[Izaya's POV]

What.. what?

Izaya spun around to watch the man behind them, knowing he was the more dangerous of the two. Well, he thought so... With everything that's happened in the last couple weeks he couldn't be sure of anything. Especially not with his old enemy staring him in the face, a cold smirk on his features that was almost equal to one of Izaya's old ones.

Nakura kept his gaze on the informant more so than the other, making Izaya nervous despite thinking it was a good thing. He could defend himself well, he knew many tactics, but Kasuka was only an actor - even if he'd been taught self defense it surely hadn't come in handy for him much yet outside of the stage, at least not that the ravenett had ever seen.

For now, he just hoped Dong-Yul would be easy and not try to go for the other while he dealt with the real problem.

"So, Orihara-san. How have you been since we last saw each other? It sure has been a long time…" Nakura started pleasantly, the smirk never leaving his face as he watched the other's apprehension. When Izaya didn't respond, the smirk only got a fraction smaller. "Oh, c'mon, not even a hello? I thought I would deserve one after all this time learning how to outwit you. Not many people do that, I've heard." he continued, not waiting for an answer this time as he took a step closer.

The way that he had moved let Izaya know he was just trying to threaten him at the moment, not hurt him physically, so he stood his ground and tried to not look as stiff as he was. "Why would you waste your time learning to do that? Last time I checked you were in the states, a good enough distance to never even think about me again." Izaya noted, watching him as he nodded with a dark chuckle.

"Yes, well.. They didn't like me much over there either. A troublemaker doesn't get the best treatment in any country, after all. And I caused so much trouble to get back at you then that they stuck me in prison… Hell of a way to live." Nakura hummed, just getting Izaya's narrowing eyes watching closer as a response. The man kept taking steps closer as they stared, Izaya only backing own when he was within distance to charge at him.

He walked backwards until Kasuka stopped him with his arm. "All he's doing is pushing you closer to Dong-Yul. Don't be stupid." Kasuka warned him, probably not meaning to sound harsh, and it was easy for Izaya to not take it that way. They were just each other's back-up after all.

Izaya wanted to glance behind him and look to see if Dong-Yul had moved from his position yet, but he also didn't want to take his eyes off of his main threat.

"Alright, so you wanted revenge. I get it. I'm sure at least a million people feel the same way about me." the ravenett admitted, keeping his ground again. "But if you just wanted revenge, then what's Dong-Yul doing here?" Izaya demanded, seeing Nakura shift from a smirk to smile at the question.

"I'm so glad you asked! I was waiting for you to cut this chase." the man announced. "My whole reason for doing this is simple; you made me miserable, you hurt me and almost got me killed twice. You made me have to change my entire life more than one time and move all the way to a different country where the problem didn't even stop.. and then just forgot about my existence once I was put into that hell-hole of a prison.." Nakura noted at the end, frowning now as he watched them, hand tightening it's grip on the knife in his hand. "But it seems I wasn't the only one you screwed over while I was gone. Poor Ki-san here just wanted a fuckin' date and you couldn't step off of your pedistal for two seconds to give him your time. Of course he would want to see you hurt~ So, when I followed you to see what you were doing nowadays, instead of doing informant work like you should have been I saw you were with him, breaking this poor boy's heart.. I'm only being generous by letting him see what I can do to you two."

There was a noise from behind Izaya, obviously coming from Dong-Yul and he took the very small chance to glance behind him and see what he was doing. In the time that this had started, Dong-Yul had moved from his place on the metal bars closer to Kasuka, now closing what little space they had between the two threats. When Izaya turned his head back, he almost went pale from how close Nakura had gotten in just a few seconds. "What's with that face? Are you finally scared, Orihara-san?" Nakura mocked him. There was barely a pause before he had that damn smirk back on his face. Izaya was about to reach into his pocket for something before he bit his lip, remembering that he hadn't brought a knife that easily accessible because of the letter's terms.

The two squared each other off for a second as Nakura just waited, probably for Dong-Yul to get ever closer to them. "Ya know Ko- Izaya-kun, I still wouldn't mind that date. I mean, just cause you're a guy doesn't make you any less cute.. You'd just have to do everything I say this time, so nothing happens~" Dong-Yul chimed behind him, making the informant scowl at the very idea. Yeah, nice charm there, ignoramus..

"Sorry to break it to ya, but this doesn't change anything. Even if I wasn't with Kasuka, I wouldn't date you in a million years." Izaya announced, worried about the consequences but not being able to give up his own liberties to someone like this. But, of course, this didn't get a very pleasant response.

"Fine then!" the Korean shouted, then he saw Nakura lunging at Kasuka beside him, making him push his boyfriend away before dodging back as well. It took him a second to realize Kasuka had moved to push him away as well, the same reaction probably happening on both ends of this little square. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Dong-Yul turn on a dime, changing from facing Izaya to going after Kasuka and just catching his ankle enough to trip him, then trap him. Fuck!

Izaya watched in horror as Nakura got closer to them, neither of them now paying attention to him. "So, Orihara-san.. Would it hurt you more to torture you, or just end this one right here?" Nakura asked, a dark tone to his words as he looked over where he was crouched. Dong-Yul was looking very pleased with himself as well for pinning Kasuka's arms behind him, but both Dong-Yul and Izaya's faces went pale at the sight of a gun being pulled out from behind Nakura's back.

"The fuck.. You said you were going to kick his ass, not kill him!" Dong-Yul protested, his grip on Kasuka's arms loosening as he watched his accomplice with wide eyes. Nakura just glanced at him and held poison in his gaze, the expression obviously meant to make Dong-Yul look like the idiot here.

"Plans change, kid." the deviant announced, raising the gun to point at Kasuka's head before taking off the safety. Izaya bolted from where he was, temporarily distracting the armed thug while Dong-Yul suddenly tried to pull Kasuka away from him, the sound of wrenching metal in the background. Izaya tried to stop his own momentum as he saw something out of the corner of his vision again, whatever it was not registering to him as he watched Nakura change his aim at Izaya, pulling the trigger.

Chapter 53!

I'm sorry if this seems thrown together; I tried to make it suspenseful at the end and kinda tried too hard..

I hope it's not awful.

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