Mikachi: I'm sorry if this chapter kind of sucked, I wasn't in a happy mood when I tried to write this :\ school's starting soon, so…I think that sums it up xD

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Explosives and Rude Awakenings

To say Izaya was rudely awakened was an understatement. He woke up in midair. One minute he was having a peaceful sleep, thankfully dreamless, the next he feels like he's falling. Which he was. Izaya opened his eyes and saw that he was above the river. To be clear, some sort of muscle-bull-demon had grabbed him by the leg and thrown him up in the air sideways-frisbee-style so that he was spinning obnoxiously. So he flew in an arc until he realized that this was probably going to hurt if he didn't do something soon.

"Shit! Catch, catch, catch! Fuck," Izaya said as he got closer and closer to the ground. He realized he was speaking in English.

"Woah, woah, woah!" Kazu shouted from above him indignantly. The demon had apparently thrown him the same way. Izaya got his bearings straight, said something in elven, and watched as vines stretched to catch him and Kazu.

"Urgggh. Bastard…gonna pay," Kazu said, his head lolling around and his face green.

"No shit, Sherlock," Izaya responded, then realized something, "Where's Shizu-chan?"

Kazu got his bearings straight, looked at Izaya with wide eyes, and said "Fuck."

Looking back to the other bank, he saw that Shizuo was running in circles around the beast like mad. It would have been a funny sight if he weren't in danger.

"I could use a little help!" Shizuo shouted as he kept running. Izaya couldn't help but let out a small snicker before speaking to the vines. Soon, the vines bended into a sort of sling-shot and flung he and Kazu across the river. They landed roughly, rolling and laughing and covered in dust. When they came to a stop, they sat up, looked at each other, and cracked up laughing.

"Help me, you assholes!" Shizuo said angrily as he came running by them, grabbing the back of their shirts and carrying them like it was nothing.

"Uh, you realize that you have a fat ass sword hanging off your belt, right?" Kazu pointed out, raising an eyebrow.

"…Yeah, I knew that. This is just good exercise," Shizuo said sheepishly as he kept running, "But I'm not gonna beat this thing on my own. And I'm running out of steam."

"Alright, alright. That's one of my special talents~ Tell me, do you guys have any weapons? Even a knife would work," Kazu said, looking at Izaya.

"Yeah. I have a knife in my pack," Izaya said, pointing at the bag on the ground. As Shizuo ran past, he kicked it into the air with his foot. The pack flew into the air, but landed in Kazu's lap. He reached in and grabbed a knife, but Izaya stopped him.

"Not that one, the other one," Izaya said, taking the knife and putting it in a pack attached to his belt. Kazu took out another knife and smiled, nodding happily.

"This'll work. You guys ready to rumble?" Kazu said looking at the other two. They nodded and jumped apart, Shizuo unsheathing his sword.

…

"Well, that was random. And you're pretty good at fighting with that little pocket knife of yours," Kazu said, walking up to the now-dead beast and poking it with a stick.

"It's a shame I had to get it dirty with this thing's blood, though," Izaya said, frowning and washing it in the river.

"Oh, here. I almost forgot to give it back," Kazu said, holding the knife towards Izaya.

"Nah, keep it. You made pretty good use of it considering it's a kitchen knife," Izaya said.

"I didn't know you used knives. That would've been nice to know," Shizuo said, twirling his sword and sheathing it.

"I don't. This is the first time I've used a knife," Kazu said.

"What do you mean? You flicked that thing around like you've never used anything else," Izaya said, looking at Kazu with surprise.

"That's the thing about being a Shlork. I can use any weapon like I've trained with it for years. Pretty cool, huh?" Kazu said, giving a triumphant smile.

"I bet that comes in handy, huh?" Shizuo said, and after a pause, asked, "Do you have a favorite weapon, though?"

"Yep. I tend to like stuff with fire, like explosives. Heheheh," Kazu gave an evil smile and rubbed his hands together.

"Okay…Well, we'll have to keep you away from exploding stuff," Izaya said, looking at Kazu nervously.

"Don't bother. I could take a tree branch, water, and a few rocks and make it into an explosive if I wanted to," Kazu said, rolling his eyes.

"…Now that's talent," Shizuo said, shaking his head.

"I doubt that. Let's see it," Izaya said, picking up three rocks, a tree branch, and setting them next to the river. A few minutes later, sure enough, there was a large black spot on the ground where grass used to grow. Kazu was dancing in a tree and cackling like a madman.

"What the fuck? How is that possible?!" Izaya yelled, looking at the spot incredulously.

"Easy! You do this and that and boom!" Kazu said, waving his hands and laughing again, "I fucking LOVE explosives!"

"Okay…well…we should probably…get going now…yeah…" Shizuo said awkwardly.

"Whatever. I'm just going to pretend that he never turned three not-even-potentially-dangerous things of nature into a bomb. Nope, never happened. Let's just skip into the woods and sing about flowers and cupcakes. Tralala," Izaya said, grabbing his bag and starting to walk into the forest.

"Come on, you crazy pyro. Time to go," Shizuo said, waving at Kazu to follow them. He was smiling for the rest of the journey all the way until they saw a town in the distance.

"Hey, that must be it," Izaya said, already over the events of earlier that day.

"Yes! Finally," Kazu said, doing a fist pump. He jumped onto Shizuo shoulders and sat like a child again, making Shizuo roll his eyes.

"You are so weird," Izaya said, biting his tongue to keep from laughing at Shizuo.

"Not a word, arrow-ass. Not even one," Shizuo said, elbowing Izaya in the side.

"Pfft. Fine," Izaya said, letting out a small laugh.

They continued towards the village, getting there somewhere around noon.

Mikachi: Okay, I decided not to write the battle scene. Was it better that way, or should I write battle scenes? I want responses! Hope you enjoyed, and again, sorry if it was boring. I was kind of in a 'I'm boooooooreeeeed' mood when I wrote the last bit xD IK, I'll make it a poll. As soon as I post this chapter, I'll put a poll on my profile for you guys. Please vote~? 8)