Wake up Reyoto! I need you…
...I need help! Reyoto please!
...Why won't you open your eyes! We'll die if you don't wake up!
...I'm scared...I feel so alone right now…
Please say something Reyoto…
Reyoto...
THE GAME OF PREY
On my left, two feet away. Step in, pivot, and release!
I slammed the girl down to the ground and kicked her away. I ducked under her partner's kagune and tackled her into my kitchen table.
"You shouldn't have come here!" I tossed her straight through the glass and out of the window. "Coming after me...You should've told that crazy bastard to piss the hell off. Ginrei can fight me himself if he wants me dead so badly!" I snarled.
"That's not an option for you!" Aoi yelled at me. She tried to charge at me but I stopped her dead in her tracks. I lifted her up and powerbombed her into my tiled floor. I clenched her head and forcefully smashed it against my cupboards. She squirmed around in my grasp but remained helpless to my attacks. I flung her outside next to Tsuna and stared them down like a wild animal.
"I'm getting hungrier and hungrier…" I growled.
Tsuna looked at her partner from outside. "Let's just kill him and get it over with, Aoi!"
"Tsuna, we need to hit him double time."
"Will that even work?! Look at him!"
I was in a more feral stance. I was prepared to kill them both no matter what it took. They went too far with destroying my home. I was hungry, which meant that someone was about to be a snack.
"Move now!" Aoi yelled as they jumped back into my broken down house.
They both sprinted towards me at the same time. I blocked high but got kicked in the legs followed by a punch to my jaw. I dropped down and watched them both pounce on top of me.
"You don't want this fight. I promise that it'll get real ugly for you both. Leave before it's too late!" I warned them.
"I'm sure we'll be fine." Tsuna grinned.
"If you hadn't noticed, we've got the upper hand right now." Aoi smirked.
"Heh...Fine then." I pushed them both off of me and stood up.
They glared at me and resumed a fighting stance. I cracked my neck and grinned. They circled around me as if they were two sharks and I was simply just prey. Their varying kagunes moved rhythmically with a sort of deadly grace to them. These motions didn't faze me though. I was prepared for this.
"..." Aoi stepped a little bit closer to me while Tsuna moved back a bit. Judging by their subtle movements, I could tell who was going to initiate the assault.
I let out a steady breath before pivoting to the right and smashing my shin against Aoi's temple. She flew into the wall and left a nasty looking crack in it.
My attack prompted Tsuna to lunge at me from behind. I swung my fist back and clocked her right in her nose. I spun low and leg sweeped her to the floor. I grabbed her by the leg and tossed her by the fridge. I ran up and punt kicked her across the skull.
"SON OF A BITCH!" Aoi screamed from behind. I slipped her sucker punch and elbowed her in the throat.
"Nice one…" I taunted.
"Y...You're...done for…" Tsuna muttered.
I grabbed the fridge door and opened it. I yanked Tsuna by her dark brown hair and roughly shoved her face into one of the kitchen shelves. I grabbed the fridge door and bashed it against her head.
"You regret coming in here yet? Huh?! Do you? DO YOU?!" I snarled. Her blood left streaks across the interior of the fridge. The sight sparked something inside of me. I took a deep inhale and let the aroma of fresh blood overwhelm my nostrils. "Wow...What the hell? That's amazing!"
Before I could reach down and grab the tanned woman, Aoi grabbed me from behind and started choking me out with an extension cord.
"Don't even think about it you cruel bastard!" She hissed. I tried to pry her off of me but she continued to apply pressure to my windpipe. "I've heard all the stories about you...and how you...would essentially eat people AND ghouls. I won't let let you eat Tsuna!"
"Eat...ghouls?" I gasped with confusion in my voice. I needed her off of me. I was gonna pass out and that was NOT an option right now.
I jerked back and slammed her against the wall behind us. Her grip loosened a bit which gave me the chance to toss her off of me. She twisted her body in the air and landed on her feet. By this point, Tsuna had started getting back up. Her face was battered and damaged. She was leaking and had a swollen left eye.
Aoi looked at her with worry. "Tsuna, you're hurt!"
"I'm fine. We need to finish this!" She growled.
I folded my arms and sighed. "You should listen to your buddy. The way this is going, you'll both end up dead rather easily."
"Who are you to talk? It's still two on one! You're outnumbered!"
"And you're outmatched. I mean, think about it. I haven't even brought out my own kagune yet." I responded plainly. "Look, as much as I really wanna kill you both for screwing around with my stuff, I also really don't wanna kill you. This is your last chance. Leave my home and never show your face to me again."
They both stayed quiet but ended up dropping their guards. I looked at them and nodded. They both dropped their hostility and faced me mixed emotions.
"Glad we could come to an understanding." I said as I stepped towards them. Neither one of them moved an inch. They just stayed still and quiet. "...Okay, let me tell you both something. Yes, I was a part of Aogiri and yes I walked out on them. I'm well aware of what I did...But that doesn't mean I regret my decision. Look at you two! You busted into someone's home, trashed the place and challenged them to a two on one fight. It's that kind of behavior that lead to my departure. I look back on the times where I knew nothing but how to kill. Those days were dark for me. I've changed and so can you two. Leave Aogiri and start a new life."
"Your words...Why be so easy on us?" Tsuna asked.
"It's because I tend to look for the good in people first. I'm not a monster. Not any more."
"Thank you...Thank you so much Reyoto. You're giving us a second chance and we won't waste it." Aoi said and she ran up and hugged me.
I stared at her and slowly patted her back. "Yeah, no problem. Now get the hell outta here!"
"Sure thing Rey." Both of them said in unison.
This feeling…It felt...No wait...Something's wrong…
My body was trembling and I was sweating like crazy. My eyes widened as my vision slowly blurred. I felt hot on the inside. It was as if my blood was literally boiling underneath my pale skin. My knees went weak and I grew lightheaded.
"What...did you...do to me?"
"You didn't really think that we'd just listen to your little life lesson, did you?" Aoi whispered in my ear while forcing her kagune deeper into my abdomen.
"I spared you...I gave you both...a second chance!" I growled.
"You really are different. The old you wouldn't have made a mistake like that. This little everyday life of mediocrity has made you soft. The old you wouldn't believe in second chances." Tsuna said with disgust.
Aoi retracted her predatory organ from my body and pushed me down. They both stood over me with looks of satisfaction.
"I changed...You could change too…" I hissed. My own blood was quickly puddling around me, staining my kitchen floor.
Tsuna spat on me as a sign of sheer disrespect. "You're a train wreck. When I heard about all that you had done from the other ghouls, I was quivering on the inside. I admired you and you work. Now, I'm astonished at how much of a complete sap you are. It's absolutely pathetic!"
I glared and tried to get back up. "Ngh! Why can't...I get up?!"
"You're not moving anytime soon I'm afraid. You see, my kagune is something special. It secretes a sort of...neurotoxin so to speak. Once it gets into your bloodstream, it temporarily shuts down your basic motor functions." Aoi explained.
Tsuna lifted me up over her shoulder. "It's time to take you back Reyoto."
"Well, this day just keeps getting more and more amazing…"
They walked me out of the front door of my home. However, waiting outside was Nishiki who was none to happy.
"Dammit Reyoto! I keep tellin' you to cut it out with all the noise." He said before staring at the two girls that captured me. "Who the hell are they?"
"NISHIKI HELP ME! THEY'RE WITH AOGIRI!" I shouted loudly.
"Wait what?!" He questioned.
Tsuna huffed. "Oh jeez...Aoi take care of him."
"Right." The pale woman stepped forward and kicked Nishiki hard in his chest. His glasses flung off of his face as he crashed into a nearby dumpster. "Trash is taken out."
Tsuna nodded. "Now let's hurry and get him back to that crazy bastard."
"Damn you! You're gonna pay for that! I swear you will!" I snapped.
"You're talking too much." Tsuna grumbled. She threw me to the floor and smirked. "See you in about an hour."
"What are you-"
~WHAM~
I was silenced when a heavy boot stomped directly onto my face. My eyes shut almost instantly. I had lost consciousness within seconds.
What is Hell like? I know that it's a place for the scum of the Earth, but what is it really? A flaming prison? A deep dark pit of despair? I wouldn't know. I've never been there. All I could say is that it's where I'm bound to end up. No matter how much I change, I'm still the same lonely man that would hunt for the thrill of it. The man that would eat whatever he could. Be it a human or a member of his own race. I was disgusting. I was a menace to life itself. I needed to be sent to the eternal place of punishment and pay for my crimes. I could accept this reality. The only thing that would haunt me is that fact that I would never be able to join my family in the heavenly kingdom above the clouds. They are too pure for me. Even in death, I'll still be alone…
There were voices all around me. So many people were talking at once. I couldn't understand a single thing that anyone had said. I made an attempt to open up my eyes. That didn't go so well. For some reason I was very much unconscious. That was until a hefty SMACK woke me from my passed out state.
"Wake up Reyoto. It's time for you to meet someone." Aoi said.
I already knew who it was. When my eyes snapped open, I saw a man with a wide, crooked smile staring down at me.
I was strapped up to a bloody, wooden chair, still unable to move. I looked around and saw hundreds of furious ghouls staring at me. I noticed that I was in the old Aogiri clubhouse. This was automatically the worst possible situation for me to be in.
"Ah...It's nice to see you again Rey. How's good ole' Dr. Fueguchi and his lovely family doing?" Yamori asked with a teasing grin.
I gave him the meanest, most hate filled death stare that I could muster. I let him know straight up how much I wanted him dead. Yamori wasn't normal. He gained pleasure out of watching others suffer. I unfortunately was about to become his next source of joy.
"Fuck you." I grumbled.
"Ouch! That really hurts Ray. Kinda like all the other times you'd put me down and crush me underneath you boot. Now the tides have turn and you're about as fucked as a fish outta water my friend." He gave me a well place punch to my jaw. My mouth hung open given the pain of the attack.
"How does that feel? Are you gonna cry?" He smirked in my face.
I spit a gooey wad of blood onto his cheek and grinned. "Not a chance big guy."
He started breathing heavily. His right eye twitched as he firmly grasped my face. "I'll pop your head like a melon!"
"Yamori please calm yourself. We have much to get through before making this miserable piece of trash suffer." Said the crazy looking bastard.
Yamori growled a bit. "...Alright Ginrei. I better be the one that kills him though."
"In due time. He must first fess up to his crimes." The man that I discovered to be Ginrei walked over and grinned. "I used to admire you. I used to look up to you. You were strong and cold blooded. You always got things done. Am I correct?"
"..." I decided to not say a word.
"Hmm...No answer huh? Okay, regardless of if you talk or not, you're still responsible for the absence of my baby sister! You were requested by me to find Shisen, kill him, and bring her back home TO ME! I want to know what happened!"
Ginrei clenched his fists and grounded his teeth together. "I'm trying to understand you, but you're making this a lot harder THAN IT NEEDS TO BE!!!"
I sighed. "Regardless of if I told you or not, you'd still only wanna hear what YOU wanna hear."
"So you're telling me that you won't talk?" He asked.
"I've got nothing to say."
"Fine! Be that way!" He turned to the other ghouls with a smile on his face. "All of those that see Reyoto Jinpachi as a traitor, and enemy and an all around ASSHOLE, please step forward and give him a taste of justice!" My eyes widened as they all lined up. So many familiar faces were all glaring at me. I looked them with nervousness and slight fear for what was to come. "Strike him down, one by one! Let him know how you really feel about him!"
They marched up to me in a single file line, and hit me with at least one good hit while either spitting on me, or yelling at me. Sometimes it was both.
"You're absolute scum!"
"Weakling!"
"Dirty lowlife!"
"Fucking traitor!"
"You dirty mistake!"
"I'm glad you're gone!"
"Fuck you and your little human family!"
"Traitor!"
"Backstabbing piece of shit!"
It went on and on. My face was bruised and I had multiple different cuts on my skin. I know for a fact that I had a broken rib and my abdomen was sore. This was a goddamn nightmare. All of my enemies were lined up to dish out a solid beat down.
I looked out of the corner of my eye and saw Ayato leaning against a wall. His arms were folded and he seemed to be looking at me. His face was unreadable which got me thinking.
When he noticed me making eye contact, he closed his eyes and started walking off instead of attacking me with all the others.
Yamori had stepped up and grinned. "Guess I get another swing." He threw his fist deep into my gut. I dry heaved for a moment before throwing up on the floor below. "Looks like I just won a prize." He punched me again, making me cough violently.
Yamori returned to the back of the line. A new figure appeared before me. They stood quietly with their mask on. They seemed hesitant which got me wondering.
"...You just gonna...stand there?" I asked.
"..." The person moved forward and placed their hands on my throat, slowly choking me. I noticed something though. They weren't out right strangling me. They were more or less just there grabbing my neck. They then moved their head closer to me. "I'll get you outta here Rey." They whispered to me.
I looked up with a raised brow. "Ryko?"
"Just give me a little time. I have a plan." He then punched me across the face and stepped out of line. I watched him leave up the stairs and sighed. I had to trust in him. That damn neurotoxin was still in effect. I could barely move.
The next person to face me were the two women that broke into my house. Aoi was smiling and Tsuna was glaring. I gave them both the dirtiest look that I could.
"How ya feelin' buddy?" Aoi asked while jabbing me in the eye.
"Like I'm gonna rip you apart when I get outta this chair."
Tsuna scoffed and kicked me. "Don't even bother tryna pull that tough guy act Reyoto. You've still got another two and a half hours of that paralysis. That's more than enough time to kill you."
"Heh...The fact that I let you both live...I really am weak for that."
"Knowing is only half the battle." Aoi giggled.
"All of you...better kill me. If I walk out of this place alive, I will dedicate the rest of my life hunting each and every single one of you down."
A lot of the ghouls laughed at me. Yamori looked at me with a wide grin. "You my friend are going nowhere! You've lost your killer instinct when you left us for that bitch. What was her name? Akihime, right?"
I was slowly losing my mind. I wanted to jump outta this chair and kill him. Not even just kill. I want to devour his fucking corpse. I looked dead into his eyes without any emotion.
"You don't bring her name up ever again!"
Yamori smirked. "Or what? The Wolf Devourer is gonna kill me? Get over yourself! You're outta your prime. I on the other hand practically run this damn place so I suggest-"
"You suggest nothing! You don't run anything!" Said a little girl's voice. Yamori was suddenly flung into a nearby wall, being knocked unconscious. A small girl in bandages walked through the crowd with authority. Next to her was Ryko and a tall man with a full mask that only had a smile on it. "All of you are to leave my sight immediately!" She demanded. Within seconds, that's exactly what happened.
Ginrei stood near me with an angry look. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!?!" He shouted.
"You need to leave while I still have an ounce of pity in my system." Eto said.
Ginrei laughed at her. "But what about the justice that is to be served to this traitor? Don't you wish to have your revenge?"
Eto folded her arms and tapped her foot. "I have something planned for him already. As for you, I want you out of my hideout!"
"Fine! Since you want to ruin everything!" Ginrei looked at me with a twisted smile. "You and I will see each other again very soon my friend. Just you wait."
"Count on it prick!" I snarled.
The bastard ran off which only left me, Ryko, Eto and who I slowly remembered to be Noro. Eto walked up to me with a small little giggle. I looked up at her with a bad feeling in my stomach. She had motives playing through her head. I knew that for certain.
"I didn't expect us to meet again so quickly. It's almost like you wanted to see me." She said to me with somewhat of a smile.
"I'm tied up to a chair with little to no feeling in my body. I'm all beat up and I feel light headed. This isn't exactly my idea of an intentional meet up."
She put a hand on top of my head. "It doesn't really matter to me how we meet. I'm just so glad to see you."
"...Right. So can you let me go now?" I asked. I noticed Ryko scratch his head as he looked away from me.
"Not yet Reyoto. There's something that I need to do first before you go." She said.
"What?! Why?! I gotta get outta here!" I shouted.
She placed a finger on my lips and slowly let the bandages fall from her body. Her more mature look had showed itself to me and I quickly looked away from her.
"You don't have to turn away from me Reyoto." She said in a more womanly tone.
"Please...Just let me go."
"I will, but I might never get this chance again." She muttered.
My eyes went wide at her words. I knew what she was talking about and it made my stomach drop. "Not like this. You couldn't have wanted me like this! This just...It isn't right!"
"I'm well aware of that, but you don't give me much choice." Her face suddenly went bitter and cold when she stared at me. "I've tried for years to make you understand how I feel, but you never would give me a chance. I was so tired of being just a sister to you! All I ever wanted was for you to love me! Why was it so hard Reyoto?! Did you hate me that much, to the point that you chose some human that you barely even knew over me?"
I sighed. "Aki...saved my life."
"If I remember correctly, so did I!"
"Look, I just...I don't know okay! I can't explain it. Things just happened!" I yelled at her.
"So things "just happened" with you? You just randomly disappeared one day, got taken in by a stranger and fell in love?"
"I mean, yeah! That's exactly how it went." I shrugged.
"Oh okay. So me doing this is just random love right?" She said as she wrapped her arms around my neck and started grinding against my hips. I closed my eyes and tried to shake away the discomfort. She was doing this on purpose and it was pissing me off.
"Eto cut it out!"
"Why should I? This is how it works right? RIGHT?!" She ceased her grinding and grabbed my face. She pressed her lips against mine with a mixture of both anger and desperation. I felt dirty and I did not like feeling like that. The way her tongue invaded mouth disgusted me to now end. It wasn't right. None of this was.
"You...Can't...do this…" I said to her in between breaths.
"I still have some time left. I plan on using every single second." She kissed my neck a few times before outright biting into me. I winced at the slight pain she caused. "I forgot how good you taste." She giggled with blood around her lips. She looked absolutely insane.
"Stop this...Please!" I begged her.
She continued licking the blood from my wound and smiled. "No Rey. I don't want to stop." I shivered at her seductive touches. Her fingers brushed through my short hair. Her hot breath on my neck sent a wave of chills down my spine. I needed to get outta her before she took this up to another level.
"Get off me Eto." I demanded.
She gave me a crooked smile and licked the blood off of her lips. "I can't do that Reyoto. Not yet at least. I'm not done playing with you." She turned around and looked at Noro and Ryko. "I would like some privacy with Reyoto so if you two would be so kind as to leave us be."
Noro wasted no time leaving while Ryko seemed hesitant. He knew I needed him. I was trusting him to assist me. He lowered his head and walked away. Eto stared into my eyes and grinned. I looked away from her and sighed.
"I'm sorry Eto, but you can't just force me to do something like this. I don't have those kinda feelings for you. You have to let me leave."
"It's okay Reyoto. I can change your mind." Her right eye had changed and she had suddenly grabbed a hold of my neck. "I'll make you understand." She tightened her grip even more. I started losing oxygen at a quickened pace. My eyes were closing and I had almost passed out, but then she stopped. She let go and looked at me. Her eyes were watery and this caught me off guard.
"You're crying…"
She glared at me. "I know that you...you…"
"Asshole?"
"Yes!" She yelled in my face. "I don't know what I did wrong. All these years of trying to make you love me...Please just tell me what I have to do. I'll do it, I swear!"
"..." I didn't really know exactly what to say to her. She would never really cry like this. Actually, I think me and Noro are the only two people that ever saw her like this. Right now, she was something that she hated. She was vulnerable.
"After so long...You and I were as close as we could be for years. So at least tell me that you've had some kind of attraction to me. Even if it was so small that it lasted only a few seconds."
"You want the truth…" I muttered.
She looked at me with wet and hopeful eyes. "That's all I want."
"...Then the answer is no. I've never shared this sort of attraction to you. This little game that your playing ain't gonna work. I'm not another one of your subordinates that you can break down and mold into your own. I know better. I've always known better. You're running a group of bastards that took my wife and daughter from this world. I could NEVER love someone like you. Even after all this time, you're still just a child that has a fit when she doesn't get her way. I did not love you, I do not love you and surprise surprise, I will never ever love you!" I shouted in her face.
Her bangs hid her eyes making her true expression unknown. I looked at her with narrowed eyes when she giggled once more. Her lips curled upward and when she lifted her eyes, she had the face of a complete lunatic.
"So my love for you is going to stay unrequited, huh? You'll just never feel the same?! If that's the case then I might as well just kill you then! If you won't be mine then I suppose you won't be anyone's!" She bit down on my shoulder and ripped a huge chunk of flesh off. I grit my teeth and closed my eyes. "I'm gonna swallow you whole!" She took another chunk. "I'll eat you until nothing's left!" She ripped off a piece of my arm and plopped it into her mouth. "You're just so tasty."
"ETO!" Yelled Ryko's voice.
Said woman turned around and glared. "You better have a good reason for interrupting me."
"I do. It's the Doves!" He said with panic in his tone.
"So what?! Handle them yourselves!" She shouted.
"That's the thing. We can't! Some blue haired son of a bitch is taking everyone out right now! He's on a whole other level!" He said.
"Fine. I need someone to watch our guest though so I'm going to ask you to stay behind and watch him."
"Right!" He said as he stood next to me. I looked at him with a thankful grin.
Eto had walked outside of the hideout and towards the doves with her bandages wrapping around her body. Ryko immediately started untying me when the coast was clear.
"Dammit Reyoto! How the hell did you even end up here in the first place?!" He asked.
"Two ghouls, specifically your ghouls broke into my home, trashed the place and knocked me out cold."
"Sheesh dude. You keep getting injured like that and Touka's gonna kill you herself." As soon as he untied me, I dropped outta the chair and onto the floor.
"Damn! I'm still a little paralyzed." I groaned.
"Shit, that's gonna make the next part of my plan a little more difficult. Do you have a mask on you?" He asked.
I glared at him. "Kinda got snatched up from outta my own home. Wasn't really planning on leaving."
"Right...Um, maybe I just carry you back to Anteiku." He said.
"That's probably the only way I'm getting outta here."
"Only one problem. When Eto gets back, she's gonna know that I'm up to something."
I thought for a moment. "Just get me back I'll worry about that part."
"Alright." He hoisted me up on his shoulder. "This better work man. She's already gonna be pissed that you escaped."
He ran out the back door and started hopping from building to building in the direction of the coffee shop.
"Hey Rey, I never got to ask you. What was the deal with you and Eto anyway?" He asked.
"She and I were partners for a long time. She helped me when I was all alone. She was my friend. That's all in the past now." I told him.
"Right. Sounds a lot like what she did for me…"
I lowered my brows. "Why did you really agree to help me against Aogiri if you're so loyal to Eto?"
"As I said before, she was there for me when I needed her the most. She saved me. That's why I'm so loyal to her. The problem is with Aogiri itself. I don't agree with their cause. They hunt down countless humans for the fun of it. Most of which don't even do anything wrong. It's sickening. I can't support that." He said.
"Right...Well I'll say this much. I appreciate your help. You may get on my nerves from time to time, but you're one of my best allies."
"Don't get all mushy on me now." He grinned.
I shook my head. "I'm serious. I know that this isn't exactly easy on you either."
"No, it really isn't…"
He landed right outside of the coffee shop and stared at the front doors. I motioned for him to go inside and he begrudgingly did so.
The atmosphere of the place was gloomy. The place was without any customers. Everyone working was quiet as if they were in mourning.
"H-hey guys…" I said to them.
They all looked my way and ran over to me and Ryko. I was gently placed in one of the chairs. Everyone took a good look at me. I had assumed that they had seen the open wounds.
"Reyoto, what the hell?!" Touka yelled.
"Don't worry. It looks worse than it actually is."
"But you're hurt." Hinami said with worry in her soft little voice.
"Nah, I'm all good. I promise." I said as I slowly patted the top of her head.
Kaneki stepped up. "Where did you go? Nishiki came by and told us you had been kidnapped by Aogiri."
"Yeah, I was. Thankfully Ryko was there to back me up. It was a little rough but I got away with minor injuries." I used the term minor loosely. Those bites man…
I filled them in on what happened in my house. I decided to leave out the part with Aogiri beating me and Eto practically molesting me. Pretty sure she wants my head now.
"I can't believe they destroyed your house." Kaneki said.
"Why don't you stay here with me and mama?" Hinami asked.
Ryouko gave me a sympathetic smile. "It wouldn't be any trouble at all. There's plenty of space."
"No, I couldn't. I don't wanna-"
"Just take the damn offer. It's fine. You're family after all." Touka said to me.
I looked at Yoshimura for any opposition. "It's fine by me. You're a valuable friend to us all Reyoto. If you need a place to stay, then so be it."
"...Well then, I guess that settles it. I'll be crashing here for a little while." I said.
"There's an extra room for you, down the hall. You know…" Touka muttered. I knew she was talking about Ayato's old room before he left. I nodded to her and looked at Ryko.
"So what were you planning on doing Rey?" He asked.
"Right...My part of the plan. Touka, I need you to beat the crap outta Ryko." I said.
"WHAT?!" They both yelled at the same time.
"How is that even helping me?!" Ryko asked.
"Yeah, what's the point? Not that I'm overly against this or anything."
I sighed. "You have to make it look like you were chasing me down. Come back all beat up and they'll think that you just lost a fight."
"But then she's gonna get all pissed and I'll get punished." Ryko huffed.
I shrugged. "Better than dying for treason. Plus it's me. Say I recovered and kicked your ass. They'll believe it."
"Wow, okay fuck you man." He sighed and looked at Touka who was smirking. "You mind taking it easy?"
"No can do. This is Rey we're talking about. Gotta really sell it." She decked him in his left eye, causing it to swell. She then grabbed his face and smashed her knee into his nose. She sent him a jaw rattling uppercut that knocked a tooth out of his mouth. She then grabbed his right arm and thrusted her palm upwards, bending it out of place. She threw him to the floor and started stomping his face in.
"OKAY! I THINK THAT'S GOOD!!!" Ryko yelled with a harsh glare.
"And with that, I relinquish eight months of pent up aggression. Karma's a bitch, ain't it you jerk!" Touka yelled.
Kaneki looked at me with confusion. "What did he even do to her?"
"It's a long story that has nothing to do with me. You want the details, you gotta talk to her about it."
"...I don't think I want to." Kaneki muttered.
Ryko got up slowly and held himself. "Jeez...I said I was sorry like eighteen times."
"Try another eighteen and we'll see how much I forgive you." She spat at him. She quickly turned around and gave me a quick hug. "I owe you one for that."
"Don't mention it." I grinned as we bumped fists.
"Wow, I save your sorry ass and I get hurt for it. Thanks a lot buddy!"
"I'm sorry but it was a part of the plan. Now you better go before they get even more suspicious of you." I said.
"Fine. See you guys around." He stormed out while still holding himself.
"See ya Ryko."
A/N: Wow it's been quite some time since the last chapter and I wanna start off by apologizing for the delay. Started working and that has been a pain. That and I needed a little break from writing. I wouldn't necessarily say that O had writers block, but I did need some time to regain my creativity.
This particular chapter was intended to be released two days earlier but I didn't get in touch with my editor aka the guy that I proof read my story chapters with. I didn't want to post an unedited chapter so I had to hold off until it was done. I took care of the edits this time so it should be fine for the most part.
I know it's been some time and once again, I'm SUPER sorry about that. Though if anything good did come from my absence, it was the fact that I'm back in my high spirits. I did start working on the next chapter so don't worry, It'll be out within the next week or two. That of which I can assure you.
Real quick, I wanna thank everyone that takes the time to read this story. I do read every review that I get and it makes me glad that out of every story on here, you gave mine a shot whether you like it or not.
Thanks guys and I'll see you in the next one!