Kanra was pouting now, but refused to show it to the weird Shinra and Celty pair. They were talking animatedly – well Shinra was talking, only occasionally pausing for his mute girlfriend – to each other about her, and she didn't care what they were saying.

The sound of a crashing signpost made her perk up. She looked up to see her precious mutant stomping towards her, completely furious as the last time she had seen her. She was so happy that Kanra didn't even notice that the mutant was now wearing pants instead of a skirt and had slightly shorter hair.

"SHIZU-CHAN!" Kanra cheered, jumping onto her beloved Shizuka and holding her tightly.

"What the fuck flea?" Shizuka's oddly deep voice spat. With her insane strength she pushed Kanra off her, making Kanra see that this wasn't her precious blonde.

"No fair!" Kanra complained, jumping back up on her feet without hesitation. "Where's Shizu-chan you imposter!"

"Ah Shizuo," Shinra said with a wide smile, "glad to see you. See we have this little oddity—"

"Why's the fucking flea dressed like a fucking girl?!" the Shizuka lookalike spat, turning his glare on the doctor.

The mute typed something and held it out for him to see.

"What the hell?" he asked, glancing at Kanra only for her to stick her tongue out at him.

"We don't understand either," Shinra answered. He turned his grin on Kanra and said, "I was hoping to possibly get some blood samples to test out a theory of mine."

Kanra narrowed her eyes at him. She had the sinking suspicion that this man was like her father, never listening to her no matter how much she complained. He always administered tests on her too, and Shizuka as well. If this man was anything like that then she was going to take off to find her precious blonde this instant.

Shizuo stepped toward Kanra threateningly and growled, "What else could it be other than the idiot flea tricking you?"

He made to grab Kanra's hair, but she swerved out of the way. "Hey!" she complained. "I don't have to be here you know! I need to go find my Shizu-chan!"

The mute held up the phone saying, "Who is this 'Shizu-chan- you keep referring to?"

Kanra shrugged. "Who knows?" she asked, not trusting them with Shizuka's name.

"Are you saying you don't know?" Shinra asked eagerly.

Kanra glared at him and kept her lips shut. She was focused on the doctor and the mute, so she didn't notice Shizuo grab her head from behind. She screamed and wailed as he lifted her off the ground by her hair.

Shizuo's eyes narrowed. "What the hell?" he muttered.

"LET ME GO YOU FUCKING PROTAZOAN!" Kanra screamed. "I SAID I WASN'T THIS FLEA ASSHOLE!"

Shinra gave a pitying look and began, "Shizuo, would you please—"

Kanra cut him off, taking out her switchblade and cutting at the idiot's arm. He let go with a growl, holding his arm where she cut him. She huffed in anger and glowered at him with pure hatred. The mute was typing hastily, but neither of them paid attention to her when she held up her phone. They were busy sizing each other up.

Kanra smirked suddenly, whirled around and took off.

"FLEA!" Shizuo yelled, running after her and reminding Kanra of her earlier chase with Shizuka.

Kanra ran, but wasn't thinking too much about her pursuer. She was too preoccupied with her worry of the mutant. Shizuka wasn't as smart as Kanra after all, and the taller girl would probably get into some kind of trouble.

It was this distraction that was what made Kanra lose. She didn't notice the signpost aimed at her head until it was too late. She hastily moved out of the way, but the post still collided with the side of her head. Kanra felt an intense pain, and thought that was what Shizuka must feel like whenever she smashed her head during their chases. Then it was black.

Shizuka glowered at her feet. She had been listening to Orihara-san talk to the weirdoes from some time, but it was grating on her patience. This man reminded her of Kanra, so it was odd to see him socializing with the others so easily. Shizuka noticed the others' discomfort and smirked. Well maybe not so easy for them, she thought.

Orihara-san typed something in his phone and bid them farewell. They walked away happily, the girl urging them to leave Izaya and his girlfriend alone.

"Orihara-san," Shizuka began.

"Call me Izaya," Orihara said with a smile. "It feels odd for you to call me that, and hardly anyone does. Izaya is just easier."

Shizuka rolled her eyes. "Izaya then. Are you going to lead me to Kanra or am I going to have to punch you for lying to me?"

Izaya pouted. "Aw that's not nice. I don't even know your name yet!"

Shizuka narrowed her eyes. "You're not going to know it if you continue to be a douche!"

Izaya's eyes widened and he laughed loudly. "No one has ever called me that!" he laughed, clutching his sides.

Shizuka snorted and turned away from him. She took a step just when he stopped laughing and hurried over to her.

"No wait, please stay. I'll find her now if you'd like."

"What's the catch?" Shizuka growled.

"Catch?"

"You've been delaying this whole time, and not asking me any questions. You're either waiting for something to happen or delaying for some twisted reason."

He was still smiling, but shrugged, doing his best to dim the laughter still in his eyes. "No catch," he answered. "As I explained before, I'm just curious."

"And that just then? You aren't the type to socialize."

"What makes you say so?"

"I have eyes. Those weirdoes clearly weren't used to talking to you for long. Sure that one with the hat seemed to know you pretty well, but he was clearly wary of you. One of them just seemed like he want to leave then and there, and the other two were preoccupied with me. Who is this 'Shizu-chan' anyway?"

Izaya's eyes revealed a little shock. He clearly wasn't expecting her to be so observant.

"I'm not dumb," she answered with a glare, crossing her arms to try and stop her hands from forming fists.

"Of course not! But I will have to make a few calls to find your friend, and that would best be done at my apartment. You, unfortunately, would wish to stay here, so I am forced to make due with merely my cellphone."

Shizuka smirked. "If that's what you want, fine."

He eyed her. "And you changed your mind why?"

She shrugged. "That's for me to know and you to guess at."

Author: I tried really hard to keep them in character. Since Izaya and Shizuo will be included after this, please tell me if I utterly failed making them act like themselves.