Chapter 1: Preparation

I own neither Tokyo Ghoul or Sekirei

It was a dark night. The rain fell in sheets over the empty streets, creating a soft pitter-patter sound against the paved ground. Glaring eerily out over the roads and sidewalks, the street lights cast elongated shadows across to the opposite side. The lamps were the only source of light in the entire area. Normally the moon would be shining down on the city, but the moon had been swallowed up by the black clouds which gathered overhead. While the city was shrouded in darkness , there was no lack of sound. A discordant harmony of screams, explosions, and the tearing of flesh echoed throughout the no-longer-sleeping city.

The sounds came from a large building on the outskirts of the ward. The large four story monument looked out of place in the tenth ward, as the area was primarily residential with few big buildings. It was designed to be a representation of the CCG's power in the ward, but the fact that it stood out like a sore thumb was a weakness waiting to be exploited. The Commission of Counter Ghoul, or CCG for short, was Tokyo's only defense against the Ghoul epidemic. The CCG employed and trained Ghoul Investigators: Professionals who were entrusted with the investigation, pacification, and extermination of Ghouls.

The Investigators were split into two separate groups: Junior and Senior Investigators. Within those two groups there are three subsections for each. For the Junior section, in rising order of strength and influence, there are Rank 3 Investigators, Rank 2 Investigators, and Rank 1 Investigators. Then within the Senior Section, once again in rising order of strength and influence, there are First Class Investigators, Associate Special Class Investigators, and Special Class Investigators. Most Investigators retire from duty at the First Class ranking,with only the strongest or most committed moving past it. And only the truly elite climbed the ranks fervently enough to gain the privileged rank of Special Class. Unfortunately for the residents for the CCG's headquarters in the tenth ward, there were no Special Class investigators present. In if there had been, it might not have even made a difference.

The massive windows that had looked out over the ward, once giving the ghoul investigators a wide view of the large open spaces, had suddenly became a liability. Where the windows once were, there were large holes in the side of the tower, ringed with jagged pieces of broken glass. The doorway into the reception was torn off its hinges and laying on top the corpses of numerous investigators. The path inside was littered with bodies, both ghoul and human. The humans were all clad in investigator uniform, their gray trench coats covered in blood and lack of body armor, indicating a lack of preparation for a ghoul assault. The ghouls wore red cloaks and white masks, revealing them to be from the ghoul terrorist organization, "Aogiri Tree."

Slowly but surely, the cries of pain and crashing of kagune against quinque came to a close and an uncanny silence draped itself over the tower. As the fight stopped, Aogiri Tree could finally get what they came for.

In the largest office of the building, two ghouls riffled through the many folders of files that the CCG possessed. One of the ghouls was white haired and wore a black mask with a zipper. The zipper ran horizontally through the middle of two sets of painted teeth on the mask, to prevent the ghoul from feeding. The mouth-guard was open, revealing red-stained teeth where small rivulets of blood ran down the sides of his mouth before dripping onto the bloodied red sleeve in his lap. The second ghoul was black-haired and wore a black metallic mask that wrapped around his lower jaw and extended up to cover his mouth and nose.

The ghoul with white hair almost meticulously peered into each folder on his left before setting it down gently on his right. The methodical method seemed out of place, when compared to the chaotic frenzy of his partner. The black-haired ghoul snatched at random folders before inspecting them momentarily and flinging them behind him. Behind him a massive pile of paper was steadily growing with each tossed folder.

"Found anything yet?" asked the black-haired ghoul, as he looked up over the pile of folders in front of him.

"Nothing yet," replied the other lightly, not even bothering to glance up from his current folder before setting down and picking up another.

The black-haired ghouls eyebrows furrowed, and his eyes bored into the top of his companion's head. He seemed to be considering something, rolling an idea around in his brain before deciding if it was worth speaking or not.

"Eyepatch."

"Yes?" replied the now dubbed "Eyepatch" questioningly.

"Do you have any idea what this is all about?" asked the other ghoul gruffly, but with an air of curiosity. Eyepatch hesitated for a moment, pausing in his reading before responding.

"Only a little bit."

"Mind sharing it?"

There was another pause: it was longer than the previous one. Eyepatch placed three more folders to his right before responding.

"I don't know a lot, but I do know that this mission was ordered by Tatara and that Eto has no idea of its existence." He paused again, as though he had suddenly realized something important.

"Or at least she didn't know before we left on this mission. Whether or not she has knowledge of it now is impossible to figure out. She has a knack for ferreting out secrets," he added to his previous statement.

The black-haired ghoul's eyes narrowed, but he stayed silent.

"Tatara also mentioned that this mission is by far the most important one that Aogiri Tree has undertaken up until this point. He would have told you the same if you had been present when he gave the orders, Black Rabbit," Eyepatch continued.

"Probably" replied "Black Rabbit", resuming his chaotic searching and then responding with his eyes focused on the folder before him.

"I was asking more about the reason behind the mission, it doesn't make any sense," said Black Rabbit curiously, "What the hell does this Minaka Hiroto have to do with ghouls or the CCG."

"Unfortunately, I was not informed about any of that," returned Eyepatch tonelessly, flipping through yet another folder. "We just have to find this file on him and let Tatara explain it when we get back."

"Somehow I doubt that he will be explaining it to us," replied the other ghoul dryly.

"True," Eyepatch conceded the point.

"Besides that's even if we can find the folder in this mess," grumbled Black Rabbit, gesturing around him to the enormous stacks of paper. "Hell, if we can find this file before their reinforcements get here I'll eat my-"

"Found it"

There was a pause, and Black Rabbit's mouth shut with an audible popping sound.

"You sure?" he asked.

"Yes," responded the other ghoul, motioning towards the name present on the first paper in the folder. The name 'Minaka Hiroto' was printed in blocky black letters across the top of the page. Black Rabbit grunted affirmatively and tossed the papers in his lap off to the side.

"Get your ass in gear then, let's move."

Black Rabbit stood up, and strode out of the smashed doorway stepping over the numerous corpses in his path. Eyepatch stared after him unblinkingly before standing up himself and walking out the door holding the folder. He turned to the waiting Aogiri ghouls who stood guarding the door and jerked his head towards the office.

"Burn it all."

"Eto."

The sound of her name behind her broke the young leader of Aogiri Tree out of her reverie. Without turning her chair away from the large window, she answered.

"Yes, Tatara?"

"I have some information that you might find useful."

Eto hummed softly to herself before responding to him, "Is this about that mission that you sent Kaneki and Ayato on?"

"Yes," Tatara's reply was bland, lacking any sort of surprise at being found out. The reason was probably that he simply expected it.

"Evidently you were aware that hiding it from me was impossible, and you even planned on giving me the information anyway. So tell me Tatara..." Eto spun her chair around and stared him in the face. "Why the hell have nearly one fifth of our standing forces are lying dead on the CCG's doorstep?"

With her kakugen activated and her glaring eyes piercing his own pupils, she was a terrifying sight. A squealing sound emanated from the arms of her office chair as her fingers clenched and dug deep grooves into them. Tatara however did not flinch, he simply held out the file. Eto raised an eyebrow, snatched the file away and began to flip through it.

"This is the file of a human by the name of Minaka Hiroto: he is the founder of recently created 'Mid Bio Informatics' or MBI for short. Although this company was only created recently, its technology is beyond anything anyone has ever seen before. Despite officially being a pharmaceutical company its influence over nearly all fields is rapidly increasing."

Eto looked up sharply from the file, her gaze hard.

"And you believe that this MBI is going to spread its technology into the weapons market, giving the CCG a new advantage, and one that we not be able to counter."

"That's only part of it, the other reason is that there is evidence in that file that Mr. Hiroto has been involved in human experimentation." Eto blinked twice, before the importance behind that statement dawned on her.

"You believe he could be another Kanou?"

"Not just another Kanou, a better Kanou. Perhaps a Kanou who is not a constant security risk."

"Kanou's loyalties have always been in question."

"I have reason to believe he may be in contact with 'V'"

"... I understand, however to use a full fifth of our standing forces... you must have something better than a new doctor."

Tatara walked over to her, reached inside the folder and pulled out a map. Grabbing two corners he spread it out, and laid it out on a nearby table. Then he reached inside his own coat, pulling out another map, and placed it on the table in an identical fashion. He pointed to the same place on both maps, and glanced at Eto.

"...Tatara, why does one map have an island, while the other doesn't?" questioned Eto, placing the folder on the table as well. She was beginning to get excited, she could sense something big was coming; something big, something bloody, something violent.

"He removed it," replied Tatara tonelessly. "Somehow Minaka Hiroto discovered an island, named it, and then removed it from all electronic maps. Fortunately, some cartographer made a paper copy. The paper copy was then duplicated in turn, and now we have the location of this island that does not exist."

"So the question is..."

"What did Minaka Hiroto find on that island that gave him unrivaled technological power; the ability to create new cures for diseases, the capability to erase the island's existence from all forms of technology, and finally be able to repel an attack from a country as strong as Russia?"

"He repelled an attack from Russia?" choked out Eto, her mind began to race frantically. 'How in the hell could one man find enough technology on that island to repel a country as strong as Russia?'

"I reacted much the same way when I heard the rumours," replied Tatara. "Of course it was not all their power, that would have been far risky for them. However it was still a formidable force."

"That makes more sense, but even so that is incredibly impressive," mused Eto steepling her fingers and peering at the two maps. "How do you suggest Aogiri Tree proceeds?"

Tatara smiled, the fact that she had referred to Aogiri Tree meant that she has not only approved of his attack on the 10th ward's headquarters, but that she also deemed it worthy of future action. All in all, everything was working out perfectly.

"If you look in the file again, you will find a military letter. The letter reveals the plans for China and Japan to jointly attack this "Kamikura Island" and seize its contents. The spoils would be split equally between the two countries, however I worry that Japan would choose weaponry almost exclusively, if only to combat our kind. I propose that we take an elite team of ghouls, stow away on one of the warships, steal what knowledge we can, burn what we cannot, kidnap Hiroto, and hijack the fastest warship we can in order to return here."

Eto closed her eyes in contemplation, deeply considering their options.

"It's a good plan, it doesn't get us involved in the fighting directly due to the large forces of the two countries, however it does carry a massive amount of risk. The changes of getting caught would be too high with a large group, and a smaller group would be too easily defeated. In other words, we would need to commit a small number of our most powerful members to complete this mission." Eto stopped to make her sure her point had gotten across, "Should the operation fail, we would be at an incredible disadvantage to the CCG."

"Unfortunately, we would be at such a disadvantage anyway should Japan succeed in retrieving new weaponry."

"Damn." Eto leaned back in her chair, staring up at the ceiling. She rubbed her eyes with her open palms a couple of times before sitting up and staring Tatara directly in his eyes.

"Tatara, I need you to assemble the team we are taking to Kamikura Island."

"What? You and I will be going?" Tatara exclaimed. Eto cocked her head to the side, as a smile grew on her face.

"Of course. We might as well put all our cards on the table. We should take our five strongest; assemble Noro, Kaneki, and Ayato."

"Of course, Eto." Tatara inclined his head towards her, and then moved off to retrieve the members of this newly formed squad. Eto stared after him, watching him until he turned out of the doorway. She reached forward and picked the folder off the table. She opened it again and she could feel her smile becoming larger, darker; the smile that struck fear into her underlings and the CCG alike. Staring at Minaka Hiroto's face, she giggled lightly. A laugh that promised pain and suffering escaped her lips.

"Oh Minaka, we are going to have so much fun together."

AN: Why hello there, Ticken here and I just wanted to say a few things at the end of the very first fanfic chapter I've ever uploaded. The main reason that I wrote this was that I couldn't find any TG/Sekirei crossovers and I found that pretty sad. So I decided to try one myself. This is my first fic as I said above so I am open to criticism, although I prefer it if you gave me ideas of how to improve rather than mindlessly bashing my writing. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed enough to wait for my next chapter, which should be out fairly soon. Cya