The Distance A Raindrop Falls
By: AtomicKokoro
Storyline
Set five years after the end of Durarara. Peace seem to have finally fallen in their lives, but one wrong word brings everyone back together for one last round of war.
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Before You Read
Last chapter, everything is beginning to change. What will happen now?
I made up Shizuo's address, cause I really have no idea where he lives. Also, reading up on the characters...and I have terrific ideas!
On with the story!
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Chapter 6
Sorrow, Worry, Truth
273 Oshikawa Road; Ikebukuro, Toshima
December 18, 2015, 8:26 AM
Shizuo hated working in the mornings. It pissed him off whenever his alarm clock went off. He thought about smashing it, but it was given to him by his brother.
The blond's anger suddenly vanished. A slight depression loomed over him and the room seemed so much more darker. He sighed and got up.
Downstairs, Shizuo fixed himself some breakfast, kicked on his shoes, threw on a warm coat, and headed out the door to his job. Finally, he saw Tom and didn't hesitate to call him over. "We don't have a lot to do today," Tom explained. "We just got a few clients and that will be all."
Shizuo simply gave a halfhearted grunt. Tom frowned. If they ran into any troubles that day, they might actually be in trouble. Tom swallowed some fear and turned to Shizuo. "Listen," he said. "I need you awake on this job."
For a moment, Tom thought he was going to be in the hospital in five minutes, but Shizuo simply sighed and nodded. "Yeah," he muttered. "I got it."
Tom said nothing in return.
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34 Takeshita Street; Harajuku, Shibuya
December 18, 2015, 3:19 PM
Masaomi didn't come home for fifteen hours.
Saki was terrified beyond belief. She was on the couch crying when he finally made it home. She gasped when the door opened and jumped to her feet. She waited for a moment, for him to kick off his shoes and to walk into the living room before she almost burst into another round of tears.
Masaomi looked up and blinked, confused. "Saki?" She ran across the living room and crashed into his chest, sobbing and crying. Baffled, he wrapped his arms around her and held her close. "What's the matter?" he asked.
She sobbed into his chest for a little while longer, before sobbing, "I was scared!"
There was a few more moments of crying before Masaomi picked her up and sat on the couch with her in his lap. "It's alright," he soothed, stroking her hair. "Why were you scared?"
She shook her head. "Y-You didn't come home last night. You didn't come home this morning. I was afraid you were dead!"
Masaomi sighed and held her. "I'm sorry," he replied. "I stayed at Kyohei's for the night. It was too dangerous to come home alone last night."
Saki looked up, her gray eyes wet with tears. "W-Why...?"
There was hesitation. "Saki," he finally said. "I think...that there really will be another war..."
Again, she sobbed into his chest, gripping his shirt so tightly, her fingernails were beginning to hurt. "You can't go!" she cried. "You can't go! You can't leave me! Please don't leave me...!"
"Saki, Saki," he whispered. "I'm not going to leave you. I promise."
There were no words, only gentle cries and soothing words.
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Somewhere in Shinbashi, Minato
December 15, 2015, 8:36 PM
Aoba and Mikado spent the day looking for the guys in green. "Are you sure this is a good idea?" Mikado asked.
Aoba rubbed his ears, obviously not used to Mikado deepened voice. "We'll be fine," he replied. "We just ask them a few questions. Just leave the talking to me."
Mikado sighed and looked around. Finally, his blue eyes locked onto some green and he stopped Aoba. "Over there," he said. "There are a few."
Aoba looked over and smirked. "They'll do."
Without fear or hesitation, the two men walked up to the group. The Evergreens turned to the men and puffed themselves up to look tough. "Waddaya want?"
Aoba beamed. "Nothing," he chirped. "We're just curious."
"About what?" another Evergreen snorted.
There was a tilt of the head and a cute smile. "About what you are going to do." The Evergreens exchanged unsure looks, wondering what this boy could possibly be talking about. "There are so many of you, and if you attack us, we'll bite back. We just want to know if you mean any harm."
"Maybe we do," one Evergreen snarled. "So why don't you scram before someone gets hurt?"
Mikado and Aoba exchanged unsure looks as Aoba stepped back. "You're intentions are malicious?" Mikado growled.
"Malicious," the Evergreens chuckled darkly, moving closer. "doesn't even begin to describe it."
The two males looked at each other.
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Merging and Alliances
Posted: December 16, 2015, 10:13 PM
Note to all Dollars Members. Due to the possibility of an upcoming war against the Evergreens, we want to announce a temporary truce between the Dollars and the Yellow Scarves (this is currently unofficial due to the leader being absent but we hope for it to become official when we manage to speak with them). The General of the Yellow Scarves (Kida Masaomi) has agreed to this arrangement.
We are currently awaiting a reply from the Blue Squares.
DO NOT MAKE ANY CONTACT WITH THE EVERGREENS. AVOID IF POSSIBLE.
Please await for further orders.
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Dai-Ichi Hotel, Shinbashi, Minato
December 15, 2015, 11:10 PM
Their food had been delivered to them, breaking the silence as the waitress smiled at them and left them to their own.
Saki didn't touch her food at first, simply staring at the sushi before. Izaya, however, quickly devoured his Fatty Tuna as soon as his plate touched the table. "Aren't you hungry, Saki?" Izaya asked through a mouthful of food.
"Oh," Saki whispered. "Yeah." She brought some sushi to her mouth and forced her to eat it. She wasn't hungry. She was scared, upset, and a bit angry. She tried her hardest not to show it, but she knew Izaya would see right through it. So why did she continue to pretend she wasn't?
She let out a small sigh. "Is something wrong?" the informant asked. The compassion and possibly worry almost seemed fake yet genuine at the same time. It sort of bothered her.
"I don't understand," she replied. "You've changed so much." Again, Izaya's eyes darkened. Saki dropped her gaze to voice his auburn stare. "You used to be so involved in other people's lives. But you slipped away, simply fading from everyone's lives." There was a pause. "I want to know. I want to know why."
Izaya watched her for a moment, then his cold iris's were almost warm. This wasn't Izaya. This wasn't the Izaya she knew. She had never seen him go through a range of emotions – and emotions that he rarely even expressed at that – so quickly. "You're not just scared," he said quietly. She looked up suddenly. "You're confused. Overwhelmed. Too many changes happened over the years and there is no explanation as to why. You've changed yourself, Saki."
She blinked, silver shinning as a car passed the window to find a parking spot. "How?"
"Before," Izaya explained. "you would just do as people told you to, no questions asked. You never wanted control in your life. You always allowed Masaomi or I to make the decisions for you, because you were afraid to make the wrong choice. Now, you've realized you need to make choices of your own. You want to know why things are and what will happen.
"Instead by simply blindly choosing, you've learned from the mistakes Masaomi and I have made and looked for the correct information, waited for the perfect time, and trusted the right people you needed to make a choice. You have exceeded my expectations, Saki. You really have."
Maybe there was still a part of her that looked up to him, almost as though she had been waiting for him to say those words all her life. And here they were, laid out for her on the table. It wasn't just the words, but the expression behind them. Izaya was quiet, sad, yet almost...proud.
Slowly, Izaya smiled until he realized he was and rubbed his mouth. He wasn't exactly sure where those words came from but he felt better now that he had said them. He almost smiled again.
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*Two Other Small, Impossible Truth*
One: Izaya discovered the truth was so much better than lies.
Two: Izaya was very proud of Saki.
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Somewhere in Ikebukuro, Toshima
December 18, 2015, 10:56 AM
The three month streak was over.
Shizuo had finally gathered enough emotion to pick up a stop sign and home-run a few men out of the city.
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*There Were Three Factors*
One: Someone mentioned Yuuhei Hanejima.
Two: A few Evergreens were threatening some young women.
Three: Shizuo Heiwajima was pissed.
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To begin with, Shizuo Heiwajima was already very pissed about how his day was going. He was very upset to begin with to start off his day by a very annoying alarm clock that his brother gave him. On top of that, a careless woman had accidentally spilled some of her slushy on him (oddly enough, he simply brushed it off and bought her another one, despite his fuming, inner monologue).
His bartender suit was wet with blue slushy and he was pissed about that because Kasuka gave it to him. As he continued down the street after that small incident, he saw four guys dressed in green harassing some very familiar women.
Before Shizuo had a chance to intervene, the girl with braids saw him and gasping, pointing to him. "It's Yuuhei's brother!"
Finally, Shizuo snapped. He reached to the nearest sign post and ripped it out of the ground. The four guys whipped around and pale at the sight. "It's Shizuo Heiwajima!" one of them cried. "Crap!"
"We can take him!" another one snapped. "We were specially chosen!"
Without another word, the four guys charged at Shizuo, who was more than happy to show them the hardest, quickest way out of Ikebukuro. He swung his sign like a baseball bat, scraping the sidewalk slightly, and slammed them all at the same time into the sun.
Shizuo watched them for a moment, then sighed, winced, and dropped the stop sign. He rubbed his arm and shook it off, turning to the two girls who approached them. "It's you," he growled.
"It's us!" the young woman with the braids, Kururi, gasped, offended. "That's such a nice way to say, "you welcome"! Whatever happened to that, huh?"
The second woman in the green sweater, Kururi, made no expression. "Good... (Nice hit)"
Shizuo wiped his forehead and sighed. "Yeah," he muttered.
There was a pout and a growl from Kururi who said nothing. Kururi spoke again. "Brother...weird... (There is something strange happening with Izaya)"
Suddenly, as though to just remember, Kururi gasped and nodded. "That's right!" she said. "Izaya has been doing some strange things lately! It's really starting to creep us out, right, Kururi?"
"True... (Right)"
Shizuo debated whether he should ask or not. He didn't really care, but it would be pointless to say he wasn't curious. Maybe he could use it to his advantage somehow... "Like what?"
"He's been talking to himself," Mairu explained. "and he seems a lot more reserved than he used to be."
It wasn't really anything new according to Shizuo. The man had a weird tendancy to think out loud which didn't surprise him that the girls thought he was "talking to himself" and he had been reserved for the passed five years. What was different about it now?
Shizuo's thoughts must have been reflected on his expression because Mairu muttered, "False...Someone...Non-existent... (That's not true. He has been talking to someone who isn't there)" A hallucination? The bartender had always considered Izaya to be a little...wacked, but not with a real mental problem. "Loud...Unhappy... (He's always yelling and he seems unhappy at who he's talking to)"
Kururi nodded. "I thought maybe he got a Bluetooth, but I haven't seen one or heard of him buying one, so I thought there was someone in the room, but there wasn't! Izaya is alone and it's really weird."
"Why are you telling me this?" he muttered. "It's not like I care or can do anything about it. I don't know what's going on in that damn flea's head. The only reason I don't kill him is because-" He stopped. "Well, that's none of your business."
Mairu and Kururi glanced at each other, then turned back, worried. He expected them to keep on talking, but they simply sighed and gave a small bow. "Thanks," Mairu muttered, then turned and ran off with her sister back towards the train.
Shizuo did nothing.
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After Notes
I think I got Mairu and Kururi mixed up. On Wikipedia, it says that Mairu is the hyper one and Kururi is the quiet one, but in the novels, I think it was the other way around. ...I forget.
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