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Ikebukuro was once again lively with both excitement and fear. Rumors about Izaya's return began to spread while others added to the rumors by saying Izaya decided to get a sex change in the time he was gone. Some of them were just out of this world and seemed crazy for whoever made them. But this was all a part of Kanra's entertainment. She learned about a lot of these rumors through the Dollar's website, which she used Izaya's login so she was still under the name Kanra. The young girl even planted some rumors herself to spread around the fun. It had been a couple days since Kanra's last encounter with the blonde monster. Several times he attempted to crush Kanra with a car, or a light pole and even a vending machine but he had obviously missed each time so he didn't catch her that day or any others. Too bad, Kanra was almost willing to give the protozoan some information to keep this chase active. But apparently, just his anger was enough to drive him. On the bright side, Kanra was finally able to meet with the stubborn man Shiki. He threatened her with something about being a fake or not the real Izaya. But after some explanation and convincing she was able to get paid for the day for her information. It was going to take a lot to get that man's trust. Kanra was on her way back home after she had this meeting with Shiki. The sun was still high in the sky and it was about midday but Kanra was already tired. Izaya sure did a lot of walking for his job. The young girl had her hood up as she tapped away on her phone while inside a Dollar's chatroom. Some familiar names were in there too. Taro Tanaka, who if Kanra remembered correctly was Mikado Ryugamine. His friend Kida Masaomi was Bakyura who was also in the chatroom. The last one was Setton, which was Celty. Kanra was told not to interact with the two boys for the time being. The war between the two gangs was long over and things were starting to sort themselves out. Apparently Izaya already took care of this. The chat room was rather boring at the time. All they were talking about were the recent rumors and some news on the Dollar website. Other than Celty, the other two didn't know that the online Kanra was the real Kanra that they had not met yet.

Kanra had really been wondering for a while what her purpose was being there. It seemed like Izaya already took care of all the fun situations, while she was just there to keep the monstrous blonde company. Maybe that's what it really was. The young girl was pulled from her thoughts as the chat room showed two more people entered. Seeing the names made Kanra groan. Immediately, her phone was put into a private chat and messages started popping up.

Mai: [Where's Iza-nii!? What did you do to him!?]

Kyo: [We know who you are.]

Mai: [I promise I won't do anything bad to you if you just tell us!]

Mai: [Even a location is fine!]

Mai: [We at least have a right to know!]

Kanra's phone kept dinging from the constant messages and it started to annoy her. It was obvious that Izaya's sisters weren't a big fan of her. She had not met these two girls yet but somehow they got information about her and now they wouldn't stop bothering her. Luckily they didn't dig up anything big about her. That is Izaya's sisters for you. Kanra didn't feel like replying to them at the time, it was already giving her a headache just thinking about it. Suddenly, Kanra felt a large amount of wind pass by her that was accompanied by a large blur of an object. The wind had picked up her coat a little bit as it flew by and crashed a few feet in front of her. Once she was able to focus, she saw it was a vending machine. How predictable. The girl turned her attention away from the crushed vending machine and looked behind her with a wide smirk. Walking toward her with a street sign in hand was the man dressed in a bartender outfit. Kanra's phone was snapped shut and shoved into her pocket.

"Have you finally stopped calling me Izaya when you see me?" Shizuo raised the street sign in response as he briskly walked toward her. Kanra's heart started to race a little bit as she readied her legs to run. It was like a routine for her by now.

"Yeah but you still look like him and it pisses me off!" Shizuo hollered at her before raising the street sign and swinging it downward. Instead of hitting the girl, it hit the hard concrete sidewalk and caused it to crack and break under the inhuman force. Kanra noticed that his reflexes seemed to be slow so it was easy to dodge. Instead of running, Kanra stood there a few feet away from Shizuo with a raised eyebrow.

"What is with you? Your movements have been really slow. From what I was told, you are supposed to be consistent and ruthless." Shizuo was panting a little bit as he looked up and easily heaved the sign from the concrete.

"Who told you that?" Kanra could be heard snickering from her spot as she placed a finger over her lips.

"Catch me and maybe I'll tell you. That's our agreement , right?" Another growl came from Shizuo as he thrusted the sign forward to throw at the young girl. Kanra didn't even have to move this time. The sign went straight past her, the wind from the force blowing her hood off and making her dark hair sway a bit. Auburn eyes opened again as she stared at Shizuo with the same, confident smirk. "You're missing on purpose, aren't you?" Kanra knew she was right when Shizuo seemed taken aback by her question for a moment before that angry scold returned to his face. That look fit him almost too well. When Shizuo opened his mouth to respond, Kanra interrupted him. "Is it because I'm a girl? Maybe you have some weird vow not to hurt a girl." The young girl started to walk toward Shizuo now. The blonde wasn't expecting this so he stood up straight and simply stared at Kanra with a open mouth. Kanra wanted to see how far she could push Shizuo. Has he ever even dealt with a woman before? Probably not, or even touched one for that matter. And actual touch, not as in grabbing their collar and throwing them to a wall. "Maybe…" Kanra continued as she now stood in front of Shizuo. "It's because I'm the only person who knows in the whole world about what happened to Izaya Orihara, and why I'm here in his place. So which is it...Shizu-chan?" Auburn eyes burned deeply into Shizuo's brown ones which were hidden behind his blue sunglasses. Shizuo still stood there dumbstruck as the much smaller raven haired girl was able to make the blonde turn quiet and stand there. Shizuo bit sharply onto his lip as he started to regain his senses and tried to process Kanra's words. At this point, he didn't care about her stupid words any more, or Izaya. He just wanted her gone now.

"Shut...UP!" The blonde swiftly raised his arm upward to strike Kanra, and he did. Her small body was sent flying backwards a couple of feet before roughly landing on her back. He didn't even use his full strength either. It didn't take long for Shizuo to snap out of his anger this time when he saw that the girl wasn't getting up. "Ah shit…" Shizuo cursed as he walked over to Kanra and kneeled next to her. A couple of bystanders started to whisper and shuffle around the scene until Shizuo looked up and glared at all of them. "What are you staring at!?" This made everyone flinch and quickly evacuate the scene. Shizuo sighed and put his head to the young girl's chest. He had a small fear that he may have actually killed her with that hard of a hit, but luckily he could faintly hear her heartbeat and feel her chest rising with small breaths. So she was alive. Shizuo sat back and ran his fingers through his blonde hair with a sigh. He knew that he wouldn't have the guts to kill her. Once he had struck her all that anger left him. Now the question was what to do with her. Any sane person would call an ambulance but if he did that meant the police would get involved and knocking out a girl could mean actual jail time. The thugs he normally beats up are criminals anyway so the police paid no attention to that, but this they would definitely not so close to the girl, he could also catch a whiff of her perfume. Shizuo quickly shook his head however from the thought. Now wasn't the time to think of stupid stuff like that, he had to do something about this she-flea.

The underground doctor was enjoying himself at home with a mug in his hand full of a hot beverage. Although he wasn't completely happy since his lovely Celty was out doing jobs, leaving him at home and bored. As he heard his cell ringing on the table, he jumped up in excitement thinking it was Celty texting him but his smile faded seeing it was just Shizuo calling. Shinra let out a sigh as he answered and sat back down on the couch.

"What is it Shizuo? You got me all excited thinking it was Celty…"

"I knocked Kanra out."

There was a moment of silence as Shinra sat there and processed his words.

"Eh? You knocked her out?" Shinra responded with more urgency as he sat back up and put his cup down. "Is she breathing?"

"Yes she's breathing! I already checked. Look I didn't mean to but...well actually I did mean to hit her but not hard."

"Shizuo there's no such thing as not hitting someone hard for you." Shizuo could be heard growling in irritation on the other end.

"Can you just get over here? I carried her to my apartment 'cause I didn't want to call an ambulance and get the police involved." Shinra was already up and getting his shoes on by the door. If this were normal Izaya, he would be dead. It was weird enough that Shizuo carried her there of all places. Also if this were the actual Izaya, Shinra probably wouldn't show up. The doctor only treated the man when he showed up to his doorstep and paid. This was a different situation however. Practically a different person too. And the underground doctor thinks this difference is having an affect on Shizuo too.

"I'm coming right now, but it will be a bit. Celty is out doing errands so she can't give me a ride-"

"Fine! Just...hurry up." At that, Shizuo hung up the phone. He turned around to look at the passed out girl on his couch. He covered her with a blanket and even provided one of his pillows from his bed to cushion her head. On closer look, he could already see a dark spot forming on her chin and spreading toward her neck where he punched her. Shizuo breathed deeply as he rubbed his neck. "She's gonna be pissed when she wakes up…" He was going to have to burn his damn furniture to get rid of her smell on it.