Choices you make

Izaya blinked taken aback. The teen couldn't have said what she had. The one after them was Shiki. The yakuza was the one that wanted Kanra's services and the girl herself. As leverage they had been indirectly threatened. "What was that, Anri-chan?" He asked quietly. He knew everyone in Ikebukuro, those who were currently in the city and those who were not. There had been no indication of Kida's return.

There had been no sign of the blond teen since their altercation the last time he was in Ikebukuro. The head of the yellow scarves had been left out of Mikado's faked death. In revenge he had set the apartment building on fire expecting all three of them to burn suffering a hot fiery death. It had almost gone that way.

Back then the protozoan had played the hero trying to rescue everyone. The result was being trapped under broken stairs. If not for Kanra's faith in him and the training the pair had made her go through things could have ended up very differently. It was thanks to them all working together and the dullahan's timing that they had all survived and got out safely.

Of course he had been more than a little angry at the culprit, hinting that the vengeful blond had actually tried to kill the one he was trying to revenge. Kida had left knowing that he had tried to end the life of his best friend. That should have been the last he saw of both Kida and Saki. Yet here was Anri denying Shiki's involvement.

"I- I said it was Kida-kun." The teen repeated quietly. "He's changed. His eyes were so cold. I think he's back for Mikado-kun." Izaya groaned running a hand through his hair. Shizuo, Shiki and now Kida. Their problems continued increasing. "W-what are you going to do?"

"That is none of your concern, Anri-chan. Don't repeat any of what you just said." Getting up to leave trembling fingers locked around his wrist.

"Did Kida-kun really want to hurt me?" Izaya couldn't answer. The number of threats had increased to three. For now he needed to track down a certain livid blond. "Please protect him." The raven waved her away leaving the room. Celty and Shinra were waiting outside for him.

"Kanra-chan!" Izaya called loudly knowing exactly where his lover had gone. There was no response but then again he didn't expect one. Kanra had sneaked into the unstable actor's room. With a sigh he moved close to the door seeing the actor sitting in the corner of the room a shell of his former self.

"Kasuka-san, the ones that sold you the drugs, do you know who they were?" Clever girl. The informant was impressed that Kanra wasn't panicking. Her jaw was set firm, eyes focused on the broken actor. Kasuka began to tremble curling in on himself and he knew time was up. Stepping into the room Izaya pinned the younger Heiwajima to the wall with his knife.

"Kasuka-kun, I'm afraid your brother has already met with your dealer. I need to know exactly what happened so I can find them." Empty eyes blinked staring back at him like a dead fish. "I know you understand me. Shizu-chan is angry that his little brother was dragged down the wrong path. Do you know what he'll do to them?"

"...Y-yes. It was a te-" Izaya pressed the blade down silencing the actor.

"Kanra, can you make me a coffee?" He kept his voice even and calm. It wasn't good for his lover to be in the room especially when he already knew who the culprit was in the first place.

"I-I want to stay here."

"No! Leave the room." A long pause filled the room before Kanra stood.

"Yes, Izaya-nii." In three quick steps the door slammed shut. Now both his lovers were angry. Turning back to the actor he took the blade away.

"Now tell me." Taking a step back Kasuka shuddered slumping against the wall. Taking pity on the human Izaya guided him over to the bed. "I should warn you that your condition has been exposed. Shizu-chan had been doing his best as your substitute. This morning the media showed their findings."

"...I failed. I didn't mean to be like this. A few months ago, it was after the second from last scene to my latest movie. I went back to my trailer. There was this teenage girl waiting in there for me, I thought she was a fan." Izaya knew that could only be Saki. "She had a taser gun in her hand and kept poking me with it. I was twitching on the floor when the door opened again. There was another teenager. This one was a blond haired boy, his eyes were so cold. He told me that I was necessary for the cracks to show."

Izaya held up one hand silencing the actor. The door opened Kanra standing in the doorway holding a tray of drinks. "Kanra, I'm almost done here." The teen ignored him carrying the tray closer. Kasuka was staring into space biting at his already bloodied nails. "Kasuka-kun, you were saying? Kasuka-kun!" Izaya barked startling the man.

"I-I...He gave me these little pink pills. The first one I was forced to swallow. I didn't know that he had put the packet in my pocket." The actor finished dropping his head.

"You got addicted." The informant summarised checking his phone. Dialling the blond's number he waited until once again it went straight to voice mail.

"I didn't mean to." Izaya waved him away. He wasn't a doctor, it wasn't his job to fix the fallen actor. "...Nii-san?" Leaving his drink where it was Izaya quickly left the room with Kanra in tow. For now the disguised male didn't need to be aware her best friend was back.

x-x-x

The door slammed shut, Shizuo finding himself in a small cluttered room. There were another two men and a woman lounging lazily over the chairs. On the table were several packets. These were the bastards that had harmed his brother. "Choose what you like. I recommend this one." Shaking his head Shizuo stepped towards the table fist clenched.

They hadn't realised that they had the wrong person but they did now. Tugging back his hood and tearing off the wig, the blond stood angrier than he had ever been. It was one thing to hurt him but to hurt his little brother? Unforgivable. "H-Heiwajima Shizuo?" The woman asked voice shaking. One by one they realized exactly who they had messed with.

The powdered packages went flying across the room as his fist went straight through the flimsy wood. "Yuuhei Hanejima. Which one of you sold it to him?" As expected half of them tried to run and the other half charged at him. Shizuo stopped them with ease. The first slammed into the sofa, the second hit the wall and the third he released quickly seeing a wet patch at the front of his pants.

Planting himself in front of the door the blond growled as the smarter two jumped through the window running out onto the street. Shizuo gave chase ripping the door from its hinges. Pausing momentarily he could feel his phone vibrating. It wasn't the first time. Reaching into his pocket he saw the flea's name flash up onto the screen.

One, two, four, seven missed calls and a voice mail. Shaking his head the blond dropped his phone back into his pocket before he broke it. Izaya would be fine without him. His phone kept ringing over and over. Taking a deep breath Shizuo answered the phone. "What?" He growled angrily.

A nervous chuckle sounded on the other end of the phone. You sound angry, Shizu-chan. How is the model shoot going?

"You mean you haven't heard?" Unclenching his fist Shizuo leaned back against the wall. "The press know. Is there something wrong with Kanra?"

No. She's with me. I heard. Its all over the media. Where are you now? I know who threatened those we care about. Shizuo growled remembering the dealers.

"So do I. I have to go." Going to end the call he heard the raven shout.

Shizu-chan, don't do anything stupid. Go back to Shinra's and see your brother. Leave this to us. Shizuo clenched his fist again slamming it against the brick wall.

"Stay out of this flea." Hanging up the phone Shizuo roared hurrying after his quarry.

x-x-x

Kanra watched her lover talking quickly into the phone, Izaya had finally managed to get through to Shizuo. It didn't sound like a good conversation. The call ended as quickly as it had begun. "Shizu-chan? Stupid protozoan." It looked like it hadn't gone well.

"Izaya? Where is Shizuo?" The informant glanced up shaking his head.

"About five minutes from tracking down Kasuka's drug dealers and landing them in hospital or worse. Lets go." The two of them were already on the look out for the blond. Exiting the café Kanra stepped back watching as a car flew through the air flipping over as it hit the ground and scraping across the road.

"Found him." Kanra murmured pointing at the wreckage. The roof of the car had been cut off cleanly leaving it a crumpled shell. The crowd screamed running out of the way, while she hurried in the direction the destruction had come from. "This way." A thick sign post came careening towards them. Izaya pulled her out of harms way.

"It will be a surprise if Ikebukuro is still standing after this. Are you sure you don't want to wait at home?" Kanra glared at him hand on her hip. Zipping forward the raven crashed into someone that hadn't moved out of the way. "Kanra, watch where-" Her lover trailed off staring past her. Curious Kanra looked up apologizing for bumping into...oh no.

"That's all right dear." Kanra recoiled feeling her heart pound violently from panic, surprise and happiness. The two adults were painfully familiar though she had no idea why they would be in Ikebukuro. There was nothing here for them any more. "Such a mess, all these flying objects, its a wonder no one gets hurt." Taking a step back she grabbed Izaya's hand squeezing hard. The man and woman were staring at her. Somehow the Ryuugamines were in the city. Their son was long dead crushed under the weight of jealousy and power hungry gangs.

Mikado's parents had been left in the dark about his faked death. The man looked as if he had aged ten years, the woman looked dangerously fragile, neither one of them were smiling. Not trusting herself to speak Kanra relied on Izaya to guide her through the mine field. Although he looked as surprised as she did.

"Kanra, come on. We have something urgent to attend to." Slowly she took a step to the side before walking briskly on ahead. "Why would your parents be here?" Izaya asked quietly most likely talking to himself and not her. Glancing behind her she could still see the pair walking slowly in the opposite direction, an empty space between them.

That was Mikado's place. Right there between them. "They didn't recognize me." Kanra mumbled quietly. "My parents didn't recognize me." A hand rested on her shoulder in comfort. Shaking her head she stepped into her lover's arms accepting his embrace.

"Of course not. They went to your funeral. I don't know why they're here yet. Do they know anyone else in Ikebukuro?" Kanra slumped wrapping her arms around the raven's waist.

"...No. The only one they would have known is Masaomi." She could feel the raven tense before relaxing again. "Do you think Masaomi still hates me and sent them? I can't face them. I'm going to go home after all." Pulling out of the raven's arms Kanra rubbed at her eyes.

"Be careful. Go straight home. No, wait in the café for Celty or call a cab. I'm going after Shizu-chan." Kanra nodded turning away. She could hear Izaya's footsteps as he ran in the opposite direction. Taking out her phone she called Shizuo.

A smile touched her lips in relief when she got through on the first try. Kanra? Did something happen? Her lover sounded calm and relaxed despite being angry.

"I need you. My- Mikado's parents turned up."

Where's the flea? Never mind where are you? Kanra looked around giving up her location. I...I'll be there soon. Sit tight and stay out of sight. Izaya hadn't been able to stop the blond but she had. Ending the call the raven held the phone to her chest. Shizuo was coming.