DISCLAIMER: I do not own Tokyo Ghoul.

Scattershot98: Haha I'm glad it cleared up some confusion whew. And yep, introducing Shachi :D. Yoshimura couldn't risk leaving to investigate for many days because leaving the young Enji and Irimi alone is like allowing them to kill each other xD. Of course Shachi did other things for the past two years :D. Hmm, maybe Uta or Itori can explain how they were sent. Haha, I'm glad you liked their moments. It's sad for Ukina though lol. And yep. Uta couldn't tell Yomo because... darn he'd be so sad and angry towards himself xD. Anyway, thank you again, here is the next chapter!

A/N: Yeah for those who finds some scenes familiar yes it is the flashback that Touka had in Jason's Obscenity Arc.

DAYS GONE BY TOKYO 14
Kirishima Siblings Arc - EP1

Arriving back home- Anteiku- Enji and Irimi entered the shop were the manager had been waiting worriedly. When he saw them enter through the door, his smile was wide but was worried when he saw the blood stains all over her clothes.

He can sense that the wound had already healed and the blood just dried up already so he didn't ask if she were alright.

"Kaya,"

"They're all dead." was the first thing she said. "I'm all alone." she mumbled, the gory collection that the man called 'Jason' had on the rooftop makes her feel sick.

"We're here."

The manager wrapped his arms around her, Enji did the same. "You're not alone." Enji whispered.

"We're here."

[Many years later...]

Yomo was walking towards Anteiku, holding the hand of a young girl in his right and the hand of a young boy on his left. The two children were shivering in fear and out of the coldness of the weather.

"Where are we going Uncle?" the little girl asked.

"Your new home."

The little girl saw the shop, reading the sign that says 'Anteiku'. The little boy followed her gaze and the two quietly allowed their uncle to lead them to this new location. Yomo tried to open the door but it was locked. He saw in his watch that it was still early so everyone was probably asleep.

"Maybe we should come back ano-"

The two kids began to knock and he quickly pulled them away from the door. "You don't just grab a doorknob uncle, you knock!" the kids scolded him.

"We're leaving." he ordered and was about to turn his back on the door when he heard the sound of the lock unlocking. The door opens and a woman with long black hair peeked at the door before opening it widely.

"Ah, welcome back, Yomo-san."

"Wow cool uniform!"

"Are you a real waitress?"

The two kids were immediately charmed. The woman knelt down to their level, smiling at them. "Yep. The shop is still closed but I can make an exception. What would you like to order?"

"Hot chocolate!" the two kids at the same time.

"Okay but you'll have to be quiet because the others are still sleeping." she tells them and the two kids shh'd each other. She points to a certain table for them to wait while she prepares their breakfast.

Yomo enters the shop and closes the door behind him. "You can drop the act around me." he says firmly. "I won't fall for it."

"Coffee it is then." she says and went to the kitchen.

"I didn't-!"

"Uncle sit with us!"

Yomo sighed and allowed himself to sit with the kids while waiting for his coffee. He watched the two kids happily talking with each other. Earlier they were so down, so sad, but now they've livened up. Good news for him.

When Irimi went back carrying a tray where three mugs were placed, the two kids excitedly took their hot chocolate from the tray.

"Uncle will pay for this right?" the little girl says.

"My, my, will he pay?"

"I work here you idiot!"

"Uncle it's rude to call people names!"

Yomo ruffled both of the kids' hairs, took the mug and eyed the woman shortly before muttering his apologies and taking a sip of the coffee. "Kids, stay with this witch while I get back to work." he stands from his seat and walked away.

"Uncle is really nice, he's just like that." the boy tells Irimi. "My name is Ayato by the way."

"Nice to meet you Ayato. What about you?"

"My name... my name is... Touka! Kirishima Touka!"

"It's very nice to meet you Touka-chan, Ayato-kun." she tells them with a smile.

Yomo was hiding behind a wall, finishing the coffee that he had to admit was good. He remembered that she couldn't even make one single coffee that wasn't too sweet or too bitter, but now it was perfect, almost as if the manager was the one who made it.

What exactly happened for the past years?

Enji exits his room to see Yomo hiding. "Oh Yomo, morning. I didn't know you were back." Enji greeted, still yawning. "Did the manager see you yet?"

"No." he said, his eyes locked on the empty cup in his hand. "What happened when I was gone?"

"The manager asked Uta and Itori to help around the shop." Enji said, the names made Yomo shudder, followed by the pent up anger he's been harboring since he left the Clowns. "They've honestly been good company compared to the first time we met them." he admitted, hopefully to calm Yomo's nerves.

"So they're together..."

Enji tilted his head to the side, trying to put together the pieces of what Yomo's problem was. He eyed the empty cup in his hand then glanced over at the table where two kids were happily telling stories to the woman they both treated as their rival in the past. When Enji had figured out what's wrong, he smirked. His signature smug smirk.

"So you met the new Irimi." Enji spoke.

"It's disgusting."

"After the manager sent you two on some life-changing journey of some sort, I had to pick her up at the 3rd Ward. She didn't say anything but mourn that everyone she knew was dead and that she was alone." Enji explained. "The following day, she just showed up for work, a neat woman."

"I see..." he says, not noticing that he sounded relieved.

Once again, the ginger-haired man caught the slight relief in his face. "I believe what you're interested to know is her relationship with your former comrade." Enji said, getting Yomo's attention.

"No I am not intere-"

"They're close friends. That's about it."

Yomo was quiet. Confused with how he should be expressing himself. A lot had changed since he left Anteiku.

He then felt Enji placed an arm over his shoulder and leaned close to him. "Sooo, are you going to introduce me to your cute children? Or should I make an introduction for myself?" he says.

"They're not my children.. they're my sister's.."

"And where is the pretty Yomo?"

"She's dead. But they don't know that... I can't tell them."

Enji saw the sadness in his eyes and thought that he just needed a cheering up. "I'm sorry." he said first. "For this." he grabbed Yomo by the arm and dragged him back to the shop. "Hello kiddos!" he greeted.

Touka and Ayato turned to see Enji dragging their uncle towards them.

"Whoa another one!"

"Look he's also wearing a uniform!"

"My name is Enji Koma. I am also known... as the Devil Ape." he began to gloat. "I think you'd be interested to hear the stories about the famed Devil Ape back in the days."

Both of the kids jumped on Enji and began playing with his hair and messing his uniform. Enji was caught in surprise and was defenseless as he was attacked by these young ones.

The commotion caught the manager's attention who had just arrived in the first floor. He saw Yomo and the two kids he's never seen before.

"Yomo."

"Manager."

The two kids looked up at the manager, saw that he was wearing the similar uniform that Enji and Irimi were wearing. "Uncle, does he also work here?" Ayato asked. "Is he your father Koma-san?" he asked, looking down on Enji since he was lying down on Enji's stomach.

"No he's the manager of the shop." Enji replies.

"My name is Yoshimura. And you two must be Yomo's niece and nephew." the manager guessed.

Ayato nodded. "My name is Ayato!"

"And I am Touka!"

"What a pleasure to have you two around."

[Evening, 10:32pm]

Enji was sighing as he left his room, wiping off the sweat dripping on the side of his face. The red mask in his hand. "Whew, putting Ayato to sleep was harder than I imagined." he says as he arrived in the first floor where Irimi had finished cleaning up. "Touka's already asleep!?"

"Tucked her to bed, fell asleep when I went back with more pillows." she replied as she took the hair binder off her hair, letting her hair long hair down.

Enji scoffed, still not used to how she grew her hair since then. "Going out tonight?" he asked, "It's my shift to do the perimeter checks."

"Going out yes, going on a perimeter check, nope." she answered as she also took the tie off her uniform and placed it on the counter. Enji chuckled and dashed to her side.

"A night with Uta then?"

"With Uta and Itori." she corrected and pinched his ear, he jumped away.

"Okay adding Itori doesn't make it safe. He could plan a threesome or something." Enji continued to tease. "Want me to tag along? Makes the odd number even."

"I'll come." Yomo said all of the sudden, shocking the two.

"Ah Yomo, you're awake! Good I need a perimeter check partner!" Enji says.

"Actually, manager wants to talk to you about something." Irimi says, making Yomo squint his eyes. "It's about Touka and Ayato I believe. You should tell the manager something."

Enji noticed that there was some sort of rising tension so he clicked his tongue and dashed for the door. "See ya two! Make sure you don't break the wine shelf! Oh yes, there is no wine shelf anymore, but still though. Bye!"

Yomo went to the manager's office while Irimi went back to her room.

"Manager."

"About your sister..."

"She.. she didn't make it. I could only save them." Yomo said, angry and yet mourning. "Can they stay? Neither of them have developed their tentacles yet, their A-cells are weak so pleasuring them won't be a problem until their tentacles manifest."

"I see."

Yoshimura leaned back in his seat, considering the next step that they should do now. "I want to do more missions." Yomo says.

"You're leaving your niece and nephew?"

"They're in good hands." Yomo replied confidently but Yoshimura can sense something else.

"You don't want to tell them the truth." he struck the bullseye. Yomo stiffened in his seat, Yoshimura was sharp. "I understand but the fear of you not saying anything is just going to hurt them when they find out from someone else."

"They're kids. One day they'll forget."

"No Yomo, they won't forget. You're only delaying the truth from them."

"I need time." he reasoned out.

Yoshimura decided to respect Yoshimura's decision and nodded. "Okay. I'll give you a mission. But please stay for another day and bond with them."

[Anteiku - 20th Ward, 9:13am]

Another day has begun, Enji welcomed the customers like he usually does and Touka and Ayato assisted for the first time. The two were able to enjoy what they were doing, even if there was human customers within the area, they weren't bothered.

"Table 2, Ayato." Enji says and gives Ayato a cup of coffee to deliver.

"Yes table 2, Koma-san!"

Taking the cup from Enji, he carefully walked towards the customer in the table and delivered his coffee. The customer smiled at how cute Ayato was, wearing formal clothes that they bought for Ayato.

Touka as well was wearing formal dress to make her cute. And like her brother, she was also assisting the Anteiku crew.

It was a normal day and the kids were having fun, not even noticing that their uncle wasn't around.

The door opens and Ayato sensed that the new customers were dangerous. He saw the familiar silver briefcase they were holding and he can smell that it wasn't a simple briefcase, a tentacle was inside. A tentacle turned into a weapon that is.

"Wow this place livened up since we last visited it." Kureo says with a smile.

"And look! They have a kiddie crew." Shinohara was the first to notice the young Ayato.

Ayato froze, he was afraid. Should he attack? Was he supposed to attack? These doves had something to do with why he and Touka had to leave home. That's why... that's why...

"AH!"

"Ayato, wait!"

Ayato jumped on Kureo, pulling on his tie and angrily landing his small fists on his stomach. Kureo did not even budge from his position and the two investigators were shocked to see what they boy was doing.

Touka was humiliated but she froze as well. What was she supposed to do? If these investigators fight back, they will take her too.

Shaking her head, Touka mustered enough courage to run to aid her brother but before she could do that, someone grabbed her arm. "Touka shh..." the woman tells her softly and she calmed her heartbeat down. "Stay here."

"Ayato!" Enji immediately came to pull Ayato away from their customer.

"I think he was afraid of your office." Shinohara decided to just joke about it for the boy's sake. Kureo though, was suspicious of the boy's reaction.

Kureo knelt down, staring at Ayato eye to eye, his lonely round eye widening more as he leaned close to Ayato. "Say little boy, why did you attack me? Hmm? Does it have something to do with the case I have?" he intimidated.

Ayato hid behind Enji's legs in fear. "Uhm I'm really sorry sir, he's uh, he's the manager's nephew. It's the first time he's seen uh, men of your age."

"Really?" Kureo stood up, looking down on the ginger-haired man.

"Let it go, Kureo." Shinohara says.

Enji tried to construct some kind of reasonable excuse, sure it was awkward, but he needed to come up with something. "Why attack someone of my age? Hmm?" he pressed, making Enji sweatdrop.

"Err, well..."

Irimi pats Ayato in the head before arriving to Enji's side, lowering her head to the customer to apologize. "The boy was just frightened by your presence, sir. We are very sorry for that. Please let us treat you and your company for a cup of coffee in return."

"Is there really no reason for it?"

"Kureo it's pkay, we already get a free coffee for it." Shinohara says.

"You know kids, they see something they don't want to see if they don't sleep early." she eyed the ring in his finger, assuming that he was married. "Don't you agree?"

Kureo hmphed, remembering that Akira sure see things sometimes but never to result to attack someone.

"Come on man." Shinohara says, pulling on his comrade's arm. "Sorry, thank you for the free coffee. We'll be taking our seat now."

"Alright, make the coffee a double please." Kureo requested instead.

"Right away sir." she affirmed, once again lowering her head as the two went to find an empty seat. She turned back to Enji who guided Ayato back to the stock room for privacy. Touka quickly ran to check on her little brother.

"Ayato, that was ridiculous." she scolds.

Ayato began to sob."He scared me. And the thing he was holding... nee-chan you can smell it too right? Why are we serving them?"

'Oh boy, he's gonna cry, I just know it.' Enji thought.

Enji gestured for Irimi to talk to the kids while he prepares the coffee for the doves. The woman knelt down to pat Ayato in the head, "He doesn't know, okay? But if you do that again, he will have an idea."

"You almost got us in trouble." Touka mumbled and Ayato glared at her, tears still dripping in his eyes.

"But I didn't mean it!"

"Then what was that!?"

"I said I didn't mean it!"

"Touka, go help Koma-san." Irimi instructed and Touka stomped towards the kitchen. She turned back to Ayato who was still shivering after getting in contact with a dove. "Touka was just worried for you."

"She always blame me like it's my fault, how is that worried? She never apologizes when she's wrong too!" he said, sniffing.

"Would you rather blame someone else then?"

"No but... I just want her to admit she was wrong for once." he says. "I didn't mean what I did. I got scared. Why won't she believe me?" when he was in tears, the woman was confused what to do. Neither she or Enji had handled children before, no wonder Enji was so ready to volunteer to make the coffee.

"Come here." pulling the boy for a hug, Ayato let out a sob until he's surrounded by her warmth, slowly he stopped crying and closed his eyes.

'I miss, my mother...'

At the end of the day, Yoshimura arrived with the new stocks he got and of course, new recipes to study so they can serve more dishes to the customers. He was told about the ruckus Ayato did and was worried.

Sure they escaped suspicion now but that dove will not let it go until he proves to himself everything is fine.

Yoshimura instructed to separate the two kids for a while and he'll contact Yomo.

Little Touka was sitting down the counter, watching Koma clean the tables and teaching Ayato to clean one too. Her uncle left for another mission and she and her brother are being babysitted by these two people at the shop.

"Do you also have a naughty little brother, Irimi-san?"

"Nope. Only child."

"You must be lucky. Ayato always causes me trouble." Touka says, her legs kicking in the air. Earlier that day she and Ayato had a fight, resulting for Koma to look after Ayato and Irimi taking care of the latter. "He's such a crybaby."

"It's lonely being an only child." she tells the little one. "I'm honestly jealous that you have a cute little brother."

"He's not cute!"

"Oh but look at him."

The two turns to Ayato who was trying his hardest to wipe the table but because he was very short he couldn't reach it. He reaches for a chair and climbed up before he can reach the table. Cute.

"Little brothers..." Touka muttered.

"You know it's your job to look after him. When he grows up, he'll learn to appreciate everything you did for him when you two are young." Irimi leaned on the counter where Touka was sitting. "So why won't you make him a cup of hot chocolate and reconcile?"

"If I'm going to be his big sister, I wish I have someone looking after me too."

"Uncle Yomo not friendly enough for you?"

"He's a grump." Touka says, of course the woman confirmed it with a smile.

"Then I'll be your big sister. Sounds good?"

"Really?!"

"Mm-hmm." she pats Touka in the head before reaching for a mug by the counter. "And big sis thinks you need to apologize to Ayato for bullying him." she hands over the mug to Touka who took it with her little hands.

"I'll do my best, onee-chan!"

Touka jumped off the counter and hurried to the kitchen to prepare the hot chocolate for Ayato and reconcile. Enji glanced over at her, giving her a signal that they talk later about the kids.

Irimi nodded and waited for Touka to prepare the hot chocolate before allowing the two kids to talk and reconcile.

"Ayato." Touka calls out to Ayato who was sitting alone in the chair after wiping the table alone.

"What?"

"I'm sorry. For blaming you."

Ayato was surprised to hear that from her. He looked up and saw that she placed a hot chocolate in the table. For him. "Touka-neechan, do you really...?" Touka was blushing and just pushed the mug towards him.

"Just take it! I made it for you!"

"Thank you." Ayato said, smiling. Touka's blush deepened, she never realized he really was cute. Maybe taking care of him wasn't a nuisance after all. She just needed to show she cares.

"You're welcome, little brother."