The job didn't take very long at all.

They scooted to the drop off location lightning fast. She asked him to wait by the scooter while she went to drop off the package with the information. He couldn't help but wonder who this super-secret information was for. He couldn't see anything from where he was waiting, but for a moment he thought he felt a demonic presence. He wasn't sure though. It seemed like his demonic powers had been out of whack, which he didn't even think was possible.

Afterwards, Celty was messaging that Shinra probably wouldn't join them on their little tour since he was still dealing with Shizuo's patient. At some point Celty got a text that seemed to urge her. She dropped Amaimon off at a park, saying she needed to take care of something hopefully quickly and then would be back to continue showing him the town. This struck Amaimon as strange. Why were these people constantly just dropping him off random places with random people? Clearly this city wasn't safe enough for that kind of thing.

Plus, he didn't have a cell phone anymore (he left it at Mephisto's so he couldn't be tracked) so he had to sit and wait with no way to communicate. He stood on the sidewalk awkwardly, trying to decide if he should sit at one of the park benches. People around him were looking at him and whispering.

Oh, great. I have become famous here.

For some odd reason he felt like he wanted to get away from all the staring and whispering. He crossed the street and went to an alleyway that was surprisingly shaded. There was definitely a demonic presence there. A bunch of lower level demons were crowded in the alleyway, hiding. The kind of demons one would normally see everywhere. Where had they been earlier?

"Prince!" A voice came from them, but he couldn't distinguish from which one it was from.

"Demon king of the earth! Amaimon." The voice was raspy and weak.

"We will do thy bidding, your highness. What would you have us do?" He heard the horse sounds of the scooter again.

Wow, that really was fast. He bent down and whispered,

"Not anything right now. Wait for the time to come and I will need your assistance to bring victory to Gehenna." Then he ran to the park where Celty was.

They had a decent time out.

Celty showed him some places she and Shinra liked to visit. He actually had a good time.

They were at the same park from earlier, he was eating some sweets (because you couldn't get enough from them) a smile across his from the sweets and from seeing the city. They had seen a couple of street fights as well. Although, they weren't nearly as epic as the ones with Shizuo were.

During the fights, he overheard some terms whispered from the onlookers. Some of these terms he overheard were: "The Dollars", "Blue Squares", "Yellow Scarves", "Toramaru", and "Heaven's Slave". He assumed these were just names of gangs around the town, who were assumed to be a part of these street fights. There was a pretty sunset over the horizon.

Celty looked over at him and typed,

[Well you seem to be in a good mood.]

Amaimon nodded."I always am when I get my sweets."

[And you seem to like watching fighting?]

Amaimon shrugged."Well sorta, but theirs were kinda lame. It's more fun to be in one, but only when it's an exciting fight. Like when the other fighter is powerful, so the fight is actually fun."

[Do you do this often?]

Amaimon sighed."I used to. I used to win every one. But I haven't been in one in a while."

[So, why are you in Ikebukuro?]

"Hey, how come you didn't ask me any of these earlier? We've been together all day."

She shrugged.

[I don't know. I was trying to show you as much as possible. We didn't really have time for small talk.]

Amaimon nodded, accepting this."I wanted to experience this city. It sounded fun."

[Is that all?]

"What is with the people here? Every conversation I have with someone I feel like the other person knows more than they're saying!"

[We have a lot of secrets in this city. Don't you have secrets as well?]

"Well yeah, but it's weird when everyone is trying to make you think they know what you're hiding."

[That's not what I was trying to imply at all. I was just curious. Why does that bother you anyways?]

"I don't know." He sat on the bench.

"Maybe I'm not proud of who I used to be."

The black rider didn't type anything for a moment.

[You know, you don't have to stay that person.]

"Yeah. I wish I could believe that."

[Why don't you?]

"Because I haven't been given a how. There's always the cliché that, 'you can change' but nobody ever tells you how you can do so!"

Celty was about to respond, when they were interrupted.

Izaya came over, whistling.

"Why didn't you wait in Celty and Shinra's apartment?"

"Oh, there wasn't much going on in there. Well, besides Shizuo's annoying constant glares. I thought I'd check on you two. Plus, I had to talk to the transporter about something."

They stepped to the side and had a private conversation again.

So much secrecy… Then they came back over.

"Well, thank you for your work today Celty. I dropped off your pay at your apartment."

She nodded, waved by to Amaimon, and took off on her scooter. Izaya began to walk back with Amaimon.

Izaya looked at his phone."Oh, I need to do something real quick. Don't wait up on me!" And he ran off.

Seriously? What's with everyone today? He started walking in the direction they were going, but he didn't know this way.

He felt another demonic presence, near a different dark alleyway.

Well, that figures. He heard a creepy high-pitched laugh.

"Hello there, Amaimon."

He turned to see a skinny girl with long straight brown hair and red eyes. She was holding a long kitchen knife.

"Well, it seems like everyone knows me by now. Who are you?"

She laughed again."I'm Haruna. I'm a Saika wielder."

Saika.

"You're the slasher."

She clapped her hands dramatically."Good job, genius."

"So, what do you want with me?"

"Isn't that obvious?" She pointed her knife at him."Lots of things are being said about you. About how powerful you were against Shizuo. Some are even saying that you could defeat the slasher with that power."

"Yeah, well I never-"

"Plus, I've been watching and I've seen you hanging around that Anri girl. I'm sure you'd do what she wants, which is to stop me. And I simply just can't let that happen."

"I wouldn't."

"Why should I believe you?"

Amaimon shrugged. He had that bored expression on his face again. The whole time she'd been pointing her knife at him, he hadn't blinked once.

"How-how are you doing that? Stop! It's creeping me out!" She swung at him, which he immediately deflected with his claws.

He smiled. He loved that he was getting to her. This might be fun. He pushed her back, she smacked into the wall. Growling in frustration, she got up.

"You're really not human. Are you?"

He smiled and did a jester-like curtsy."I really don't care what side you're on. I just love being in a good fight. Besides, you attacked me first." Amaimon said.

She lunged at him again, but he flew out of the way. He almost shrieked in glee at the fact that he could fly again.

"Ugh, you're not fighting fair. Get back on the ground, and fight with a sword!" He hovered right in front of her face.

"In case you didn't realize by now, my kind doesn't play fair." He flicked her in the forehead and sent her lying down on the ground.

She started breathing very deeply.

He stepped over her, and looked at her with his vacant eyes."You don't even wield the true Saika. How did you think you could possibly overpower the mother?"

She glared at him. He stepped on the wrist of her hand holding the knife. She winced.

Before he could finish her off he heard a voice from his side say,

"I can finish this. Just keep her pinned down."

Amaimon saw that it was Anri. She was pointing her Katana blade at Haruna, her eyes glowing red. Haruna looked very anxious seeing her.

"I didn't want to have to do this again, Haruna. But you need to stop hurting people! I need to protect this city. Even if it means controlling you again."

"But-but all I wanted was Takashi! I only started slashing again so I could find him. If I broke free from your Saika last time, how do you know I won't break free this time."

Anri's expression was so cold and emotionless."Because this time, I'm not going to just keep you from slashing. I'm going to make sure my Saika keeps you in check so nobody else gets hurt. I'm willing it more this time. My Saika is more powerful than yours this time, so I know it will work."

Although Anri didn't open up much at school, Amaimon had never seen this side of her.

No doubt it was from the demon that was inside her. Haruna whimpered as Anri came over to her with her blade. Thinking about what Anri said, Amaimon made extra sure to keep Haruna pinned down.

He used his arms and legs to hold her to the ground.

She looked at him with pleading eyes, but he felt nothing.

Anri pierced the tip of her blade to Haruna's forehead, and Haruna immediately lost consciousness. Anri placed he blade back inside her body and her eyes returned to brown. She looked at Amaimon and smiled.

"Thank you. I don't think I could have gotten to her if you hadn't kept her still."

"Um, I just like a good fight."

"I know. Even still." She went over to him and hugged him. He didn't move at first but then he awkwardly wrapped his arms around her.

Then they heard dramatic clapping. They broke away and saw Izaya standing just outside the alleyway.

"Where have you been all this time?" Amaimon asked. Anri clenched her fists and shot daggers at Izaya.

"Oh, I've just been watching."

"So you were here the whole time? You didn't help?"

"Oh, that's not true. If it wasn't for me your girlfriend here wouldn't have known where to go to find the slasher."

Amaimon looked at Anri.

"Um, I got a text from an unknown number saying they knew I could stop the slasher and told me where the slasher might be. I followed the directions and then I found you pinning Haruna down." Anri explained.

Amaimon faced Izaya again.

"She's not my girlfriend."

Izaya laughed.

"So, why did you do this like this anyways?" Amaimon asked.

Izaya shrugged."Oh, confidence boost I suppose. You've been itching so much for a fight that it's been getting on everyone's nerves. I figured showing you that you could still win would work. And it did! I reckon you're almost at full power by now, right?"

Thinking about what Izaya said, he tried it out. Amaimon put his hands in front of him in fists, and sure enough rock formed around them. Like a mini version of his rock titan.

Amaimon smiled and laughed with glee. Anri simply stared at it in awe, no doubt surprised.

Izaya laughed at his reaction."So, you see? I did good here."

Amaimon let the rock fists fall back to the ground."Yeah, I'll give you that."

Anri still looked at Izaya with skepticism. Then she looked back at Amaimon.

"Amaimon. Remember what I said on the chat. This could help you. People might leave you alone now with those rumors. Plus, you could use your powers for good." Anri said.

Amaimon didn't even question that she knew who he was on the chat. Amaimon looked down at the ground, and started picking at his dirty claws.

"I don't know if that's who I am though."