The sun re-illuminated the sky and singed through Izaya's eyes, forcing them open. Everything was a blur and his head felt completely numb; but he could hear mumbling.

He couldn't make out exactly what was being said, but he was sure that he had heard Shizuo's voice. He was completely irritated; nobody had ever ruined his plans to this extent. When it did happen though, he always had a back-up plan.

After a couple of minutes of lying on the cold ground helplessly, he saw somebody smiling down at him. He had a pale complexion, and equally pale clothing. Izaya realized it was the statue from earlier, smiling down at him, mocking him for fainting.

The moment his senses came back to life, the smell of smoke wafted up Izaya's nose. At the sudden smell, the brunette jumped up and instinctively searched his surroundings for the source.

Sitting just a few feet away from him was Shizuo, a cigarette in hand and 2 cartons of sushi next to him. At first all Izaya wanted to do was land a punch on the blondes face. Then again, if he blew his cover, something could go terribly wrong.

For a while he just watched the blonde twirl the nicotine stick between his fingers, the silence slowly fading away and Ikebukuro finally waking up.

He wondered what Cassius would say about all this. That seven foot goat must have purposely given Shizuo all that power. Anger welled up inside him and yet in the back of his head, jealousy cackled wildly.

"Here," Shizuo was suddenly standing over him and offering him sushi. The blonde practically had worry written on his head, and defeat grew in the pit of his stomach.

He wanted to kick and break everything in Ikebukuro, but he can't. He's already murdered, beat a human, and now he stole breakfast from a rich family. This new weight over his shoulder was digging him into the ground, and it probably wasn't going to stop until it dug him a grave. He didn't know how he was going to live with it.

"Those things cause diseases, and you could possibly die, not that'd I have a problem with that."

Despite the brunette's warning, Shizuo inhaled the smoke and seconds later exhaled. Izaya pushed himself off the ground and pinched his nose at the acrid smell of smoke.

Wisps of grey started flowing around Shizuo, and the blonde eagerly inhaled it. With one glare of disgust, directed at Shizuo, Izaya started for Ikebukuro.

Cowardly Flea, you-

Before Shizuo could even finish his thought something pierced through the back of his neck, causing him to drop his cigarette. It was as if a piranha was biting the nape of his neck, and slowly sucking out his energy.

Only a few feet away, he noticed Izaya turning around holding the dart on his neck. His brows shot up to his hairline, and when they made eye contact, he quickly turned away.

Both men could have ripped out that dart, and murdered whoever shot it at them in a heartbeat. If they did, they knew it'd be game over for them.

Cassius' hideous face ran through both of their heads, and the thought sickens both of them to the core of their stomachs.

If Izaya revealed his power to Shizuo, Cassius would make sure an ounce of power never flowed through his veins again. Committing another sin was something Shizuo wanted to avoid.

So the two monsters let the poison into their system, let themselves slip into unconsciousness. A group of people dressed in yellow came from behind them, and shoved their bodies into the back of a 12-seated truck.

A/N It's been too long! So I managed to take a break from studying from my mid-terms, and write this chapter! Thanks to everyone who has reviewed, it's a great motivation and it brings a smile to my face. After mid-terms I promise more updates.