Chapter Two.

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Running a frustrated hand through his blonde hair, he let out a quiet sigh. He'd been sat there now for over thirty minutes. Trying to wait patiently, as the old guy in front of him read over his paperwork. Very slowly. Didn't matter how long he'd been working for this secret organization; who dealt with those disgusting ghouls. He would never get used to this. There had been another murder last night. A man in his late twenties had been attacked on his way home. All his flesh had been eaten away. According to the coroner's report; there was a possibility the man was in fact still alive, when his flesh had been removed.

That's how twisted those sick bastards were.

There were a few grumbles from his boss, before the old man finally looked up to address him. "This is very good work, Lee. You should be proud of yourself."

"Thank you, sir. But I'll be more proud when we've wiped out every last one of these hideous bastards. Once and for all."

The old man nodded in agreement. "You and me both, son." he shifted in his seat uncomfortably, as he brought up a sensitive subject. "The... uh... anniversary is coming up soon. How are you coping with things?"

He was surprised his boss would ask him that. "It will in no way effect my work. If that's what you mean, sir."

"It wasn't." his boss assured him. "But I'm glad to hear that." he leaned back in his chair. "As you know, you're one of the youngest agents we have. And you work just as hard; if not more so, than your father did."

"Thank you, sir."

"He was a good man, Lucas. As was his brother."

"So I've heard." he said quietly.

Lucas was seven years old when his father killed himself. He just couldn't deal with the fact that he'd murdered his brother. Even if it had been an accident. One night, he'd gotten more upset than usual and kissed his wife and son goodbye. Telling them he was sorry; but he had to go. Of course, Lucas and his mother Debra didn't know what he'd meant at the time. It wasn't until the next day, when his mom had picked him up from school; crying her eyes out, that he knew something was wrong.

He just knew; even though he was only seven at the time, that he'd never see his father again. It turned out his dad had been drinking, and walked into the path of an oncoming train. After all the tears of sadness, hurt and disappointment had passed; his mother had gotten angry. So angry in fact, that she decided her son was never going to have that cowards name, as his last name. So, she went back to going by her maiden name Lee, and also changed his name to Lucas 'Scott' Lee. So anyone who hadn't known his father personally. Had no idea he was Dan Scott's son.

His mother may have been angry at his father, for taking his own life. But Lucas had always directed his anger to what he saw was the cause of all of it.

The ghouls.

He'd made it his personal vendetta to destroy every single one of them.

And nothing was going to stop him.

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Sighing in frustration at her brother's stupidity, Lily quickly walked down an alleyway leading to an abandoned building. Or so the humans thought, whenever any of them happened to walk by it. But the ghouls knew better. This place was like her sanctuary away from those filthy humans. Excluding her mother in the same category, of course. She'd never understood why Nate was so fascinated by those walking, talking bags of meat. It was bad enough being forced to go to school with them all those years. But at the same time it was good. Because that's how she and Nate found out they weren't the only ghouls in the world. And it was the place where they had both met...

"Brooke!" a male's voice boomed from across the room, the moment Lily had pushed open the door leading to the hidden bar/club. 'Tric.'

A woman with shoulder-length dark hair popped up from behind the bar. "Yes sweetie?" she replied in a sickly sweet voice.

Her 'sweetie' shook his head in annoyance. "Would you care to explain what the hell that is." he said referring to something behind him, as he walked towards her.

She looked over his shoulder. "Um. A sofa."

"I can see it's a sofa. What I wanna know is what it's doing here."

She rolled her eyes at him. "Julian. Did you forget? We needed a new couch for the bar." she explained like she was talking to a three year old. "I got us one. And for a very good price I might add."

Now it was Julian's turn to roll his eyes. "Yeah okay. But, Brooke." he whined. "It's... pink!"

Brooke looked at him like that was the dumbest thing he'd ever said to her. "It's not pink."

"Uh yeah. I'm pretty sure it is."

"No. It's magenta."

"...What's the difference!?"

"There's a big difference, okay! Pink is pink. And magenta is... Magenta!"

Julian ran his hands through his hair in frustration, as Lily stood in the shadows trying not to laugh at their antics. "I swear if I didn't love you so much, I'd-

"You'd what, huh!? Come on. What would you do?"

"You'll never have to find out. Because I love you too much." he replied before walking towards the wooden stairs, that led to their apartment.

Brooke cried out in annoyance, as she stomped her foot on the floor. Then quickly went after her husband to give him a piece of her mind. Lily couldn't hold back her laughter anymore, especially when she heard what Brooke had just called him. She made her way over to the brand new pink/magenta sofa and sat down. "Yep." she sighed happily. "I love this place."

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"I hate this place." Nathan grumbled to himself, as he walked down the hallway towards his final class of the day. He had just turned the corner, when he felt someone smack into him. He reached out to stop them from falling.

"I'm so sorry." he heard a female's voice reply. "I wasn't looking where I was going."

He let go of her. "No. It's fine. Don't worry about it."

They looked up at each other at the same time. Both pairs of eyes widened in recognition. Shit. Nathan knew he had to get away from her. Fast. He decided to skip his last class and head straight home. He just turned, when he felt a tug on his jacket. Oh no.

"Please wait." he heard her soft voice behind him. "I saw you, didn't I? At my cousin's funeral this morning?" she asked gently. "Did you know her?"

Without looking at her, Nathan shook his head.

"Then why were you there? Another onlooker?"

He now turned to look at her, confused. "Onlooker?"

"Yeah. Because she got eaten by a ghoul, right?" the girl in front of him sounded angry.

Nathan couldn't help but flinch when he heard that. "I... uh... I didn't know." he lied. He'd heard about those kinds of people before. Man they were twisted. Some of them actually went to this school. Bet they'd be shitting their pants if they knew one of their classmates was a real life ghoul.

"I'm sorry." she sighed. "I just get so angry thinking about it. I mean how heartless can those bastards be? Showing up with their cameras. Hoping to get a glimpse of..." she trailed off. "It just makes me sick, you know?"

He nodded without saying anything. He could see she still had that same questioning look in her eyes. But luckily for him, her phone started ringing. He saw his chance and quickly took off while she was distracted.

"...Yeah I just had to pick something up. I'll be home soon... Okay. Bye." she put her phone back in her jean pocket and turned back towards the guy she was talking to. "I'm Haley by the way..." noticing he was no longer there, she let out a sigh. "And he's gone again."

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Making her way back downstairs, Brooke felt a lot calmer. She moved towards the bar, when she spotted a familiar face sitting on her brand new magenta colored couch. "Hey Lily." she smiled at the younger by two years girl, as she walked up to her. "What brings you to my humble abode this early?"

"Nathan." she sighed.

"Ah. And what did baby bro do this time?" Brooke asked as she took a seat next to her. "Have sex with a human?" she joked.

Lily glared at her. "That is not even funny, Brooke."

"Sorry. Sorry." she lifted her hands in mock surrender. "So what did he do?" she asked again seriously this time.

"He went to another funeral ceremony this morning."

"He didn't?" she was annoyed but not really surprised. Nate was always the same whenever he had to feed off of someone's corpse. Especially once they had been on the news. "That boy is too damn sensitive for his own good."

"Tell me about it." Lily sighed. "Oh and get this. Someone saw him there." she revealed.

Brooke quickly turned her head to face her friend. "Are you kidding!? Who? It wasn't..." she looked around the room in fear. As if the person she was about to mention would suddenly show up in front of them. "Him. Was it?"

"I don't know. But I really hope not. Because if that guy ever finds out about us. We don't stand a chance in hell."

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A/N- Thank you all again. And don't worry if you've never read/watched Tokyo Ghoul. Like I said in the prologue this story is very loosely based off of it. I'm not copying the story-line at all, just the idea. So it really doesn't matter if you have or haven't seen/read it. The only parts that are similar is 1. They eat human flesh. 2. Their eyes turn black with red irises when they get a strong scent of blood. 3. They can't eat any human food as it makes them throw up. 4. They look human and have tricks to blend in with the humans. 5. There is a special organization who hunts ghouls.

And that's about it really. The rest comes from my twisted imagination lol.

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