Chapter 4 end_

_Chapter 5: The Psychic, The Informant, The Bartender

Izaya: HELLO HELLO!~ Ill be doing introductions with Moku-tan!

Otone: Why does the world keep getting me crazy stalkers? Anyways….. All known Durarara! Characters in this chapter are owned by Narita Ryogo, while the unknown one's are owned by RarwxSushi. *fake innocent smile*

Izaya: *claps his hands for Otone's enthusiasm* Good Job Tsu-chan!

Otone: T-Tsu chan?

"IZAYA-SAN!" Otone screamed and was able to push Izaya out of the way before a garbage can hit him on the head. Both of the black haired males fell on the ground, Izaya bellow and Otone on top. Izaya laughed and tapped Otone's head "Nice save-"he said in fluent English "-was that one of your abilities?" he asked

"You can say that…" Otone stood up offering a hand at Izaya, which he gladly took and both of them stood there waiting for the beast they just called out.

"I-ZA-YAAAAAAA-KUUUUUUUUUUUUUN. You've got some nerve, calling into me like I'm some kind of lost pet" a male around his 20's wearing a bartender suit , while holding a bended stop sign walked closer and closer to him and Izaya. And without a second to last Otone felt the pain strike his head, he saw it… the most feared person of Ikebukuro's last seconds… And it wasn't good. It's not even close to pretty, it was… terrifying. Otone glanced at Izaya, that annoying smile of his has gotten even more annoying, wider and darker. Otone clutched his hands and got ready to take on whatever he started.

'I was too naïve to miss this timeline…' Otone cursed himself 'Now people will die… nii-san'

Izaya curled his lips and stood up in front of Otone while dusting himself clean "Shizu-chan~ What perfect timing. I was just about to look for you!" he said in a really annoyed tone that worked on both Otone and Shizuo.

Shizuo rested his Stop sign on his shoulders and happily replied to Izaya "That's nice of you to go looking for me. But I'm not only here for you-" Shizuo changed his gaze at the black haired kid still sitting on the floor behind Izaya. He looks awfully familiar to Shizuo, but he can't quite put a finger on who the black haired teen behind Izaya is. It won't hurt to ask the flea right?

"Oi. Flea, whose the kid behind you?" the bartender asked trying to keep his cool. It was unlike him to ask Izaya like this.

Otone's eyes widened and said to himself, 'This guy seriously doesn't remember me? He hits me with a stop sign and I get this treatment. Nice… just… Nice.'

Izaya on the other hand laughed his head off and clapped his hand to stop his laughing. He faced Shizuo, his lips curled into a grin and his hands inside his pocket. "Shizu-chan doesn't remember the innocent bystander we dragged into our fight the other day?" Izaya asked the bartender who seemed to widen his eyes on Izaya's question.

Shizuo popped a vein at the nickname Izaya just called him again and glared at the kid behind the flea, no wonder he looked familiar. He was the kid he hit with a stop sign because he disobeyed to step aside. And the question he asked himself the day he first saw him came back to his head, who the hell is this kid?

Otone noticed Shizuo's eyes meet with him and he immediately held his hand on his chest tightly. "Does this kid have heart problems?" Shizuo asked himself.

Izaya 'tsked' and that managed to get Shizuo's attention back "Sorry but-" Izaya pulled his flick blade from his pocket and pointed it at Shizuo "But Tsu-chan isn't coming with you"

'Tsu-chan?' both Otone and Shizuo wanted to kill him now. Otone, because the informant made another nickname for him, is he ever going to run out of nicknames? Shizuo on the other hand, felt sorry for the teen they just dragged into their mess… again.

Shizuo placed the foot of the sign back on the floor and gripped it even more "Why is that?" he asked Izaya, getting ready to blow a fuse.

"Cause' he's mine" Izaya's smile grew wider and he threw his blade at Shizuo who easily dodge it. Acting by instinct, Shizuo swung his stop sign towards Izaya. The informant kicked Otone out of the way who whelped for a while in surprise and Izaya jumped on top of the stop sign. Before the sign can hit the wall it was headed too, Izaya leaped off his ride and ran towards a narrow alley. "COME ON SHIZU-CHAN! YOU GOTTA DO BETTER THAN THAT!" Izaya screamed and threw five more knives at Shizuo who blocked it with his stop sign. But after getting hit with the last knife its durability lasted and the sign separated into two parts. Shizuo threw it away and ran after Izaya picking up anything he can find and threw them at the weasel/flea. Well whatever he is, a weasel and a flea are both agile.

Otone sat there on the gray cemented floor, his hands on his right arm, and his eyes wide open watching the two play catch again. 'Don't they ever get tired of this?' Otone asked himself when he suddenly felt the Homo's aura behind him. Turning his head behind him, he did see the homo.

"What are you doing here Elijah?" Otone asked still gripping his right arm, for a slim man he sure can kick.

"Keeping an eye on my property and I had to call pest control to get rid of the flea" Elijah smiled at Otone and helped him up.

"You called Shizuo didn't you?" Otone unwillingly placed his arms around Elijah's shoulders as he asked

"Yup! He's really fun to be with if you don't get into his bad side. Now that they're both gone, wanna do something fun?" the blonde asked

"No. Just bring me home and get me another smoothie" Otone demanded.

Elijah laughed and stopped for a while after he heard something loud behind them. His jaw dropped when he found the walls of the building behind them covered with inverted signs and knives. Can this two really mess this city up this much? He's been living in Bukuro' for more than 5 months. How can he miss this much?

"Oi Elijah?" Otone snapped Elijah back into reality and looked at him with caring eyes.

"Hm? YEAH YEAH IM FINE! Hahahaha- so smoothie then, My princess?" Elijah teased. Who then got a punch to the gut, which was both painful and a sign of love for Elijah.

Blocks away from the two love birds, Izaya was still smiling at Shizuo's attempts to kill him, pulverize him, or erase him from existence. They've been at this game of tag ever since… they met in high school. And that wasn't even face to face; he saw the protozoan entering Raira School and Izaya caught his eye. He was pretty sure Shizuo broke a fuse the first time he saw him and ever since then he made the perfect play thing for this messed up informant.

Izaya leaped on top of an immobile van and Shizuo who was trying to catch a breath in front of it was trying to grab the trash bin near him. "Ne- Shizu-chan, what do you want from Moku-tan?" Izaya asked in his ever so annoying voice.

Finally Shizuo managed to grab the trash can and threw it at Izaya while screaming "WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU CARE DAMN FLEA?!"

Izaya dodged the trash bin by jumping off the van and with that crazy agility of his, he was now in front of the bartenders face. Just about 3 inches away from the bartender lips and he's his.

"You see Shizu-chan, Moku-tan is my property now. You might have made a first hit on him, but I own him now. I'm not letting you take him." Izaya said in a voice Shizuo never heard before. But throw that voice problem aside, the bartender was blushing! Everyone who was still trying to run away from the monsters battle suddenly all stopped to check this unusual scene. Usually, the black fur coated male would run and run and not even get close the bartender. But now… They are right there. Face to face not even moving an inch away from each other, all everyone is thinking. Who'll make the first move into attacking again?

Izaya laughed and stared his ruby eyes into Shizuo's brown eyes, the flea's gaze dug deeper inside Shizuo and he was heating up. Why? I don't know either. Shizuo had enough of the flea's annoying games. He clenched his hand on a side bar on his left and swung his sharply bended metal pole towards Izaya's head like a baseball bat aiming for the ball "STOP FUCKING PLAYING WITH ME!" he shouted at the informant.

But as always, the flea was faster. He managed to doge Shizou's attack and made 3 horizontal lines unto the bartenders suit, he stepped back three times and was laughing again "But Shizu-chan, I seldom see you blush. It's actually quite a good sight, seeing your face up really close~" Izaya teased.

Shizuo looked down his gaze directed to the ground, his face completely covered by his hair making any reaction from Izaya's comment invisible. There is no way he is letting the informant see his completely red face, Izaya never did this kind of annoyance. He's still the same god damn flea, how is a different approach on teasing him to follow him and kill him any different? Shizuo turned his gaze from the floor to his now tattered suit, this suit came from his brother Kasuka Heiwajima. Commonly known as, the famous teen actor Yuhei Hanejima. He treasured every single one of this bartender suits even if he isn't working as a bartender anymore.

That enough made Shizuo snap out of Izaya's new annoying flirty trance. He shot a glare at Izaya and clenched his hand tighter on his metal pole. Izaya smiled a lot wider than before and acted like a scared little girl and announced "Oh no! Shizu-chan is mad. I wonder If he'll follow me until world's end?" Izaya laughed and returned the bartenders glare back at him "Will you? Shizu-chan?"

"HELL I WILL! TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE DEAD BEFORE I AM!" Shizuo screamed and threw his metal pole at Izaya, which managed to grace the informants left shoulder. Staggering for backwards, the informant whistled in congratulations for the bartender actually hitting him. He ran away now, and the crowd also dispersed as soon as Shizuo chased after the flea.

Izaya ran first and he knew he has the upper hand. He glanced behind him and the protozoan is catching up with an immense speed. Izaya chuckled and placed his right hand on his left arm where Shizuo managed to hit him. That was one sharp metal, cause inside the black fur coat. He could feel the blood flowing out. It hurts, but he can't show weakness in front of the protozoan.

And so the chase continues.

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. FAIL

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. SHIZAYA :P

Both of the monsters rampaging all over Ikebukuro were now standing still in the middle of Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space* and there were traffic signs everywhere and color gang members were both watching in awe and fear. It's been 3 months, since Izaya showed up. And they knew that 3 months ago Izaya did the same thing before leaving the town, everyone was dragged into it unwillingly and the Black Rider had to stop everyone from helping Izaya destroy the town with her magical powers of the supernatural.

Since it was already sunset. The black rider was already in sight, amongst the crowd that is. No one is letting her pass and as a being with no head, she can't really scream 'Excuse me' or 'Pardon me'. All she ever saw was a glimpse of Izaya and Shizuo talking while both were taking some time to breathe.

Izaya laughed at Shizuo and raised his arms in the air in admittance of defeat, "I surrender Shizu-chan~ Tsu chan must be extremely worried about me. Playing with a dangerous man like you" Izaya excused himself from the bartender.

Shizuo gritted his teeth and didn't respond to Izaya's excuse. Around them the aura seems to be a bit off, even Izaya knew it was off. And before he knew it Shizuo had his fist on his face and he flying to the fountain in the middle of the Art Space. Shizuo just punched the shit out of him, and he must have felt really good letting all that anger out in a punch at the flea. As soon as Izaya touched the ground, the audience immediately dispersed like sand and didn't even dare look back.

That only left three people in the art complex. The black rider with her yellow colored helmet still shocked from the bartender's sudden act. Shizuo was panting heavily, the chase around Bukuro' tired him out and being able to punch the flea gave him a good jumpstart. And Izaya- was still sitting at the bottom of the fountain where Shizuo's punch led him. And he managed to make a smile on that pale face of his.

"What the hell is your problem today flea?" Shizuo asked in a monotonous voice. Keeping his eye focused at the informant.

Izaya placed a hand on the fountain ledge to support him while he attempts to stand up. He spat out blood, Shizu-chan can punch he'll give him that. Then he stared at Shizuo still smiling that dark grim smile. Izaya couldn't agree more on the protozoan's question. Being hit twice today by the protozoan, something must be off. Did Shizu-chan get stronger this past months or is it just Izaya doing him a favor of actually landing his hits on him for once?

"Who knows Shizu-chan? Maybe it's because of you?-" Izaya teased the bartender and waited for the same response he got the last time. Apparently, the color red on the bartender's face was quite cute, Izaya wanted to see it again before leaving him alone. And he got, Shizuo was blushing again though it was fainter than the last time. Izaya couldn't hear the bartender's words but he was pretty sure he was cursing him and said 'Fuck this…'

Izaya laughed and placed his hands inside his pocket before continuing "But like I said I need to leave now. We'll continue next time right, Shizu-chan?" he turned around and skidded to his right. Walking away like a jolly kindergarten playing hopscotch while walking, with no care in the world.

Celty walked closer to Shizuo, a hand outstretched to pat him on the shoulders. And when she did, she felt the bartender's shoulders release all the anger it has inside it. 'You did the right thing' read Celty's PDA just below Shizuo's shoulder.

"What thing? Punching the shit out of him?" Shizuo asked then stretched the hand he used to punch the flea.

'Well- Yes. And for not chasing him again, you're becoming mature Shizuo' the rider complimented

Shizuo laughed and placed his hands back inside his pants pocket "Yeah" he said to himself. He waved Celty goodbye and went the opposite direction that the flea went. There is no way that he would like to see that flea again anytime this week. He fried his brains and other muscles really hard this time.

Shizuo remembered the black haired kid that was behind Izaya earlier. Just like the flea said, he was sure that the kid was the one they both dragged into their mess days ago. And from the way Elijah puts it, he's his boyfriend. Or something like that. He took out his phone and checked if Elijah messaged him, and with no new messages he made the first move.

'Ey is your friend alright? The flea kicked him on the arm before I can beat him like that guy in the casino'

He pressed send and waited for a reply. A munite later his phone chimed and Shizuo opened it to read the message.

'Hey Shizuo! Yeah he's fine. Just so you know… He's not my friend. He. Is. My. BOYFRIEND! Remember that. Anyways wanna visit my house? Actually it's an apartment but- '

The bartender closed his phone and didn't even bother reading the whole message; there is no way he is going to that teen's house. That's a bit over board for a guy you just met today. But then again he has questions for his friend- Er' Boyfriend. So he headed for Elijah's apartment.

Izaya walked in a really narrow alley, he wasn't walking with pure joy anymore. But more like trying to keep his balance kind of walk. He held his bleeding arm tighter; this thing is really starting to piss him off. He pressed the elevator button towards the floor of an old friend. He rang the doorbell and waited for a man wearing a white lab coat to greet him. After all Celty should still be outside scouting the city.

"Izaya-san!" Shinra greeted the informant in delight. He motioned him to follow him inside and sit down on the couch. "So what brings you here so unexpectedly?" the doctor asked.

Izaya didn't reply but instead he took his black fur coated jacket off and Shinra's eyes opened really wide at Izaya's bleeding arm. "I-Izaya! Where'd you get this?! It's bleeding really hard… How long has it been since the cut has been made?" Shinra flooded Izaya with questions that the informant knew was coming.

"-Just go get some bandages and fix me up Shinra." Izaya commanded. Shinra didn't question the informant's stubbornness and followed anyways. He needed medical help and he needed it now. Shinra ran out of the room and into another to get a first aid kit.

Izaya heard the front door open then close. Probably Celty, it was getting quite late after all. Izaya saw a black figure wearing a yellow cat like helmet. Celty sat beside Izaya and analyzed his crimson red arm, not even questioning what happened she typed on her PDA and showed it to Izaya, 'Shizuo?'

Izaya nodded and replied "The protozoan's been practicing huh?" he chuckled while imagining Shizuo use his victims as some kind of practice dummy for when they actual fight again. But that died down as fast as a smoke disappears from a match.

'It's unusual for you to get hit by Shizuo like that. I'll take consideration on the bleeding arm but the punch… Is something wrong?' Celty asked with concern read all over her typed in words

"Nothing's wrong Celty~ I just made a little show that's all. But I wasn't really expecting Shizu-chan to actually hit me. That itself was a surprise to me." Izaya explained

'A show, for who? Shizuo?' the rider asked again and Izaya knew where this is going.

"For my new toy of course!" Izaya announced happily and raised both his arms in the air. Forgetting his bleeding arm, wincing in pain, he slowly lowered his arm on the couch and rested it there.

Celty sighed, does Izaya not care about the wound on his arm? Anyways, she typed out another question after hearing Izaya say the word 'toy'. That is definitely not good.

Izaya nodded "The reason I came back to Bukuro' is because of him, he asked me first and now- Were buddies!" the informant's phone beeped and he opened it immediately, as if he was expecting the message. Celty doesn't know what's inside the message but it made Izaya paint that infamous smile of his on his face again.

'Was that him?' Celty asked

"He misses me already~ cute isn't it?" Izaya replied. Into which Celty doesn't understand the importance of that comment.

"Here we go!" Shinra finally returned inside the room and fixed the materials needed into cleaning Izaya's wound. While cleaning the informants wound he asked Celty about her job and how come she's completely cool about Izaya's bleeding arm. And Celty just replied Shizuo with her PDA.

"Eh?! Shizuo did this? How?-" Shinra asked again in disbelief. "-Done! Be sure to clean it when you reach your office" he continued and advised Izaya.

"Got it. Thanks Shinra" Izaya tood up and bowed, leaving the two alone in their apartment. Celty looked at Shinra and typed in a question in her PDA, "Somethings off about Izaya-san don't you think?"

"Hm? Really, I thought he was just exhausted. I heard about the ruckus he and Shizuo did this morning" Shinra replied and Celty sighed.

'You're still alive? Sad. Anyways Heiwajima san paid me a visit. Of course my mouth was shut about what I saw in his future and I'm doing the same for you. I'm not talking to you tomorrow either. '

Izaya blinked at the last sentence, why isn't Moku-tan going to talk to him tomorrow? He had a lot of stuff to tell him. Then his phone beeped again and he opened it, the message is from Otone. He read it in one glance and it said

'Payment for kicking me without warning'

The informant chuckled and closed his phone "Fine Fine, but I'll still pay a visit. Like Shizu-chan~"

September 26, Saturday, Apartment Complex 8:00 PM

'- 14th floor, facing the opposite way of the elevator you're hallway to the right, Unit number 619. Don't worry about Kimiko, the guard I told him I have a visitor in a bartender get up. He'll let you in without even asking you why you need to enter this building, tough security huh? Yeah, it a bummer, like that ti-'

Shizuo closed his phone halfway before the end of Elijah's message. He sure talks about a bunch of nonsense in those messages of his. If it's not about his boyfriend it's about a life experience.

He sighed and followed the orders sent by the dirty blonde haired teen. And just like the message told him, the guard didn't even bother to ask who or why he's here. So Shizuo made his way to the elevator but he was pretty sure the guard was a bit stiff when he saw him and confirmed that he was in fact THE Heiwajima Shizuo of Ikebukuro. Anyways he made his way up to Elijah's unit and followed the directions on his phone. He found Unit 619 easily he knocked three times and waited for someone to open the door. And finally the door opened but the sight wasn't really pretty.

Shizuo sighed and looked away "Where's your shirt Elijah?"

"Hn? Oh! Sorry- I was just getting ready to go to bed. Didn't expect you to come here today like right now. Come in. I'll get you some coffee? " Elijah offered which Shizuo gladly accepted.

"Ojama shimasu*" Shizuo whispered to himself and let himself inside the house. He scanned the whole unit and compared to his, this place was a lot tidier and was a less dusty than his. He turned his glance to the couches behind him and saw the black haired male he was looking for changing the channels of the television, seemingly bored. Which Shizuo guessed he really was.

He walked closer the teen and leaned forward on the couch "Uh…. What are you watching?" he asked the teen.

Otone glanced at the bartender and stared at him with his aqua blue eyes. He turned his gaze on his phone and typed in his message 'A bunch of channels really. Otone, Mokusatsu Otone. No need to introduce yourself, Orihara-san and Elijah already told me about you. Here sit down' after Shizuo read the last word Otone was tapping his hand on a spot beside him.

And Shizuo followed Otone's invitation, but before he can sit down Elijah shouted "NOPE! You sit on the other couch. I sit beside Otone-chan"

Shizuo looked at Otone in confusion and Otone just sighed at Elijah's declaration of seat. 'Just follow him for now. Ill punch the life out of him when you leave later' Otone typed in his phone and showed it to Shizuo.

Shizuo can't help but follow; it's not his house anyway. Though he did question Otone's attitude right now, maybe he had the same condition as Celty just not headless. If he remembered correctly the kid shouted Izaya's name before the trash can he threw can hit the flea. So he can't really be mute, right?

"So… the flea told you about me, how are you even related to that pest?" Shizuo asked

'I came to him first, being stuck with him? I don't really have much of a choice' Otone replied via phone. Shizuo stared at Otone in amazement with a slight touch of worry. The kid decided to talk with that flea despite his reputation as one of the strongest men in Bukuro', and like the two teens that Izaya played with that he both met in Bukuro' he's currently stuck with that flea too.

"A coffee for Shizuo-nii, and I got you a hot chocolate just in case" Elijah said as he placed down the drinks on the table. Shizuo said his thanks and for the first time he actually heard the kid talk.

"So what brought you here Shizuo-nii?" Elijah asked while trying to get a hug from Otone

"I came to talk to your … Boyfriend. But it seems like he has no intention of talking to me, verbally that is" the bartender said then took a sip on his coffee

Elijah laughed at Shizuo's comment, seems like he knew that Otone won't really talk to him or was it the boyfriend comment "You see Shizu-chan-" Shizuo probably popped a vein there but that's the blonde kid's second strike into calling him that nickname. One more and he'll be flying off the buildings window. "Otone-chan doesn't trust people to easily and until he trusts you he won't talk… verbally." He added

Shizuo glanced at Otone and saw him typing something on his phone and a second later Otone handed him his phone 'I will talk to you, if you stop addressing me as this homosexual bastard's boyfriend. Cause' there is no way in hell that we are ever going to be a partner '

The bartender chuckled at the teens message, seems like he was serious about the boyfriend thing. "Deal" Shizuo whispered

"Elijah can you leave us alone for a moment" Otone addressed Elijah and told him to leave. Elijah then started forming tears on his eyes; he stood up and ran towards his room. And Shizuo was sure he saw glittering water fall down from his cheeks. He finally reached the door and banged it hard then screamed on the other end "WHAT IS WITH YOU AND TRUSTING THIS TWO IDIOTS TOO EASILY! At least make them wait for a week before you talk to them!"

Shizuo changed his focus from the door that Elijah slammed back to Otone, demanding an explanation.

"I didn't talk to him after three months after I met him. I spoke with Orihara san five hours after hour official meeting. And with you, took you less than ten minutes." Otone said

Shizuo smiled and finished his coffee "Cold hearted aren't you? No wonder the flea likes you"

"Not really. I chose not to talk to him. The way I met him… was a bit embarrassing. So I made him suffer for three months as punishment. Now your question? " Otone asked

"Right. You don't happen to be like the black rider right?"

"The black rider?"

"Yeah- with the powers of the supernatural and stuff"

Otone shook his head in reply and added "Why'd you ask"

The bartender sighed and explained what happened that day after he hit Otone with the stop sign and chased after Izaya. It was a long story, he wish he had more coffee that was some good Joe.

Otone blinked at the bartender's experience. As far as his ability's concerned he can't do that! Seeing one's future is the only thing he can do and controlling that was already a pain. How much more if he can play with people's minds?

"So was that you?" Shizuo asked

Otone shook his head "No. My ability is only limited to seeing a person's future, why do you think Orihara san wanted me to see you so badly?" he asked

"He wanted to see my death?" Shizuo replied

"Well, know actually. I'm the one who can see"

"Are you going to tell him then?" Shizuo asked nervously. The flea's using this kid to find out how he will die? That's just low. Even for him.

"Of course not. That will destroy the time continuum, or whatever the theory related to changing the past is called" Otone replied as fast as an F16 racing car. He crossed his arms and added "That all?"

"Last one. But this maybe personal, Why the flea? Of all the informants. Why him?"

Otone stood up and grabbed Shizuo's empty cup "It's my life I can do whatever I want with it-" he said rebelliously.

"What if you die amongst this game of ours? Aren't you afraid of dying?" Shizuo asked

Otone stopped for a while and probably gave Shizuo's words some thought but then he smiled as his face became covered by his hair "Dying? Not at all- If you're done asking question you can leave. I have to check on that bastard before I turn in too."

Shizuo bowed and headed for the door. Something is wrong with this kid. He became friends with the flea. He made an acquaintance with the strongest bartender in Bukuro'. And lastly he wasn't afraid of dying.

He can't place a finger on what Izaya is planning for this city again. But he was pretty sure that the three of them, Elijah, Otone and himself are included and are vital pieces to his new game.

Chapter 5_ end

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space= I don't know If I got the place right but. According to my research of places in Bukuro'. This is where the fountain is, the one where Kida did the only thing I usually remember him for. "Bang!" at some yellow scarves member.

Ojama Shimasu = Japanese for 'Sorry to Intrude' they usually say this when a friend invites a friend over. To show respect. And I used the interent for this so Im not sure if this was the word I usually hear in the animes

Longest chapter I have made so far. I'm both proud and ashamed. IM NOT SURE IF I PORTRAYED SHIZAYA PROPERLY! I'm trying to both keep them away from being OOC. But then again I'm not sure if they were already OOC'ed on the previous chapters.

Reviews?

In other news, not sure if I should continue. I have no ideas on what to do as of now. Any ideas?