Light had expected that the meeting place was not really going to be in some cafe.

He had not expected, though, to be roughly dragged into an alley while walking.

At first, like any rational person, he had pried the arms off of him and took a fighting stance, prepared to face the violator. He froze when he caught a glimpse of white hair in the darkness of the alley.

A strange, recognizable feature, which was somewhat hard to hide...

And it was clearly visible through the darkness. Each strand flipped brilliantly in the wind, ceasing the momentum around them. Then, Ken Kaneki stepped out of the shadows. He wasn't wearing an eyepatch.

A glowing red eye danced in an ocean of blackness.

A monster was meeting a monster. How ironic.

And, for the first time, Light saw the absolute serenity and sadness which filled his right, grey eye, and it clashed in the most ugly manner with his other eye, which was madness all on its own.

Light Yagami had always been perfect. Had Ken Kaneki always been so beautiful? His pale hands were the hands of a murderer, and they seemed to match perfectly with Light's very own. Each pair of eyes hid a tragedy which entwined the sense of self sacrifice and justice in each body. The only difference was that the auburn-haired man was a human who turned into a lying monster, but the white-haired man had turned into a monster who hid as a human.

In the end, neither of them was better than the other. Both of them were blinded by their goals which were actually their fears. Both of them had gone through torture to hold the power they now wielded. Both of them were flowers that had withered long ago, though they were still the most outstanding ones in sight.

Both of them had undergone a transformation- from human to monster. Except Kaneki seemed to have gone through one last change, one which could not be returned from.

Perhaps, the real reason Kaneki could see Ryuk was because he was a reaper himself.


Most people think that the pacing's too fast. Actually, I'm trying to follow the manga. Whereas L died halfway into the manga, he died three-fourths into the anime. The anime also left out a lot of stuff from the manga. And, whereas it's not as bad of an adaptation as Tokyo Ghoul (143 chapters are just not meant to fit into 24 episodes), I think it left out some really important character development which I will include in this. Light's insanity wasn't very well captured, and neither was Kaneki's. Anyway, I've already planned how I'm going to end this, and I have to say, it will be something to look forward to. Suggestions and theories are accepted and appreciated.

I know most of you were looking forward to a detailed chapter, but I'm planning to postpone the details in the next chapter. I'm more for psychological insight than actual action. Besides. I'm not really very serious with this story. It's simply something I'm writing in spare time. So... Anyway, see you all next time.