldn't be a problem. Also, it is so funny watching him lose it~"
Kida grimaced but didn't say anything. This type of behaviour always made him question his relationship with his girlfriend. He loved her but...her attitude sometimes reminded him Izaya. She acted so much like him that it made him sick. He hoped (and prayed) that after a few years she wouldn't act like that anymore. Not too much, at least.
That fucking bastard. Everywhere he went, he fucking found him. Even his thoughts weren't safe from this asshole. Why? Just why?
He cleared his thoughts. Not now. Today he would go out and have fun with his friends.
Fuck him. Yeah, fuck him. He breathed deeply until he was relaxed, then he started laughing. It was just him and his friends. No one else. Especially not that bastard.
He half-ran, half-walked until suddenly the ground shook. He looked around. Mikado and Anri looked at him and by their eyes, he understood that they felt it, too. Everyone felt it.
"An earthquake..?" Anri asked and Mikado quietly said "Maybe...?"
But he didn't believe himself either. Kida shook his head.
No.
The ground shook again, twice this time.
Not now.
The ground started moving rapidily and shook at random intervals, making loud noises.
Why? Fucking why?
Saki started laughing and jumping around.
"It's here! It's coming!"
That fucking bastard!
The sound came closer and closer. People started moving to the side.
He will kill him!
"IZAYYYYYAAAAAAAAA!"
-xxx-
"And that's why I think that the new series is not good as the previous one! It has more characters and no deep background for them!"
"Oh, please! There is always a deep background! You just don't see it!"
"Oh, really! Then where is IT?"
Walker took out his mangas and after scrolling through them, he stopped at one and screamed.
"There, Erika! You see that sentence! So much passion and understanding! So many things shown from it"
Erika hit Walker and screamed. "It is a sentence, not a chapter, you baka! I mean...oh wait! Do you mean the feelings of the characters?"
Walker looked at her. "...Yeah! What did you mean?"
Erika slapped herself. "Their history! Their historical background! You know! Their time in high school, what did they do in their younger years...their connection with their families and their first love. Stuff like that!"
Walker laughed and after a while so did Erika.
"You are truly idiots. Both of you!" Togusa said and looked at the road again.
"Oh, please! You would not understand Togusa-san..."
"I never understand!"
"Oi...stop fighting!" Kadota said with a clear voice and all of them stopped.
Erika and Walker continued talking about their new manga and Togusa murmured, "I truly don't understand." Kadota sighed and looked out the window. It was a nice morning. No gangs had appeared and there was no fighting. A really nice morning. He looked at his watch. It was noon. They had decided to go and eat at Russian Sushi a few hours ago and now here they were. In the famous roads of Ikebukuro.
And it was full of people... Kadota looked closely at them and frowned.
"Togusa, please park there." He asked, still staring at the people.
Togusa glanced at him curiously but obeyed and parked.
"Ne~ Did Dotachin see something?" Erika asked and bounced to the window.
"Yeah, I don't see anything. Only people walking." Walker added.
"No, they are running." Kadota said and waited.
"IZAYAAAAAAAAAA"
"Yes...they are here, where is my camera? I need proof! I need yaoi proof!" Erika giggled and moved around.
"Stop with that! They are not together! They are fighting each other!"
"No, Walker! They are not fighting! They are expressing their lov..." Walker held her down before she broke anything while she continued to talk.
Kadota watched and waited for the famous duo to come, while Togusa told Walker that Erika was back in her mode. Walker acknowledged that and tried to stop her.
"How many times do I need to tell you not to come back TO IKEBUKURO?!" Shizuo yelled at Izaya while throwing a sign at him.
Izaya dodged it and held his knife at his side while zig-zagging the tetris the monster threw at him.
"As many needed for Shizu-chan to understand that I will not leave! Shizu-chan doesn't own Ikebukuro...or is that just what monsters do? Own stuff? I thought that they only destroy what they have~" Izaya laughed and threw a knife at the nearest pole Shizuo went for.
Shizuo caught the pole with his head and headbutted it at him. "You fucking flea... You believe that you own things, too?"
"I do actually! It is called property! Protozoans, like you, don't have any." He sang and jumped before the pole hit his leg. He hopped on it and launched off it while throwing another knife at Shizuo.
"FLEA~ Both of us know you don't have any property. You own what your last "home" had to offer!" Shizuo caught the knife and smashed it before throwing the pieces back at Izaya.
"Oh, please! They are called 'playthings'! You play and have fun!" Izaya told him and just moved to the side avoiding the remains of his old knife.
"Your fun is sick!" He screamed and walked towards Izaya.
"And you know why, don't you, eh, Shizu-chan?" Izaya said calmy and Shizuo stopped in his tracks.
Shizuo stared at him and Izaya did the same. Kadota watched from afar...with an open mouth. Shizuo had stopped some meters away from Izaya and just... stayed there. Both of them did. Not even breaking eye contact.
Somewhere in the background, Erika had stopped her rambling and watched dumbfounded too. He didn't need to see Walker and Togusa to sense their surprise, too.
Izaya continued smirking and Shizuo still bared his teeth, but they didn't make any moves towards each other
People watched the famous duo and awaited their reactions. But none came. Before anyone could come back to reality, something crunched and something else slashed the air and both of them moved at once. Izaya in the front and Shizuo from behind.
After a while, Kadota understood what had just happened. Izaya had thrown a knife at Shizuo, while the other had grabbed a sign from his side.
What was that? Kadota held his chin and thought over Izaya's words. And then he thought about what Erika had said.
You know their background.
Did something happen in the past? He thought again. He and Shinra had left Raijin Academy in their second year. Shinra because he was accepted to a better one and him because he had taken a transcript to another high school. Maybe something had happened that year or the following. He shook his head and mentally noted to ask Shinra later.
Everyone had returned to their normal lives and so did the van gang. But they all knew that the scene had sparked everyone's interest and would stay in their minds for the rest of the day.
Kadota knew and didn't deny it because truly...he was curious. The way the famous duo stood and just...looked at each other was unreal. Everything had been the same but they both looked different somehow.
And Kadota knew why.
Their eyes were different.
-xxx-
The birds were singing peacefully and the inhabitants of Ikebukuro admired them before returning to their work. Cats ran around, dogs chased them and the birds continued singing.
One cat ran towards a tree and climbed it. The birds on it noticed and flew away from its claws. They flew in a flock but something came in their way and destroyed it. A body.
A flying body.
It impacted the ground and after rolling some meters away from the impact, it stopped. Two forms that were leaning on a nearby pole, came towards the slumped figure and examined it. The first kicked it lightly with his foot and looked at the second who had crouched.
"Is he ok?" The first asked, full of worry.
The second moved her head. "Negative. He hit his hand...and head. A slight concussion and probably needs medical help." The second said. She stood up and looked at the building in front of her.
The first repeated the action. "Wow. That's the tenth guy Shizuo has hit today. He must be really mad."
The second turned and looked at the body. "Tanaka-senpai. Provide help?"
Tom smiled and said, "Yes, Vorona...call the ambulance. It is the least we can do. Either way, we took our money back from him."
Vorona nodded and moved the body to the pole while taking out her phone.
Since when did Vorona help people? Especially these kinds, Tom asked himself and, without getting an answer, went to the building. Maybe she felt that the guy needed some help unlike the others Shizuo had punched today.
In other words, he didn't deserve the punch.
Tom sighed. After taking their money Vorona and he had gotten out peacefully. But Shizuo had stayed behind looking at that person. Tom scratched his head. Now that he thought about it, Shizuo was paying extra attention to this one. He usually just smoked his cigarette letting him and their client talk or usually he had punched them before he got to work.
When they had entered this client's house, Shizuo as usual looked around and murmured things that he liked or hated about the house. But after they found their client and started talking, Shizuo not only paid attention but also sat quietly behind him. Not even a growl or a word. He watched every move of their client and let his cigarette burn without smoking it.
But when Shizuo had asked to stay with that person, Tom was confused. Did he know that person? Did he want something?
After searching the apartment and not finding Shizuo, only the wall that the man had gone out from, Tom went out and searched for him. He turned to the right this time and thankfully he found him.
Angry. Furious.
Shizuo was pacing up and down murmuring things under his breathe and sometimes stood still for some seconds. He then punched the nearest object(a sign) and smashed it. When it fell down he picked it and proceeded to smash it again, in two.
"Shizuo-senpai is extremely emotional today." Tom jumped and saw Vorona at his side. How did he not notice her?
"The feeling of anger. Possible... and rage. But his actions lead me to another emotion. Irritation."
"Irritation?"
"Affirmative. He is smashing the sign without putting his anger into words. Rage is usually paired with the use of our voices and by hitting things. Anger is what Shizuo-senpai usually feels but at this moment this is not anger. It is irritation. He has picked his target and is using only his hands to stop that feeling." Vorona said while tilting her head. Shizuo was still smashing the sign in tiny pieces.
"Oh, yeah. He isn't growling or yelling."
"Affirmative. No words are expressed or the sounds of breaking stuff. He is probably thinking about something that causes this emotion."
Shizuo had stopped breaking the sign and got out his pack of cigarettes and...threw it away? Ok, that's enough!
"Shizuo!" Tom yelled and Shizuo jumped but turned towards the source of the sound.
"Oh, Tom-senpai." He looked down. "I am sorry, I didn't hear you coming." He said in a voice full of anger and kicked the remains of the sign.
"Shizuo...are you ok?...you looked..."
"Angry, pissed off, full of rage? No...yes. I am kinda irritated." Shizuo said. He turned around and looked up.
Irritated? Well. "Did..." No, that's a bad idea. I will piss off Shizuo even more, Tom thought. But unfortunately Shizuo understood the unspoken question.
"Oh, yes. That fucking guy. I don't know where he went. Probably straight to the hospital with that punch."
Yeah, he is, Tom thought.
"But what could I have done? That asshole and his questions.. 'Shizuo Heiwajima, right? Blond, huh? This is why you can only punch people or, in particular, have this job. Do you know about blo..." Shizuo continued mumbling and getting slightly angrier.
Tom watched him. Even though he had heard at least the first few questions of that man, he felt like that wasn't what he had asked. That client was one of the smartest people he knew. He wouldn't ask something like that, right?
But seeing Shizuo babbling so fast and angrily, proved his theory wrong.
Still, Shizuo had paid attention to their conversation this time. He scratched his head. Maybe, Shizuo really did know that person. And maybe he said something to Shizuo that angered him even more that usual. Or perhaps something more personal?...
Tom sighed and adjusted his glasses. Shizuo had stopped pacing but continued talking, probably to himself. 'That idiot', 'ahh, and the one with the strange cut...', '...he fucking deserved it...' proved that indeed Shizuo was talking to himself.
"He has changed emotion. Anger." Vorona stated while watching Shizuo's fists. "I feel something is missing. Did he show up with this emotion today?"
"No, he was ok in the morning. He had punched only one of the three people we visited. Later...i think after noon, he started..." Tom stopped.
Of course. Orihara. He had found Orihara and had chased him as normal. When he had returned, he was uncharacteristically...quiet. Something had happened between them this time. But unfortunately, he didn't know what. Tom mentally cursed himself. He usually followed Shizuo when he found (or smelled) Izaya and stopped when he saw that the fight had started between them. From then, he relaxed at his position and waited for Shizuo to return. But today, he yelled at Shizuo not to be late and let him leave alone.
He slapped himself. And today something had finally happened, something really serious he deduced from the way Shizuo had returned. After that Shizuo just punched all his clients.
Orihara had made, once again, Shizuo furious.
"Oh, understood." Vorona replied and approached Shizuo who had lifted his fists from his hips.
Wait...what? No, what are you doing Vorona? He asked himself and then...
Oh, no. Even though Vorona knew the history between Izaya and Shizuo, but he knew that her curiosity to ask questions would win the battle.
But before he could stop her, Vorona had already opened her mouth.
"Shizuo-senpai, is Orihara the reason for your behavior?" Vorona asked with a clear voice and he knew that Shizuo had heard her clearly.
Tom closed his eyes and waited for the inevitable outburst. But...nothing happened.
He opened his eyes and saw Shizuo looking at Vorona...calmly? What the fuck?
Shizuo unclenched his fists and sighed. He looked up and watched the sky. After some time, which Tom thought was an eternity, Shizuo said,
"No...no,I don't think, so, Vorona. Not this time at least." He breathed and looked around.
"Are you ok?" Tom asked after some time in which he stood dumbfounded and watched Shizuo.
Is this real? When did Shizuo stop getting angry whenever Orihara's name was announced?
Yeah! Definitely, something happened!
"Yeah...it's just... I feel like something is going to happen. I can sense it!" Shizuo explained and moved his head up. "I can even smell it. Something is going to happen and I don't know what and that puts me on edge!" He shouted and continued sniffing the air.
Vorona titled her head and tried the same technique.
Tom watched them and sighed. Well, that explained Shizuo's behavior but the Orihara part made him wonder. He lifted his arm and saw his clock. Shit.
They had spent too much time here. He needed to visit five more clients today. But how could he make his team relax?
Tom smiled.
"Hey, how about we go and eat some cake?" He asked while waiting for their usual answers (that he at least hoped he would get).
Shizuo stopped and Tom immediately felt the atmosphere lightening up.
"Yeah, I would like some." Shizuo said while Vorona answered. "Affirmative. I desire cake."
Tom laughed. "Then, let's go!" He ordered and his team began walking. Some cake wouldn't be a problem. He could be late by a couple of minutes.
But what Shizuo said truly worried Tom.
Shizuo's gut was always right.
-xxx-
Today's shocking news regards the massive amount of bookings of Tokyo hotels recently. A surprisingly huge number were from that man...
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Tomorrow's weather will be sunny. There is a high chance of rain which will be centred in...
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Tap, Tap, Tap.
In today's news, we have some troubling information from one of the jails in Ikebukuro. Yesterday there was an incident where a prisoner escaped through a tunnel under his bed. Also, the prisoners list below will be released to the world today. Yuko Uchiha, Yui Saito,...
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Bang.
"If you don't turn that off or fucking decide where you are gonna see the news, I will take your girlfriend and fucking rip her head from her body!" Namie yelled towards the sofa where Kida and Saki sat and 'watched' TV.
Well, there was nothing on it for the time being so Kida had done a quick zapping through it. He didn't know why that had angered the assistant.
"Wow, Namie-san. Chill. I didn't know that you could still perform surgery after that episode you had." He answered with a smirk and watched the assistant get even angrier and threw an envelope at him.
His envelope. The information that the fucking bastard wanted from him today. Fortunately, he managed to grasp it before it spilled its content onto the floor.
"Careful, we don't need any accidents here, do we? Or else, your paycheck would be reduced if those went missing, right?" He smiled again and Namie, after watching Kida with her chilly stare, returned to her work.
Fortunately, the battle between Shizuo and Izaya had been quick and his friends and him had managed to hang out. He thanked any god that had helped him have this day like he wanted it to be. Well, of course, excluding the trip to Izaya's place the day had been perfect.
He glared at Namie. She was really pissed today. Maybe something had happened before they came. Did that bastard do or say anything to her? Namie's desk was now facing the back of the sofa. Maybe she had moved it away from Izaya because she wanted some privacy? Or she watched things that she didn't want Orihara to see. Yeah, maybe the second one.
She was watching Seiji, he was sure of that. He smiled or rather smirked at his thought. Wait? Smirked? When did he start smirking?...
That bastard! He shouldn't stay around him for too long. He was becoming like him. He shook his head and turned off the TV. Now that he thought about it, he hadn't heard anything from Izaya today. That's weird. He usually talked and talked about everything that came to his mind. Or laughed manically at something.
But today he was really quiet. Kida glanced down at his girlfriend and caught Saki already looking up at him. After a while, she smiled and nodded. So, she was thinking the same thing. He turned his head and saw Namie watching him too.
Then all of them turned to stare at Izaya. Izaya was sitting on his chair and facing the window. He was holding a phone and from the colors it was emitting Kida knew that it was the Dollars website.
Izaya was probably trying to find his latest victim. That bastard, Kida thought and continued watching Izaya's movements.
Izaya continued scrolling down his phone, reading and repeating the same action. But then Izaya did something that surprised him. He got out of the Dollars website and closed his phone.
No, wait...he shut it down and threw it at his desk?
Kida opened his mouth and just stared at Izaya for a long period of time. Since when did Izaya shut his phone down? He must be dreaming. Kida shook his head and looked once again at Izaya. He continued to face the window and his phone was still on the desk. Well, Kida knew that Izaya had 10 phones, each one for a different use but he would have never thought or dreamed that he would close one. He looked at Izaya's PC and fortunately it was open.
Wow, for a second he thought that Izaya was really sick but with the PC open he scratched that idea out. Wait! It was open and Izaya wasn't looking at it? Was he sick? Was he ok? It was so unlike him. And that fucking quiet drove his mind crazy.
He tried to speak but...what would he say? Hey, are you sick...did something hit your head so hard that you changed personalities... is this a prank?
A loud bang brought him out of his thoughts and he followed the source of the sound. Namie had gone over to stand in front of Izaya's desk. When she had stood up was a mystery to Kida. The loud bang was probably the papers that she'd finished and had thrown with extra force on the desk. Namie took the phone, touching it to prove her suspicions, Kida thought. It was indeed shut down.
"What the hell? Did you just shut down your phone? Do you have secret admirers that you're trying to avoid? Only then have I ever seen you close it and let it vibrate, but you've never shut it down completely. Did someone finally get on your nerves? Oh please, I want to know who that person must be." Namie shouted, probably because she was also irritated by Izaya's behavior.
"Oh, woman~ The only person who irritates me is you when your paycheck is lower than usual~" Izaya smirked (probably) and Namie sighed while hitting her nails on the desk.
"Why do you think that's funny? You pay well, I must say. So even if you lower it I will still get by just fine."
"Oh yes! But someone special will not get the present you trying to get him, I am right?"
Namie growled. "You asshole! Leave Seiji alone!" She yelled and walked to her desk.
Izaya laughed and turned around. That bastard! He had on his usual smirk and continued laughing at Namie's misery. He watched her in amusement but when she turned to stare coldly at him, Izaya went back to his PC.
But before Kida could control himself, he asked:
"But still, why did you close it?" Kida cursed himself inwardly. He meant that to be an inside thought, not spoken aloud.
Izaya watched Kida for a while before he sighed and turned to his PC. He started typing again. Kida stared at him and then turned his head towards the blank TV screen. Izaya wouldn't answer his question, he knew that. Still, his curiosity ate at him.
While Kida was internally slapping himself for turning to an OFF TV as an answer, he heard a loud tapping sound. Maybe, it was Namie. But didn't Namie have nails? The taps should have been more sharp and annoying. Also, he remembered that Namie wasn't working at her PC today. She was checking some books that Izaya had given her for information. And he knew that she wouldn't tap something precious to her when she was irritated. She would probably think about ways to eliminate Izaya instead, as he was always the source of her irritation.
Izaya.
Kida looked at him once again . Izaya was tapping faster and maybe angrier than usual. Oh, the question had hit a nerve. He placed his hands on the sofa cushion and rested his head on them, smirking. In a few seconds Izaya would burst.
And indeed that happened. Izaya stopped tapping and as he read what he had written, he answered:
"Why do you want to know Kida?"
Oh, wow. Answering his question with a question? Kida smirked.
"I asked you first, Izaya-kun. Don't try to escape."
Izaya continued tapping. "That phone is used only to log into the Dollars website."
What?
"But you usually get your next victim from it or make someone's life worse by spreading rumors on it." Saki said, surprising Kida.
So, from there Izaya got his next playthings. Ha, so he was right.
"Hahaha" Izaya laughed manically and stopped what he was writing to rotate his chair towards her. "True, but lately the website is becoming a newspaper."
When he didn't get any questions but a simple 'what' from Namie, he continued:
"There's no juicy stuff on it anymore. If I try to spread rumors everyone will know it's me. And also it's become a lost and found website. Oh, I lost my dog. Oh, I lost my ticket. Lost, lost, lost. Fucking useless." He said, smiling likely to hide his frustration.
"But I thought you'd have fun with that system. You know...you could arrange an appointment with those people and crush them in the end, maybe?" Kida questioned and waited for Izaya to answer.
Izaya snorted. "Oh, please. You think that I didn't think of that. I don't do it because in that website everyone can be anyone. The girl who lost her kitty might be a man wanting to ambush one of the unsuspecting people who'd have an answer and then... No, I won't risk it. That person could be one of my enemies or again, not who they claim to be. No I prefer playing with people I know rather than on a website with unknown strangers who could be anything."
"And yet again the great information broker shows us how scary he is." Namie laughed.
"You look happy, woman~ Maybe I will set up a meeting for your brother and see how much fun he'll have."
Namie gasped. "Bastard! You wouldn't!"
"Then stop sassing me, woman. I know what I'm doing. Otherwise you wouldn't have a boss and consequently no money!"
"Shut up! I was just saying that you don't look as tough as you claim to be. You are just a normal person that waits for karma to return its favor. A sad person because you are a problematic asshole with no one by your side. Fucking..." Namie continued cursing Izaya.
Izaya just watched her with a smirk and let her stop her outburst when she wanted.
"...everyone is just tired of you. Even your enemies are!" Namie stopped but she didn't notice how Izaya flinched at her last words.
He slightly dropped his smirk and used a fake smile on her. He turned to his computer and stared at the screen while maintaining his smile. Then his eyebrows furrowed. Kida understood what had happened. Izaya was angry. He was angry and still fucking holding that fake smile on his face. After a while, Izaya moved his hand and looked at his arm.
Suddenly, he spun in his chair, stood up to approach the window. He looked outside while softly murmuring something. Probably cursing, Kida thought.
"What is it? Why did you become quiet all of a sudden?" Namie questioned but didn't get an answer.
Namie titled her head in thought.
"Oh...did your monster do something to you?" She asked and waited for a reaction.
Of course! Kida mentally slapped himself. Something had happened at Izaya and Shizuo's battle today. It was shorter than usual and not many things were broken this time. That had stirred Kida's curiosity but he had erased it from his mind. It wasn't something important. But when he arrived here, Izaya's behavior was really different. Also the last thing Namie had said to him before he got quiet again was about his enemies.
Did he remember something from today's fight?
"..." Izaya stood quietly in front of the window and didn't say anything.
Namie sighed again and gave up. She went back to work.
"No..." She stopped.
What the fuck?
"No, Shizu-chan didn't do anything. Well, only the usual stuff but no. No. Not today."
He moved his hand towards the window. Kida noticed that Izaya had moved his hand directly over the moon and covered it up completely. His fingers were inside the circle and his palm caught the end of it. Izaya started swaying side to side and did exactly the same thing with his hand. Moving it left to right.
"I just feel that something bad is happening right now."
Unknown to Kida and Namie, Izaya frowned.
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He held his hand up to cover the moon and saw that it didn't fit. He started closing his fingers until he finally managed to fit it beneath his outstretched hand and repeated the motion.
Why is Shizuo-senpai moving his hand like that, Vorona wondered as she watched Shizuo. Her team had finished their job and now all of them were heading home. But before they split up, Tom had suggested they eat at a restaurant they were passing. Vorona had expressed agreement while Shizuo had just said why not. Now they were outside eating in peace. Tom talked with Vorona and while she was answering his sometimes idiotic questions, she was paying extra attention to the blonde.
Today, as she had expressed earlier, was a really unusual day. Shizuo was normal in the morning but after the meeting with Izaya, Shizuo had become weird. He was paying attention to useless things like the birds, continued hitting people who sometimes, as Vorona had seen, didn't deserve it and hadn't thrown his anger out on any vending machines.
Usually she managed to understand some of the blonde's thoughts. She had found that when he was angry with one of their clients, at least one was hit with a vending machine. But today, only one machine had gone flying and it was the one he had thrown at Orihara. She frowned.
Her new mission was acting really weird today. He had completely changed his movements and spoke in so many ways that confused her. Did all people do that? Or was it only Shizuo? Either way, she had to find out.
Vorona complained to Tom that he had asked too many questions and Tom just laughed and scratched his head. He apologised explaining that he just wanted to make her comfortable. She nodded and said that she was indeed okay, but at the same time she glanced at Shizuo. Shizuo was still ignoring them while looking at the sky. At the moon, to be more specific.
Shizuo then moved his hand and grasped at the front of his uniform like he was in pain. She noticed that Tom had seen that too but before he had voiced his theory, the blonde stood up and moved three steps in front of them.
Then he moved his hand back over the moon. Vorona observed him and after a while, she came to a conclusion. Shizuo-senpai was changing his motions. Probably to confuse Vorona. Why did he move his hand like that and why didn't he participate in their conversation.
At that moment, a phone started vibrating. She checked and found that it wasn't hers or Tom's, it was Shizuo's. He moved his free hand inside his pocket and grabbed his phone. He looked at the notification bar and frowned. Finally, Vorona saw a normal reaction from her task. He smashed it with his hand.
"Shizuo?! What are you doing? That was your phone!" Tom-senpai voiced his surprise with a yell while Shizuo just tsked.
"Yeah...so? I can buy a new one. No big deal."
"I know that but why..." Tom-senpai stopped probably because he didn't know how to form his thoughts into a question.
So, Vorona helped:
"Why did you reduce your phone to remains when you were in completely good condition?" She asked and Tom-sempai nodded while showing her with his hands.
"Oh...well. That message was from the Dollars' website."
"But, I thought you had abandoned the Dollars."
"I had, Tom-senpai. But I had smashed my new phone by accident and got this old one again. Unfortunately, it still had that fucking site and whenever someone posted shit, it vibrated. Right now it kept vibrating! You saw it! It wouldn't before I started getting furious, I smashed it for my own good and the city's. It isn't even anything important anymore. That fucking website has become a lost and found site." Shizuo-senpai explained and continued moving his hand on top of the moon.
"I know but you could have logged off the website and stopped getting those messages." Tom-senpai smiled and waited for Shizuo's answer.
As he spoke, Shizuo turned and listened to Tom. When he finished, Shizuo looked at the pavement and slapped himself.
"Shit! I broke it for no reason!"
"It's okay, I will get you a new one. No, no...with our work's money. I will say that it was an accident. You will get a new one without paying anything." Tom-senpai snorted and smiled when Shizuo-senpai nodded.
"I have a question." Vorona entered their conversation.
"Sure, what is it?" Shizuo-senpai asked.
"Why do you move your hand like that?" She said.
Shizuo flinched and looked at his moving arm. But Tom answered the question for him.
"Oh, it a movement that relaxes Shizuo. When he is angry, he does that. But I haven't seen him do it for a long time. Anyway it is late, how about we start heading home?" Tom-senpai stood up and threw away his trash.
Shizuo nodded and Vorona said affirmative as both of them moved behind Tom and followed him.
But Vorona decided she would ask that question again because she knew that wasn't the correct answer. Otherwise Shizuo-senpai wouldn't have flinched at the question or he would've nodded at Tom answer. Vorona wouldn't ask the same question but instead:
Why is your hand holding the moon?
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[22:00 / admin: .../ Date: ...]
Agree with me guys! The website has become so predictable and useless.
[22:02 / admin: .../ Date: ...]
I agree with you! Nothing interesting is happening.
[22:04 / admin: .../ Date: ...]
Yeah! Where is our founder? Does he know what his organization has become or does he just let it happen?
[22:05 / admin: .../ Date: ...]
Does he not care anymore? Has he abandoned it?
[22:06 / admin: .../ Date: ...]
I think so. Or else he wouldn't let this happen. It is fucking annoying.
[22:07 / admins: 14 / Date: ...]
Information, Lost Cat, Lost Phone, Lost Dog, Lost ...
[22:07 / admin: .../ Date: ...]
See what I am talking about! Do they know that this website is for...
[22:08 / admin: .../ Date: ...]
Oh, tell me! What is it about?
[22:10 / admin: .../ Date: ...]
Not fucking this. Helping people, maybe, but becoming a lost and found site is too far.
[22:10 / admins: 32/ Date: ...]
Yes, I agree, fuck yeah, ahh, absolutely, indeed...
[22:15 / admin: .../ Date: ...]
Turn it back to what it was before!
[22:16 / admin: .?./ Date: ...]
Does everyone want to turn this website back to what it was before?
[22:17 / admins: 50/ Date: ...]
Yes, fuck yeah, can we though, of course, we can...
[22:20 / admin: .?./ Date: ...]
Then how about this? ( Link )
Click
It was yet again the Dollars website.
[22:22 / admin: .../ Date: ...]
Are you kidding? It the same FUCKING WEBSITE!
[22:22 / admin: .?./ Date: ...]
Oh no, it isn't! It is an inside website. An underground website. The ones that enter now will have a new website to chat. As well as the ones who are still active in the Dollars.
[22:23 / admin: .../ Date: ...]
A secret website.
[22:23 / admin: .?./ Date: ...]
Yeah, exactly. Without any ads or useless things. Only information.
[22:25 / admin: .../ Date: ...]
Finally. Now we can start talking about something interesting without anyone cutting us off with idiotic stuff!
[22:28 / admin: .../ Date: ...]
How about our famous duo?
[22:30 / admin: .../ Date: ...]
Yeah, did you see them today? They started fighting as usual until...
[22:32 / admin: .../ Date: ...]
Until what? I wasn't there today. I didn't see it!
[22:34 / admin: .../ Date: ...]
They stopped and just stared at each other. Without fighting.
[22:35 / admin: .../ Date: ...]
Really?
[22:35 / admin: .../ Date: ...]
That's not unusual!
[22:36 / admin: .../ Date: ...]
Yeah, but they stood 10 meters away from each other. Without fighting or Heiwajima growling or Orihara talking. They didn't talk to each other for 5 minutes or at least it felt that long. I remember it felt like it lasted an eternity for me.
[22:39 / admins: 100/ Date: ...]
Shut up!
Really?
The apocalypse is near!
That's not real.
Are you fucking kidding me?
No, they were were looking at each other.
Was Orihara smiling?
Yeah, Heiwajima was clenching his teeth. Yeah, I know but they didn't FIGHT!
[22:49 / admin: .../ Date: ...]
Has something happened?
[22:50 / admin: .../ Date: ...]
I think so! I heard Orihara saying that Heiwajima knew something and then everything stopped moving.
[22:50 / admin: .../ Date: ...]
Maybe something between them (*¯ ³¯*)
[22:55 / admin: .../ Date: ...]
Oh, no! Not this again.
[22:56 / admin: .../ Date: ...]
How about no? I don't think something like that has happened.
[22:57 / admins: 34/ Date: ...]
I agree.
They are just fighting.
Yes, they are archenemies.
Not something like that omg. Stop! No yaoi girls.
[22:58 / admin: .../ Date: ...]
Yeah sorry, I don't believe it either anymore. Every day the same fight and nothing special.
[22:59 / admin: .../ Date: ...]
I don't believe they were even friends.
[23:00 / admin: .?./ Date: ...]
There is really a lot of negative responses.
[23:02 / admin: .../ Date: ...]
Of course, there are. No one believes that the famous duo was in good terms or lovers!
[23:05 / admin: .../ Date: ...]
Or friends, for fuck sake.
[23:05 / admin: .?./ Date: ...]
Really? What if I tell you that they were?
[23:07 / admins: 167/ Date: ...]
Really?
[23:10 / admin: .?./ Date: ...]
Hahaha, yeah!
[23:12 / admin: .?./ Date: ...]
Let the show begin! ( Link )
Click .
A picture.
Yet no one knew how that picture would change Ikebukuro's fate forever.