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Chapter 35: DoT 1-4 (Words over Worlds)
Ayato Kirishima had seen many crazy things in his life. For God's sake, he was a Ghoul and a former member of Aogiri Tree, he had been sure to have seen all the weirdest crap!
Yet dimensional travellers were not something he was familiar with and what made it even more worrying was that the ones that the ones there were a younger Hinami and his younger self.
He didn't need to sniff at the confusing scent to understand that they weren't merely from the past.
This Hinami seemed also much more confident than the one he had met so many years ago, as if none of the tragedies his girlfriend had suffered had never happened to this version.
A quick glance to the curious but silent young woman confirmed his suspicion, the older brunette studying her smiling self as she played a little with Ichika.
"So why don't you speak a little about yourself, Ayato-chan?"
The younger Ghoul rose his brows at the irking nickname but let it pass quite quickly as he felt disrespceting too much going against a pregnant Touka with an harsh tone.
"What do you want to know.. Touka-neechan?" The woman blinked at the comeback but let a small giggle echo in the almost silent room.
"Still snappy as I remember you being... well if you give me the choice to ask precise questions.." Touka nodded to herself. "Why don't you tell me about your daily life?"
So much for having better questions.. HK!Ayato sighed inwardly at his sister's weird attitude.
It was weird to see someone as her.. so much restrained and calm.
She was the kind of girl that would punch first and ask question later, not the opposite!
"I suppose that I had been studying as usual-" "Y-You study?" The younger Ghoul stared at the surprised interruption from the white-haired Kaneki as the man realised what he had done.
"S-Sorry, it's just- another dimension and-" "You are surprised, Kaneki-san. There is no issue with that."
"'Kaneki-san'?" The older Fueguchi blinked at the honorifics, something quite strange to hear from her younger self.
The girl turned to her counterpart and blinked in confusion. "D-Did I say something wrong?"
It was in that moment that the young woman realised why many had called her cute at that age as a small blush spread in her face. "I-It was nothing. It's just... I call him Oniisan."
At this the younger female ghoul tilted her head in renewed confusion. "Oniisan? But I met him just one time and.. why?"
"Uh?" This was the older Hinami's smart reply as her younger self pressed for more details.
"I understand that Kaneki-san is nice.. but why do 'we' call him Oniisan?"
A tense silence filled the two travellers with some worry as the older brunette spoke.
"Kaneki-san.. helped me with Touka-neesan when mom died."
...
"Who did that-" "WhoaWhoa, Ayato-chan! You cannot just ask something like that in this situation."
A combined glare from the two Ayatos directed at the Nagachika managed to silence the human.
"I-It was Kureo Mado.. After Jason attacked father's clinic and-" "W-Wait!"
Hinami blinked at her younger self as the girl realised what her friend meant.
"J-Jason was killed.. I think it was few months ago and it was my sensei that killed him."
"Your sensei?" Touka asked curiously and HK!Hinami nodded at her confusion since they had long established that Kenshin didn't exist in this dimension.
"Kenshin Ogura. He is my tutor and Ayato's caretaker."
Kaneki blinked at the unfamiliar name and was pleased to see the slow trembling from his hands at the mere idea of dealing with another Jason ceasing.
"It has to be some super-Ghoul if he managed to defeat Yamori."
"Actually.." Hinami started, glancing briefly at Ayato. "He is a human."
... "This Kenshin guy, someone who defeated Jason and lived to tell the tale, is an average human?"
The younger Ayato snorted. "Average human my butt-" "Language!"
The teen almost jumped at stern reminder as he turned his eyes to the ground and nodded a silent apology.
"You fought him.. that is why you follow him, didn't you?"
The two male Ghouls exchanged a long, silent stare as the youngest of the two nodded. "I tried to.. get more food and.. he was here."
"He said that you were 'adorable' when he told me about it." HK!Hinami's comment stabbed deeply in both the Ayatos' pride, the younger version's the most.
"I was scary-" "He said you were shivering at the mere idea of killing someone. That you had to be motivated to come against him."
"Fine! I was a bit terrified by having to finally do the deed but-" "He beat your butt." The girl continued to intercede, giggling at the blush appearing in her friend's face.
At this even the older Fueguchi giggled at the humiliating remainder of how the Ghoul had met his caretaker.
"But it's not everything, right?" Touka piped in, feeling like something was missing from the big picture.
Kaneki was deeply thinking about this individual and his interactions as HK!Ayato gave a quick glance at the girl, a shrug from her part confirmed that Kenshin had not told everything about their encounter.
"He... he told me what happened to dad."
...
"Then you know that Aneki isn't at fault?" The mentioned woman blinked in surprise at her brother, the young man sighing to himself as the counterpart nodded at the question.
"I know I shouldn't be the one talking about turns but.." Hide pointed at himself, a groaning Kaneki and a partly-amused Touka. "Can we now talk about 'us'?"
"Touka-neesan is working part-time at Anteiku while going to school." Hinami said quietly as she revealed what their counterparts were doing. "I think Hide-san and Kaneki-san are working as junior tutor for Rize-chan and Souta-kun."
...
"WHAT!"
"What 'what'?" The younger brunette counter-asked to Hide as the blonde seemed shocked by something she had said.
Touka was staring at her wide-eyed while Kaneki had paled a little.
"Rize and Souta, how and what?"
HK!Ayato held his hand up. "I think you mean why two Washuus are there, right?" The trio nodded while their older counterpart continued to stare the exchange in silence.
"It was because Shachi brought them out of that Sun-thing Garden-" "Sunlit Garden.." Kaneki whispered softly, almost remembering Arima's word about the experimental breeding grounds.
"Well they were brought there and Kenshin had given them great attention and care, I think Souta is the one that he keep closest.." The younger Fueguchi added as Kaneki felt like the puzzle regarding this individual was starting to make sense and give him a clear picture of this human.
"A-Actually, now that I think about it, I forgot to ask Takatsuki-san another signature!" Hinami exclaimed in that moment, the sound of dread filling in the trio's chest seemingly unheard to the two dimensional travellers.
"As if I would approach that woman, I prefer to keep her perstering only Kenshin by the efforts she put in her actions."
"You know Sen Takatsuki?" Hide's voice was partly nervous at the mere idea that Eto was still there and active in that dimension.
"She had been living in our house starting last week. She had been quite annoying with her clumsiness.. or her not-so-sneaky plans."
While the white-haired one-eyed ghoul and his wife feared the worst, a little funny thought emerged in Hide's mind.
"Oh? What did she do, flash him?"
It was meant to create some relief, a joke.
Yet Ayato's suprised look surprised the Nagachika on the spot.
Then the blonde started to laugh and giggle at the mere idea of the One-Eyed Owl dating an human.
It was rich, to say the least.
"I now wonder what she would say if she heard about that-" "Hide!" The human's eyes widened as he pressed his hands on his lower bandages.
"I almost forgot! Thank you for the save, 'neki."
Yet the curious statement wasn't missed by HK!Ayato and HK!Hinami.
'Her?'
AN
Quite a difficult chapter to pull because I had to use appropriate adjectives, adverbs and nicknames to differentiate Canon!Hinami&Ayato from HK!Hinami&Ayato.
Still this small chat hopened quite an interesting notion by the end of it.
What am I planning!? XD
Review Q&A!
Guest(Chapter3): It's classic story about powerful people. There will always be people shittalking for no good reason. xD
LordGhostStriker: Actually I think there is one story where Post-Jason Kaneki is sent in the future and inhabit Haise's body without any memory about Quinx Squad and why he is in the CCG. Also there are some about Kenny being thrown in the past.
Guest(Chapter35): Yep! xD
Necrogod: Thank you!
Mitchelde: There are too many interpretations to your words. I don't know if it is a half-compliment or half-insult.. I will just take it as a compliment! xD