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Prologue: The Voice of Reason
Kaneki felt the kagune finally receding back in his back as he noticed the twitching form of the previously threatening Nishiki now hanging away from Hide.
He had done it!
Hide was safe and he had not died in the process.
Still.. he was hungry...
So much hungry after the strenous act of bringing the vivid red tentacles to obliterate the menace that had been Nishiki Nishio.
His lone kakugan stared silently at the unconscious form of the blonde and a traitorous part of his soul echoed the memories of the exquisite texture and taste of flesh, the one Touka had shoved in his mouth just a day earlier.
Drool started to form copiously in his mouth and he was barely able to keep it all in inside, soon starting to fall from his hungry entrance.
He wanted to eat!- BUT N-NOT HIDE!
I don't want to eat- but you need it!
The allucination of the plum-haired woman that had led to this predicament started to describe with elegant and graphic words the bliss behind the nourishment, the need to consume and fill the pained belly.
His resolve started to fade so quickly as his weakened body craved and demanded sustainment.
"I-I don't want to b-but-"
You are truly a moron, Kaneki Ken.
His hunger halted its dangerous hold on his confused mind in that brief moment and, as the teen mused over this new voice but- *WACK* -His head was struck harshly, putting him out of the conscious world.
Once you wake up, we will have a serious discussion. Seriously, what a-
With that remainder, Kaneki stared one last time at Hide's soft face as he drifted in the shadows, a familiar figure hovering above him.
I met several individuals that could classify in the top ten stupidest people in the world, then I got stuck in there, in you of all people, and have to face some the 'happy trail' that is going to be your life.
What? Was this insanity? Was being a monster-
Please, don't waste my time with your crappy thoughts that would led some of the most optimistics dude to suicide. We need to talk.
It felt imperative and his eyes blinked to the grey ceiling of the unfamiliar office.
Where- Anteiku, that nice coffee bar where your boyfriend got your date with crazy girl with hunger issue.
He blushed at the indirect accusation, Hide was just his best friend- Which you wouldn't live without and you would rather die than see him hurting. Good job with that, ignoring is completely going to make him lest prone to danger.
He is safe if I don't- *Growl*
Kaneki blinked at the furious sound coming from his mind.
Let's put this in terms you might understand: if you ignore someone as overly-friendly as Hide is, do you honestly think he will just drop you off and accept it?
He-He wouldn't but- That was when a cold thought creeped in his head. What if.. Hide endangered himself to find out what happened to him.
Indeed, what would happen? Maybe harm that we can't actually avoid?
I-I will not-
"Oh, I see you are awake." The dark-haired student looked as the manager of the coffee shop finished closing the door behind him.
It's his office, he is actually trustworthy.
B-But he is a- Inconsequential. Also, he is a special case... your plea might hit his soft spot quite easily.
Why? Indeed, why would a Ghoul pity him for having been turned in a one-eyed one?
Because! Actually quick question, do you want to have an easy life and have Hide the safest possible or do you want to try a standard route that might see you tortured or worse?
The foreboding dread in that tone was... concerning. But.. that he didn't seem to be that wrong so-
Fine.
Good! Then, listen up to what I want this conversation to turn out okay?
Kaneki blinked, partly silencing the voice to a whisper. It was a weird sensation, an involuntary one that felt oddly right.
"Wh-Where?"
"My office." The old man replied kindly, understanding the confusion painted in the youth's visage. "You are at Anteiku right now. Among good people."
Hard to believe but.. he needed to avoid compromising his current standing.
"I-Is that so? W-What happened to my friend?" As per the voice's cue I felt my eye flash as to show desperation and willingness to fight in a possible ambush.
Yoshimura nodded blankly and pointed at the bundle covered by sheets. He could see the blonde tips that had the same texture of Hide's hair.
He is fine, he has been treated properly.
That was... relieving.
And now.. time to reveal our cards!
...WHAT!? I thought you said you- I said we would have an easier life, plus Hide would be fine.
How does saying that I have a 'voice in my head' help me- Trust me, I got enough evidence to me being the real deal.
Tell him.
He gulped down at that order and was tempted to refuse and.. why he should listen to him.
Do it!
"I-" The man paused from checking through his paperwork to turn to him. "I think I have to say something important."
The manager frowned but nodded out of curiousity at those words.
"I have someone.. stuck in my head and.. he says he can tell 5 or more things I couldn't know even if I wanted or had the chances to prove it's real."
There! He looks like he had discovered he was dealing with a mad man.
You kind of are, with all those repressed memories about your mother- Don't got there! I mean- please.. don't.
He didn't press the matter but returned on the main issue.
First evidence: "Y-You worked for an organisation. V? Just a letter-" Yoshimura raised his brows in surprise at that bit of information.
"An outdated piece, you should find some more-"
"Your wife was an human." That... that got him. Kaneki actually was surprised by the novelty.
A ghoul and.. an human? How does it even work?
Well, when a ghoul daddy and an human mommy love each other so much they go to bed and-
I DIDN'T MEAN- *sigh* I didn't mean 'that'. I meant, how does the pregnancy continues, shouldn't the baby need- Flesh? *Nod* Yes, it would needs the mother eating human flesh. And that is true motherly love in my opinion.
W-What?
Yoshimura's wife was put on a choice: get rid of the child before it could develop fully or go through hardships. Guess what she did choose?
To let it- her- her(?) live.
But let's continue with the punchline!
"H-Her name was.. Ukina. And..." How should he say that. Sure he could stomach some sickening bits from Takatsuki-san's books but.. this was going beyond anything he could brave about.
If only you could taste the irony in those little snippets of yours. Let's just say I cannot explain now as it might screw you having too much information.
"And I gave our child away."
Oh, I think I found something good!
Uh?
He didn't blink, yet his eyes closed and opened and he wasn't staring at his hands...
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
Sparing us some difficult and awkwards situation. Now, let me do my job and hold on tight. I will be more than happy to save ours arses and then I will return your body.
I closed the protest from Kaneki as I smiled sadly at the old man.
"You didn't gave her away because you wanted. It was needed to protect her."
His eyes widened and my smile flared. "This is the voice and.. I will be temporarly hijacking Kenny's body for a while." I coughed on my hand. "Anyway, there is much that.. isn't known about Eto and V. Things that... might help in the future."
He blinked in surprise but nodded as I calmly started to state any important facts.
"Eto is the OEO, the Killing one, but I think you know that. She is one of the two regents in the Aogiri Tree."
"Regents?" I merely nodded at that question, having just used a term that seem so odd for an organisation like the one I just mentioned.
"The One-Eyed King... it exists but isn't ruling Aogiri. There is Eto and someone else merely warming the seat before it will come to get the throne."
"A figure to rally ghouls... it exist. But.. isn't here?"
"It's a difficult situation if I had to be honest. I would say that it hasn't to be truly an one-eyed ghoul to become king. It is someone who can see how the world is and can create a new one."
"Interesting indeed... I guess you would still wish to work here.. and maybe train too."
"Training is necessary as the time before they starts to get interested in Rize's disappearance and Kenny needs to be capable of keep up with.. him at least."
"A difficult objective." Then he smiled. "I think I can make it work."
"Good and... time for me to be back in his head. Let him have some silence to recover from the shellshocks and you might as well start getting him working."
I blinked and I felt in the darkest place in the world... again.
What a difficult, atrociousworld I have to deal with!
AN
This is an attempt to not screw up in this category. I hope I didn't!