Angel Of Death (DRRR!! FF)

6. Under Fire

-I-

When Izaya heard Sonohara Anri's voice, he stood up from where he had been sitting on the tatami mats, he grabbed his long black coat from where it had been hanging in the corner. It was a long tailored woollen coat, it was heavy but it suited an angel of death. It suited someone who controlled the shadows of life. With a wave of his hand, a portal opened and he stepped inside.

"I have to take care of some business." He murmured to himself, his eyes narrowing as the portal closed behind him and he stepped into the darkness. It only took a few minutes until he found the exit to where he waited to go, he opened the door and stepped into the familiar surroundings of his old apartment. It was dark, suggesting whoever had been living there had either already gone to bed or wasn't home.

Izaya wandered around the apartment, noticing most of his belongs were missing. His computer and laptop were replaced by a laptop he didn't recognize and a mess of papers. He picked a pile up and read over their contents. "That rotten lawyer." Izaya hissed tossing the papers on the table, they scattered messily but he ignored them and eyed the stairs. There was a blur and within seconds Izaya was at the top of the stairs and standing before the closed door that once belonged to his bedroom.

He sighed deeply and walked through the closed door, once he was on the other side he shivered uncomfortable with the motion, Izaya had many powers but some just felt wrong. His glowing red eyes discovered two naked figures in what was once his bed. One was a blonde woman that Izaya had never seen a day in his life, next to the man he had hired to be his lawyer. The both of them were fast asleep and completely unaware of the furious being standing over their bed. In a fit of rage Izaya teleported downstairs and picked up his lawyer's computer and threw it to the ground where it smashed into a million pieces.

Izaya was so furious he had taken to levitating instead of planting his feet on the ground like a human. When the reaper heard footsteps approaching, he sunk into the shadows to hide. While his body was surrounded by darkness, he could still see who was approaching and much to his luck, his lawyer, Takayama Kunio entered his sight.

The man who was in his mid-30's had short black hair that was starting to thin and a healthy body. Izaya curled his lip in disgust as the man was only in his white underwear. Izaya furious and impatient rose from the shadows behind his lawyer who had bent down to pick up the pieces of his laptop in horror. He stayed silent, only levitating behind the man so that when Kunio placed the pieces of laptop in his hands on the desk. He saw Orihara Izaya floating behind him with glowing red eyes and a dark aura. Kunio froze and Izaya smirked, purposely showing off his pointed teeth.

"Hello Takayama-kun~" the Angel purred in a sweet voice, the man stared at Izaya reflection in pure horror. "It's come to my attention that you haven't obeyed your contract. What in your right mind made you think you could double cross me?" Izaya hissed, glaring at Kunio in the window. The lawyer's legs started shaking as his grey eyes frozen open staring at Izaya.

"I-I-I-" the man stuttered unable to speak and Izaya floated closer, making sure that Kunio could feel his breath on the back of his neck.

"Nothing, that's what. I'm feeling generous Takayama-kun, so I'll give you twelve hours to get the fuck out of my apartment and set my final will into motion. If you don't, well who knows what will happen to you?" Izaya snarled, the lawyer whimpered as something unknown cut open his cheek making blood start dripping down his trembling skin.

"Go." Izaya whispered and the lawyer scrambled away from Izaya with a fearful squeal and dashed up the stairs. Izaya chuckled for a moment before he shivered. He frowned for a moment, angels couldn't feel the cold, but as he continued to float there his entire body felt cold, his stomach twisted violently and his fingers tingled.

"Something's wrong." He realised, his eyes widening, "Mikado." Izaya hurriedly made a portal and rushed through it to his lover's apartment. He appeared in front of the sleeping Mikado and looked around frantically. Nothing seemed out of place at first but then he smelt it, smoke.

Mikado's apartment building was on fire.

Izaya dropped to his knees, "Mikado! Mikado! Wake up!" he shouted frantically shaking the sleeping teen awake. Mikado roused out of his sleep with a panicked expression.

"What? What's wrong!?" the teen yelled before he also smelt the smoke, his eyes widen in fear but Izaya only grabbed him and made a portal. The angel held onto his lover with an iron grip as they rushed through the portal together. Izaya was in such a panic that they didn't make it far, only across the street from the burning apartment building.

They looked up at the blaze with wide eyes, the entire place was engulfed with flames. Being made of half decaying wood the place was a bonfire in minutes. Mikado clung to Izaya in horror and Izaya's eyes widened when he heard the screams.

Mikado's neighbours, the ones that were able to flee the burning building stood in the street watching in horror as their homes and belongings were destroyed. The reaper looked around but it seemed he was the only one could hear the screaming.

"There are still people inside." He whispered and Mikado looked at him in horror, "Two people...in apartment four." He shut his eyes and shook his head. "It's too late."

The sirens of firetrucks filled the couple's ears as two trucks pulled up and starting putting out the fire but Izaya knew that two people were already dead. He held Mikado close to his chest as he realised how close he had been to losing the one he loved, one minute later and Mikado would have gone up in flames. Izaya looked down at his lover who was looking at his home with tears in his eyes.

"Everything is gone..." he whispered and Izaya shook his head.

"It doesn't matter, as long as you're safe." Izaya whispered and Mikado looked up deep into the reaper's glowing red eyes.

"Izaya...Izaya, I'm scared." Mikado said shivering, his grip on Izaya's suit tightening and the reaper hugged Mikado close, kissing the top of his head.

"Don't worry, I won't let anything hurt you." Izaya promised looking into Mikado's blue eyes. Izaya sighed, watching as the fire finally went out. The apartments were completely destroyed and the sound of panicked cries and sobbing filled Izaya's ears. Mikado's neighbours were rushing around, counting who was there and who was missing.

"I need to tell them I'm okay." Mikado said and Izaya nodded loosening his grip on the teen and watching him rush over to his neighbours in his pyjamas. Izaya who stood in the shadows silently frowned, his sharp eyes narrowing, a normal human would never notice it from this distance but he did. From the charred remains of the apartment Izaya could smell it.

The unmistakable smell of gasoline...

Someone had lit this fire on purpose.