It was a quiet and boring autumn evening in Shinjuku. Izaya Orihara was reading some documents about a client of his, resting his legs on his desk.
A second later, he looked at the screen of his cell phone lying next to his leg. No texts, no emails, no phone calls.
“How boring”, he sighed and stood up.
Izaya put on his black coat and left his office.
Everything seemed to be so calm in Tokyo. Not only in Shinjuku, but in Ikebukuro as well. It was a bit worrisome, but that had never bothered him. Still, he had a bad feeling about the whole thing.
He was just about to drop by Simon’s sushi bar, when he spotted the headligh
The truth in your eyes by whitemiracle, literature
Literature
The truth in your eyes
When you live in Ikebukuro for more than ten years now, you know that things will never be peaceful. I'm not saying that it is a district of crime and chaos, but still… you know, it is. So here's a piece of advice to everyone who likes to live a calm life: don't ever move to Ikebukuro.
I was on my way home from the non-stop two blocks from my flat, having a banana milk in my left hand and a bag in my right, full of cereal boxes and vegetables. It was a 'quiet' summer night with a slight breeze blowing among the blocks of flats, people whispering about seeing The Black Rider nearby. I didn't listen to them for too long, I had seen The
Daughter of Heaven - Epilogue by whitemiracle, literature
Literature
Daughter of Heaven - Epilogue
Hopeless
Yukio was enticed from the bedroom by the scent that floated in the air. The smell of fried eggs and fish woke him up. He was sure his brother was operating in the kitchen, because if he hadn't been, Yukio wouldn't have smelled the things that always reminded him to his family.
He floundered to the kitchen, running his fingers through his messy hair that was dishevelled during the night. He pulled up his pyjama pants too while being on his way.
Laughing could be heard from the kitchen of the dorm. Yukio frowned, and then he saw what was happening: Aya and Rin were cooking together with Ukobach.
"Good morning!" Aya shouted at Yuki
Decision
The quiet peace was over in the hall.
It was difficult to wound me mortally anyway and I naturally couldn't manage to kill myself immediately. I knew it was still a much worse wound than any other I had ever got. But unfortunately I didn't have enough guts and strength to transfix my torso with the blade, so it sticked out from under my floating ribs. Bigger and bigger pool of blood spread under me and I breathed more and more quickly, causing a bit more pain for myself with every little move of my lungs.
I could barely blink and focus, but I could see Rin and Yukio's body covered with blue flames. Both of them bellowed as the han
Trial
I had cramps in my stomach while sitting on the private plane of the Vatican the whole time. The two men never left me alone as if I had been some kind of dangerous criminal. They even followed me to the bathroom. They offered me food, but I rejected it. Then, in the last three hours of the twelve hours long journey, I managed to fall asleep.
"Wake up!" the grey haired guy growled at me when the plane landed. I didn't even notice how the wheels touched the ground.
The sky just started to turn into golden in Vatican City. I had no idea what time it was exactly, but I guessed it was about seven pm.
I was led along the way to Saint Pet
Short escape
I had a nap on the subway. It really was only about half an hour and I slept just so that I could run away from my thoughts which upset me so much. The subway trip was two and a half hours long along with the transfers. I got off the train and dragged my suitcase to home.
My stomach still pulsated a bit, but thanks to the genes I inherited from my mother, the internal bleedings mustn't have lasted longer than a few minutes and the blood was absorbed from the tissues in my body. The pain I still felt might have been because of the punch I got from the snake.
I ambled under the starry sky in the warm, dark night. I dragged my lo
Forbidden fruit
Yukio kept his promise and returned after he had made the phone call.
"Well?" I asked when he got back.
"It was Mephisto", he rolled his eyes. He sat onto my bed cautiously. He had some kind of little jar in his hand. "He inquired which party is winning: you or Rin and I."
"And what did you tell him?"
"That all three of us won because we talked the things over. I also told him that I'll return to work on Monday", he replied. He reached the jar to me and took some bandages out of the pocket of his coat. "Would you mind salving my wound and bandaging it again? Rin's sacked out."
"How many hours does your brother sleep a da
Broken
I needed to look up at the bottom of the bed above us to swallow my tears back. I took a deep breath and started my story: "I lived with my dad in England until last May. Dad was born in Japan but they moved to England with my mum before my birth and so we could get back here when I was kicked out from the True Cross Academy there." I looked at Yukio, expecting some kind of reaction, but he was just listening patiently. My eyes became watery again. "The most horrible thing is exactly what I was kicked out for. I've always been quick-tempered and reckless in a bad way. I did a lot of stupid things, I risked my own life and my family's
Open book
I didn't get to the gym that day and Yukio couldn't announce his return as an exorcism teacher either. We walked back to the dorm without telling a word, because we knew we had something to discuss - him, Rin and me.
"What are you doing here?" Rin looked at us with his eyes wide open in. He was in the kitchen as we suspected him to be. He was helping Ukobach with the dinner. "Why did you come back so early?"
"We need to talk, Rin", said Yukio on a deep tone of voice. "Sit down, please."
Rin looked from him to me. His eyes showed he was a bit nervous as we sat down opposite to each other. He put the bowl he had in his hands down
Truth
We stepped into the school building. Pleasantly cool air circulated in there.
"Well then, good luck" I waved at Yukio as I started off towards the gym.
"You…" he started, but a shout cut him off:
"Miss Nakada!"
I turned back. The weirdo in his white coat, pants and huge hat who happened to be the principal even though I couldn't have imagined a more inappropriate looking person to fill this job, approached us.
"Sir Pheles!" Yukio bowed his head. "I was just on my way to you."
"And I'd like to talk to the young lady, if you don't mind", the principal replied on his pompous, strange voice.
"To me?" I raised my eyebrows.
"F