Hearing the sound of a bell, I looked up from my work and saw everyone walking away. 'That's lunch.' I thought as I opened my bag, stopping as I saw shots in it. Looking around, seeing no one, I took one of the shots and injected it into my arm. 'Even after all of these years, I'm still eating apples.' I thought as I hid the shot and pulled the apple out of my bag, where I started eating it as I went over my work.
"Yo, freakazoid!" A voice called out from behind me, but I just ignored it as I continued what I was doing. "we're low on cash, how about you just hand yours over." He said as I took another bite. "Come on, don't make us tell the school board about your job." He said, wrapping his arm around my shoulder. "You know its against school policy-"
"I don't, work for money." I said, gaining his attention. "I work for free and get apples." I said as I took another bite. 'Which is half true, I work for money, but I take some of the apples and leave some of the money.' I thought as I took another bite, getting closer to the core.
"How the hell do you pay-"
"The landlord allows me to stay because we came to an agreement." I informed, which was true. 'Kill any human or ghoul that trespasses there and gives them to him so he can eat. Still reminds me of the fox and the wolf pack story.' I thought as I finished my apple, tossing it across the room and into the trash can.
"You just get weirder and weirder freakazoid." He said as he stepped off and walked away.
'Ya, a ghoul who doesn't eat humans nor ghouls, but apples.' I thought as I watched him walk away. 'I lie to everyone, with the food that the old man gives me, I just stuff it into a plastic bag and give it away to the first ghoul I meet that needs it more than me.' I thought as I stood up and walked away.
Later, outside
'Ah, fresh air.' I thought as I laid under the shade, feeling the wind blowing. Hearing people walk up to me, I then looked at them, seeing a group of five. 'Is it Thursday already?' I thought as I stood up, seeing them smirking at me.
"Yo, freak, its that time again." The leader said, holding a bat in hand. "Lets see if I can cave your skull in!" He said, running up to me and brought the bat down. I stepped out of the way, seeing him swinging it around. It hit me in the gut, with me leaning over. He laughed as a friend of his grabbed me by the back of the head and held me up, with him hitting me in the gut over and over, with no one stopping it.
Once the bell rang, he stopped and placed the bat on his shoulder as his friend let me go. "You know, it surprises me that you just come back the next day like nothing ever happened, but we both have seen the bruises." He said, with him referring to gym class.
Standing up as they walked away, I wiped the blood from the corner of my lip away, watching them. "Why do you let them beat on you like that?" A voice called out, gaining my attention. Turning around, I spotted a women with blonde hair and in a black suit of sorts.
"Its as I say, its better to take the damage than dish it out." I said, looking around. "Who are you, you're not another student and you arnt around our age." I said smelling something familiar from her, with nodding.
"You're right, my name is Akira Mado." She said, shocking me as I heard Mado. "I recently graduated here, and I can tell that your one of the newer students." She said, walking forward. "Its a pleasure to meet you." She said, holding her hand out, with me staring at it.
"Same." I said, shaking her hand, with her nodding. "Your father, wouldn't happen to be ghoul investigated Mado, would he?" I asked, with her eyes widening. "Sorry, I read up on ghouls online and the most famous one I've heard of was the one eyed owl." I said, with her looking away. "I didn't mean to bring bad memories." I said, with her shaking her head.
"Don't mention it." She said, facing me. "It was along time ago, and my mother was one of the strongest there was." She said, with me nodding. "Do you plan on becoming a ghoul investigator?" She asked, with me shacking my hands at her.
"No way, I would get eaten before I ever got to the filed." I said, laughing. "No, me, I just want to live a normal life, that or learn how ghouls function." I said, with her narrowing her eyes.
Her hand shot forward, grabbing the bottom of my shirt and yanking it up, shocking me. Her eyes widen, with me pushing her away. "Sorry, for a second I really thought that you were a ghoul." She said, with me narrowing my eyes at her.
"Ya, because a ghoul would let a human beat on them." I said, backing away from her. "I have to get to class, have a nice day Mado-san." I said, mockingly bowing to her as I walked away. 'If it was Mado, he would of known the moment he saw me and went for the kill.' I thought, gritting my teeth.
The next day
'She followed me.' I thought as I read a book in a bar. It wasn't your typical lets sell beer bar, but a diner bar. In front of me, other than my book, was a cup of coffee that had been sitting there for the past five minutes without me touching it. 'She wants something, but what.' I thought as I flipped the page. Hearing her walking up to me, took my coffee and downed it.
"Feichko-san." Akira said, with me looking at her as she stood beside me. "Mind if I join you?" She asked, looking at the empty seat next to me.
"Sure, knock your self out." I said as I went back to reading, with her nodding as she sat down. "What brings you to this dump?" I asked as I turned the page.
"You call it a dump, but your here." She said, with me looking at her.
"I'm the only one here other than you." I said, with her nodding as she looked at the other tables. "I come here for the quiet." I said as I went back to reading.
"The human anatomy, are you reading up on humans, or ghouls." She said, with me shrugging.
"Both, if I examine a ghoul, then I'll know what makes them function differently." I said, with her nodding. We stayed put, not saying for a while. "What do you want?" I asked, getting annoyed that she was still here.
"Your last name, Feichko." She said, with me thinking back to yesterday.
'I never introduced my self.' I thought with narrowed eyes.
"Its the same last name as another ghoul investigator." She said, with me closing my book with a snap.
"That, is a story that should never be told." I said, looking at her. "My mother was a ghoul investigator, so what, she died." I said, with her looking away.
"Rumor has it that she helped a ghoul child." She said, shocking me.
"That is also true, but I'm no ghoul as you saw for your self." I said, with her nodding. "My mother took in a child, a ghoul, he, I would say that he is my brother, was quiet and shy, up till the point that my mother was killed. How?" I asked, looking up. "Well I like to believe that he killed her, but something tells me that its a much worse fate than that." I said, standing up. "Sara Feichko, look her up." I said, walking away.
"It was half human." She said, with me ignoring her.
'She's getting closer, I'll have to ignore her from her on out.' I thought as I walked out the doors.
The next day
'She found me, again.' I thought as I looked up from my book, seeing her walking up to my table. Closing my book, I glared at her. "Seriously, your stalking me." I said, with her sitting down across from me.
"I just want answers." She said, with me standing up.
"On what, my brother that's a ghoul, where I was the night that Sara was killed, or if I know where any ghouls are." I said, pissed that she wouldn't leave me alone. "Do us self a favor, and leave me out of it." I said, packing my things and started walking out.
She followed me, with me gritting my teeth. "Then you wouldn't mind me asking you-"
"Mado-san, your seriously pissing me the fuck off." I said, walking down an ally way, going to head over to...I don't know, but I needed to go some where to get rid of this chick. "I told you, leave me alone, go hang out with your father, I'm sure he would be delighted to see you." I said, stopping as I watched someone stumble around the corner, holding there stomach. 'The worst thing to encounter, a desperate hungry ghoul.' I thought as I narrowed my eyes, turning around, seeing another ghoul, but this one standing tall.
"We're cornered." Akira said, staring forward.
"No shit." I said, narrowing my eyes at them. 'The best way to get out of this, is to use my kagane.' I thought, but then looking at her. 'But as soon as I do, she will attack.' I thought as I looked behind me.
"I'll take care of them." She said, followed by a red whip shooting forward and wrapping around the hungry ghouls neck, shocking me.
Looking at her hands, I saw that it was the same weapon Sara used, making me back up in shock. She pulled, snapping the ghouls neck and spinning it around, where it then sliced the one who was behind us in half, killing him in mid air. 'No, why.' I thought, seeing her looking down both ways, making sure no other ghoul was near by.
"Its clear." She said, putting the weapon away, raising an eyebrow at me once she did. "That must of been your first time seeing a ghoul in a-"
"No, its not that." I said, pointing at her weapon. "That weapon, it was Sara's." I said, with her eyes widening.
"My father told me that it belonged to an investigating women, I never realized-"
"Keep it away from me." I said, shocking her. "I don't need any memories of her, so take that and get the hell away from me." I said, with her looking at her weapon.
"Sorry for the discomfort." She said, walking away, with me punching the wall.
'Dame it Mado, you mother fucking son of a bitch!' I thought as I gritted my teeth. 'You know where I am, your toying with me, so why not come out and fight me!' I thought as I started walking away, not liking the out come of the week.