Disclaimer: I do not own Hannibal or Tokyo Ghoul.

A/N: I have not read too far into Tokyo Ghoul so I may mess up a detail or two, but I really wanted to write this. If I do find out I messed something up, just let me know. I am learning. Thank you, I hope you all enjoy!

Chapter 1

Kaneki poured a customer a new cup of coffee and walked through the café, cleaning tables and collecting his tips. He walked to the kitchen and starting washing the dishes.

Yoshimura walked in and watched Kaneki work.

Kaneki finished up his chore and cleaned up his station, "Did you want to speak to me sir?"

Yoshimura smiled. "Kaneki, what are your plans for winter break?"

"Well, I am going to work here, read some books, and get ready for my next school term."

"I am going to have to change your plans."

Kaneki was confused.

"I am sending you to America for two weeks."

"Why?"

Yoshimura pulled up a chair and pat another one beside him.

Kaneki sat in the chair.

"I am sending you to live with a psychologist for two weeks. His name is Dr. Hannibal Lector."

"I don't understand. Why are you sending me to America to see a psychologist, there are plenty of them here in Japan. And, why do I need to see a psychologist anyway?"

"He is no ordinary psychologist."

"What do you mean?"

"He is a ghoul."

Kaneki's eyes widened.

"I have talked to him already over the phone. We believe he can fix your eating problem."

"I don't have a problem and I don't want to go." Kaneki said, getting up.

"Kaneki, please, I understand that you don't want to go. We are just trying to help."

Kaneki looked down at his feet.

"Its two weeks, consider it a free vacation, besides Dr. Lector is a very nice man."

"Okay. I will go." Kaneki agreed.

"It is official then. I will pick you up from your apartment tomorrow morning at 6. I expect your bags to be packed and ready to go."

"Yes sir."

"Good. Now table 7 ordered a vanilla cappuccino." Yoshimura informed him before walking out.

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Kaneki walked home from work, it was late, around 10. He could see his breath under the lamp lights in the dark. If he was still human, he would have been nervous, but not anymore. He was a ghoul now, no longer the prey.

He picked up his mail before walking into his apartment and turning the lights on. He turned the heater on and took a quick shower. After getting out of the shower, he started brewing some coffee as he began to pack. He opened a suitcase and stuffed as much as he possibly could into it. The coffee machine beeped to alert the coffee was finished. He poured a cup and dropped a brown sugar cube into it. He stirred his coffee and sat on his couch. He read a few chapters of a book he had been working on as he drank. When he finished drinking his coffee, he washed his cup and continued packing.

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Kaneki hoped that this whole, 'Going to America' thing was just a joke, but it quickly became a reality when Yoshimura knocked on his apartment door at 4:30 in the morning. Kaneki's black hair was wild and he was still in his pajamas. "Whaaa?" He asked as he answered the door.

Yoshimura chuckled. "Morning, ready to go?"

Kaneki returned inside his apartment and put on some jeans and a sweater and covered his eye with an eyepatch.

Yoshimura grabbed Kaneki's bag and carried it outside.

Kaneki followed, on the verge of sleep. He got in the car and Yoshimura drove the sleepy teen to the airport. Kaneki yawned and stretched. "Wouldn't it be easier for Dr… uh…" It was too early in the morning to think. "Dr… Lector to come here?" Kaneki asked.

Yoshimura laughed. "Kaneki, you are still new to our world."

"What do you mean?"

"Airports use ghoul detectors. No ghoul can get past them; you are the only one that has been able to pass them so far."

Kaneki nodded.

Yoshimura dropped him off at the drop off loop in front of the airport and gave Kaneki his plane ticket. "Have a nice flight. I will pick you up in two weeks."

Kaneki nodded and waved as Yoshimura drove away and walked into the airport terminal.