Hiruma was the first to move heading off towards the library with Mamori trailing behind. Izaya skipped down the street happily towards a newsstand dragging a struggling Mikado all the way. Celty's shadow cameras, affectionately nicknamed Shadow Cams, following behind them. Those who remained quickly began acquanting themselves with each other as they settled down to wait for the two pairs to return.

Hiruma and Mamori Team

Mamori was a good choice in assistants as she could ask about ballet productions without seeming strange, Hiruma appearing as the kind (*snicker*) boyfriend who was taking her. (Suzuna would have a field day with this later.) The pair sat at a table reading over the information they had collected. "According to this the Regal Ballet has three performances next week, twelve next month and two famous dancers," a pad of papers landed with a thump in front of her. "These are the brochures for the shows." Hiruma motioned towards them vaguely. "The only other companies with upcoming shows are the Green Arena and Bubblegum Theatrics," he rolled his eyes at the latter.

"How much time do we have left?" Hiruma peered at the clock on his phone. "Four. C'mon damn manager," he called back behind him as he set off towards the meeting point.

Izaya and Mikado Team

Mikado felt stupid. Izaya had forced him to contact the Dollars about the upcoming productions and some of the replies he was receiving were, to put it bluntly, embarassing. The informant himself was browsing the internet on his phone stating, "She said we can't use computers, not that we can't use the internet." The sound of a phone ringing pierced the air as Mikado received another reply. He blushed at the suggestion that he was taking out a girl or that he was a girl. His thoughts were interrupted by a piece of paper hitting the back of his head.

"Mikado-kun~" Izaya cooed, earning Mikado pitying looks from passerby, "it's time to go~" Sighing, Mikado stood and followed the man back towards their meeting point.

Back at the Meeting Point

Sena, Kida, Anri and Monta comforted Mikado as the results were announced. After reviewing the tapes Celty had Shinra read them aloud.

"All in all," he began as all eyes turned towards him, "after reviewing the results Celty-chan has decided that..." there was a moment of silence, "the scores are as follows:

Mikado and Izaya:

Although they utilized a loophole to their advantage, they failed to gather a good amount of information. Most of the replies received (she did not go into detail thankfully) were comments and tips on a successful date. Little information was actually gathered though intimidatino and evillness was definentely utilized.

Hiruma and Mamori:
The two of them worked well together and were successful in gathering information. The idea of them being a couple (insert Suzuna squeals here) prevented them from gathering too much attention and allowed them to gather information from numerous sources.

Winners:

Hiruma and Mamori"

Nobody dared clap or cheer in fear of angering one of the two contenders. Shizuo snickered and Hiruma grinned. "Better luck next time, flea," he said and sauntered off to prepare for the second trial.

Author's Notes:

Hello! First things first, PLEASE REVIEW! I'd love to hear from you now that my writer's block is gone. Please vote on who you think should win and prepare for the second trial.