Disclaimer: Did you know that Narita-sensei owns 'Durarara!' ? And my name isn't Narita-sensei? Cool! Let's carry on.

It was just a stroke of bad luck that the two of them stumbled upon a very large group of delinquents vandalizing property.

"Man, this is a piece of art. I wanna to sign our gang name instead of the Dollars…it's like we're giving them credit for this beauty."

"I know, but boss said sign it with 'Dollars' so…hey, who the hell are you guys?"

Roppi and Tsuki froze at the scene they stumbled upon. Immediately recognizing a bad situation as it presented itself, Roppi grabbed Tsuki's hand and briskly walked away from the group of delinquents while Tsuki was still trying to stutter out an apology.

The group was quick to close of their exit before they made an escape. Roppi clenched his fist in frustration. His companion put his hand on his shoulder, his grip was firm but trembling, conveying that he did not want him to get angry, but he was still scared regardless. Roppi sighed and relaxed a little while keeping his guard up, for Tsuki's sake.

"Did you really think we'd let you run off after seeing us? Boss would kill us if we blew our cover..."

"We saw nothing." Roppi assured in a barely polite tone.

A gang member shrugged, "Look, we don't know you, so we can't really take your word for it, now can we?"

"Wait, you're Orihara Izaya, aren't you?"

"And isn't that Heiwajima Shizuo?"

The gang looked a nervous. But one boy laughed nervously, "Haha, no way. Heiwajima Shizuo would never hang out with Orihara Izaya, let alone cower behind him like a fucking baby."

Tsuki whimpered in embarrassment. Roppi growled, "Look, can you morons shut up and get out of our way? You're really starting to piss me off."

"Roppi-san!" A mortified whisper came from his companion.

"What the hell was that?"

A bit more insults were thrown from both sides before they gave in and resorted to physical violence.

"Roppi-san! Don't!" Tsuki cried out as Roppi pummeled the first few guys that attacked him. Roppi didn't have time to reply he continued to beat who ever stood in his way. He realized this probably wasn't the best way to deal with a gang of thugs, but they were threatening him and Tsuki like they weren't going to let them leave unscathed. In that case, he wouldn't let a single one of them go unscathed. Tsuki wasn't a fighter, so he'd take care of all these violent humans if they even thought about getting near his friend.

A heftier thug tackled Roppi from behind. The group jeered and approached him with more confidence now that he was pinned to the ground. They proceeded to kick and stomp on him while the raven could only block the attacks with his arms.

"Roppi-san!" Tsuki cried.

"Hey crybaby, why don't you join in the fun?"

A handful of thugs approached the blonde menacingly.

Roppi's eyes widened, 'Shit, I can't stop them if I'm pinned like this!'

"RUN! TSUKI GET OUT OF HERE!"

"N-No I can't leave you-"

"JUST GO!" With newfound strength, he shoved the heavy man off with an almighty push and sent him flying into his gang mates. But three other thugs tackled him immediately after, knocking the breath out of him.

"Argh!" Roppi's head hit the concrete, causing him to see spots.

"UWAAAAAAH!"

The bone-chilling scream cut through the air and Roppi froze in place, a fear clenched his heart when he heard his best friend scream in fear.

THWAK. BOOM. CRASH.

Then he felt confusion when he saw several bodies fly past his vision. He lifted his head slightly and saw Tsuki waving something huge around with his eyes screwed shut.

"Gaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" He knocked thug after thug out and sent them flying into the brick walls surrounding them or up into the air before they hit the ground with a sickening thud. The thugs that were on top of Roppi looked on at the scene dumbfounded before they too got hit with the large weapon in Tsuki's hand.

Eventually, Tsuki stopped waving the large thing around and stilled, breathing heavily.

"Tsuki….what the hell…"

Tsuki stood whimpering in the middle of the chaotic mess of limbs, shaking and clutching what looked like a railing from the nearby fire escape, now that Roppi had a proper look at it.

"I didn't…I don't know what…there were so many… I got scared…" he sobbed, dropping the railing with a clang. There were dents around where his fingers were clutching the metal.

Roppi carefully stepped over the messy pile of bodies, and made his way over to his distraught friend.

He grasped the blonde's shoulder, "Hey Tsuki..."

Tsuki's lip was trembling, and his eyes were glistening with unshed tears. He took one look at Roppi's concerned face and broke out into sobs.

"Uwaaaaah!" He planted his face unceremoniously on to Roppi's shoulder.

"O-Oy!" The shorter male protested to the abrupt contact, but didn't have the heart to push him off. But his face burnt with a fiery blush.

For once, Tsuki was oblivious to Roppi's discomfort and wrapped his arms around Ross smaller frame and clutched him tightly, burying his face deeper into his shirt.

Roppi let himself relax into Tsuki's hold, and wrapped his own arms around the crying boy. He gently combed his fingers through his hair in what he hoped was a comforting manner.

Shingen had wondered why Tsukishima had yet to display Shizuo's legendary strength through the simulations and training he went through. Though Roppi had initially forbidden Shingen from putting him in any at all, Tsuki volunteered against his protests. He felt it was unfair that Roppi had to go through them all by himself, and he wanted to share the burden.

Shingen had tried everything to somehow unlock the hidden potential within Tsuki. He had a theory that maybe the key was to get him angry. But all attempts were a failure; Tsuki was too soft and accepting to get angry at anyone or anything. Shingen concluded that either Shizuo's strength was not in his genes, or that Tsuki wasn't able to unlock that power because of his calm nature.

But Roppi now saw otherwise. Like anger was Shizuo's trigger to his power, Tsuki's was fear.

Roppi patted Tsuki's head and pushed his shoulder's gently so that he could see his face. Tsuki's cheeks were stained with tears, and his eyes were red. Roppi smiled and wiped his tears with his thumbs and cupped his face, "Hey, it's okay. You did good. You got us out of trouble, and you protected me. So, thank you. You really saved me back there."

Tsuki hiccupped, "But I hurt them…"

"You didn't hurt them…" Roppi started before he looked around and the groaning men on the ground. "…too much. They'll live."

Tsuki stood up straighter and wiped his eyes, and looked around meekly. His eyes widened at the extent of damage he did.

"I-I did that?"

Roppi nodded, "Yeah, you're pretty strong, aren't you? I didn't think you had it in you."

Tsuki nodded shyly.

"Do you want to go walking some more? I think I saw that Westgate Park place a little further down."

"…okay"

The two of them left the scene as casually as they arrived. The city of Ikebukuro only had a small taste of the chaos that these two familiar strangers have to offer.

"Roppi-san… I think I broke my arm"

[Author's Note] To celebrate Tsuki's official appearance in the main story! My gosh Tsuki…Seriously…I want one. Gimmie.