Black Stars-
Misa's P.O.V-
I was lying down in bed wide awake. It was Wednesday already and not much has happened since Saturday. Anri was getting released from the hospital today and I was excited. Ren and I went over to the hospital every day since she was attacked and her cuts and bruises were slowly fading away. I still couldn't get the picture out of my head of how she looked like when I first saw her laying in the hospital bed with various bruises and bandages all over her wrapping up the cuts and slashes that were there.
Since Anri's attack I've notice that the Yellow Scarves gang members have been beating the crap out of people who're from the Dollars. At least that's what I've heard from Ren. Ikebukuro is just insane.
'Speaking of insane…' I turned on my side and looked at the time on the clock; 6:26 a.m. 'I haven't seen Izaya or Shizuo. I've known them for a day and they're already keeping me on edge.' I sighed. 'What to do, what to do.'
I got up from bed and switched on the lights and looked at myself in the mirror. I squinted when the bright lights came on. My hair was a mess and when I tried to slide my fingers through it, they just got entangled into… well tangles. My lips were chapped and were on the verge of bleeding while my eyelids felt slightly heavy. I let out a yawn and stretched. 'Now I know what to do.' I got my towels from my shelf and headed to the bathroom.
About half an hour later I opened the door from the bathroom and steam came pouring out. I walked to my room and had a mental debate of what I was going to wear. 'What should I wear? The weather is suppose to be clear and sunny so nothing heavy.'
"Ugh! This is torture!" plopped myself on the bed and looked at the ceiling. "I hate not knowing what to wear. Maybe I should cosplay and visit Ren at the cafe she works at. She's a waitress and I could be…hmm." I thought for a while, pondering on my thoughts of what to wear. I sat upright in bed and had a huge smile on my face. "Now I know!"
I went through my closet and pulled out a pair of white angel/cupid wings along with a white button dress shirt and a black tailcoat vest that went a little above my knees. I opened a drawer in my closet and took out a plain black skirt that stopped at my thighs. I closed the closet door and put the bundle of clothing on the bed and headed to my nightstand where I kept my accessories. I got out a black tie, a white hair bow, a pair of fingerless gloves and my bottle cap locket.
When I was done dressing I looked at myself in the mirror. I giggled. "Mission accomplished. I look like a girl Shizuo." I touched my wings to make sure they wouldn't fall off while I walked anywhere and loosened the tie around my neck. Once I clipped in the hair bow I put on a pair of black, dressy, open toed, heals. I grabbed the things I needed and I was out the door.
I walked by Russia Sushi and Simon was there handing out flyers.
"Hello Miss. Misa you're out early today and very lovely wings you have there." He said in his thick Russian accent.
"Well I felt like getting up early before everything got busy. And thank you. I'm going to go visit my friend at the café she works at and I wanted to ask about a job there" I said smiling.
"Well I wish you much luck. Please come back when you feel hungry. It very good Sushi you know." He said smiling.
"Of course, Simon. I'll be back later today. Bye Simon." I smiled and waved goodbye and kept walking.
I barley turned a corner when I walked into someone. We both fell to the ground. "Ah are you okay! I am so sorry! I wasn't watching were I was going." I said frantically.
She got up and dusted herself off. "It's fine. No harm no foul." She looked up.
"Erika?" I asked.
"Huh? MISA! Oh my gosh HI! Ooh cute wings! Cool outfit! You look like a girl Shizuo though. Wait do you know who Shizuo is? Wait, how've you been? What you been up to? How's…" She was cut off by Kyohei coming around the corner and putting a hand over her mouth.
"Stop bothering people Erika. Huh?" He looked up at me. "What the hell are you wearing?" He asked giving me a 'you look weird' look.
I let out an amused sigh. "I am wearing cloths. What are you wearing?" I smiled.
"Erika obviously washed off on you, because that sounded just like… OW!" Kyohei let go of Erika's mouth and rubbed his now bitten hand. "What'd you do that for?" He looked at Erika a little irritated.
Erika just looked at him. "I couldn't breathe." She stated bluntly and shrugged. She turned back to me. "So how's Ikebukuro treating you?" She asked and smiled widely.
"Um okay I guess. It would be better if the colored gangs weren't at it though, too much drama." I stated matter of fact like. I put my hand on my hip and continued. "Are you guys in a gang?" I asked.
Kyohei looked serious. "Yes." He stated bluntly.
I smiled slightly. "Alright just checking. You guys be careful though." I guess he expected me to be surprise and wide eyed because he looked a little shocked but then smiled.
"You don't need to worry about us. Let's go Erika. See you around Misa." He turned around and walked to a van where I saw some other guy and Walker.
"Okay. Later." I smiled and continued walking to the café Ren worked at. Some stores were barley starting to open and I saw teenagers with Raira Academy uniforms. 'Anri's going to have a lot of work to catch up on when she goes back to school next week.' The streets were now beginning to get crowded and people would bump into me from time to time. I hated that they didn't apologize. 'This is getting ridiculous! These people are going to bend my wings!' I thought. 'I'm near the park and the park's never busy. It'll be a longer route but I can deal with it.' I neared the steps to the park but was again pushed. I stumbled and was beginning to get irritated.
I walked down the steps to Ikebukuro Park when I spotted a familiar face at the bottom of the steps. I smiled 'It's Shizuo. Who's that guy he's talking to?' While I was lost in thought I lost my footing and tripped.
It happened so fast. I let out a startled scream. I tried to catch myself on the railing, but it was too late. I got ready to fall face first into cement. But was greeted by something, or should I say someone else.
Izaya was in back of me grabbing my hand so I wouldn't fall. "Hello Misa." He said slyly. He pulled me back so I was literally leaning on his chest.
"Hey, Izaya. How's it going?" I said with a smile and looked up to face him. It was a rather uncomfortable position.
"IZZAAAYYYAAA!" I heard a yell and looked in front of me. Shizuo was running up the steps like a mad man.
"Well it's been nice seeing you again, but I really must be going now." He said in a nonchalant tone. He smirked and pushed me right into Shizuo.
We tumbled back and hit the ground full force. "Ow that hurt." I said rubbing my head.
"How the hell do you think I feel?" came Shizuo voice.
I looked down to find that I was lying on top of shizuo. I could feel my face heat up with embarrassment. "Ah! Sorry Shizuo!" I stumbled back a bit and got up and looked for Izaya. He was at the top of the steps.
"Goodbye Mr. Monster. Until next time Misa-chan!" He said in a singsong voice and then disappeared.
Shizuo got up with an irritated and angered look. "IZAYA!" He was ready to chase after him but I held him back.
"I wouldn't have done that if I were you." Said the man shizuo was talking to.
Shizuo turned around bleeding a bit from his temple. He looked very, VERY, angry. "What the hell?" he growled.
I was a little startled and let out a small squeak but quickly came back to my regular state. "You sure can yell you know that? But you need to calm down. Izaya's long gone by now. You can kill him next time you see him. But for now your bleeding and…"
"And what?" He said irritated while wiping off the blood.
I steadied my voice because I was on the verge of yelling at him. "And you need to just calm the hell down!"
"She's right Shizuo. You need to calm down. And like she said, Izaya's long gone by now. Besides…" The man said putting a hand in his pocket. "…we still have work to do."
Shizuo came back to composure and put his glasses on right with his middle finger. He let out a frustrated grunt. "Fine."
The man let out a relieved sigh and turned to me. "And who might you be?" He asked with a smile.
Before I could answer, Shizuo came in. "Tom this is Misa Sonohara. Misa this is Tom Tanaka. Now that we all know each other what the hell are you wearing?"
I let out a confused "huh?" I looked down and studied myself and then looked back up to Shizuo and Tom. "What's wrong with what I'm wearing? I thought looked nice." I said with a pout.
Shizuo gave a slight smirk. "Well you're obviously mistaken. You look bizarre. And what's up with the wings?" He said pointing to my little angel wings.
"Shizuo, leave the girl alone. Let her wear whatever she wants. No one's going to die." Tom let out an amused grunt. "Unless you try to kill someone for looking at her because you care for her deeply." He chuckled.
"What?" Shizuo shouted. He turned a slight red and looked at his friend.
I let out a laugh. "You should have seen your face Shizuo! You looked ridiculous!" I continued to laugh.
"Whatever." He turned around and began to walk away.
I looked at Tom and stopped laughing but still held a smile. "Is he always like this?" I asked him.
"More or less." He said.
"We should go get him before he tries to kill someone then." I ran after Shizuo. Tom just walked.
"Hey come on Shizuo. We were just messing around." I said.
He looked at me from the corner of his eye and grunted then looked straight again. "Whatever." He said.
Tom caught up to us but was now walking in front of Shizuo and me.
After about five minutes of silent walking, Shizuo looked at me. "Why are you following us?" He asked with a little irritation in his voice.
I smiled. "It just so happens that I am going this way too!"
"Oh really? And where are you going exactly?" He asked with a smirk on his lips.
"I'm going to that Café you took me to. My friend works there and she said she can get me a job." I stated.
Tom looked at me and winked and then bobbed his head in Shizuo's direction and then looked straight again. 'Okay.'
"Wow Shizuo. I didn't even know you took girls out on dates. Let alone someone as pretty as Misa." Tom said.
I blushed a bit. But Shizuo looked as red as a tomato. "I didn't take her out on a date!"
"Alright." Tom said. "But you do think she's pretty right? Since you didn't deny that." Tom chuckled.
"No." Shizuo said.
"So you don't think I'm pretty?" I asked pretending to sound hurt.
"No. I mean yes." Shizuo stumbled on his words.
"Yes you don't think she's pretty?" Tom persisted.
"No I do think she's pretty!" Shizuo let out irritated and turning various shades of red.
'Messing with Shizuo is just too fun.' "So you think I'm pretty?"
"Yes! Okay! You're pretty. You're freaking unbelievably pretty! Okay? Now drop it, you got your answer." Shizuo said and walked faster.
Now Shizuo was in front of me and Tom, with me and Tom walking side by side laughing quietly to ourselves.
Tom stopped laughing. "So Misa do you think Shizuo is handsome since he said you were pretty?"
That caught me off guard. "Uh um." Was all that came out.
Shizuo and Tom stopped walking and so did I. Both were smirking and then they broke out laughing when they saw how red I was.
"Come on Misa." Shizuo said. "Answer the question." He persisted with an amused tone in his voice.
'This is my game!' I walked up to Shizuo, with my head down. When I looked up at him he still held his smirk.
"Shizuo." I put my arms around his neck and stood on my tippy toes. Our faces were so close that our noses were touching. "I think you are very handsome." I said in a lovey-dovey voice. I got what I expected. I made Shizuo Heiwajima blush. I stepped back and Tom and I started to laugh.
"You look even more ridiculous than before. Haha." I let out a sigh. "Good time. Good time. Alright let's keep walking. We're almost at the café and I need a job."
~~ Café~~
When we got to the café it was around 9 a.m. We made a lot of stops on the way. I learned Tom Tanaka is very good at his job and that Shizuo is very well known and feared.
Ren came up to us in a maid café uniform. She bowed. "Welcome home Masters and Mistress." She said with a smile on her face.
I was in a little shock. "What the hell are you wearing? You didn't wear that last time me and Shizuo came!"
Ren gave us a gloomy look. "New management, new rules, new… uniforms. Do you still want a job here?" She asked hopeful and folding her hands like she was pleading.
"Do I have to wear the same uniform?" I asked.
"No…" Ren said with reassurance.
"Okay good." I said relieved.
"You can wear a different color if you want." Ren said with a slight smile.
I obviously fell into a state of shocked again because Ren started to shake me. "Please! I cannot handle these guys that come in and try to flirt or make cat calls or girls that act like they're the freaking queens of Japan! PLEASE!" She pleaded and looked like she was almost on the verge of tears.
I sighed. "Whatever. I need a job." I smiled.
"You look the part for it too. The weird way you dress." Shizuo said under his breath.
"What was that my cherry colored friend?" I asked smirking and looking at Shizuo. He let out a low growl and then walked to a booth with Tom following behind him smiling.
After a few minutes I walked back out behind Ren. Ren walked up to Shizuo's and Tom's table and cleared her throat. They looked up and Shizuo looked somewhat annoyed.
"I present to you the newest member of our lovely café Misa Sonohara!" She announced dramatically and then stepped away so they would see how I looked.
I had on a servant/maid outfit. It was a light blue dress the puffed out from the bottom. It had puffy shoulder length sleeves that had a white ribbon around it to hold its puff. The dress had a white apron with a bow on the back and a somewhat corset that tied from the front. I wore a light blue maid headband with white ribbon on the side and a maid collar with white ruffles and a blue ribbon around it. I had on thigh lengths white socks with ruffles at the end and blue ribbon around the ruffles with black maid dress shoes. I basically looked like a black haired Alice in Wonderland.
"Doesn't she look great?" Ren said in a cheery voice.
"You look very cute Misa." Tom said. "Shizuo what do you think?" He asked looking across the table at Shizuo.
Shizuo just stared at me. I blushed a bit at that and but my hands behind my back and played with my fingers.
"You look… okay. I guess." He finally said, rubbing his head. "I'm not really good at giving compliments."
I let out breath of air I didn't even knew I was holding in. "T-Thanks." I said trying not to blush anymore. "So what do you guys want to order?" I gave a big smile and took out a note pad and pen.
It was 6:30 p.m. when I got out of the café with Ren. The sun was close to setting and the sky was turning the different shades of blue to orange to red. It was. It was warm but wind would pass from time to time making a small chill. 'For being June it's really nice weather.' I thought.
"Hey Ren, can you come with me to the hospital today?" I asked Ren.
We were walking up the street and nearing the hospital. "Sorry, I can't I have some business to take care of." She said. She dug through her bag and I noticed she had a small black star mark on her hand.
I got wide eyed for a bit. 'What's with the star? Could she be? No. Maybe it's just nothing.' I thought. "Alright, I'll see you tomorrow then. Bye Ren." I said and we walked in separate directions.
I got to the hospital and Anri was there talking to that boy Mikado. "Hey Anri!" I yelled and ran up to her and gave her a big hug. "Hi Mikado. How've you been?" I asked letting go of Anri and smiling at him.
He blushed a bit. "No-Nothing much. I just came by to see if Anri was feeling okay to walk home. You know with all the stuff that's been going on." He finished.
"Yeah, I know it's terrible." I turned back to Anri. "So let's get going Anri. You want to come with us Mikado? You did come all the way here to check on Anri."
"U-um if it's not a bother." He said shyly.
"It's no bother at all. Let's go, I don't want it to get dark out before we get home." I said. We began to walk in silence for a bit but Mikado was the first to break the ice and talk to Anri. I was in the back just watching them. Mikado looked liked he wanted to hold Anri's hand. Anri just stayed quiet. 'They'd be such an adorable couple.'
We were finally on Sunset when we were stopped by a horses neighing. "What was that?" I asked.
Mikado turned around to face me. "You'll see." Is all he said.
Right when he said that a black bike came racing by at an incredible speed. There was something strange about it though. I heard the neighing again and I realized it came from the rider's motorcycle. Time seemed to slow down and my attention was just pointed in the direction of the rider. I didn't feel scared. I felt a strange sensation of witnessing this, it was inexplainable. The rider was obviously female from its curves and she wore black all around her body, not even letting a small part of skin to be shown. She had on a yellow helmet with what looked liked cat ears on them with what looked like an S on her helmet and a dark tinted shield to hide her face. What really got me was the trail of black smoke seeping from her helmet and leaving the trail of black smoke as she went by. Time picked up again and I looked to Mikado and Anri for an answer.
"That was the Black Rider." Mikado said. "But she's more known as the Headless Rider." He finished.
"Why is she called the Headless Rider?" I asked. I'll admit I was a little afraid to find out the answer but extremely curious.
"Because…" He paused as if to add and effect. "…She doesn't have a head." He stated.
So long chapter! I didn't even know I was going to have a chapter this long. There might be some grammar mistakes and spelling mistakes and whatnot but I'm not going to fix them. I put up some more Misa Art so you get an idea of how she dressed like in this chapter. And there's one with Misa and Ren just walking, so you get an idea of how Ren looks like. Copy and Paste this link into your browsers thingy and it should lead you to my DeviantART page were you will see the pictures of Misa. :
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