The Blue Flame of Ikebukuro Chapter 2

The stares and whispers of the bystanders were surrounded Rin while he stood. Most of them couldn't believe that a mere kid stopped a throw from the strongest man in Ikebukuro. Even Shizuo Heiwajima himself couldn't believe what just happened. It isn't everyday he found someone who had the same strength as him. Before he could apologize to the kid, he and the blonde girl ran off through the busy crowds.

Shizuo stood still, deep in his thoughts, 'That kid was able to catch that vending machine like it was nothing. He doesn't seem to be from around here. Is it possible that...'

He snapped back into reality when he heard his worst enemy, Izaya Orihara, chuckling like a madman. “Well, it seems that there's more to Rin-kun than I thought. Heh, this will be more fun than I imagined!”

Shizuo glared at the raven while Izaya skipped through the streets, escaping from his sight. “And where do you think you're going, you flea!”

He pulled a street sign from the ground and aimed it at Izaya, but he escaped before it could hit him. The bystanders continued to whisper to each other of the events that just took place. Shizuo sighed in annoyance and walked a different direction towards home, too dumbfounded to search for the flea. He stopped near a street corner, looking at the sunset-colored sky. “I wonder if I'll see that kid again...”

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Rin and Shiemi were sitting at a bench at a local park, catching their breaths after running for 10 minutes without stopping. “Man, that was crazy! Could you believe that Shizuo guy? He picked up that vending machine like it was nothing! But how can he though? No human should be that strong.”

Shiemi took some breaths before she responded to her friend, “Maybe he's half demon like you.”

Rin thought of that possibility for a moment. “Maybe. But he is a bit dangerous, don't you think? We have to tell Yukio about this.”

“Heh, you betcha we have to tell him!” A irritated voice said.

The students looked around to see that the voice belonged to Shura Kirigakure, their circle's and seals instructor and Rin's mentor. She stood in front of them, not happy to see the young half-demon. She then slapped Rin to the side of his head.

“What the hell were you two thinking when you left the group huh? Scaredy cat four-eyes was getting worried sick so he sent me to look for you guys and then when I found you, you decide to pick a fight with some bartender and a guy in an Eskimo jacket! And you almost got ya friend hurt!”

“I didn't pick a fight with them! They just started fighting each other out of nowhere!” Rin protested. “And if I didn't stop the machine, he would've killed us!”

Shura sighed, rubbing her forehead to calm herself down. “It's just I don't know what would I do if anything happened to you guys during our visit here. Just don't do something stupid again, do ya hear me?”
Both Rin and Shiemi nodded at her, she smirked in response. “Good! Now we better check into our motel and tell Four-eyes what you two encountered today.”

The three left the park and headed to the their motel, when suddenly a sound of neighing was heard at a street corner. “What in the? Why are there horses here? This town just get weirder and weirder.” Shura commented.

Rin found himself running away from the two young ladies and searching for the sound. He went through the crowd who were surrounding the sidewalks. He looked both ways to see where the sound came from. Then, a pitch black motorcycle with a rider who was also wearing black with a yellow and blue cat helmet drove through the street, making that neigh voice once again. Rin couldn't help but stare in awe at the rider while it passed. By the time the rider left, Shura and Shiemi caught up with Rin, who was still standing in awe of what he just saw.

“Rin! Don't just run off like that!”

“Yeah you twerp! What did you just promised me back at the park, huh?”

Rin snapped out of his thoughts. “That was awesome...”

“Huh?” The girls said in unison.

Rin turned his attention to the girls.“You guys missed it, some really cool guy in a motorcycle came by. I don't know why, but it felt amazing when he passed.”

The girls looked at each other, confused at what Rin said. Eventually, the three continued on their way to the motel. Rin got lost in his thoughts for the rest of the way, thinking about what happened today. He visited a unusual sushi restaurant, met a shady guy in a fur-trimmed jacket, stopped the rampages of the strongest man in Ikebukuro, and saw the Black Rider all in one day.

'This is going to be the most awesome trip ever!'
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Meanwhile in Shinjuku, Izaya stepped into his apartment and put away his signature jacket. He walked towards his desks and booted up his computers. A woman walked towards his desk with her arms crossed and her eyes cold as ice. “What took you so long? I thought you said you were just going to get something to eat.”

Izaya smirked at her and gave a little chuckle. “Well, I bumped into a interesting human today and lost track of time. Things like that happen, Namie.”

Namie scoffed at him. “Whatever. Anyway, I'm done with that paperwork you wanted me to do, can I go home now?”

“Sure, see you tomorrow!” Izaya said in a teasing tone.

With that, Namie took her things and left, leaving Izaya by himself. He signed into his computers and started laughing giddily. “It seems that I finally have something to ease my boredom. With the gang war between the Dollars and the Yellow Scarves over, Ikebukuro has been too quiet for my taste.”
Izaya logged in to his chatroom account as his alias 'Kanra'. “I wonder who's on right now.”

TaroTanaka: Hey, did you guys heard what happened today?

Setton: You mean about a kid stopping Shizuo Heiwajima's throw near Russia Sushi? Yeah I heard of it.

Byakura: What? I don't believe that one bit!

TaroTanaka: But it's true! I was actually there when it happened! It felt so unreal!

*Kanra has logged on*

Kanra: Kanra's in the house~!

TaroTanaka: Oh hey there Kanra.

Setton: Hi.

Byakura: Drop dead!

Kanra: Oh, you're so mean Byakura!

Kanra: Anyway, it seems we have another monster in Ikebukuro, don't we?

Setton: I don't think we should jump to conclusions yet.

Byakura: The only monster here is you, Kanra!

Kanra: Meanie~!

Kanra: I wonder who would win in a fight...

TaroTanaka: I think Shizuo would win...

Setton: We can't be sure about that. The kid could possibly have other abilities.

Kanra: Other abilities? That would certainly be interesting!

Kanra: Well I gotta go! Bye Bye~!

TaroTanaka: Later!

Setton: Bye.

Byakura: I hope you die!

*Kanra has left the chatroom*

Izaya left the chat website and went to the Dollars website only to see many forum threads about what happened earlier. “It seems that Rin-kun is the talk of the town. And no wonder, it isn't everyday that someone as strong as Shizu-chan comes along. But I wonder...” He got up from his chair and walked towards his unusual board game consisting of chess, mahjong and go pieces. He picked up one of the pawns and moved it on the board. “Who would win in a fight? That's what I want to know.” He stared at the board for a moment. Then he smirked at the idea of Rin and Shizuo trying to kill each other, creating utter chaos in Ikebukuro.

“And that's what I'm going to figure out. But first, I have to get more info on Rin-kun.”

He went back to his computer, searching through the internet to look for anything on Rin. He found a forbidden database, with all the students who attended True Cross Academy. “Interesting, so he's an exorcist in training, huh? That makes things more fun.”

He got off his chair again, only to look out his window. His smirk grew more sadistically as he thinks of all the possible ways he can have some 'fun'. “Just you wait Rin-kun, your trip to Ikebukuro will be one that you will never forget.”