Trouble Loves Company (Remake)

How to kill a vampire

Shizuo stopped, looking at Ivan. "I don't know who you are bastard. But get out of my way. The flea is mine." Shizuo growled at him. "Aw, how romantic." Ivan laughed. It took the blond a few moments to realize what the man meant by that. His eyes then widened in shock. "What!? No!" He stuttered disgusted by such an idea. Shizuo, even more pissed now swung the lamp post at Ivan. But the man dodged easily. He seemed to be even quicker than Izaya ever was in the past.

"You are strong. But not fast enough. You're but a mere mortal. You stand no chance against me Heiwajima Shizuo." Ivan said catching the pole, and twisting it so hard making Shizuo let go. Shizuo stepped back in shock at how strong this man, no this monster was. As Ivan was distracted by Shizuo he dropped the make shift wooden stake, giving Izaya an idea. The informant took cat form to get as close to the fight as he could, snatched the stake and took human form.

Standing behind Ivan he raised his hand to pierce it through the vampire. But before he could strike his crimson eyes widened in pain and horror. Ivan had seen him sneaking up behind him, and had reached into his pocket pulling out a silver dagger and pierced Izaya through the chest with it. Unlike wooden stakes, silver will kill a vampire if struck through the heart. Izaya gasped in shock stumbling back holding the handle of the dagger.

He looked down at the wound before collapsing to the ground motionless. Shizuo saw this and was stunned. Did the flea just die? Did that man just kill Izaya? Shizuo couldn't explain it.  But seeing this happened seemed to flip a switch in his mind. All his anger towards Izaya was gone. Instead, he was now furious with Ivan. "You... bastard." He growled rushing at Ivan to punch him in the face. The vampire caught his fist though and using his unnatural strength threw Shizuo against a wall. He then pinned Shizuo down.

"Let me go!" Shizuo yelled trying to break free. Ivan kept his grasp on Shizuo though, not letting him go. "Now, shall I kill you, or make you my slave?" He smiled cruelly deciding Shizuo's fate. Shizuo squirmed beginning to panic. For once, the debt collector was actually afraid for his own safety. Ivan leaned in closer, his mouth opened. He aimed for Shizuo's throat with intent to kill by tearing out the jugular. Shizuo closed his eyes, still fighting. Though he knew it was in vane.

Before Ivan could bite Shizuo though, something unexpected happened. Izaya who had actually only been pierced through the lung and not heart had came to, and removed the dagger from his chest. As Ivan was too busy thinking he had won, and was about to kill Shizuo, Izaya had a chance to kill the monster. He quickly with precise aim struck the vampire through the back, causing the blade to come out his front through his heart. Ivan let out a horrified screech as the blade pierced his heart.

Shizuo opened his eyes seeing the blade sticking out of Ivan's chest. The vampire began to age, his skin becoming old and wrinkly before beginning to rot like a corpse. The flesh peeled away, rotting and turning to flakes blowing away. His bones then began to yellow and grey before shriveling , cracking under its own weight ,and turning to dust.

Shizuo sat there in total shock, unable to say or do anything. He was confused. What just happened? Who stabbed the vampire, and why? After staring at the pile of dust for seemingly hours, Shizuo looked up to see who or what had saved him. Izaya stood there, holding his chest wound. The raven haired man panted heavily, looking down at Shizuo. "You, owe, me, Shizu chan." He gasped softly, before collapsing to the ground next to Shizuo.

Shizuo stared at him in disbelief. Izaya had just saved him. The bastard could have ran off or hid. But he didn't. He stayed, and killed the vampire, saving Shizuo in the process. Izaya looked ten times paler than usual, his body trembling slightly. "Izaya..." Shizuo said softly touching the informant's shoulder to try and wake him. But the informant wouldn't wake. Shizuo sighed, deciding for now he would see if Shinra knew what to do. He pulled out his phone and called the crazed underground doctor. He told him what happened and to send Celty quick to come retrieve Izaya.

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Shinra examined Izaya's motionless body as Shizuo stood nearby watching. "So, how long did you know he was a vampire?" Shizuo asked. Shinra didn't act surprised one bit by Izaya's condition when Shizuo had told him what happened,. Which meant only one thing. The underground doctor had already known about Izaya.

"Well, he officially told me about it two days ago. But I knew about it for a little over a month." Shinra explained. "And you never worried, or told anyone that the fleabag is a fucking bloodsucker?" Shizuo asked glaring at Shinra. "Why worry when he hasn't harmed anyone? Even as a vampire Izaya follows his odd rule of never actually killing anyone." Shinra replied. "Besides from what his boss told me Izaya hasn't even drank any human blood. He uses some fancy animal blood drink from an exotic market vender outside the city." He added. Shizuo raised an eyebrow then looked at Izaya.

Izaya was still unconscious and not moving. He didn't even appear to be breathing. "Why did he live, but the other one died from the dagger?" Shizuo then asked. Shinra looked at the dagger. The handle was made of  pearls so a vampire could touch it. However the blade was silver. Which is lethal to a vampire if impaled through the heart. "Izaya was struck in the lung not the heart. So he lived. But the silver still weakened him to a point of near death." Shinra said setting the dagger down. As he explained this Izaya began to moan softly.

"Izaya kun?" Shinra questioned. Izaya's red eyes slowly opened as he looked around. The first thing he saw was his annoying so called friend Shinra. The doctor had his usual goofy look on his face, while Celty stood behind him. But the one person also in the room was one Izaya didn't expect to see. It was Shizuo. The debt collector looked an odd mix of anger, and worry. Perhaps he was worried Izaya would attack him.

"Ngh, how did I get here?" Izaya asked softly sitting up. "Shizuo called me, to tell Celty to come and help bring you here." Shinra told him. "Also stay still. Need to make sure you will be okay." He added. Izaya rolled his eyes. "Why did you call Shinra and not just leave me there. Or even finish me off?" Izaya questioned. "Consider us even. Since by you killing that bastard I got away with minor scratches." Shizuo muttered turning to leave. "And the truce is still in order. As long as you don't hurt anyone. I catch you biting anyone though, I tear your head off." Shizuo said before leaving.

Izaya chuckled softly at the last comment, then winced in pain as Shinra finished sewing the wound shut. "I guess silver wounds don't heal as fast as normal ones on a vampire." Shinra said. Still in awe he was this close to a vampire specimen. Even if the specimen was his friend, who was clearly giving him a death glare. Celty then handed Izaya his phone and texted something on hers. (It has been ringing since you got here. But you have a lock on it so I was unable to answer.) Izaya sighed taking his phone to see who was calling him. "It was Shiki san. He is going to be so pissed." Izaya muttered calling his boss.

"Yo shiki san~" - "You better have a damn good reason for not answering my calls Orihara." Haruya snapped the moment he heard Izaya's voice on the other end of the call. "Well I was a little busy being unconscious." Izaya tried explaining to his irattated boss. "So someone did stake you?" Haruya asked. "Well, more like stabbed me with a silver dagger. But I am okay now. And the best part is Ivan is dead. Took him down myself while he was busy fighting with Shizu chan." Izaya told his boss in an all too enthusiastic voice. Haruya paused for a few moments. Though to Izaya it seemed to be hours.

"You, killed him?" Haruya finally asked in shock. "Yeah. Used the silver dagger on him. If you stab a vampire through the heart with silver it kills them. I saw his body turn to dust in front of my very own eyes." The informant assured his boss. "So if this Ivan is dead then Mizuki should be fine." Haruya said, looking at the door to the room he kept his friend. "Yeah Akabayashi san will no longer be under control of the monster. Now I got to go. I need one of my blood drinks to help heal my wounds." Izaya said about to hang up. "Heh. I may consider giving you a raise for this. See you later informant." Haruya said hanging up, before going to see Mizuki.