Chapyterr 8! WARNING! This chapter contains lots of online chatting! Also Yasu means 'Peace' You'll see...
Shizuo on the other hand had an excellent night's sleep. He did speak to Celty though and laughed when she asked if he was a girl or a guy. He decided it might be time to join those online chats Izaya loved so much after all... he gave her no answer.
In the morning Izaya woke, ate, and deleted an unknown email address. He didn't bother to read it either, as there was about seven of them. Since he hadn't figured anything out, he texted Celty to arrange a meeting... He really needed answers
[Sure. Be there soon] She agreed, though she wasn't sure why she was going to help someone she didn't particularly like... Oh yeah, because he was dating someone she DID like. Izaya realized he had to start being nice to the people Shizuo liked, Celty was one, and Tom was too. Izaya arrived on time and smiled a little seeing the Dullahan.
[So what's up?] She asked as her horse slowed to a halt.
"H-How do you love someone?" Izaya realized how pitiful he must sound too, and was prepared for any mockery Celty came up with. Her helmet tilted to one side howver.
[What do you mean?]
"Sh-Shizu-chan doesn't trust me," Izaya mumbled shamefully, "he has his reasons, but I-I want him to trust me."
[Well, I don't blame him for not trusting you. You're going to have to prove it and it won't happen overnight]
"I figured that much, but," Izaya looked really troubled and very unlike Izaya at all, "but I don't know how... I-If I have to change or what?" She would have smiled at that had she a head. So Izaya really did love Shizuo then?
[Well, for starters be nice to him. Don't make so many people's lives hell for another] 'Give up trolling?' Izaya thought in a minor panic and he frowned but sighed, "You think it'll work?"
[It's a start. I don't mean stop being yourself, but you do need to stop the more... unlikable activities like initiating gang wars.] She just HAD to mention that, didn't she? He nodded though, and sighed, still a little stressed out.
"Well, thanks Celty... I'll call upon you if I have any more questions." He laughed internally at the irony of an information broker needed information from someone else.
[Right. Good luck and be good to him! He really does deserve better, but he chose you so you better feel grateful!] She typed this last message before zooming off.
'Why does everyone say that?' He frowned, Saika and Celty both made it sound as if Shizuo had settled for the smallest prize at a carnival game. Part of it had to do with everything he had done in the past versus everything Shizuo had done. Shizuo definitely had the better karma points out of the two. Maybe that's where he should start then? Fixing his reputation? But there were some people that deserved what Izaya gave them... He glanced at an email on his phone and frowned, the same anonymous e-mailer.
That evening though Shizuo booted his computer up for the first time in... Well, he honestly wasn't sure and made himself a user name for the Dollars chat site. Izaya was there, and pretty much everyone else.
{Yasu has joined the chat room}
{Yasu has logged in}
{Bakyura\ Whoa, a new person?}
{Saika\ Um...w-welcome!}
{Kanra\ Hello~~~~~~~~~~~}
{Setton\ Welcome.}
{Taro Tanaka\ Welcome!}
{Yasu\ Hello}
{Bakyura\ I don't care what you say though Setton, my vote is still Izaya being female~!}
{Taro Tanaka\ As long as you don't flirt with her...}
{Bakyura\ Why? I hate her, besides, I'm in a committed relationship, you should know that~} Izaya smirked seeing that those two hooked up, he'll stop meddling then...
{Kanra\ So hurtful, Yasu-san, what's your take?}
{Yasu\ I dunno, I guess it could be either.}
{Saika\ Hm? What makes you say that?}
{Yasu\ Well, either way he's probably playing the part of one, so what does it matter?} Izaya froze, WHAT?
PM-{Kanra\ Sh-Shizu-chan?}
{Setton\ You mean that he dressed like a girl, right?} Shizuo smirked. So Kanra was Izaya? Not that he was going to tell Izaya that he was Yasu.
{Yasu\ Well, that but think about it. Shizu-chan is definitely the stronger one and the rules of yaoi are simple!}
{Taro Tanaka\ Please tell me you aren't Erika Karisawa...}
{Kanra\ Definitely not~! Trust me on that, Erika-chan's less subtle about that...} No reply? Though he didn't care if he gave away his identity, Shizuo deserved to know at least.
{Setton\ And Shizuo is taller too, i-isn't that a rule too?}
{Yasu\ Yup! The taller, stronger person tops!}
{Bakyura\ No way! Izaya is WAY too proud to bottom! He hates losing control!}
{Yasu\ Well that's true, for all we know Shizu-chan is on the bottom...} Shizuo was intentionally typing his name like that to throw people off. He would have replied to Izaya's PM but... he had no idea how.
PM-{Kanra\ Shizu-chan... You don't know how this works, do you? If you come over tomorrow, I'll show you.}
{Kanra\ But even as a top, Izaya could lose control and things would be even worse! Hmm Izaya on top or not~? Wanna bet Bakyura?}
{Bakyura\ Not when you have insider information}
{Taro Tanaka\ Huh?}
{Yasu\ The plot thickens...}
{Saika\ Hmm... so it does}
{Setton\ Why not open a betting pool?} Izaya was surprised she'd suggest something like that...
{Kanra\ YES~ You're brilliant Setton, Taro-kun make it a contest!}
{Taro Tanaka\ H-huh? Okay, but if some people have insider information should they really be allowed to bet?}
{Yasu\ Doesn't that just make it more fun for those of us who don't know?}
{Saika\ Hmm, it does in a way!}
{Bakyura\ Yeah, besides the person who DOES know might bet incorrectly to throw us off}
{Kanra\ ^w^ It'll be fun~~ And for a prize? The winner gets to pick the couple's next date?}
{Taro Tanaka\ Okay, but then they have to get Izaya's gender right too! And if there's more than one winner they each pick a date.}
{Yasu\ How do we know they would comply to that though?}
{Saika\ Yasu has a point, if they say no... I mean, Shizuo-san is nice and all, but if someone picks something he doesn't like or tries to force him to do something he might throw them}
{Kanra\ That's right! And there would be a problem if Shizuo hurt the humans Izaya loves so dearly... Well, the winners will still be allowed to pick the date, no matter how many tries it takes for the two to approve.}
{Yasu\ I dunno... I still don't think it'll work}
{Taro Tanaka\ What about they get to say the date they would like to see the two on instead and hope they go on it?}
{Bakyura\ That's not really a prize}
{Taro Tanaka\ No, but at least no one risks being squished by a car...}
{Saika\ That's true}
{Setton\ That does seem like a better option, so I think it should work}
{Kanra\ n_n Then it shall be so! People get to wager on Izaya's gender and if he's top or not! When should the deadline be?}
{Setton\ I think two weeks is enough}
{Bakyura\ Yeah, two weeks sounds fine... honestly I think we could find out faster. Don't ask Izaya though, She'll just lie like she always does.}
{Yasu\ That raises the problem of asking Shizu-chan though! Plus how do we know if someone really asked and what he really said?}
{Setton\ Good point, so are the guesses based on observation and past experience? Should the two in question be omitted from the bet?}
{Kanra\ You mean Shizuo and Izaya can't make a bet?}
{Setton\ Yes}
{Yasu\ But how would we know who they were or if they're even in the chat room?}
{Bakyura\ Yasu has a point, I mean I know for sure but I'll keep that to myself}
{Saika\ Yeah... I mean for all we know Setton, you're Izaya}
{Setton\ N-No, that-that's not possible! Please believe me, I-I'm not Izaya!}
{Kanra\ I'm not either Shizuo or Izaya either.} What a lie, but it was more fun this way too.
{Yasu\ Neither am I}
{Taro Tanaka\ Or me}
{Saika\ Given that any of us could be lying I don't see the point in declaring ourselves, but I'm not either of them either}
{Bakyura\ I'm not, but Kanra? Go die. Go die. Please?}
{Setton\ What do you have against Kanra. Bakyura?}
{Kanra\ Ah-Ah, what was that about keeping to yourself~?}
{Bakyura\ Let's just say I know her from work...}
{Yasu\ ...okay? I guess you won't be elaborating though}
{Bakyura\ Nope}
{Saika\ So how do find out who wins?}
{Yasu\ Good question...}
{Setton\There's the likelihood of there being multiple winners too, so we should put a limit on how many people can wager}
{Taro Tanaka\ How about just those of us using this chat?}
{Bakyura\ I like that, fewer winners, less creepy people, lower chance of the wrong people placing bets!} Izaya liked that too, since Erika wasn't in on it.
{Kanra\ Agreed, then we can probably shorten the deadline if it's only us?}
{Saika\ Yeah, if it's just us we can probably know by tomorrow or the day after!}
{Yasu\ That's true. I still don't know how we could find out though...}
{Kanra\ Stalking is always an option~}
{Setton\ Maybe less creepy methods Kanra...}
{Taro Tanaka\ Agreed. Hmm, what if all of us asks them? Then we EACH say what they said, some of us are bound to be honest about it, and whatever matches up the most frequently is determined as the truth?}
{Saika\ That might work...}
{Bakyura\ I like it}
{Yasu\ Me too, but I'm still scared of being killed XD}
{Kanra\ Agreed~!}
{Setton\ Sounds good to me.}
{Taro Tanaka\ Then let the gambling begin! My vote is Izaya...female, so Shizuo is dominant}
{Bakyura\ Izaya is a guy. And Izaya is on top too}
{Yasu\ Izaya is a guy, Shizuo is on top}
{Saika\ Izaya is a girl... Shizuo dom} Izaya smirked, oh these humans! They were so much fun!
{Setton\ Izaya is male, and Shizuo is dominant}
{Kanra\ Izaya is a chick! Shizuo's submissive!}
{Bakyura\ WTH?}
{Saika\ Ooookay...}
{Taro Tanaka\ Well, we have the ballot cast, so now we must learn!}
{Kanra\ Oops~ I meant Izaya's a guy!}
{Bakyura\ Make up your damn mind...}
{Saika\ I say Kanra had her vote cast with fem!Izaya}
{Yasu\ You gotta admit, it is a possibility. For all we know that's how it is...}
{Setton\ Yes, but Shizuo -a man- submitting to a woman?} Yet that's kind of her and Shinra.
{Saika\ Why not? He could be whipped for all we know}
{Kanra\ Mm, mm good point Saika-chan, do we really even know anything about their relationship?}
{Taro Tanaka\ We'll find out soon enough. Kanra, your vote is for female Izaya and she dominates him?}
{Kanra\ Yup~} Of course then he wondered if Shizuo would let him do that. No chance in hell Shizuo would let him actually dominate him. He was fine with him voting that way though.
{Taro Tanaka\ Then we learn tomorrow what it is! In the meantime, gotta log!}
{Taro Tanaka has logged out}
{Yasu\ Yeah, me too, I have an early start tomorrow}
{Yasu has logged out}
{Setton\ Good night, I'm off as well, I can't wait!}
{Setton has logged out}
{Saika\ Right, me too}
{Saika has logged off}
{Bakyura\ ...like hell I'm staying here with just Kanra!}
{Bakyura has logged off}
{Kanra\ Alone~}
{Kanra\ Alone again~}
{Kanra has logged out} Maybe he should try to fix that too, but he knew it would be hard to make amends with Masaomi without actually dying. Though getting him to hook up with Mikado was indeed a good start. It was even one that Shizuo would be impressed with. Shizuo slept well at least, though he knew he was going to be interrogated tomorrow.
Seliphra: Yasu is also Shizuo
Shizuo: SEE? I know how to use a computer flea!
Izaya: Hmm? Did I say you couldn't~? *innocent whistle*
Seliphra: *cough* Right... well, review my humans! I am working on my other stories too the rp's are just easier to post so... yeah. ENJOY!