An Information Broker Walks into a Bar...

In a world with no Shinra - and by extension, no Celty - Shizuo and Izaya may not have met in high school. They may have lived their lives unaware of each other's existence. Izaya may have still go on to be an information broker and Shizuo may have never lost his job as a bartender. Most everything would be the same around them with subtle - and some not so subtle - differences.

Even without their shared friend to introduce them, fate would still pull the two men together. But, given the chance to grow up before meeting, would things be different?