Youkai, Human, Fairy, Monster and Parasite

Fandom: Nuramago x Durarara!—Cross-over

Genre: Humor/Romance

Rating: T/Pg-15

Pairing: Yoru x Rikuo, Shizuo x Izaya, Yoru x Shinra (yes, you read that right. You'll know why when you read later in part 2), Shinra x Celty

Summary: During the youkai raid in Ikebukuro, Yoru Rikuo never expected that he would get aid from humans, wait… the strongest man in Ikebukuro? A Black Biker? The fearsome informant broker, and what's more… a mad doctor? What the hell is going on here?

Disclaimer: Nuramago belongs to Shiibashi-sensei. Durarara! belongs to Narita Ryohgo. Luna just borrows the characters to play with~ XD

Warning: AU, Cross-over, violence, language, blood, gruesome image, hints of shounen ai, possible oOC-ness, possible grammar and spelling mistakes, oh maybe spoiler up to Nuramago's manga chapter 172, and the entire anime season for Durarara!

A/N: When I read in Nuramago that the youkai raid also happened in Ikebukuro, my mind automatically screamed "Where is Shizu-chan when you need him!" So this fic happened. Sorry for being stupid again. Now, please enjoy~!

Youkai, Human, Monster, Fairy and Parasite

Part 1

"What the hell…! It looks just like a portrait from hell…!" Aotabo growled as he saw the destruction of the city in front of him. Kiyotsugu was gulping behind him with scared expression, but his video camera stayed in his hand, recoding everything.

"We should… get to Nura-kun as soon as possible!" Kiyotsugu said, clutching Aotabo's robe with his other hand.

"Yeah," Aotabo nodded and started the engine of his motorcycle once again to begin looking the young master of the Nura Clan, Sandaime, Nura Rikuo.

~Durarara x Nuramago~

Meanwhile in Ikebukuro, a certain body guard wearing bartender outfit was running around the city while chasing after a certain informant broker wearing dark clothes, dark pants and black fur-trimmed parka.

"I~ZA~YA~~~!" the blond haired body guard yelled in complete furry as he uprooted a stop sign without even slowing down from his run. His mocha colored eyes behind his purple-tinted sunglasses glinted dangerously.

"Wait, Shizu-can! I don't think it's the right time to play our love game! Look around! This place is in mess!" the black haired informant shouted back urgently while dodging some unidentified creatures around him and slashing them with his flick-blade when they got too close to him. His usually playful mischief crimson eyes for once were serious and focused as he tried to defend himself from the blond monster that was chasing after him and the monster-looking creatures swarming around him. Those ugly creatures had dared devouring his precious beloved humans, damn it!

"Cut the crap, Izaya! I know all this mess is also your fault!" Shizuo roared viciously as he brutally slammed some of the creatures himself, with the stop sign in his hand that they were thrown some meters away from him, some even got cut by the makeshift weapon.

"Don't be ridiculous, Shizu-chan! Please think with that protozoan brain of yours! How the hell can I be responsible for this destruction? Can't you see that I'm fighting for my life too here!" Izaya denied the accusation as he jumped and stomped on the heads of those creatures and kicked some of them while he was running and slashing around again.

"SHUT UP! I don't know how or why, but if something goes wrong in this world, it's always your fault! Or at least, it always turns out that you have something to do with it!" Shizuo vehemently refused to hear and think about what Izaya said, because he was too blinded by his rage at seeing the louse's annoying form at that moment.

"Shizu-chan, you're really a moronic, idiotic brute! It's futile to talk reasonably to you with that one-celled brain capacity of yours! That's why I hate you!" Izaya shouted angrily now and managed to insult Shizuo again despite the dire situation. He was still slashing around to fend off the creatures away from him and still running away from Shizuo as well. Good thing his feet were strong and fast. Otherwise he would be dead by now.

Surely, Izaya always had something to do with the mischief happening in Ikebukuro and around, but this was beyond mischief. People were actually being brutally killed and eaten by real monsters here! Couldn't the protozoan see that?

If Shizuo was in his right mind then, he would see how even the great Orihara Izaya could panic right there, almost losing his cool and control as he was trying desperately to survive the attack of real monsters and a monster of Ikebukuro called Heiwajima Shizuo.

~Durarara x Nuramago~

"What the hell is this…?" Yoru looked around him with sickened look. Tsurara and Kana who saw the same gruesome images of mutilated people with their body parts scattering on the ground and smelled the strong scent of blood and destruction, covered their mouths with their hands.

"This is so cruel…!" Tsurara commented in whimper, her face pale and looking repulsed.

"I think I'm going to throw up," Kana already closed her eyes in frightened expression, feeling sick and about to pass out anytime soon.

"Ck…!" Yoru clicked his tongue in barely contained anger at the situation. Those Sanmoto's body parts were really going all out. His precious humans… no, it wasn't Yoru's. It was Rikuo's.

The chocolate haired kid was probably crying in regret, self deprecation and anger inside because he couldn't protect those humans. Rikuo was powerless against those youkai… and now those human he loved so much also hated him because of what he was. They didn't know how much Rikuo had tried and worked very hard to protect them.

And still… you never lose faith in humans, huh, Rikuo?—Yoru was sad on Rikuo's behalf. His human side was very soft and kind-hearted. However, he was also very stubborn. No matter how bad he was treated by those despicable creatures called humans, Rikuo could never hate them wholeheartedly.

Rikuo was angry, yes, that he and his family were treated unfairly because of Sanmoto's youkai set up and he was very angry that those humans were stupid enough to fall into that trap, even trying to do something that could endanger their own lives like trying to fight youkai, but… Rikuo didn't hate humans.

Yoru knew, because Rikuo begged him not to hurt those humans when he changed place with him after sunset. The dark-chocolate eyed boy begged him to save them from Sanmoto's youkai rampage. Now Ikebukuro was turned into hell. No, not just Ikebukuro, the entire Tokyo was in chaos because the youkai was tearing apart the city attacking people.

Protecting them all was impossible. At least…Yoru would try to save as many as he could. That was his promise to Rikuo.

My beloved Rikuo….

Rikuo had handled his part very well when he was confronted by the humans that targeted him, now it was Yoru's turn to do his part of the bargain in sharing one body. He would protect Rikuo, his friends, and his family from those youkai that wanted them dead.

"Rikuo-kun!" Kana shouted at Yoru in alarm and he looked up at her.

"What's wrong, Kana-chan?" Yoru jumped to her spot.

"Natsumi-chan and Saori-chan are in Ikebukuro, and they are attacked and surrounded by a lot of youkai!" Kana showed him an SOS message from their friends through the cell-phone.

"What? Where are they now?" Yoru asked frantically just after he digested the information. How could this happen? At a time like this… how come Rikuo's human friends always managed to get into serious trouble?

"In one of the buildings in Sunshine Road!" the chocolate haired girl shouted in urgency.

"What building? Don't joke around! How many buildings do you think scattered around Sunshine Road?" Yoru's sweat dropped as he looked at the crumbling buildings around him. It was simply impossible to guess the jackpot from so many choices!

"Uh… wait!" Kana texted back with the speed of light and sent the message.

"Hey! It's not the time for texting! And they won't reply if they're in grave danger!" Tsurara said as she also joined the conversation after hearing it from her spot.

"But…!" Kana wanted to protest and Yoru started to feel the upcoming headache.

"Come on! Be more serious!" Yoru huffed in annoyance at both girls as they started to argue with each others' opinion on that matter.

"But, Rikuo-sama…!" Tsurara whined, and a vein popped up on Yoru's head now.

Yoru was about to yell at Tsurara when he felt the presence of massive youkai worming their way to them. The Young Master of the Nura Clan then glared at the ugly looking youkai around them in alert. "Shit—! This is not the time for arguing!"

Yoru prepared his fighting stance as he stood between those youkai and the girls, especially Kana, because she was powerless against those blood-lust youkai. Tsurara could defend herself, so he wasn't too worried.

"Oh no! We're surrounded!" Tsurara immediately copied Yoru's stance and stood in inclination to fight the youkai and to protect Kana as well.

Those youkai immediately attacked them in unison and Yoru was trying his best to cut them down and kill them with single strike so he could use one hand only while the other hand was keeping Kana safe beside him.

"MOVE AWAY!" Yoru shouted at the youkai in fury as he destroyed them one by one while Tsurara assisted him by freezing them up and holding them down so it would create more chances for Yoru to finish them all.

However, no matter how much he cut, it seemed the monsters didn't lessen in number. If not, they seemed to multiply and it was beginning to get very difficult to see the road in front of them.

"Damn it! There's no end to it!" Yoru cut another youkai and Tsurara froze some more youkai. They were panting, beginning to feel exhausted after moving so much to defend their lives and trying futilely to find ways to get through the massive youkai so they could get to Natsumi and Saori before it was too late.

"Crap—!" Yoru's hand was grabbed by some tentacles and restrained from slashing, but he couldn't use his other hand because it was still holding Kana.

"KYAAAA!" Kana screamed in terror as some of the youkai got their filthy hands on her hair.

"Rikuo-sama! Ienaga-san!" Tsurara was too far away to reach them on time.

Suddenly there was a screeching sound from above them and every movement was halted in an instant as their attention was focused on something moving from one of the tall building.

Something black… on a motorcycle… was that a kitty helmet? Wait, the biker brought something. A… a Black Death Scythe?

That screeching sound was coming closer and louder. Before Yoru knew it, the scythe was already sweeping all the youkai on the way to their direction. Then when he blinked once in surprise and realization, the biker had already arrived in front of him and swept away more youkai around him and his friends as well.

"W-what…?" Rikuo widened his eyes in shock and amazement, as in closer look, he realized that the biker was a woman, judging from the black leather jacket and pants that covered her body fittingly but wasn't exactly hiding her petite built.

The biker stopped and turned to the stunned Yoru, Kana and Tsurara before she took something from her pocket. It was…

A PDA?—Yoru, Tsurara and Kana thought ridiculously, big beads of sweat dropped from behind their heads.

The biker typed something on her PDA and then showed it to the three. Curiously, Yoru peered on the device, followed by Kana and Tsurara, and then read: [Are you okay?]

"Y-yeah… um… who are you?" Yoru asked.

The biker typed and once again showed it to them: [Celty Sturlson. Call me Celty. What the hell's happening here? Why is this area in total mess? A lot of scary creatures are roaming around attacking people and I can't find my Shinra anywhere!]

More sweats broke out from Yoru's face as he realized that this woman, Celty, wasn't as composed as she appeared to be because she was typing furiously and then showing her PDA frantically to them. They couldn't see her expression behind the black lid of the kitty helmet, but her body language was telling them enough that she was also in panicky.

Yoru was about to answer when another sound, or actually, a voice, distracted them all again.

"I~ZA~YA~~~!"

And then a vending machine was flying their way.

"Wha—!" it seemed, Yoru wasn't the only one that was in another shock as the vending machine fell just beside them, creating a big crack at the asphalted ground and effectively crushing some smaller youkai which were not swept away by Celty's Scythe, because Kana and Tsurara also gaped in shock and disbelief seeing that.

Though, Celty didn't seem unfazed by this.

"Shizu-chan, you crazy brute! You almost crush me there!"

Another voice came and then a guy with black fur-trimmed parka jumped high, like flying on the air and Yoru's eyes met a pair of crimson pools, just like his own. The jumping man landed just beside Celty and he looked slightly relieved as he saw the woman.

"Celty~!" He was about to hug the woman when a shadow appeared out of nowhere and captured the black haired guy's body, restraining him.

Celty typed on her PDA and showed it to the guy, much to Yoru's curiosity.

"Eeeh? It's not my fault this time! I swear! How come everybody blames me? Shizu-chan, I can understand, but not you too, Celty! You're too smart to think that way! Please consider it carefully! How come I have the ability to pull out these many unidentified creature out? Besides, they are trying to mutilate and eat me too, you know!" the man huffed in annoyance. It seemed he was blamed over something.

"Iiiiizaaaaayaaaaa-kuuuuun~!"

Behind the black haired man then appeared a guy with blond hair wearing a bartender outfit. He hissed with a maniacal expression on his face that Yoru could almost see the guy's eyes producing laser beam behind the purple-tinted sunglasses. And he was lifting an electricity pole with his hands.

Only with his fucking bare-hands…!

What the hell now?—Yoru couldn't help gaping at the monstrous power the blond man possessed. For some ungodly reasons, he had strong suspicion that the vending machine was also thrown by that blond bartender and not some kind of youkai around them.

"Wait, wait, wait! Shizu-chan, it's not fair! I can't dodge this way! Celty, release me at once!" the black haired man who was called Izaya yelled at Celty. However, instead of releasing Izaya, more shadows appeared and this time the shadows captured the pole before stealing it away from the blonde's grasp and throwing it behind, hitting some youkai in the process.

"What-!" the blond man was surprised and quickly got angry apparently, because he glared at Celty and growled, "Celt—!" But before he could say anything, another shadow came up in front of him and this time it grabbed him and tied him down. "CELTY!" the man roared angrily at her, but the shadow wouldn't release him no matter how strongly he struggled.

Celty was typing furiously again at her PDA and showed it to the both newly arrived men, but not before Yoru peeked at what was typed down: [Calm down! It's not the time to try to kill each other! Don't you see we're being attacked and invaded by unidentified creatures here!]. Celty's body visibly shuddered now.

"It's obviously this bastard-flea's doing!" the blond shouted again impatiently.

"That's a lie! I did no such thing!" Izaya shouted back, denying vehemently.

Celty typed more and then showed the device so close to the men: [Anyway, SHUT UP!]. Then the shadow covered both of their mouths to make the point across.

Izaya sighed deeply in defeat while the blond man was still struggling futilely as the shadow widened around them, creating a large enough space that separated the party from the rampaging youkai around them.

Celty then turned once again to the still speechless Yoru and the girls. She typed something slowly this time before showing it to them: [Sorry about that. Those two are idiots, so don't mind them too much. By the way, the blond in bartender suit is Heiwajima Shizuo and the raven with fur-trimmed parka is Orihara Izaya]. She introduced them to Yoru before she typed again: [May I know who you are?]

"Ah… I'm Nura Rikuo, Sandaime and the Young Master of Nura Clan, a Nurarihyon," Yoru introduced himself, "This is Yuki Onna-Oikawa Tsurara, my attendant; and that is Ienaga Kana, my human friend," and he proceeded further introducing the girls to Celty.

Celty typed in her PDA quickly before showing it again to Yoru: [I know this is not the right time to ask and this might sound rude, but… Rikuo? That Nura Rikuo who is very famous in internet lately because of the rumor of him being half youkai? But I thought he was still in middle school! And your face isn't like what's in the picture!]. She looked frantic as she asked that.

"I turned into this form after sunset, and I'm not a half, a quarter youkai to be precise," Yoru responded to her question accordingly while stabbing a stray youkai which somehow had escaped the shadow barrier around them and almost attacked Celty from aside, with his Nenekirimaru.

Celty turned to the dispersing youkai, sweat dropping slightly, before shaking her head and typing again: [Thank you. Um… is the rumor true? That you're responsible for all of this destruction? I meant… I never knew that youkai existed before, but here you are… a youkai standing in front of me, and there's Yuki Onna as well…], she then turned to Tsurara hesitantly.

"You're wrong! This is not Rikuo-sama's fault!" Tsurara protested hard, but Yoru stopped her for yelling further.

"In a way… I'm responsible for this. Those youkai that attack humans… they are all trying to kill me by using human as hostage. But they are just small fries. The ones who are really dangerous are the ones who spread the rumors about me, the ones who set me up and pull string from the shadows." Yoru gritted his teeth in anger at that.

At the explanation about the rumors, Celty and Shizuo then turned to Izaya who looked surprised at their accusing stares (or more like Shizuo's accusing stare because Celty's was covered by the helmet). The crimson eyed man shook his head frantically while trying to say something which was muffled by the shadow.

"It isn't him. The ones who are doing this are youkai as well. A group of youkai punks who called themselves Hyaku Monogatari Clan," Yoru cleared the misunderstanding immediately because he saw how Izaya was being blamed.

The raven then closed his eyes and sighed in relief at that.

Celty typed something: [Are you guys chilled out now? Especially you, Shizuo!], she showed it to both the blond bartender and the raven.

Both men nodded in unison and the shadow immediately loosened around them.

"Jeez, Celty, you can be a Sparta sometimes," Shizuo grumbled as he landed on the ground while trying to move his limbs. There seemed to be no damage on his body, good.

"That's because you're so violent, Shizu-chan," Izaya sneered at the blond, and Shizuo growled at him, ready to strike again when the shadow smacked Izaya on the head.

[Stop messing around!] Celty moved so close to Izaya, threatening him with the shadow. The raven's sweat dropped visibly.

Yoru didn't know whether he wanted to laugh or to stare dumbly at the strange three humans in front of him.

"So, what the hell's happening here in Ikebukuro?" Shizuo took something from his pocket, which turned out to be a cigarette, and then lit it before he turned to Yoru and the girls behind the youkai.

"It's a youkai raid," Yoru answered immediately, studying the blonde carefully. After all, he was the one throwing a vending machine and lifting an electricity pole with bare hands before. It was unbelievable that the guy looked very normal and somewhat handsome when he just stood like that calmly.

"Youkai?" Shizuo tilted his head aside, looking slightly confused.

"Youkai, ayakashi, bakemono, in other words, Shizu-chan's friends," Izaya offered a simplified explanation with a smirk, and now more veins popped on Shizuo's head as he almost broke the cigarette in his mouth with his teeth.

[STOP IT, IZAYA!] Celty then smacked the raven's head with her PDA.

"Ha, nice one, Celty," Shizuo grinned appreciatively at the black rider.

"But… I'd never expected that I'd see real youkai in this era. Not that I don't believe in their existence. After all, Celty is here," Izaya said after nursing his abused head slightly, looking annoyed that he was the one getting hit repeatedly by the woman in black leather jacket and pants.

"That's right… this shadow… it's your doing?" Yoru turned to Celty after hearing Izaya's comment. He had been curious since he saw it the first time. The death scythe was apparently made from the shadow as well. It felt like fear for some reasons.

Celty typed: [Yes. It's mine] and showed it to Yoru without the slightest doubt in her gesture. [Before you asked further, I also don't know what this shadow is. All I know is that it's a part of me, which I still can't remember why I have it since I lost my memory twenty years ago], she typed again and explained to Yoru with her one and only communicating device.

"Then… what are you? A Youkai?" Yoru frowned slightly, trying to guess what creature she was. She didn't smell like youkai to him.

"She's a fairy!" Izaya chirped helpfully.

"A Fairy?" Yoru, Tsurara and Kana widened their eyes in surprise as they turned to Izaya's direction now. His crimson eyes were glinting in amusement at their reaction.

Celty typed: [IZAYA!] and scolded him for being too rash mentioning that.

"Isn't it okay? It's interesting that we meet here in this situation," Izaya smirked slyly. "This kid is a youkai," he pointed at Yoru and Tsurara immediately protested at how rude of him, pointing at 'Rikuo-sama' and called him a kid like that, "Shizu-chan is a monster," he smirked at Shizuo who shouted 'Oi!' at him angrily in protest, "Celty is a Fairy, and I'm—"

"[A lousy parasite!]" Shizuo cut him loudly and Celty showed the same letters on her PDA.

Izaya's sweat dropped again. "Shizu-chan and Celty are mean!" the raven whined at them in annoyance. "I want to say I'm a deity!"

"No, you are definitely a flea, a louse, a parasite inside out!" Shizuo hissed heatedly at him.

"I don't want to hear that from a monster like Shizu-chan," Izaya turned away while huffing in annoyance.

"Do you want to DIE so badly today, huh? I~ZA~YA~~~!" Shizuo was ready to strike Izaya again when Celty's shadow acted up once more, restraining the blond bartender's movement. "Let go, Celty! I'm not going to be satisfied before I kill this bastard for good!" the blond roared furiously while struggling to release himself from the shadow, seeming so inclined to kick Izaya's butt.

"See, Shizu-chan is always violent like that. And his brute strength is just like a monster, no, he is a monster after all," Izaya scoffed jeeringly.

Celty immediately smacked and throttled Izaya again with the shadow after his extremely mean and rude comment. [I told you to SHUT UP!], she typed and showed it to the suffocating Izaya.

"S-so… you're a real fairy?" Yoru was still astonished at that information. There was actually a fairy in this world?

[I don't know], Celty replied from the device. [But I'm not human, that's for sure], she continued a few seconds later.

"Excuse me!" Kana suddenly shouted from her spot, surprising everyone. "I know you're still talking, but we really don't have time for chit-chatting right now! Natsumi-chan and Saori-chan are in danger, Rikuo-kun!" she reminded the youkai and Yoru snapped in realization, having just remembered.

"That's right! My other human friends are in a certain building, somewhere in Ikebukuro and they're surrounded by youkai! They're about to get devoured!" Yoru shouted in horror. "Celty, will you let us out? I have to look for and save my friends!" he spoke to the kitty helmet wearing woman and the black rider nodded.

She typed something on her PDA and showed it to Yoru as well: [I-I'm also looking for my friend, Shinra!]

"Wait, isn't it better if we move along together?" Tsurara suggested. "I meant, with this shadow around, we can fend off most of the youkai that will attack us and if we find human survivors, this shadow seems strong enough to act as barrier to protect them as well from another youkai attack, right?"

"Nice idea. I don't really know what's exactly happening, but those youkai are obstructing the way, disturbing the peace in Ikebukuro and irritating me. I'd love to destroy them along with the flea!" Shizuo said, cracking his knuckles with a wide scary smirk on his face.

"You still want to kill me at a time like this? Shizu-chan's so cruel! I've been working really hard defending myself from those disgusting creatures, you know! I don't need any more threats from you too, protozoan!" Izaya shouted indignantly at Shizuo.

"You're no better than those youkai, pest!" Shizuo growled back in annoyance.

"Ugh… Shizu-chan, you meanie! Horrible! Bald! Even though we exchange love-words every day, you're still so spiteful to me!" Izaya wailed loudly just because he knew it would piss off and bother Shizuo a great deal.

"M-moron! Who's exchanging love-words with whom? We never do such things! Don't spout nonsense that can create misunderstanding like that!" Shizuo yelled; face flushing in anger which probably mixed with embarrassment as well.

"Eh, we don't?" Izaya looked momentarily baffled. "But the name-calling, the bantering, the way you're chasing me everyday… aren't those all your shy way to say 'I love you'?" he asked while blinking at the blond bartender, looking suspiciously innocent. But that was the thing about Izaya that drove Shizuo completely mad.

"WHAT! Are you on DRUGS or something! STOP it! You creep!" Shizuo visibly shuddered at the accusation that he got massive Goosebumps on his skin.

A vein popped on Yoru's head again.

"ANYWAY! We really should move, NOW!" Yoru shouted loudly then, cutting the arguments, feeling the headache throbbing after hearing so much noises from the stupid banter between the blond and the raven. "We'll look for Shinra or whoever it is as well while we're moving," he said seriously in authoritative tone, choosing to ignore the fighting duo. "If you guys prefer fighting among yourself, I don't care. But please don't get in our way," he grabbed Tsurara and Kana's hands while walking away.

Celty opened apart her shadow slightly, creating a path for the silver-black haired youkai as Yoru looked at her seriously and the three went out, once more facing the rampaging creatures outside the shadows.

#

Shizuo and Izaya narrowed their eyes at the retreating backs of the youkai and the girls. They didn't like how Yoru sounded like he owned the place. They hated being ordered around, but looking at the situation right now, Yoru was the one who knew exactly what was happening in the city.

They might be prideful and independent, but they were not exactly stupid. The situation called for momentary truce between the arc nemeses. Shizuo and Izaya looked at each other in silent glare before huffed in mutual agreement.

"Wait," Izaya called first, halting Yoru's step. The silver haired youkai then turned to face the crimson eyed man coldly. "It's okay, we'll cooperate with you. In return, I want information about all of this after everything's over," he bargained confidently now. If he wanted to help, might as well get something valuable in return. Who knew if he would need this information in the future?

"Huh, as expected from an informant broker and a parasite," Shizuo scoffed sneeringly at Izaya before he turned to Yoru. "I also want to help. Shinra is my friend after all. And I meant it when I said I wanted to destroy those youkai or whatever they are. Ikebukuro is my home, I won't let them tear apart my home-city more than they already have," the blond looked at Yoru's ruby pools somberly as well.

Celty then typed something and showed it to Yoru: [It's better to move together. I agree with Yuki Onna, Izaya and Shizuo].

Yoru nodded then. "Then, let's hurry up. The youkai won't stop attacking humans unless we stop them from doing so," he said while jerking his head forward as a gesture to start moving.

Thus, the six people then moved down the roadside of Ikebukuro together, to find their lost friends while killing as many youkai as possible.

~Durarara x Nuramago~

Luckily, Celty's shadow seemed able to purify the youkai. Maybe it had something to do with her identity as fairy. The youkai touched by her shadow were cleansed and some even turned into women.

Seeing the strange occurrence, Yoru checked on the women who were derived from the youkai's cleansed form. "The hell…!" he saw the remnants of black ink on their bare back. "Someone is making youkai from living humans!" Yoru punched the ground and clenched his teeth in complete furry.

"How cruel…!" Tsurara and Kana exclaimed in mortification.

"Hey-hey…! Are you saying that some of those creatures that we have kept destroying… are actually humans?" Shizuo widened his eyes in horror at the thought that he had killed a lot of women in the guise of those youkai, innocent human women.

"Ck…! Unforgivable…! Turning my precious humans into these… ugly creatures…!" Izaya was also very angry at that. His love for humans fueled that fury.

Celty then typed in her PDA: [What should we do? We can't attack in random now, since some of this youkai are made from humans] and then showed it to Yoru.

Yoru looked at his sword contemplatively. "My sword, Nenekirimaru, can kill the youkai part and leave the human part unharmed," Yoru said surely. "And Celty, your shadow can purify them," he nodded to the woman and Celty nodded in return. Yoru then turned to Tsurara. "Don't use too much youki on your ice, Tsurara," he requested.

"Yes, Rikuo-sama!" Tsurara agreed immediately.

"And you guys," Yoru then turned to Shizuo and Izaya. "You can hurt the youkai, but please refrain from killing them. Let Celty purify them instead," he said somberly.

"I can do that. Problem is Shizu-chan here. He doesn't know how to hold back his brute strength," Izaya said while huffing patronizingly

"Shut up, flea. I can hold back my power just fine. Moreover… all of them are women," Shizuo then peered at the youkai who had been turned back into humans. He quickly looked away again because they were all naked. "I won't be too rough on women. That's my policy after all."

"Aww, Shizu-chan, how sweet~," Izaya snickered teasingly.

"Noisy!" Shizuo yelled at Izaya again, blushing slightly in embarrassment while Izaya was laughing cheerily beside him.

Celty looked at the two guys in amazement.

"What's wrong, Celty-san?" Kana, seeing the wondering gesture on the black biker, asked her out of curiosity.

Celty turned to the chocolate haired middle school girl and typed something before showing it to her: [That's actually a very rare occurrence, seeing Shizuo and Izaya stand together side by side and banter without trying to kill each other].

"Hmm… they're in such bad relationship?" Kana asked again.

[Well… you can say they're like old married couple who hate each other with passion because of unresolved grudges and bloody history, but they're also unable to stay away from each other because deep down, they're attracted to each other like south and north poles magnet], she explained quickly with her PDA.

Kana blushed slightly as she read it. "Are they in relationship?" she whispered to the black rider with total interest.

[I have no idea. But the way they fight... I'd almost say it's because of something like unresolved sexual tension], Celty replied stiffly; sweat dropping a little bit as she showed the PDA to the slightly squealing girl.

"What are you guys talking about?" Tsurara asked as she noticed Kana and Celty communicating.

"Nothing!" Kana shook her head. "Um… we should move again. Maybe Saori-chan and Natsumi-chan are inside Sun City building. I heard the building is very popular among the teenagers who want to shop in Ikebukuro," she suggested.

"Then let's check that building first," Yoru instructed somberly after releasing the woman he had checked earlier. They were all passed out, but Celty's separated shadow could protect them alright, so the group left the unconscious humans there.

Their party began to move again, with more careful steps and attacks now, and relied a lot on Nenekirimaru and Celty's shadow to purify the youkai and turned some of the human youkai back to their original forms.

Finally, the party arrived in front of the shopping district and there was uproar in the area.

"Rikuo-sama! Look!" Tsurara pointed to the spot just in front of the Sun City building, where Saori and Natsumi were being tortured by some youkai.

"It's them!" Yoru, going in alert immediately upon seeing the distressed middle school girls, immediately surged forward leaving the protection of the shadow to save them from the youkai that were harassing them.

"Ah, wait! Rikuo-kun!" Kana called as she was about to follow, but she was stopped by Yuki Onna before she could leave the shadow.

"Stop! You'll only get in his way!" Tsurara said with a huff. "I'll protect you, so be more patient and careful in moving," she continued.

"Ah… t-thank you, Tsurara-chan…." Kana said in a slight sheepish smile.

"Hmm… aren't youkai supposed to hate humans? Why are you friends with each other?" Izaya asked after seeing such odd display between two different creatures, one youkai and one human.

"That's not true," Tsurara denied. "We youkai, sometimes indeed tease and bother humans, but it's not because we hate them. We're interested in them. Humans are such fragile creature with short life-span, but unlike youkai, they have something that we don't. Their warmth and strength are always fascinating.

"Despite being mortal and weak individually, together, they can create such impenetrable force and defense that even youkai can't break and understand. We, youkai, learn a lot by looking at humans' lives. They are part of our lives as well.

"And Rikuo-sama… is born between the love of human and youkai. He knows how important both human and youkai's existence in this world. That's why… he's trying to create a world that suits human and youkai… so that both creatures can live side by side peacefully!"

Tsurara explained with sparkling eyes, feeling dreamy and happy with all of her positive thoughts. "That's why… we treasure humans' lives as well, right, Ienaga-san?" the blue haired golden eyed snow girl then grabbed Kana's hand while smiling at her softly.

"Tsurara-chan…." Kana smiled back at her poignantly, feeling moved by her honest words.

"Heeh… even youkai has feelings like humans, huh…?" Izaya noted that and stored the information inside the new folder in his brain.

"What? Wondering that she's more human than you?" Shizuo asked wile sucking his cancer-stick and exhaled the smoke slowly in unreadable expression.

Izaya turned to Shizuo and smirked. "Are you talking about yourself, Shizu-chan?" he asked mischievously now.

Shizuo was silent for a moment before saying, "My feelings are similar with hers in certain area. Even though people piss me off all the time, the reason I can't stop fighting is because I too, want protect something important for me. What about you, flea? Why do you fight at all?" he then turned to look at Izaya's crimson eyes with his mocha colored ones behind the sunglasses.

Shizuo's look was calm and somber and Izaya was slightly mesmerized by it. For once, Shizuo was 'talking' to him. Not yelling or shouting out of rage, but talking, a real decent insightful conversation with him.

"…I-…," Izaya was silent for a moment, trying to speak his mind with carefully chosen words which was less annoying, surprisingly. This time he didn't want to piss Shizuo off for some ungodly reasons. "I think… my personal amusement in loving human isn't everything I want to defend…."

Shizuo closed his eyes and smiled small at that slightly embarrassingly honest words from the lightly blushing Izaya. Even the flea could look cute when he was embarrassed.

Though after that, Shizuo berated himself inwardly for thinking something as disgusting as flea and cute in the same sentence.

The roar which was getting much vicious and louder than the previous one outside the shadow-barrier stole their attention back to the present situation.

"Is Rikuo-kun okay?" Kana spoke worriedly.

"He's okay. Rikuo-sama is strong," Tsurara said, tightening her hold on Kana's hands.

"Should we help the youkai kid out?" Shizuo cracked his knuckles, ready to fight again, with more confident expression now.

"Oh dear, can't believe I say this, but I couldn't agree more," Izaya commented with a small smile in his face. Not a sneer or a smirk, but a real smile; and Shizuo was a little fascinated by that look.

Celty smiled inwardly seeing the boys. Maybe this time around they could really be friends. Well, she still didn't trust Izaya that much, looking at his character and history. Though..., maybe Shizuo was good to Izaya, to cure his illness which made him love toying with humans' feelings and lives so much.

Both men were outside the barrier now, fighting the remaining youkai that hadn't been touched by Celty's purifying shadow. They threw the youkai at Celty's shadow direction and every woman which was turned into youkai was dropping inside the barrier one by one like flies.

Short time later, Tsurara and Kana also went outside to look for Yoru who actually was fighting a big youkai, but Rikuo kept calling the youkai Torii for some reasons. And then there was Maki who cried and beg while screaming Natsumi's name.

Worried, both of the girls quickly went there. Yuki Onna wanted to assist her master, and Kana went to comfort Saori. However, short time later, Yoru was able to defeat the youkai that was created from Natsumi's body and successfully tucked her human form safely in his arms.

"Shosai…! Only you I'll never forgive!" Yoru then went into his attack mode and struck the black haired guy who seemed responsible for turning those humans into youkai.

"Huh, he seems okay enough fighting alone. He doesn't actually need our help…" Izaya said while observing how Rikuo defeated those youkai one by one until he reached the guy who he called Shosai earlier, and then cut him down without mercy.

"He's one of the youkai that are responsible for this raid, huh? Which gang is it again?" Shizuo tried to remember their conversation before they got to that point.

"No, I don't think it's a gang…," Izaya's sweat dropped as he heard what Shizuo had said. But then he thought for a while and reconsidered. "Ah, on second thought, since they're grouping as clans, even though they're youkai, let's say they're indeed a bunch of gangster. Hyaku Monogatari Clan or something…" he supplied helpfully.

Finishing the blow that destroyed Shosai completely, Yoru brought the passed out Natsumi to Celty's direction, together with Saori who didn't let go off Natsumi's hand. Tsurara and Kana followed shortly behind.

"Celty, please purify Torii as well," Yoru asked politely to the black biker.

[No problem], Celty typed and then started to purify the girl who now was sound asleep, looking completely exhausted. But at least, she was alive and safe now inside the shadow barrier.

"Um…." Saori looked worried as the shadow began to envelop her closest best friend.

"It's okay, Saori-chan. Celty-san can help her," Kana comforted her with a soft smile.

Saori nodded and took a deep breath to calm herself. She then turned to Yoru. "You are… the lord of the darkness…." She spoke slowly, studying Yoru's look carefully.

Yoru softened his expression to her slightly. "It's me, Maki. Don't you recognize me?" he asked then.

Saori widened her eyes as she remembered the rumor on the net. "Nura-kun…?"

Yoru nodded. "Sorry for not telling you about me before, but I'm trying to fix it. All of this. I won't let those youkai do what they want and harm human more than this…!" Yoru vowed in certainty and Saori saw the determination she had ever seen in Rikuo's eyes when he said he would save Natsumi during the Sodemogi-sama's Curse period.

His appearances were certainly different from the Nura Rikuo she knew, but Saori trusted her instinct to believe this youkai who had been risking his life saving them.

Saori smiled in understanding. "I believe you, Nura-kun. I'll support you as much as I can," Saori said surely and Yoru smiled as well at her strong willful response, so did Kana and Tsurara.

"Thank you, Maki," Yoru said unquestionably.

"Ooh! More human survivors!" Izaya walked back inside the shadow with happy look on his face as he saw Saori and Natsumi. "Good job, Rikuo-kun," he smirked at the silver-black haired youkai.

"Where is Shizuo?" Yoru asked then, not seeing the blond man behind him.

"He's fighting a big monster out there, after heroically saving me. He's such a gentle man," Izaya grinned.

"Don't create false rumor out of the coincidence!" Shizuo suddenly came up behind him and hit Izaya's head, blushing slightly.

"Ow… Shizu-chan, you really should stop the violence…!" Izaya rubbed the back of his head painfully.

"Isn't it your fault that I became this violent?" Shizuo growled at the raven in annoyance.

"Ah, well~," Izaya grinned mischievously, "But something like this happened, right?"

Flash back—

"Shizu-chan, should we get back too. It seems the fight here is done. All the youkai made from human women are turning back into women after that Shosai youkai died," Izaya said while looking aside.

"Izaya, look out!"

Izaya was surprised when his body was suddenly tackled by the blond bartender, but was even more shocked as he saw a very big youkai with very sharp looking claws on its limbs almost decapitating his head. Huh, not every youkai here was made from human, apparently.

Luckily the claws only grazed Shizuo's back as the two landed harshly on the ground, Shizuo's hand was bellow Izaya's head to cushion it from the impact with the asphalted road. They stayed down like that for awhile with Shizuo's body almost on top of Izaya's, seeming protecting him.

"Shi-… Shizu-chan?" Izaya's heart rate spiked up slightly as Shizuo moved up and then looked at Izaya's eyes deeply.

"Idiot! Don't space out in the battlefield! Do you want to die?" Shizuo shouted at the raven in annoyance then.

"…why did you… save me? Didn't you want me dead?" Izaya asked slightly perplexed at their closeness.

"Stupid… only I'm allowed to kill you." Shizuo said with a softened expression and a more tender gaze.

"Shizu-chan…!"

End of Flash back—

"Aww~ Shizu-chan is such a tease~! That's definitely a confession of undying LOVE~!" Izaya actually made a squealing noise at that thought.

"I-idiot! I did no such thing! And that last line never happened! Stop making up lies with your perverted fantasies, you CREEP!" Shizuo flushed very hard at what Izaya said and now attempted to catch the stupid flea, intending to kill him to shut his bullshit up.

However, Izaya was a master at dodging Shizuo's attack after eight years of them always playing this cat and mouse game. And Izaya never lost, not even once. Moreover, he didn't intend to.

"Are those two always like that?" Yoru asked now, sweat dropping from the back of his head seeing the ridiculous exchange between Shizuo and Izaya. Even at a time like this, he wondered how they could act that way.

[They are], Celty typed slowly with an embarrassed long sigh seeing her friends' childish act.

"Eh, um…" Saori suddenly tucked Yoru's uniform sleeve hesitantly.

"What?" Yoru turned at the blondish haired girl with a raised eyebrow.

"Those two… are they by any chance… Heiwajima Shizuo and Orihara Izaya?" Saori asked with a slight pale face.

"They are; what of it?" Now both eyebrows were raised in wonder at the reaction.

"Then… this Celty-san here… are you actually… the… the Black Rider of Ikebukuro?" Saori then turned at the kitty helmet wearing woman who was clad in black leather jacket and pants, her face paling even more if it was possible.

Celty typed and showed it to Saori: [I am].

Saori yelped a little as she read that and then yanked Yoru's sleeve to go with her away from Celty for awhile, much to Yoru's surprise.

"Wha—? What are you doing?" Yoru asked, slightly wondering.

"You! Are you a moron? Why are you with those people?" Saori hissed quietly in alarm.

"Huh? What about it?" Yoru asked then, not understanding.

"You didn't know? They are very famous in Ikebukuro!" Saori shouted in undertone, not wanting to be heard, feeling indignant at the same time for her friend's ignorant.

"They are?" Yoru scrunched up his face in confusion.

"I don't believe this! You really didn't know…!" Saori was mortified at that. "Here! That blond man, Heiwajima Shizuo, the MONSTER of Ikebukuro! The body guard who works for a debt collector and earns a title as the strongest man in this city, who can lift stop sign and throw vending machine and many other heavy objects with bare hands, and is known as the GOD of DESTRUCTION because whenever he's pissed off, he will destroy public property to satiate his anger!

"That raven, Orihara Izaya, the most feared informant broker who seems knowing about anything and everything about everyone, and can make anyone's life a living hell if he sets his interest in that person! He's very sly and dangerous because he's so smart and can get away with anything illegal with his brain alone. He's also known as Heiwajima Shizuo's arc nemesis and mortal rival. Destruction always follows those two whenever they fight! Rumors said he's controlling the movements of every colored gang in this area from the shadow and he has connection with the most dangerous yakuza group controlling this area!

"And that!" Saori discreetly pointed at Celty. "That is the Black Rider! The urban legend of Ikebukuro! Rumor says she's a Dullahan, a messenger of death who can still live and move around even without her head!" she practically screaming in whisper at the last one, until she was panting.

Yoru raised his head further up as he finished hearing Saori's explanation. He then turned to Celty and asked "Celty, is it true that you don't have a head?"

"MOROOON!" Saori almost punched him in the face for being so bold with his question. But of course, Yoru dodged the attack just fine.

Celty was silent for a moment before typing: [You want to see?]

"Is that okay?" Yoru asked again, feeling interested now.

[Sure], she showed her answer before she tucked away her PDA in her breast pocket and then opened the cover of the helmet.

Saori, Kana and Tsurara gasped in surprise as they only could see the moving around shadow on the place where her head was supposed to be attached.

"Whoah! It's real! How cool!" Yoru's eyes sparkled slightly seeing that. Headless woman… it was very interesting.

[Thank you] was what Celty typed on her PDA after she took it out again and closed the lid of her helmet. She then began to type something more before showing it to Yoru: [Should we move now? I'm still looking for Shinra as well].

Yoru saw the message and the worried gesture on the Dullahan's form. He nodded. "Okay. I also want to move faster, since there are still some youkai I have to hunt down. I have defeated two, but there are more to hunt because they're seven in total, and the deadline is in sunrise." He said more gravely as he remembered what the story-teller youkai told him some hours before.

With that (after Celty berated Shizuo and Izaya again to stop bickering), they moved once again to slay more youkai and helped more survivors…

End of Part 1

Tbc…

A/N: What am I doing…? My presentation project hasn't been finished yet, and I can't think about anything except this… T_T. I know this will be hilarious and I can't let this idea go to waste… Anyway, I wanted to write this! XD So forgive me for the silliness…. What do you think?I don't know when I can write part 2, but hopefully fast enough after updating NGD. Stay tuned. Oh, and review please?