DISCLAIMER: I do not own Tokyo Ghoul.
*No bad content in this chapter.
**Pardon OOC's (come on it's AU and I don't own them).
Scattershot98: Yep new arc! Ahahaha I am sorry about Takizawa lol. Told you to brace yourself because Furuta is going to annoy you hahaha. Yomo has a... he'll answer that soon :D. Haha I am happy you think so. Hide and Touka is really cute to write! Ahahaha, don't worry Touka you can unvirginize Hide soon xD. Lol Kaneki is doing investigator duty haha. Lol Jason isn't one to do that but his gang handled the texts :D. Yomo doesn't know yet haha but he will. Lol, Arima will let you know what's on his mind soon. Thank you for your review!
Guest: Thank you for your patience and your review! It makes me very happy. Hahaha, was the hint obvious? Well I guess it was. Don't worry, it will become much more obvious as it passes by. Yep, it won't be Tokyo Ghoul without Furuta :D.
DarkFicAnimu: Lol I'll try to keep them happy in this dark and twisted arc. Juuzou in denial lol. Hahaha Anteiku doesn't know yet but they will soon! Lol, poor Kaneki haha, he'll adjust to the new lifestyle. I hope this new chapter doesn't give you the creeps too.
TOKYO TENTACLE 19
Jason's Obscenity Arc - EP2
"Yakumo Oomori. Let's play a game, shall we? I only have two rules for you, if you follow them then you and I will get along." the voice of the man in his nightmares echoed in the room.
It was a dark room. He doesn't know how far it goes, how wide it is or what was within the room other than the lonely bulb above him, the torture equipment beside him and the man who tortured him.
"I ask you a question and you answer me."
Yamori felt one of his fingers cracking. Why did it crack? He didn't know, he couldn't see what happened. His hands were behind his back and his torturer was also behind him. But that made him scream.
When his torturer walked in front of him, he saw the plies dripping with blood, along with his finger. Terror struck him.
"If I don't ask a question, you just count in your small brain. Starting from 1000 minus 7."
The man threw his finger in his lap, making him tremble in fear.
"Let's start the game." Jason says as he positioned the pliers to bite on one of the woman's fingers.
CRACK.
"AaaaGAaaAaaagGGgHhHhHhhh...!!!!"
Hide and Touka were walking home after their afternoon classes. Kaneki's face is wanted so if they see him, they will beat him. Metaphorically speaking that is. Hide would usually ride his bike home but he lied saying it was broken just so he can walk Touka back to Anteiku.
"Being an investigator must really make him really busy." Hide wondered.
"I don't even want to know what he does." Touka says, shivering. She dislikes investigators before because of their nature to hunt down tentacles but she didn't hate them... until she encountered that man. That man was the sole reason why she despises investigators and couldn't bring herself to accept Kaneki.
Hide noticed that whenever it was about Kaneki, she was uncomfortable with it.
"Do you hate Kaneki because of that kiss?" he decided to ask.
Touka stopped on her tracks. "No."
"Then why does it seem like you hate him so much? I mean, I know you weren't fond of him when he was human but now it's more than that."
"I despise investigators." was her simple answer.
Since the blonde was unaware of Touka's experience, he thought it was a general opinion. "It doesn't mean that investigators are out there hunting tentacles, it doesn't mean all of them are bad. Kaneki for example. He'll change the system for sure."
"That's not it... I just... that investigator..."
"Do you hate a particular investigator Touka? Were you hurt before?" he went ahead to ask. "It's okay if you don't want to answer but I want to know if these investigators harmed you before."
Touka clenched her fists. Remembering that day. That moment. Her blood would boil.
"One of them tried to assault me." she tells Hide, shocking the boy.
"What? HOW DARE HE?!"
"He's dead."
"EH!?"
When Touka turned to face Hide, she was worried that he may assume that she was the one who killed the investigator. Neither does she want to say that it was innocent Hinami... what was she to say? "Hide..."
"I'm.. just surprised.. but I'm fine." he says.
"Because of that investigator, I hated investigators in general. I couldn't bring myself to forgive them. Am I wrong?"
Hide scratched the back of his head. "Well..." it was hard for him to decide when he is unaware of either sides of the stories. "What that investigator did to you is wrong. And I think this whole system of tentacles and investigators against each other is also wrong."
"That doesn't answer anything."
"What I'm saying is, because of both sides hating one another, they are blinded by the fact that there are good tentacles out there while there are also bad ones. The same with the humans."
"If it were possible, I wish we have a voice to the humans."
Hide takes her hand to calm her down, he can see through her clenched fists that she was still angry. And he doesn't want her to remain angry. He wanted her to smile. To be happy.
But Touka suddenly pulled her hand from him and turned around. "Kaneki."
"What?"
She stretched her foot forward, a man trips thanks to her leg and he fell on the ground. Kaneki arrived seconds later, also tripping on Touka's leg, falling over the tentacle that he was chasing.
Hide was surprised. "Wow."
"I've been practicing." Touka says, smiling at Hide. Hide was glad she was able to drop the hatred for a while.
The two stared at Kaneki who unintentionally knocked out the tentacle because of his weight. Kaneki rolled off the tentacle to see if it were alive before looking up at Hide and Touka who had their arms crossed.
"Hehe, thanks?"
"You owe us lunch!" the two said in unison.
"I was in a mission!"
"No excuses!"
Kaneki was tackled by the two for a serious tickle session. Kaneki was later robbed of his money because he owes them lunch. He apologized repeatedly and tells them he'll be able to join them as soon as he reports back to his supervisor.
And Kaneki allowed them to take some of his cash as compensation for not texting that he won't come.
[Anteiku - 20th Ward, 6:44pm]
It was closing time, everyone was cleaning up when Yoshimura arrived from his little trip. Yomo noticed that he was wearing his cloak when he entered.
"Whoa manager, where have you been?" Koma asked, also noticing the manager was wearing his 'perimeter-check outfit'.
"Looking for Jason."
"What did you find?" Yomo was the one to ask this time.
"Nothing. Other tentacles said they saw him pack up and move back to the 13th Ward. There were no kills from him either." the manager said and both Koma and Hinami were able to sigh in relief.
"But Irimi isn't back yet. If Jason already left, she should've been here by now." Yomo pointed out.
"I doubt she's interested to follow Jason for the rest of her life." Koma said, remembering that neither of them wants to follow Jason in the first place.
"I don't know either. I didn't find any clues."
Hinami was sad to hear the news. She was beginning to enjoy Anteiku, to have two big sister-figures and other friendly tentacles that made her feel at home. Touka haven't heard the news yet but she will surely worry too.
"I'll look for her." Yomo volunteered but manager grabbed him by the arm.
"You can't make contact with Jason. If he sees you he will bait the rest of us to rescue you and eventually, he'll get his hands on all of us."
Yomo jerked his arm back and head for the door. The moment he opened it he was surprised to see a man with tattoos, his red eyes glowing. His hand was positioned by the door as if he was just about to knock.
"Uta?"
"Evening." the man greeted.
Yomo takes a step back so Uta can enter the premises. He wanted to hit the new arrival but he needed to keep his temper in control. Yoshimura, Koma and Hinami gave him their full attention. In Uta's hand was a trash bag. "What brings you here, neighbor?" Yoshimura asked, trying to be friendly despite their history.
"I found this in my territory. Or well, in the garbage." he replied, opening the trash bag and throwing its contents on the floor.
The contents were revealed to be the remains of an all-black clothing, the coat was ripped and half of the dog mask was singed from the fire, they find those items familiar. The scent of the smoke from the fire was still present.
"It was on fire but I was able to salvage it." he continued.
"Irimi-san's..." Hinami mumbled, recognizing it.
"What is the meaning of this, Uta?" Yomo asked, a slight tone of anger was present in his voice as he grabbed Uta by his shirt. "Who did this?"
"You tell me. I made this mask but it doesn't mean I know what happened to its owner." Uta smirked afterwards, "I thought you said you'd take care of your family after you took-"
"Shut up!"
"Release him, Yomo." the manager ordered and Yomo hesitated to let go of Uta. "Irimi was following Jason four days back. We haven't heard from her since then. What do you know about Jason and his methods?"
"He hates female tentacles." Uta replied with a shrug. "There's a hundred percent chance your friend is dead and buried somewhere already."
"You-!"
"Yomo!"
Uta takes a few steps away from Yomo for his own safety before he continued to talk. "That was a joke." he said bluntly. "Jason isn't one to clean up his own mess, he kills and leaves them right on the spot. So if there's no body then she's alive."
"But Jason moved back to the 13th Ward." Koma says.
"She probably finds him attractive and followed him." Uta teased, making Yomo growl at him. "Well, that's assuming she's still following Jason. Black Dober isn't one to mess with an enemy she knows she can't win against. She probably got napped by doves lurking around. That's the only explanation."
"Doves..." Yomo muttered.
Uta sniffed and he glanced by the window, seeing through the blinds a peek of Hide and Touka bidding goodbye to each other.
"You allow the young Touka to spend time with a human?" he asked the crew.
"It's none of your business. Get back to your territory."
When Touka entered the premises, she quickly noticed the unusual visitor, the smell of burnt clothing on the floor and the very serious atmosphere around them. Plus the sudden silence when she entered.
She was smiling back then but seeing them now, that smile faded.
"What's going on?"
Uta said nothing and left the shop, giving Touka the spotlight.
"We think investigators were able to capture Irimi." the manager tells Touka and the young tentacle was shocked to hear so.
"Then what are we waiting for?! We should save her!"
"We don't have a clue where they took her yet. It could be Cochlea or the lab." the manager tells her. Touka turned to Yomo, waiting for his reaction. Yomo was also angry and desperate but he didn't move, awaiting for Yoshimura's instructions. Touka was disappointed with his response and Touka bolted through the door and ran out.
"Touka wait!"
"Touka-neechan!"
[CCG Headquarters - 20th Ward, 7:03pm]
Kaneki drops on his seat, exhausted of the day's events. Being an investigator wasn't as easy as he imagined it to be.
" ..."
"Huh?"
He swore he heard something somewhere in the office. He looked around, seeing that there was no one there but him. Was it a ghost? When he leaned back on his seat to rest, he heard it again. Something was beeping and an eerie tone was echoing within the room.
"This is why I don't want to overwork myself." he muttered and sat straight, grabbing a pen from his pen holder and taking a blank paper to begin writing his reports.
Accidentally dropping the pen on the floor, he leans down to reach for it, seeing eye to eye with a girl under his desk.
The two locked their eyes with each other.
He heard the beeping clearly now and the eerie sound he's been hearing came from the console in her hand.
"Eh?"
"Evening." the girl yawned.
"AAAAAAGGGHHHH!"
Kaneki was at the waiting area, the girl he found under his desk was sitting in the chair, playing again.
Kaneki was trying to contact any investigator higher than him. From Marude to Shinohara and even Houji but none of them were answering. He had one last option but he was too afraid of Arima to even consider it.
"Can I go now?" the girl asked.
"No! I don't even know if you're a trespasser or something!" he said in panic, since no one was giving him a call.
"I am a recruit. I got lost along the way and it felt cozy under your desk." she explained.
"And you turned it into some kind of home? That's unbelievable!" When Kaneki's phone rang, he quickly answered it and hushed the girl. "Good evening, I have something to report, I-"
"Kaneki, it's Hide."
"Oh. What's up Hide?"
"Touka needs your help."
When Kaneki heard this, he smirked. Touka asking for help? Well that's new to the ears. He knew Touka never liked him since they first met and her treatment towards him was scarier than before since then, so hearing this... it's the perfect time to tease.
"Well, tell Touka that-"
"No jokes for now, Kaneki." Hide said with a serious tone. "One of Touka's friends is missing. And they have a suspicion that CCG had something to do with it. Do you think you can help us out? Please."
"Hide that's too much to ask. I can't just access files like that. I am a third class investigator." Kaneki reminds his friend.
"I know. But Touka is desperate. She will infiltrate the building if she has to."
Kaneki gritted his teeth. He couldn't tease Touka and now he ha to take the risks so Touka wouldn't be the one at risk. He sighed a little later and agreed to Hide's request. If the condition was serious, then he's there to help.
The call ends and the girl behind Kaneki was staring at him in wonder. "Can I go now?"
"What is your name again?"
"Saiko Yonebayashi. I am a graduate from the 5th Ward."
[Unknown Location]
Locked inside a cooler, a man was wearing nothing but his boxers. Hugging himself and leaning in a corner, his lips were dark, he was crying and shivering both because of the cold air and the fear crawling all over him.
"Where am I...? Please... somebody... save me."
He has brown hair but the bangs in his front was already white. His fingernails were also black now.
"Mommy..."
In his lower back was a mark that a tentacle grew out of it. It hurts, he can feel the pain whenever it would manifest. But he couldn't control it. He doesn't even know what was going on.
When he heard the locks outside and footsteps coming near, he had hope that the suffering would stop.
"Please somebody..." even if he was speaking, his voice was sore. It sounded almost like a whisper.
As soon as the door opens, he was greeted with a whip hitting the side of his face. He fell on the cold floor and covering his face in horror.
"NOOOO! STOP!"
He will earn wounds from the whip's sharp end and thorny parts. His body will ache, his arms would cry in pain, his legs were numb, he prayed mentally that it would end. But it doesn't end.
Every time he suffers, he'd remember his family. His mother and sister... their faces were slowly fading from his memory that he could barely remember them. But among the images flashing before his eyes was a blonde woman with rare facial expression other than a poker-faced one.
"M..ado..." he'd mumble whenever he'd see her face. "I will... be.. number 1... I will show you."
A lump was growing from his lower back as he gritted his teeth, his nails digging on his scalp, one eye was beginning to change color.
"I WILL BE NUMBER ONE!"
A tentacle grew out from his back and grabbing the person whipping him, slamming him on the wall then back to the floor then the wall again. He'll see blood splattering as he smashed the body of this puny human on the cemented walls and floor.
When the person was dead, he released him and his tentacles returned to its place and Takizawa falling on his knees, covering his face with his hands.
"W- What is happening to me...? Somebody please... save me."
