Shizuo was on the curb by Shinra's place. He was getting a bit of a headache and he really needed to step outside for a smoke. Shinra's concerned face seemed to burn in his mind, like there was something there that Shizuo was just not picking up on.

His foot was tapping on the ground. It was not so much he was nervous, but more agitated. Throwing the cigarette on the ground he stomped on it as hard as he could. He really had a lot of anger built up by this point. Celty looked outside from one of the windows to see if Shizuo was still there. He knew she was watching so he stuck his hands in his pockets and began to walk away.

"I need to go somewhere, I will be back" he said with a wave of his hand over his should. Celty didn't know what came over Shizuo, but thought it best to give him his space.

Shizuo had not gone far until he heard that all too familiar voice once again. He looked around and then looked up. Izaya was just lounging in a tree looking down at Shizuo with his sly eyes. He waved at the guy from up above.

"You find anything about that girl yet?" He asked. It was directed at Shizuo the wrong way. It was like he was taunting Shizuo, Like Izaya knew more than he was putting out there. Considering the fact that Izaya seemed to know everything about everyone in the town.

"You little rat! I ought to tear you to shreds!" Shizuo called from below looking straight up. His eyes marked death to the man, but Izaya seemed to shrug off the petty insults that Shizuo would always throw at him.

"there is something that both you and that guy, whats his name..Shin..shi…whatever! there is something the two of you are keeping from me!" Shizuo said.

Izaya's normal grin changed form just as quick as it came.

"Why should it matter to you? Why do you even care?" Izaya asked. His voice seemed so cold and heartless. But he meant ever word. He thought it strange that Shizuo would take an interest in a no named person. It was too unlike his character to care about such petty things.

Shizuo was taken aback by the response. He didn't like the fact Izaya was getting under his skin, but this time his words were not only cutting into his anger, but his heart.

Izaya jumped down from up above and landed into a squatting position on the ground. Raising his body and standing straight he looked right into Shizuo eyes. He was not afraid. If Shizuo was intent on kicking his ass he would have already done it by then.

Shizuo swung his fist at Izaya. Being caught off guard the flying punch caused Izaya to go flying backwards skidding his body against the concrete ground.

"Just shut up!" Shizuo snarled turning his back on him. Izaya wiped his mouth and grinned once more. "Well now…it looks like things are going to get interesting from this point.

Returning back, Shizuo looked up at Shinra's place. The one light that had been left on in the house was still on. His deep and heavy sigh brushed out as he made his way to the door. Placing his hand on the knob he didn't make any attempts to open the door up. he felt as if the whole world knew something that he didn't. and that was the troubling part for him

Finally summoning up the will, he turned the knob and entered back into the home. Both Celty and Shinra were inside of the computer room. The screen was facing the door so Shizuo was able to see what the two of them were looking at. Plastered on the screen was a person's arm and on that arm was a tattoo. He could not tell what it was, because as soon as Shinra noticed him and Celty were not the only ones in the room anymore, he shut the screen down and turned around.

"What?" Shizuo asked as he looked from Celty and then back at Shinra. Shinra had looked concerned. "Did you see?" He asked Shizuo.

Shizuo looked at him and raised an eyebrow. "the tattoo?" he asked. Shinra remained quiet. Shizuo was very pissed off now.

"I need to talk to you…about that girl…" Shinra said as he motioned for Shizuo to sit down. Shizuo plopped into the chair and leaned towards Shinra.

"I think it would be best …to not try and find out who she is" He said to Shizuo as slowly as he could. Shizuo could barely believe what had just come out of that mans mouth. Why was it all a secret? Why did she have the same brute strength?

All the questions ran in his head. He knew all too well that Celty and Shinra were not going to help his search any further. That he needed to find things on his own from that point.

He nodded his head to seem like he was agreeing with Shinra. Though in the back of his mind he was devising a plan all his own.

"When she is well, she is going, so don't follow her" Shinra said giving a frown. Shizuo couldn't tell if Shinra knew he was planning on doing things on his own, but he was not going to let some scrawny pipsqueak, that he just met, tell him what to do. "Fine I won't do anything", Shizuo said to him leaning back into his chair. He wanted to make it seem real enough that he didn't really care.

"Okay" Shinra said in agreement. He stood up and left the room.

Celty saw he was gone and quickly typed to Shizuo, "You're not going to let this go…are you?" Shizuo took one glance and replied, "Nope." Celty figured as much. This was the type of person Shizuo was, and she knew all too well he was not going to let all of this slide over his head. She also knew deep down that there was a feeling emerging from Shizuo. A feeling that she thought had been long gone from him.

He was in love.

ooh i wonder what will happen next. please don't forget to send reviews to tell me how you feel about the story so far.

~~KAZU~~