Title: Dimensional Lovers
Rating: T
DISCLAIMER: Inuyasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi and Tokyo Ghoul belongs to Sui Ishida. Two respected mangaka! I do not own the characters in any way nor the story plot. Only the idea of this fanfiction!
MizukixTsukiyomi's Notes: Simple one-shot I thought about as quickly as the poll was coming to an end and soon I noticed that Kaneki was winning so, I quickly outlined a plot and this was something I came up with. Not the best, but I mean, it is a simple one-shot. Please don't hate me for it. Tokyo Ghoul is still fairly new but it quickly gained a fandom like no other, so I tried my best getting Kaneki's character.
Again do not hate me for it!
I am surprised many of you are wanting the Magi and Inuyasha crossover! Very surprised! By the tenth chapter, I will be asking what series I should based on these one-shots! So look forward to that.
Hope you all enjoy!
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Anime: Inuyasha x Tokyo Ghoul
Characters: Kagome Higurashi x Kaneki Ken
Chapter 08: Kaneki Ken - Regretful Yet Grateful
She was at a loss for words. Her vocabulary just would not form for her to say something at the sight before her. All she could see was a male with a black leather mask showing only one eye. Weird colored tentacles were formed from behind his back and her cerulean eyes only followed the length to see it stabbed into a person's abdomen.
Long had she fallen on her knees from the sudden scare of the male stranger trying to 'take her out' but when she had politely rejected his invitation, his whole behavior and person had taken a change. The man, no more than thirty years old, had suddenly been laughing and brought her against the brick wall of an alley by force. To her surprise, she witnessed his iris changing red and its surroundings turning pitch black.
The transformation had reminded her for a second of the hanyou she once loved, but reality hit back as the man tried forcefully to bite her skin. She had her hands ready to shoot out her miko-ki but was surprised that the man was suddenly thrown back to a pile of trash bags in the alley.
The miko dropped to her knees, feeling the rush of fear and shock throwing her down along with gravity. All she could see in front of her was a young male standing a few feet in front of her with his back towards her.
In a blink of an eye, the sight before her was of the man in the process of death the moment the young male stabbed his abdomen with his red and black tentacles that suddenly had been brought out from his back. She was scared, but she was intrigued about the guy. Ever since she had been back home from her feudal adventures due to the completion of the Shikon no Tama, she was bored with the normal life of 'college'.
Her ears could only pick up the sound of her attacker struggling to be set free but his body soon went limp. The tentacles inside him quickly got out and dropped his heavy weight onto the floor.
Kagome's eyes widened, realizing that her 'hero' had turned his head over his shoulder to look at her. All she could see was a leather mask with a zipper over his mouth being worn on him as only one eye on his person was shown.
"Go."
She blinked.
"H-Huh?"
"I said go before the others get here or they will kill you." He slowly turned, readjusting his teal hoodie over his head.
Kagome slowly stood from her spot as she grabbed her notebooks: "W-Wait…," she quickly flinched, seeing the pain and anger resting within in eyes the moment he turned back.
"I said go. Now!"
Clutching her notebooks she took one last glance at him and ran the moment she heard footsteps coming closer to the alley. Usually she would have not run away. She was used to danger, but something told her if she had stayed, she would have seen horror like none other.
Hearing drops of heavy rain slapping against his leather mask, the ghoul looked over his shoulder again and noticed two books laying where the girl had fallen on her knees from the sudden attack. Walking over to them, his hand reached to grab them and looked at the title of the first book.
'Monochrome of Rainbows.' He read the words inside his mind and he could not help but curse that the girl had witnessed the horrors of ghouls. The worse part was that she had to live with the memory.
He, himself, as a ghoul, he felt disgusted and terrified with his own identity. What was worse for him is that fact he knew the girl. The girl was innocent. He cared deeply for her ever since he had met her in his literature class in Kamii University.
His eyes went over to the book behind the other and read the English lettering.
"Diary…her diary?"
The girl never spoke much about herself and only her love for Japanese history and her love for udon, but never about her life. Curiosity stretched out to his fingers coming to open the cover-
"Kaneki!"
He flinched at the call of his name and turned his head to the side to see his co-worker and co-ghoul partner coming in.
"What is taking you so long? Did you get rid of him?" the female with short hair glared with her red piercing eyes.
"Uh…yes, Touka-chan. Gomen," he grabbed the books in one hand and began to walk around her.
"What are those?" she questioned. "They smell human."
"They are books," he answered without looking back. "They had…previous owners and I happen to stumble upon them."
"Uh-huh," Touka watched as the rookie ghoul walked into the shadows, blending in and out of sight. Turning her head to the floor behind her, she was sure she had smelled someone else but the trace was suddenly gone. No human could do that, but she was positive there was a witness to this incident.
"I don't think I should be opening this…," a heavy sigh escaped Kaneki's lips as he sat outside the University tables under the tree's shadow on a picnic table. His eye continued to stare at the diary in hand. All night he wished he could have taken the girl's life away so she would have not to live with the memory, but he had become friends with her and it would only have ended up paining him more.
All he hoped from the event was that she did not recognize him. What if she did? Would she push him away? Turn him in? Completely ignore him?
"Kaneki-kun?"
Hearing the familiar voice, his hand retreated to hide the diary in his bag. His head lifted up to see the familiar cerulean orbs he had come to find interesting and innocent looking over his shoulder.
"K-Kagome-chan…"
"What were you reading?" she blinked.
"Oh, um…," he blushed, lowering his head. "This…," he took out his own copy of the book. He was not going to admit to having her diary. No that would give away his identity as a ghoul and as a pervert into pepping into her diary.
"Monochrome of Rainbows?" she read the title as she took the copy into her hands and quickly widened her eyes. "What a coincidence! I am reading the same book!" She dug in her own bag and felt like long minutes. "I…thought I had it. I was carrying it yesterday night with me-" her actions stopped, all memories coming in a flash. "Oh…," her shoulder's relaxed down. "I left it on the ground."
He was curious if she would open up about yesterday. Was she going to tell him? Or even say what she thought about his appearance?
"W-Where were you last night then?" he questioned.
He heard a gasp.
"I left my diary as well! Oh no…this could be bad!" she looked at her bag, almost as if she stared enough, it would appear magically. "If someone reads it…ugh, I do not even want to think about it."
She shook her head.
"Are you alright, Kagome-chan?" he was worried. Did the contents inside the diary really scare her if someone were to read them? "Maybe…you can try looking back where you went last night."
"Doubt it is there," she turned to face him and looked to her side making sure there were no other souls around. "Can you keep a secret? I am only telling you because you were the only one to help me when I was new here in the university…and basically my only friend."
Was she going to tell him…?
He nodded slowly, unsure how well he was going to take this information.
"I witnessed my first ghoul," she whispered to him.
His eyes widened. Not for the news, but the fact that she did not sound surprised, shocked, nor frightened.
"A…ghoul?" he blinked.
"Huh? Are you not surprised?" she questioned him. "I thought you would be. I mean all over the news you hear about these ghouls eating humans and creating crime almost every night."
"No! I am surprised!" He gulped. "I am just surprised you…made it out alive. I should be asking…how?"
"Good question," she whispered. "As ironic as it sounds…I was saved by a ghoul."
"Saved by a ghoul?"
She nodded: "Mhm, I was about to be attacked by another ghoul and suddenly this ghoul came out and…killed him. I was surprised and scared at first, but I sensed no danger from him. I felt…safe."
Kaneki was shocked in the inside. How could she say something like that about a ghoul? He knew she always tried seeing the good in people, but she could not go and risk her life like that!
"Kagome-chan, you have to stay away from those ghouls!" he shouted to her.
"Huh? Why?" she blinked.
"Why? You said so yourself! They are out of control! What if a ghoul actually comes to kill you?" he gripped his pants under the table, not wanting to picture the girl's life being taken by a monster.
Kagome could not help but continue to blink at her friend. "Kaneki-kun, after what I witnessed yesterday, I am convinced that not all ghouls are evil."
"You cannot be serious…"
"I am," she glared at him. "He saved my life, Kaneki-kun. If it were not for him, I would not be talking to you right now!"
Kaneki could not help but think over her words. He was filled with guilty over the events she had to see, but it sounded like she was not regretting it. She was-
"I am grateful that he saved my life. No police man, no adult, no one could have saved me except for a ghoul himself and that ghoul took the decision himself to save me – a human," she looked at the copy of the book she lost. "I believe there are good ghouls out there wanting to be normal. Wanting to be like us, but I know there are ones corrupted by true evil. If I can, I would like to see him again and thank him for saving me."
"Kagome-chan…," he whispered, "ghouls are dangerous…they can turn against you at any time."
She gave him a smile, making the blush come back on his cheeks.
"I can tell he was different. He would not hurt a human so easily. I could tell that even when he killed that other ghoul…he was in pain about it. He has a heart," she sighed and handed him back his book: "Here. I have to head to my next class. Would you like to go grab a bite to eat afterwards?"
Kaneki looked at the book in his hands and back at her as she stood: "I…actually have to head to my part-time job."
"Oh? Where is that?"
"It is…a small café called Anteiku," he scratched the back of his head.
"Great! Let's go! I will walk you to work and you can serve me a cup of coffee," she smiled and began to walk away. "Alright! I will meet you here afterwards!"
"W-Wait!" he shouted, but found it useless to stop her as she ran to the building. He slummed down to his seat again and looked down at his bag. The diary rested quietly and secretly. He felt guilty for keeping it, but she seemed scared that she had lost it.
What did it say inside?
Did he want to know?
"Perhaps…I could learn more about Kagome through her diary…," he touched his eye patch gently and sighed, remembering her words.
"I am grateful that he saved my life. No police man, no adult, no one could have saved me except for a ghoul himself and that ghoul took the decision himself to save me – a human."
MizukixTsukiyomi's Notes: Well that is that. I hope you enjoyed reading this. This one shot will also be on the list for a possible series making, but it does depend on votes people haha.
Anyways, a simple short one-shot, but I hope you did like reading it.
Author Talk: (answering back to reviewers with questions, comments, etc.)
Anna: I will gladly consider making a Kagome x Kouen one shot. Especially because I love him. I have it on my list! Thank you for the recommendation.
edasama: I do have Sebastian (Black Butler) pending on my flash drive, but it really depends with people voting in his name haha. But I will bring him out eventually. Because really, who does not love that butler?
Yoruko Rhapsodos: I just started watching that anime and I am loving the characters! I will put them on my list of males as soon as I am done with the anime!
Fanficlover16000: Ash is written on the list now! Thank you for the recommendation! I have been wanting to write about the Pokemon Special characters as well, but not many are familiar with the manga.
Kakashi's hoe: Oh I know I am a tease, hahaha. But I mean, the one-shots are left for readers wanting more to know if they would like a series. Haha
Joker2113: Yes, perverted and sneaky Judar is sexy hahaha
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Thank you all who said they loved the Judar and Kagome one shot, and I love you all for reviewing and love all my readers equally!
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