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

Wow. This might be finished soon. I even have an idea for what I might write next!

On with the story.

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Chapter 13

One Voice Mission

How is the world changed?

How is the world shown different things through a different light? How do we all see what we don't see? How do we make opinions?

In a world such as ours, we all need someone different to show us something new. In a world such as ours, change is needed for the better.

And it all begins with one voice.

On December 24, 2015, around 11:57 AM, one voice spoke out against the world. One voice that stood up and spoke it's truth. That spoke it's belief. Then, another voice cried out. And another. And another.

This is the story of how Mikado Ryūgamine learned that there is a life to live even after everything has calmed. Not everything has to be the same, but it doesn't have to be a bad change for a change to make your life what you want it to be.

It started on November 27, 2015, when his best friend arrived at his home. One small comment made him realize that things shouldn't be this way; "Every time I see you, you are always working on something for college."

Mikado knew he needed a difference.

Before, he planned to simply stay out of the business of the rising Evergreens that Masaomi was currently getting involved in. He wanted the old emotion, the adrenaline rush, the heart racing action that he once knew five years ago.

But, in his haste to find that old emotion, he lost sight of what truly meant to him; the people he cared about, the career he wished to pursue. He forgot about how it all went last time. The bitterness and how he would never be as close to those as he ever could.

It was all too late for him to realize this, however. It was too late for him to realize that he could have done something different. He could have done something that would have changed the fate of the entire city, instead of create a War in search of that old emotion.

Many people died in the Second War. There was no bringing them back from the dead. Mikado wanted to correct his wrong as best as he could.

And there was only one way he knew how...

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Kyohei's Apartment; Ikebukuro, Toshima

December 23, 2015, 2:48 PM

The day started late for Anri Sonohara and Kyohei Kadota. Simply because Anri wasn't ready yet to go outside and look for Mikado. Not until ten minutes before three when she decided the world couldn't wait any longer.

"I'm going now," she said.

"I'll go with you," he said.

Somehow, it seemed all too simple.

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Izaya's Apartment; Ikebukuro, Toshima

December 23, 2015, 2:48 PM

Mikado and Izaya wanted to right the wrongs they both had made. They wanted to face Aoba and Shuhan and set everything right to the way it was before.

"Should we ask for Masaomi and Anri's help?" Mikado asked, staring at his phone. "Do you think they would understand?"

"I know if I asked that about Shinra," Izaya chuckled to himself. "I would be sure he understood."

Mikado smiled and flipped open his phone. "I'm sure they would believe me, too."

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The Former Yellow Scarves Hideout; Ikebukuro, Toshima

December 23, 2015, 2:48 PM

At that moment, Masaomi was holding Saki tightly. As far as they knew, they were both going to die. They simply wanted to stay together until that day. "Saki," Masaomi whispered, holding her a little tighter.

"Yes?" Saki answered, sounding almost too happy to be in his arms despite the circumstances.

Masaomi smiled a bit. "I don't know if I should be mad at you for coming after me or happy that you are here with me right now."

"I'm happy I'm here with you," she said. "Otherwise, I would be mad at you for even going into that damn War."

Masaomi chuckled. "You're right," he said.

Suddenly, his phone rang in the silence. Saki slid back off Masaomi's lap as he reached into his pocket and pull it out. It was a text from Mikado. Not as the Dollars, but as Mikado himself. It was a message to both him and Anri.

Mikado Ryūgamine

782-540-6498

I've made a terrible mistake and I want to fix it. But I need your help. Please, help me.

Masaomi stared at the message for a long, long time. "Should we trust him?" Saki asked, looking up at him, worried.

There was a hesitation and then he stood up. "What have we got to lose?"

Saki smiled and stood with him.

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Kyohei's Apartment; Ikebukuro, Toshima

December 23, 2015, 2:50 PM

Anri received the text just before she opened the door. It startled her and she backed away from the door with a stumble. "What is it?" Kyohei asked. "What's wrong?"

Anri pulled out her phone and quickly read over the text. "It's Mikado," she said quietly. "He needs our help."

"After this?" Kyohei asked. "What the hell is he thinking?" The woman was hesitant, then texted back a reply. "What are you doing?"

"I'm going to meet him," Anri replied. "This is the only chance I'll have to talk to him and..." She stopped, but Kyohei knew what she was thinking.

As quickly as Anri sent the reply, she received another text message.

Mikado Ryūgamine

782-540-6498

Please meet me at the HWV by Masaomi's old place at five PM. We'll talk there.

Anri nodded to the text and turned back to Kyohei. "Are you coming?"

Kyohei nodded. "Of course," he said.

And the two set out into the afternoon.

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HWV; Ikebukuro, Toshima

December 23, 2015, 5:00 PM

Masaomi and Saki were the last to arrive. They had hidden their faces as well as Anri; Saki and Masaomi wore hoods, but Masaomi had lifted a white scarf above his mouth to no one would recognize him, while Anri had slipped on Celty's helmet to avoid recognition (after all, no one knew she was the mysterious hero of Minato).

Mikado and Izaya spent a couple minutes explaining what happened. Once the others were caught up, they agreed it was time to make a plan and put it into action.

"What are we going to do?" Saki asked. "Aoba has all of the Dollars and the Evergreens out there, looking for us. They will kill us on sight."

Mikado shook his head. "I know where Aoba would be. And he can take us to the Leader of the Evergreens, Shuhan Kashira. From there, we'll take him out and gain control of the Evergreens and the Dollars, again."

Kyohei looked puzzled. "And what will that do? Won't that make them angry and try to kill us?"

"You don't understand, Kyohei," Mikado said, looking at him. "These people are like lemmings. If we tell them to jump of a cliff, they will. We need to get the point across that they have minds of their own. These people who fought and died in the Second War didn't want to fight but they did it anyway. We have to tell them that they can't always do what we tell them to; only to make it a suggestion in action."

"But, then, what's the point of a Gang?" Masaomi asked.

Mikado turned his gaze to him. "Connections," he replied, summing it up as best as he could. "They are nothing more than connections."

"This seems almost too easy," Anri said through her helmet.

"I agree," Kyohei chimed in. "We are obviously going to need a back up plan."

Masaomi shoved his hands in his pockets. "We do what we do best," he said. "Improvise. It's not like we have a ton of time, anyway. I would like this over before Christmas."

The others muttered in agreement and Mikado put his hands on his hips. "Alright. First stop: Aoba's place."

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Aoba's Apartment; Ikebukuro, Toshima

December 23, 2015, 6:45 PM

Aoba had been lying in bed, thinking about what to do now that he had almost full control of the Dollars and the Evergreens, when his front door was smashed in by a powerful kick. Then, it was followed by a quiet, "We're gonna get sued for this..."

Aoba jumped out of his bed and looked around in shocked at the six new visitors who had invited themselves in. "W-What? Ryūgamine? Sonohara? Kida, you are still-"

Mikado grabbed Aoba by the collar and threw him against the wall. "What the hell?" he snapped. "Why on Earth would you do that?"

Aoba kicked and struggled a bit as Mikado held him in place. Izaya looked around and retrieved Aoba's cell phone from his computer desk. "This should do it," he said, flipping open the phone and scrolling through the Contacts List.

"What are you doing?" Aoba demanded. "Put me down! Mikado!"

"Ah, no!" Mikado growled, pressing Aoba against the wall a little more. "I'm so gonna kick your ass for that!"

At that, Kyohei placed a hand on Mikado's shoulder and shook his head. "Calm yourself," he said.

Mikado almost snapped back but he decided against it. He only loosened his hold on Aoba but didn't let him go.

Izaya pressed Call when he found Shuhan's name and held it up to his ear. Everyone watched and waited. Finally, Shuhan picked up. "Kuronuma? What is it?"

"Ah, no," Izaya sighed. "I'm sorry. I'm not Kuronuman. I'm Orihara! How are you today?"

"What the- Who the hell are you?"

"Didn't I just say? I'm Izaya Orihara. I was wondering if you would like to meet for some tea." There was a knowing, sly smile on his face. The kind that made everyone hate him but they knew they couldn't kick him out, simply because they knew they needed him for the mission.

"Tea? Forget it."

"Ah, but we have Kuronuma here with us," he taunted. "I'm sure you would like him alive and well, no?"

"Like I care about him!" Shuhan snapped from the other line. "I'm not meeting you at any time! I want nothing to do with you. We finally have what we need and that's all. Goodbye."

And the line went dead. Izaya pouted and shook the phone as though it would bring Shuhan back on the line again. "Well, that didn't work."

Everyone turned to Aoba, who paled. "Don't look at me!" he gasped. "I have never met the guy."

"Great," Masaomi groaned. "Now we have no leads."

"Isn't this the part where we 'improvise', Masaomi?" Izaya chided. Masaomi shot him a glare.

Everyone was silent for a moment when it dawned on Kyohei. "Wait a minute," he said. "Didn't the Evergreens originate from Harajuku?" Slowly, he recalled the conversation with Kogane and DaiyamondoGirl6. "Maybe we should check there."

"You're right," Mikado said. "We should go. And you," He glared at Aoba. "stay here and do nothing. And to make you do nothing..." He walked over to Aoba's computer, picked it up, and threw it on the ground. Everyone jumped at the action.

"Mikado!" Anri snapped. "That wasn't necessary!"

Mikado ignored her. "And we'll be taking your phone, too. And if you do anything while we are in Harajuku, I will personally make you regret it."

Aoba simply stared at him in horror as the six turned and walked out his broken front door.

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Harajuku, Shibuya

December 23, 8:04 PM

Mikado and the others arrived in Harajuku when the realized they had no idea where they were supposed to go. They paused and looked around for a moment, wondering which way to go. "Let's head to Masaomi and I's place for an hour or so," Saki suggested. "I have an idea."

The others nodded and agreed to go.

When they arrived at Masaomi's house, Masaomi disappeared into the kitchen to make some food to eat (as he hadn't eaten since the day before he was starving) while Saki took Aoba's phone and picked up their land-line phone to use it.

"Hello? Operator?" she asked. "Yeah. Hi. I'm good, thank you. And yourself? That's good to hear. Um, I'm looking for an address but I only have the cell phone number. Really? Terrific, thank you. The number is..."

At that moment, Masaomi walked in with some quickly prepared snacks and drinks while the bigger dinner was cooking in the kitchen (he quietly explained that Saki often did the cooking so the meal he was making was going to be pretty basic) but Saki overhead as she wrote down the address and decided to cook for them when she was done what she was doing.

An hour later, they had an address and full stomachs. It would have been a terrific Christmas dinner, only if the situation wasn't so dire.

After they ate, the kicked on their shoes, grabbed their coats, concealed themselves, then hurried outside. "I can't believe you got his address from the Operator by his cell number," Anri commented as they were walking towards Shuhan's apartment.

"Neither can I," Saki replied. "I actually wasn't expecting it to work."

"Seems a little...strange to you, doesn't it?" Izaya said, tilting his head. "Almost as though they wanted us to find them."

And just as Izaya said those words, Mikado's world went black.

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After Notes

Cliffhanger! Oh, I think next chapter might be either the second last or last chapter! Excited?

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