I'm trying to rewrite each chapter as soon as possible so please bear with me! Once I'm done with that then I'll update with a brand new chapter later on!
(Around 2 days later…)
Like every so often, I was half-asleep on the couch with my headphones falling off.
"ARISA!" Hanae screamed, waking me up instantly. She sat on my legs without caring about the pain I felt from it and stuck my cell phone in my face. "If you made this picture, you would win the weirdest sister in the world award."
I tried getting it out of her hands but she wouldn't let go. "How do you know my phone's password? I swore I deleted it! And no, it is not fake." Wait, why did I say that?
"Oh my god, Arisa! Since when did you get him as a boyfriend? Does he really have super-human strength? I wonder what he's like in...mmphff!"
I covered her mouth instantly. "Don't you dare finish that sentence! And I'm not his girlfriend!"
"Mur rin durial!" She said while muffled.
I uncovered her mouth, "Huh?"
"You're in denial!" Hanae said with a smile.
I took the pillow from behind my head and started hitting her with it. "No. I. Am. Not! Get off me!"
She put her hands up in an 'I'm innocent' fashion. "Okay, okay." She got up and smiled. "At least you finally got your first kiss."
"That wasn't my..."
"Sure, Arisa, sure." She said, walking into the kitchen.
My phone that Hanae dropped on my stomach began to ring. It was the same number that sent the photo. "Izaya? What do you want this time? Also how did you get my number in the first place?"
"I need you to meet up with me in Shinjuku, I'll message you the exact location. Then again, you could just follow Shizu-chan's tantrum, he's probably going to try to kill me again because of your interesting way of teasing people." Then he hung up without answering my question,
Follow his tantrum? Isn't that a bit dangerous? Well, I have survived one of his punches and if I keep wearing this jacket, I'm probably going to have another vending machine thrown at me. No thank you. A new jacket is the first thing I'm going to buy once I get my next paycheck, eventually.
I decided to go to Shinjuku right away, it would be easier to look for him while I'm there so I don't need to be stealthy and stuff like that. I'd have to say that I like Ikebukuro more than here but I think Izaya-kun only moved his work here because of...
"III-ZAAA-YAAA-KUUN."
Found him. He was standing in front of one of those office buildings, there were enough floors to get lost. I waited about 10 minutes before deciding to walk in and take the stairs up so Shizuo won't see me.
Eventually I arrived the location to see Izaya sitting behind a desk. "Ah, Arisa-chan. So you actually followed that protozoan? Shizu-chan must have a one-track mind. And he broke down the entrance door again, I guess you made him pretty angry. Nice job, Arisa-chan. "
"That wasn't my fault! Why did you need to talk to me in the first place?"
"About the way you mess with Shizu-chan's emotions. It's hilarious! That brave stunt of yours was pure gold."
"So you made me walk all the way to Shinjuku just so you could compliment my actions? You could've just said this over the phone." I walked up to the desk and slammed my hands on it. "You're messed up in the head, doing this for you can get me killed! Just for a damn phone number!"
That smirk appeared on his face again. "Yet you're still doing it. That's something I love about humans." He stood up and held my chin. "You're one of those humans I actually like in particular, Arisa-chan, being able to tame the monster of Ikebukuro is an amazing skill."
I glared at him. "I never tamed him, why do you think he came after you a few minutes ago? He'll probably be here any second now."
"You will tame him eventually, especially if you keep being a flirt. Who knew that he had a weakness to romance?"
For some reason, he took out his switchblade.
"Uh, Izaya-kun? Why do you have a knife? I didn't do anything."
Suddenly, there was loud banging sound and the door to the office flew across the room.
"III-ZAA-YAA-KUN. You hide pretty well, since when were you such a coward? At least I can...huh?"
Great, now Shizuo is here. Nothing can get any worse now, can it?
"You might want to think for once, Shizu-chan." Izaya turned me around and held his switchblade to my neck. Okay, maybe things can get worse when I'm in the middle of a fight between two psychopaths.
"Why the hell are you bringing her into this?!"
Izaya laughed. "She's your weakness, isn't she?"
"What are you talking about? She has nothing to do with me, you stupid louse!"
"Oh, so if I slit her throat right now and killed her, you wouldn't care? How heartless."
You could see veins popping out of Shizu-chan's skin, does he always get this angry? "If you kill her, I'll destroy you on the spot!"
He picked up the door and held it over his head as if he was going to throw it at both of us. I suddenly felt pain in my neck, Izaya had sunk his knife into it slightly. It wasn't too deep of a cut but it caused constant bleeding. "The more you act, the more blood she loses. Be careful of what you do."
"Help." I mouthed, somehow the cut made it hard to speak. They wouldn't let me die, right? I can't save myself because Izaya has a knife to my throat and the position I'm in hurts enough already. I might hurt my spine if I turn my waist any more.
"What the hell would you possibly want that you'd have to kill a completely innocent girl to get it?!"
"No, no. You don't understand, Shizu-chan. Being able to control you with this girl and keeping someone of the edge of life and death is just proving I really am a god. And..." He rested his head on top of mine. "Arisa-chan is officially my new...pet."
"Pet?!" I said with all the voice I could muster.
"You don't have anywhere to go. In these past few days, I got you fired from your job using a fake video and called your sister that she won a prize in a lottery for a vacation that she never signed up for, she'll be gone for a while. Don't worry, she's not going to die. There's no way you could keep up where you're staying now. "
I squatted down then quickly stood up, hitting the bottom of his chin and causing him to loosen his grip. I broke free and grasped my neck to slow the rush of blood.
"Heh, I keep underestimating you, Arisa-chan. That's why you're one of my favorite humans."
I looked at my hand, it was completely red. I guess the cut became bigger during my struggle. "Just stay away from..huh?"
Shizuo's hand was in front of my face. Something sharp was stuck straight through it, I've heard that Izaya was quick but I never imagined he would be able to hit me with a throwing knife in just five seconds. Shizuo placed the door he was holding so it was in front of him, like a shield.
"Get out."
I ran right after he said that.
Outside of the building, I had no idea what to do. My neck was still cut and I only had 3000 yen in my wallet. Maybe being Izaya's pet is better than having nowhere to go. I heard a loud engine from a motorcycle, except it sounded more like a horse's whinny. There's no way that it was the Black Rider coming for me after all of this.
A pitch black bike stopped in front of the building, or more like in front of me. The rider was wearing a yellow helmet with cat ears. They pulled out a PDA from their suit, typed a bit onto it and showed it to me.
[Are you Arisa?] it said.
I nodded, why was the Black Rider talking through a PDA? And why were they talking to me in the first place?!
[Shizuo asked me to pick you up from here, it seems like you're injured.]
I was confused, when did Shizuo have time to tell her? How does he even know the Black Rider's phone number?!
[I know a doctor who could help you, and he's can probably give you a room for the night as well.]
She made a bike helmet out of black smoke and held it out towards me but I was hesitant to take it. This is the Black Rider, who is supposedly headless and has inhuman powers and is asking me to get on their bike and ride to some location unknown to me. How can I trust them? Then again, Shizuo sent them to help me and I don't think they're lying. I put the helmet on with my free hand and slowly sat on the bike.
"Okay."
I needed to introduce Celty at some point so there she is, I used genderless pronouns since Arisa doesn't know who Celty is.
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