Jump

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Shinra chased Shizuo as he ran off, desperately trying to reach for him, but the blonde was way too fast.

Finally, Shizuo entered a building and dashed up a flight of stairs.

"WAIT!! SHIZUO!!" Shinra felt like he was going to pass out, but something told him to keep going; that whatever Shizuo was about to do was serious.

Then it hit him.

"SHHIIZZZUOOOO!!! NOOOOO!!!" Shinra's feet suddenly were on fire, and he raced up the stairs almost as fast as the monster himself.

But Shizuo was already at the top.

Shinra hoisted himself up and onto the roof of the building, panting violently. He could no longer run. No, he couldn't even walk! He was forced to drag his feet as quick as he could to the blonde, who was standing on the very edge of the wide roof. Shinra snatched his wrist, forgetting his sudden exhaustion. "What are you doing, Shizuo?! Are you crazy?!"

Shizuo twitched. Then, very slowly, he began to laugh. "How long did it take you to figure that out, Shinra? I thought you were a doctor!"

Shinra's heart was suddenly swept with a horrible feeling of pain and sadness. His heart felt like it was numb, and was having serious trouble pumping blood.

"D-don't tell me you're going to"-He gulped hard-"Jump."

"That's not what I told ya, Shinra!" Shizuo laughed again. "Why, didn't I tell you I was going right to hell? Well, this is like a one-way ticket, correct? I can finally rest, can't I? But...wait..." Shizuo made a sharp turn, and gave Shinra an insane grin. "I know what you're trying to do. You just don't want me to rest! You want me to suffer through this hell I'm supposed to call a life! You want me to 'make it all better' and 'make up' with Izaya! How do you expect me to do that?! Haven't you seen me try it before?! I've tried more then a billion times, Shinra! But now, it's finally clear to me. I just don't belong here. And I don't want to belong here. If Celty hated you the same way Izaya hated me, you'd do the same thing, wouldn't you? You'd jump too, right?"

Shinra considered this, though the answer took seconds for him to come up with. "Wrong," he whispered. "I wouldn't do that. I wouldn't do that at all. I'd keep on trying to get Celty to love me. I wouldn't give up like a coward like you!" Shinra had risen his voice.

But Shizuo's insane grin suddenly morphed into a soft smile. "That's right," he whispered in response. "No one wants to be like me. And they're all lucky, they're all lucky they're not like me. Imagine that, a whole bunch of Shizuo Heiwajimas. Ikebukuro wouldn't even be a city anymore. I understand you, Shinra"-Shizuo twisted his wrist out of Shinra's grip-"But you'll never understand me."

And just like that, Shizuo Heiwajima leaned forward, and left the world forever.

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