This is a story of a twisted relationship.

This is a story –

Of love twisted into hatred –

And hatred twisted into love.

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"I TOLD YOU TO FUCKING PAY UP, DIDN'T I?!"

"V-Vending machine?!"

"Heiwajima Shizuo!"

"WAHHHHHHHHH! I'M SORRY! PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!"

"Please don't hurt him!"

A woman was sobbing despairingly in front of the Monster of Ikebukuro.

"Akira…Akira has been working so hard-right dear-"

A gasp left her lips as the man turned and ran.

"Akira?! Akira where are you going?!"

"He's getting away."

Tom observed with a sigh.

"Tom-san, if I may…"

"Sure, just don't kill him okay?"

Shizuo didn't reply, merely put down the vending machine, then dashed off after the man.

"GET BACK HERE YOU FUCKING COWARD!"

The man ran and ran, but he was no match for Shizuo, who was used to chasing someone who could run much faster than him.

He gasped as he was yanked back by the collar, and was met with a furious expression on the Monster of Ikebukuro's face.

"I hate violence. I don't want to use it if I can help it, and since you have a woman, you better stop running away like A FUCKING COWARD AND COME BACK AND PAY YOUR FUCKING DEBT, DO YOU HEAR ME?!"

Fierce brown eyes from behind sunglasses glared at the man as if their owner was ready to kill him on the spot.

"Y-YES!"

The man's voice was shrill in fright.

"Good."

Shizuo exhaled. He turned and dragged the man back to where his colleague and the woman were.

"Akira!"

The woman gasped, rushing to the man.

"Akira! Are you alright?! Why did you run away?!"

"I was scared…!"

The man sobbed, burying his face in his hands.

"I'm sorry!"

"Oh it's alright dear. I know you did what was best, we'll get through this together!"

"Kimiko…"

"All's well that ends well."

Tom commented with a smile as he extended his hand.

"Now will you pay up?"

The man nodded miserably, still looking at Shizuo in fear.

"Let me go! You bitch-"

A blonde woman turned and slammed the man's head hard against the wall, knocking him out. With the man now unconscious, she picked him up by the back of his shirt and dragged him along to where her colleagues were.

"The retrieval of his accomplice is complete. Regret I feel for Tanaka-sempai has not allowed me to exterminate him, to prevent him from escape, however an unconscious body will suit our purpose, I declare."

"Ah..."

Tom blinked. He gave a smile.

"Though that was a little violent, it's good that you captured him, Vorona."

Vorona gave a nod, and dropped the man's body.

Shizuo was glad that he was not the only one who had to use violence, which meant that it was necessary for the situation.

Because he hated violence, and he especially hated the one who made him use it -

"Haha! Ahahahaha!"

…

The air suddenly stank to Shizuo.

It had stunk before, but he had thought it was some trash from the nearby alleyway.

"Ahhh, I was just walking along, watching my beloved humans, and who should I encounter but a monster amongst them?"

The cigarette between Shizuo's lips bent in half.

"That man was so desperate you know, he was so scared, that expression on his face was gorgeous!"

That voice which grated on his nerves continued, and Shizuo's patience snapped in half like the cigarette.

"And that was when a monster grabbed him -"

The cigarette fell to the ground.

"IZA-YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Shizuo grabbed the vending machine he had put down before, eyes flashing with rage behind his sunglasses.

"I TOLD YOU TO STAY OUT OF IKEBUKURO DIDN'T I?!"

"So it's a vending machine again this time?"

A black haired male wearing a coat with fur trimmed on its edges smirked, eyes glinting at the enraged man in a bartender suit.

Shizuo was so angry that he could only get one word out.

"Tom-san."

"Ah."

Tom said. He sighed, but waved a hand.

"Go ahead, Vorona and I can handle this from here. Right, Vorona?"

"…Affirmative."

Vorona shook herself out from her excitement at seeing such strength from the man she had sworn to kill. Had she not had such control over herself, her body would have been trembling in anticipation.

"Thanks."

People watched and gasped in fright as a vending machine flew through the air, and a loud yell pierced the air –

"IIZAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAA!"

Izaya dodged it easily, laughed, then turned and ran.

"GET BACK HERE YOU FUCKING FLEAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

"Sorry Shizu-chan, but I'm not a masochist, I don't want to be hurt by such a beast."

As he said this, Izaya tossed an evil grin over his shoulder. He flipped onto the signpost thrown at him and using it as leverage, used it to leap up to a telephone pole – and jumped to the next one before Shizuo could tear it down.

"STOP HOPPING LIKE A FLEA YOU FUCKING FLEA!"

"Maybe I will, if you stop rampaging like a monster!"

Izaya laughed as he jumped down to the ground, narrowly missing the vending machine thrown so hard it dismantled the telephone pole, causing it to crash onto the ground amidst frightened screams -

But Izaya's attention was not on his humans - not when there was a monster chasing him.

"But that's impossible for Shizu-chan, right?"

He laughed as he tore through the crowd which dispersed for him, with the monster in hot pursuit.

Screams of fear resounded in the air as people scrambled to get out of the way of the two most dangerous men of Ikebukuro.

"I-ZAAAAAAAAA-YAAAAAAAA! STOP RUNNING AWAY AND LET ME KILL YOU! THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT RIGHT – APPEARING IN FRONT OF ME AND MAKING ME USE THIS VIOLENCE I HATE?!"

"Maybe in Shizu-chan's dreams."

As he said these taunting words meant to enrage the monster of Ikebukuro further, Izaya threw a knife and backflipped onto the wall of a building. He gave a taunting smirk to match his words, then spun on his centre of gravity with his foot, and ran up the wall.

Shizuo charged up the wall with the parkour skills he had learned by chasing the man whom he had deemed as a flea –

"YOU DIE TODAY, IZAYAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Izaya howled with laughter as he jumped from building to building, running too fast for the monster behind him to catch. He looked down, and jumped off, landing on a traffic light and causing surprised gasps. He gave a grin to the humans he loved, before he heard a yell of his name and quickly leapt off, dashing across the road as the green light was flashing.

He laughed in amusement as Shizuo chased after him – and the vehicles on the road screeched to a halt -

"Hey Shizu-chan, even cars which cause so much accidents are scared of a monster like you! Shizu-chan really is a monster after all! Everyone and everything fears him!"

"EVERYONE EXCEPT YOU!"

Shizuo yelled, ripping off a signpost from the ground with one hand. He grinned crazily.

"SO GET BACK HERE SO I CAN ERASE YOUR SHITTY EXISTENCE FROM IKEBUKURO!"

"HAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Izaya grinned widely, snickering as he dashed through the streets of Ikebukuro.

"Then doesn't that mean if Shizu-chan kills me he'll become a real monster?! HOW AMUSING THAT WOULD BE! Maybe I should just let Shizu-chan kill me? HAHAHAHA! But that wouldn't be any fun at all!"

"YES YOU HAVE FINALLY COME TO YOUR FUCKING SENSES SO STOP FLEEING LIKE A SHITTY FLEA AND LET ME KILL YOUUUUUUUUUU HUH, IZAAAA-YAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!?"

As Izaya sidestepped another vending machine, a thought came to him:

- Even though I'm not going to let a monster kill me, what would happen if everyone feared him?

- Shizu-chan said I'm the only one who doesn't fear him…

An excited grin was on Izaya's face as he flung knives, which sliced through the metal of the signpost thrown at him and headed towards the monster, who caught them and crushed them in brutal hands -

Hand, since Shizuo's other hand was already occupied by another signpost, and Izaya smirked in amusement at the "WARNING" sign.

It didn't take long for that "WARNING" sign to fly through the air.

Izaya dodged it, and continued running away, grinning in barely suppressed, twisted excitement as he allowed the new idea to form in his mind.

"Iiiii-ZAAAAA-YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

- What would happen, indeed…