Chapter 10. Ayato.

When we reached the roof I was in time to get into a position to catch Toka. She looked surprised to see us. Nishiki made a noise in surprise at the catch.

"Kaneki, Kotoko?" Toka asked. I smiled as softly as I could at her but my eyes made it hard to, I believe they got stuck in a cold expression, might be the effects of the torture.

"Toka, you all came to save us?" Kaneki asked. Toka looked at me and Kaneki.

"Kaneki...Kotoko...we..." Toka started.

"You're a mess." I said. I closed my eyes as she became surprised.

"And it's all our fault, I'm sorry." Kaneki said. I looked at Toka, she was even more surprised. I stood up from the position I had moved into to catch her. She grabbed onto my shoulder lightly as I moved.

"But what did they do to you two?" Toka asked as her eyes closed slightly.

"Stupid Kaneki.." I heard her mutter out as she fainted slightly from blood loss. I was then hit in the shoulders with an attack from Ayato, I just stated blankly at Ayato not even registering that I had been hit seeing as the wounds were healing at an amazing speed.

"Kotoko, do you want to fight him?" Kaneki asked. I thought for a moment.

"No I think you should be the on to fight him, besides I already took out his little girlfriend." I said cracking my fingers the Jason way. Kaneki nodded.

"K-Kotoko, are you alright?" Nishiki asked as I went up to him. I nodded.

"Yes but we need to look after Toka." I told him as I looked at her wounds, they were starting to heal.

"Here." Nishiki said as he tossed something to Kaneki,"you fight better with it on right?"

Kaneki put the mask on.

"...thanks." Kaneki said as Ayato started walking towards him.

"Oh so you and your little girlfriend have changed, huh, shitty eyepatch." Ayato said. I just looked at him coldly.

"I think he and Toka are Ukaku like I used to be.." I thought watching Ayato like a hawk.

"If you didn't you'd be long dead."Ayato said smirking his smug smirk."don't you...Think!" Ayato the started his attack his Kagune flaring. I moved back a little along with Nishiki.

"A-amazing."Nishiki said.

"I don't think so, I think it's more destructive plus he's using up a lot of power for an Ukaku type, if he continues he'll most likely wear himself out." I muttered quietly. Kaneki dogged the attack and I blocked the access using my Kagune, strange it still has its toughness from being and Ukaku. Nishiki looked at me surprised as I made my Kagune disappear as the attack was done.

"It's changed?" Nishiki asked me.

"Yes, but it still is stronger than normal Rinkaku, it might be because it was an Ukaku before." I said.

"Well you'll still die!" Ayato told Kaneki as he fired at him again, I also used my Kagune to protect me, Toka, and Nishiki from getting hit.

"I think he needs to work on his aim..." I said. Nishiki sent me a look as I dead panned.

"You've change quiet a bit, I think more than Kaneki, you no longer seemed bothered by being brutal or being cold to people you don't like." Nishiki said as I turned my head to look at him. I blinked in surprise at him.

"Pretty observant Nishio, do you mind if call you Nishiki? It's easier for me, I'm considering calling Kaneki ,Ken." I said. Nishiki chuckled at that.

"Go right ahead I see nothing wrong with that." Nishiki said.

We then started to watch as Kaneki jumped up to avoid the attacks, he then proceeded to run to avoid the attacks.

"What's wrong eyepatch!? Let's see you fight!" Ayato yelled sending another attack.

"You idiot you are the last family member Toka truly has, she'd be sad if Ken did." I muttered.

"Why are boys so dense sometimes?!" I thought frowning slightly as Nishiki face palmed at my words.

"Is the boy that dense?" Nishiki asked. I nodded.

"Most are, besides I think our commentary is very entertaining don't you?" I asked.

"Come on fight back!" Ayato yelled,attacking. Kaneki dogged again.

"It is isn't it?" Nishiki said answering my question with a question.

"Come on and kill me!" Ayato yelled obviously frustrated.

"Ha, like Ken would do that you dumbass..." I said. Nishiki broke out into a smile at that.

"I can't do that, if I did that Toka would be sad, your the only brother she has, so even though you are a member of Aogiri and someone who has hurt both Toka and Kotoko, I cannot kill you." Kaneki said giving Ayato a slightly cold look. My cheeks went a tiny bit pink.

"That looks a little weird especially since your eyes seem to be stuck in a cold stare." Nishiki told me.

"I know." I stated.

"Hah, dumb ass." Ayato sneered.

"I thought you'd become a little more realistic but you're still the same!" Ayato said. I let my Kagune become soft and fold up to rest lightly on my hips like a fanny pack.

"I cannot kill you? As usual you're naïve!" Ayato continued.

"I think he's waiting time talking." Nishiki told me. I nodded.

"Have you noticed that bad guys seem to like to monologue before they are killed or defeated?" I asked. Kaneki swung his Kagune into Ayatos side. I was no where near as surprised as I should be, my fogged memories were beginning to flood into my mind, it was mostly about the future and that was it.

"It seems that the rules changed I can be around the main characters and keep my memories, either that or I was able to keep some of them from when I was being tortured." I thought," most likely the later."

Ayato became slightly surprised as Kaneki walked up to him.

"Therefore Ayato, I will only beat you half to death." Kaneki said.

"Ken..." I thought. I was glad that the area was narrow but I lightly gripped Toka a bit tighter so if I had to move or run she wouldn't be as hurt.

"Half kill me?" Ayato asked,"don't underestimate me because you got in one surprise attack bastard."

"Ayato your Kagune takes up resources in a long range fight." Kaneki said. I then got why he threw Ayato into the building.

"He can't do that in a narrow setting I'm betting." I thought.

"If you can bombard everything then it's certainly possible for the attacks to be fatal, but if you only land a single shot then the attacks aren't heavy enough for that." Kaneki said. My eyes almost widened in surprise but kept the cold look in them. I believe they are stuck narrowed.

"Geez I hope they return to normal though I honestly have no clue how I look." I thought.

"You are slightly inadequate at close combat, so inevitably you started fighting at a distance... This place...is very narrow.."Kaneki said coldly. He then looked down at Ayato with his one eye and started to attack Ayato dogging, but just barely. I put a hand up and caught a large piece of the wood floor that went my way when Kanekis attack hit the floor.

"Che." Was the sound Ayato made as his collar was grabbed by Kaneki.

"If your locked in a cage you can't sped your wings efficiently." Kaneki said. He then kneed Ayato in the stomach and Ayato grunted in pain.

"You and Toka are siblings, so it's no good to be violent towards her." Kaneki said as Ayato coughed before kicking him in the face.

I heard Nishiki take a breath at the brutal kick.

"Bastard, you don't have any persuasive power." Ayato started, his Kagune then tried to shoot Kaneki with his Kagune but Kaneki dogged.

"Fucker!"

He was stabbed in the thigh by Kanekis Kagune.

Next thing he probably knew was that he was being held up in the air.

"Ayato I think you are capable, but if you are weaker than Yamori, I'm going to win." Kaneki said. I looked at him and closed my eyes as Toka snuggled into my shoulder, a small smile on her face.

"I guess I was truly missed." I thought.

"Don't prattle on and on...listening to your repetitive pretentious speeches makes me laugh bastard. Inadequate at close combat? Ridiculous." Ayato then tore off his cloak like thing.

"Close combat is my specialty!" He said an angry smirk on his face.

"Please I hope Kaneki will be okay..." Nishiki said as we could barely see. I narrowed my eyes even more and started to bandage up Toka and I covered her with the cloak Nishiki gave me I let her use my lap as a pillow.

"Ken will probably be alright, I have a feeling Ayato is full of himself." I said bluntly. Ayato started attacking Kaneki again and Kaneki started to dodge he seemed surprised at the sudden fighting ability of Ayato.

"I'm just over here waiting like a sir with eyes that are probably much better than Nishikis." I thought.

Ayato jumped up into the air.

"Fuck off." He said and fired at an unmoving Kaneki. Kaneki wasn't going to move I knew that much. I started to bite at my now permanently black thumb nail.

"Am I wrong about ken winning?" I thought. Kaneki was laying on the ground and I wanted to go over to him. Nishiki noticed that I was worried.

"Here, I'll look after Toka, go help if you can." Nishiki told me. I nodded. Nishiki threw me my mask and I put it on. I quietly ran up to the scene. I was next to the hole in the wall

I saw Kaneki lying down in thought as Ayato stood over him, Kaneki sent me a look that said "stand back". I nodded and moved to where I could still see.

"I seem to be pretty tenacious,if it's damaging then emotional things seem to have a greater effect on me, hey how about telling me your secret?" Kaneki said. Ayato looked at him.

"Haah? My secret? What the hell? I don't know what you're talking about." Ayato said. Kaneki got up from the floor.

"What are you trying to do in Aogiri?" Kaneki asked.

"Haah? I'm trying to kill some shitty humans." Ayato replied and I sent a very murderous glare his way, I can tell he felt it because he started sweating a little.

"Wrong! That doesn't match what's in your heart." Kaneki said as he swayed. I became worried for Kaneki and I received another look but this one said "I'm alright". I made a worried face with difficultly, I can't believe I've been changed that much.

"Haaah?!" Ayato asked."it's not like you'd have anyway of knowing that dumbass."

"I understand now that I've tried fighting you, that you are indeed strong, seems like Yamori really hated you- I think he didn't try fighting you because he recognised your real strength. Shut up and listen,"Kaneki said.

"People who blather on and on like they know everything are so irritating!" Ayato said as he tried to attack Kaneki only to have his head be caught and slammed into Kanekis knee. He then held his face in his hands making a cry of pain.

"Shut up and listen just like that I'm talking." Kaneki said as he cracked his fingers and knuckles the way me and Yamori, or rather as I call him Jason, do.

Ayato glared at Kaneki.

"Don't take me lightly, you've made kick sick from the very first day.." Ayato said as blood went down from his nose."Your expression,attitude, and way of talking! They make me remember my shitty father and it's disgusting to bare!" He said starting to get ready to attack.

"But this time it's you who is wearing that face, as if you've got it all figured out, and consciously babbling your ideas." Ayato continued and he started his attack.

"DIE,DIE,DIE!" He shouted at Kaneki." Disappear after all you're just a half breed like you lovely girlfriend."

Kanekis eyes became cold at those words.

"Is that a form of flirting? If so he should know that Kaneki will beat him painfully." I thought.

"Bastard." Ayato said as he slid away from Kaneki.

"Yamori was strong." Kaneki said.

"Haah?" Ayato asked.

"I fought him I should know, at Anteiku Toka threw herself at Yamori, but if she had fought him like that she would've been killed." Kaneki said. I then realised what he did.

"So what?" Ayato asked as dense as usual.

"You forced your way in and dealt her one blow." Kaneki said.

"Che, I wish I could've beaten the hell out of her one more time." Ayato said. I frowned.

Kaneki looked to me and I nodded.

"You protected her didn't that Toka wouldn't be killed." I stated. Kaneki said nothing so I continued having figured out the same thing.

Ayato looked at me shocked.

"When we arrived on the roof I felt relieved but at the same time I had a question, why didn't you kill Toka." I said. Kaneki continued my thoughts.

"If you had fought her with the intent to kill then the outcome would've been reached long ago." Kaneki said.

"Ayato, what do you want to accomplish so badly that you would even join Aogiri?" I asked.

"I wonder, the 'half assed bastard ' is you." Kaneki said.

"It's amazing that your delusions got so far.. Have you gone mad? I can't understand a single thing you say."Ayato said before he was kicked in the face.

"Well then, I shall start to half kill you." Kaneki said before he punch Ayato causing the floor to break and me to fall with them. We went through floor through floor. I sighed.

"Men..." I mumbled as I pulled my mask over my eyes.

I caught my self on the ceiling using my Kagune, the men slammed into the first floor that stopped giving out.

"Do you know what the definition of half kill is? It's the process of being half killed someone who has only done half the actions to kill." Kaneki said as he looked to me.

"If we consider destroying the whole body as a full death then if we separate the upper and lower body the damage to both sides is too different." I explained my quiet and cold voice scaring Ayato, I'm guessing he was used to my screams.

"You can still live without the bottom half of your body but if your upper half is crushed then you will die." Kaneki said continuing my sentence.

"Also organs would be hard to half kill you too, especially the brain, how does one subdivide the cerebellum and cerebrum?" I said.

"So I decided to break 103 of your bones." Kaneki said. He then proceeded to break 102 of Ayatos bones. I was half tempted to find a block of soap and put it in Ayatos mouth, he has some dirty language. At the last bone Kaneki motioned for me to come down as he took off his mask. I did so breaking the 103rd bone.

"I think Toka has suffered through more." I said coldly.

I was able to cover my face and hair before a group of men rushed in.

"A ghoul! Their mask are different." A man said.

"Looks like it can't be helped." Kaneki muttered. I agreed with him.