Hey guys welcome to chapter 10, I've been looking forward to this one for a while now, ok so this is just a quick message to just hold out until the end of the chapter because there will be an explanation there, you'll know what I'm talking about if you have read the manga or had someone tell you what happened in it, and for most of the time I was writing this chapter I was sick, so I had one of my friends take over, I told him what I wanted to put into this chapter and I've edited it a lot since then, but I'm still not sure if it's enough I can't put off uploading this any longer, so without further delay I present Remnant Ghoul.

Chapter 10

Yang sat on her bed looking at some of the pictures on her scroll. On it were pictures of her, some of them with her friends and all of them had Ruby in them too, the photos brought tears to her eyes each one she flicked through always made her feel that one bit more sad, ever since Ruby was taken by the Ghouls she and Weiss both fell into some form of depression both not even wanting to go to classes nor wanting to leave their dorm, after Vale was searched five times over they knew they wouldn't be able to find her, she wanted to search one more time but it was hopeless 'Everyone keeps leaving me, first my mom then Summer and now Ruby what did I do to deserve this?' She asked herself this every day over and over just wondering why.

Blake entered the dorm with a frown on her face and two food trays in her hands "Hey guys I'm back" she said, no response came from either of her teammates, she knew how they felt, why shouldn't they? It had been two months and a week since Ruby's disappearance and no sign of her has been seen since, "Weiss Yang I got you some lunch" she repeated but still she got no response, she sat Weiss' lunch on the desk chair next to her bed and Yang's food on her bed next to the brawler, 'This isn't going well, I need to get them out of the dorm' she knew the only way was not going to be fun, "How about we go to Re and see if Touka can find something?"

Weiss sighed and sat up, Blake had to admit Weiss looked like shit for once, her hair was a mess, her eyes were red, and she looked as if she hadn't slept for weeks, "Ok just let me get ready" said Weiss,

Yang slowly slid out of her bed and rather than sitting up just fell from the bunkbed "Ooff" once Yang was standing Blake could say Yang looked very similar to Weiss, she grabbed her clothes and waited for a shower too, they expected it to take ten-minutes for Weiss to finish up but instead she was in and out within four-minutes, Yang was similar with the timing much to Blake's surprise.

Once they arrived at Re they saw Hinami working at the register and Touka serving customers, "Hey Touka" said Yang,

Looking back Touka gave sad smile "Hey how are you guys holding up?" Weiss looked up her eyes meeting Touka's and Touka could see the drastic change in Weiss' appearance "Why don't you guys go upstairs, I'll be there soon"

As they made their way up Sapphire and Nix were leaving their room, "Hey guys" said Nix,

Weiss gave them a smile a she answered back "Hi Nix, how are you feeling?"

He frowned "Not so great… Why did they have to take Ruby?"

Sapphire frowned "It's not fair, why did it have to be her?"

Yang frowned as she answered them "We don't know" her answer was both truthful and painful, both the young Faunus could see Yang was trying her hardest to keep herself together,

And so, Nix jumped at her, his arms Wrapped around her waist as he hugged her "I hope they find her soon"

Blake smiled as she spoke up "Me too"

Sapphire looked over to Blake then turned to the other two "Um who is she?"

Yang began to smile as she said, "This is Blake she is another one of Ruby's friends and our other teammate"

Sapphire put on a small smile as she said, "It's nice to meet you Blake" her frown reappeared moments later,

Blake sighed "You too, I wish it were under better circumstances"

Sapphire and Nix both nodded in agreement before Touka walked up the stairs and into the hallway, "Oh Sapphire Nix are you ok?"

Sapphire nodded as she answered, "Yeah I was just going to take Nix for a walk if that's ok?"

Touka nodded with a small reassuring smile "Of course but I'll have lunch ready for you in an hour be back before then" Touka and WBY all went to the breakroom, once they were all seated Touka asked them "Is there anything I can do for you guys?"

Blake spoke up "I was wondering if you had people in the… Ghoul society? That could help us search for her?"

Touka nodded "I'll see what I can do, would any of you like some coffee?" Weiss and Yang nodded with small smiles,

Blake gave a polite smile "I am not really a coffee type of person; do you have Jasmine tea?" Touka nodded and left the room.

Ken Kaneki sat in his room drinking a coffee and reading one of his books 'I should get out of here soon, I'm strong enough to protect my friends like I wanted, I have no reason to stay here anymore' a knock on his door brought him out of his thoughts sighing he stood up and opened "Tatara do you need me for something?"

He answered plainly "Eto wants to speak with you" he turned around and walked off,

Finishing his coffee and putting his book away he walked over to Eto's room, 'What would she need to speak with me about?' A few minutes later he entered her room "Tatara said you wanted to speak with me?"

Ruby woke up to the sound of footsteps gaining closer, not long after she had eaten Weiss one month and a week ago Ruby had realised what she had done and felt disgusted, she ate her girlfriend! she had screamed about how she wanted to die but eventually her body wouldn't let her, the pain it was too much and her stomach growled and she doubled over in pain "F-f-food~" she begged she couldn't help it she needed to eat she couldn't wait,

Eto giggled "How was she the Schnee girl? I bet she was delicious" Ruby could only growl in response, "Now you can eat her" she stated as a boy with white hair entered the room and dropped Yang down in front of her, Ruby looked up at the unconscious form of Yang and tried to lunge at her, the chains holding her were now the only thing in her way, Eto released her Kagune and cut Yang's cheek open "Can you smell it? The aroma of your next meal I bet you want to eat her…. do you want it?" she asked teasingly,

Ruby nodded furiously "F-fle-flessshhhh now I need it, GIVE ME FLESH! FLESH! FLESH! FLESH!" Eto kicked Yang right into Ruby's grasp and she snatched Yang taking massive chunks first was her throat,

"You must have been hungry" she giggled again,

Kaneki looked over Ruby with what looked like indifference, but for anyone who actually knew him, they would know that he was thinking quite the opposite, 'This is sick, I'm working with Aogiri to get stronger for my friends. Not to do this to some poor little girl, why did I leave GOAT to do this?'

they watched as Ruby ate Yang, and once she had finished eating her sister, it was only then that she realised what she had done "Ya-Yang I-I am sor-sorry!"

Eto turned to him "Kaneki you should let Zure out, I think she needs a good friend right now"

Sighing Kaneki walked over to the cage and let out the Beowulf Alpha, once the Beowulf was close he saw Ruby snap out of her sobbing mess as she looked up in fear but what caught his attention was her right eye which held a Kakugan, the shock got to him for a moment as he accidentally let go of the scruff of the Beowulf's neck and it lunged at her, as the Beowulf started tearing her apart, Kaneki snapped out of his shocked state while he watched, he was surprised to see another half-Ghoul after all he knew that there must be others out there, but he didn't expect to find another one or for them to be tortured by Aogiri like he was, he knew he had to take her with him when he left.

After thirty minutes of waiting the Beowulf eventually stopped, Ruby's breath was ragged, and he could see she barely had the energy to pay attention to what was around her, Eto continued to taunt her while Kaneki made sure Zure went back into his cage. After closing the cage, he turned around and began his approach back to the young half-Ghoul to see if she was ok but Eto called over to him and said she needed more help around the base, Kaneki didn't want to help her, he wanted to kill her and get out with the girl, but he knew he wouldn't be able to fight Eto and win so he would have to wait.

For another three days, he was forced to watch as the Beowulf ate the younger half-Ghoul, it was during these times that Eto would tell him about some of the things they had done, and so far it sounded like what he had gone through with Yamori but he knew that Eto had left out some of the details out and that worried him, what could they be hiding that they didn't want him know? He had asked himself this a few times but before he could think of something Eto would get his attention away from those thoughts and back to reality, it was like this for most of those days and he was starting to wonder if there ever would be a good time to break out the young half-Ghoul, but it was on the fourth day that he finally got lucky as Tatara walked in "We have a problem"

Eto's excitement drained once his words reached her "Awe I guess we should put Zure back into his cage we wouldn't want her dying yet"

Kaneki stopped for a moment 'I need to get her out of here, this might be the chance I've been waiting for,' "You go I'll make sure Zure doesn't kill her"

Eto turned to Kaneki with an energetic bounce in her step "Really?" Kaneki nodded with what looked like an uncaring expression, he was sure she thought that, he hoped she didn't think he was actually disgusted with what he was forced to do "Alright, Tatara lets go,"

Kaneki finally showing his discomfort pulled the Beowulf away from her then waited for two minutes to pass, and once those two minutes were up he put the Beowulf back in its cage, he turned around to see Ruby laying on the floor relaxing as her healing was now doing its work, but as he began to walk back over, she must have heard his footsteps moving closer because her head snapped up to look at him, when she saw him walking closer she tried moving away "Le-leave m-me alo-alone"

He frowned "It's ok I'm going to get you out of here"

she stopped and looked at him for a moment but then tried moving away from him again "N-no you just want hurt me, you watched as a Beowulf ate off me! It won't work just leave!"

Kaneki ignored her and broke the chains off, she tried to move away but she couldn't move back too far so once she collapsed he approached her again "We won't have long there will be a single guard just on the other side of that door, once I open the door and take him out you can come over" she didn't respond the only thing she could do was stare at him with wide eyes, when she noticed he was waiting for some kind of indication that she understood what he was saying she tried to say something anything, and once she realised she wasn't capable of speaking she decided to just nod,

Once Kaneki saw that she wasn't able to move he picked her up and moved her near the door, he opened the door and pulled the guard in, his hand went through the Ghouls back and out the front of his chest and as he retracted it he held a warm but still heart and crushed it, Ruby stared at the act in horror and when he looked over towards her, he noticed the look she held he said, "Are you going to be alright?" Once he saw her nod again he picked her up and took her to his room, packing his bags with what he needed he also gave Ruby a red robe with a hood as he said, "Alright are you ready to leave?"

By now Ruby's body had regenerated whatever damage had been done to her so she could walk again, nodding she stood up at first her legs were shaking but not even a moment later she found her strength "I-I think so, wh-why are you he-helping me?"

He looked back at Ruby "I worked with Aogiri because we had a common goal and once that was done I was meant to leave, I stayed to get stronger for my friends not torture people" she pulled the hood over her head as they walked out the door. Kaneki walked out one door and into the next, they were walking for twenty minutes before coming to a stop "If you have any negative thoughts or emotions get rid of them now, we are near a massive Grimm nest and I would prefer to not run with you over my shoulder the whole way to Vale" nodding again Ruby prepared herself as he opened the door.

As they were walking Ruby began to feel her fear rising and to calm herself she began singing quietly "Red like roses fills my dreams and brings me to the place you rest. White is cold and always yearning, burdened by a royal test. Black the beast descends from shadows. Yellow beauty burns gold" then she began to hum a tune. After a few minutes she stopped,

To her surprise Kaneki was watching as she sung, and this made her feel embarresed as she looked away to hide under the hooded robes she wore "Where did you learn that?" he asked softly,

Ruby let a sad smile show "M-my sister always sung it to me when I was younger, before her i-it was my m-mom"

"What happened?"

"We-well my mom was a Huntress, she left for a mission and never came back. And Yang… that bitch, Eto she made me eat Yang" tears began to break free as the memories replayed in her head, "Th-they- I-"

Kaneki cut her off "Don't think about it, that will just make it worse"

Ruby gave another sad smile "I-I know. Thank you, thank you for getting me out of there"

"I'm sure you would have done the same for me"

"What will you do now?"

He glanced at her as he considered whether to tell her or not "Well now that I am strong enough to protect my friends I guess I will go back to them"

Ruby's smile grew "Well that sounds great, I guess I'll just have to go back to my old life" she said finishing sadly,

"What were you doing before Aogiri captured you?"

Ruby began to chuckle "I'm a Huntress in-training but another two years and I'll be a fully licenced Huntress"

Kaneki looked at the girl walking by his side now with curiosity "You're a Huntress in-training, how you don't look old enough?"

Ruby giggled nervously as she answered, "Well I kinda beat up Roman Torchwick at the start of last year and got accepted early"

"That's a bit surprising" Kaneki mused 'But how did she win against Roman, was he using his Human alias?'

They arrived at Vale two hours later and upon entering the city they both noticed the large increase in CCG agents on the streets, Ruby frowned "We can't get to Beacon, not like this, I know a place they can help, let's go"

Kaneki's gaze went to over to Ruby "Why, you don't need me anymore?"

Ruby frowned as she attempted to convince him, "Please, you're wrong I do need you"

he looked into her large sliver eyes 'Wait silver eyes?' He asked himself, looking into the pools of silver he sighed, 'Of course she would have read that one, if that's the case this girl won't be safe for a while' he nodded "Alright lead the way." They both walked through Vale being called out five times by the Doves patrolling the streets, but eventually they made it and stopped right outside of a coffee shop. 'Re? This is just Ironic' "So is this the place?"

Ruby nodded "Yeah, this is it, would you like to come in I am sure I can get the manager to give you something as a reward for helping me, maybe some lien so you can track down your friends"

Kaneki looked at her hopeful energy, he knew she was scared and she didn't want him gone just yet, he chuckled "I guess I can come in for a coffee."

Ruby slowly went up the stairs and opened the door, as she entered she saw Touka at the register serving a customer, Touka heard the door open and looked to greet a customer but then she saw who it was "Ruby!" She shouted as she vaulted over the counter and ran towards the young half-Ghoul trapping her in a hug, "Are you ok did they hurt you?"

Ruby nodded her head slowly as she spoke quietly "Ye-yes but, one of the Ghouls. He broke me out and he should be in here any second now"

As if on cue Kaneki walked through the door, he stopped and looked at Touka in shock as Touka did the same, they both spoke "Touka/Kaneki" Ruby heard what Touka had called him and turned around to see him standing there shocked,

Ruby stared at the two of them for a moment not entirely sure about how to react, eventually she asked, "So wait your Kaneki?" he nodded,

Touka looked to Ruby and back to him "You saved her? This is just-" she didn't have words to describe what she wanted to say but stopped those thoughts from going through her head as she looked over the two again "Hey Kaneki can you just serve the customers for a minute?"

He smirked as he asked playfully "Are you already trying to hire me again?"

She punched him in the stomach as she said, "Not yet I just need to talk with Ruby for a minute"

As Kaneki fell to his knees from the surprise of the sudden assault his grin grew "So you are planning on giving me a job"

Touka instantly saw her mistake and mentally punched herself "Sh-shut up and just go to the register" without another word he went to work while Touka went up the stairs with Ruby, once they entered the break room and sat down she asked, "So does anyone else know you're back?"

Ruby shook her head "N-no it's better if they think I'm dead" Touka doubled back as she looked at Ruby in disbelief,

"What!? Why would you say something like that?" Touka dreaded the younger girls' answer but knew she Ruby wouldn't just say something like that if it wasn't serious,

Ruby only started to tearing up as she stumbled on her words "Th-they made me eat Weiss then Yang! Th-they stopped feeding me first they gave m-me Weiss and waited until I-I ate her, unt-until the hu-hunger was t-too much than they did the same wi-with Y-Yang"

Touka looked at her questioningly "Ruby, Weiss and Yang came by yesterday to see if any of the other Ghouls working with us had found you, they are fine"

Ruby shook her head "N-no I-I ate my girlfriend then my sister!" she began to sob,

Touka had no clue what had happened, but she was sure as hell going to find out that much she knew, walking over to the phone Touka called Jaune "Hello?"

Touka spoke quickly "Jaune it's me, bring Weiss Yang and Blake here now" she hung up before he could respond "Ruby it's going to be ok" when Ruby didn't reply Touka picked her up then sat Ruby in her lap, the young half-Ghoul clung to Touka tears still flowing, "It's ok" she said reassuringly while stroking the younger girls' hair soothingly.

Jaune knocked on the door hurriedly, and when he got no answer he knocked again and again and again until Blake finally opened the door "What!?"

Jaune could see that his constant knocking had annoyed Blake, so he decided to inform her quickly, "Touka called and told me to bring you guys to the shop now"

Yang and Weiss shot up from their beds "Why?" they asked at the same time,

"I-I don't know but she sounded worried" Yang practically grabbed Blake by her hand and dragged her out of the dorm with Weiss not too far behind them.

The airship ride was filled with silence and anticipation no words were shared, and once the airship was letting people off they ran all the way to Re, upon entering the shop it seemed like Jaune had no clue who was standing behind the register "Where's Touka?"

The boy with white hair asked, "Why do you want to know?"

Jaune glared as he answered back "She called me and told all of us to get down here"

The strange boy looked back at the other three and froze, "Wait how is she- But you're dead?" he said while staring at Yang which just confused everyone, looking back to Jaune he said, "Take over, I'll be back in a moment" Jaune nodded and they followed Kaneki up the stairs, "Wait here" he demanded walking over to the breakroom he opened the door, 'Just like Anteiku' he thought "Hey Touka, three girls are here with a blonde kid down stairs" Touka looked to Ruby then Kaneki and nodded looking back behind him he said "Ok go in just don't overwhelm her" everyone looked to Kaneki confusedly again before entering,

Yang entered the room first then spoke "R-Ruby?" Tears were slowly breaking through as she tried to hold them back,

Ruby's head snapped up and her sobs started to die down "Y-Yang! I-is that re-really you?" She jumped at her older sister and pulled her into a hug, "Yo-you're alive how? How a-are you here?"

Yang asked back just as confused "What do you mean I've been here all this time"

Ruby almost shouted "B-but they made me eat you and Weiss" the comment made them all turn pale as they heard that statement,

Weiss asked, "what does she mean she ate me?"

Kaneki answered bluntly "They may have gotten people who looked like you than forced her to eat them"

"Ruby would never eat another person!"

He stared back blankly as he stated, "They starved her to the point of not caring and from what I understand they waited an extra week to feed the blonde one to her too"

Yang slowly processed this information after all Ruby technically the only one getting lessons from Re: she had picked up a few bits here and there, she remembered the things Hinami had told the rest of the team about a Ghoul and what happened when they were starved, upon remembering this he eyes turned red as she shouted, "I'LL KILL THOSE BASTARDS!" Turned ready to break the embrace with Ruby and head for the door, Kaneki stopped her,

"You'll die. Aogiri won't fall all because of one girl"

Blake asked "Wait Aogiri did this to her?" Kaneki nodded,

Yang looked at him his attention turned to her "What else did they do" she pulled Ruby in to a tighter embrace as her sister continued to cry into her shoulder,

He shook his head "You don't want to know, I'll just say that what Yamori did to me is nothing compared to what she went through" he walked out of the room,

Yang turned to Touka "Do you know what that even means?" Touka shook her head,

While Yang and Touka began talking about what they were going to do Blake decided she would look over Ruby for any signs of harm, even if the younger girl was crying into her sister's shoulder Blake would be able to see any lasting damage, she seemed fine and Blake was about to give up until she could properly examine the girl, but then as she turned around to follow and question the white haired Ghoul she noticed the formers fingers were much more pale than the rest of her hand and her nails were a very dark purple or black "Ruby what happened to your fingers?!" She asked as she grabbed Ruby's hand to examine them,

Ruby choked back sobs "M-my fi-fing-gers th-they cut them o-off an-and made me eat them!" she broke down crying again,

Blake frowned as she stared at the once cheerful girl and said, "Ruby you don't have to say anything if it's too much, but we'll need to know at some point what they did"

Ruby shook her head "Th-they made me eat people and Ghouls, a Beowulf- I-it was eating me ripping apart- m-me and- an-d" she fell unconscious before she could finish,

Blake looked to Yang who after seeing her sister's mental breakdown fall to her knees, "Yang she's safe now, Ruby is strong"

Yang looked up to Blake and growled "They tortured a seventeen-year-old what is ok about that!?"

Blake glared "I didn't say it was ok I said she was safe now, I don't like this anymore than you do!"

Kaneki walked back into the room and saw Ruby was no longer conscious "Oum damn it" he sat down a cup filled with coffee on the table and took a sip from another he had in his hand, "You two stop fighting and tell me how much did she tell you?"

Weiss answered him with a quiet voice "Th-they cut off her fingers, made her eat Humans and Ghouls, she said a Beowulf was… eating her"

Kaneki shook his head with a frown as he looked over them "No one is to bring it up with her unless she goes to you and even then, don't ask just listen"

Touka nodded "Kaneki is right don't ask her about it you'll just make it worse"

Yang spoke up "Wait hold up Touka, who is this?"

Touka stopped for a moment "Oh right, yeah this is Kaneki, Kaneki meet Ruby's Team from Beacon"

Kaneki looked over them and stopped at Weiss "I must say I feel sorry for her, being on the same team with a Schnee must suck"

Weiss' right eye twitched in annoyance "Excuse me what did you just say!?"

Touka sighed before punching the back of his head, "Never mind" he said,

Blake smirked "Don't worry you're not the first to think it"

Chuckling Kaneki asked, "What's your name?"

Blake smiled as she held her hand out in an effort to be polite "Blake"

"Nice to meet you" he leaned in closer as he said, "I'm surprised a Faunus happens to be on that same team"

Blake looked at him wide eyed "Wait how did you know?!"

Yang and Weiss looked to Blake a bit concerned "How did he know what?"

Kaneki answered, "I saw your ears twitch behind your bow, you should try and conceal it better" his grin kept growing as he also tapped his nose twice with his index finger,

Yang shrugged "Hey ah Touka where are Sapphire and Nix?"

Touka's attention went to Yang "Hinami took them out for ice cream"

Kaneki looked at Touka slightly confused "Sapphire and Nix?" He asked

Touka looked back to Kaneki as if he had just asked one of the dumbest questions she'd heard before stopping to take in what he had just said, "Oh right um Ruby saved two Faunus children from two Ghouls, we're taking care of them for one more week then they either go to whatever family they have left, Ruby's father or an orphanage"

Kaneki looked at Touka then over to Ruby "You have a soft spot for her?"

"Not you too, god fucking damn it!" Touka cursed,

"What makes her so special?" Kaneki asked, she didn't answer so once he took a moment to carefully read her expression he asked again "There's something about her what is it?"

Touka began to laugh "She's the same as you, the only difference is the how and gender"

Looking at Touka blankly he asked, "How did it happen to her?"

Touka shook her head "No clue, but if you're willing to look into it I'd appreciate it, and so would she" Touka glanced at Ruby then back to Kaneki "So do you want your old job back?"

He began laughing and after a moment he said, "I knew it, thank you Touka, I'll take it", not long after that Kaneki picked up Ruby and followed Touka to her room, once they arrived in the room Kaneki put Ruby in the bed and they walked out.

Ruby looked to her left and right in the middle of the forest there was nothing but then she heard them and panicked, running the other way from the noise she thought she had gotten away, but then she bumped into someone, looking up she saw Naki with the tool he had used to cut off her fingers "There you are, I thought you would have missed out on the fun!" He shouted as he lunged at her.

Ruby sat up straight fear taking control before anything else "AAAHHHH!" she began scooting back until her back was pressed up against the head board of the bed, as she heard a large number of footsteps racing towards the room, she looked around and realised she was in a bedroom,

Touka was the first to burst through the door and saw Ruby sitting on the bed curled into ball shaking "Ruby are you ok?" Ruby didn't respond so Touka began to slowly walk over to Ruby then rested her hand on one of Ruby's shoulders, Ruby flinched and looked to Touka,

Touka looked into Ruby's eyes and she saw nothing but fear as tears began to breakout from those silver eyes, "T-To-Touka?" Touka nodded and slowly pulled Ruby into a hug as she began to cry again,

The next person in the room was Weiss "R-Ruby are you ok?"

Looking over to Weiss Ruby froze "I-I at- I ate y-you ho-how-?"

Weiss gave a small smile as she said softly "Th-they found two people who looked like Yang and I, you didn't eat us, we're still here" Ruby slowly reached out and Weiss took her hand, within the next half second Ruby was crushing Weiss in a hug,

"I-I'm glad you're ok" Ruby slowly pulled out of their embrace not so shortly after and called out weakly "Y-Yang are you here?" Yang slowly walked over then within a second Ruby was crushing her in another hug, "Y-your both here, I-I don't know what-, your both here"

Kaneki entered the room "Hey you doing ok?" He asked Ruby who nodded slowly as he walked over handing her a cup of coffee, "I thought you might want some"

Ruby smiled "Th-thanks Kaneki" she said taking the hot beverage,

"What's the last thing you remember" he asked

"Sitting in the breakroom and crying with Touka" she seemed to have a small smile but in an instant the ends of her lips curved downwards, and she began shaking again,

"Don't think about it, just think about the here and now, you don't want to think about it not until you're ready"

Ruby looked over to Kaneki and asked "Wi-will I ever be ready?"

He shrugged "Hard to say, for me it took a few weeks, but then again it was only ten days, for you it was a few months" he seemed to shut down for a few seconds as he realised what he had said and knew what was going to be asked,

"Wh-what did they do to you?"

Looking back over to her he asked, "Are you really sure you want to hear about that? It might bring back some more recent and unpleasant memories for you" she nodded so he sat down on the end of the bed "Ok then, where to begin? Well with what I do remember Yamori would cut off my fingers and toes every day, to make sure I wouldn't go insane he advised me to count down from one thousand by intervals of seven. And after the first four days, he brought in two Ghouls a mother and her child, their names were Kei and Kouto, we were trying to escape when Yamori caught us, he told me he was going to let them all go if I went with him, I was so stupid to think he actually would keep his word, when he brought them in he told me I was going to choose who would die… I couldn't choose I told- begged him to just kill me instead, and he strangled kouto in front of his mother and then he killed her with his Kagune, he told me it was all my fault and I actually believed him. On the second last day he came in and he told me he wanted to 'try something new', he had a Grimm- a centipede crawl into my ear… it was eating me from the inside. The day I escaped he told me about some rumour he had heard and because of it he was going to eat me, and so once I broke out I ate his Kagune and left him for the Doves."

Ruby looked at Kaneki with sympathy as she began to think about what it meant for him, they survived through their own kind of hell and made it out, she knew nothing would be the same not again, even if he went through a lot less than she did he was only a civilian turned into a Ghoul from what Touka and Hinami had told her and what was she when she was taken a Huntress in-training, she shook her head to clear those thoughts from her mind because right now she didn't care about any of that, right now all she wanted was to be with her friends.

After the short story of Kaneki's own experience, they had all gotten out of the room, after all Ruby still needed her rest and the only people to stay in there with her was Touka Weiss and Yang. Touka was reading a book whilst Yang watched some video's off her scroll, but Weiss slept with Ruby since she also needed some rest and Ruby was more than happy to have the company.

Someone knocked on the door and Touka opened it to see Sapphire and Nix "Hey Touka we heard Ruby's back can we see her?" asked Sapphire,

Touka smiled warmly as she answered, "When she wakes up, she's been through a lot and needs her rest"

Sapphire nodded then said, "Hey Nix can you go to the room, I need a minute to talk with Touka alone" Nix looked at his sister confusedly before he nodded and ran back to their shared room, "I-I overheard Blake and the boy with white hair talking… H-he said they tortured Ruby, i-is that true?"

Touka wanted to say no but then looked into the eyes of the little girl in front of her, she could see that Sapphire knew it was true but she didn't want to admit it, "Sapphire…. look someone around your age should not be hearing about those kinds of things-"

Sapphire cut her off as she nodded "I-I know, I just need to know the truth"

Touka sighed "Th-they… they did, but please don't tell Nix, he shouldn't have to hear about this kind of stuff, I don't even know why I am telling you, someone your age should not have to grow up so fast, please don't try to grow up, try and enjoy being young while you still can"

Sapphire nodded with a sad smile "Thank you Touka, for not lying to me, and I do, I do promise not to tell Nix, he shouldn't have to hear about any of it"

Smiling back Touka said "Thank you now why don't you and Nix go to sleep for a little while, I'll let you guys know when Ruby wakes up, I promise"

Sapphire smiled "Touka they are wrong"

Touka looked at her curiously "Wrong about what? And who are they?"

Her smile grew as she answered "Everyone, they are wrong about Ghouls"

Not long after Sapphire pulled Touka into a hug and went to her room where Nix was waiting Touka smiled and turned around, she went back into her room then continued her book.

The next day Weiss woke up she felt two arms wrapped around her and froze at first but relaxed when she realised it was Ruby and smiled, looking at her girlfriend she realised this was something she had missed and wanted back just these moments, she remembered when these kinds of things were common but now never really happened. After a few minutes, Ruby began to stir, and her smile went to a frown as she cuddled Weiss and began shaking, once Ruby opened one eye her smile returned, and she blushed once she realised what position they're in, "H-hey Weiss"

Weiss' smile grew "Good morning Ruby how are you feeling?"

Ruby shuffled in closer with a small smile "I-I'm as good as I can be"

Looking into Ruby's eyes Weiss could see that energy Ruby always seemed to have was there but there was something else, her eyes seemed colder, duller even, she looked like a normal seventeen-year-old girl, but in her eyes, she didn't have the light that Weiss enjoyed seeing in her girlfriends' eyes. Sitting up in the bed Weiss asked, "Ruby would you like to get up now?"

Ruby asked, "What time is it?"

Looking for a clock Weiss eventually found one on the other side of the bed next to Ruby, "9:30" she answered,

Ruby's smile grew as she nodded, "I-I guess that we should then" slowly Ruby sat up in the bed, her feet touched the floor she felt the cool wooden floor boards beneath her feet, the feeling brought a chill up her legs and after a moment she stood up, "Are we going down stairs?"

Weiss looked to Ruby then raised her hand indicating for her to stop, looking at Weiss confusedly she wondered what she was doing, Weiss walked over then began messing with Ruby's hair and after a few seconds she grinned "Now we can if you want to" she answered.

Leaving the room first Weiss waited for Ruby's confidence to build up enough for her to leave the room, but once she was out of the room their pace increased and once they were down the stairs they turned a left and opened a door entering the café part of the building, at first everyone thought it was just Weiss but then Ruby came out not long after, within seconds both Sapphire and Nix were there and jumped on to Ruby trapping her in a hug and she hugged them back, "Ruby I'm glad you're ok" said Nix,

Ruby's smile grew as she said, "Me too, I missed you guys" when she looked up she saw the rest of her team three of JNPR and Hinami, Touka and Kaneki, surprisingly no customers were in the shop yet but that made it all the more easier for her to relax and have a nice hot coffee.

After an hour of sitting around and relaxing the shop was receiving customer after customer, as the day went on things were busy but then came the later hours of the day which were much more slower.

Touka had finished serving the last customer and only had to wait a few more minutes for closing time, Ruby, Weiss, Sapphire and Nix were all at the back of the café talking about whatever came to mind and their current conversation was what they would do if Sapphire and Nix didn't have anywhere to go and it was so far talking about the things they would do whilst they were living with Taiyang if it managed to happen, Yang and Blake went upstairs to talk with Kaneki while Jaune, Ren and Nora were in the kitchen.

Just a minute to go and Touka would close the café, but then the bell on the door rang indicating that a customer just entered the café turning her head to the customer's direction Touka said "Welcome to Re what… can I get you?" she finished slowly which caused Weiss and Ruby to look over and see what had surprised Touka, Weiss' and Ruby's jaw had hit the floor, standing there in front of the counter was professor Ozpin, he saw Touka glance to her right and so he followed her gaze he instantly noticed the two of them and they weren't sure if they had actually seen what they thought was a look of shock for but a moment, he turned back to Touka "Y-your professor Ozpin headmaster of Beacon?"

Ozpin looked back to Weiss then Ruby "Yes, I believe that one of my students recommended this café for its coffee" he stated before looking to his right as he asked with a sigh "Ms Rose how long have you been here?"

Before Ruby could answer him, Touka spoke up for her "Ruby only got back yesterday, she was in no condition to leave and stayed here for the night"

He nodded as he said, "Is that right? Well then I must thank you Ms Kirishima for looking after one of my students"

Touka's expression went to surprise as she got ready to fight "How do you know my name?" she asked

"I have known about you since you first arrived in Vale, you have no need to fear me" he divulged "But now that I know Ms Rose is safe I would like to speak with her for a moment" Touka eyed him carefully before he continued "Don't worry she can choose to come back to Beacon with me or stay here after I speak with her"

Ruby slowly approached them and carefully reached out to Touka as she said, "It's ok Touka I'll be fine"

Touka looked back to Ruby and nodded "You can go upstairs to talk, but Kaneki is going to be there with you"

Ruby nodded "I-I am sure that will be fine"

Ruby led Ozpin up the stairs and to the breakroom she knocked on the door then entered the room "Yang Blake I need you guys to leave the room for a moment" she said,

Kaneki Yang and Blake looked over in confusion, Yang asked worriedly "Why what's wrong Rubes?" After a few seconds of silence Ozpin entered the room, both Yang and Blake jumped off the chairs in surprise "W-wait professor Ozpin!?"

Blake asked in concern "What are you doing here professor?"

He raised his hand to calm them down as he answered, "Well before Ms Rose went missing she advised I go here one day, today just happened to be that day" he looked to Ruby then her two teammates, Yang looked back to Ruby who nodded, giving back an understanding look she got up and began to drag partner out of the room with her. Ozpin and Ruby walked over to the seats and sat down "Ms Rose, may I ask where you have been all this time?"

Before Ruby had the chance to answer his question Kaneki spoke up "You're her headmaster correct?" Once Ozpin gave him a small nod he continued, "Well you may not want to ask her any of those questions unless you're the type who don't care about their students' mental health"

"Well then who would you, advise I talk to about it?" he asked the tones of his voice varied from concerned and curious with a bit of caution,

"You can speak with me about that once Ruby leaves the room" Kaneki stated, he looked to Ruby who let a grateful smile show on her lips,

"Well alright then, Ms Rose I need to know what you plan to do, will you be staying in Beacon or would you rather do something else?"

Ruby looked at Ozpin in her eyes he could see the determination she had the day that he let her into his school, "I would like to continue going to Beacon, but I-I need some time to think about it, I'm not sure if I should go back"

"That is perfectly fine, now I need to talk with you about something else, your Ghoulish development" Ozpin said the last part with nothing but indifference,

Both Ruby and Kaneki showed their surprise, but unlike Ruby Kaneki went as far as to release his Kagune to shield her "What is it you want?" he asked

Ozpin looked into Kaneki's eyes and noticed the one eye, "You can relax, I won't tell anyone of that development nor will I tell anyone of you, I am sure the Eye-Patch doesn't need any more attention than he already has, all I want to know is why you didn't tell me Ruby?"

"W-well um I thought y-you would have kicked me out of Beacon because of it"

Ozpin yet again surprised the two by shaking his head "Ms Rose all are welcome to my school whether they be Human Faunus or Ghoul, I don't care about such details, what I do care about is stopping the Grimm if at all possible, now will you need some kind of counter measure, so you don't eat any of the other students or anyone in general?"

Ruby shook her head "N-no the Ghouls he-here have helped me so that wouldn't be a problem"

Ozpin nodded once again "Very well, you may go now Ms Rose while your friend and I have a talk" Ruby slowly walked out of the room and once the door was closed Ozpin let out a deep breath, "So you wish to be the one to tell me what happened to her" Ozpin paused as he reached for his pocket and asked, "Is it alright if I record this? It will just be a voice recording" when Kaneki nodded Ozpin continued to pull out his scroll and sat it on the table, he tapped on the screen to start the recording then stated, "You have information about what happened to Ruby Rose during the three months and six days she has been missing, I need you to tell me what happened to her"

"Yes, I do, she was captured by Aogiri and tortured, they did a lot of horrible things to her, as far as everyone else knew it was so they could break her and have her work for them"

Ozpin frowned as he asked this question "What methods of torture did they perform on her?"

Kaneki let out a tired sigh as he recounted what Eto had told him, "They cut off her fingers and toes, made her eat them every day for the first month and a half, and not long after the first month had finished they would have a Beowulf eat off of her and put it in its cage before it could kill her, when cutting off her fingers seemed to give no effect they forced her to eat those who they killed, civilians, CCG agents, then it moved on to Ghouls they normally fed her two body's a day. Once that had negligible effect on her they grabbed two humans, who looked similar to two people she knew, and put them into a coma then convinced her it was her friends before forcing her to eat them, not long after that I found her and waited for the right moment to break her out before leaving myself"

Ozpin for his part was a man who knew how to mask his emotions well Kaneki had no doubt in that, so to see the angered look over the headmasters face he had to admit he was unnerved by it "What reasons did you have to save her?" He calmly asked,

Kaneki answered with a sad smile, "I worked with Aogiri as a partner because we had a common goal and once that was done I stayed with them to get stronger, so I could protect those I thought were worth protecting, not to torture or murder innocent people, I was already planning on leaving the day they had me assigned to her it just happened to line up for me"

Ozpin sighed "Thank you for your time" after he said those words he stopped the recording "Is there anything you wish to make as a request before I go?"

Kaneki nodded "Yes there are a few things, I want you to keep me filled in with what's happening around Beacon if she chooses to go back and if need be allow me access to the school at all times"

Ozpin arched an eyebrow "Now why would I do that?"

Kaneki answered plainly "I have been asked by someone to perform an investigation of my own to find out what happened to her, and should Aogiri plan to attack again I wish to be there, either to get her out or help defend your school"

Looking at Kaneki with a thoughtful expression he asked, "And you would simply do this just to protect her?"

Kaneki shook his head "As I said I joined Aogiri to protect my friends and that means helping them too, she may be an acquaintance and not a friend, but she is a friend to one of my friends, if she can show me she is a good person then that opinion will change into a more positive light"

Ozpin nodded "I suppose you'll do what's in her best interest for any of the situations?" Kaneki nodded "Well alright then, if it means protecting her then you'll have my assistance"

"Another thing I want to know is what your going to say when you are asked about how you even recorded it?"

Ozpin happily answered, "You don't have to worry about me revealing who you are, I will just simply say I was lucky enough to have the Ghoul who helped Ruby come to me"

"And if your asked which Ghoul went to you, what will you say?"

"I will say I didn't recognise the mask, is there anything else you wanted to know?"

Kaneki frowned as he nodded "You let her in early because of a fairy tale. Didn't you?"

Ozpin turned around with a smirk "Now why would you say that?" He asked,

"Her eyes, they are just a colour nothing more, a made-up legend and to think Aogiri attacked Beacon academy just to capture a half-Ghoul because of a child's story, they will attack again because of it, but you already know that don't you"

Ozpin gave a knowing smirk as he said, "Every story comes from somewhere, so tell me where do you think that one came from?"

Hey guys so yeah that was chapter 10, so as I said I would, I'll be explaining this really quickly. So, Kaneki working with Aogiri, I had already planned a lot further ahead than this in the FanFic before I started reading the manga and after catching up on it I was trying (and struggling) to figure out how I could get this to work with it, and I did have to change a lot of things to get this to work. And what I came up with was replacing what I had planned to add with something much larger and it will take a lot more time, anyways what I had to change was Kaneki's backstory and how that would fit into this again, it's after the Anteiku raid that he has no real choice but to work with Aogiri, which means he isn't a member but did team up for a time. I can't say much more without spoiling what I have in mind but that's the only way I could keep what had happened in the manga without messing up other things, so I hope this helps you guys understand what I'm doing to an extent.

So anyways hopefully you enjoyed this chapter and I'm looking forward to seeing what you guys think, please leave a review as always, I'm still not all that confident in this chapter and my writing but I know (am sure) I'm improving, as always continue to follow, favourite and review, I'll see you guys next chapter.