I recently got into TG, and this has been building itself in my head the whole time, but I waited until I got mostly through season 2 to write it. I haven't read the manga, but I think I have a pretty good grasp on it, though that doesn't matter as I'm starting where I'm thinking season 2 is going to end. Kaneki returns to the Anteiku crew; everyone confirmed to be dead in the anime is dead, if not they're not; Ayato is part of Anteiku.

Disclaimer: I do not own Tokyo Ghoul or Tokyo Ghoul Root A (I don't have a ratical on my keyboard).

Kaneki's POV

It had been almost a month since the CCG had attacked Anteiku. Everyone had relocated to the 12th Ward in order to avoid suspicion until we could escape Tokyo. Ayato had sided with us for reasons he refused to share, though I had a feeling he wanted to make amends with Touka.

Today, however, Uta had some good news. "Everyone," he called as he entered our rented apartment and whipped off his shades, revealing his Kakugan. "I found a way we can escape."

Hinami jumped up in excitement. "Really? How?"

He held up a bunch of plane tickets. "I wasn't able to find a safe way to escape while remaining in Japan, so I got us some tickets to America." Everyone was silent. "Has anyone... been to America?" Everyone shook their heads. "Well, that just means no one will recognize us. Just keep your hunting to a minimum; there aren't as many Ghouls overseas as there are in Japan. We don't want to attract attention."

Ayato grunted. "Then what do we eat?"

Uta shrugged. "Suicide victims? Homeless people? Just make sure nobody'll miss'em or nobody'll be surprised they're gone, and that you don't leave anything pointing toward Ghouls; or more specifically, us."

Itori clapped her hands."Oh, I've always wanted to travel! When's our flight?"

He checked the tickets. "Tomorrow afternoon. We should start packing." Hinami and Itori immediately raced up to their rooms, extatic to be going on a "vacation." He looked around at the rest of us. "Why are you all still here?"

I crossed my arms and sighed. "I had a reason, but I can't remember it for the life of me." I walked up to my room, soon followed by the others. To their rooms, not mine.

I was almost done packing when there was a knock on my door. I answered it and found Touka standing there. "Come on in," I invited, wondering why she was here; she almost never visited my room.

She sat down on my worn red bean-bag; old fashioned, but comfortable. "How long do you think we'll be in America?" she asked.

I considered this. "I don't really know, but we will have to come back to beat Aogiri."

She leaned forward. "Do we? We could just let Aogiri take Japan, then America or Russia could blow it off the globe. Aogiri would be gone, and we'd be free to live out normal lives."

I shook my head. "Tokyo is our home. We can't just abandon it. We're only leaving to fall off the radar for a sneak attack." She kept her gaze on the floor. "Even so, Hinami and Itori are right; this is kind of like a vacation. We should enjoy ourselves while we're there. We really need it, don't we, Touka?" I smiled, hoping that would cheer her up.

She looked up slightly. "Enjoy ourselves..." She made direct eye contact. "Kaneki, I have something to tell you once we're there." She stood. "Something I've wanted to tell you for a while." She walked to the door. "You may have to remind me, though." With that, she was gone.

"That was... odd." I finished packing and looked at the clock. "May as well get to bed early. I hear airport lines are a bitch."

The next morning, we were all litterally sprinting through the airport. "Damn it, Yomo! you were supposed to wake us up at six! Why did you wait till ten?!"

Yomo grunted. "I told you I was staying out late. I thought we gave the job to Touka?"

Touka glared at him. "Don't you pin this on-" We skidded to a stop as we arrived at our flight. Yoshimura was already there.

"You wouldn't wake up," he pointed out, "so I went on ahead."

Ayato clenched his teeth until they cracked. "What the hell, old man? You could have left a note!"

The manager put a hand on his chin. "I thought I was forgetting something."

Before we got on board, Uta gave us one final set of warnings. "If you're going to eat," he quietly reminded everyone, "take it to the bathroom. Don't let anyone see your Kakugan and don't eat anyone." The last warning seemed to be directed at Ayato and I, being ex-Aogiri members. He started to walk to the terminal, then stopped. "Oh, right. Almost forgot." He held up his ticket. "I wasn't able to get us all tickets for the same flight. Check which one you're on and we'll meet up in New York. That's where we're going, by the way."

I checked my ticket. "Well, this isn't my flight. I'll see you guys there."

Hinami checked my ticket, then hers. "Yay! I'm with Kaneki!"

Touka checked hers. "Anyone in Terminal 12?" Yomo raised his ticket.

Ayato checked his next. "8?" No one said anything. "Seriously?" Everyone else followed Uta.

Yomo nudged Ayato and held out his ticket. "I don't think it's a very good idea to leave you alone with a plane full of humans." Ayato took it and followed his sister to their flight. Me and Hinami arrived at ours just in time and got our seats. "Oh, I've never been on a plane!" she said excitedly. "Have you?" I shook my head. "I can't wait to see America! How different do you think it'll be?"

I shrugged. "I read a little about it, but there's really no way of knowing unil we get there." I looked out the window, wondering what awaited us.

?'s POV

I sat in History class, half asleep, as Professor Johnson droned on about the American Revolution, when someone knocked on the door. The professor opened it and Ms. Lee, the principal, walked in with a cute brunette with a ponytail. My nose immediatly picked up the scent of another Ghoul. Her nose twitched as well, and she looked at me. I winked with me left eye and showed my right Kakugan. Luckly no one but her noticed.

Professor Johnson finished talking with Ms. Lee and turned to us. "Sorry for the interruption, but we have a new student starting rather late. Meet Kate Parker." She waved nervously. He pointed to me. "There's a seat open by Alex, the boy with the obnoxious black and blue hair." I pinched a clump and lifted it.

She came over and sat down. She made sure no one could hear before whispering, "I didn't expect another Ghoul to be here."

I shrugged. "This school's got a few. The janitor's a Ghoul, too." She was surprised. "So, how about I show you around the campus later?"

She smiled. "Thanks."

Once she turned back toward the front, I licked my lips. No, thank you.