Hey y'all, it's finally spring break for me and I have to be honest: I am so glad school's out! Omg! This week has been long and awful! Lots of stress and stuff but hopefully writing this chapter will keep my mind off it all. That's the plan anyway, lol.
Shoutouts!
Hoobab this is before Kaneki gets Naki. Umm to tell you the truth I don't really know what all I want to do with Kaneki just yet but I know what I want to do with Ryuu and whatnot. So please be prepared for somewhat of a branching off from the original Tokyo Ghoul.
And yes, Doshi is the best! I'm currently working on a picture for him. Hopefully it turns out alright. He will be in this chapter!
LocusScorpion, I do hope you're ready for your second character.
WARNING! WARNING!
WARNING! THIS STORY DOES CONTAIN MAJOR VIOLENCE AND FOUL LANGUAGE! READ AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION!
WARNING! WARNING!
He cast an eye to Mikeru who was picking out crystallized kagune. Speaking more but still to Kaneki. "Get up, we're going back to the base."
It was a calm night throughout the streets of Tokyo, many had already made it to their homes. Most were too afraid to venture out at night, in fear of ghouls who were growing ever more daring. It wasn't safe during daylight hours as of late. But humans weren't the only ones who suffered from the movements of the ghoul organization Aogiri Tree. The ever present danger of the CCG hung over the ghouls' heads like a load of heavy steel beams. But tonight there was something much worse than the box carrying 'doves' that turned most ghouls' blood cold.
The Cannibal was walking through the streets but tonight was different. Something was off with him, the sadistic ghoul seemed distracted. As he passed by ghouls who were eating they grew nervous but he simply kept walking by, not paying them any heed. Most turned to each other in confusion as the armored ghoul practically danced around the bloody streets. A duffle bag slung over his shoulder moved freely around with him.
His mask hid his face which was plastered with a genuine smile. Though no one else could see it all would agree that it looked misplaced on the fearsome cannibal. He lolled around, twirling and humming to himself as he swayed about seemingly happy. The mask he wore couldn't cover up the wonderful feeling in his chest as he made his way to a tall skyscraper, an apartment penthouse.
"What's put you in such a fine mood?" A child-like feminine voice cooed.
Spinning on his heels the masked ghoul saw the object of his happiness. A petite woman clad in an odd fashion sat atop a lamp-post. Her legs dangled freely while she swung them in the air. Even with her face covered by her wrappings her smile could be seen by the ironclad cannibal below.
"Are you ready to go Eto?" He asked her, reaching his arms up to catch her.
Sliding off the post she descended into his arms and embraced him in a short hug, "Oh Ryuu, I was the one waiting on you this time." Joked the bandage wrapped woman.
"Sorry dear, I was taking care of a few things." Ryuu replied, "Did you miss me while I was gone?" He asked, referring to the days he was gone, training Kaneki and Mikeru.
Sighing happily, she took his hand in hers. "Extremely, never leave me again." That last bit sounded a bit like she was pouting, so Ryuu turned to her, removing his mask to show off his, in her opinion, very handsome face. She smiled up at him and they walked down the dark street hand in hand.
Two pairs of eyes watched them as the ghoul couple walked to Aogiri's base. A pair of bright green eyes and a pair of light blue eyes.
"Hmm, it seems that they may be a couple, but they're definitely members of Aogiri. What do you think Doshi?" Asked the the light blue pair of eyes.
"Hmm, the Cannibal has a soft spot for someone. Ehh Tsuki?" The bright green eyes returned.
Tsuki watched the couple intently, they seemed so happy together. It made him wonder why they were both so sadistic and cruel to others. Perhaps they both had terrible pasts and related that way? He shook his head, he was thinking too deeply into it. They were still both terrible people. Having killed so many others, Tsuki would have to put them both down.
Doshi must have noticed the angry expression on Tsuki's face because he whispered to his companion. "Tsuki, you know you can't beat them. They're far too strong for one person alone. The Cannibal himself took out a whole CCG squad, who knows what he could do with the other ghoul by his side!" Doshi's voice seemed a tad panicked. "Besides I need to speak with the Cannibal anyway."
"Yea, alright." Tsuki snarled.
"Come down, let's follow them." Whispered Doshi and he ran silently across the rooftops, followed by a reluctant Tsuki.
The half eyed ghoul and the human stalked the ghoul couple as they merrily danced, holding hands and spinning around childishly. Both men looked at each other in a confused manner when a cold female voice made them turn around quickly.
"You shouldn't spy on others, it's rude." The owner of the voice was black female with short hair and dark eyes. She wore a simple jacket and jeans and seemed of little to no importance to the two spying on the couple below.
"Who are you?" Tsuki's hands reached up and grabbed his dual quinque steel sticks. Removing them from their sheathes they expanded into gladius and buckler.
"Heh, no need for that." She smiled a sickeningly sweet smile at Tsuki, who hesitated slightly.
Using his his hesitation to her advantage the woman hopped into the air and kicked the Tsuki in the chest, which sent him across the rooftop. Doshi immediately jumped into action, dodging a kick he rolled to the right then popped up to his feet. Tsuki, too, was already up again racing forward.
The two engaged the the unnamed ghoul together. Tsuki's quinque gladius extended to reach her. The ghoul did a series of back-flips and landed on the far edge of the building rooftop. Doshi charged forward, lashing out with clenched fists. He pummeled the female ghoul, who raised her arms in defense. She flung her arms outward and sent Doshi away. He did a midair somersault and landed next to Tsuki.
"My name's Keeliro Doshi and if I'm right, you work for Aogiri." He dodged another kick, pivoting his body to the left.
"I'm Doragon Surayaa and you're correct!" She cocked her leg back, tensing up her leg she sent a roundhouse kick Doshi's way.
He smirked, raising his arm up he blocked the kick, much to Surayaa's surprise. Grabbing her leg Doshi locked her so she couldn't move without breaking her own leg. Panic rose in her eyes when she saw the odd pair of kakugan staring back at her.
"Wha… what are you?" She asked in fear.
Doshi released her leg, which caused her to lose her balance. She waved her arms wildly as she began to fall but she never hit the ground. A firm hand was wrapped around her waist, securing her from tumbling down. She looked up to see Doshi steadying her. Looking into his odd kakugan she grew unnerved and fled, leaping high into the air and disappearing into the dark night.
"Huh? Wonder what caused her to freak out?" Wondered Doshi as his eyes shifted back to normal.
While Doshi and Tsuki were distracted Ryuu and Eto had escaped their pursuers and arrived at their destination. A large apartment complex. It was a high level apartment where rich businessmen would live. But Eto was quite popular as an author under the alias Takatsuki Sen so she had penthouse on the top floor.
Though they couldn't enter the building dressed how they were, so the two decided to change. Ryuu took off his armor and mask switching them in favor of a simple v neck tee shirt. He pulled on the shirt and put his armor in the bag. Eto took off her Aogiri mantles and stuffed them in the bag as well. Ridding herself of her bandages she put on a large sweatshirt and a pair of pajama shorts. Her appearance caused Ryuu to smirk.
"What?" She asked cutely.
"Oh nothing." Replied Ryuu as he zipped up the bag. "Come on, I want to see how rich humans live." He followed after Eto as they entered the apartment complex.
Inside was beautiful, there was a chandelier dangling from the ceiling, crown molding, expensive furniture on top of sleek hardwood floors. All of which was mostly white with accents of wood and and gold. Ryuu usually didn't understand why humans cared so much about money but seeing at what money could buy he finally understood.
"Come Ryuu," Eto tugged on his arm. "We're going up the elevator." She smiled to him and then get into the elevator. Choosing the top floor they went up to the very top.
The elevator doors opened to reveal a beautiful sight. A spacious living room with an U shaped couch which surrounded a circular coffee table. There was also a fireplace built into the wall, which could slide open to reveal a large flat screen television. The room also had an amazing view of the city.
Eto smiled at Ryuu and sat down and looked up at him. "You can get comfortable Ryuu, this is your home now."
"Home huh?" Ryuu sat next to Eto on the couch, pondering the word.
"What's wrong?" Asked Eto, noting the chimera ghoul was not himself.
"I never had a home…" Pausing he looked Eto in her eyes. His electric blue eyes gazed back into her normal green ones. His eyes held no emotion, yet they held many. Something Eto had failed to realize the first time she looked into them. To her, Ryuu seemed like he was very different, nothing like anyone else she had met. It always drew her in, she didn't know why or how but he always made her heart start thumping faster.
Before she knew it her lips met his and she closed her eyes, enjoying the moment. He returned her gesture and kissed her back softly. Pulling away after only a few seconds the couple looked deeply into each other's eyes as an unspoken conversation commenced. This gentle interaction was much different than their first. This time they felt a different feeling, again something alien, something new. But what could it be? Neither the hybrid nor the chimera could possibly know without doubting it.
Eto wasn't stupid, she had read about love and it always struck her as pointless and ridiculous. Yet now at her head was whirling and her heart was pounding, she began to rethink her assessment on the foreign topic. She sighed as fingers stroked her cheek and her hand went up to met his. Entangling her fingers with his they both leaned in again, this time the kiss was longer but slow and passionate. The couple was lost in each other for a short time before they separated, faint smiles on both their faces.
"You have one now, my dearest." Ryuu smiled at her words and they snuggled up to each other and looked out the large window. "After all, this is a wonderful suite." Eto joked, giggling.
Sighing Ryuu nodded at his partner, "It is Eto, I'm grateful that you choose to share your home with me."
"It was nothing, you're mine Ryuu and you will stay with me." Eto teased him. "Forever." Whispering in the last part she kissed his jawline.
He hummed in pleasure through closed lips as she placed her kisses along his skin. "Eto…" He interrupted her. She responded with a hum against his neck. "We were being followed on our way here."
These words made Eto sit up and look at him with a questioning face. "Are you sure?"
Nodding Ryuu explained, "There was two of them both male, one had a deluded smell of ghoul but the other was human…" Trailing off he stood and walked over to the window, which had a view of the entire city. "I have encountered them before but I'm not sure what their goal is as of yet. If they wanted to fight they wouldn't have attacked when we were both together… So maybe he still wants to kill me." Whispering the last sentence Ryuu turned to the woman he'd grown extremely fond of. "I'm going to need my laptop sweetheart."
Eto hopped up from the couch and skipped down the hallway like a child, something with made Ryuu smile one of his rare happy smiles. Returning she had a laptop tucked under her arm. She sat at the dining room table and beckoned Ryuu over. Taking a seat Ryuu opened his laptop and waited for it to load. He logged into the CCG database once again and typed in a name:
'Doshi'
Only one file popped up for the name so Ryuu clicked on it. There was an image of the investigator in the top right corner: brown hair, green eyes, a tad bulky.
"His name is Keeliro Doshi." Ryuu read out, "He was a young special class investigator, only twenty-nine. He became special class after defeating a small ghoul organization called the Swarm in the eighteenth ward alone after his commanding officer was killed by the same organization." Ryuu paused and rubbed his chin in thought. "Hmm," He continued. "It has a list of his missions here. He was appointed head investigator on the Cannibal Chase, in which he was the only survivor. Later chose to go after the Arachnid alone but the Cannibal intervened." Ryuu smirked at the information and read on. "He was stationed at the CCG's eleventh ward base where he went missing during the Aogiri attack. Hmm he's considered MIA." Ryuu turned to Eto who was deep in thought.
"So~ you think that he escaped Kanou again?" Asked Eto.
Ryuu shook his head, "No I think Kanou got what he wanted done and let Doshi go. I'm not sure who the human was but when Doshi and I fought on the highway a human intervened."
"Well that's annoying!" Eto exclaimed.
"It was," Ryuu continued. "The next day the video of the fight got out and people were calling it all sorts of names, there was 'The Cannibal versus Dinoghoul!' 'An Actual Ghoul Fight!', but the one that caught my attention was this one…" Ryuu minimized the CCG server and opened up YouTube. Typing in 'Midnight Dragon Sighting' which pulled up hundreds of shakily taken videos of Doshi and Ryuu's fight.
"The human calls himself the Midnight Dragon, it's said that he protects ghouls from the CCG as well as humans from ghouls. No one knows who he is or what his goal is but he's no doubt the human that was with Doshi tonight." Ryuu closed down his laptop. "I don't know why though, last time we fought he was working for Kanou."
"Strange things are starting to brew here in Tokyo Ryuu." Eto's voice was cold and pitiless. "With our movements as Aogiri things are shifting in a way we couldn't have predicted. Humans and ghouls are aligning themselves, and not to mention V is still on the move, trying everything they can to counter our movements and cut Aogiri down." Eto said gritting her teeth as an angry expression plastered her face.
"Not to worry Eto, I'll take care of Doshi and the Midnight Dragon. You focus on finishing your newest book!" Ryuu smirked evilly and got up to leave. "I'll be out for awhile, I'm going to try and track them down."
Eto nodded, slightly upset. She wanted to spend this night with her Ryuu but other circumstances had arose. She cursed silently, because something always came up that stopped them from achieving a consummation of love. Could they ever become a couple of lovers, so engrossed in their love that nothing could stop them. She shook her head, that was no doubt impossible for the two cold-blooded and ruthless ghouls. Frowning at her train of thought she went about to finish her latest book.
While Eto was typing Ryuu had donned his arm and climbed to the roof of the apartment building looking out at the large, lit city of Tokyo. He slid on his mask and took a deep breath. Thousands of scents reached his nose, all of them were vague, the objects too far off for him to pick up on a specific scent. He handsome features became marred by a deep frown as he looked out in the direction he and Eto had came from. He had to strain his eyes even with his enhanced senses to peer through the streets below. He saw two people sitting on the edge of the roof of another building complex. Ryuu let a cruel smirk play on his lips and he launched himself into the air, spreading his ukaku he sailed over the to the building where his two unsuspecting targets were sitting.
He landed behind them with a silent gust of wind. "Hello again, Doshi."