To those who attend Raira Academy the sight of Shizuo walking side by side with a younger blond haired girl wearing a pair of blue short shorts and a long-sleeved salmon pink shirt was astounding. Some would even say that they couldn't believe it was Shizuo, that their eyes were playing tricks on them, then they'd pinch themselves hard and realize that their eyes were working perfectly fine.

Shizuo scowled at another gaping pair of boys who went to his school "What are ya looking at?" he asked

The two immediately averted their eyes "N-nothing!"

"Shizuo-san, you're well-known" Lucy noted

"It's annoying" Shizuo informed glancing at the girl who still hasn't showed any signs of fear, in fact she was humming with a butterfly perched on her point finger. Shizuo could swear he saw some flowers in the background, but when he blinked they were gone. "How old are you anyways?"

"My estimated age is ten" Lucy easily answered as another butterfly perched on her now open palm

"Estimated?" Shizuo frowned in confusion

"I have amnesia, so I don't recall my age. The nurses said I should be around the age of ten" Lucy explained

"A-ah, sorry" Shizuo apologized inwardly chiding himself for asking such an unwanted question

"It's okay, there was no way you could know that. How old are you Shizuo-san?" and there was another butterfly.

"Fifteen" Shizuo answered

"Five years older than me then" Lucy noted as another butterfly flew to her hand, "Where are we going Shizuo-san?"

"Russia Sushi, and drop the 'san', it makes me feel old" Shizuo ordered

"Shizuo-kun then?"

"Better"

Lucy smiled as another butterfly perched itself on her hand

"Okay, what's with the butterflies?" Shizuo finally asked eyeing the five butterflies on Lucy's hands, "Do you have honey on your hand or something?"

"That only attracts bees Shizuo-kun," Lucy giggled, "I guess they're attracted to me? I don't know"

"Aren't they scared?" Shizuo persisted curiously

"You just have to have a gentle touch, want to try?" Lucy asked offering her hand

"N-no thanks, they'd just fly away" Shizuo declined

"If you don't try you won't know" Lucy said

Shizuo sighed in defeat before offering his left pointer finger "Fine"

Lucy smiled before directing one of the butterflies to Shizuo's finger. And much to Shizuo's surprise it actually worked! The butterfly perched itself on his twitching finger without flying away, and look, even one more came and perched itself as well. Shizuo couldn't help the warm feeling he felt, usually animals would be scared or intimidated by him as well, but now two butterflies didn't seem to have a tint of fear.

"See? You're a gentle person Shizuo-kun" Lucy smiled serenely at him

Shizuo flushed in embarrassment, "Thank you" he thanked, the words sounding a bit foreign to his tongue, but it was heartfelt.

"Anytime" Lucy assured

Shizuo could honestly say that this was one of the best days of his life, so of course a certain fleabag had to interrupt the moment, right?

"Shizu-chan~!"

Suddenly Shizuo's almost warm aura changed into a very ominous one

Lucy glanced back to see a boy which she deduced to be around Shizuo's age, "Is that a friend of yours Shizuo-kun?" she curiously asked oblivious to the fact that all the butterflies flew away

The boy seemed to have a cocky smile as he waved at Shizuo, not even paying attention to Lucy. Shizuo grabbed a street post growling "Izaya!"

Lucy blinked at the sudden change of attitude tilting her head in confusion, "Shizuo-kun?" she repeated worriedly, "Is something wrong?"

"I expected you to like older women, but to think you like them young? My~ How naughty of you! I bet you even force her to call you 'nii-san' too considering you have a little sibling fetish~!" the boy, who Lucy concluded to be Izaya, taunted

Lucy deduced that Shizuo isn't even aware of her presence anymore, 'Does he hate him that much?' she wondered as she ducked down avoiding the thrown street post

She breathed a sigh of relief because of her quick reflex before surveying the area, seeing some people staring in fear and awe as Shizuo grabbed another street post, "Please stand back!" Lucy yelled at the onlookers

They seemed to snap out of their trance stepping away from the two, as far away as they could but still not far enough to miss anything that's about to happen. Lucy herself merely stood few steps behind Shizuo calmly watching the scene in curiosity and awe. 'Shizuo-kun is strong' she noted to herself as Shizuo charged towards the other boy swinging the street post as if it was a stick

Izaya easily dodged the attacks in an impressive display of speed before taking out a switchblade and attacking as well when Shizuo is open.

'And he's fast' Lucy noted

"Standstill you flea!" Shizuo yelled

"But then I'd die Shizu-chan~!" Izaya whined circling around Shizuo

"That's exactly why I want you to standstill!" Shizuo growled throwing the street post at Izaya

Izaya stared at the street post that came flying at him, he gave Shizuo an evil smirk as he ducked at the last second revealing Lucy who stood a few steps behind him. Shizuo's eyes widened "Lucy!" he yelled

Lucy blinked, her eyes widening briefly before she closed them and brought her hands up on instinct

Everyone expected the girl to get crushed, Shizuo feeling immensely guilty for hurting Lucy after she had been so nice to her just because he couldn't control his temper.

But then just as the street post was supposed to crush the girl, she actually caught it, even denting it slightly as she tightened her grip around it.

There was a stunned silence.

Hesitantly Lucy opened her eyes, surprise colored her brown orbs as she realized that she caught it. 'How?!' her mind screamed

"I give my boobs my strength so that Lucy-san could retain her se~xy body"

"I-I'm sorry!" Lucy squeaked letting the street post go

It would have been comical, a little girl having super strength, but this wasn't an anime or anything like that. It was real life. Little girls weren't supposed to have immense strength like that.

It was Izaya who was the first to speak, "Monsters really stick together" but despite his words his interest was piqued at the girl who seemed like she herself didn't know her strength.

However Shizuo wasn't listening, he breathed a sigh of relief not even wondering about Lucy's strength. He was just relieved she was okay. He couldn't bear to hurt an innocent person. Sticking his hands in his pockets he sent a glare to Izaya, "That's enough for today" he stated surprising them both before turning to walk towards Lucy