Shizzy did not know exactly what to expect but the sooner he got rid of the crazies the better. Izaya waved at them, bowed and took a few more steps before disappearing as if by magic. Shizzy was baffled but his counterpart apparently saw nothing particularly amazing about such an unlikely contradiction of physics.
"Izaya! If you think you can leave me in this fucked place, you've got another thing coming!"
And with this Shizuo picked up the traffic sign that he had brought along and dashed after Izaya, disappearing just as abruptly. Shizzy sighed.
"Glad that is over."
Izzy looked at the now empty street before him. And then he dragged Shizzy by the arm and followed the odd pair.
"I want to see their Tokyo!"
Shizuo was caught by surprise so before he knew precisely what was going on, their world was gone and they were in a strange busy street with bright neon signs all over and towering buildings.
"Shizzy! Isn't it amazing!"
Izzy looked around, his eyes very wide. Shizzy recognized this place from the pictures as the other Tokyo and his stomach turned. It was night but you could almost miss the fact since there were so many lights.
"Let's just turn back."
"But we're already here! Might as well explore some! I always wanted to go on holidays to some exotic location but work never lets me go anywhere. And I wanted to bring Shizzy with me…"
Shizzy felt his resolve waver. He knew that this was a bad idea all around but Izzy was giving his best sad kitty expression.
"But who will feed the dog…"
"Don't worry! I asked a neighbor to take care of all that! And we can always go back after we check out this place."
"Right…"
Izzy took his hand and so Shizzy had no choice but to walk down a brightly lit street that was closed to traffic. From a distance they spotted Shizuo dragging Izaya along the pavement behind him.
"Let's follow them!"
Shizzy wanted to protest but the weird pair did not get very far but came to a halt in front of a bar.
"Don't fire me! It's this flea's fault, I landed in this weird Tokyo, as in a different version and it sucked. But that's why I didn't come to work. Blame Izaya!"
For emphasis Shizuo dangled Izaya in the air. A voice from inside answered this diatribe without revealing its owner to Shizzy and Izzy who could not quite see from their perch.
"Shizuo-kun, this is not the first time you leave the bar unattended to go chase after Orihara. Now, it's none of my business if you're in love with him or anything-"
"What?"
"-but there's no need to come up with such a ridiculous excuse."
"It's true! You tell me, you flea you!"
Izaya tried to shrug in mid air.
"Shizu-chan is so scary...my mind is blank with fear."
"You liar!"
Shizuo dropped Izaya and he landed gracefully enough.
"Shizuo-kun, I'll let you off the hook this time since you were only gone for a couple of minutes but next time around try settling your personal problems with in your free time. Either way I'm closing the bar now."
"Only a few minutes…?"
"You know how it goes, Shizu-chan! Time had different speeds depending on the dimension. Don't you read sci-fi? It happens all the time."
"Whatever. I'm just gonna forget this nightmare ever happened."
Shizuo scowled. The bar's owner added,
"Oh and one more thing, Shizuo-kun. Don't look so menacing, you scare the costumers."
"Today was a bad day for Shizu-chan, he bottomed for the first time and the experience traumatized him greatly. I don't suppose your bar offers health services complete with shrinks?"
Shizuo was about to really squash Izaya once and for all. But an annoying voice that he knew too well piped behind him.
"Izaya, hello! We decided to drop by for a visit! Woah, this is Ikebukuro? So much more amazing that ours! Right, Shizzy?"
Shizzy was busy trying to tiptoe into the cover of an alley but Shizuo spotted him right away. Shizuo then proceeded to literally shove poor Shizzy right in front of his boss.
"Ha! See this guy? Looks just like me but is a bloody wimp, anyway, he's from the other world. I am telling the truth! Here's the proof."