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: Haha yes. Awakening is really interesting. I browsed the TG fic and saw that it's about an OC. I'm don't read OC-centered fics but I'll give it a shot :D. And haha, speaking of Naki... about time you see him! Haha yep. I'll probably give you a heads up in Days Gone by if that arc is up so you'll know more about the facility. Lol you said it, this reunion IS effed up. Remember NutcrackerxKaneki scene? Well, more about Mayu soon. And about Haise haha, yes and no? You'll see soon hehe. Anteiku finally used their brains :D. Mama wants revenge hahahaa. Ahahahaha, I just love that song so much :D. Chapter is short but it's to brace everyone for the finale coming up. Thank you again :D.

Guest: Wow good question. Hmm, I'm not sure if there will be a happy ending buuuut we'll see :D.

DarkFicAnimu: Haha I am not sure how to answer that. Jason is just freaking hard to write so my psychotic mind worked its way to write that scene ahahaha. I know it's savage and definitely reached borderline M thanks to that. Lol yes it's connected to days gone by. JuuzouxAkira ahahahaha. Yes I love that ringtone too! Thank you again, here is the next one!

TOKYO TENTACLE 24
Jason's Obscenity Arc - EP7

A woman with a slender figure was sitting down alone on the rooftop of her so-called home within the Underground. Whenever there was no interesting clients around, she was bored. And she'd always stare above the dark surface of the city she lives in.

Trapped inside a big city, surviving by pleasuring others. It wasn't like she wanted it. It was because she had nowhere to go and nothing to do. It was the only thing she learned to survive ever since she met him.

She was roaming around the 20th Ward, trying to find a place where she could fit in. Rumors from her hometown that two of her friends were living in the 20th Ward and she could not wait to meet them.

Not knowing what they look like, she knew their names.

Because inside the facility they were locked up in, they were placed in separate rooms. They can communicate with each other through the small holes in the wall. She remembered she was the one at the middle and her two friends were in her left and right.

"Ah man. I miss those guys. I wonder what kind of life they're living now." she tells herself. "Mori-kun and Mi-chan."

But she wasn't aware that in the 20th Ward, there was someone she should fear. Someone wearing a hockey mask, known to always carry a wrench with him.

She didn't know how long she was locked up in that room of nothing but darkness. She had already grown numb that she can't feel a thing no matter what sort of torture he was doing to her.

It was thanks to that man that she was saved.

"Please help me." she remembered that whenever that man would clean up her blood on the tiles, she'd beg him to help her.

Until that one time he arrived with the key to her chains. His eyes showing determination to help her.

"Aniki hates everyone in his list." he tells her as he unlocked the chains that binds her. "Which one are you? Mikajiri Mayu or Kaya Irimi?" he asked.

"Mikajiri Mayu." she says. "And what list are you talking about? Why do you know Mi-chan's name?"

"Run. Change your name. Don't ever come back. You're dead." he began instructing her what she should do. "Go to a place where no one would find you, know you. Find a new identity, I don't know. But that's the only way for you to be safe."

"Who is he? Why is he killing people in some sort of list?"

"Just go. You hear me?"

She didn't know if she should be thankful to have lived this long or to just die by the hands of the man they call Jason. She's been lonely. Thanks to the C-cells in her, she was stronger than the average homeless tentacles living in the Underground as well.

Nutcracker.

The name she earned after years of living in the Underground. Crushing men's private parts as a result of her anger towards Jason who ruined her face.

She also finds herself allied with a group called Aogiri Tree. She assists them whenever they'd visit the city, help them find what they need and they pay her with money that she uses for survival within the corrupted city.

"Mayu."

She looked up and sees a man with blonde hair combed to one side, wearing dirtied white suit and stained tie. He was handing her a half-filled coffee in a can. When she took it from him, he sat beside her.

"Who'd you steal that from?" Nutcracker asked him, knowing it wasn't his clothes.

"Found a dead dove, I got his clothes before anyone else did." he replied, his eyes locked on the view before them. A series of small houses for those who prefers to do their transaction privately. "The little one is nowhere to be seen lately."

"Yasuhisa?"

"Yeah that kid. She's homeless like us, right? Yet it seems that she got away from this place."

Nutcracker sighed. True. She remembered seeing that kid from time to time, they'd raise for nice customers too. "Whether someone bought her or someone nice took her in, we never know."

"I want to get out of here. I want to see big bro again." he began to say, his face showing he was determined. "You should come with me."

"It's not safe outside. Not with that Jason tentacle around." she muttered, remembering the reason she was living in such a place was because of him in the first place. "We don't eve know if they're still alive."

"We're connected remember? If they're also connected, then... just like us, they'll find each other. We just have to find one of them."

"Naki."

"Yes?"

"I want to live a normal life." she stated. "But as long as those people are out looking for us, we're not safe anywhere but here." she says. "I met a boy a couple of weeks back. He was similar to us. He blacks out and doesn't remember much."

"Two memories?"

"Yes. If we really destroyed the facility back then, why is that boy just like us?" she asked him and Naki was unsure of it. "They're still out there. For all we know, Mori-kun and Mi-chan are dead."

"We just have to have faith!"

Naki takes her hand and pulled her up. The two stood up the roof and he points at the dark surface of the city. "One day when we look up, we'll see the sky for real." he says. "That'll happen only if you believe. What do you say?"

She grinned at him. "We're breaking out of here."

'[CCG Headquarters - 20th Ward]

Investigators were gathered as Arima ordered. Furuta was not aware of the reason but he was curious. Even if he asked the investigators, none of them had an idea, leaving Furuta at a disadvantage.

When everyone had entered the large room and settled down, Furuta kept himself hidden within the crowd and waited for Arima to enter the room.

He was looking at the entrance door where he sees Shinohara enter with Kaneki Ken and a girl he doesn't know.

"Eh? So Suzuya-san isn't coming?" Kaneki asked.

"He'll catch up. Right now he's on an assignment to protect someone." Shinohara answered vaguely and Kaneki scratched his head. "Don't worry, you two will get on another mission soon."

"I- I see."

Shinohara smiled but couldn't help but notice the girl with Kaneki. "A new recruit?" he asked.

"Her name is Saiko. She was transferred here along with other fresh grads from the Academy." Kaneki answered. "Arima didn't receive any messages from the higher ups about her arrival though."

"Hmm, what's weird."

"I finished level 40 for a whole day. Then I received an achievement." the girl mumbled but at the same time she sounded bragging. Kaneki pats her in the head before pushing her away from Shinohara.

"Yes I'm sure he's interested, now go find somewhere to sit on." he tells her and she walks away yawning.

Shinohara couldn't help but chuckle at how Kaneki Ken had improved since they last saw each other. "You've improved so much since we first met." he complimented. "Adjusting well to the investigator life too."

Kaneki shyly scratched the back of his head. "I- I guess so."

"That's good. We're glad to have you here, Kaneki."

"Thank you very much, Shinohara-san."

The two then heard the door closing behind them as Arima entered the room. The noise from their chattering had died down. Shinohara and Kaneki found themselves a seat and sat down to listen to Arima.

Furuta took a deep breath and prepared to listen.

"Greetings everyone. I assume none of you are aware of the reason you're here excluding third class investigator Kaneki Ken and investigator assistant Saiko Yonebayashi." he said, special-mentioning the two, making Kaneki shrunk in his seat in humiliation. "We received an anonymous tip of Jason's hideout."

"Jason?"

"For real?"

"No way."

Their chatters of disbelief can continue until later. Arima cleared his throat to get their attention back. "We're all going to raid his hideout tonight." he says and this time the distinct chatter was louder than before.

Furuta smirked. "And how do we verify this anonymous tipper? What if it's a mere trap or perhaps a joke?"

Half of the crowd agreed with his statement. But Furuta didn't care about them, for him, only Arima was his only opponent. The rest didn't matter to him. "Let me clarify then, an informant gave it away." Arima corrected. "An informant with an ulterior motive."

"So we're allowing ourselves to be used by this informant?" Furuta argued.

"We have no clear understanding of the informant's motive, but the fact that they gave away Jason's current location is all that we need from them." Arima tells him. "CCG is not being used, rather, we are using the information they gave for our advantage."

"Does this informant have something to do with the names you mentioned earlier?" Furuta continued to argue.

Arima shot him a glare. He was distracting the meeting and he was being a nuisance, but he kept his composure. "No. They happen to be present when the anonymous tipper gave me a call." he covered up for Kaneki and Saiko's sake.

If Furuta were to mess with them, they may lose their minds.

"So the informant knows your name and number?" Furuta continued to press.

When Arima was about to answer, they were surprised to hear the door falling down and two investigators falling on each other.

THUD!

"I told you not to push too much!"

"I wasn't pushing, you were pushing!"

Shinohara facepalmed at the sight of Juuzou. Akira was lying on Juuzou's back and Juuzou was underneath her with obvious red cheeks. Kaneki couldn't help but keep his laughter to himself. An entrance he'd expect from Juuzou.

Furuta was not pleased with this though, Arima on the other hand was relieved of the distraction while the rest of the investigators were in shock.

Rolling off of Juuzou, Akira looked around her to see that everyone in the room was staring at her and Juuzou and she could not be anymore embarrassed than this. Never had she been late in meetings and such.

"Sorry." she tells them.

But what frightened her the most is the fact that Arima was a few meters away from them, his eyes staring down on them.

"We didn't mean to eavesdrop." Juuzou apologized while brushing the dirt off his sleeves.

"Investigator Mado, Investigator Suzuya, aren't you two supposed to be at the hospital?" Arima stated, remembering that he specifically instructed Juuzou to keep an eye on Akira while she recovers not drag her to CCG and cause a commotion.

"I was discharged." Akira answered.

"We saw the building looked abandoned and we were told everyone was here." Juuzou supplied their reason for being there. "It was locked and.. and the door broke."

"We are discussing about our raid on Jason's hideout." Arima informed them. If Akira were discharged, he'll inquire of the details later on. "Since you two seem like you are in perfect condition for a field mission, join us in this meeting."

"Yes sir!" the two said in unison.

Furuta glared at the two shortly before turning his attention to Arima who smirked for a moment before continuing to discuss about the raid.

Kaneki smiled at Juuzou and Akira, happy to see them back in action. But he looked down on his phone to continue texting Hide of what was happening in CCG.

[Anteiku - 20th Ward]

Everyone in Anteiku were wearing their 'perimeter check outfit', their masks awaiting to be worn by them. Touka and Hide were sitting in the same chair, Hide's phone on the table waiting for Kaneki's text.

Yomo, Yoshimura, Enji and Hinami were also waiting patiently for Kaneki's text. Once he sends them the go-signal, they will go to Jason's hideout first.

"I hope that everyone here doesn't treat Kaneki differently because he's an investigator." Hide says to kill the solemn and quiet atmosphere. Waiting for the text in silence was killing him.

"We do not trust investigators." Yoshimura says. "But I met the boy personally, he's different from the doves we hate."

Hide was relieved to hear that one.

Beep! Beep!

Hide looked down on his phone, seeing he's finally received a text from Kaneki. "He texted!" Life began to spark in their eyes as they await for Hide to read it. Hide can feel the pressure but he kept his cool. "He says CCG are already planning their attack. We have to hurry and do what we must because they prioritize to kill or capture every tentacle within the area."

When they heard this, Yoshimura was to first to wear his mask.

Yomo and Enji followed. Touka took her own mask, a rabbit mask and wore it as well. Hide blushed since he finds Touka's mask cuter than the rest. Sure a Devil Ape mask wasn't friendly, neither was a raven or a skull but a rabbit? Sure she's cute!

Hinami's mask was different from theirs. Hers was a dark red domino mask that covers only the upper part of her face.

Hide kept his comments to himself until this rescue mission was over.

"We'll do this as fast and quiet as we can." Yoshimura tells them. "We won't kill Jason for Kaneki's sake. We just need to rescue Kaya. Understood?"

"Yes manager!" everyone says.

Like lightning, Yoshimura was the first to leave the shop, Yomo and Enji were right behind him. Hinami was about to run but she noticed that Touka wasn't following them. Hide was worried if her resolve had changed.

"Touka-"

She took her mask off and ran towards Hide to plant a kiss on his lips, shocking the blonde boy and Hinami.

"I promise to come back." she spoke softly. "Please wait for me until then."

"I'm a patient lover, Touka-chan." Hide assured her. "Go save your big sis." he tells her after patting her head. Touka smiled at him, lifting her mask up to wear it again. This time Hide leaned forward to kiss the lips of her mask. "We'll kiss for real when you get back." he teased her.

Touka swore her heart began to beat rapidly when he leaned close to her. Cliffhanged by the attempted kiss, she hits him lightly in the shoulder and leaves. Hinami following her shortly.

"I wish I could do more than this." Hide mumbled to himself. "But if Touka is fine with me being human... like this.. then I'm happy."