Hello everyone! I am back! Finally!

Oh my! The previous semester was a living hell! Projects and exams... plus I lost my inspiration for this one! I couldn't think shit! I was like that for like two to three weeks when finally I found the light!

Plus I am writing on the same time a KnB fanfic, and Yuri On Ice fanfic, fixing my Detective Conan fanfic and I am about to upload and a new Yuri on ice fanfic! I mean it's crazy! XD But that way I am uploading a little faster that I did with my DC fanfic in the past.

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Chapter 5

Found Her

December came and snow along with it. It was a strange phenomenon for Ikebukuro to see so much snow non stop. Cecilia's work started to become harder so her boss decided to close the company for a few days. One of her days off she went to Russian Sushi to hang out with Erica and the rest of the gang.

When she entered the restaurant and walked in, she looked around looking for her friends.

"Oh! Cecilia! Welcome!" Denis smiled at her as she was approaching the counter.

"Hallo! Is Erica here?" she asked him cheerfully. He shook his head negatively and offered her a seat to wait for them. While she was waiting Shizuo and Varona entered the restaurant and sat at the counter having Cecilia between them.

"Oh! Welcome back!" Cecilia smiled at both of them. Shizuo waved at her and Varona bowed her head.

"Good Afternoon, Cecilia-san." she said in her usual serious matter. Cecilia smiled at her and continued to look around to pass her time until Erica comes. Her eyes fell on Varona again and smiled at herself remembering the way they became friends.

It was an usual day for Cecilia as she was jumping from building to building when Shizuo almost hit her again with a vending machine. Cecilia had enough and was ready to fight Shizuo, but Varona took his place so she fought her instead. So they fought until they both couldn't move anymore. At the end of the day they analogized each others strength and a bond of mutual respect formed that day.

Cecilia looked at Shizuo next to her. He was a good and gentle guy. He would even apologize to her every time he was seeing her on the street, before saying hello, thinking that he might have almost hit her again, as she was on the street instead of the roofs. It was awkward but she really enjoyed it. After all he was so cute when he was apologizing while shattering.

She giggled alone and checked her phone. Erica hadn't mail her anything so their meeting was still on.

Cecilia and the gang became friends after a crazy ride she and they had one night. Cecilia was returning from her work when a crazy dude with a blue scarf appeared in front of her. He wanted her to spend the night with him. She looked at him disgusted but refused politely and continued her way but he didn't give up so he started to stalk her. Day after day he would follow her along with a new guy with a blue scarf every time. A week later at least 7 to 10 guys were following her around the city. Cecilia knew that tactic so she never got to her house during that week, but when she saw like 10 guys after her she started to get worried. It was weird. Why would they go after her specifically. Was someone else doing all this? Was actually someone behind them? She decided to ask them directly so she stopped walking and turned to face them. They started to surround her dangerously, smiling creepily. She shook her head to clear her mind and asked them why they were after her. They only laughed and came closer as she got in fighting position ready to fight them all. Then it was when the unexpected happened. A van appeared all of a sudden and broke through them sending half of them flying. The door opened and Erica came out smiling victorious with Walker and they dragged Cecilia into the car closing the door behind them with Kadota racing the car away.

Cecilia was confused at the beginning as she hadn't spoke to any of them, only Erica once, so saving her was out of question. She looked at them terrified but Erica's smile assured her that everything would be ok. Cecilia just smiled and waited for them to explain the situation.

Apparently they were considering her a friend, and they never let a friend to get hurt. That touched Cecilia deeply and promised to herself to never let them get hurt in any way possible. They took her away from those guys and Cecilia stayed at Erica's house for a few days until it was again safe for her to go home. From that day on she started to hang out with them. She really loved their company.

"So, Cecilia. You don't work today?" Shizuo spoke getting Cecilia out of her memories. She smiled at him and shook her head.

"Have you seen the snow outside? It's crazy!" she joked and continued to look at the door. She was waiting for her friends to arrive but instead of them a guy with orange to red hair and green eyes entered the restaurant terrified. Cecilia's eyes widened open as she followed the figure walking towards them. She immediately got up and walked towards the newcomer. Shizuo and Varona turned around watching her. She stopped in front of the guy, grabbed his arm violently dragging him out of the restaurant and at the small alley next to it.

"Alex? What are you doing here? How did you come here? Why?" she started to throw questions at him worried. He was supposed to be in Yogsai-City. He shouldn't be here. No, he couldn't be here. No one could just leave that city. If you tried to even set a foot outside the borders they would shoot you and kill you at that very spot.

"Cecilia!" he said enthusiastically. Cecilia took a step back.

"How do you know my new name?"

"Saya!"

"You went to Saya? Why? How!?"

"Why don't we go to talk more privately?" the other guy suggested smiling at her. She nodded and she drove him to her house. She was trusting him, he had helped her a lot back in Yogsai-City and he was the one who helped her escape from there somehow. She shouldn't be afraid of him betraying her, right?

"Cecilia… I like this name! It's unique! I couldn't even imagine it. You have imagination!" Alex smiled like an idiot as he sat on a bench at a random park with Cecilia next to him. Cecilia had a bad feeling about her old friend. She couldn't decided if she could trust him or not, so she decided to not take him at her house. A random park where she could escape would be good.

"So, Alex… why are you here?" she asked calmed and smiling. She had to show him that she was ok with all that. She wasn't. Alex blinked.

"Oh yes! Dragon is after you, you know!" (not from One piece)

"Why?" she asked concerned.

"Why you ask. It has been half a year my friend! He wants the ring!" Alex said puzzled.

"I see… well tell him that I don't have it. I didn't find it… Izaya doesn't have it." Cecilia said bored. Alex blinked surprised a few times trying to comprehend what his friend just told him.

"What do you mean he doesn't have it?"

"You heard me. He doesn't have it! There was nowhere in his apartment." Cecilia continued calmly. Alex grid his teeth with anger and got up to walk nervously up and down in front of her.

"Cecilia you know very well that Dragon holds you, right? He is the one who set up your death back there. If you don't do what he is telling you he will let them know that you are here, alive and kicking and they will come after you! You have too many enemies back there!" Alex's soft tone hardened at his last words.

"I know that, but I told you. Izaya doesn't have any kind of ring in his apartment."

Alex didn't seem to be convinced. He crossed his arms in front of his chest and signed heavily. Cecilia didn't really care about the whole thing. She tried and she failed, end of story.

"Cecilia?" he asked with a weird tone. She looked at him with wide open eyes as she hadn't hear him speak like that before. "Are you sure that you didn't find the ring?"

She raised her eyebrows angry. She was known as the most honest person when it came to her work and he dared to question her like that.

"Ok I am sorry, I didn't mean to offend you, I-"

"You have no right to question me like that. Who you think that you are?" Cecilia growled boiling with anger. She had lost her job and pride when she accepted that job, but she wouldn't allow lowlifes like him to speak to her like that.

Alex felt her anger and took some steps back.

"I will tell him. Chill!" Alex said annoyed. "Fucking bitch!" he groaned and started to walk away. Cecilia then realized that Alex wasn't there as a friend but an employ to check upon her. She knew that her time was coming and he came to announced it. Once he was lost into the darkness she left too for her house. On her way her phone rang. It was Erica.

"Hello?"

"Cici! Are you ok?" Erica was heard from the other side of the line worried.

"Yes, I am fine…"

"I was so worried! We were late, yes we are sorry! And when we finally arrived you weren't there and we asked the boss about you and he said that you left with a suspicious man and we were worried about you! Where are you?"

"I am going home..."

"Have you eaten anything?"

"No..."

"Ok! We are coming over! We will meet you at your house!" and with that Erica hanged up and Cecilia smiled sadly. She had to enjoy her last days.

Alex left Cecilia with a heavy heart. He had screwed up. He went to find her to help her and not to make her angry. He shouldn't question her. He knew her all the way back in Yogsai-City. He knew that when it was to her job she was ruthless with no mercy. She used to be such a happy girl, who had dreams for the future, until the city got completely corrupted. People are getting killed and raped everyday in the streets, gangs are controlling parts of the city and they fight everyday. You can see the victims of those wars lay down on the street or get eaten by the stray dogs and cats. That city reeks blood and anger. People to survive do whatever they can. They kill, they steal, they even rape. That is what Yogsai-City is anymore. A city of sin.

That is what he and she had to do. They had to stay alive. So they threw themselves at the sinful way of living. She became an information broker and who else what more.

He started to work for that evil old man, called Dragon. Dragon was an old man who was partly responsible for the destruction of the city. Alex was the one who brought Cecilia in touch with Dragon. He wanted to find a fucking ring and she was the best information broker in the city. He regretted it immediately but he couldn't stop it anymore as Cecilia accepted his offer.

Find me this ring and I shall grand you freedom, or else death shall fall upon you.He said to her. And she accepted without a second thought.

Alex was lost in his thoughts when he finally arrived in front of an old warehouse and pushed the door aside to enter. There he saw a bunch of dudes wearing blue scarfs laughing and drinking. He ignored them and walked towards his leader.

"Alex! Welcome back! Well? How did it go?" his leader, named Shou, asked him.

"She didn't have it. She said that Izaya doesn't have any kind of ring in his possession." Alex answered with not a convincing tone. Shou didn't like what he heard at all.

"I see… and you believed her?" he asked him again. Alex formed a punch with his hand and tried to keep his calm.

"No..." he answered cursing himself mentally for betraying her like that.

The leader smiled and turned towards a boy who was sitting behind them and listening the whole time.

"You heard him, Aoba. Our girl is protecting your target. How romantic, don't you think?" Aoba smiled hearing that and shook his head disapproving an action like this. Alex's leader continued.

"Now that we know who are our targets we can continue right?"

Aoba nodded and continued."But first let's wait for Izaya to return. He is currently out of town."

The new guy agreed and laughed.

"That way we can have Cecilia have a small melt down as she will be waiting for her death to arrive!"

Alex felt his stomach twisting from disgust towards himself.

"Shou… we both know her. She would never lie about her job..." Alex said weakly.

Shou turned at him.

"So? She isn't anymore at Yogsai-City, Alex. She is free. She can leave happily and be in love, Alex-kun~ People change!" his tone betrayed his mood. It was murderous. Alex got scared and shut up. He knew that he couldn't speak anymore or else his head would be flying.

It stopped snowing after a few days so Cecilia returned to her job like nothing had happened. She never said anything to Erica and her friends. She wanted to talk to Saya about Alex, about her deal with Dragon, about everything as she was from the same city and she would understand, but she thought that Saya would actually go against Dragon herself and get herself killed. So she stayed quiet.

From the night Alex visited her she had a bad feeling. She even started to have nightmares again about her past, making her unable to sleep. Every night she would walk up and down to calm herself and at the end she stopped sleeping. She was sleeping during her job hoping that her boss would not find out. She was afraid. Not for her life but about the people around her. Dragon was known for his inhuman ways. As the days were passing without anyone from Dragon coming after her, her anxiety was growing even more. She knew that she wouldn't get off that easily as she failed to deliver her promise. She had to accept her fate. She was dead. She played and she lost. Easy like that. Wasn't that the deal? Find the ring or else die?

Christmas was at the corner. Still no trace of Dragon. Even if Cecilia loved Christmas, she knew that this year's Christmas would be hell. She was feeling alone and exhausted from all the worry. She wanted someone to speak. She wanted someone to share her secrets and her anxiety. It was too much to lie to her friends every time they were asking her if she was ok or to feel scared for them every time they were saying goodbye.

So she started to walk inside the city. She needed to calm down and breath some fresh air. She didn't know where she was but she just kept walking into the dark alleys without care. She could hear her boots echoing into the alleys when she started to hear more steps around her until she was completely surrounded by some dudes. She looked at them looking at her with some nasty way and she brace herself for combat.

They all had knives and metallic pipes in their hands making Cecilia feel really uncomfortable and cursed their fucking timing. They were all at the age of twenty and older and they were wearing blue scarfs. She had seen those scarfs before.

"You belong to a gang?" she asked in disbelief.

"Of course nee-chan! What? You don't know about us? We are the Blue Squares!" a guy answered proudly.

"I guess you aren't that much of a big deal, because I have never heard of you!" Cecilia got in a fighting position while mocking them.

"Hahaha! Hey! this girl thinks that she can mock us and then fight us! Sorry honey! But we have some business with you! You don't mind coming with us, right?" one of the guys said.

"And what if I say no?" she asked bitterly when an other guy attacked her from behind, hitting her head with a pipe and letting her fall on the floor.

"Well then, that happens!" the first guy laughed as they started to hit and kick her until she was unconscious so they could take her with them to their hideout.

In the mean time at the hideout of Blue Squares

Izaya was chained up and sitting on a chair looking amused at the leader of Blue Squares. He had just returned to Ikebukuro after a job and they kidnapped him. He didn't know the reason of all this but he refused to lose his cool. Plus he was tired as hell so he didn't even have the strength or the mood to fight against them. So he let them take him whenever they wanted. He wasn't surprised at all when he found himself at the blue squares hideout. But he was surprised when they sat him on a chair in the middle of the warehouse and chained him up.

"Wow! Who would have thought! That the brother of the previous leader of Blue Squares is the new boss. May I ask why I am here?" the raven asked tired with this bullshit. Blue squares could just go die all he cared about. The bluehead laughed and approached the raven with a creepy smile.

"Well, I am not happy to see you either, but I have made a very good deal here you see!? There is that gentleman who was looking for ya! He is a very good guy! Mind talking to him?" Aoba grinned widely and walked back to his seat only for an other scarier dude to appear. He was tall with raven long hair and black eyes.

"Do we know each other?" Izaya asked trying to lighten the atmosphere but he received a punch for an answer. He felt blood dripping from his nose to the floor.

'He will pay for that.' he thought and tried to take a hold of himself.

"Nope but I believe that we can get to know each other pretty well if you want!" he hissed evilly and he approached his face closer to Izaya's, noses almost touching. Izaya singed.

"No thank you. So? You need my services? If yes you could just give me a call."

The other guy snorted and laughed. The dudes from the blue square laughed with him.

"Ok ok… enough…. Time for business." the guy said and walked away.

"My name is Shou. I am here under the orders of my boss, Dragon. You have something that he wants. A beautiful ring."

Izaya lost his smile.

"No. I don't know anything about it." Izaya answered and received one more punch. That one cause more blood loss than before. He couched and tried to catch his breath. The pain was hitting him directly at his head and his vision started to get blurry.

"It's ok! We have all the night here!" Shou said in a happy tone and got ready to kick Izaya when the door opened and Aoba's men entered the hideout.

"Boss! We brought the girl!" one of the guys said happily and threw the unconscious body of Cecilia on the floor near Izaya. Izaya lost his color when he saw Cecilia covered in blood, cuts and bruises. He clinked his tongue annoyed and glared at Aoba and then at Shou who was staring happily at the girl on the floor.

"Hahahaha! I never expected to see the great 'Manipulator' being all tied up and beaten!" Shou said amused but his words dropped to a dead silence as Cecilia was still unconscious. He got angry and he kicked her at her stomach to wake her up. Izaya watched him astonished with the fact that he would hit a girl like that. He looked at Cecilia and wished she would wake up, but she didn't move. Hell he didn't even know if she was even breathing. Shou spit on the ground and got ready to hit her again.

"Stop it!" Izaya screamed at him. Shou stopped and looked at him angry.

"Huh? Are you protecting her? Hahahaha! What the fuck is wrong with you two, protecting each other? Are you two idiots or something?" Shou hissed and at the end he kicked her again sending her body a few meters away from the first position it was in front of Izaya's legs.

"What do you mean protecting each other? What does she have to do with all that?" Izaya asked confused. Shou looked at him surprised and laughed.

"What? She didn't tell you? Her job was to to find that ring for Dragon! That is why she is here! But she lied and said that you don't have it! So you know… her fate is sealed..." Shou said and stepped on Cecilia's head pointing a gun at her head.

"What are you-?" Izaya tried to unchain him self moving his body around. Aoba was watching him amused while Shou was loading his guns with new bullets.

"Now I am feeling better! I can finally kill that bitch! She caused me so many problems in the past!" Shou smirked and pointed his gun at her head once again and ready to shoot. Izaya glared at the two men in front of him.

"Well now you have them both! I guess my job is over, right?" Aoba smiled and got up. "Please, when you finish them, clean up. I don't want to have blood on my floor."

Shou nodded. Izaya manged to get closer to Shou and he kicked him hard at his leg. Shou cried with pain and he glued the end of his gun at Izaya's face cursing him.

"You son of bitch, you are lucky Dragon wants you or else you would be also dead!"

Izaya kept looking at Cecilia. She wasn't moving. She wasn't breathing.

'Is she dead?'

His mind was cloudy. He didn't know what to feel. He was tired, he was hurt, he was angry. He had lost lots of blood, he had a gun at his face and he had an unconscious Cecilia hurt and bloody at his feet. They were both useless in front of that guy. He was useless and couldn't think.

Then something unexpected happened. The dudes from the blue square started to fly. Izaya tried to look behind him to see who it was.

"CCCOORRAAAA! WHERE IS SSSHHEEEE?" an angry voice was heard. Izaya recognized it immediately and it was the first time he felt so relieved that that monster had came to kick some ass. Shizuo came with Varona after hearing some rumors about blue squares kidnapping a girl. After a few minutes Shizuo and Varona were next to Izaya and in front of Aoba and Shou.

"Oi! Flea! Is it one of your plans?" Shizuo asked him irritated and ready to kill when he saw Cecilia on the floor. Izaya shook his head and thanked Varona who unchained him with a single move. Izaya knelled down to Cecilia and got her bridal style.

"Varona go with that damned flea and make sure Cecilia is safe! I will take care of those two idiots here! They didn't only hurt a girl, they hurt a friend. They are dead, damn it!" he screamed and rushed towards the two enemies.

Varona nodded and drove Izaya with Cecilia in his arms out of the warehouse. There was a familiar car parked and four figures waiting patiently.

"Dota-chin! How pleasant to see you." Izaya smiled.

The four of them gasped shocked when they saw Izaya with Cecilia in his arms.

"Cut the crap Izaya and get into the car!" Kadota hissed and the six of them entered the car leaving Varona to return to Shizuo. Izaya guided Kadota to drive them to one of his other apartments in Ikebukuro. Once there Kadota carried Cecilia to the apartment and Izaya called Shinra to come over.

The apartment was smaller than his main one, as it had one room with kitchen living room and the bedroom together and a separate bathroom. They laid Cecilia on the bed. Erica took Cecilia's keys and ran to her apartment along with Walker and Saburo to bring her clothes as Izaya said he would keep her there.

Shinra came with Celty some time later. Izaya sat at the kitchen table with Kadota and Celty watching Shinra fixing Cecilia. Then Kadota's phone rang.

"It's from Shizuo. He took care of them. I doubt they will come after you again." he announced but Izaya didn't seem to believe that.

"She is badly hurt. They broke her nose and lots of bones. Also they might have caused internal damage to her stomach too. If she started couching blood we will have to take her to the hospital." Shinra announced a few hours later. By that time Erica had returned and with Celty's help they changed Cecilia's clothes to some pajamas. Of course first they had send all the boys to the balcony so they couldn't see Cecilia naked. When they came inside again they all sat at the kitchen table again. After Shinra's speech, everyone looked at Izaya for answers.

"I don't know." he only answered leaving them completely unsatisfied. They saw that he wasn't willing to speak and that he wasn't himself, quite unusual for someone like Izaya. They gave up and left the apartment. Shinra promised that he will be coming everyday to check up on her.

The same night at the other side of Ikebukuro.

"Boss! We have a problem!" a young man dressed in black ran at one of the suits of an expensive hotel. He stopped in front of an older man and bowed deep. The old man looked at him concerned and asked him to speak.

"We just came back from the 'meeting'. Shou and his man are very badly injured! The boss of the blue squares is also missing."

The old man groaned angrily.

"What happened?" he asked annoyed.

"Boss! A man dressed in bartender's clothes came in, along with a blond woman and attacked them! They are all out cold..."

"What about Izaya and the 'Manipulator'?" the old man asked concerned.

"They are gone. We lost them. We don't know where they are… we are sorry boss." the man apologized trembling, fearing for his life. The old man signed disappointed.

"Call Alex! Send him to find them both! I want Izaya alive and the 'Manipulator' dead! Enough with all this bullshit!"

"Yes boss!" the man said and rushed out of the room as fast as he could.

The old man rested on his chair and grabbed a cigar. One of his servant lightened it up and stepped back.

"Boss… what is that ring that you care so much about?"

"It's a cursed ring." the old man answered and let the smoke out of his mouth. "I need it no matter what."

Ok! We learned some more things about why Cecilia is in Ikebukuro! At the next chap we will learn the story more clearly so don't worry if you are confused! I try to not make Izaya to much out-of-character, so if you don't like something be free to tell me! ^_^

See ya next chapter! ^_^