Forgotten (Book 1 of the Remembrance Series)

Secret Research

   It had been about two weeks, and my elbow still hurt, but hardly. I had decided that I would figure out Shizu-Chan's secret, and I was going to start by observing him. I watched him in his house, writing on a peice of paper, crumbling it, and then shoving it in the drawer besides his. There were more wads of paper in there as well. This spiked my curiosity, but I kept consistent with my strategy. I wouldn't be sneaking into, I mean around, Shizu-Chan's home until later, when I understood his schedule and the house layout better.
   He stood up and walked into the bathroom, returning with bandages and medical tape. I chuckled at the thought of him being hurt, but stopped as I saw the amount of cuts, and all seemed as if put there by someone with intent. I gazed with narrow eyes as he traced each one, then carefully wrapped his arm. He rolled up the other sleeve half way, then stopped in thought. He then unbuttoned the shirt and pulled it off, revealing more on his torso.
   I never thought that Shizu-Chan could be depressed, that seemed to change my whole outlook on the beast. As he continued wrapping his wounds, I went deep into thought. I sat down quietly, making sure not to rustle any of the coat hangers. Could it be that he took what I said seriously, and hid the pain my words caused with fake anger? No, it didn't seem to fit, but that's the only thing I could think of. He stood up after finished with wrapping the cuts, heading into another room.
   After a few moments I slowly made my way out and opened the window, jumping down from the second story window.

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   I sat at my desk, inspecting Shizu-Chan's file. Namie eyed me from a shelf, switiching from giving me odd stares to filing papers.
   "Namie, if you wish to say something just say it already.~" I cooes, waving the folder upwards and throwin it back down onto the desk. I kicked my feet up onto the desk, and she turned to me once more.
   "Why are you so obsessed with this 'Shizuo' suddenly?" She asked, her eyes filled both annoyance and curiosity. I sighed, thinking of a good answer. Once again, I didn't know why. I decided to go with a normal answer.
   "Because I have a client who wants to know about him!" I cried, but she snorted and went back to filing. Why did I become so obsessed with Shizu-Chan? My hert felt warm, and I worried I might have a heart problem. Turning to Shizu-Chan's folder, I tucked it into a drawer instead of having Namie return it, and stood up. "I'm leaving. Make sure to put those all back, and then organise the shelves." I ordered, laughing and flashing my signature smirk before heading out the door. I heard her make a snarky remark, but ignored it.
  
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   I hurried to Shinra's, massaging my chest. It didn't feel all warm and hurt, so I assume that the problem was maybe just temporary, or had ceased to trouble me for now.
   "Shinra!~" I cried happily, knocking on his door. He opened it and smiled.
   "Izaya, what brings you here?" I smirked slightly and pointed towards my heart.
   "My heart feels weird. I think I have a heart issue, I wanna be safe." I didn't want to die so young, not with all my humans to play with! He frowned and stood aside, becoming Dr. Shinra.
   "Could you explain the feeling?" He asked, and I jumped onto his couch.
   "Well, I was sitting at my desk, and suddenly it felt all warm, but not painfully, and it felt bubbly to, as if someone was tickling it." I explained, and Shinra bent over laughing. I frowned. "What? How is my health so funny?!" I wanted to know how it could be so funny, since I was near scared.
   "Because you're a 23 year old man, who thinks he has a heart defect when you're just in love!" I gave him a disgusted look.
   "Why the hell would I be in love? Unless it's my shared love for all humans, I'm not in love." I once more smirked. "It would be unfair to love one of them more!" I stood up, and walked the door, suddenly very annoyed to even my own suprise.

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   I hurried home to finish the few jobs I had assigned to finish. After putting together the files, I set them aside where I would not lose them, then noticed the drawer with Shizu-Chan's file witheld inside. I pulled it out gently, as if it were a delicate platter made from china. I flipped through it, making any mental notes that may link to his current state. After about three hours, when it reached around four in the morning, I put the file down and went to bed.
   
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   I woke up as the sun blazed through a window; I had forgotten to shut the blinds last night. I yawned and stretched, my mind filled with thoughts about Shizuo. It was annoying, and I refused to believe that I was, as Shinra said, in 'love.' If I was in love, it would make me so much more like my precious humans, very unsettling.
   Standing up, I snailed my way into my office. I grinned as I gazed down upon my favourite creatures, all reduced to the size of ants. They all acted as if their life had a purpose, yet even if one died, they would hardly leave any effect. Even the Prime Minister would soon be forgotten by the ones he once helped and worked with. Even... me.
   I sat down in my chair laughing. I calmed myself, and then proceeded to log onto the dollars website.
(A/N- yeh to get the best results of the chat, which I fashioned from the model of the website they use to chat in the manga, I would recomend using the first or second smallest font size, k? Arigato, you may continue!)

Kanra: Heloooo!!
Setton: hello Kanra-Chan
Saika: Good morning, Kanra-San
Kanra: Hey guys! Did you guys here what happened the other
       day in Ikebukuro?
Setton: no, what was it?
Saika: Not that I know of...
Kanra: They say that Dollars and Yellow Scarves might start
       working together to track down and beat this new
       colour gang called the Red Moon!
Setton: wow, sounds scary
Saika: A new color gang?
Kanra: mhm! And supposedly, they're super tuff! You guys
       better watch out, or you might get tugged in deep!
Setton: thanks for the warning, do you know about this 'Red
        Moon' gang?
Saika: I'll make sure to watch out, thank you
Kanra: I know some, but not much. Supposedly they're a large
       gang from Mejiro. I heard that they're like the anti-
       gang gang, lol!
             -TAROUTANAKA HAS ENTERED THE CHAT-
TarouTanaka: Goodmorning!
Kanra: Good morning TarouTanaka-San!!!
Saika: Good morning
Saika: I have to go, goodbye guys!
TarouTanaka: oh, goodbye!
Setton: see ya
Kanra: bye bye!!!!!! (TwT)///
TarouTanaka: so what are you talking about?
Setton: Kanra-San was explaining the Red Moon gang
Kanra: yeh! It's this really tuff gang that goes around and
       rats out or beats up other gangs!
Setton: I have to go as well, see ya later guys
Kanra: see ya! (((○(=TwT=)○)))
TarouTanaka: good bye Setton-San!
TarouTanaka: so these guys beat up gang members?
Kanra: yeh, pretty much!
TarouTanaka: do they have like a gang mark or something?
Kanra: hmm, I believe they have a black arm band with a red-
       orange circle on it
TarouTanaka: oh, thanks for the info! I have to go get ready
             for school, goodbye!
Kanra: aweee, leave me all alone, byess!!
      -THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO USERS IN THE CHATROOM-

   I shut off my computer, happy my boss had me find out more on the new Dollars doings a few hours ago, now all that was left to do was watch the proceedings, and remove Shizu-Chan from my mind. So much fun, this will be so easy! Oh, how wrong I am...