#Yep that sounds like Shizuo

[mocknerd]

Watching Code Geass and hearing all the Durarara!! voice actors got me thinking.

Izaya = Lelouch

Shinra = Suzaku

Nunnally = The twins (Mairu lost her eyesight, Kururi lost her ability to walk)

The comparisons are too real. Angsty smart boys with parent issues and a weird obsession with chess. Younger siblings in their care. Childhood friend who's secretly fucked up and who has caused some weird mixed feelings for angsty smart boy about his intentions. Does this make sense?

I'm just saying.

[kikyan]

You’re my favorite Human (Yandere Izaya x F! Reader x Yandere Shizuo)

Before ANY of yall say anything, I wrote this as a birthday special to an online friend I once had. If Izaya and literally anybody else sounds OOC, it’s because this was written back in 2018/2019 after I watched Durarara!! For a bit of background info, I first watched Durarara!! back in middle school when a friend admitted to liking the anime and well I decided to watch too. This show was too complex for my small ass mind so I dropped it. Then I met my online friend (we are no longer friends) who would always comment on Quotev where I was most active at the time. Well, I literally only picked up this anime again for said friend and the birthday request. I wrote this immediately right after the show so if it sucks ass, there is a reason for it. Anyway’s I promise to give them justice if I manage to write my spooky Slasher AU’s for them. Also if you somehow end up managing which ‘slasher’ Shizuo and Izaya fit I’ll write you a special one-shot within my guidelines for your birthday/Christmas depending on the time constraint. Here you go, for the curious peeps!  This story branches off to two endings, Izaya ending w/ Smut and a Shizuo ending because I became a hardcore simp over that man and will literally do anything he tells me to. Regardless, I will edit the links and such for their appropriate endings! This story is also unedited so. . .have fun IG 

ALSO THE READER IS A FEMALE BECAUSE THIS WAS A BIRTHDAY REQUEST THAT A CERTAIN SOMEONE DIDN’T LIKE SO YEAH FUCK THEM, BUT THEY WERE FEMALE AND WANTED THAT SO JUST REPLACE SHE/HER WITH THE PRONOUNS YOU FEEL MOST COMFORABLE WITH!!!!! I ALSO DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO WRITE BACK THEN SO YOU’RE A GENERIC MC WITH A STUTTER PROBABLY 

God I sucked at writing fics so much back then. . .

"IZAYA!!" 

The blonde man proceeded to pick up the red vending machine stationed outside a random building, preparing to lance it at the black-haired male he called Izaya. 

"S-Shizuo!! It's not worth it!! Calm down!! Um- I know! I'll make some tea for you to calm down just please drop the vending machine!!"

"NO, I CAN'T! AFTER SEEING THIS PIECE OF SHIT I'M ALREADY FUMING WITH RAGE!" 

"Shizuo!! Please!! Milk! Yep, milk will surely calm you down just please Shizuo!! You're attracting too much attention and you don't like violence right!!" 

“Throw it Shizu-Chan. Or are you too weak to hold it anymore.”

"IZAYA!!!" 

Shizuo turned away from the (h/c) individual as he began to grip a stop sign before removing it from the ground and began to run towards Izaya. 

" Shizuo stop!! Geez, Izaya please refrain from edging him on! Shizuo don't give in! You're better, in fact, you want to be better!! You want to be stronger to have more control right!! Well. . . Don't give in!!" 

At the sound of this Shizuo stopped before tossing the stop sign to the side and grabbing the (h/c) haired individual and dragging you off with him. 

Looking back, the person Shizuo was dragging turned around to look back at Izaya before stopping in their tracks and bowing apologetically. 

" I'm sorry Izaya for the commotion we caused, but I hope you understand that Shizuo is a bit difficult but I'm sure he can change! You too izaya, you seem to try to edge him on and that reflects poorly on you! So please Izaya, I hope you understand too!" 

" Oi (Y/N), what are you apologizing for?" 

Smiling softly at Izaya and giving him a shy wave (Y/N) turned to face Shizuo and continued to answer his question.

"Well, I mean I didn't stop him from edging you on!" 

" I swear you really are the most optimistic, apologetic, and kindest person on this planet. You are one of a kind." 

Laughing softly (Y/N)  turned to Shizuo as they began to reply, " Thank you! It means a lot to me Shizuo!" 

Walking alongside Shizuo, (Y/N) proceeded to make small talk unaware of the lingering dark eyes upon her figure.

~~ 

"(Y/N), I swear I can't figure you out. No matter what you do or what happens you always apologize to everyone. Even that damn Izaya!" 

"Well, Shizuo I like to be positive!! Besides, I'm sure second chances must be given!!" 

" Hmph. Even those who commit the worst of crimes?" 

"Well, I'm not the one entitled to forgive them for crimes committed against another, but I believe if someone truly wanted to, someone could change." 

"Oh?" 

" For example, you! I mean you've gotten several chances, haven't you? You have a stable job, although you can get quite violent, you have friends, and you are trying your hardest to change! So, I feel like anyone could change!!" 

"Hmph. You forgot something. . ." 

" I did?" 

" Yeah, I also have the best person next to my side, you, (Y/N) (L/N)." 

" I-I-I-I u-um S-sh!?" 

" Heh, you get flustered all of a sudden and it suits your personality. I wonder how I got stuck with someone like you (Y/N). . ."

~~

Bodies were lying around Shizuo in the school field as he huffed in rage and looked to the side to see a (h/c) haired female with (e/c) eyes looking wide at the scene that laid before them. 

" Hmph, what are you scared?" 

Shizuo asked as he looked at the female before looking a bit confused as he noticed the expression on the girl changed. She was smiling and shook her head before answering his question. 

" Nope! I mean what you did isn't good but I'm sure you have a reason! Besides, I feel like deep down you regret it. I mean, although you are pretty violent, you probably don't want to be right?" 

"I... .hmph. Stop being odd and spouting nonsense." 

As the female turned to the bodies she bowed apologetically and began to speak. 

"I'm sorry! I apologize for his behavior! He doesn't mean it! He regrets it! Besides, you guys should know that violence isn't acceptable so please apologize for your actions as well! Fighting isn't acceptable!!" 

"HUH? WHAT THE HELL? WHO THE HELL YOU APOLOGIZING TO?" 

" W-w-well I am apologizing to them and you!! I mean you didn't mean too!! Besides, fighting is wrong! Both parties were at fault so I must apologize for it!" 

" WHY THE HELL DO YOU WANT TO APOLOGIZE? YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!"

"W-w-well!! They are knocked out and can't speak, plus you won't apologize, you want to but you can't bring yourself to!!"

" OKAY BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?" 

"I-I’M SORRY!! I DIDN'T MEAN TO BOTHER YOU BUT I THOUGHT THAT WELL I-?!" 

"NOW WHY ARE YOU APOLOGIZING?!" 

 "I'M SORRY! I DIDN'T MEAN TO-!?"

"STOP APOLOGIZING!" 

"I'M SORRY! AHHH I KEEP DOING IT!" 

"YEAH. NOW STOP!" 

"I'M SORRY I'LL TRY! WAIT-" 

"OH JUST SHUT UP!" 

"I'M SOR-!?" 

"STOP APOLOGIZING! GOD DAMN IT!" 

"I CAN'T IT'S A HABIT!" 

"Geez, troublesome woman." 

" Ahhh!! What time is it?!" 

"Why the hell are you asking me?" 

"Crap I think I missed my train! Now I have to walk home! Wait, that's fine! I missed gym class to help the teachers so this will count for my exercise! Of course, I shouldn't feel down!" 

" You're unusually optimistic. I'd be pissed as all hell if that happened." 

"Well I think everything happens for a reason and besides, you need to see the bright side of everything! Anyway, I need to go! I have to walk for about maybe 2 hours till I arrive home and I do have homework to complete! I'm sorry for being a bother but I hope to see you tomorrow at school!" 

"Wait." 

 "Yeah?" 

"Let me, let me walk you home alright." 

"B-b-but!?" 

"LISTEN IT'S MY FAULT YOU MISSED THE TRAIN SO LET ME WALK YOU HOME DAMN IT!" 

"Ahh okay okay! I'm sorry for bothering you but thank you!!" 

"Yeah, yeah just stop apologizing and don't start again." 

"Alright! By the way, what's your name?"

" Shizuo Heiwajima. Yours?" 

" (Y/N) (L/N)!" 

As they began to walk side by side (Y/N) began to laugh as she asked Shizuo questions upon question leading to Shizuo answering them and laughing as he realized, maybe having someone not fear him, was a good feeling. 

"Hey, Shizuo?" 

"Yeah? What is it?" 

" Wanna go for Russian sushi?" 

Looking down at the girl Shizuo gave his usual smirk before responding happily. 

" Sure, why not?" 

~~

"Hey, Shizuo?" 

" Yeah?" 

Turning around he met with the female who became his best friend and possibly his crush. Smiling softly he turned to give her all of his attention despite the number of bodies surrounding him in the field of his high school. 

"Well, I was wondering if you wanted to um, well. . ." 

"SHIZUO! I have someone I would like to introduce you too!~" 

" Huh?" 

Shizuo replied in his usual tone as to be turned to meet the faces of the young boy with glasses, brown hair and grey eyes whom he quickly recognized as his friend Shinra Kishitani but the other boy, had dark hair and matching eyes he did not. 

"What do you want Shinra?" 

"Oh? Am I interrupting you and your girlfriend~" 

"Girlfriend?! I-I-I’m j-just a friend!?" 

Shizuo looked to the side but quickly locked eyes with the boy. Shinra looking at Shizuo quickly turned to introduce the other boy. 

"His name is Izaya Orihara! He is in the same year and class as us!" 

Upon looking at Izaya, Shizuo quickly launched an attack towards him before Izaya leaped out and grabbed his knife before slicing Shizuo across the abdomen. Shizuo looked down noticing the wound before looking back at Izaya. 

"S-s-shizuo?! Are you okay? Oh, I'm so sorry this happened!!" 

"(Y/N) it's fine and stop apologizing! You didn't do anything wrong! Besides, it was him, Izaya. . ." 

"Oh? Come on Shizu-chan I haven't even done anything. . ." 

"I'm sorry!! I apologize that Shizuo charged at you and hurt you! He tends to do that a lot, but I apologize on your behalf! Shizuo, I apologize that Izaya cut you! I'm sorry I couldn't stop him from cutting you and possibly distracted you. So please, violence is not the answer! Izaya and Shizuo I apologize and I hope you may make up and be best friends!!" 

"Eh?" 

"(Y/N) YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG! STOP APOLOGIZING FOR OUR MISTAKES!" 

"I'm sorry! Ah, wait u-u-um well I know you both didn't mean it!!" 

"Here we go again. . . (Y/N) STOP APOLOGIZING, ON TOP OF THAT TO THAT GUY!" 

Shizuo was pointing at Izaya with a hint of disgust written across his face as Izaya looked dumbfounded for a split moment before asking, "Wait? You serious?" 

"Huh?" 

"Did you just apologize for something you didn't do?" 

"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to bother you!" 

"I-, well it seems this took an interesting turn of events. Well, goodbye Shizu-chan, (Y/N) right?" 

"Y-yeah. . ." 

Shizuo stood in front holding his arm protectively (Y/N)  as Izaya twirled the pocket knife in his arms in a strange direction before smiling and whispering a small, “Interesting. . .” 

As Izaya turned to leave, Shizuo muttered a small “ That bastard makes me so damn mad” before turning to (Y/N) realizing she had something to say before you were both rudely interrupted by Shinra. 

“ Hey (Y/N) what did you want? You had something to say before that damn bastard arrived.” 

“ O-Oh I-I did. . . um, Shizuo I wanted to ask if you wanted to miss the last train again and... .walk me home, and get Russian sushi with me. . .” 

“ Is that your way of asking me out on a date?” 

Teasing (Y/N) slightly she turned red upon hearing that before nodding her head softly. With a sigh, Shizuo smiled and dragged the smaller female by her arm before muttering a “ finally you asked” causing the female to turn even redder at the comment. (Y/N) ran a little ahead and turned back to smile at Shizuo before whispering “ I love you Shizuo. . .” 

~~ 

Walking to the shared home that Shizuo and (Y/N) have, (Y/N) grabbed a small jug of milk before handing it to Shizuo scolding him for getting violent, but congratulating him on holding back and not letting Izaya get to him. 

“ I don’t know what I would do without you (Y/N), I mean it . . .” 

“ I’m just lucky this happened when we were walking together and not when you were working. Izaya can be a bit extreme but I’m sure he means well!!” 

“Heh, you always look on the bright side, don’t you?” 

“ Exactly!! Looking on the bright side is exactly what brought us together!! I mean after you dropped me off at my house we got to be great friends, that's also when you confided in me your secrets and feelings. Then you began to realize that I didn’t fear you and truly cared for you. Then we went on a date, and became a couple! Dating for a good 5, 6 years?” 

“ Yep, luckily we still love each other.” 

“ I won’t ever stop loving you Shizuo, because you accepted me for who I am. Now it’s time to let me accept you for who you are. . . I mean I already did but you can’t get it through that thick skull of yours can you?” 

“ What do you mean, I understand.” 

“ Yet, every time you encounter Izaya and I’m not around you come home quite sad and always ask me if I would ever leave you. Shizuo, I would never leave you.” 

“ Well yeah but. . .”

“ But?” 

“ You’re right. I should head to work. See you later (Y/N). Take care and don’t do anything strange.” 

“ I wouldn’t do anything you wouldn’t do.” 

“ That worries me.” 

“ I’m just going to talk to Celty or just hang around the park! See you later Shizuo!” 

“ Hmph. Later and don’t forget that I love you.” 

“ I should be saying that but of course! Love you too and later!” 

Shizuo smiled at the girl before heading off to visit Tom his friend and employer. They had another client that refused to pay up and Shizuo was going to “pay” him a visit to ensure he did. (Y/N) locked the door before going on her phone and texting Celty. 

‘ You busy Cel?’ 

‘ No, not really. Why do you ask?’ 

`` I just wanted to see if you wanted to hang out and chat.’ 

‘ Sure. I’ll pick you up and we can head off to the park. That fine?’ 

``you read my mind Cel. Alright, I’ll get ready.’  

(Y/N) changed into a new set of clothing before waiting on the couch for Celty to pick her up and head to the park. Celty and (Y/N) got along well as well, (Y/N) always saw the bright side. When she and celty were close enough, originally being introduced by Shinra, Celty confided in her about not having a head and (Y/N) offered some light on the subject. 

“ Well, head or no head  I think you’re perfect just the way you are. For example, you can still do pretty much everything right? Aside from taste but still Celty! I think that is what makes you unique I mean, if you think about it, only those people who truly love and care for you will accept you no matter what. Take a look at Shizuo, he believed everyone feared him, but I didn’t. I love him! Just like I love you Celty! I accept you for who you are and you will always be celty with or without your head! So cheer up, I don’t like seeing my friends sad!” 

With that, a new friendship was born leading (Y/N) to be best friends with the fearsome headless rider. 

< - - - - - - - - - - - - > 

KANRA HAS JOINED THE CHAT

Kanra: Hey guys! I have a question about a specific person. 

Setton: A person? Who? 

TarouTanaka: Agreed. It’s quite rare to see you not having information on anyone. 

Kanra: Precisely, which is why I must know. Do any of you know a (Y/N) (l/n)? 

Setton: (Y/N)? Not personally but I’ve heard rumors. . . 

Setton: There’s not much I know about her, but I’ve heard rumors of her being in the Dollars.

Setton: Besides that, I’ve also heard she’s Shizuo Heiwajima’s girlfriend and possibly future wife.

TarouTanaka: Shizuo Heiwajima? As in THE Shizuo Heiwajima? Do you know the violent one? 

Kanra: That’s so scary!! Who would put up with him? 

Kanra: *Gasps* you don’t think. . .

TarouTanaka: Think what? 

Kanra: You don’t think she’s using him do you? I mean, having a strong boyfriend has its perks right? 

Setton: She’s not that type of person.

Setton: From what I’ve heard, at least.

Kanra: Oh? You seem to get a bit defensive. Are you sure you don’t know her? 

Kanra: I mean, think about it. What is so special about Shizuo that would lead someone like her to love him? 

Kanra: Honestly, I think she could be using him after all I’m sure there are more people that someone like her could pick from. 

Setton: Well everything is just based on rumors, but I doubt she’s a bad type of person.

Setton: Love has always been a confusing matter. All that matters is that they like each other for who they are.

Setton: It’s not our place to make assumptions.

Kanra: Love is indeed confusing. 

TarouTanaka: I agree with Setton, I am sure they love each other for who they are. Is everything alright Kanra? 

Kanra: Yes, but it still stumps me on how little information we have of his girlfriend. Not only that but we have little information on the relationship as well. Has anyone seen her? Know what she looks like? 

Setton: I’ve only heard a vague description of her: (e/c) and (h/c). I could pass her on the street and not even know.

Setton: But I’m sure she’s just a private person. We should respect that and try not to dig into her life.

Kanra: Oh fair maiden will I ever see you?

TarouTanaka: You sure you aren’t trying to steal his girlfriend? 

Kanra: ^ 0 ^ Never! 

Setton: This has been an interesting discussion and all, but I’m needed elsewhere.

Setton: Later.

< - - - - - - - - - - - - - > 

SETTON HAS LEFT THE CHAT

Kanra: Well I better head out too, later Tarou! 

TarouTanaka: Later! 

< - - - - - - - - - - - - - >

KANRA HAS LEFT THE CHAT.

TAROUTANAKA HAS LEFT THE CHAT. 

THERE IS NO ONE IN THE CHAT. 

A figure began to ponder and look outside with a pair of binoculars as a female with (e/c) and (h/c) walked by. 

‘ Oh? I think I should properly introduce myself to the fair maiden’ 

~~ 

The young girl walked out of her house ready to speak with the dullahan. Upon seeing the headless rider the young girl waved her hand signaling the rider. 

“ Celty! Over here!” 

The rider began to make its way to the female before hugging and typing away on its phone. 

“Oh good, I was worried I arrived too early.”

“ Nah! Even if you did, you would have more time to look around and notice life at it’s finest!” 

“Oh Y/N, still as cheerful as ever, huh?”

“ Oh, you know it! Now let's head to the park! I want to see Ikebukuro at its prime time at night!” 

“Of course, but as we’re walking let me ask: How’s it going between you and Shizuo?”

“ Well. . . I-I-I I think it’s going great! He isn’t getting as rowdy and violent so I think he is changing a little bit! He ended getting me a gift, a necklace to be exact for our 5th anniversary! It says his name! He also has one, one with my name!”  

“I’m glad to hear you guys are going great. I’m sure that nothing could ever break your relationship, right?” 

“ Exactly! He and I have never had a serious argument! Maybe a little scolding but it’s fine like this! I always end up congratulating him in the end! He is the sweetest! Every time he comes home he asks me if I love him which makes me sad because I hope he knows I do! However. . . he always ends up spoiling me in love! The real question. . . is how is it with Shinra?” 

“Oh. . . Well, you know how he is. We’re as close as we can ever be, especially now that I’m more accustomed to the whole headless thing. That doesn’t mean I’m not looking, though.”

“ You will find it Celty! I know for a fact you will find it! I’ll help you when I have time! Hey look it’s the park let’s find a bench!” 

[park bench scene]

“You know, Y/N, I heard that you and Shizuo were considering getting married. Is it true?”

“ Well, I-!?” 

“ Well, Celty! I didn’t know you were here? (Y/N) too! What a surprise too! Do you mind if I sit with you guys?” 

“ Well, not really! Feel free to sit Izaya!” 

“ Interesting, now continue what were we talking about?” 

“ Well, Celty asked about my marriage to Shizuo!” 

“ So it’s true. . .” 

“ Yeah! Celty we are! Sometime next week we were going to look for dresses!” 

“That’s wonderful Y/N! If you need anything, I’m always available to help.”

“ Of course!” 

“ Same here.  . . a wedding between Shizu-chan and (Y/N) seems interesting. . .” 

“ So (Y/N), why are you with Shizu-chan? What’s the catch?” 

“ Pardon Izaya?” 

“ I mean, why would someone like YOU be with someone like HIM? What are the perks of having Shizu-chan as your boyfriend?” 

“ Perks?!” 

“I know that you and Shizuo have an on-going rivalry, but should you be asking Y/N questions like that?” 

“ I was just curious Celty! Besides, do you have the answer?” 

“ Well, there are no perks.” 

“ Huh?” 

“ I love Shizuo, not for his strength or perks. I love him because he was kind to me. He accepts my optimistic side, even though it can be quite annoying and I accept his violent tendencies! He is doing so much to change and I will support him from now on! When we met, he kinda beat the entire team on the field and I apologized for the both of him! He got confused and I apologized for my behavior and we kinda got into a mini battle of him asking me to stop apologizing and well my apologizing even more! Nonetheless, I missed the train, but it gave me a chance to talk to him and as you can tell he walked me home! Since then, a steady relationship! So it’s not about the benefits, it’s what we feel for each other that motivates us!” 

“ Interesting. . . “  

“ I agree Y/N, it’s about love, not benefits. Might want to save a speech that profounds for your wedding though.

“ You’re right! Oh, I’m sorry Izaya for ruining the surprise!” 

‘ Interesting. . . she isn’t like every other human, she doesn’t seem to lie, hide things, and seems to be honest. She seems to be optimistic. Hmph, interesting that she isn’t like all the other humans I love, she’s different and I can’t wait to see her face, her entire being change as I pull the strings from behind! (Y/N), you are quite interesting, you are like my special, no my favorite human and I need to see your reactions to everything... .’ 

“ (Y/N)?” 

“ Ah, Shizuo! O-over here!” 

“ Celty’s here too and-?!” 

Shizuo stared at the black-haired male with such anger raging within them as he let out a growl before examining the area. 

“ IZAYA! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?!” 

“ It’s a park? Am I not allowed to visit one?” 

“ IT’S WHO YOU’RE WITH THAT MATTERS! (Y/N) DID HE TOUCH YOU OR HURT YOU IN ANY WAY?” 

“ N-no! Shizuo we were only just talking! Besides, Celty was here with us! It was all friendly talk!” 

“ Celty, take (Y/N) and go to Shinra’s place. I’ll meet you there once I finish killing this bastard!” 

Typing away Celty nodded showing her phone with the message being, ‘Of course. Be careful before doing anything crazy, but please hear Y/N out first. Learn a bit about the situation before jumping into anything dangerous.”

“ Oh my Shizu-chan!~ So you are dating her. Isn’t that interesting. . . I say though it’s shocking, to say the least, that someone like (Y/N) would fall in love with you. Someone as fragile, beautiful, delicate, and forgiving like (Y/N) with a violent man as yourself, well I’d be damned!” 

“ I’m sorry! Izaya, I apologize for Shizuo’s behavior as he ended up attacking you without hearing my part, which I still have yet to say! However, I apologize on your part as well Izaya as you didn’t mean anything by chatting with us, but you asked some not so nice things. On the bright side, you know the truth and know that Shizuo isn’t a bad person!” 

“ (Y/N) . . .?” 

“ Shizuo! Celty and I were chatting when Izaya approached us, we were just talking! He didn’t hurt me, besides Celty would have put him in his place before I would have! Please believe me, Celty tell him the truth as well!” 

“Of course, there was nothing suspicious going on. Just a regular conversation full of small talk. Nothing shady or malicious between us and Izaya.”

“ Tch. Fine, but still take her to Shinra. I don’t want this bastard to find out where we live. I still want to kill him. . .” 

“ S-Shizuo! It’s fine, we don’t need to go see Shinra!” 

“ Aww, Shizu-chan you’re scaring her!~ Besides, what if (Y/N) doesn’t want to leave? You’re her boyfriend but you aren’t her owner. Besides, why do you get to keep her all to yourself, as you know I love humans, I can’t get enough of them! But she, she is quite interesting, as all humans I love her as well but aren’t you pushing it Shizuo chan?” 

“ Keep that damn mouth of yours shut!” 

“ I wonder, how long will it take you to screw up your relationship with her like you always do. Have you even proposed to her yet? Being the violent person you are you probably used someone's body as a foot stand before asking her to be your wife!” 

“ NO! That’s wrong! He proposed at Russia Sushi! We went out to eat as it was also our first date! See, even Simon took the picture and hung it in the dining area! You can see Shizuo’s fist but that was because he was embarrassed Simon took a picture and well he snapped, see how red he is? I’m the one crying in the background while holding the ring! It’s even my lock and home screen!” 

“ YOU DON’T NEED TO GO THAT FAR! WAIT-HE HAS IT HANGED? I NEED TO KILL THIS MAN FIRST THAN YOU DAMN IZAYA!” 

“ NO NOT SIMON! WAIT SHIZUO!” 

Running after Shizuo, (Y/N)  turned around one last time before bowing apologetically and smiling at Izaya before running after her fiance. Celty typing away on her phone showing it to Izaya. 

“Be careful about what you say around Y/N. I know what you’re trying to do and I advise you against it. It won’t end well for either of you.”

“ Whatever do you mean Celty?” 

“I’ve seen the way you look at Y/N; the way you observe her with that calculated glee in your eye. Even if you do separate her from Shizuo, she wouldn’t be happy with someone considered a homewrecker. She’s too optimistic for her good, she’ll easily forgive you, but she would never be able to forgive herself for hurting Shizuo. If you truly value her like you say you do, don’t try to meddle in her personal affairs.” 

“ I want to see every possible reaction from her, so this is quite tempting. Besides, Celty why do you care much about her? I love humans and I’m not willing to share, (Y/N) is no exception.” 

“Y/N is the best person I know. She’s kind no matter what and brings hope and joy to all of those that she comes across. She deserves to live the best life she can, one filled with no despair or tragedy. You need to learn to respect that and move on.”

Celty, displaying her anger towards Izaya, revved her motorcycle upwards causing several people to look in worry and walk away to avoid getting hit. Izaya stood unamused with his smug grin as he watched Celty chase after the couple to take them to Shinra. 

“ Celty, it’s a shame. All humans will experience despair no matter what, even our darling (Y/N). It’s just how long will it take for her to fall into despair that’s the real game and who the one pulling the strings will be.” 

Izaya began to walk away only to stop at Russia sushi and was quite intrigued by the photo that was taken. As he began to examine the image he saw (Y/N) smiling with tears rolling down her eyes as she turned to the camera holding the ring Shizuo had given her. On top of that, he saw Shizuo, quite red ready to punch Simon for taking the picture. 

“ Well well, seems she was telling the truth. I guess he didn’t screw it up.” 

“ Izaya, I heard about what happened.” 

As Izaya turned he was met with Simon the dark-skinned Russian who began to speak in his native tongue signaling that this was a private conversation. 

“ Simon, how’s it been?” 

“ Don’t ruin it.” 

“ Ruin what Simon?” 

“ Shizuo and (Y/N) found happiness here so don’t ruin it.” 

“ Oh? What makes you say that?” 

“ (Y/N) is special, the unpredictable happens around her but that doesn’t mean you should ruin what they have for the sake of your entertainment.” 

“ Special huh?” 

“ You like her don’t you? Leave her with Shizuo, she is not meant for you.” 

“ You see Simon, you’re right she is special but she isn’t Shizuo’s. I believe her to be one of the few people who aren’t on this playing field. She, like all humans, belongs to me. I won’t let Shizu-chan, Celty, or even that damn Saika blade have her.” 

“ Izaya, I know you don’t like losing to Shizuo but that does not mean you have to ruin this relationship. For once, let it go.” 

“ It’s Shizuo who needs to let her go.” 

With that Izaya left the place before walking away thinking about the girl. Since he met her years ago he realized how forgiving and optimistic she truly was. It shocked him, every human he met would be the same and oh so predictable. Shizu-chan and Simon would be the unpredictable ones spicing up his entertainment but (Y/N)? She was the most unpredictable one of them all. She took both sides of an argument and attempted to find a solution and she would keep Shizuo in check something that no one could do. On top of that, (Y/N) forgave anyone and you could never guess what she would say next, but her actions were always surprising. As he entered his workplace he was met with Namie Yagiri who looked at him in disbelief. 

“ It’s late where have you been?” 

“ Ah, Namie I was out with Celty and (Y/N) (L/N).” 

“ (Y/N) (L/N)?” 

“ Shizuo Heiwajima’s girlfriend, well fiance but not for long.” 

“ What do you mean, not for long?” 

“ Well you see, I intend to steal her away.” 

“ You never seem to bother with people’s love lives anyways. Why now?” 

“ (Y/N) (L/N) is a fascinating human! Here on this board, Shizu-Chan is the king and (Y/N (L/N) would be his queen, but the queen is one of the few people with free-range movement, in other words, the most powerful piece, nonetheless all are useful but the queen is the one who defends her king. If the queen is removed you’re pretty much set to fail and the king is left weak and ready to be dethroned. So, Shizu-chan is only strong with his queen, but this fascinating human being should be next to me, her God!” 

“ So you want to use her-!?” 

“ No! You’re not getting the picture! I am going to take the queen and leave her next to her god’s side! ME! With Shizu-chan weak I’ll simply kill him and fully take (Y/N) (L/N) as mine!” 

“ I thought Shizuo provided you with the most entertainment. . .” 

“ (Y/N) makes up for both of them, I don’t need Shizuo when I have his queen. . .” 

~~ 

“ Shizuo! Wait!” 

Shizuo was walking faster while dragging (Y/N) behind him as they proceeded to go to their house after staying at Shinra’s. 

“ What for?” 

“ I’m sorry for embarrassing you in front of Izaya. . .” 

“ I’m fine, as long as it was you I didn’t mind.” 

“ You sure?” 

“ Of course, now let’s go home. I’m tired.” 

‘“O-Okay!” 

As they entered the home in which they both own Shizuo immediately grabbed (Y/N) as he held her close before asking her yet again, “ Do you love me?” 

“ Of course silly! I wouldn’t marry someone I don’t love! I love you to the moon and back Shizuo and I wouldn’t change that for the world! No one and nothing would ever split us apart Shizuo! You accepted me for who I am, now it’s time you realize that I accept you for you!” 

Cuddling closer with the (h/c) hair colored female he blurted out something that made her turn red upon hearing it. 

“ I want a baby.” 

“ A WHAT?!” 

“ A baby. I hope to be able to be a father once we wed.” 

“ W-w-w-w-what g-g-g-gave you that idea?!” 

“ We are both at a young age, once we marry I feel like we should have a child. I won’t rush or force you but I think we would be great parents.” 

“I...OKAY! Of course! After we marry, we can have as many children as we can!” 

“ W-Wait you serious?!” 

“ Of course Shizuo, because I love you to bits! Just like I will love this child, I'll make sure you both know how special you are to me!” 

“ I do wonder how I found someone like you (Y/N). . . I love you!” 

“ I love you too Shizuo!” 

As they both fell asleep in a lovers embrace Shizuo was reminded of how much (Y/N) loves him and was also reminded that she will never leave him. Izaya was wrong, (Y/N) loves him for himself and as Shizuo sighed in relief as he cuddled closer to the female, not being feared, but being loved was a great feeling, the best in the world. 

~~ 

“ Now. . . what should I make for dinner? I should make Shizuo’s favorite meal, but that means that I need to go shopping. Oh well.” 

(Y/N) pulled out her phone before sending Shizuo a quick text saying how she would be stepping out and would be home soon. After getting an, ‘alright. Be safe.’ text she immediately set out to the store. As (Y/N) was searching through the ingredients she came across a hand reaching for the same one, the last one. 

“ Oh, I’m sorry! You can take it!” 

“ No, no that fine! By all means, take it.” 

“ Izaya... .?’ 

“ Ah! (Y/N)! Isn’t that wonderful? I wanted to speak to you!” 

“ Same! Just let me finish shopping and I’ll go with you!” 

“ Here! I’ll help, by the way! Feel free to take it, I don’t need that ingredient as much as you do.” 

“ Thanks! Are you sure you don’t want it though, I’m making a meal for Shizuo but I can always go to other stores! If you want it you should take it! On the bright side, I can get my daily walk in by going to other stores and I might be able to browse through other items I may need!” 

“ Oh? A meal for Shizu-chan? Then, by all means, take it. I wouldn’t want to make him upset.” 

“ Thank you Izaya! You really care for him!” 

“ Well, I wouldn’t say that. .  . “

“ Well, we should get going! I think I got everything I needed!” 

Walking to the park in silence was a little awkward until (Y/N) lit up at the sight of ice cream. 

“ Hey Izaya, look it’s an ice cream truck! Do you want some? My treat!” 

“ Actually, it will be mine! Which one do you want (Y/N)?” 

“ (F/F) please!” 

“ Of course!” 

Upon getting the ice cream ( Y/N) desired and Izaya getting one for himself they decided to sit on a bench and she continued speaking with Izaya. 

“ Izaya, I have a question.” 

“What is it (Y/N)?” 

“ Well, why do you like edging Shizuo on? You know he is trying his hardest to change, wait, is it to push him? To see how much he needs to improve left?” 

“ You really are optimistic aren’t you? Not exactly, you see Shizuo tends to act differently from the rest. . . he truly is unpredictable so I just want to see every possible reaction from him. Just like you?” 

“ Me? I hardly think I'm unpredictable, I feel like you could read me easily.” 

“ You can’t and that’s the best part. I truly love all humans (Y/N), they are just so interesting! In the end, they all act the same yet it’s so exciting!” 

“ Interesting. You like the unpredictable more though right! I do too! It’s like a book, if you can predict the way it ends then it isn’t all the fun. However, if the book ends with a plot twist and catches you by surprise then it is fun! Every new day, every new day is something different for me! I feel like, when you look at a new angle you end up seeing things you’ve never seen. This could easily impact what you think or what you do! That’s what I try to do to make my day more interesting!” 

Izaya looking at her with insanity swirling his eyes grabbed her hands causing her ice cream to fall before laughing. 

“ You understand me! You see what I see! You truly do deserve to be next to your god's side! Tell me (Y/N), you’re very forgiving, aren’t you! Every god needs to judge and punish the sinners, BUT THEY ALSO NEED TO FORGIVE! THAT MY GODDESS IS WHERE YOU COME IN! WITH YOU BY MY SIDE, WE COULD TRULY RULE OVER THESE HUMANS! JUST AS I LOVE HUMANS, THEY SHOULD LOVE ME TOO! THAT INCLUDES YOU (Y/N), DO YOU LOVE ME?” 

“ I-?!” 

“ That’s enough!” 

Turning to Celty who began to write furiously fast on her phone shoved it in front of Izaya as he skimmed the words that were written. 

‘Shizuo is on his way, leave if you don’t want your ass kicked. I told you to leave (Y/N) alone! For once, listen to me!’ 

Celty grabbed (Y/N) and led her to the motorcycle before writing on it explaining that Shizuo was around the area and was planning on picking (Y/N) up from the store. Celty mentioned that she too was around the area and that she was asked by Shizuo to help him look for her as well. Nodding, (Y/N) turned around to meet Izaya smirking, despite all she smiled at him and bowed before apologizing. 

“ I’m sorry Izaya! I hope to talk to you soon and I apologize our time was cut short. I’m happy that you told me a little about yourself Izaya as I told you I like to see both perspectives before saying or doing anything. On the bright side, although our time was cut short I realized that you trust me a little and bothered to open up a bit! So I'm glad!” 

Indeed Izaya found his Goddess, she forgave all and will forgive all. Smiling a bit he turned and wished her good-bye before plotting a plan to take her from Shizuo forever and make sure his goddess was with him all the time. Besides, even if he committed a crime, his goddess, (Y/N) (L/N) would forgive him. 

(Y/N) was riding with Celty until they found Shizuo in which he expressed his concern for the female. He examined the ingredients and smiled realizing what she was planning on doing before ruffling her hair. 

 “ I still have a little bit of work left but I'll make it home in time for dinner.” 

“ Of course! I’ll get started on dinner right away!” 

“ Alright. See you then, oh (Y/N).” 

“ Yeah?” 

“ I love you.” 

“ I love you too!” 

~~ 

Getting out of the shower, (Y/N) proceeded to dry her hair with a small towel wearing (F/C) shorts and an extremely overgrown shirt, more importantly, it was Shizuo’s bartender shirt that he allowed her to wear. It fit more like a dress but no one was complaining. 

“ I better get started on dinner, Shizuo is going to arrive any minute!” 

Proceeding to get the ingredients (Y/N) was washing the vegetables when she heard a click signaling the door was open. 

“ Shizuo I’m not done with the meal-... Shizuo... .?” 

Examining the living room she noticed that the door was opened but no one was in the room with her, that was until she heard a familiar voice from her right ear. 

“ Good evening, My goddess. . .” 

“Iza-!?” 

With that Izaya knocked out (Y/N) cradling her in his arms before making his way to him home with the young girl, his Goddess.  

~ 

“ Wake up sleeping beauty~” 

Izaya was poking her cheek repeatedly hoping for the young girl to awaken sometime soon and luckily she did. 

“ Izaya, w-where a-am I?” 

“ Why you’re in our home my goddess~” 

“O-our? Goddess? Izaya what’s going on?” 

“ You will be living with me from now on~ You see I explained it to you, I love humans my dear (Y/N), you are no exception. However, unlike all the other humans you have an interesting personality and you are quite unpredictable making each new day exciting and something to look forward to! Someone like you should be by my side ruling alongside next to me! Just as I adore humans, they should adore us, as they should!” 

“ I-Izaya I’m sorry but it’s late and I need to get to Shizuo before it gets too late-!?” 

“ You aren’t getting it! You aren’t going back to Shizuo! You belong to me! Besides, Shizuo is weak right now! I could easily get rid of him!” 

“ He isn’t! Shizuo is quite strong! I know for a fact that he can overcome anything! Now, please let me go before I-!?” 

“ You aren’t seeing the big picture (Y/N) and it saddens me. You see the queen is the strongest piece in chess. Shizu-chan is the king and you by right, are his queen. If we take the queen away, the king is set up to fail. Haven’t you realized, everyday Shizu-chan asks you if you love him and to never leave him? Coincidence I know? I always make him doubt of this reality because without you Shizu-chan would be a violent monster! Think about it, you’re the only thing that can hold him back but you aren’t by his side! Shizu-chan does not want to be feared but he thinks it’s a fantasy, someone like you being in his life that he just needs to confirm if you love him too!” 

(Y/N) gasped when she came to notice her fiance's true feelings. Feeling down, (Y/N) looked to the side to examine the board Izaya kept close to see if she could find a pattern or attempt to figure Izaya out to create a plan.   

“ In fact! I think he is worried sick trying to find you, but he won’t! Even if he does, he doesn’t have the right to take my Goddess away!” 

In the meantime, Shizuo was frantically searching for where (Y/N) could be. When he arrived home he came to see the door open and no sign of (Y/N) causing his anxiety to spike up at the thought of losing you forever. Having enough he texted Celty and even the dollars home page alerting all members to keep an eye out on a female with (H/C) and (E/C) as she could be in danger. 

“ Celty! Have you found her yet?” 

“ No.... but I think I know where she is. I hope she isn’t though. . . “ 

“ Spit it out! WHERE THE HELL IS SHE?!” 

Shizuo was running out of breath as he looked at Celty with desperation as he saw her type away with incredible speed, but the answer both shook him and angered him to the point of no return. 

“ I think she is with Izaya. If so, we must hurry!” 

“ Of course! Leave this to me. . . I think it’s time that bastard met with his fate.” 

Shizuo walked away with anger as he began to prepare his fist to execute the man who stole his fiance.

IZAYA ENDING w/SMUT

SHIZUO ENDING

[cynergy-laughter]

Obey Me! One Master to Abridge Them All! Ep.3

3: I Pact You a Lunch~! (Rated PG-13)

MC: *laying in bed, thinking about stuff* I’ve met all but one... who’s the youngest brother? The Avatar of Sloth... I imagine him as a scene boy, carrying a pillow everywhere.

*D.D.D. Vibrates*

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Levi: So you are sure that Lucifer said that Mammon’s assets were frozen? Like he said the word frozen?

MC: Yes, for the 18th time, as in Let it Go, as in ❄️❄️❄️ Like what do you want from me?

Levi: ... Come to the kitchen.

MC: You getting another Game Fuel energy drink?

Levi: NO... Maybe... no! Just come to the kitchen. And be quick about it, normie.

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MC: *smirks* It’s been a day and Otakon still hasn’t noticed.

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MC: *walking into the kitchen, and hears a rustling in the kitchen* A burgular is eating our food? *walks backward, and hides behind the wall* okay... 1... 2... *jumps into the kitchen* FREEZE SUCKA!

Beel: *jumps up and hits head on the top of the fridge* OW! *cough cough* ah shi-...! You startled me!

MC: I startled you?! B-Beel?! I thought you were a burgular! But I can see I was right, you’re the Hamburgular!

Beel: *eating a leftover burger* I eat when I’m lonely... and hungry, and my whole life. What are you doing here?

MC: Oh I’ve been there... But I was seeing if there were anything to eat, I couldn’t sleep.

Beel: Ah, a fellow midnight snacker, Huh? Well sorry to disappoint you, but I just polished off everything in the fridge.

MC: Well, I guess I’ll have to resort to my own stockpile.

Beel: You were holding out on me with snacks earlier. I want more.

MC: Alright, but first... *pulls out a snack cake* Sit.

Beel: *sits*

MC: Roll over.

Beel: *rolls to the right*

MC: ... Play dead.

Beel: *faints in a dramatic way*

MC: *blinks and goes over to Beel and rubs his belly* Good boy! Who’s a good boy?

Beel: *chuckles and squirms* Thahat tickles.

MC: *gives him the snack cake* There you go.

*interview*

MC: As frightening as the amount of stuff he eats is, Beel is pretty adorable... I absolutely love how he’d do anything for food. He’s like a mix of Garfield, Nermal, and Odie. Always hungry, super cute, and innocent, to an extent. That’s my first impression of him anyway, watch him really be a hard rock.

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MC: By the way, where’s the 7th brother?

Beel: Do not talk about him, especially not to Lucifer! You should just stop sticking your nose into business that isn’t yours. Thanks for the snack cake, but I’m leaving. *storms off*

MC: ... Call Me... *takes out another snack cake and eats it*

*interview*

MC: ... I guess that was a sore subject... I think I heard him crying... Now I’m determined.

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???: Psst! Hey!

MC: *looks up* God? Is that you? Grandma? Uncle Jack? Dad?

???: No! Down here! Help me out!

MC: Levi, what are you doing down there?

Levi: Planting a garden and talking to the tomatoes, what do you think I’m doing? I was hiding from Beel!

MC: Are you stuck?

Levi: N-No! I’m not! I’m just... grr... sore cause you... ack! Kept me... come on... waiting!

MC: *takes out D.D.D., gets down onto the floor near the island and makes a video of them and Levi.* Just making memories with my best bro Levi.

Levi: Gah! Hey, what are you doing?!

MC: Levi thought it would fun to try and dive through the island, and he got stuck! Heh, classic Levi. So glad you chose to stop gaming and hang out with me, your best pal! *stops recording*

Levi: YOU DELETE THAT RIGHT NOW! I WILL NOT BE LOOPED INTO YOUR NORMIE POSTS!

MC: Heh, okay okay... there, it’s deleted, alright, let’s get you out.

*interview*

MC: It’s not really deleted, I just sent it to my other phone and deleted it off the D.D.D. It actually gets good reception down here. So, I have some leverage, and Levi thinks that it’s not on my D.D.D. Maybe next time, don’t talk trash about my baby boy Shizuo Heiwajima.

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Levi: Ugh, finally. Now, back to business... since Lucifer told you that Mammonms assets were frozen, there’s only one place it could be.

MC: ... So why are we in the kit- no. You’ve gotta be kidding me... in the freezer?

Levi: I mean it’s worth a shot. After all, Lucifer wouldn’t put it somewhere far away, like over on Diavolo’s personal ski resort.

MC: Well... work smarter not harder. Which also works better cause it deters idiots.

Levi: *opens the freezer* Let’s see... Hmm... Frostbitten Salmon... Freezerburn Gorgon steaks... Oh, there’s Beel’s ice cream sandwich he lost a few thousand years ago.

MC: *blinks* That’s an ice cream sandwich? It looks like the inside of a meteorite...

Levi: Oh! Here it is! *picks it up and falls down, the block of ice with the credit card resting on his chest* Ack! It’s cold and heavy! H-Help!

MC: You are a demon, you are stronger than me, and I’m a human.

Levi: Just help me team lift it to the microwave!

MC: Alright, hold on!

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Mammon: Hey! What are you two doi- *gasps* Is that Goldie?!

Levi: Yep! I found it all by myself.

MC: ... Oh hell no, you got me messed up Boku No Shut-in... Wait... he named his credit card Goldie?

Mammon: Shut it human, me and Goldie have been through so much together, you don’t have what we have!

MC: You sound like you both starred in a romcom called The Golden Moron.

Levi: *snorts at that* And you aren’t getting it back until you do what I say.

Mammon: P-Please sir, Please May I have her?

MC: This guy did an Oliver Twist impression... I’m done.

Levi: I will when you give me the Seraphina figurine you won.

Mammon: The Sera-who?

Levi: Seraphina.

Mammon: *blinks* Seratonin?

Levi: Ser-A-Phi-Na! You don’t even know about her, you probably forgot all about her! I got pile driven by you trying to get her back, and you were half asleep naked!

MC: ... lucky bastard...

Levi: How dare you forget about the cold, egotistical Queen of the High Elves who wants nothing more than affection and love-!

MC: Hey, Otakon 2020, can we wrap this up here, I’d like to get some sleep before Lucifer blasts the morning bugle, thank you very much!

Levi: *slowly turns head, hurt* How dare you...

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Mammon: I’ll do anything, just give me back my card.

Levi: Only if you also make a pact with Enn. So I can finally get my money back from you.

MC: Oh now we’re getting somewhere.

Mammon: Ain’t no way I’m gonna be making a pact with this simple, lowlife, good for nothing, piece of garbage.

MC: I’ve been called worse, you Pell Grant Reject.

Levi: Oh Luciferrrrrr~ 🎶 Mammon’s defrosting his credit card~!

Mammon: I mean yes, i’ll form a pact with this amazing, first class, special, beautiful slice of heaven. It would be my honor~.

MC: Don’t push your luck, Mammon.

*interview*

MC: This fucking sucks! In prison, you have to take down the biggest baddest mfer down in order for people not to mess with you and get respect, and then the funniest. Now I only got the funniest guy and the biggest and baddest is still not taking me seriously. So what the heck does this mean for me? I’m at second best right now.

Mammon: *next to them* Hey, you know I’m right here right?

MC: Yeah, and you started the insulting first, and plus, I said you were the funniest, take credit where it’s given, dumbass.

*moment of pause*

MC: I’m sorry I called you dumbass...

Mammon: Oh you’re so kind, Enn, I’m so grateful to be your demon. *Fake Smile™️*

MC: Well now I’m not sorry Yeager Sarcastic.

[limitlessmonster]

tagged by @ma-ma-maccaroons. thanks for the tag, sweets! :D

Name: Atsu

Star sign: Capricorn

Put your music on shuffle, what are the first 6 songs to pop up?

1. Jason Chen - Unexpectedly 2. Jackie Boyz - Honestly 3. Hedley - Heaven’s Gonna Wait 4. Ed Sheeran - Dive 5. Big Time Rush ft. Jordin Sparks - Count On You 6. Alessia Cara ft. Sebastian Kole - Stone

Grab the book nearest to you and turn to page 23. What’s line 17?

The Young Elites page 23 only has 11 lines haha

Ever had a poem or song written about you?

yeah, junior year of high school - got a poem included in a letter from an ex

When was the last time you played air guitar?

I don’t…. play that ._.

Who is your celebrity crush?

Onuma Shota, Chloe Bennet, Blair Redford, Florence Faivre

What’s a sound you hate and a sound you love?

I hate the sound of screeching brakes and I love the sound of thunderstorms

Do you drive?

yep

Last book you read?

Champion by Marie Lu and I am still so, so emotionally compromised on the most severe level times whoa and a half

Do you like the smell of petrol?

Nope

What was the last movie you saw?

in the theaters: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. at home: Bright

What’s the worst injury you’ve ever had?

not really a whole lot of injuries, but I guess… carpel tunnel and tendonitis? I use the keyboard a lot apparently haha

Do you have any obsessions right now?

anything written by marie lu

Do you tend to hold grudges against anyone who’s done you wrong?

if by grudges, you mean they stop existing to me, then yes

In a relationship?

yep <3

tagging: @kaijoskopycat, @drawverylittle, @dawnstruck, @dasamsneg, @shizuos, @brokuro, @rarepairenabler, @puddingcatbae, @amalasdraws, @paintbrushyy

[goldenworldsabound]

Chapter 10 - Cooking With Monsters

So many characters in this chapter fjklafjkejs

Wendy arrived at the building a bit early, as did someone else, and they met in the elevator.

“Are you a friend of Celty’s?” Wendy asked, eyeing the busty highschool girl with a smile. Something felt off about her. She was...sharp? Stabby? Painful? That didn’t make sense. She pushed the feeling away for the moment.

“Y-yes! My name is Sonohara Anri.” She bowed. What is this feeling...Saika seems to hate her…

‘barrier barrier our love would be blocked, barrier shield blocked refuses our love’ The voices of the sword concealed in Anri’s body were going crazy.

“Me too! I’m Wendy.” Wendy bowed as well. “A pleasure to meet you.” They exited the elevator and knocked on Celty’s apartment door.

Shortly, Shinra answered the door. “Celty, your friends are here!” He yelled back, grinning. “Welcome, welcome. Did you two already introduce yourselves?”

“Yep.” Wendy replied, while Anri nodded. They came inside and Celty ran up, with her helmet on.

“Good to see you both again!” She typed some more and showed it to Shinra. “Shinra! Stay out of the kitchen and living room.”

“Alright, alright.” He said fending her off. “I’ve got some reading I can do anyway. Later, girls.” He headed off to his room.

“Okay, what are we cooking, Wendy-chan?”

“Tonkatsu, if that’s alright! I found a recipe. I figured we could head out and buy the groceries we need first.” Wendy proposed. Again, Anri nodded. She was a bit distracted in addition to being her usual quiet self, because of Saika’s hate...it was unusual.

“Ah well, I can’t really go shopping with you…” Celty said, slumping. “Is there anything I can start to prepare?”

Wendy nodded. “You probably have rice here, right? We’re going to need a lot of rice. Like...at least 6 cups of rice. More would be better even...”

Celty nodded. “Leave it to me.”

Wendy smiled. “Okay then, Sonohara-san, let’s go get groceries!” Wendy seemed excited.

“Y-yes.” Anri said, smiling back. “See you soon, Celty-san.”

As they entered the elevator Wendy struck up conversation.

“Um, how do you know Celty?” She asked, innocently enough.

“Um...she helped me once, when I was in trouble.” Anri said slowly, carefully. Wendy felt that there was more to the story, but opted not to push it.

“Ah, me too! I had a head injury and she brought me here for Shinra-sensei to take a look at it.” Wendy was still trying to figure out what this weird feeling. The feeling of sharpness.

“Hey, Sonohara-san...I don’t mean to be weird, but...I feel like you...are a sword? But the sword is...different than you...I’m sorry, I’m not sure what I’m...saying…” She looked at Anri, who looked extremely concerned.

“How do you know about Saika?” She whispered, looking terrified.

The elevator doors opened at that point, and they walked outside.

“Saika? Sorry, I don’t know what that is. Wait. Is it a sword?” She didn’t seem to have registered the terror on Anri’s face.

“L-let’s talk about it once we get back. Celty knows about it, so...let’s wait until then, please.” Anri bowed.

Wendy looked confused, suddenly realizing she hadn’t just been speaking nonsense. “Of course. Sorry to prod…”

They grabbed the groceries they needed and headed back.

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Celty answered the door and they came in.

“We’ve got everything!” Wendy said, holding up her bags as proof.

Celty looked at Anri, who seemed a bit apprehensive.

“What’s wrong, Anri-chan?”

“That’s probably related to me…” Wendy interjected, looking sheepish. “I accused her of being a sword.”

“Is the feeling the same as when you look at me and know without a doubt that I am headless?” Celty asked, tilting her head.

“Now that you mention it...it is…”

“It’s okay, Anri-chan, she knew about me right away too. It seems to be a gift of Wendy-chan’s.”

“You don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to. I’m sorry for prying, Anri-san.” She bowed her head in apology.

“If you already know then...I’ll explain.” Anri explained to her about Saika, with Celty occasionally jumping in as well.

“Saika...wants to love people. But...Saika says it can’t love you. It can’t love Celty either, because she isn’t human.”

Wendy frowned. “Why...can’t Saika love me? I’m...pretty sure I’m human.” She seemed nervous.

“Saika isn’t clear on that. But it says ‘barrier’ over and over.” Anri finished, looking a bit curious.

“Barrier? Wendy do you think-”

“Oh.” Wendy fell down onto the couch, realization hitting her like a train. “That barrier...was it me?” She thought back to the car accident, when she’d seen the barrier, suddenly realizing that she had done it. And this time with Shizuo, she had done it again. A huge blue barrier, sapping all of her strength.

Because she had made it.

“<Oh my god. What the hell am I?>” She muttered, gripping her head.

“<It’s okay, Wendy-chan. Do you want to talk about it now?>”

Wendy shook her head. “Sorry, that was...rude, given present company. I’m...just surprised. I’ll let you know if I want to...discuss it more...we have cooking to do.” She said, snapping herself out of her daze.

Anri blinked, looking between them, understanding English but only hearing Wendy’s side of the conversation. “Is everything okay, Wendy-san?”

Wendy nodded. “I’ll be fine. I’ll...sort it out later. Thank you for...revealing the truth to me.”

Anri wasn’t completely sure she understood, but she felt...happy, in a way, to know that there was another human about there, to some degree like her...an odd power and a feeling that your humanity was slipping…

They got to work with the cooking.

Celty couldn’t help but want to ask Wendy about the date and how things were going with Shizuo, and she hoped Wendy didn’t mind discussing it in front of Anri.

“Wendy-chan, how are things going with Shizuo?” She asked.

Wendy blushed a bit and giggled. “Well, pretty good, I’d say. Don’t tell him I told you, but he’s very affectionate.”

Anri looked surprised. “Shizuo? Heiwajima Shizuo?” She asked. Wendy nodded back at her. “Um…” She wasn’t sure what she was trying to ask.

“He and I are dating.” Wendy replied, smiling.

“Oh! I see. Um, I wish you the best.” She said very formally, smiling.

“Is he coming tonight?”

“Yeah! He helped me pick the food. Well, he chose tonkatsu and I thought it would be good to have curry too. To be honest, if it weren’t for him I would never try making tonkatsu...I hope we’re up for the challenge.” She looked a bit sheepish.

“L-let’s make tonkatsu together!” Anri said fiercely, making a fist. She giggled.

“I’m sure we can do it!”

They all laughed a bit. Wendy felt closer to them already.

“Did you see him again after Friday?” Celty asked, still wanting to probe for details.

“Mm-hm! We spent Saturday together, and this morning too.”

“Wendy-chan...has he been staying over at your place? ~<3” Celty asked, leaning close to her.

Wendy blushed furiously. “Um, I mean, yes, but...i-it’s not what you think! He just sleep overs sometimes now, that’s all!” She fended off Celty’s curiosity by putting her hands up in front of her.

“It’s only been a week! I’m surprised.” Celty said, laughing at Wendy’s embarrassment. “It’s okay, I’m just teasing you.”

“I...was surprised to hear you say Heiwajima-san was affectionate.” Anri said suddenly.

“I-is that just because of the rumors or did you meet him, Anri-san?” Wendy asked.

Anri shook her head. “I met him. I was being chased down by some gang members...and he saved me from them.” She looked thoughtful. “I think it was a coincidence more than anything else.” She smiled. “The next time we met, he seemed to have no recollection of me.” She laughed. “He just seemed...very annoyed. And aloof.”

Wendy crossed her arms. “That sounds about right.” She grinned. “But he’s...very kind, really. And sweet. Although...he can definitely be a bit dense.”

Celty actually had known that Shizuo had a bit of a gentler side to him. He seemed to be fairly comfortable with her, though clearly there was more she was missing. Well, it was good he had someone to open up to.

“So, Shinra-san and Shizuo are joining for dinner…” She turned to Anri. “Did you invite someone too?”

“Oh, yes. Um, w-we’re not dating or anything though.” She blushed a bit. Celty looked over at Wendy as if to say, ‘they should be!’

“His name is Ryuugamine Mikado-kun. He’s a classmate of mine at Raira.” She continued.

‘And the creator of the Dollars…’ Celty mentally added. He was sure to recognize Wendy, who had become a big topic for many of the Dollars.

“Well, I look forward to meeting him.” Wendy said.

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By the time the food was ready the three had enjoyed multiple laughs and seemed to bond well. Celty found that Anri was a little bit more open, and she guessed it was from knowing that Wendy knew her secret, and that Wendy had a similar one.

She would make sure to talk to Wendy about the barriers later. She thought it was likely a positive thing - if Wendy could control those barriers, she could protect herself.

Shortly the apartment door rang. “I’ll get it!” Shinra yelled, excited to be allowed to leave his room finally.

He opened the door to find Mikado there. “Good to see you again, Mikado-kun.”

“Likewise, Kishitani-sensei.”

“Please, call me Shinra.”

They came into the living room area. “Wow, it smells delicious!” Mikado said, smiling. He met eyes with Wendy, and quickly hid the recognition he felt. She noticed, but declined to mention it.

“Um, my name is Ryuugamine Mikado. It’s nice to meet you.” He bowed.

“Wendy. A pleasure as well.” She replied, bowing a little herself.

“If you think you recognize her, Mikado-kun, it might be because she’s dating the one and only Heiwajima Shizuo!” Shinra said, holding up a finger as he announced it. “I’m sure you heard about.”

“Shinra-sensei, be careful not to antagonize Shizuo, you know!” Wendy interjected, blushing.

“He’s not here right now, so he’s not the one I’m antagonizing, is he?” Shinra replied, winking. “You blush almost as easily as Celty when I-GURK” Shinra was cut off as Celty jabbed him with shadows, and continued jabbing.

Laughing a bit and turning away from that scene, Mikado turned to Wendy. “Ah! T-that must be it.” He smiled at Wendy. “I heard about the incident last week. I’m glad both of you are all right.”

“Thank you. It was Celty here who saved us.” Wendy said, the lie slipping out without thinking. Well, she had believed it for a bit. Celty waved it off with one hand.

“Shizuo could have handled it, but I was worried.” She replied, ceasing her attacks on Shinra, who looked relieved.

“You’re a classmate of Anri-san’s, right?” Wendy asked.

“Oh, yes.” Mikado nodded.

“Do you two do fun things after school?” Wendy continued, directing the conversation towards them as an item of sorts. She knew Anri had said they weren’t dating, but there definitely seemed to be...something.

“Ah, I think we usually just head straight home. Well, after the class rep meetings.” Mikado replied, smiling sheepishly. “It’s not terribly exciting, I’m sorry.” Anri nodded along.

The doorbell went off again. Wendy started to move, but Shinra rushed past her, giving her a look. “I’ll get it.” He said, striding down the hall. Wendy looked a bit impatiently after him.

“<Is he teasing me?>” She said in English to Celty, raising an eyebrow.

“<It seems that way.>” Celty replied, laughing a bit. Mikado and Anri blinked at them. They knew a little bit of English from their studies.

“English?” Mikado asked. Wendy and Celty both nodded.

The door opened, and Wendy lit up as she heard Shizuo’s voice responding to Shinra’s greeting.

“Everyone’s already here, Shizuo, you’re a bit late~” Shinra teased as they closed the distance to the living room.

“You sure I’m late?” He growled, looking menacingly at his friend. It was definitely a threat.

“Ah no, as it turns out, you’re right on time! Please don’t destroy anything.” Shinra pleaded, seeming to regret his attempt at needling Shizuo.

Satisfied, Shizuo walked over to Wendy using one arm to pull her into a half hug, smiling a bit. Wendy seemed thrilled, smiling wide and blushing a bit. “I’m glad you’re here!” She said, trying to ignore the fact that everyone was staring at them.

“You two are a great couple.” Celty showed her phone to Wendy and Shizuo only.

“You think so?” Shizuo asked, smiling. “Coming from you it means a lot to me.”

Celty rubbed the back of her helmet bashfully.

Shizuo squinted at Mikado and Anri. “Ryuuga...saki? Mikado?” He asked, remembering how last time they met he also failed to remember his name.

“R-Ryuugamine Mikado.” He corrected.

“Oh, sorry. And um...Sonohara…?”

“Sonohara Anri.” Anri bowed a little bit politely.

“Ah.”

Wendy poked him in the tummy lightly. “Forgetful, aren’t you?” She said, smiling. He gently poked her back.

“Now that we’re all acquainted, I’d love to try the food Celty, Wendy-chan, and Anri-chan made for us.” Shinra interrupted, beaming at Celty. “Food lovingly made by my darling-OOF!” Just one jab to the gut this time.

“Stop embarrassing me in front of our friends!”

“I’m looking forward to it as well.” Shizuo said, ignoring what just happened, looking only at Wendy.

“I hope you like it, we worked very hard.” Wendy grinned back at him. Shizuo ruffled her hair, seemingly unaware that this caused everyone in the room to stare.

‘I knew she said he was affectionate, but it’s still surprising.’ Anri thought to herself.

‘Sh-Sh-Shizuo smiling like that? Ruffling her hair? He seems so different from every other time I’ve seen him.’ Mikado thought, totally startled. ‘Ah I mean, I guess I saw on the boards, but...it’s different to see it yourself.’

“They’re too cute, Shinra!” Celty only showed Shinra her phone, looking on happily.

“Not as cute as us.” Shirna whispered back, smiling as Celty seemed embarrassed by his comment.

“A-anyway, everyone, please sit down and I’ll put together some plates.” Wendy said. Shizuo reluctantly let go of her, pushing up his sunglasses as he walked over to a seat in the living. Shinra and Mikado followed suit.

“I’ll help.” Anri said, walking over to where Wendy was.

“Me too!” Celty offered. The three of them laughed, as if sharing a joke.

“Hey, Shizuo,” Shinra started, sitting down next to him. “Do you ever wish she would cook for you in an apron? But just an apron? Just imag-EEK”

Shizuo growled at him, eyes narrowed. “Stop being so lewd.” He snarled, crushing the cup he was holding. He looked at the crushed cup, then shrugged and put it on the table. “Also, Wendy’s sitting there. So move.”

Shinra had stood up before the sentence was complete, taking in the broken cup.

“To be honest, I’m surprised you didn’t punch me.” Shinra said, smiling a bit. “Is it because Wendy’s here?”

Shizuo growled again, standing up and smacking his head into Shinra’s. “Do you want me to punch you?” He asked, hardly flinching even as Shinra was recoiling and holding his own head.

“Owwww. N-no, that was quite enough. Just curious.” He really wanted to continue his teasing, but also didn’t want to end up dead, and his head was hurting a decent amount from the last attempt at teasing. “Celty, my darling, why didn’t you save me?” He yelled dramatically, startling the women who were almost finished preparing all the plates.

Celty looked at Shizuo, who was sitting down again, and Shinra, who had developed a small bump on his head, and appeared to sigh.

“You probably deserved it.”

Shinra hung his head. “Hey, Wendy-chan, what about you? Protect me from your boyfriend!” He flailed his arms a bit.

“Um…” Wendy looked at him, not really sure what to say. “This sounds like something the two of you should sort out...maybe with like a neutral third party.” She said, going overboard with her answer.

“Mikado-kun! You seem neutral.” Shinra said.

“Eeeeh? Um, I would rather not.” He held up his hands, laughing awkwardly. Anri giggled a little, as did Wendy and Celty.

“The food’s ready, anyway.” Wendy said. She brought over two plates, Anri following suit, and Celty just bringing one for Shinra. Wendy sat next to Shizuo, who put his arm around her for a quick squeeze before turning to the food.

“It looks amazing.” He said. And it did. There was rice, and then some traditional curry with veggies over that, and fresh, crispy tonkatsu.

“Thank you. It really came out well!” Wendy replied.

“It’s amazing!” Shinra cried, having tried a bite already. Celty laughed.

“It’s really good. Like a restaurant.” Mikado said, smiling at Anri.

“Thank you, Mikado-kun…” She blushed a bit, and he did in return.

Dinner passed, with (thankfully) no more needling from Shinra. The food was excellent, and by the time the meal was over, there was no food left at all.

“We should do this again sometime. Thank you for inviting me, Celty.” Wendy said, grinning. “I’m so full now…”

“I’m glad! And I would love to.”

“Me too, Celty-san.” Anri said.

“Next time you should cook for me in only an apron- URF” Celty, jabbed Shinra with the darkness a bunch, clearly a bit embarrassed. Wendy noticed that Shizuo’s brow was twitching angrily, but snuggled up against him a bit. He put his arm over her shoulders.

“Thank you everyone for the meal. It was delicious. And to Anri-chan for inviting me.” Mikado smiled at everyone.

“It’s been very fun.” Shinra grinned. His phone started to go off. He looked at it briefly, before standing up. “I better take this, please excuse me.” He headed down the hallway to a separate room.

Shizuo watched him go but didn’t say anything, his face in it’s natural stoic expression. She wondered what Shinra said that had bothered him earlier. She had learned from Celty those two were old friends. What an odd pair, she couldn’t help but think.

Shinra came back. “Ah, sorry about this, but I’ve been called in for a last minute job, so I need to go.”

“It’s no trouble. I’ll head home as well, then.” Mikado replied, Anri saying something similar.

Wendy and Shizuo looked at each other for a moment. “Yeah, we’ll probably head out too then.” Wendy said, as if having made a decision.

Shinra was already most of the way out the door. “Sorry to run! See you later!” He yelled back.

Celty was typing something very seriously. She was careful to only show it to Wendy (well, Shizuo could see but not read it, since it was in English). “<I want to talk to you about the barriers sometime soon, okay?>”

Wendy nodded. “<Come by sometime this week, just let me know when.>” She offered. Shizuo looked at the text, then at Celty, then back to Wendy. He shrugged it off.

Everyone stood up to leave. Appropriate thank yous and good-byes were had, and everyone began walking home. Shizuo had his arm around Wendy, so she assumed this meant he was walking her home, and perhaps staying the night again.

“Hey Shizuo,” She began, once they had left Anri and Mikado as well. “What was Shinra saying that bugged you?”

“He was being lewd.” Shizuo’s mouth twitched a bit.

“Hm? Like what, though? If you don’t mind…”

“He asked if I ever thought about you wearing just an apron and cooking for me.” He mumbled, turning a bit red.

“Ah, I see. Do you?” She asked, without thinking.

He looked at her as if stricken. “N-no, of course not! I’m not...I’m not a pervert like him.” He looked away. “I mean, I hadn’t thought of it, until he said it…” He seemed embarrassed to acknowledge it.

“I...think it would be kind of hot…” Wendy admitted, grinning.

“Well, it’s different coming from you. I won’t allow him to say lewd things about you.” Shizuo huffed.

Smiling, she reached up and squeezed the hand that was draped over her shoulder. “You’re a big sweetheart, Shizuo.”

He grunted back at her, still a bit flushed.

“Are you staying over, tonight?” She asked. They were nearing her place.

“Can I?” He asked immediately, looking happy.

“Of course. But only if you’ll kiss me some more.” She wagged a finger as she laid out her demands. She looked up at him.

He kissed her, stopping both of them from walking. It was a long kiss, both of them closing their eyes. He pulled away, and she felt breathless, intoxicated.

“I didn’t mean right here, Shizuo, g-geez…” She fake protested softly, sounding entirely unconvincing.

He grinned, pleased to see her blushing again. Her hand was on his chest, the other on his shoulder, reaching. They were still just standing there.

“My bad.” He said with a wink, scooping her up into his arms. She squeaked, taken aback.

“One day I’ll stop being surprised you know!” She said, blushing.

“I’ll keep doing it anyway.”

[thewitchandthebeasthimself]

The Witch and The Beast Himself: Chapter 13

[So I’ve decided I’m going to end this fanfic at chapter 20 then move on to a brand new Durarara related fanfic. There’s only going to be mentions of Shizuo during these next couple of chapters, but a lott of plot development! Enjoy! <3]

As promised, I was released from the hospital the next day, and I couldn't have been more ecstatic to finally be out of there. Upon leaving the hospital, I made a promise to myself that until Izaya is caught I will not let my guard down and that I will keep barriers up wherever I go until he is dealt with once and for all.

Erika and the van gang, with the exception of Walker, swung by to pick me up from the hospital and took me back to my apartment. Erika talked my ear off almost the whole way there.

“I’m so excited you’re finally out!” She pipped excitedly. “Did ya hear there’s an anime con coming up in the next couple of weeks?”

“No I didn’t,” I said, finally giving her my ears. Anime cons always sounded so exciting here; it’d actually be really fun to go to one. “Where is it going to be?”

“It’s going to be at the Sunshine City Convention Center!” She said excitedly. “You should go with us! Everyone from my cosplay group is going to be there, it’ll be a lot of fun!”

"I’m sure it will be!” I said. “Do you know who you’re going to go as?”

“We decided that we were going to group cosplay as the girls from Angel Beats!” Erika said. “I’m for sure going as Yuri, Kanai wants to go as Yui, Azusa wants to go as Shiina, so… is there anyone from Angel Beats that you wanna cosplay?”

“Is Kanade taken by anyone?” I asked.

“Actually, no she isn’t!” Erika’s jaw seemed to drop as she thought about it. “You’d be so perfect as her, (your name)! You two are actually kind of alike in a way! All you need is her outfit, a wig that matches her hair, and some matching contacts! Oooh this’ll be so exciting!”

“Yeah I can't wait!” I said excitedly with her. “I'll have to order my costume online as soon as I get home, do you think it would be here in time before the con?”

“It should be,” she said.

“Well I am definitely attending this!” I said excitedly. I noticed that Kyohei and Saburo were quiet the entire time I've been in the van with them.

“Hey, you guys have been quiet up there, are you two okay?”

“Yep, we were just letting you have your little nerd fest back there.” Saburo teased.

“So have you thought about how you're going to deal with Izaya yet?” Kyohei asked, changing the conversation.

“We've been brainstorming,” I said.

“Okay,” Kyohei replied, resting his elbow on the window as we rode to my apartment. “What exactly is he planning? Why did he even attack you in the first place?”

“Celty still thinks its because of my relationship with Shizuo,” I stated. “So now that he sees him happy, he can't stand it; so he's going after the both of us.”

“Ugh, this is pointless, Izaya.” he pinched the bridge of his nose and shook his head. “Well, you already know that if you need help from us then you can call Erika.”

“Yep I do, you guys are awesome,” I said thankfully.

“Heh no problem at all.” he said. We came to a stop as we pulled up to my apartment.

“Off ya go!” Saburo said as he parked.

“You gonna be alright by yourself in there?” Kyohei said as I got out of the van.

“Yeah, I’ll be fine,” I said as he rolled down his window to talk to me. “I’m probably gonna see if I could go work for a bit, I need the money.”

“We thought you lost your job.” Erika said out of the open van door.

“No, Shizuo went up to my job and told them what happened, and apparently they told him that I can return to work when I felt better.” I said.

“Oh okay, well we’ll come by sometime!” Erika clapped her hands together. “Also, don’t forget to order your costume for the anime con!” she said as she shut the van door.

“We’re gonna head out, be careful out there, okay?” Kyohei warned.

I nodded to him and waved before they drove off. Something did seem a bit off about him as he spoke to me, so I gave it some thought on the way up the steps to my apartment. I noticed that his energy gave off a genuine concern for me. I didn’t notice it before but he also gave off an energy to me that he had had a very recent incident that shaped him into who he is now, a more kind and caring soul that seeks to help others through their troubles much like he himself had experienced in the past. I wonder if…  

...Car accident ...  the buzzwords rang through my head as I thought about what that could’ve been.

Huh, my intuition is never wrong, I thought as I unlocked the door. Maybe he feels like he needs to be a bit more protective over me because he also had a traumatic accident much like I had recently? I guess it made sense for him to be that way. Especially since I’ve heard that he was looked up to by a lot of people here.

I decided not to give it much more thought as I stepped inside of my apartment and locked the door behind me. The place was still kind of a mess because of Izaya’s invasion; some of my books were strewn on the ground, my box of supplies that I kept in my room was drug out into the living room and pilfered through. I sighed as I cleaned up the mess and put everything back in it’s place. I brought a dragonsblood incense into the living room and lit it, sticking the other end into the burner. I breathed in the refreshing smell of the incense, the sensation I felt as I exhaled instantly calming me.  Despite the mess in my living room, I didn’t realize how much I missed this place until I stepped through the door and came into contact with the familiar sights and smells of my ingredients, incense, crystals, and herbs. All of these things were my own, and that was not going to change, no matter who tried to invade my personal life.

After cleaning up the mess, I brought my laptop into the living room and set it down on the coffee table so that I could order my Kanade Tachibana outfit, wig, and contacts. I opted for an outfit that was a size bigger than what I’m used to wearing, because I knew it would probably fit me best.

I chuckled to myself as I placed the order for the cosplay set. Who knew that a witch such as myself was also into cosplaying? I guess it would seem a bit odd to some, but for me, this was my chosen lifestyle.

Next, I closed my laptop and brought out some ingredients to prepare my protection spell. I also pulled out my Book of Shadows and pen to aid me in creating the perfect spell to keep out the likes of Izaya.

I flipped through my book to a clean page and wrote in the header, Protection Spell.

Underneath of it, I wrote out some columns geared towards helping me build the spell.

Astral candle:

Day candle:

Moon phase:

Hour:

Intention:

Crystals:

According to the old ways, how you used each of these columns are very important when it came to spell building. “Astral candle” is a candle that I will associate to the target’s star sign.

Now that I thought about it, I never got to know him well enough to even know what his birthday is. I picked up my phone to text Celty,

 [ Hey, I know this might be weird, but would you happen to know what Izaya’s birthday is? I’m preparing a spell.]

I waited a few moments before she texted me back, saying,

  [Shinra might know, let me ask him.]

I set my phone down so continue building the spell. “Day candle” is the day of the week that would be best to perform this spell on and an associated candle color. I had a whole list written down in my Book of Shadows that allowed me to easily look this up. After finding the direct association, I found that this spell would best be performed on a Tuesday and its color association would be red. I flipped to the page I was writing my spell down on and wrote Tuesday (red)  next to “day candle:”. I felt a buzz come from my phone to see the text back from Celty:

 [ Shinra said it’s May 4th.]

  [ Okay thanks, I’ll explain what I’m doing the next time I see you. ]

 [ Just be careful. ] Celty texted back.

I set the phone down so that I could finish preparing the spell. Celty just told me that Izaya’s birthday is on May 4th, meaning that he is a Taurus. I found in my Book of Shadows that the astral candle I would pick for him would be a red candle. I made note of this next to “astral candle:”. Next to “moon phase:”, I wrote “waning”, meaning that I would perform this spell on a waning moon phase, because waning moon phases are best for performing protection spells or spells where you are trying to get closure on something big.

I found that the best time of the day to perform this spell would be at 10 P.M. because that time would best be suited for my intention. I noted that next to “Hour:”. For my intention, I wrote, “Protection from Izaya Orihara, no matter where this spell is cast”. And finally, after skimming through one of my crystal books, I wrote down “smokey quartz”, “amethyst”, and “obsidian” next to “crystals;”. I figured it’d probably best to go ahead and prepare the written part of the spell next, but then decided against it since I’ve been great at coming up with the words in the midst of performing a spell. I looked over what I had written, marked the page by bending the top left corner of the page down, then closed the book. I took a breath out, relieved the building part of the spell is over. For me, preparing the spell is usually the most time consuming part of spell working, but proves to be very effective if I plan out what I’m going to do before I do it.

I set my books down on the coffee table next to my laptop and went into my room to change into my work clothes.

Hopefully they’ll let me back in since I was gone for so long , I thought. I grabbed my keys, walked out the front door and closed it behind me, locking it. For extra, but temporary protection, I took a deep breath in, imagined the color red and a shield over my door. I let it out, allowing the image I seen in my head to manifest in front of me. A transparent shield covered the front door of my apartment, which will hold until I return from work.

After shielding my front door, I felt a familiar suppressed energy to my left. I look over to find Anri coming out of her apartment too. She wore her black hoodie dress that showed off her surprisingly curvy figure rather well.

“Oh hey, Anri,” I smiled. She turned to face me, her eyes widening.

“(your name)!” Anri gasped, “When did you get out of the hospital?”

“Today, actually,” I said.

“Really? And you’re going to work? Shouldn’t you stay home?”

“I mean, I feel fine right now so I figured I should go work for a bit to catch up on rent and what not.” I said, rubbing my left side where I was stabbed. It only seemed to hurt whenever I made sudden sharp movements, which I decided that I would be careful on.

“Okay, if you think you’re okay then go for it.” Anri shrugged. “Well, I have to go, I’ll talk to you later.” She bowed to me then walked past me down the steps.

“See ya.” I walked down the steps behind her to head off to work. As she began to turn in the opposite direction that I was going, I suddenly remembered about the day I was stabbed, the shadowy figure that attacked Izaya, and how Shizuo referred to it as “Saika girl”.

If she isn’t too busy I should probably ask her about it before she takes off, I thought.

“Hey Anri!” I called out to her.

She turned around to look at me. “Hmm?”

“Are you super busy?”

“Well I was going to go meet up with one of my friends, but that’s not too important at the moment, I guess, What is it?”

“I need to talk to you about something, would you mind to walk with me to work? I’ll make you a free coffee.”

“Um okay, sure,” She walked up to me and fell in step with me as we walked down our quiet street to the coffee shop.

“So what is it?” Anri asked.

“I’m just curious about something.” I began. “Shizuo called you ‘Saika girl’ and said that you were the one that stopped Izaya the day he stabbed me, do you have any idea what that means?”

“Oh, ummm…” She appeared hesitant to answer me, and upon asking her I thought I could sense a… very… hungry, evil, and obsessive energy coming off of her. It felt very strange since she normally somehow suppresses her energy; it's almost as if it decided to seep through for a split second upon my questioning. Is this why she does so? I honestly can’t ever imagine her being associated to the energy I just felt.

I heard her grunt, but she didn’t answer my question.

“Anri? Are you hiding something? Something… unnatural?”

She hung her head down slightly and frowned as we walked, as if she felt ashamed and embarrassed.

“If you are, its okay. I could feel it, and I can understand why you don’t want anyone knowing about it.”

She remained unresponsive. I felt kind of horrible, as if I were interrogating her.

“I’m sorry, if you don’t want to talk about it then I understand. If it makes you feel any better, I’m not exactly a human either.” I leaned in towards her to half-whisper, “I’m a witch.”

I caught her eyes widen at my revelation, but she still did not look up or ask about it. Unsure of what to do, I moved back from her and said, “I know it may not seem like it since I got myself stabbed, but this is who I’ve been since I was a little girl. I could demonstrate some of my power, but I’ve already had enough suspicion of that online.”

“I know what you are.” She said hastily as she finally spoke.

“You what?” I looked up, confused, “How?”

“Saika told me when it had first sensed you,” she looked up at me to finally meet my gaze. “One of the reasons I brought you cookies that day was because Saika and I were curious of you. ”

“Oh,” I said, slightly confused. “So what exactly is Saika then? Is it, like, a voice in your head or something? I can tell that it’s very strong and that you have to keep it suppressed.”

“You’re right,” Anri said. She looked down as she held up her hand. Suddenly, it appeared as if the tip of a blade flew up out of the palm her hand. The blade that she showed me had a very distinct silver glow to it, just like the shadowy figure had. The blade literally had its own red aura.

“Whoa!” I said, a bit taken back. So it was her! I was fascinated by her strange power, but something else had also came to mind upon seeing it.

“Wait a minute, that blade kind of tiny. The figure that I seen that night had a whole katana.”

“This is it,” she said. “This is only a piece of it so that I could show it to you. This is a demon blade called Saika.” The blade then seeped back into the palm of her hand as she put her hand down. “It has an obsession with loving the human race. Where we express our fondness through words and actions such as hugging or kissing, it can’t love like us because it is a sword, so it loves by cutting humans and making them it’s ‘children’. The way it does so is that it cuts someone it possesses it like a host, making them have glowing red eyes while under its possession and making them slash others to create other smaller saikas.

“There are a few others like me that can keep Saika from taking over our bodies, but for others no so much,” she continued. “I’ve met a girl that was driven crazy by Saika’s influence. And I’ve met a woman that was able to modify her Saika.”

“Oh wow, that’s… that’s kind of scary, but kind of cool.” I said. “Have you considered having it removed?”

“I can’t,” she said. “If it weren’t for Saika, I wouldn’t be alive right now. I am repaying my debt to it by allowing it to live inside of me, but not allowing it to take over my body.”

“Oh okay, I see, so you’ve made kind of a pact with it.”

She nodded. We stopped outside of the coffee shop to finish our conversation.

“Okay,” I said. “Well, I just wanted to say thanks for attacking Izaya before he got away with some of my blood on his knife. Not like he really knew how to use it to begin with.” I smirked.

She made a small laugh as well. “Yeah. And its no problem, I’m sure you would’ve done the same for me if the roles were reversed.”

“Yep.” I opened the door and allowed her to walk past me then stepped into the shop myself to begin working.

[seigyokus]

4.3 - Acknowledge it.

Idolish Seven - Part 3, Chapter 4.3 For more Part 3 translations, click here!

Translation below the cut!

Okazaki Rinto: Ah, someone's calling you. Momo: You're right. Alrighty then, see ya later! ....... Momo: ......Hello! Didn't I tell you not to call me because I’d call first...? Momo: ......That, huh. …...I know. It's all going smoothly. The trap's in place and ready to spring. ......You'll protect Yuki as promised, right?

*click* Momo: I'm home~ Izumi Mitsuki: Welcome home, Momo-san! Dinner's ready. Izumi Iori: We apologize for continuing to intrude upon your privacy. I've organized all of your laundry. Momo: Man, the Izumi bros are just way too good at housework! At this rate, I'll wanna make you guys my wives! Momo: Wait! Why aren't you guys wearing the monster PJs I set out for you guys!? The ones that were different colors! Izumi Mitsuki: Of course we're not gonna wear them! Momo: Why not! You should wear them~ Come on, I'll take a pic of you guys in them and post it on social media! Izumi Iori・Izumi Mitsuki: Please stop! Izumi Iori: ......Huh? Lightning? Was there a flash of light outside just now? Momo: Oho, it's been a while. Mitsuki, turn your back to the balcony and start coming towards me. I'm gonna kabe-don you. (1) Izumi Mitsuki: Kabe-don!? Huh? Wait-- Momo: I'm not letting you go home tonight.... Izumi Iori: Momo-san!? What are you doing to Nii-san-- ......!? Izumi Iori: There was a series of flashes just now....... Are those camera flashes? Momo: Yep, yep. You're good now, Mitsuki. Look outside and wave. Izumi Mitsuki: Are there people outside? I can't really see anyone from here since it's pitch black.... Will they even see me waving? Izumi Iori: The flashes stopped.... Were they entertainment news reporters, perhaps? Momo: Mhmm. There was one time Yuki got so pissed that he shut the curtains and didn't open them for a month. In some kind of reaction to that, he tossed out all of his curtains afterwards. Izumi Mitsuki: Does he still not have curtains then!? Momo: Oh! No, no! Okarin freaked out and immediately got him some. I think things calmed down after he sent a letter of protest to them. Momo: It's tough, isn't it? Back when we weren't selling that much, it was like, "Look at me, look at me! Look here! More, more!" That's what I used to wish for, but... Momo: Now that it's like this, it's kinda hard to be grateful from the bottom of my heart for all of this.... Izumi Iori: Indeed, there are many articles written about Re:vale.... Including the ones on how you two don't get along... Momo: It's 'cause our agency is tiny. A reporter even told me, "When we're outta ideas, writing about Re:vale's the way to go!" Nyahaha. Izumi Mitsuki: That kinda pisses me off.... I'm gonna go flip them off. Momo: Wait, wait, don't! I don't want them to say anything weird about you, Mitsuki. I'm sure they'll be able to pump out some interesting articles about what we pulled just now! Izumi Iori: ......Gossip, huh. I understand that's the price of fame, but Nikaidou-san seems to mind it as well. Izumi Mitsuki: Yamato-san does? Izumi Iori: Yes.... He asked me what I would do if there was something about him that could completely shake up IDOLiSH7's image if it got turned into a scoop. Izumi Mitsuki: ......So it was about gossip. I guess that kind of stuff bothers Yamato-san a lot.... That’s even more reason to talk about it! Why the hell did he hide it? Momo: I see.... So Yamato's troubled about something, huh….

Yuki: Come in. Nikaidou Yamato: Sorry for intruding. You even made me dinner.... Eating nothing but vegetables as usual, I see. Yuki: Mhmm. Nikaidou Yamato: Lettuce salad, sweet potato rice, and green pea potage, with a pumpkin and oyster mushroom steak.... Nikaidou Yamato: Looks like something you'd see at a girls-only gathering. Yuki: But don't you love women? Well, I'll be locking myself in my studio now. Feel free to do whatever you want in my house. Nikaidou Yamato: Um.... Yuki: What? Nikaidou Yamato: ....... Yuki: If you need life coaching, you have ten seconds to say so. Ten, nine, eight.... Nikaidou Yamato: This man is nice at his core, alright. But damn, does he rub me in the wrong way.... Yuki: Time's up. Nikaidou Yamato: ......About that time when you were washing his car on that midsummer day.... Yuki: What? Nikaidou Yamato: No....... Nikaidou Yamato: It's just like you said. For the first time in my life, I want merit. Nikaidou Yamato: IDOLiSH7 might get damaged by something in the not-so-distant future, because of me. Before then, I wanna make this movie a success since there's so much attention on it. Nikaidou Yamato: I wanna do something for IDOLiSH7. I wanna contribute something to them. Yuki: Now, somebody who wanted to contribute to IDOLiSH7 wouldn't have started a fight with his members and then run away from home. Or would he? Nikaidou Yamato: ....... Yuki: Your friends have never told you to go rack up achievements. They just wanted to hear what you had to say. Yuki: You're trying to sidestep the issue. "Dear valued customer, it appears that my 'Life Story' is out of stock. In exchange, would you like to discuss my 'Achievements' instead?" Yuki: "If you choose now, it'll even come with a potato." Am I wrong? Nikaidou Yamato: ....... Yuki: It's exactly like how Shizuo-san desperately tried to humor you by giving you toys and boasting about you, despite maintaining such a slovenly household situation. Nikaidou Yamato: --Shut up! Yuki: What, are you going to hit me this time? You really are one troublesome kid. Or perhaps 'energetic' is a more fitting word.... Nikaidou Yamato: Don't compare me to him! I didn't ask to be born into that house! That man is the worst...! Yuki: Then acknowledge it, young master Yamato. Yuki: You want to be loved, yet you don't want to put the work into being loved. And you're ashamed of yourself for that. Nikaidou Yamato: ....... Yuki: That's why you're trying to be loved through your work, through your singing and acting. But that's not you, yourself. Yuki: Even if they love your work, that doesn't mean they love you. Nikaidou Yamato: Shut up.... Yuki: But if they reject your work, that doesn't mean they're rejecting you. Nikaidou Yamato: Shut up...! Yuki: Why doesn't that sit right with you? Even if you're all filthy and muddy inside, foul to the point where that everyone has to pinch their nose.... Yuki: You're capable of creating things that'll move people's hearts. What more do you need, other than that? Yuki: Say, Yamato-ku-- ......!? Nikaidou Yamato: ......I should've done this from the start! I like you so much more when you're not talking. But so long as you're alive, you'll just keep on blabbing and saying shit you have no right to say! Yuki: Mh-- !? Nikaidou Yamato: I'd be able to sleep at night if you'd just shut up! I'd be able to keep on living the way I want to! Yuki: Ya-- Nikaidou Yamato: ....... Please, please stop saying such cruel things....... Nikaidou Yamato: Be kind to me, even if when I do things wrong.......

Nikaidou Yamato: ....... Nikaidou Yamato: ......Did I doze off? Damn, I'm sweaty.... I had the worst nightmare ever just now.... Yuki: ......*cough* *cough* *cough* Nikaidou Yamato: Yuki-san, what's wrong? Could it be.... You sang too much in your studio? That's what it is, right? Yuki: ....... Yuki: Perhaps I did....

Osaka Sougo: ......Everyone's out in the living room pretty late today. Nanase Riku: You're right.... I guess it kinda just happened. Rokuya Nagi: I can't seem to enjoy myself, even when I’m watching Kokona.... If I close my eyes, I feel like I'll have a terribly sad dream.... Yotsuba Tamaki: What about you, Sou-chan? Osaka Sougo: I've been thinking a lot about what happened. Yotsuba Tamaki: Are you worried? Or troubled about it? If you are, then you should stop now, Sou-chan. Osaka Sougo: What? Yotsuba Tamaki: Y'know how you were troubled over how you didn't want me to quit MEZZO" before? Osaka Sougo: Ah, that.... Yotsuba Tamaki: But in the end I didn't wanna quit MEZZO" anymore. Yeah? Osaka Sougo: T-that's true. Yotsuba Tamaki: That's why you should stop worrying. That way, our doors will stay intact too. Osaka Sougo: You don't have to put it that way. I really did intend on talking to you about it. That's why I told you that we'd talk on our next day off.... Yotsuba Tamaki: Wait. So you're saying you were gonna actually talk to me about Aya? Osaka Sougo: Yeah.... Yotsuba Tamaki: Now you're telling me!? What the hell!? You should've told me that before you broke down my door and infiltrated a TV studio! Osaka Sougo: Well, if I had told you after right you said you wanted to disband, then it would've just sounded like an excuse! Even now, it sounds like an excuse.... Yotsuba Tamaki: I'm telling you to say it, even it does! I would've kept on misunderstanding you! Rokuya Nagi: Hm....... I'm so jealous of how well MEZZO" gets along. Yotsuba Tamaki・Osaka Sougo: That's the first time anyone's ever said that to us...! Nanase Riku: I'm jealous too. I'm usually with Iori at night.... And if I came to the living room, Yamato-san and Mitsuki would be talking here. It was just natural that everyone would be here. Nanase Riku: But it wouldn't be out of the ordinary if we all lived separately, huh....... Yotsuba Tamaki: Stop it, Rikkun! I'm not gonna leave! Rokuya Nagi: That's right! I won't be leaving either! Nanase Riku: Me neither! Osaka Sougo: I see.... In terms of income, we could all support ourselves though. Yotsuba Tamaki: What the hell, why didn't you say 'I'm not gonna leave' like everyone else did!! Rokuya Nagi: Way to be insensitive, Sougo! Unanimity is important! Nanase Riku: Sougo-san, please don't leave...! Osaka Sougo: I'm not leaving either! That's not what I meant when I said that. I really do agree with everyone! Osaka Sougo: It's just that.... Yamato-san might use this as an excuse to move out of the dorms.... Yotsuba Tamaki・Rokuya Nagi・Nanase Riku: ……. Nanase Riku: I.... I'm gonna try calling Iori.

To be continued....

TL Notes/comments:

thank you @kuriiii for betaing!!!

(1) IF U DON'T KNOW WHAT A KABEDON IS IT'S THIS

As usual, if you see any mistakes/mistranslations/etc, please message me!

Thank you for reading!!

[seigyokus]

3.1 - A New Project!

Idolish Seven - Part 3, Chapter 3.1 For more Part 3 translations, click here!

Translation below the cut!

Tsukumo Ryou: You are my friend. I don't mind sparing Re:vale, and only Re:vale. But only if you'll strike a deal with me. Momo: ....... Tsukumo Ryou: Yuki can't live in such a tiny, confined world. But in my hands, I'll liquidate every last drop of him into money. Tsukumo Ryou: It's just as you said, Momo. He's a real hottie! You can use every bit of him, down to the bone-- just like high-quality livestock. You can make bags, shoes, soup, and even manure out of him. Tsukumo Ryou: So, what will you do? Momo: ....... Momo: ...You mentioned a deal? Tsukumo Ryou: That big-name will reveal the naked truth of Chiba Salon's existence. Tsukumo Ryou: That in itself is enough, but I want it to be a little more festive. Tsukumo Ryou: I want you to give me the raw voice recording of this confession from Chiba Shizuo's bastard child-- Nikaidou Yamato.

Nanase Riku: We're finally going to announce our first anniversary single during today's concert! Yotsuba Tamaki: I really love this song! I can't wait for everyone to hear it! Rokuya Nagi: Yes! It's a splendid song.... A splendid song that stays with you, in your heart. Izumi Mitsuki: We're finally gonna sing it in front of the fans! ......Oh? Where's Yamato-san?

Nikaidou Yamato: ......Like an artisan, like an artist. Entertainment, literature. Exaggeration, realism. Father, this is all your fault. Nikaidou Yamato: ......Find where you and your role intersect. Bring out the emotions common to both. And to find these emotions, search for similar relationships. Nikaidou Yamato: Never thought the stuff he told me in that house would come in handy........ Father, this is all your fault. Nikaidou Yamato: A perfectionist who was raised under his father's strict discipline, but had wasted away because of it. As for the reason why he killed his lovers and preserved them.... Was it for dominance? Was it out of rebellion? ......No-- it was because he was scared. Nikaidou Yamato: He was scared of parting ways with them. There was no way they'd love him even after finding out what he was really like. He was only able to show his true self and all of his weaknesses before corpses. Nikaidou Yamato: That's right....... There was nobody who'd continue to love him after finding out how ugly and grotesque he was inside. I'm sure they'd hate me too, those guys. Nikaidou Yamato: ....... Nikaidou Yamato: He wants to be loved-- that’s why he's absolutely terrified of losing that love. ......Father, this is all your fault. Nikaidou Yamato: ....... It's all your fault. *click* Rokuya Nagi: Yamato! Hurry up! We're starting soon. Nikaidou Yamato: ...Got it. I'm coming.

Nanase Riku: Good evening! We'll be singing a new song for you all today! Audience: Kyaaaaa..... Nanase Riku: It's a special song, filled with a year's worth of our feelings-- "Sakura Message!" Audience: Kyaaaaa..... Izumi Iori: ......See? Everybody is smiling happily as they listen to Nanase-san sing. Izumi Iori: Nothing about this is sad. You were wrong, old man.

Ogami Banri: "Sakura Message" is selling great so far. Takanashi Tsumugi: It really is! All of the music stores have been putting out lots of CDs for sale. The lyricist contacted me just earlier too. Takanashi Tsumugi: She asked me how things were going post-release, and I told her that the single has been getting great reviews! (1) Ogami Banri: Their solo activities have been going well too, and MEZZO" has stabilized. It'd be nice if they all went on tour after releasing a couple more new songs. Takanashi Tsumugi: Zero Arena's renewal....... Things have been going wonderfully since then, and it's all thanks to that! Ogami Banri: Zero lost a lot of face due to the vandalism uproar, but now that's just another conversation topic. Now, let's keep on advancing forward!

Nanase Riku: "A Lovely Night with IDOLiSH7!" is getting a new project? Show Producer: Yep! Thus far, we've only had you guys help normal people out with challenges, but.... Show Producer: This time we wanna put IDOLiSH7 in the spotlight and have you guys challenge things instead. We've been getting lots of requests to see more of IDOLiSH7, after all. Show Producer: We're thinking about making it a documentary-style, weekly corner where viewers can catch up with you guys and watch your progress. Izumi Mitsuki: So we'll be doing the challenges this time, huh! Since it's gonna be a long-term project, I think we should pick something that can't be done super easily. Osaka Sougo: Re:vale did something similar as well, where they tried their hand at rōkyoku​. It was really interesting watching Yuki-san take on the shamisen. There were lots of tears and lots of laughter. (2) Rokuya Nagi: Hm...... If we want to make the viewers' hearts pound and have them on the edges of their seats, then we ought to venture into uncharted territory and try something we're all weak at. Osaka Sougo: What's something we're all bad at? Yotsuba Tamaki: I'm bad at studying. I hate it too. Izumi Iori: I'm good at it and happen to like it. Nanase Riku: I'm not good at being assertive towards girls.... Rokuya Nagi: I'm very good at that. Osaka Sougo: I don't think I'm very good at getting funny reactions out of people on variety shows. Izumi Mitsuki: I'm pretty used to doing that kind of stuff. You're funny too though, Sougo. Yotsuba Tamaki: ....... Now that I think about it, we kinda fill in the gaps for each other. Nanase Riku: You're right! That's amazing! Yay! Yotsuba Tamaki・Nanase Riku: Yay! Show Producer: Ahaha! See, that's one of the things that's really good about you guys, IDOLiSH7! It's really fun watching you all-- it just cheers me up! Show Producer: Everybody gets along so well, and you're all so lively! That's definitely your selling point, without a doubt. Izumi Mitsuki: We get along well, huh.... Yeah, I guess so. Nikaidou Yamato: ....... Show Producer: You've been awfully quiet today, Yamato-kun. Well, quiet isn't quite right. Kind of intense, I guess? Are you angry......? Nikaidou Yamato: Ah-- Not at all.... Yotsuba Tamaki: It's because you've been reading books on cannibals. That's why you look even scarier than usual. Hurry up and go read a book on nice ramen shop workers already. Nikaidou Yamato: There you go again. You just wanna eat ramen, don't you? Show Producer: Ahaha. Any opinions from you, as the leader? Nikaidou Yamato: How about something that'll make us fight a bit? Everyone likes that sorta stuff, right? Izumi Mitsuki: Hold up, Yamato-san. Couldn't you have phrased that a little better.... Rokuya Nagi: The more trouble we encounter, the more seriously we’ll tackle those problems. A plan like that will allow our friendship to shine through. That's what Yamato's idea was, in other words. Show Producer: I see. So we gotta get the viewers a little nervous in order to pull them in and grab their attention, huh. The harder everybody works, the better. Yotsuba Tamaki: How about instruments? Osaka Sougo: Instruments? Yotsuba Tamaki: Yeah. We usually just sing, but how about instruments? Izumi Mitsuki: Sounds hard, but that could be really interesting! We could do classical music, but also brass band or marching band! Nanase Riku: Making music together with something other than our voices sounds fun! I've always wanted to try playing an instrument! Izumi Iori: We'll be able to show our teamwork, which is a good thing. We could also use it during live performances for IDOLiSH7. Osaka Sougo: I want to try playing with everyone. I've had some experience with an instrument before, so I'll put that knowledge to use. Show Producer: There's tons of people learning how to play instruments right now, so let's go with this idea! We'll be giving it our all, and I look forward to working with you guys! Nanase Riku: Of course! We look forward to working with you too!

Nanase Riku: Performing with everyone sounds really fun! I wonder what kind of project it'll be? Nanase Riku: Well, I have time to kill, so I'll go shopping. Ah, the cakes at that shop look really good! Maybe I'll buy one for Manager! Inumaru Touma: ....... Nanase Riku: ......!? That person's crouching down....... Maybe he feels sick? Nanase Riku: Um, are you okay? Inumaru Touma: ....... Nanase Riku: He.... He was crying......? Nanase Riku: Huh...? Wait….... I feel like I've seen this person somewhere before.... 

To be continued....

TL Notes/comments:

I THOUGHT NEXT UPDATE WAS GONNA BE 27TH ISH BUT I THOUGHT WRONG AND NOW I AM A LOT BEHIND SCHEDULE, if they release next installment on the 17th, I’ll do my best to tl everything out so far before then!!! 

THANK YOU KURI FOR CATCHING MY STUPID TYPOS x999, and also for helping me work out a phrase (either in this part or the next one, idr)

(1) used 'she' as pronoun here because all 3 lyricists who have worked with i7/trg/re:v are all female! Or at least that’s my reasoning, idk if the in-story composers are different tho \o/ 

(2) Rōkyoku​ is Japanese narrative singing accompanied by a shamisen. Read more about it here! 

As usual, if you see any mistakes/mistranslations/etc, please message me!

Thank you for reading!!

[thewitchandthebeasthimself]

The Witch and The Beast Himself: Chapter 2

Around dark we had finally arrived to the Russia Sushi place.

“Mmm i hope Simon has something good for us tonight! All that excitement has made me hungry!” Erika said.

We were greeted at the door by a tall Russian man in a sushi chef uniform.

“Kadota, Erika, Walker!” the Russian man said. “Long time no see!”

“Hey Simon.” Kyouhei replied.

“Who is American lady?” Simon asked, looking at me.

“This is (your name),” Erika said. “She's new here and she's our friend.”

“Ohhhhh call me Simon,” the man said. “Any friend of Kadota’s is friend of mine. Come in, sit down! Enjoy half off sushi today with us! Good price! Sushi good for you, yes? Sit down at table I get you started.” He sat us down at a table next to the door and took off.

“Hmm this is an interesting place.” I said. “Russian sushi?”

“Yep, its a very well known hot spot here.” Erika said. “You'll learn to love it. The sushi is a little too spicy but he always gives us discounts and they have great tasting alcohol!”

“Oh sweet!” I said.

Simon came over with our drinks and set a plate decorated with different kinds of sushi in front of us.

“Enjoy! If you have need for anything call for me.” he said before taking off to help the customers next to us.

We began chugging down our saki and eating the spicy sushi. The meal wasn't too bad, I’ve had sushi before but russian sushi definitely had its own signature taste.

“So where will you be living?” asked Erika.

“I picked out an apartment building pretty close to here I believe.” I typed in the address of my new place in my phone and showed it to her.

Erika gasped, “You live next to my friend Anri Sonohara!”

“I do?”

“Yeah she's a total sweetheart with glasses and a huge rack! You should be her friend, she's kinda shy at first but she'll warm up to you.”

“Aw, if I ever see her I'll try to say hello.” I said.

Once we finished our plates and drinks, Erika and I began feeling a bit tipsy from all of the alcohol we drank.

“Wellll I had a lot of ffunn with you, (your name),” Erika slurred. “Want us to walk you hooome?”

“Nah, its all good,” I slurred back. “I can handle myself, I wanna get to know the city a bit for myself. Plus I’m a badass wiiiiiii-” Shit, I almost said it.

“You're a whaaaat?” Erika asked.

“I’m a badass bitch! Yeah!” I said. I feel completely out of my mind when I'm like this. I felt pretty great from the booze but I usually cannot sense any energies or use any kind of advanced magic until I sober up. This is probably a good thing.

“Whateverrrr! You don't loook like much to me!” Erika laughed.

“Are you sure? You don't look so well.” Kyouhei said.

“Nooo it's fine!” I said. “We’ve been here for a couple of hourrs the alcohol should wear off on the way home. I have my phone to guide me so I'll be alright.”

“Okay, well keep in mind what I told you about the gangs,” Kyouhei warned. “We’ll see you later.”

“Yeah! Come hang out with us tomorrow!” Erika pounced on me and hugged me again. “I’m so glad you're living here now!”

“Me too. Bye!” I parted ways with them to go out to my new apartment. I had received a call before I left for Ikebukuro that my keys are in an envelope in the mailbox so getting in won't be too much of a problem.

As I walk down the street to my new apartment I heard a loud booming sound and gunshots that stopped me in my tracks. I snapped out of my buzz immediately and began feeling the energies of the city again. I picked up on a huge dark energy coming from an alleyway near by. I walked up to the alley way to get a closer look at what was going on.

As i approached, some men were coming out of the alleyway laughing. I noticed they were all wearing red clothes.

I gapsed. Its the Blood Diamonds!

They're gonna see me, I need to do something!

I took a deep breath in and on the exhale I turned myself completely invisible. I listened in on their conversation as they were walking away.

“We got him pretty good this time! He shouldn't be getting up from that!” one of the guys said.

“The boss would be stoked to hear we finally got the drop on Shizuo Heiwajima! All it took was a knock to the head and a few shots! Let's leave him there so it'll look like an accident.” another one laughed.

These guys aren't very smart, I thought. I slowly inched towards the alleyway entrance.

Shizuo’s down that alleyway, I have to save him!

Once they were out of sight I turned myself back to normal and ran down the alley to find him lying face down in a pool of blood, two bullet wounds in his back and blood running down the back of his neck. The sight made me cry out in shock.

Fuck fuck fuck fuck this is bad, I thought. I have to save him, I hope he's not dead.

To my surprise I heard him groan and attempt to get up. Each time he tried to stand he would just fall back over.

“Urghhh I’m gonna get those pricks for trying to kill me again!” he yelled, spitting up blood clots as he spoke.

“Stop!” I warned. “Don't move or speak or you'll make it worse. I can help you.”

He turned and groaned to look at me. “You? You're the girl with Kadota earlier. How are you gonna help me? I need to call Shinra, he's the only one that can help.”

“Hang on, your friend might not make it in time. You need care immediately, i promise I can do it.” I said. I knew this was gonna be a hefty spell for me and he'll find out what I am, but I wanted to help him. I couldn't let him die.

“You a doctor or something?” he grunted, still attempting to get up.

“No. I’m… I’m a witch,” I said, breathing in and out to prepare myself for my hands on healing spell.

“A wh-?” he started

“I need you to stop talking for a second,” I said cutting him off. I held my hands out in front of me and gathered up green healing energy from the ground beneath me, allowing it to rise through my feet, my legs, my entire body and into my hands. I raised my hands over him and poured the energy from my fingers into his body, causing the bones in his neck to pop back into place, the skin on the back of his neck to seal up, and the two bullets to seep out of him, also sealing up the wounds.

“There,” I said, then fell over from the overwhelming power I had just used to heal him.

“Whoa!” He jumped up to catch me before I hit the ground.

We then looked into each other’s eyes for a second again. I pulled away quickly like the last time.

“What did you do to me?” he asked. “Not that it was bad, it was different. I usually go to Shinra when this shit happens but you made me feel much better than he could.”

“Like I said, I’m a witch,” I said. “I know healing magic.”

“Healing magic,” he said, still trying to take it all in. “Well that's new. Where were you going? You seem pretty weak, I could carry you there.”

“To my new place.” I said weakly. I gave him the address. “I’m really tired.”

“Okay, I’ll take you there.” He stood up with me cradled in his arms and walked me down the street.

I began falling in and out of consciousness. The only thing I really remember is him asking where my key was.

“Mailbox.” I said in English before falling out of consciousness again.

[thewitchandthebeasthimself]

The Witch and The Beast Himself: Chapter 3

I woke up to find myself laying in bed in what appeared to be in the bedroom of my new apartment. The walls were bare, the sunlight shining in from the windows through the white blinds. There was an extra bathroom in my bedroom like I had requested. My clothes from last night were still on and I had a massive headache from the spell I performed last night.

“Ughhhh,” I said aloud in English. “My head. I hope Shizuo’s okay.”

I got up to go to the bathroom. Instead I stumbled over something huge on the floor. I looked down to see Shizuo lying on the ground, startled awake by me tripping on him. He still had his clothes on from last night, battered and bloody from the damage he took the night before. His sunglasses were folded up on the ground beside him.

“Huh? Shizuo? What are you doing here?” I asked in Japanese, a bit startled. I hope he didn't hear me worrying aloud about him.  “You were knocked out after you did that thing to me last night so I stayed over to make sure you alright,” he said, sitting up from the floor. “Thanks for that by the way, I feel really great. I still want to kick those guy’s asses for that shit though.”

“Why did that happen?” I asked, sitting down on the ground with him.

“Those Blood Diamond bastards have been trying to kill me for weeks, I still don't understand why this keeps happening but I want to get to the bottom of it. I bet that flea bag’s behind it.”

“Izaya?” I asked.

“Yeah that scumbag,” he said. “I saw him give you something.”

“Oh,” I reached into my pocket and pulled out Izaya’s card. “I had told him I was here looking for someone then he gave me this card with his number on it.”

“Throw that away,” Shizuo said. “You don't want to get involved with that flea. He's bad news. He's always got his nose in someone’s business for his own benefit and messes with people’s heads for fun. He's always tried to frame me for the shit he’s involved in but his plans never work out the way he wants them to.”

“Yeah I knew there was something weird about him. Kyouhei told me to stay away from him too.”

“Yeah you should.” he sighed. “I guess i’m not any better, I’m known in this city for wreaking havoc everywhere I go.”

“You don't seem as bad as you think. You brought me here and kept an eye on me.” i said, putting a hand on his shoulder for reassurance.

“Psh, you were the one that saved my ass, I don't think I could ever repay you for what you did for me.” he said.

“... I think you can.”

“Hmm?” he asked, confused.

“How about we… um...  go out sometime? I don't have to start work for a couple of days and I would like to see you more.” I said, stunned by my own words.

I can't believe I just asked him out without a problem, I thought. Back in Salem this was a huge problem for me or I’d find myself waiting on the guy for too long until he found another girl and blew me off. This could end badly.

He smiled at me. “Yeah that doesn't sound like a bad idea. I’d like to see more of you too.”

“Really?” I asked, shocked.

“Yeah why not? You seem like an alright person yourself.” he said. I felt his energy change to a warm, vibrant, and confident feeling.

“Great!” I said. I can't believe that actually worked.

Feeling a bit better about myself I stood up and stretched my limbs. “Um I hope you won't think it's weird or anything but would you mind sitting here with me for a bit? I'm brand new here and I’d really enjoy your company.”

“Fine with me.” he stood up and looked at himself in the long mirror next to my bed. He tousled his hair around, saying, “Ugh I look like shit. My clothes are ruined.”

“If everything is how I requested when I arrived I should have a washer and dryer in my kitchen,” I said. “I’ll put a pot of coffee on for us while you get your clothes cleaned up.”

“Okay,” he said. He undid his bow tie and began pulling off his worn out and bloody bartender uniform piece by piece right in front of me.

Oh my god, he's getting better and better everytime I see him, I thought. Before he could see me watching him I spotted my suitcase next to my new dresser and walked over to it to find a t-shirt and some comfortable shorts. I walked out of the bedroom and spotted the wide open kitchen next to the living room. I walked into it and changed into the clothes I picked out. I grabbed up my clothes off the floor and threw them into the washing machine next to my kitchen counter.

I was grateful that my apartment came fully furnished after everything that's happened on my first day in Ikebukuro. There was a little bag of coffee next to the coffee maker and a “Thank you” basket from the apartment complex full of treats, food, and bottled water to get me through my first day here.

I played with my magic a little bit by using my energy like a pair of hands to pour some coffee in the coffee maker, pour a bottled water into the water slot of the coffee maker, then pressed the button to begin brewing it.

He came out of my bedroom in a t-shirt he had on underneath his bartender uniform and his dress pants to throw his clothes in with mine. I just couldn't stop staring at him. Despite his immense strength he didn't have a whole lot of muscle or a six pack, but he wasn't thin either. He had more of an athletic and toned body.

He sat down on the couch in the living room looking at me so I sat down next to him while we waited for the coffee to brew.

“I haven't gotten your name yet.” he said.

“It’s (your name),” I said.

“Great to finally put a name to your face. So what's this thing about you being a witch?” he asked me. Then he seemed to be a little embarrassed and said, “Sorry, if you don't mind me asking.”

“Its fine,” I said. “I am a witch from Salem, Massachusetts in the US. I've been doing this for practically as long as I can remember. I've studied and mastered different kinds of magic and learned to speak and write in Japanese fluently so that I could come here. My hometown is known for the infamous salem witch trials in the 1900's. You'd think there were tons of others like me living there but my parents and I are the only real witches left in Salem. Our powers scared a lot of people there and it might have even frightened myself at one point so I came here to start a new life where I could have friends that didn't know what I was. Except for you, of course.”

“Hmm, that's really… Interesting. But it's sad that people feared you and your family for it.” Shizuo remarked.

“Yeah i guess that's just how it had to be for me to get of there and explore more of what the world has to offer. I found a whole new side of the world that I had no idea existed.”

Shizuo smirked. “And then you met a monster like me.”

“No way! You're not a monster at all, trust me. I’ve seen actual beasts myself and you don't even compare to them.”

“Heh well thanks,” he said, feeling relieved.

“So what about you and your strength, if you don't mind me asking?” I asked.

“Well its just something that came with being me. As my name implies, I desire to live a quiet and peaceful life. I believe I am generally a calm person until someone pisses me off. That's when my strength shows and I find myself flinging giant objects at people, punching people into the sky, and pulling signs out of the ground to knock people out with. When I was little I had tried to throw a refrigerator at my little brother for eating my food.”

I laughed. “Really?”

He nodded. “Yep, that really happened. I’ve broken every single bone in my body since I've discovered this strength but it's made me come back stronger each time.”

“So that's how you survived being knocked in the head and shot in the back.” I said.

“Yeah they aren't the first to try something like that on me. Luckily I have Shinra to patch me up everytime it happens.”

“Mhm, who knows what would've happened if you didn't?”

“I don't know, I guess I wouldn't be here. People are so afraid of me here because of my power. I kinda wish it didn't have to be like that all the time. I just want to be SEEN like a normal person, to be loved like a normal person.”

“I know how you feel,” I said, inching a bit closer to him by turning my body towards him, leaning my arm on the back of the couch behind his head. “I wish people in my hometown weren't afraid of me because of what I can do.”

He looked at me with a wide smile on his face and peering into my eyes again.

Oh boy.

“I don't know what it is about you,” he said.

“What do you mean?” I asked, pretending to be dumbfounded with a big smile on my face as well. I like where this is going now.

“You're just… different.”

“Well you're cute,” I blurted, then put my mouth on my hand.

“I'm.. What?” he played, following my lead. I could sense that he was also liking where this was going; his energy changed to an aroused sensation.

“I said.. You're cute.” I inched even closer to him, my face so close to his I could feel his breath on my neck and my jaw.

He inches himself even closer to me and wraps his arm around my waist and moving his hand up and down my waist. The feeling of his touch, his warm and alluring energy caused me to tingle in ecstasy all over. I couldn't think straight, my body shook to each of his movements, i could feel goosebumps rising all over me. My heart was skipping beats causing my own breathing to feel irregular.

“Are you okay?” he asked, noticing my tingling and breathing. He looked up and down slowly from my lips to my eyes.

“Yeah,” I said, catching my breath. “I just… I'm losing my train of thought. Intimacy is much more intense for a witch. Everything just feels so different.”

He leaned in closer, his face just mere inches away from mine. “Oh yeah? So how does this feel?” He ran his hand up my back, cradled the back on my head in his hand and pulled me in for a light kiss.

Fuck.

I lost myself to him and wrapped my arms around him, causing me to deepen the kiss. Sparks were flying in my head. My heart felt like it was gonna leap out of my chest. As we made out we played with each other's bodies, him running his hands down to my ass to pull me into his hard chest and me raking my fingers through his hair.

We pulled away just barely for me to answer his question, “It feels great.”

He lightly chuckled onto my lips before running both of his hands up my back, cradled me and pushed me down sideways so that I was lying on the couch and now beneath him. He moved my right leg aside so he could get between them and move up my body to my face to kiss me again. Before I knew it I had wrapped my arms around him to pull him into me and hiked one leg onto his hip. He wedges his tongue between my lips to open my mouth and began dancing it around my own tongue.  

We were stopped suddenly by the doorbell ringing. He pulled away from my face and looked at me curiously.

“Huh, wonder who that could be?” I said, also confused. He pulled away from me and sat up on the couch so that I could get up, straightening himself up. I did the same and straightened up my hair the best I could before I walked over to the door and opened it.

A girl with short black hair, glasses, a long black hooded dress and just as Erika said, huge breasts was standing at the door holding a box in her hands. Her energy felt oddly suppressed.

“Um good morning, sorry to bother you,” she said, bowing slightly and awkwardly to me. “Are you (your first and last name)?”

“Yep, you must be Anri!” I said, smiling at her. I held my hand out for her to shake. She looked down hesitantly at first but then smiled and accepted my handshake.

She chuckled a bit, “Erika must've told you about me.”

“Yeah, she did.” I said.

“Well umm she'd told me that you moved into the apartment next to mine and that we should be friends so I went out to the store and bought you a welcoming gift. Its just some snacks, I hope thats alright.” She handed me the box of what smelled like a mix of different cookie flavors.

“Oh, that's really sweet of you!” I said, accepting the box. “Thank you so much!”

“You're welcome, (your name). It was nice meeting you and I hope we can become friends.”

“Me too, you're really nice.” I said, smiling back at her.

She looked over both of her shoulders and said, “Well I have to go, I have some friends waiting on me.” she nodded her head at me. “See you later.”

“Okay thanks for the welcoming gift. Bye!”

As she turned away to walk down the steps I shut the door and locked it.

I turned to place the box of cookies on the kitchen counter. Our coffee had finished brewing a few minutes ago so I grabbed out two coffee mugs from the cabinet over the sink.

I turned to face Shizuo who was sitting up and waiting patiently.

“How do you like your coffee?” I asked.

“Black is fine,” he said. I showed off a bit by using my energy like a pair of hands again to pour some coffee into the two mugs. I energetically put the coffee pot back, picked up the mug and guided it over to him where I set it down in the coffee table in front of him.

“You could've just brought it to me,” he smirked.

“Aw come on, I wanted to show off a bit.” I laughed. I used my actual hands to rip up a couple packs of sugar and tore open a little cup of creamer to put into my coffee. I picked up my cup, walked over to the couch to sit next to him again.

We sat in silence for a second drinking our coffee before he spoke again.

“I've seen some crazy shit but I've never seen anyone use actual magic before,” he said. “And here you are, playing with it like its a toy. Its… its kind of cool actually.”

I giggled at his compliment, “Thanks a lot. I'm still surprised you haven't ran away from me after seeing what I can do.”

“No way in hell I’d run away from you now. I'm still surprised you haven't ran away from me yet after seeing what I can do.”

“Well I couldn't do that either.” I said. “You know, I came here also looking for a certain something but I found you instead. Was it fate that brought us together?”

“Maybe, but I'm not complaining,” he said, wrapping his arm around my shoulder and kissing me lightly on my temple. “What were you looking for here?”

“I heard that there was an Irish Urban legend called a dullahan living and working here like a human also in search of its head. I’m really curious about it and wanted to meet it.”

“Hmm, a dullahan, huh? I might know what you’re talking about.” he said. I could feel in his energy that he wasn’t lying.

“Wait, really?” I asked. “How? Where is it?”

“Remember my friend Shinra I told you about? His girlfriend Celty is actually the known as the Headless Rider here.”

My face lit up and I jumped in excitement, immediately understanding what he meant. “Well can I meet her?”

“Umm not yet.” he said. “The last I spoke to them Shinra said that she had taken a job outside of the city that’d probably take a few days. I could check on them later on for you and see if she’d made it back yet.”

“That’d be perfect!” I hugged him. “Thanks a lot, that is really cool of you, Shizuo.”

He chuckled a bit and looked at his phone. His sighed as his smile turned into a frown. “Hey, I have to go take care of something with my employer. Are you free tomorrow by chance? I’d love to take you out on that date I promised you.” He grabbed his sunglasses off the coffee table, put them on and began walking towards my front door.

“Yeah that sounds great!” I said, following him to let him out.. “Here, take my number.”

“Alright.” he punched in the number as I said it to him. “Thanks for the coffee by the way,” he winked at me, making me blush.

“Oh stop it!” I slapped him lightly on the arm.

He laughed at me, looked down at his phone, then looked back at me. “I’ll text you in a minute to make sure I have the right number. I’ll see you tomorrow.”

“Yeah, you too.” I shut the door behind him and locked it.

Wow, this is just surreal. Ikebukuro is by far one of the most interesting and insane places I’ve ever been to, I thought as I finally got around to unpacking my suitcase and getting all of my stuff set up. I get to meet the dullahan within the first few days of being here. But most interesting of all I got to meet him. The supposed most dangerous man in the city is actually the most kind hearted and genuine man I’ve ever met. I really can’t wait to see more of him.

[thewitchandthebeasthimself]

The Witch and The Beast Himself: Chapter 5

A few hours before my and Shizuo’s date, I got myself prepared by washing my face and putting on light makeup, putting on a light blue skater dress, black leggings that stop past the knee, and black flats. I brushed my hair and let it down.

This’ll work, I thought. It's dressy without being TOO dressy.

I stepped out of my apartment, locked the door behind me, then walked down the street to find a phone store so that I could have my number changed.

After finishing with that I went to my new job and met with the owner. He gave me a couple of uniforms and a passcode so that I could clock in and be properly dressed for work tomorrow.

I headed back up to my apartment and sat on the steps, texting Shizuo to let him know I changed my number and that I was ready for our date.

  [Good, I can't wait to see you. Where do you want me to pick you up?]

  [I'm sitting outside of my apartment so I'll wait for you there.]

  [Alright, I'm heading there now. See you in a few.]

My heart leaped at his last text. I'm so excited for it I could scream. But i definitely needed to keep my cool.

I spotted him walking down the street towards me. I stood up, waved at him, then walked over to meet him halfway. He wore a white dress shirt with sleeves that stopped at his elbows, black dress pants, and his sunglasses. His familiar and calming energy had a sense of excitement.

When we met up he embraced me then kissed me on top of my head.

“You look beautiful, (your name).” He said, showing off a warm smile and playing with my hair a little as he pulled away from the embrace.

I became flustered and managed to say, “Thank you, so do you.”

“I look beautiful?” he raised a brow.

“Yes, yes you do,” I tapped him playfully on the arm.

He laughed at my dumb compliment. “Well thank you, you're the first woman to ever call me beautiful back. So, you ready to go?” he asked.

“Yep, let's go.” I hooked my arm onto his and walked down the street with him to downtown Ikebukuro. He pulled out a cigarette to smoke.

“Are you actually liking it here so far?” he asked along the way. He pulled a lighter out of his pocket, lit the cigarette and put the pack and his lighter back in his pocket.

“Yeah, I finally got my apartment set up, some food in my cabinets thanks to my friends, and I'll be starting my new job tomorrow.”

“Where are you gonna be working at?”

“The little coffee shop over that way.” I point to the street on our left.

“Oh really? Looks like I'll be seeing you more often than I thought.”

“Why's that?”

“My employer and I stop in there almost everyday to talk and enjoy some coffee.”

“Oh cool! Umm by the way, you never told me what you did for a living.” I said.

“I work as bodyguard for my high school friend Tom Tanaka. He's a debt collector that attempts to collect money from some of the shadiest people in Ikebukuro. If they don't pay up, then I bust them up until they do.” he said. We stopped at an intersection waiting for our turn to walk.

“Heh, that does sound like a perfect job for you.” I said. The signal for us to walk across lit up so we began walking across the street.

“Yep, I don't have to try to control my anger. Some usually pay up at the sight of me while others get what's coming to them.”

I suddenly felt the energy of a car speeding towards us even though we had the right of way.

“Look out!” I pushed Shizuo back then jumped out of the way with him. The man in the red car slammed on his brakes then screeched to a stop halfway on the sidewalk beside us. Pedestrians stopped to observe the scene.

“Urrrghhh,” I felt Shizuo’s uncontrollable angry energy rise within him as he snapped his cigarette between his fingers, dropped it, rubbed it into the ground with the toe of his shoe and stomped towards the car.

“Hey asshole! Who the hell do you think you are?! We had the right of way! Were you not paying attention?!” He picked up the front of the vehicle over his head and shook it violently, frightening the man inside. I ran up to him, grabbed his arm and started yanking him away.

“Shizuo, it's okay, nobody’s hurt, let's go!”

He continued shaking it for a second until he looked at me.

“Shit, sorry.” he set the car down. His energy began fading into an embarrassed and annoyed sensation. He looked at the guy in the car and said, “You're lucky you didn't hurt anyone. Watch where you're going.” he turned around and walked away with me to the other side of the intersection. The car sped off in the direction that it was going and the people watching went about their business.

“Goddammit I hate assholes that don't know how to drive.” He pulled out and lit another cigarette.

“It's okay, at least nobody got hurt,” I said. “Let’s just focus on having a good time.”

“You're right,” he said, offering a light smile and putting his other hand lightly on my back. As we were walking I took in all of the colorful sights and energies of downtown Ikebukuro.

“Have you heard of Russia Sushi?” he asked as we approached it. I saw Simon standing in front of the restaurant handing out discount flyers to pedestrians walking by.

“Yeah, Kyouhei, Erika, and Walker took me there when I first got here. The food was pretty good.”

“Oh well I guess I can't take you there if you've already been there, can I? There's another little restaurant I like to sit in every now and then called Ghiottone. They serve Italian food; it might be more to your liking.”

“Yeah that sounds great I love italian food!” I said. Simon spoke to us as we walked past.

“Shi-zu-o! Long time no see!” he looked at me then said, “You're with American lady?”

“I'm showing her around the city.” Shizuo replied, he flicked the remaining bit of his cigarette into the road.

“Ohhh like date! You should have date at Russia Sushi! Half off today, good price!” he attempted to hand him a flyer. I became a bit flustered when he said that.

Shizuo smiled slightly and waved the flyer away, “Not today Simon, we'll see you around though.”

“Okay, don't forget about the half off russian sushi! Sushi good for you, yes?” he called out after us as we walked away.

“That guy's a nut sometimes,” Shizuo remarked. We reached Ghiottone and walked up to the door.

“Here it is,” we walked inside the restaurant and were greeted with a mouth watering smell of hot buttery breadsticks, spicy marinara, italian seasoning, and a touch of Japanese culture that made the experience even more satisfying.

“This is so cool!” I said as we picked a table to sit down at. A waitress noticed us and approached our table to take our order. I ordered a glass of Ramune lemonade and the spicy shrimp fettuccini alfredo with a couple of breadsticks. He ordered a glass of shochu sake and a blue crab pasta dish. She assured us that our order would be out shortly then took off to the next table.

“I talked to Shinra yesterday to see when Celty would be back.” he began. “She should be heading back tomorrow. I told Shinra all about you, so he's excited to meet you as well.”

I looked up at him. “That's exciting! But you didn't tell him what I am, did you?”

“What? No! He knows that I rarely ever get the chance to say that I'm going steady with a girl so he's just excited to meet you.”

I smiled and blushed again. Our waitress came out us with our food and set each of our plates in front of us.

I accidently showed that I hadn't eaten much that day by finishing my plate and drink before he did. Once I scarfed my food away, I looked up to find him sipping lightly on his drink and had only eaten half of the food on his plate.

“Oh my god, I ate way too fast, I’m so sorry,” I said in embarrassment.

“For what? You were clearly enjoying the food.”

“Yeah it was the best! Thank you for that. How's yours?”

“It's alright, I order this plate every time I come here. The sake is always good.”

“It doesn't look that bad.” I stared down at his half eaten plate that had a little crab and some pasta left on it.  

We finished with our bill only being around 2000 yen. He paid for both of us then we left for him to show me around the city. He inched his arm even tighter around my waist as we walked.

Around dark and after my constant begging he decided to take me to his apartment to relax for a minute. His apartment was on the other side of town in a tree-shaded building on the 5th floor. He opened the door to bring me into his very clean and organized living room. There was a light scent of cigarette smoke in the air, but I didn’t mind it.

“Your place is really nice!” I said, kicking my flats off at the door.

He smiled, “Thanks, I do try to keep it clean in here.” He kicked his shoes off at the door as well. He took his sunglasses off and set them on a side table beside the door.

“Come here, you.” his energy spiked up in arousal and he pulled me over to his couch. I fell into his lap from being pulled so suddenly but he wraps both of his arms around my waist and begins making out with me. His touch causes me to cling onto him in ecstasy as I hold his head lighlty into my chest while he kisses me up and down my jaw, my neck, my collarbone, then back up to my lips.  I fall so suddenly under his spell and lose myself. The feeling I had felt when we first made out came rushing over me, causing me to tingle and my breath to fluctuate.

“What’s gotten into you all of a sudden?” I said in an aroused and excited tone between breaths and kisses.

“I’ve been watching you the whole time we were out together,” he breathed. “All I could think about is… how badly I want you.”

I tensed up. It had been a while since I actually had sex, and it wasn’t even that great. The guy and I went way too fast and I realized that I didn’t want to be involved with him at all.

Was that where my thing with Shizuo was going? But then again, it couldn’t be all that bad with him. He’s been so sensual, sweet, and caring with me almost ever since we became so involved with each other.

He pulled his face away so his light brown eyes could meet mine. “I’m really sorry if this all too fast for you. I just...” he had some trouble coming up with the right words to say before he said, “I really don’t know what is about you. I really want to explore you.”

“No, it’s okay,” I said. “I haven’t.. I haven’t had sex with anyone since I was 18. It didn’t go that well but it hasn’t ruined my perception of it. I don’t know, I guess...I really… I honestly want to try it with you and see where it goes.”

He raised his brow at me. “Are you sure you’re gonna be okay with it?”

I swallowed. “Yeah. I want it. With you. And,” I got a little red in the face then mustered up some confidence.

No need to be shy now.

“To be honest, I don’t want you to take it easy on me.”

He laughed, “You don’t want that.”

“What makes you think that I don’t?”

“You said you’ve only had sex one time. So asking ME of all people to be rough with you is a bad idea. I might end up breaking you .”

“So? I don’t care anymore. I want it. Now.”

He sighed in a playfully annoyed manner, clearly enjoying our talk. “Alright, I won’t hold back. But you better prepare yourself, you won’t be able to walk after I’m done with you.”

Fucking hell. I pushed my lips onto his, making out with him a little longer before he positioned me to be picked up from under my thighs and carried off into his bedroom.