Chapter 1.

On that fateful day there was no sunshine reflecting off the tall buildings and many street signs in the never-changing city of Ikebukuro. Instead the rains relentlessly poured down filling the busy streets with rushing pedestrians with their umbrellas and cars splashing all the while.

A certain information broker sat at his desk, watching the city through the blurred window pane that was covered by a cascade of rainwater. He leaned onto his desk and sighed.

Of course he was bored. He had nothing interesting to do and business was slower on rainy days. He swiveled around in his chair and stared with an inquisitive expression at his mysterious triangular game. The pieces were scattered at random with a white pawn in the center. He thought of Shizuo. Shizuo was too interesting. Shizuo was the most interesting and entertaining human in all of Ikebukuro, maybe the world.

The Information broker swiveled back around in his chair and grabbed his phone.

Time to troll Shizuo.

A car was speeding down a slippery street in the pouring rain. The driver was absolutely furious at the stupid rain and therefore was driving quite recklessly. His phone began to vibrate and he angrily snatched it at a red light.

"Whaddya want flea?"

"Nice to hear from you too, Shizzy chan," responded a familiar voice.

"I told you not to call me that, IZAYA, KUN!" growled Shizuo.

"Yeah, yeah, Shizzy chan, whatever."

"What do you want flea?"

Shizuo looked up to see that the light had turned green. He veered forward, only much too fast and lost control of his car. He cried out as it spun around and crashed, and suddenly all went black.