Disclaimer: I do not own Durarara! and this original storyline is not my idea. It is based on fan-made comic strips by Akio from Pixiv. Please view her/his comics first. ^_^ His/Her art is awesome, by the way.

Part 1: zerochan(dot)net/709697

Part 2: zerochan(dot)net/733582

Part 3: zerochan(dot)net/764403

Akio's other works (that are from zerochan) : zerochan(dot)net/Akio

My other translations: zerochan(dot)net/user/Xxmilky-candy1996xX

Full summary: Other than strength, it seemed that Shizuo had developed another ability—one that enables him to see Izaya's future deaths. Thinking that the only one allowed to kill the flea was him, Shizuo stopped those deaths. What he refuses to admit, however, was how stopping them—and those to come—would take a toll on his feelings and mind. Warning: numerous character deaths, dark Shizuo.

Reaching For That Hand

Prologue

~Shizuo's PoV~

Up until now, all I do was hurt everybody and destroy everything.

My strength is much harder to control compared to other people, and injuring them is not that unusual.

I hated my strength.

I hated it so much.

But days would pass by until I realize that I hate this even more. Days would pass by until I realize I'm tangled in a twisted web full of pain and misery and it would all be too late.

I didn't realize I had this ability. I thought my strength was my one and only curse, other than Orihara Izaya.

But that me seems to possess another power.

How I knew that…

Was when I saw Orihara Izaya dead right in front of me.

~Izaya's PoV~

Up until now, I had strived to tower over the people I love. That's why I became an informant. To learn all of their secrets, dig out their deepest feelings.

To use them. To manipulate them.

I loved humans. I loved them so very much.

All except a certain blond protozoan.

No matter what I did, no matter how I pull the strings, he won't act how I expect him to be.

I keep trying. But in the end everything goes down the drain.

He frustrates me. He troubles me. But he is also the only one who gives me adrenaline.

I was wrong to assume that I knew him better than everybody else. I kept an eye on him. And I find that he treats me no better than the scum he fights in the alleys of Ikebukuro, even though I pour out everything I have so that he could love me.

Adore me.

Just so I could manipulate him.

After all, if I have power over this monstrous being known as Heiwajima Shizuo, I could rule over not only Ikebukuro and Shinjuku, but all of Tokyo and eventually, the whole country.

But suddenly, Shizu-chan changed.

Unexpected, as usual.

But it never occurred to me once that it would change me and my feelings towards him either.

… Yeah, it's a little short, but I'm kinda short of time. And for your information, I won't be around these 2-3 weeks cuz I have my exams. ^_^ Will come back soon!