EDIT: 9/3/2015

Author's Corner!

Yes, I love Tokyo Ghoul

My friend says he doesn't understand Kaneki's logic and ships him and Touka, and I was like "I can't ship anyone in anime, it defies my personal logic." He asks me "how so?" and I said "it's PERSONAL ;c"

Anyway, another friend also made a Kaneki eye mod for this character in Elsword, and it's superduper cool props to you mah frand. He won in a recolor contest, which by the way are very pretty. (Sorry, gamer stuff w ) WELL ENJOY ~

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Legend: ' ' are thoughts, " " are characters speaking, *bold* are actions done by characters, italics represent past events, memories, texts/etc, and emphasis, and bold italics time skips.

WARNING: May contain OOC, foul language, various point-of-view, and possible lemons!

Prologue : Her Past

"What should we do?"

There was talk going around the CCG. A group of the organization's top members were gathered in one room, watching a little girl train in the room before them (A/N: they're in the waiting room, basically, watching through a window).

"Who will take care of the girl? She is the only remaining one of the Shibuya family, our organization's top investigators. Someone has to take care of her."

"I agree. Her family, all slaughtered by the binge-eater on her 8th birthday. The poor girl..."

"Her parents claimed that she was still in-training...however, it doesn't seem like she needs it."

The group looked towards the girl, as she takes down more test dummies, each falling to the floor one by one. Her movements were swift, and her actions were accurate. All her targets' "heads" were cleanly sliced off, gathered in a pile on the other side of the room.

"Perhaps, they didn't want her to go out into the field. She is still young, after all..." Silence filled the room, the adults thinking hard about what they should do with the girl.

"In any case, someone needs to take care of her! She hasn't any other living family members, last we checked, they all died at the hands of ghouls."

"And we can't let her stay in the facility, no one would be here by the time we all go home."

Before anyone could say anything else, someone had walked into the practice area.

"A-Arima-san?!"

"Excuse me, miss."

He tried to gain her attention, but she kept at her training as if no one had come into the area.

'She has great concentration' the man thinks to himself.

It was a great feat to have as a field investigator. As he was still in thought, the girl had stopped to look at the man, her eyes void of any emotion. The man, sensing someone looking at him, turned to look back at the girl dead in the eyes.

"Hello," he greets her. The girl remained silent before giving him a soft "Hello" in return.

He walks closer to her, causing her to take one step back. He chuckled a bit at her reaction. "Do not worry, I'm not here to harm you. I'm here...to help you."

This caught the girl's attention. She lowers her quinque, reverting it back into the form of a bracelet.

"Hoh?" the man mutters, looking at the girl more closely, as if analyzing her. '...I see. A belt, bracelet, necklace and rings. Those must be her quinque' he inquires.

It wasn't something you'd see a field investigator have or use. Usually, their quinque would hide in the form of a suitcase.

But the Shibuya family was different.

They liked to have their quinque take the form of something that could be worn. Something...unique. It was a fad within the family.

'The belt I have not seen... the rest, though, belong to her parents and brother. Yaksha, the bracelet of her mother. Sakra, the necklace of her father. Raja, the rings of her brother.'

"...Do you...need something, Arima-san?" she asks quietly.

He turned his attention back to the girl. "Ah, so you know of me."

"...Yes. My father often talked about his work partner," she explains. "I see..."

They got quiet for a few moments, until Arima suggested something that surprised her and the group of people in the waiting room.

"Mami, how would you like to live with me?"

Her eyes widened at the man.

This was the start of a new beginning for Shibuya Mami.

Six Years Later

Mami stood on stage, receiving her award as valedictorian.

"Shibuya-san is amazing, isn't she?"

"Top of our class! Way to go, Shibuya!"

Her class cheered for her as she accepted her award, turning to face her peers. To the sides of the auditorium, Arima and a few other investigators were watching the ceremony.

"She really is something. Graduating with the 68th Class at that age as the valedictorian, you've taught her well, Arima."

"Yes, she is quite young- the youngest in her class, actually."

"I heard the boys made quite a fuss during Valentine's! Were there shit tons of chocolate at your apartment?"

"Ssh! Cut it out, she's about to give her speech."

Mami stood at the podium, awards in her arms as she gave her speech.

"Students, teachers, friends and family, members of the CCG. I, Shibuya Mami, humbly accept this award as Valedictorian of the 68th Graduating Class. I was not expecting to stand at the top of my class...in fact, I had expected Kiriya-san to be our valedictorian-" "It's Kiriya-kun to you!"

This caused an eruption of laughs within the auditorium.

"Ah, yes. Kiriya-kun. You're a great student as well as a great fighter. I was quite surprised when he turned out to be our class salutatorian. Anyway... The past few years at the academy were truly great ones. I've made amazing friends and rivals, as well as learnt many valuable things. We, proud students of the academy, will honor the name we represent and fight for the sake of humanity. For our sole purpose and goal...

...is to take down the ghouls who disguise themselves as humans."

The students roared in cheers.

"Yeah! Take down those damned ghouls!" "Go slaughter them all!"

"Well, aren't they enthusiastic," one of the investigators commented.

Mami made a gesture for the students to settle down.

She continued, "Although we may not be in the same division, think the same or have the same goals...remember. We grew up here. Together. Despite our various differences, we've come to understand one another, fighting alongside each other as we trained each and every day. Now, we stand before you as graduates of this academy, leaving behind our class' legacy to the students who remain here. Even if our goals were to change over time, we all stand for the same cause. Thank you."

Once more, cheers spread throughout the auditorium.

"Mami is quite popular, don't you think?"

"Hope this doesn't cause a problem at work."

"I doubt she'll be working with any of her classmates. After all, she is a Special Class investigator, even though we were told to say she is a First Class."

Arima, who had been quiet the entire time, decided to speak up. "Yes, because Mami is no ordinary girl."

Mami is a very special girl. Those at the CCG considered her to be on the same level as her guardian, Kishou Arima. They all had very high expectations of her.

Little did they know that..those expectations would drive her into a corner.

"You wish to move to the 20th ward?" Arima asks her. The rest of the members looked towards the young lady who stood by the door. "State your reason."

Mami, now seventeen years old, says, "I was...thinking of taking that vacation."

"Ah, you mean the one the director gave you for your birthday last year. You've decided to take it now?"

"But, that vacation lasts a whole two years! In that time, you could be needed back here in the CCG!" one yells at her.

"You can always call for me to work, however, if the job is not worth my time, then I will not come back," she says, intimidating the man who had yelled at her.

"Now, now. Mami, are you sure that you want to stay at the 20th ward?" Arima asks her. "Yes." He contemplates on it for a few seconds.

"...Alright, I will go tell the director."

Her eyes sparkled as she bowed to her caretaker. "Thank you, Kishou-san." The man simply smiled at her.

"Now, go home and pack your things. I'll get your arrangements done as well," he tells her. "Oh, that's alright. A friend from the academy lived in the 20th ward before moving here. They offered to let me stay at their apartment if you allowed me to go on vacation there," she informs him. "Is that so? Best be on your way then."

Bowing to the rest of the members, she quickly leaves the room, running down the hall at light speed.

"Arima-san, are you sure about this?"

"I agree. She is one of our top investigators. No matter how safe the 20th ward may be, I suggest we have someone go with her-"

"That is not necessary."

"However-" "Like you said, she is one of our top investigators. She can handle herself just fine. Besides...I think there is a deeper meaning to why she wants to take her vacation now."

Just as Arima said, there was deeper meaning to her wanting to leave for the 20th ward.

Mami no longer had the will to fight. She was tired of the blood. Tired of seeing death, humans and ghouls alike. She was starting to feel sympathy towards the ghouls, as they were all depicted as killers by the CCG. But, she knew better than that.

On one of her various missions in the 20th ward, she had stumbled upon a cafe called Anteiku. It was run by a man known as Yoshimura.

But Miho knew that he was no ordinary man- no...ordinary human.

He was a ghoul, so were the other workers at Anteiku. She confronted with them, just as they had confronted her. Luckily, no harm was done. In fact, she had found them to be quite friendly. Despite everything she's learned about ghouls since she was born, they were different. They were the exact opposite of what she was told about them.

They didn't kill humans.

They didn't harm humans.

They lived...peacefully among the humans.

Their cafe served both ghouls and humans. It was as if there was absolutely nothing wrong with the world in the 20th ward.

This was what Mami was yearning for.

Absolute peace between the humans and ghouls.

This was the reason why she wanted to stay at the 20th ward for her two-year vacation. She wanted a break from the fighting. The killing. The bloodshed. She wanted a break from her life as a CCG Investigator, the S+ Rated Ghoul-Hunter. Though it was more like...

...she wanted a new life.

Are you going to kill, too?

That's the prologue. The first few chapters will be about her "new life" aka vacation in the 20th ward before the events with Kaneki come into play.

R&R? Tell me what you think! Contribute your ideas ~ I'll take 'em all! Well?

Are ghouls the ones at fault? Or are the humans to blame?

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