Hey, I know it's been a long time since I submitted anything, but hey, I finally found enough motivation to write something work while. Anyway, I hope you like it. I'm not one to babble on for eons in Authors Notes so let me shut up so you can enjoy.
Investigator First Class Sasaki Haise ran as fast as his legs could carry him. He and Rank Three Investigator Ginshi Shirazu had arrived at the scene in the 5th ward to investigate an anomaly that caused several power outages around the area. They had tracked the power surge to a old warehouse where they had encountered a hooded person. Now they were chasing said person.
"Shirazu flank left!" Sasaki yelled at the young Quinx investigator. Ginshi did so running up the wall a ways before flipping mid air and letting off a series of projectiles from his kagune. The hooded person leapt performing a inhuman series of evasive maneuvers avoiding ever missile. Sasaki put on a burst of speed and brought up his quinque, Yukimura, to strike at the hooded person. But they matched his maneuver and ducked down a side alley forcing sasaki to alter his course.
The two investigators ran down the side path, but as they rounded a corner the two stopped. Lying there was the same cloaked person, his leg at an odd angle. Shirazu slammed his fist against the building in frustration.
"How could someone kill him that fast without making a sound?" He ask.
"We need to report this," Sasaki said. Pulling out his phone, he dialed Akira's number.
"Sasaki, what do you have to report?" Akira's voice came through loud and clear.
"We investigated the scene and encountered someone wearing a hooded cloak. We Pursued him down the back streets before losing sight of him briefly," Sasaki stated. He could hear Akira sigh on the other end.
"What is his condition now?" She ask.
"As of now, the suspect is deceased. It doesn't look like he was a ghoul," Haise informed his superior.
"Understood, see if you can ID the body,"
Sasaki nodded to Shirazu. The Quinx's eyes widened as he pulled down the hood. It was just a kid. He guessed about twelve. That begged the question, exactly what was this kid doing all the way out here? Shirazu hadn't expected to get his answer so soon. The twelve year old's hand shot up and grabbed his throat. He's alive?! Shirazu didn't even have time to scream as he was tossed aside to hit head first against the wall.
"GINSHI!" Sasaki screamed as he charged forward, raising Yukimura over his head to swing at the child. "You will pay for hurting my squad!" Sasaki vaguely felt his kagunan activate as he brought the sword down with his full ghoul strength. Then… It just stopped. Sasaki couldn't believe it. The child had caught the quinque between his hands.
"I'd love to humor you with a fight, but I have business to attend to," With that the child diverted Haise's strike embedding Yukimura in the ground as he stood, putting his hood back up. "Also, I'd recommend getting your subordinate medical attention," Haise looked over at Shirazu to see the blond haired quinx was slumped against the building, out cold. When he looked back the child was gone.
On a rooftop two blocks from the alley a small figure sat, deep in thought. The people in grey suits had been a surprise but he had expected nothing less than that from such a chaotic world. His name was Victor, and he was a dimension hopper.
"Okay, let's see, this world's version of tokyo is divided into wards, and I need to be in the fifth ward," A quick check of the street signs clarified that he had calculated correctly and ended up where he wanted to be. "Then I need to make my way to a cafe called :Re where a person named Touka Kirishima works. She knows how to contact someone called Hinami Fueguchi. And this Fueguchi can get me to someone called Eto, and from then on it's a simple matter of extermination…
"The SS rated 'Zombie', he stopped a full on attack from Sassan!" Ginshi declared in outrage, "Without even using a kagune!? What the hell is this bastard?" Second Class Kuki Urie scoffed at the squad leader.
"If you hadden't been so useless maybe First Class Sasaki wouldn't have had to fight that guy by himself, Shirazu," He said, glaring.
"Umm, why is he called zombie?" Ask Third Class Tooru Mutsuki, who was shifting his legs uncomfortably.
"Because, it's the only solid lead we've got to go on. When he was playing dead I checked for his pulse and he didn't have one," Shirazu explained. "And the smell…" The squad leader shivered.
"What did he smell like?" Ask Third Class Saiko Yonebayashi. Shirazu tensed.
"He smelled like- Like decay. Like a corpse! L-like someone who'd been dead for a long time," The blond quinex's shoulders relaxed. "This case is fucked up on so many levels, it's not even funny," He said.
"So let me see if I've got the straight," Urie said, "A ghoul, estimated to be around twelve years old, who has so pulse and can halt an attack from a first class investigator with his bare hands?" Urie dragged his hand over his face, "This is gonna be a difficult case," And a good chance for a promotion, Urie thought to himself.
"What the hell would a kid like you want with Aogiri?" Ask the person standing in front of Victor. "You're not even a ghoul!" The man's eye's had become something reminiscent of the demon's Victor had come to know in one the other dimensions he had visited. The Iris of the eye had turned red and the sclera had turned black. To top off his miserable little display he had grown a tail made of some kind of membrane.
"So, you are a ghoul?" Victor ask calmly.
"That's right, and this is my hunting ground, and those who know what's good for them stay away. I've already eaten for tonight, so I guess I'll just kill you," The man's tail lashed out at Victor but hit nothing but air. "Huh? How-" Before he could finish he found himself on the ground with Victor sitting on his chest, one hand around his Tail, the other around his neck.
"So, I have to be a ghoul in order to have business with Eto and her 'Aogiri'? Well that doesn't seem too hard. Now that I've got a chance to examine you a little, it seems you have a type of cell I've never seen before. What is it called?" When the ghoul didn't respond Victor added pressure to his neck.
"It's called a- ghunhh- red… child cell, ghouls… have a lot of them…" The ghoul replied, in between choked off breaths.
"Excellent, and how does this tail work?"
"It's called a Kagune, it's the predatory organ of ghouls, it is made of red child cells," The ghoul explained.
"If ghouls in this world are the predators, then who is the prey?" Victor ask his final question.
"Ghouls, must feed off of humans in order to survive…" The ghoul trailed off as Victor stood and released him. "But, uhh, what was the point of me telling you this?" Victor smiled grimly.
"If I must be a ghoul to have business with Eto, then I will be a ghoul," With the snap of his fingers Victor's sclera began to darken and his eye's became kagunan. and from the bottom of his spine erupted a black fire like kagune that reminded Victor of something he saw on an anime once. "I think I'm starting to like this world." He said, his smirk taking on a more wicked gleam.
I'm hoping I can get another chapter out within the next two weeks, probably when I have free time, like on a Sunday or Saturday. Until then peace out. ^-^