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**Pardon OOC's (come on it's AU and I don't own them).

Scattershot98: Alright I look forward to your updates then :D. Hehehe, I don't think you will like Washuu in future chapters either. Hahaha of course, he's going to take care of the tentacle who saved him from Big Madam :D. Hahaha Shuu got in trouble xD. Eto will... explain soon. She has a reason hahaa. Real disappointed? xD Sister moments has to be sweet... especially of what's about to come, Touka needs to stand as the new big sister. Ahaha you said it! Miza didn't know she was weak though xD. It runs in the family hahaha. Thank you again, I am glad you enjoyed the chapter!

A/N: After this chapter is the FINALE hoorah! They're going to prepare for what's about to come and it's going to start on the next chapter. Things are going south.. And early update because tomorrow I will not be able to upload :D. Anyho, I hope to hear your thoughts about this chapter. If you have questions, as usual, you can ask and I will answer. Without further ado, let's start!

TOKYO TENTACLE 35
Sasaki Haise Arc - EP7

Hinami was reading a book since it was her day off while everyone else were working. Nishiki had been eyeing her since she sat there. He turns to his supervisors Enji and Irimi, seeing they were busy so he sat down next to the little brunette.

"Hey."

"Hello."

Hinami's eyes were locked on the book she was reading so Nishiki cleared his throat so she'd look up and lock her eyes with him. "I uh, I heard about the mask thing earlier. Is it possible to ask you to make me one too?"

"I don't make the masks. It's the guy at the artmask studio." Hinami replies.

"Oh."

"I'll go there tomorrow but I think Itori-san wants to take me there today." she explained and Nishiki nodded. "If you want one I can ask one for you as well. What sort of mask do you want?"

"A kind of mask, hmm... should it be like an animal or something?"

Hinami giggled and shook her head. "It's entirely up to you Nishiki-niichan." she says and Nishiki's cheeks went red for a second there. "But if you want, I'll tell the mask guy and he can make the mask depending on what he thinks fits for you."

"Yeah I think that's good, thank you."

"Oi Nishiki what do you think you're doing!?"

Nishiki turned to his side where he sees his rival, Touka, had her arms crossed, glaring at him. The two doesn't get along at work. Probably because Touka is claiming to be his senpai but he couldn't accept that when he's older than her.

"Get lost." Nishiki tells her.

"Start working bone head!"

"I am working, goth face!"

Hinami was used to seeing them like this already that she just let them do as they do. But she signaled them that the manager was coming, immediately the two parted ways and got back to work.

Enji chuckled every time he hears Touka and Nishiki argue, almost like him, Irimi and Yomo in their younger days.

"Touka is growing up." Enji says while wiping a mug with a clean cloth. "Why is she working very early today though?"

"I believe it has something to do with that blonde boy again." Irimi tells him while writing on their logbook. Enji nodded. Hide and Touka are spending a lot of time lately but Touka's performance at work improved greatly since then.

"I'm jealous. I want to have a mate too. Someone to love me and someone for me to love." Enji says and turns to the woman beside him. "Do you think my time has not come yet? I mean, even Nishiki has a girlfriend."

"Nishiki is an all-around kind of guy, maybe you can ask him some tips when hooking up with someone." she suggests.

Enji chuckled. "Right ahead of you. I told him we should hang out tomorrow so he can set me up with some of his girlfriend's girl friends."

When the door opened, they see Itori enter, carrying several shopping bags with her. They figured she was late because of that.

"I'm here for Hinami." she says and Hinami placed the book in her backpack and brings the backpack with her as she got off the chair to stand by her side. "Ah sorry I'm late sweetie."

"It's okay. Thank you for taking me there."

"Anytime~"

Itori and Hinami waved goodbye to everyone at Anteiku before leaving. Itori had so many stories to tell Hinami that the little brunette was sure to get distracted the whole way. Enji and everyone else were sure that Hinami was in good hands, despite their history with the Clowns.

They later heard the door open and sees Hide and Kaneki enter the shop. Kaneki was panting while Hide had a serious face on. Touka was happy to see Hide the moment he stepped in the shop but Yoshimura can tell something was up.

"We'll take care of things here manager." Enji tells the manager.

Yoshimura nodded and motioned for the two boys and Touka to follow him to his office to talk.

Touka and Hide were sitting beside each other and Kaneki was sitting on a separate chair while the manager was in front of them. Kaneki told the manager about the mass-raid but did not give too much details, just enough to warn them of what's about to come.

"A mass-raid operation?"

"Yes." Kaneki confirmed. "I couldn't risk calling because the superior was eager to catch me do so. I also can't stay here for long."

Touka turned to the manager, worried. "What do we do? This is the first time something like this is going to happen." she says.

Hide squeezed her hand, wanting to ease her worries. The manager on the other hand wanted to take action immediately. If CCG is serious about this, if Washuu was the one leading the operation, it's likely to happen at the day Kaneki said it would.

"We're closing the shop early." he declared. "Yomo and I will secure a path to a different ward and stay there while the raid is ongoing. Touka, you can stay here at the shop or with Nagachika." the manager offered. He was certain that Hide can protect Touka despite being human.

"But what about Hinami?"

"We'll tell Itori and Uta to take care of her for now." the manager says. "Roma may not be happy but we can be assured that Hinami is in good hands."

Touka sighed in relief and nodded at the manager and Hide. "I'll stay with Hide." she says, Hide was internally celebrating with her decision. To trust him... someone like him to protect her...

"It's only until we can secure a safe path to another ward. We'll pick you up afterwards." the manager added and the pair nodded in understanding. "Enji and Irimi will stay at the shop and prepare to pack our things. We will warn Nishiki as well, he can choose to come with us or not."

"We can help pack up too." Touka wanted to help but the manager shook his head.

"If CCG were to come to this place, Enji will not be able to protect you and Irimi."

Touka was reminded that Irimi was human now. She had no tentacles anymore and the scars were gone, making it an effective proof that she wasn't a tentacle. Her enhanced senses as a tentacle was also weakening since then but they weren't able to notice because she acts like nothing happened after her recovery.

She nodded once more, not wanting to get in the way if Enji were to have an ultimatum to protect them both.

"Well I'll have to get back to work then." Kaneki says. "I can't let them notice."

"Of course."

Kaneki got up his seat, walking towards the door in a hurry to run back to CCG. He was not happy to leave Akira back at the restaurant, she seemed in need of company but Kaneki could not risk his friends getting in trouble.

"And Kaneki," the manager called.

"Yes?"

"Thank you for all you're doing for us."

"Anything for my best friend and his girlfriend." Kaneki said with a smile. "And of course his girlfriend's family." Yoshimura smiled back at him while Touka blushed and turned away from him. Hide waved at Kaneki and the investigator left the premises.

"We're going to be fine Touka. Kaneki's got our back." Hide tells her.

"Well then, we should prepare to close the shop."

[Mado Apartment - 20th Ward]

Furuta was inside the apartment with his partner, Shiki Kijima. He saw that the floors were scrubbed clean but the walls had a slurred remain of the paint he used to stimulate Akira's emotions in hopes to enrage her to the point that it triggers the A-cells.

Sadly as he's seen in the infirmary days back, she broke down instead.

Kijima was carrying a suitcase full of spray paint and markers. "What are we doing here again? Isn't it against the rules to trespass? It's basic."

"I have a key so it's not trespassing." Furuta says, taking the briefcase from Kijima, opening it to get a black spray paint. Shaking it before walking towards the walls and began vandalizing once more.

"Do you have a grudge on Kureo Mado? Or his kid?"

"No. Subject XIII has no progress whatsoever regarding the seeds they planted on her since she was a baby." Furuta replied. "It was a bother. And I thought that it was because she lacked the part where she expresses herself. No rampage after father's death, no rebellion after the delay of her father's burial, no hatred after Suzuya Juuzou's attempt to rape her, no affliction whatsoever."

Furuta sounded displeased as he spoke. And Kijima understood what he meant.

"Her emotions are neutral that I think it wasn't enough to manifest anything. So if I push her, maybe something is bound to happen." Furuta explained. "If she broke down once, she can break down again or hopefully be angry towards someone, whether me or that unidentified tentacle who killed her father."

"Is that why you insisted that she was assigned in your squad?"

"You catch on real fast." Furuta said with a grin then spills the paint on the floor, purposely just staining the carpet with red. "They say Subject XV's emotions are active, his determination to be number 1 was what activated the seed in him. But Akira has no goal the same way he does. She just lives, following her parents's footsteps and-"

"And what?"

Furuta pauses, remembering something. "The reports." he mumbled. "It was what the reports said..."

"What about it?"

"They created a love interest." Furuta says, trying to remember what he read in Arima's office back when he was lurking around. "They said they wanted to create conflict but the project was cancelled after Kasuka Mado was gone."

"So... what exactly are we supposed to do with that?"

"We reopen that project."

"I'm not going to the file room." Kijima immediately says and Furuta chuckled.

"No you're not. It's not in the file room. Of course they wouldn't want anyone, especially Ms. Mado, to see those files now, do we?" Furuta says. "The Haise Sasaki Project is a secret project not for everyone's eyes."

[Anteiku - 20th Ward, 6:12pm]

Now that the shop was closed, the manager told everyone about what Kaneki said and the plan to leave the 20th Ward until the coast was clear. "I have an old friend who runs a bar in the 20th Ward but he moved to the 10th Ward since then. We're going to try and move there without being noticed by CCG. Surely they've prepared traps and guards in the borders if they want to corner the tentacles living in the area. Yomo and I will secure a path first before taking everyone else." the manager explains.

Yomo was hesitant to go. He didn't want to leave Irimi second time around. "But manager-"

"I'll look after her, Yomo." Enji assured him.

"And besides, she actually has an advantage to miss their radar since she's..." Nishiki did not proceed to say, not wanting to offend anyone. "...that." Nishiki added, making Yomo wanna smack him so hard.

"Enji and Irimi will pack our things until we get back. We'll take them with us on our leave." Yoshimura tells Yomo. "Nishio has a point. If CCG is after tentacles then she can evade their analysis."

"I'll be fine, Renji." she assured him.

Yomo sighed and finally agreed. "Alright. I promise we won't take long."

"Wow you can actually be sweet, huh?" Nishiki said sarcastically, this time Yomo's fist did not hold back as it touched the side of his arm. "Ow!"

"Hinami is with Itori right now, we already called Itori and Uta to make sure Hinami is safe. We'll pick her up after we get back." Yoshimura added. "And Touka already left with Nagachika. It's risky but I trust Nagachika's instincts on this one."

"When do we leave?"

"After this meeting. The earlier we rescue our exit the better." the manager says. "Kaneki said we have two weeks, it's enough time to prepare a safe passage out of here."

"Are you coming with us on our escape, Nishiki?" Enji asked the orange-haired newbie.

"Well... I don't want to leave Kimi. So I'm staying."

"Alright. We'll see you after the mass-raid."

"Yomo, we leave in five minutes. Pack up." Yoshimura ordered and he went back to his room to prepare as well. Nishiki exited the shop so he can go to Kimi. Enji leaves the office to give the two some privacy.

Yomo did not want to leave. What if something bad were to happen again?

He had his usual 'frown-face' as Uta would call it, but even with one expression, this time Irimi was well-versed how to read him unlike before. "Renji."

"It happened once. I can't let it happen again."

"My A-cells have been weaker. Even if they use their device on me, they will not detect I'm a tentacle." she assures him, remembering that she and Enji tested it once, purposely passing by an entrance detector at the mall a few days back.

"That's the point. You're weaker now and your healing is becoming slow like a human's. If they raise their tentacle-made weapon at you, you're done for."

"I think what scares them is a tentacle's tentacle, Renji. Not a woman who can no longer manifest one."

Yomo takes her hand and locked his eyes with hers. "Promise me you won't try to be a hero if Enji needs help. For once be selfish and run. Enji would want that too." he asked her to. "Please promise me. If you do, I'll leave with the manager."

"Okay Renji. I promise."

Yomo smiled shortly and kisses her hand. "I'll see you when we get back."

[Hotel - 20th Ward, 7:01pm]

Juuzou did not find Miza anywhere, he missed the squad meeting and pretended to miss all of Shinohara's calls. He can take the scolding later, but right now he needed to warn Miza and ask her to stay put until the mass-raid is over.

He receives a call a little later that Miza was back at the hotel, which is why now he was on a rush to meet her.

"Miza, I-!" he was knocking on her door and he was glad it opened. "Miza-" but he was surprised that Miza throws an unconscious Akira towards him.

"She lost the game so she paid for my drink and hers." Miza explained. "The whole day we did it, your mind was drifting off somewhere. So now I want you to take her to bed and just get over her."

"What?"

"I think you're only craving to get her laid that's why you can't stop thinking about her. So I got her drunk and get over with it!"

"No wait Miza!"

Miza slammed the door closed and locks it. Juuzou was left carrying the unconscious Mado in his arms, tempted to do as Miza ordered him to but he's been through this situation before. He got scared of Arima and Shinohara got angry for the first time. He does not want to go through that again.

*rings rings*

He kneels down, leaning the blonde close to him and reaches for his phone, but it wasn't his phone that was ringing.

"Akira's."

Juuzou reached for her pocket to get her phone, seeing Haise and her picture flashed across the phone's screen and seeing that it was Haise Sasaki calling. He smirked and answered the call.

"Hello Akira, I'm sorry about earlier. Are you still at CCG? I'm on my way there right now."

"Kaneki." Juuzou spoke and Kaneki stopped talking. "I need you to pick up Akira here at the hotel and take her home, please."

"Wait Juuzou? What's going on? Hotel? What? What did you do?"

"And make sure you're Haise!"

"I am not doing to run back home to dye my hair!"

"Just do it. "

Juuzou ends the call and leans on the wall, staying at the hallway for a moment. Letting the blonde sleep on his chest. He wanted it too but, not this way. Maybe Miza was right, maybe she was wrong, Juuzou can't tell.

But he will not touch her again when she's intoxicated.

"Don't worry, Haise will take you home."

[HySy ArtMask Studio - 20th Ward, 7:32pm]

Hinami bid goodbye to Enji over the phone and gives the phone back to Uta. "Thank you."

"What did daddy Enji tell you?" he asked.

"Just to be careful of you." Hinami replied and Uta chuckled. Enji was still an overprotective big brother until now. "You are really nice to everyone at Anteiku but Yomo-san is still wary of you."

"Little Hinami, that is a long story."

"I like listening to stories!" she says. "I had to listen to all of Itori-san's ranting too..."

Uta pats her head and carried her off the counter so he can start working. He puts her to bed and walked towards his closet to find her something to wear. "We can talk about it, but we also can do it another time. You should sleep."

"It's still early!" she whined and a black shirt was thrown to her face.

"Use that until Itori gets back to lend you real clothes."

Hinami sniffed the shirt, finding the scent familiar. She pulled it off her face to see Uta. "These are Irimi-san's. Why do you have something like this in your closet?" she asked.

"Oh uh, she left them." he lied but Hinami was quick to fill the gap of the story.

She jumps off the bed and points at Uta. "You're the guy!"

"Uhm yeah I'm the guy?"

"No! The one that Koma-san would always talk about to tease Irimi-san!"

"Oh they're talking about me? That's good." Uta played along but Hinami was already fully aware of who he was. "Don't give me that look Hinami." he says when he saw the way she looked at him had changed. "I didn't hurt your big sis."

"I heard you attempted to brainwash her!" then Hinami's eyes widened. "Wait did you send Itori-san away because you're going to brainwash me too?! Or you know I'm in heat!?"

Uta remembered correctly that Hinami's ability to hear was sharper than the rest. So he sighed in defeat. "Okay, that's a fact." he says. "And no, I didn't plan anything. But since you look like you're a big girl now, let's talk."

"Okay, just talk right?"

"Can you wait for Itori to come back or what?"

[Anteiku - 20th Ward, 8:59pm]

Enji and Irimi were packing up the manager's important things in the office. They'd joke at the broken antiques they found, remembering they were the ones who broke it and were unaware that the manager has been keeping them.

"These are really good old days." Enji says. "Oh by the way, go and check if Touka forgot something. I think she called earlier."

"Oh right. She said she forgot her mask."

"Kids. Always excited for stuff like that, eh?"

Irimi threw the tape at him and he catches it while she ran upstairs to look for Touka's mask.

A green-haired woman covered in bandages was walking by the street with two men following behind her. She was walking casually when suddenly she stopped in front of Anteiku, being able to sniff a scent of a tentacle inside. Two in fact.

"What's wrong Eto?" Tatara asked.

"Two tentacles are inside. I'll feed on them too." Eto says with a smile.

"Y- You've already eaten too much." Ayato tells her but she skipped towards the door of the shop, seeing it was closed. "You can't consume too much tentacles." he reminds her but she just giggled.

"Then they'll be my last meal."

She punches the door and it opens.

"Go get the one upstairs." she ordered and she went forward where she can sniff the closest tentacle. Enji heard the noise so he exits the office and was surprised to see a green-haired woman covered in nothing but bandages.

"Uhm hello?"

"I'm lost, mind helping me out?" she tells Enji with a mischievous grin.