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Here's the new chapter! Hope you enjoy reading!
Chapter 9
When the taxi finally stopped at the foot of a small hill, Izaya carelessly threw a couple of banknotes towards the driver before storming out of the car.
When Mikado saw Izaya running up the hill, he nearly forgot to apologize to the driver for the raven's behavior, before he got out of the car, too.
Closing the door Izaya was already meters away and the boy had to hurry desperately to catch up with the Informant.
"Izaya! Wait!" he tried to scream, his lungs already hurting when the breath was taken out of them.
Apparently the raven didn't hear him because he just kept running.
The anonymous dollar member had written that the warehouse was outside of the city, behind a pair of small hills, therefore very deserted and almost no one would find it if the person wasn't looking for it.
Mikado could understand that the raven would be desperate to find his sisters and hurry, but he kind of regretted, that he hadn't waited for someone else, when breathing became painful for him and his legs got slower- and Izaya was still several meters away from him.
How was the raven able to run so fast?!
Mikado was almost stopping being out of exhaustion, when he saw Izaya becoming a lot slower too, before the raven finally stopped.
The brown haired boy could only see the Informant's back but he figured that Izaya was able to see the warehouse.
His assumption was proven, when he stopped close to the raven.
The house was placed on a rank down the hill. Consisting of wood it would have almost get lost in the dark, but through a couple of windows shined a light, that was clearly certifying the attendance of other people.
Mikado looked to the side trying to get a good look on the raven's expression. What was he thinking?
But when his eyes saw the seriousness in the raven's Mikado figured that he wouldn't like what was going to happen next.
All he could hope for was for Sonohara-san or Heiwajima-san to arrive really fast.
Izaya couldn't believe it. There really was a house in the middle of nowhere. Though he had trusted Mikado's words, there had still been a little doubt left, that there actually wouldn't be anything out here.
But now, that he saw it with his own eyes, he almost couldn't believe that this was real.
The blood began flowing through his veins so rapidly, that the wind's noises were replaced by the sound of his heartbeat throbbing inside his ears.
Thoughts were overflowing his mind. A sole warehouse could mean anything. It could been used for trading or for stowing things, but this one was in the middle of nowhere. From the street they had come from it wasn't reachable with the car and, though his eyes were pretty good, Izaya couldn't see any other way or street to reach it through the hills.
So, why would someone place a warehouse in a non-reachable area, if not for hiding something.
Realization and dread were increasing inside his chest rapidly causing his breath to become loud and unsteady.
For a short moment Izaya wasn't able to remember his surroundings, he even wasn't able to recognize Mikado, who was worriedly observing him from the side.
For a very short moment there was only the warehouse inside his view.
The warehouse where his sisters could be.
His living sisters.
His dead sisters.
He couldn't know.
What if...?
Should he go?
Izaya had to suppress the urge to vomit, when thousands of horrible pictures were racing through his mind.
But after all, after every little picture filled with the red color of blood, Izaya knew that he had to go.
Even if there was the possibility, that his sisters were dead, he had to go. Because there was still the hope, that they weren't. And if this hope was true, his sisters were in there, alive, afraid, maybe with their kidnappers ready to kill them, then Izaya had to go. He had to go there immediately.
He couldn't lose control now. He had to stay concentrated.
Abandon those pictures from your head!
If they were really dead, he could still lose his mind after entering the house.
Blood was still rushing in his ears. The raven closed his eyes and tried to calm down. He soothed his breathing, concentrating on breathing in and out constantly.
In
Out
In
Out
Izaya felt the blood inside his body slow down and it's sound was replaced by the rustling of the wind through the trees during the night.
A final long breath left his mouth, before his eyes opened.
The warehouse fell into his eyesight again, but this time it didn't cause dread appearing inside him.
One final look to the house, then he turned to the brown haired boy next to him.
The worried look on Mikado's face would have normally made him smirk, because no one was worried about him generally, but this time was different and there was no way he could force a smile on his face in this situation.
"Orihara-san ... I think we should wait for the others." The smaller boy mumbled, not sure whether it was the right decision to talk to the raven now or not.
For a short moment, Izaya was only looking at him, the strong eye contact making Mikado become insecure.
"No. I'll go. You'll wait here for the others." The raven said after a while.
Mikado's eyes widened.
He didn't know what to do. What was the right thing? What the wrong?
He didn't even managed to open his mouth to a reply, when the raven already began to storm into the direction of the warehouse.
Mikado followed the raven with his eyes in shock. Could he really let the raven go alone?
But, on the other hand Izaya seemed to be a good fighter and Mikado wasn't, so maybe he would stand in the man's way when he would follow him.
So should he wait for Heiwajima-san or Sonohara-san to appear?
"Mikado-"
Mikado was almost close to panicking when the sound reached his ears. He turned around to see where it came from and looking into same the direction from where he and Izaya had reached this, he recognized Anri Sonohara running towards him.
"Sonohara-san..."
Her breathing was deep and unconstantly just like his before when she stopped close to him.
"Where is Orihara-san?"
For a short moment Mikado had felt relieved seeing the girl finally getting here, but her question made him feel desperate immediately again.
"He's already gone to the warehouse" the boy mumbled his gaze pointing to the deserted house a few meters away.
Sonohara's gaze followed his and her eyes widened when she noticed the slightly illuminated house in the darkness.
"Sonohara-san..."
The almost whispered name drew her attention back to the boy next to her, who was now abstractedly looking to the ground.
"Before... Orihara-san said that you might know someone who could be able to help us here...Do you?"
Anri's eyes widened at the question. Mikado seemed strange while not facing her, but she decided to not get distracted by it.
"No. I don't know anyone." She just answered.
Anri knew what Izaya had meant by saying this, but neither didn't Saika possess any of the people inside the warehouse nor did she want to talk with Mikado about this now.
This wasn't the right place nor the right time for a discussion like that.
"I see." The brown haired boy replied before she could go further with her thoughts.
Mikado was facing her now a small smile placed on his lips, before his expression became serious again.
"What shall we do?"
Anri thought for a moment.
"I think we should go and help Orihara-san. The kidnappers may be dangerous."
Mikado nodded. "I thought so too, but he told me to wait." He said his gaze going back to the house. "Maybe we should wait for Heiwajima-san."
"Heiwajima-san...?"
Anri kept the question to herself why of all people Shizuo Heiwajima was the one to come and help Izaya Orihara.
She was pretty sure that they were the biggest known enemies in Ikebukuro.
Maybe...?
"Hey! You two!"
She was dragged out of her thoughts when the shout reached her ears. Both she and Mikado turned around to notice a figure running towards them. In the darkness they were only able to recognize the frame of a big man approaching them with utter speed.
Though Izaya was filled with adrenaline and anger - always an unfortunate combination - he decided to not just storm through the front door, but at first try to get a look on the inside first.
Carefully he was tiptoeing alongside the outer wall trying to get closer to one of the windows of the rearward house part.
Though the wind was engulfing most noises, he could clearly hear voices from the inside.
The raven couldn't understand what they were saying, though, but he managed to recognize the firm voice of a man.
Getting closer to one window, the voice became louder and when Izaya finally stopped under the glass, he could even recognize the spoken words.
"Oi, what are you doing?" A man said, though his voice had an insecure tone.
"What?! We went through the stress of kidnapping them! So why shouldn't we play a little bit with them?" Another voice answered maliciously, maybe the leader of the group, Izaya couldn't tell clearly, but he brought up the courage to get an eyeful at the inside, when he raised his head a little.
From the inside the window was covered in some kind of dirt, making it hard for him to recognize any details, though he was relieved that the kidnappers couldn't see him like that either.
He saw the back of two men, though the raven was sure that there were more inside.
Otherwise those two were perfect fighters - and they surely didn't look like it - or his sisters had been kidnapped by some stupid trick, because against those two they would have clearly won in a fair fight.
One was just standing there looking annoyed to the other one, who was holding a thick wooden stick with his right hand.
Izaya tried to get a better look on the inside, but no matter how much he tried, he couldn't find any hint of Mairu or Kururi.
Suddenly the man with the stick in his hand started laughing and hit strongly with it against a big wooden box in front of him.
At first Izaya didn't know what the man was doing but then he heard a small whimper escape the box. It was so quiet, that he already thought, he just imagined it, but then the man hit the box again, and this time he could clearly hear a girl's voice whimpering.
Izaya's eyes widened in shock.
It couldn't be!
Mairu and Kururi!
They were-
inside the box!
Shizuo didn't know how far he had run when he finally reached the address Izaya had sent him.
On the way there he had once taken the wrong direction. Frustrated he had noticed that he had gotten lost just at the time where every second counted.
Angrily at himself and also at Izaya for not waiting for him, a sudden rush of aggression had streamed through his body.
Storming on he had just run through a sick wall between two streets to get back on the other side - the right side.
When his hand had met the thick material it had just broken through and he had been able to run through a big hole in the brick.
Now that he finally reached the destination, he hoped that a spark of relief would spread across his body, but he couldn't find the right control over his anger.
Small hills were placed in front of him, he sprinting over them with wide steps, sometimes almost falling over small holes or hummocks inside the bottom he couldn't see in the darkness.
He already thought that he had lost orientation when suddenly a small light came into his eyesight.
Shizuo almost just ran towards the little light in the night passing the two figures at his side, but he noticed the silhouettes of the brown haired boy and the girl with glasses just in time and came to stop with turning his body to the side swiftly.
Facing them he noticed the shocked expressions on their faces not knowing if it was because of his sudden appearance or the possibility that something terrible might have happened.
"Where is Izaya?" He asked.
Mikado had opened his mouth before the question had slipped Shizuo's lips, but the angst-inducing tone of Ikebukuro's strongest, though it wasn't meant like that, made him close it again immediately.
The blond's breath was going unsteady and his face seemed more enraged than anything else.
Doubts were spreading inside Mikado's mind.
Was he really here to help Izaya?
But why would Izaya call Shizuo and tell him where he was, if he knew, that it would enrage the blond?
Mikado was confused and the angry expression on the man's face that was getting angrier each second let him merely whisper his words.
"He is... already gone" The reply finally left his mouth when he showed with his finger to the direction of the warehouse. The blond followed the movement until his eyes fell back to the illuminated place.
If it was even possible Shizuo's eyes became a pair of angry slits, before an annoyed sound left his mouth.
Mikado's eyes widened slightly in fear, apprehending that the blond might get one of his freak-outs, but except for the annoyed glance nothing followed, before the blond turned to him again.
Instead Shizuo kept a rather cool behavior.
"You two wait here."
"But-"
"No, you wait here. Don't worry. I'll bring Izaya back."
Mikado didn't say anything else, instead just exchanged a worried look with Anri, before Shizuo dashed off to the warehouse.
"What shall we do?" The girl asked insecurely while staring on the blond's back who had rapidly brought a few meters between them.
Mikado hesitated for a moment.
He knew that Shizuo was strong and he kind of trusted the man, but-
It didn't reduce the bad premonition that was spreading in his chest ,when his eyes followed Shizuo's silhouette disappearing into the night.
"Let's go, too." He said resolutely.
Anri just nodded, but he could see the certainty in her eyes.
This was the right decision.
They shared a final look, before following Shizuo into the darkness.
When Shizuo got closer to the warehouse, he couldn't trust his eyes at first.
A small figure was standing in front of the house, seconds away from opening the front door.
And Shizuo would always and everywhere recognize this figure.
"I-ZAA-YAA!" he screamed in the hope that the raven would actually wait for him.
But Izaya ignored him or didn't hear him - though Shizuo was sure that everyone must have heard him - anyways, the raven just opened the door, light falling for a short moment on his body - and Shizuo could clearly see the dead serious expression on the raven's face- before he disappeared inside the warehouse.
Angrily Shizuo sprinted the last few meters, almost not able to stop in front of the door because of his speed.
Immediately his glare shot to the inside, searching for the raven, but instead he just saw a couple of men, 3, no 4 men, that were standing like frozen perplexed staring into one direction.
And when he followed their eyes, the blond could finally see what was making them freeze.
It was a very angry Izaya, jumping with his opened switchblade towards another men, dragging him to the ground.
At first Shizuo thought that Izaya would clearly win, but then he saw a thick stick inside the man's hand and feared that the raven could get hurt.
He didn't hesitate long and entered the house too, but he managed to go only a few steps before something hard hit him from the back of his head.
A strong pain was spreading through his whole skull, and Shizuo didn't know if his head was bleeding or not, but he didn't care. There was only one thing, he could think about, when he turned around to face his attacker.
"Kill Kill Kill Kill" he repeated like a mantra, almost not recognizing the afraid look on the other man's face, a 6th man.
The man was holding a metallic pipe in his hand, though it fell to the ground when he started to tremble in fear.
"I..It's..Shi..Shizuo Heiwajima!" he managed to scream before Shizuo grabbed him by the shoulders and threw him through the next wall.
Immediately the other men were concentrating on him and lost sight of the raven, who was still pinning down the other one.
Izaya looked up when he noticed in his anger, that Shizuo had entered the warehouse. He stood up from the other one to look into the beast's direction, who was currently surrounded by four men.
But his worry disappeared, when he noticed that Shizuo was fine and didn't need any help, though his head was stained in red highly recognizable on the blond hair.
A content smile appeared on Izaya's lips, when he felt a great relief, that Shizuo was finally at his side.
Just then he saw Mikado and Anri Sonohara coming through the door and Izaya felt certain that they would win this fight.
"You take care of those guys! I'll free Mairu and Kururi!" he shouted towards them. His smile widened, when he saw Mikado smiling and giving him a sign to not worry, before he and Anri faced the group closing in on Shizuo.
But the raven's smile vanished really fast, when he saw a shadow appearing over his head, and he turned around just in time to see the guy he had just pinned down standing behind him.
He sprang to the side to avoid the man's firm hit with the stick.
From the side he could see the angry expression on his face and most people would have been afraid to death when such a big and muscular man would look at them with that kind of eyes.
But Izaya wasn't like most people and he had already fought way more dangerous guys before.
The man wasn't really an opponent for him. With one swift movement he managed to kick him strongly into the face. The raven heard a loud crack under his shoe and figured that he must have broken the man's nose, but he didn't really care when the guy fell bleeding to the ground.
Instead he just rushed into the direction of the box.
There was a metallic lock in front of it, but it would have been laughable if Izaya wouldn't be able to open it.
He fumbled a small tool from his pocket and started to break the lock open.
"Don't worry. I'll get you out there!"
He mumbled more to himself, because he hadn't heard anything of the two inside for quite a while.
Nonetheless a content look appeared on his face widening into a cheery smile, when he heard the sound of the lock opening.
But it vanished immediately, when he ruptured the box open and saw it's inside.
In shock he stared into a surprised face gaping at him with huge bluish eyes.
...
"Who are you?"
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