Highway to Hell
Hello Readers. Supposedly I can write author notes up heres to tell yous some important infos. If you haven't guessed, I don't know much about Fanfiction rules n' stuff. (outside of the official rules)
This story is meant for your personal entertainment, as well as to polish my English writing and story creating skills. Please leave honest comments so that I can improve. Please bear with me, as I will revise and polish chapters even after uploading them.
Disclaimer: This story is based on the Durarara! anime (not the manga or LN). I do not own the anime. All rights go to Aniplex, Brains Base, and a guy named after an International Airport.
At 6:27 in the morning, Shinra woke up to the sound of his smoke detector. He could see nothing. Picking up his glasses, he wondered what could have happened.
He still saw nothing.
Astonished, he realized that the entire apartment unit was filled with a cloud of opaque black smoke. He dashed out of his room yelling "Celty, Run! There's a massive fire!" and felt his way to the balcony. Once there, he took a deep breath, and realized that something was strange…
He had just passed through a room with smoke thick enough to come from the pits of Hell. Yet he felt no heat, and his breath wasn't stifled with the usual smoky debris either. Looking back, he realized that most of the smoke that filled the room wasn't actually from a fire, but instead from Celty's head. Cautiously walking back indoors, he took a better look inside.
Much of the smoke had escaped by then, and Shinra saw Celty in the kitchen, breathing heavily while hacking at the ceiling mounted detector with her scythe. From her neck rose a jet of smoke as if from the chimney of an old coal fueled power plant. Next to her, a misshapen piece of… coal was placed on a shattered plate. Finally, a misshapen hunk of iron occupied the space where the oven used to be. Cautiously Shinra approached her, and tried to assess the situation.
"C-C-Celty?.? W-What's wrong?"
She flinched, surprised to find her Valentine standing there, and hid her scythe awkwardly. She then typed (very unnaturally) on her PDA: {Good morning Darling! Haw was your sleeep?}
"Uh.. Celty, are you OK? What happened in here?"
{I was just making you breakfast. Pancakes to be exact. Darling! I made a small mistake this time, but ddon't wory, I'll do it propporly this tine. Darlineg!}
So that explains the burnt lump on the plate and the destruction, thought Shinra. Except, Celty was usually a fantastic cook who would never make such a catastrophic mess. Also, her sudden sweetness completely creeped him out.
"D-Don't worry about it Celty, I'll get something to eat later, l-lets just g-go see the m-movie okay?-? Uuh, but first I need to get something from my office. I'll be back in 30 minutes."
Leaving that message, Shinra swiftly walked outside.
On the other side of town, Mika Harima woke up, refreshed and completely stoked. Today was the day that she could express her love toward Seiji as much as she wanted. For a few weeks now, she had held back her affectionate actions toward him, hoping to make today that much more special. Getting out of bed, she noticed that there was a new email to her. Funny, she thought, nobody gave her emails this early. Flipping her phone open, she noticed, with a shock, that it was from Nakura… the man who had helped her run from the Headless Rider.
The message said: "The situation looks bad. The sketchy doctor and the Rider are after you. They also want to capture Seiji and turn him into a cyborg"
Any sane individual who saw a silly message like this sent by the least trusted information broker in the world would have ignored it immediately. However, sanity wasn't one of Mika's strong points, especially when Seiji's safety was concerned. Calmly putting the phone down, she pulled out a pistol from under her bed and placed it in her bag.
"I won't let anybody take Seiji from me. Not even the doctor."
Shizuo Heiwajima woke up in a terrible mood. He had lost in his last two fights to a love-crazed girl and a pacifist sushi chef. At least today was a day off for him. He got up slowly, and dressed in his usual classy bartender suit, given to him by all the destruction he had had to pay for, the bodyguard lived a pretty low class life. He didn't have TV, internet, or even electricity. A box of cigarettes and his suits were enough of a luxury for him.
He planned to go to the movies, as today was the premiere of his brother's newest film. He had to bear the fact that it was a romantic film on Valentine 's Day, but most of Kasuka's films were entertaining to him regardless of the topic. He smirked,
"I wonder if Kasuka's gotten off to a better love life than me" he thought. Even though he was a big shot movie star, Kasuka Heiwajima was a cold, methodical, emotionless man in real life. He neither had many friends, nor cared that he didn't. Not exactly the kind of guy to have a love life. Pondering random thoughts like these, the blond man left his home and started walking off toward the city's center. But thinking about his brother had lifted his mood a bit.
Suddenly, a silver object flashed in his peripheral vision. Jumping immediately, Shizuo narrowly avoided a knife thrown directly at his face. He glared toward the source of the weapon and froze.
There stood the man he least wished to see today, wearing his signature coat and looking down at him from a commanding height. The man spoke,
"So I heard that you got into a little fight yesterday Shizu-chan"
Shizuo scowled, anger building up inside him. Ignoring this, the man on the rooftop continued:
"Fortunately, you lost the fight, and nobody except you ended up being hurt. But Celty was pretty shaken up by the things you told her. I warn you, Shizu-chan, if you do anything that gets on my nerves, I will make you pay."
Somehow controlling his anger, Shizuo glared at him and replied, "I'm sorry for what I did yesterday, and I promise to not insult her again today. There. You're not getting any more than that, and there's nothing you can do to change it."
Grinning, Shinra pulled out another shining scalpel and pointed it at the bodyguard's face. "Are you sure there Shizu-chan?"
Shizuo Heiwajima casually placed his hand on a nearby "Yield to Pedestrians" sign. "Don't make me…"
The underground doctor laughed histerically. "Save your energy for later Shizu-chan, Izaya's in town today for that."
"WWWHAT!?" Shizuo's eyes widened at the name of the man he didn't expect to meet for a long time. "Are you sure?"
"Of course I'm sure! And I really don't mind what you do with him. Just remember, if your lovely game of hide and seek bothers my date with Celty, you will pay for it."
With those words, the scientist jumped down from the roof and walked away. His labcoat seemed to shine and flutter like the pure white feathers of a swan.
Shizuo spat, and also started walking. He was in a terrible mood again. In the last 24 hours, he had lost fights to a love-crazed girl and a pacifist sushi chef, been disgraced by a pale nerdy underground doctor, and learned that his least favorite person in the world was here to bother him.
Namie Yagiri woke up that day determined. She might have gotten a good night sleep, or she might not have, but that was the least of her issues that day. Skipping breakfast, she got dressed quickly and walked swiftly to town. Scowling, she made sure that she had the tools she needed for the task at hand. "Gloves, needles, WFG-57, CCGR-23…" Satisfied, she took a deep breath, and calmly entered Izaya's office.
He wasn't there.
Smiling, Namie tiptoed toward her boss's monster PC. Sitting in the unnecessarily large chair, she pushed a small usb stick labeled "CCGR" into the PC and waited patiently, waiting for a certain virus to initiate its work.
That moment, Namie noticed a post it note pasted onto the 3rd computer monitor's screen. It had a badly drawn portrait of her on it and said: "Sorry, but I'll be in Ikebukuro today Namie-san". She grabbed the note furiously and stared at it for a while. Her plan had been foiled. Cursing, she gathered her things and decided to depart immediately to that city.
Then, Namie saw the USB drive and froze. Her face turned blue as she shivered in terror. Trembling, she whispered to herself as she understood her grave mistake. "No no no, please no… not CCGR-57"
She slumped on the floor and began sobbing as she violently removed the usb.
7:12 AM. 2-14-2005
Admin:
I call upon all Dollars members to read this. I have just learned that the Slashers are back to destroy Valentine 's Day. If you see any people with red eyes and a dazed expression, please deal with them in the best way you see fit.
Masomi was worried that morning. He had heard noise that the Dollars were going to mess about that day. However, he was determined that nobody should hurt his friends Mikado and Anri. Thus, as the responsible gang leader, he had ordered all Yellow scarves to lay low, hiding their colors, but keeping their eyes peeled for any Dollars action. He left the rest to the member's digression. Just in case, he had ordered a trusted man, Haruhiko Asahina to lead the gang if any big trouble occurred.
"Well, at least now we will be safe!"
It was a hard decision on his part. He knew that Izumii's Blue square men were still lurking among his members, plotting to do harm. Masaomi himself could have easily been killed when he stepped into the warehouse again to command them. However, he had placed his friends over his own safety, and thus acted. He was prepared to face the consequences head on himself.
Mikado Ryugamine on the other hand, was at ease with himself. He intended to enjoy himself thoroughly today, and was in a very good mood. He had not bothered himself about the Dollars for about a week now, and things seemed to be moving well enough. As long as they stayed low that day, nothing special should happen. He had considered employing the Dollars as bodyguards to the many groups of lovers today, but decided against it, just in case some misunderstanding led to a scuffle. He grinned and spoke to himself.
"I bet Masaomi would employ the Yellow Scarves for that reason if he were still in charge. But there's no way that he would return to the gang that almost killed him! That would be too crazy, even for him."
Thus he skipped happily toward the station where the trio had decided to meet.
When Shinra returned home 34.5 minutes after he had left, Celty had calmed down significantly. The doctor grinned and went up to her with the tickets. "C'mon Celty, lets go" he said, and went into his room to change. For this day only, Shinra had decided to wear casual clothes instead of his usual lab suit. After all, it was a very special date. He found a flannel shirt with a very bright blue-red-yellow plaid design along with some dark gray jeans and a worn leather belt. "Fashion" he thought. "I can be cool at times". As he finished, he entered the living room again, humming his favorite song "Diamonds". There he waited for Celty to get ready.
However, the Dullahan simply stayed on the couch and did not move. After a dozen or so awkward seconds past, she took out her PDA and typed, {So, Shinra. What should we do this morning!}
Shinra was happy that his girlfriend had calmed down (and that she had stopped being creepy), but was irked that she seemed to have forgotten about their date.
"I think we should leave soon if we want to make it to the Yuuhei film, but if you have other plans I'd be…" He was cut off
{WHAT!} Celty glared at her ticket, which she thought was for a 9 PM showing. She trembled as she saw that it was actually for a 9 AM showing. It was 7:50 right now. Frantically, she dashed into her room, and slammed the door, making quite a racket inside.
"Well" laughed Shinra, somewhat worried. "It looks like she's still… strange today"
To be continued.
Constructive Criticism, Dumb comments, etc all welcome. But I prefer the first.
Did you like that? I love this story. But please don't think that this is the best that I can do. I have other stories, Shogun Rougue and White/Black. They are rated M for content, so are hidden by default. Please read them. I consider them to be my best work.
(At the time of this chapter upload, those works above haven't been uploaded yet though sorry)