Why is it that the beautiful things are entwined more deeply with death than with life?- Kaneki Ken

Pale hands played with dark locks, a soft smile forming on the woman's features as her child sat calmly in her lap. Being only one year old a normal parent would be worried about how unusual her son acted, but she wasn't. The normal growing up rules and such only applied to human children, ones of her kind had a decidedly different appetite and with that it wasn't too odd if her son's personality was a little odd.

Ghouls were different than humans after all.

"Yuu-kun."

Slowly her son looked up, his unusual eyes similar to her past husbands staring up at her solemnly.

"Are you hungry?"

Yuuto looked to the side and a pinched expression crossed over his face, one that would always come with any mention of food. Now that was unusual since there should be no reason why her son would be disgusted at the thought of eating human flesh. Eating human came naturally to her kind much like how humans ate their awful tasting cakes and pizza.

Brushing her growing worry aside Rin got up from the couch with her child in her arms, her footsteps silent as she crossed the room and headed into the kitchen. Yuuto was a small child for his age, which meant she had to watch him more closely then normal mothers. Being so young Yuuto's control was nonexistent, it wouldn't do for him to eat their neighbors after she spent so much time making sure no one would expect them to be Ghouls.

Rin hummed to herself as she opened the refrigerator, inside there was Milk and other human items that others would expect, but hidden in a brown bag was what she was looking for. She took the package out and walked to the kitchen table, her son silent as usual when she put him in his booster seat and started to open the food.

"I'm sure you'll love this," She commented as she peeled away the brown wrapping. "Mommy got it just for you."

The delicious smell of blood wafted into her nose, making the beast within her purr. Her eyes burned slightly as they started to change but she wasn't the least bit worried and merely picked up a piece of flesh. She could sense the warmth that came off of it that hinted it was a fresh kill, the woman had been terrified as she was hunted down and Rin had delighted in it. After her husband died leaving her to raise their son by herself she didn't have as much free time as usual so times like that was more fun then usual.

"Here you go darling," She moved the flesh closer to her son. "Eat up."

Yuuto stared at the meat, no emotion visible on his face as one of his small hands reached toward the food. Rin smiled happily and cooed at him in praise. At first her son had refused to consume anything she handed him, that had terrified her to the extent she was ready to go to a human doctor to try and see what was wrong with him. Then the next week he was suddenly accepting what he was given, as if he had come to a decision.

Whatever the reason was, she was just glad to have her son with her.

Rin reached over and ruffled his hair. "Mommy is so proud of her big boy."

Her inner beast growled protectively as she smiled at her little boy. Yuuto would survive, not even the Doves would be able to touch him not when they already took her husband away from her.

After all, how often do we get a second chance? -Jay Asher

There was never a time when he doubted his humanity, there hadn't been any reason too.

Now though, he could barely remember what it was like to eat a piece of bread the taste of human flesh was so ingrained in his mind. Delicious flesh that made taste buds sing and body feel like it was electrified. Somewhere along the line of dying, being reborn and then coming back to life he had a gained a liking to cannibalism. He had never even thought about it in the past, but now it wasn't something he could just stop. If he wanted to survive he had to eat, and eating meant he had to consume human flesh.

It was wrong, each time Rin said 'food' something in him would cringe and curl up. The very thing he was eating had been on a living being, a human. Even being a carnivore the thought freaked him out. Whoever was being chewed up in his mouth could have a family, someone who cared about them.

Did he have a choice? Perhaps. That is if he wanted to starve to death.

Yuuto was selfish though, to live people were dying to satisfy his appetite. Even though he knew that he didn't stop, he wanted to live.

To do that he'd have to accept the part of him the human part rebelled against. The fact was that he wasn't human anymore, not really. The past him was a mere thought in his head, one that supplied memories and helped him learn things quicker. The present him was a human-eating Ghoul who went against everything he thought he knew.

It hadn't taken very long to realize where he was, not when his mother's eyes turned an eerie red and black.

Tokyo Ghoul.

The one anime that nearly tied with Shingeki no Kojin when it came to danger. This world was ruled by Ghouls, monsters hidden in human flesh that preyed on the people like a wolf would to cattle. He had enjoyed watching the first season of the Anime and never got to reading the Managa, now he regretted it.

He knew nothing and he was coming into this world as a Ghoul of all things.

This 'second chance' wasn't a gift, it was a game to whatever higher power decided to put him there. He was used to peace, any danger was dealt with by the nearest authority. Here though, he was the danger. No one would try to help him unless it was a soft-hearted Ghoul or an unsuspecting human. He knew that there were Ghouls that blended in with the humans, ones who acted and lived just like they weren't wanting to tear everyone to pieces. But in reality they were still plagued by worried and fears, the Doves being the ones who terrified those of his kind the most.

In his past life Yuuto hadn't been good at much besides martial arts and reading. He supposed at least one of those talents would serve him in the world he was put into.

Beisdes his current situation his life was relatively normal, if one ignored the fact that his mother served him human flesh for meals. Rin was a quiet person and at first glance one would call her a gentle woman, but if you actually took the time to look into her eyes that opinion would be nonexistent. There was a gleam within her dark gaze, one that spoke of a cornered animal ready to strike at any time. It may have been because they lived in an apartment surrounded with humans, or something to do with the lack of his father, but Yuuto could tell Rin was constantly on edge.

He was more afraid for the humans then he was for himself.

"What are you doing Yuu-kun?"

He looked up from the toy car he'd been mindlessly playing with and spotted his mother a few feet away. "Playing."

She smiled and walked over to him in long, graceful stride. "Oh? Are you having fun?"

Yuuto nodded though it was the exact opposite. Who would be entertained by simply rolling a car back and forth? If he had been older he'd try to pull off reading to pass the time, but being only one meant there was very little he could do. He tried to act like a normal child but after crying for no reason once or twice he just decided to make himself seem more mature then a normal baby. It would make Rin realize he was more intelligent then most children his age and hopefully make her not coddle him too much.

Rin crouched down and patted him on the head, unconsciously combing through his hair with her fingers. "How would you like to meet another child your age?"

Yuuto blinked up at her and raised his arms up in agreement, curiosity sparking. Rin hadn't brought anyone over to their house yet, which was probably good since he wasn't too sure he'd be able to control himself around a human quite yet. The smell of the flesh she gave him was enough to activate his eyes which would be a dead giveaway if it happened in public. Even being as young as he was the Doves wouldn't falter when it came to killing him. They all thought his kind as mindless monsters and mostly they were right. But just as they were right there were a few Ghouls, like the ones that lived in the 20th ward, who didn't live just to consume humans. There were some who even had children and actually felt love.

Not that the Doves understood that Ghouls could feel something as pure as love.

When they started to head into the living room the smell of lilies started to waft into his nose, it was obviously a young girl and for a moment he was terrified that his mother brought their dinner home alive. His mother turned the corner and a woman with long purple hair and brown eyes came into view, she was absolutely breath taking the way one would think a siren was. Beautiful but deadly. It was obvious that she wasn't human, her scent was stained with the fresh smell of blood that nearly made his eyes itch.

The woman turned up when they came in, a smile forming on her flawless face. "This must be Yuuto."

Rin allowed the woman to grab him from her arms without a sound, making him think that the woman was a relative of some sort. He stared up at her, realizing that her face and hair looked familiar though it was her eyes that messed up his train of thought. In his mind he imagined another color, red? No. Maybe a shade of purple?

"It's very nice to meet my nephew, I've been very eager to meet you. My name is Ayaka. "

So she was a relative, his aunt in fact.

Yuuto looked at her silently, realizing that the smell of blood on her was stronger then his mother had. Ayaka was obviously very eager to eat human flesh, much more then his mother it seemed.

Ayaka laughed when he didn't answer. "You seem to have received my brother's brooding personality as well as his eyes."

"Momma, I wanna meet him too!"

Yuuto glance downward, eyes widening when he saw a small girl around his age peering up at them with purple eyes and matching hair. She was pretty like her mother, and seemed to be the one with the scent of lilies. Something about her caught his attention though...

"Very well," He was gently set down and placed in front of the small girl.

A beaming smile was sent his direction. "Hello! What's your name?"

"Yuuto."

She giggled and bowed politely. "Nice to meet you, my name is Rize!"

Oh.

oh.

Distantly he could remember bowing back, but his mind was suddenly in chaos when the dots finally connected.

Rize.

He was related to Rize Kamishiro the Binge Eater.

AN: Sorry the chapter is so short, it's just an introductory one. The next chapter shall be longer. ^^ I hope everyone enjoyed the story so far.

Yuuto- Gentle person.