I know... I totally deserve to get shot in the face for never updating... I swear to baby Jesus that I have the attention span of- Oh look! A new anime! Ahem... I'm going to try to get back into this story, but I can't promise fast updates. Thank you to everyone who reviewed even after seeing the last update date! I'm actually thinking about rewriting chapter 2 and putting it into about 3 separate chapters so that I can work on the details of Yoshi and Shizuo's relationship. It's either that, or I'll have chapters that take place during their child and teen years. Please give me feedback on whether or not I should do that, and which one! Constructive criticism is welcomed with cookies and hugs! HERE WE GO!

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Underlined- Point of view

Yoshi

*Growl*

*Sigh*

The man in front of Shizuo and I trembled and fell to the ground.

"I can't do it. There's no way I can get that cash together!"

*Growl*

*Siiiggghhh*

"I swear to God I'm gonna pay you! But, if anything happens to me, Shiki from the Awakusu isn't gonna be too happy about it. And if that happens-"

Shizuo let out a final growl that was perfectly in synch with my annoyed sigh.

"Ugh! Gramps, I don't have time for this. And it's not 'cause I'm busy..." I snorted.

"But I'll be damned if I'm gonna spend more than a couple of minutes on a douchebag like you!"

I took a few steps back when Superman decided to grab the nearest vending machine and chunk it into the air. It landed in directly in front of "Gramps" and I laughed as he cowered away. The man continued using Shiki's name as a shield as Shizuo walked around the machine to grab him.

"SHHUUUUTTT UUUPPPP!"

I watched as the man flew across the street. I was beginning to think I might've dubbed the wrong person Superman...

I watched Shizuo march off to beat the shit outta the old guy and laughed. He could be a handful sometimes.

"He can be a handful, huh?"

"HOLY MOTHER OF MIND READERS! How the hell long have you been standing there Tom?!"

Tom looked over at me, confusion etched in his features. "What are you talking about? I've been here the whole time!"

I quirked an eyebrow and shook my head. "We really gotta work on your presence dude..."

His eyebrow twitched. "I have plenty of presence!"

"Not when you're with Shizuo and I! You're like that background character, oh what was his name again?"

He let out an annoyed sigh as Shizuo stalked back over. I looked behind him and saw a vending machine and... Maybe a leg? No... I think it was an arm sticking out from under the contraption...

"Alright, you're done for the night. I'll meet up with you guys tomorrow." Tom waved, mostly at Shizuo, and walked off. Shizuo put his purple tinted glasses on and looked at me. I met his gaze and smiled.

"Do you wanna get some sushi?"

"Sure."

"Long time no see! Welcome Shizuo and Yoshi! Come eat sushi, I give you big discount!"

I smiled at Simon as we walked into Russia Sushi. We made our way to one of the rooms and sat down.

"Little bit of everything Simon!"

Said man grinned at me and nodded.

"Okay! Supreme order coming right up!"

As Simon went to go put our order in, I watched Shizuo as he cleaned his glasses on his shirt. He looked up at me.

"What?"

"Nothing, I just like watching you." He raised an eyebrow and gave me a weird look as I snorted. "What? You're an interesting person!" His cheeks flushed slightly and he looked back down. "You can be really weird sometimes." I smiled and closed my eyes.

"I wonder what my life would be like if I had never met Superman..."

"… Normal... And for the last time, I'm not Superman!"

I frowned.

"No. It would be boring. I would meet boring people, have a boring job, and go on with life not knowing that there are unboring people like you." And Izaya, but he doesn't need to know that. I opened my eyes. "And for the last time, you are Superman! Seriously! You have super strength, you can fly, and I know you've got a kryptonite of some sort! Oh and we really need to ask Shinra about those laser eyes..."

Shizuo sighed but gave me a soft smile. I looked away, huffing. Luckily for me, Simon came back carrying two plates of pure awesomeness!

"Two supreme sushi for you!"

I grinned as he set down the plates.

"Enjoy!"

I immediately dug into the fatty tuna and smiled when its amazing flavor filled me with happiness. I looked up to see Shizuo going for anything that was remotely sweet and I shook my head. Hmmm... Now that I think about it, doesn't Izaya like fatty tuna? Or maybe it's something with salmon... Or maybe I should stop thinking about that prick.

Shizuo

I watched Yoshi as I walked her back home. It was strange how much a person could change...

"Shizuo look!" My gaze ran along her arm to see what she was pointing at. When I saw the superhero themed store, my eyebrow twitched. It was also pretty strange how some people, namely her, didn't change at all. I sighed as she went on about the Superman cutout displayed in the window.

I put my hand on her shoulder and pushed her forward

"Oi! I was talking!"

"No, you were repeating the same thing you do every day."

She tilted her head back to look at me. I stopped pushing and met her gaze. I noticed how the lights around us were reflected in her silver orbs, and how her lips looked so soft... SHIT! I felt the blood rush to my cheeks and I growled. She quirked an eyebrow.

"What is it?"

I tore my eyes away from hers and looked up in an attempt to cool down.

"It's nothing, let's go."

Yoshi

"Well shit. Where the hell am I?" I sighed. "So much for grocery shopping."

When I rounded some random ass corner, I saw a familiar blonde teen. He noticed me staring and grinned.

"Well if it isn't Yoshi! Have you finally decided to come get drinks with me?" I grinned. He looked hopeful until I started pulling his ear. I ignored his protests and replied:

"Answer's still no, Masaomi!"

I let go of his ear, still laughing, and noticed a shy looking boy. He had short black hair, silver eyes, and he was wearing a Raira uniform like Masaomi. I looked to Masaomi expectantly and smirked when he glared at me. He suddenly remembered that his friend was there, and he perked up.

"Oh right! Yoshi Koizumi meet Mikado Ryugamine and vice versa!"

Mikado bowed and almost shouted: "It's so nice to meet you, Ms. Koizumi!"

I blinked and then ruffled his hair. He looked taken aback when I laughed.

"You don't have to be so formal kid! Just call me Yoshi!" He smiled and nodded.

"A-alright uhm Yoshi..."

I turned back to Masaomi and was about to accuse him of being a perv, when a chill ran down my spine. My flea senses were tingling... I looked around, but didn't see any fuzz covered assholes to confirm my suspicion. Mikado followed my gaze and then looked back at me.

"Is something wrong Yoshi?" I shrugged.

"Not yet."

I ignored his confused look and twitched when I felt Masaomi poking my arm.

"Hey, uhhhh Shizuo isn't with you right?" I shook my head as we began walking. "Nah, he had to work today and I didn't feel like tagging along." Masaomi visibly relaxed and I frowned.

"You don't have to be afraid of him. I can't really see him getting pissed at kids like you guys."

"I'll have you know that I am a man, not a kid! I can't say the same for Mikado though..."

Mikado blushed and started yelling something at Masaomi. I ignored their bickering and focused my attention on an alleyway, where a bunch of stupid girls and an ugly ass guy were ganging up on a girl with short black hair and glasses.

"Hey, do you guys know that girl?"

The two teens stopped and looked down the alley. Mikado jumped in recognition and hid behind the wall. I joined them and listened to their conversation.

"Whoa, check it out! That chick is totally getting bullied."

"But those other girls are so cliché they're more funny than scary..."

I rolled my eyes and Masaomi's comment and nodded at Mikado's.

Our ears perked when one of the bitches mentioned the dollars. The guy behind them took off his hood and started shouting stupid gangster phrases. He started waving his hands around and I sighed.

"I really hope that dumbass isn't part of my generation... Anyways, shouldn't one of you guys help her?"

"Why does it have to be one of us?" I looked at Masaomi like he was stupid.

"Think about it! If one of you guys goes in, she'll think you're her hero, and I think we all know how it goes from there!" I wiggled my eyebrows. Mikado looked inspired and went to go to the rescue, when a wolf like voice interrupted stopped him.

"Bullies huh?"

Fuck.

We all turned around. Masaomi and I glared at the newcomer.

"You wanna save the day, dontcha?" The flea grinned at Mikado and walked towards him. "Uhm, w-well I uh..."

I moved out of their way as Izaya pushed Mikado into the alley, sending me a smirk as he walked by. I followed them to make sure Mikado didn't get hurt and sighed when Izaya practically threw him in front of the three musketeers. The leader glared at him.

"What, dork?"

As Mikado was stumbling over his sentences Izaya took a step forward.

"Bullying people is lame."

…...What. Did that seriously come from his mouth?! AND WAS BANANA MAN OVER THERE JACKING OFF THROUGH HIS POCKET?! Izaya ignored my baffled expression and continued.

"It's pathetic really."

"What are you, like 40? Butt out."

I snorted.

"Bitch if any of us looks like we're 40, it's your ugly ass face."

Just as the girls were about to attempt to wipe off my shit eating grin, the flea stepped in.

"Listen. It's not my problem if you lovely (insert yet another snort here) ladies get pummeled to death and die. I could knock your teeth down your throat, or you can bag on my age when I'm actually just 23. I don't care. You're in a class that's so beneath me, it doesn't matter."

The girls looked baffled, and I was staring at Izaya like an idiot. I almost admired how he could say that kind of shit and still look so calm.

"Human beings are weak things, but beating up chicks isn't really my thing..." I caught a glimpse of his hand moving incredibly fast, and then watched as the the leaders' purse ripped, and fell off of her shoulder. "Soooo I guess the next best thing I can do is take your precious cell phone... And smash it."

He dropped the pink phone onto the ground and began smashing it with his foot. I rolled my eyes at his insane laughter and noticed a small package that had also fallen out of the girls' purse. Izaya stopped smashing the phone as I picked up the small, square shaped package.

"Now I'm bored. I guess that's enough cell phone smashing for one day!" He looked over at me and leaned over my shoulder to see what I had picked up.

A condom.

Now it was my turn to laugh my ass off.

"HAHAHAHA! YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS! How old are you dumb bitches?!" I was almost crying, I was laughing so hard.

"D-DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHERE TO PUT IT?! HAHAHA THIS IS RICH!"

The girls looked livid.

"O-of course we know where to p-put it! Why would you ask that?! Hi-Hiroshi!" Banana man jumped in shouting "YO YO YO!" He grabbed his mangina and glared at Izaya and me. "YOU TWO FOOLS ARE GOING DOWN!" Izaya and I smirked.

He lunged at me first (guess I look weak), and I proceeded to swing my leg and implant his face in the nearest brick wall.

"Violence? Ooooo! That's so scary!"

The banana growled as he cradled his bleeding head. He struggled to get to his feet and suddenly decided that Izaya looked weaker. He held up his fists, started screaming some sort of battle cry and ran towards Izaya. Said flea pulled out a knife and spun behind me to avoid the blow.

"Whoa! You're too tough for me!"

My eye twitched as he rested his chin on my shoulder and wrapped his arms around my waist. I turned my head and frowned as our cheeks touched.

"Get off."

He just sent me an infuriating smirk and tightened his grip. Meanwhile, the walking banana began to get up. When his hood slid off of his head, so did part of his hair. He started screaming and turned towards the girls. When they saw his new haircut, they decided to join the scream fest, and ran away. Baldy (I gave his name an upgrade) yelled at them to wait and ran after them.

I felt my body tremble and it took me a second to realize that it was Izaya's laughter.

"He didn't even see it coming."

"Man that was truly impressive! Trying to save the oppressed girl from the bullies?"

The girl looked at Mikado, surprised, and he looked away blushing.

"So, Masaomi, it's been a while."

I looked next to me to see the teen looking uncomfortable and nervous.

"Y-yeah... It has."

As Izaya made small talk, I wondered why Masaomi looked so uncomfortable. If memory serves me right, the kid was with the Yellow Scarves at one point… So maybe they met when the Blue dudes were still around... Then again, Izaya has the amazing ability to make anyone uncomfortable.

I was brought out of my thoughts when Izaya got up to introduce himself to Mikado.

"I am Izaya Orihara, you are?"

"Oh! I'm Mikado Ryugamine!"

"Heh, sounds like the name of an air conditioner."

Masaomi spoke up.

"So then, what brings you out this way?"

"I came to see somebody-" He looked at Mikado and smirked. "And now I have! I also came to talk to somebody-" He looked at me and I frowned. "But I haven't had the chance yet." He walked over to me and leaned in to where our noses were touching.

"Tell me Yo-chan, do you even know where to put it?"

My face flushed in embarrassment and I pushed him away.

"SHUT UP, OF COURSE I DO!"

Just as the pervert was about to let out one of his insane laughs, a well-timed convenient store trash can crashed into him. Izaya's body slid across the street and I heard him groan in pain. I grinned.

"Well, well. What's up, Izaya?"

Shizuo took off his glasses and grinned almost manically.

"Didn't I tell you to never to set foot in Ikebukuro again? You remember that Izaya, dontcha?!"

Izaya smirked.

"Shizu-chan. Last I heard, you had some gig working over by the west gate."

"Hmph, got fired ages ago... And I'm pretty sure that I've told you never to call me that! My name's Shizuo Heiwajima! Try to get it right!"

I heard Mikado gasp at the name and then swallow in fear.

"Oh come on, Shizu-chan! So I pinned you for something you didn't do! Who knew you'd get so mad?"

"Oh I'm not mad, I just wanna beat the shit outta you." Leave it to Shizuo to make these fights funny. Izaya sighed and shrugged his shoulders.

"You see, the problem with you Shizu-chan, is that you can't be swayed by reason. And that's bad. Heh, really bad!" He pulled his signature knife out and pointed it towards Shizuo. "Now let me go."

When I realized that I didn't feel like dodging vending machines, or end up as a human shield, I decided to make an escape.

"Ohhhhh look at the time! Gotta go do som-"

"There! That's them!"

I turned around to see a bunch of wannabe thugs and Baldy running towards us. I stood there like an idiot as they surrounded us, each one carrying a shitty excuse for a weapon. They all looked at Shizuo and made comments on his outfit, and who he was. He turned around and growled.

"What the hell do you want?!"

I noticed one of the guys trembling in fear and I took a step back. This was not going to be pretty. The trembling man started screaming, ran towards Shizuo and smashed his wooden bat into the back of his head.

Fuck.

Shizuo stumbled over and held his head in pain. Thinking they had taken him down, the thugs began to laugh, well until Shizuo stood up like nothing had ever happened. I saw the blood running down his face and made a mental note to make sure he got it checked out.

"You aimed for my head. You have to know a blow like that could kill a guy, right? And this means you were intentionally trying to kill me, right?! So then, whatever happens next, is what you deserve, right?!"

Shizuo slammed his fist into the guys face and my jaw dropped as all of his clothes flew off. I took another step back only to bump into one of the thugs.

"Hey there cut-"

I spun around and slammed my foot into the idiots face.

"Nice job dick head. Your stupid face ran into my foot!"

I watched Izaya run away and frowned when Shizuo threw another machine in his direction. I walked over to a bench when Simon came (from the sky?!) And decided I would just wait for Shizuo so that I could check his head injury.

I slumped over and let out a sad sigh.

I still hadn't bought groceries.

SOOOOOOOO tired right now. I know this chapter was kind of boring, but I was having some major writers block... Oh and sorry for the cheesy Shizuo and Yoshi moment... I'm not great at writing cute moments. I'm better with writing romantic moments with villains... Anyways! Please give me some feedback and even some ideas! Like I said before, constructive criticism is WELCOME! If anyone notices mistakes in this chapter or just weird things, please let me know so that I can fix it.