Title: The Masks We Wear
Warnings for typical tokyo ghoul shit. we're 15 chapters in, you should already know what to expect.
Disclaimers: I do not own Tokyo Ghoul, any music or other anime mentioned
Song Choice: Megalovania from Undertale
Summary: Three months into her pregnancy, all Hikari wanted was a day off from the PGR and to relax at Anteiku with Eto and the others. However, fate seems to have other plans as Aogiri Tree attacks Anteiku. The call for assisstance is sent out, but will the CCG arrive in time to be of much use? What will happen to Anteiku as Aogiri Tree starts taking chunks out their defenses. With Hikari at her weakest, she watches unable to do anything but watch, reminding her the time spent with Oomori aka Jason.
"Regular Talk"
'Thoughts'
phone calls and texts
Notes: I am really bad at fight scenes. So, please understand that. And the attack on Anteiku is going to be similar to the raid on Anteiku in the show, only its Aogiri Tree instead of the CCG trying to wipe them out. I am planning on it playing out to set up for Re.
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Hikari's POV
"Welcome to Anteiku!" I hear as I go through the door. "Hey Kaya, Enji. Good to see you guys again" I say and take my usual seat next to the window. "Was that Hikari I heard?" Eto asks poking her head from the back and I smile at her. "Hey Eto" I say and she comes over. "Look at you, Hikari! You definitly have the glow. Bet the sex is awesome" Eto says and I blush. "Eto!" I say and she sits across from me giggling. "To be honest, the whole morning sickness thing tends to kill the mood, Eto. Besides, with Hide in the academy and me with my PGR work, we're too tired to really want to. Anyways, we're just happy I can have a baby. We weren't exactly sure how my body would react." I say as Kaya brings some tea for me and coffee for Eto. Eto nods thoughtfully. "The pregnancy for a human or ghoul carrying a one eye is high risk on its own. A baby between you and Hide would be even more human. I can see your concern." Eto says and drinks her coffee.
I nod and take a drink of my tea. "However, we found out my RC levels are constantly staying low. I guess, it's my body's way of keeping the baby safe. I couldn't use my kagune right now or transform into my Caladrius form even if I wanted to." I say and Eto nods. "Apperantly, one eye ghouls like us are more capable to have children with either ghouls or humans than our parents were." Eto says and I nod. "Kaya, can I get a couple of sandwich platters? I'm starving" I ask and she nods. I look back to Eto. "So, how are things going between you and Amon?" I ask and take another drink. "It's a little complicated, to say the least. We do love each other. Amon is just having trouble adjusting to the fact he has a ghoul girlfriend. He flinches everytime I go to kiss him still." She says sadly.
"Just be patient with him. He's grown up thinking that ghouls wanted nothing more than to eat humans. It's going to take time for him to accept the new normal." I say and then, I sense them. Eto stiffens up and then tackles me into the floor as projectiles from Ukaku kagune shatter the windows barely missing my head. "Shit, are you alright, Hikari?" Eto asks from where we are behind the booth near where we were sitting. "I...I think so. What the hell was that?" I say. Eto glares at the windows. "Aogiri Tree. Sasayai Shi must have gotten tired of Anteiku meddling in his affairs. It doesn't surprise me that he's attacking the cafe. I would have in his position" She says as Kaya and Enji fight back. I take my phone out of my jacket pocket.
Need help! Aogiri Tree attacking Anteiku! Send help ASAP! I text Hide. Are you alright? How about the baby? Getting help now! Ayato is already getting the CCG to muster. Just sit tight. I'm coming, Kari Hide messages back. The baby and I are ok. Eto saw the first attack and got us out of the way in time. Kaya and Enji are royally pissed, not to mention Yoshimura. I think Yoshimura said something about the black dobers and the apes. I'll be safe, Hide. Be sure you do the same. I message back. "Eto, take Hikari into the tunnel to the Twenty-fourth ward!" Yoshimura says. "But..." Eto says wanting to help him. "No buts, Eto. Hikari is in no state to fight off attackers. Look after her." Yoshimura says and Eto nods. "I made a quick lunch for Hikari. Be sure to take it. Who knows what her body will do if she gets too hungry" Kaya says and we grab the lunchbox on the way downstairs. "Help is on the way guys. Hide and Ayato are getting the CCG together. Just hold on a bit longer." I say before going downstairs with Eto.
The whole builing shakes from the fighting upstairs and I look down. My mind can't help but go back to when kaneki and I were tortured by Jason. 'The situation is basically the same...I can't do shit to help anyone...I'm pathedic.' I think. Eto seems to have caught onto my mood change and looks at me. "What's wrong? We need to keep moving, Hikari" She says. "It...it's just like it was with Jason...I can't do anything to help...I'm so pathedic" I say. Eto hugs me. "You are not pathedic, Hikari. Those fuckers choose to attck now because they somehow knew you would be out of action. By staying alive, you are helping the others. You are giving them hope for the future that none of us thought would happen. Don't let that fucker Jason win, Hikari" Eto says and I nod. We soon hear footsteps, fast footsteps coming from behind us. Eto gets between me and whoever is coming, getting ready for a fight. "It's me, Eto. Don't attack" We hear and Eto relaxes a little as my father, Yomo comes up with Ryouko and Hinami.
"Are you two alright?" Ryouko asks and comes over to me. "A little shaken and bruised, but overall, I'm alright" I say. Ryouko nods and Eto hands me the lunchbox. "Best eat while we have a chance, Hikari" Eto says and I nod. Yomo keeps watch as Eto fills everyone in on how everything started. As I eat, I feel my phone vibrate. I check it to find a message from hide. where are you? Was all it said and I get a chill. "Hikari, what's wrong?" Hinami asks. "You suddenly got pale, Hikari" Ryouko says concerned. "Aogiri got Hide..." I say and Eto looks at me shocked. "How do you know?" Eto says. "I just got a message from his phone, but..." I say. "But what?" Yomo asks. "The message was far too cold to be hide...I know it's strange, but I could sense that it wasn't him" I say and they nod. "Don't reply. No matter what, don't answer anymore messages or phone calls. They're trying to lure you out." Yomo says and we eventually reach the safehouse Yoshimura told us about in case of emergencies.
Eto leads me to one of the rooms. "Get some rest, Kari. This isn't going to be over for some time...I'm sure Hide is fine. He's a strong guy." Eto says trying to reassure me. I smile a little and lay down into a restless sleep. I wake up an hour later, still exhausted and go find the others. Ryouko smiles at me from her seat as I come into the main area. I smile back a little and sit down. "Where's everyone at?" I ask. "Eto went out to help against Aogiri since you're safe here. Yomo is standing guard, and Hinami is asleep." She says and I nod. "Are you feeling any better, Kari?" Ryouko asks concerned. "A little, but not much. I feel like I should be out there helping, but I know I can't. Hide would never forgive me if the baby and I got hurt." I say and Ryouko nods. "Have you thought of any names yet?" She asks and goes to make me some tea. "A few. Toukashi, Namiko, Mura, Tsukiyoshi, Yoshikura, Saikatashi, Rei, Hineki, and Juuzou." I say and take the tea when Ryouko comes back.
"All good choices. Do you know what you are having yet?" Ryouko asks as I drink my tea. I know what she's doing. She's trying to help keep my mind on the fighting in the twenteith ward and it's working so far. "Not yet. We won't know until i'm four to five months along" I say and she nods. "I was so happy when I was pregnant with Hinami. She wouldn't stay still for hardly anything at that point. It will get harder on you too. By the time you can find out the gender, the baby will start moving and it will make it difficult to sleep. No matter how painful or difficult it seems to be, just remember that it's always worth it. Your legs will cramp and your back will hurt. That's normal too. It's normal to feel cramps during pregnancy, but if the pain is sharp and doesn't go away, then you should worry." Ryouko says and I nod.
Yomo soon comes in with Touka, who looks exhausted. Touka seems to relax when she sees me and I smile at her. "Hikari, we were worried. Hide has been trying to get through to you since after you contacted him." Touka says hugging me. "Didn't want to give Aogiri tree the chance to find us in case they got his phone." I say and she nods. Touka sits down beside me and Ryouko gets her some coffee. "Is everyone ok?" I ask concerned. Touka takes the coffee from Ryouko. "They captured Yoshimura and Amon. Hide's hurt but alive. They managed to get him to a hospital quickly enough. Kaya and Enji are battered, but otherwise alright. Nishiki...they don't know if he's going to make it. He got hit pretty hard trying to save Hide." Touka says and I notice she hasn't mentioned Eto or Kaneki.
"What about Eto and Kaneki?" Ryouko asks. "Last I saw them, they were fighting off Sasayai Shi. The bastard was in owl form and he alredy took out a lot of the apes and the black dobers." Touka says. I silently say a prayer for everyone out in the middle of the fighting. "The fighting is over..." We hear a voice say. We all look to see Eto come in. She looks horrible, causing Ryouko to run for the first aid kit. Eto comes and sits across from me and Touka. "I...I couldn't keep them from being taken...my dad...Amon...takizawa...the bastard took everyone he could as prisoners. I don't know how many the CCG lost, but Aogiri Tree will think again about attacking anytime soon. I...I never saw so many Ghouls take a stand before. When everything looked grim, the ghouls of the twenteith ward came out of the woodwork to aid us and the CCG against Aogiri Tree." Eto says and looks at me. "We won...no, survived because of the changes you brought about, Hikari. You brought humans and ghouls closer together to where they would protect each other against a common enemy. You helped so much" Eto says and hugs me as Ryouko tries to tend to Eto's injuries.
"Kaneki...he...he got hit pretty bad in the head. They took him to the nearest ghoul treatment center." Eto says and we nod. "We lost a few of the new CCG doves and some ghoul civilians, but it would have been much worse if the Ghoul civilians didn't come." Kaya says coming in, removing her black dog mask. "You can say that again, but Anteiku's been burned to the ground" Enji says coming in after her, removing his devil ape mask. Eto sighs. "We will just have to rebuild then. We rebuild, recover, and retrain. Sasayai Shi may have went running, but he got some of what he wanted today. If we are going to be ready for him next time, we have a lot of work to do" Eto says and we all nod. Eventually, we are able to return to the twenteith ward and the damage from the battle is still present everywhere. Dead humans and ghouls being put into bodybags, buildings blown apart or damaged, the injured being looked at.
"Hikari!" I hear a voice say before being hugged by Juuzou Suzuya. I giggle a little. "Easy there, Juuzou" I say and he rubs his head. "Sorry, we were all worried about you when Hide couldn't reach you." He says. "Radio silence for safety. It was my father's idea" I say and he nods. Juuzou gets me to the hospital and after some explaining to the nurse, I'm allowed to see Hide. His whole lower face and neck are bandaged up along with his side. I gently touch his hand and I feel a slight drain on my energy, like I was healing something! I remember that Hide does have some of my RC cells still inside him from the first time I healed him. The drain must have been my energy reactivating the rc cells within Hide and causing them to repair what has been injured. I sit beside him and stay all night.
In the morning, the doctor removes the bandages on Hide's face and neck to find he had been healed. This confused the doctor. "Sir, a little over a year ago, I used my RC cells to heal my husband after he got hurt. Some of my Rc cells remained behind. They must have reactivated in the night and healed his injuries." I say and the doctor nods and checks his side. It has healed as well. "Well then, as soon as he's awake and we can be sure he didn't get any cranial trama, I will release him" The doctor says and I nod. Touka soon comes in looking sad. "Touka, what's wrong?" I ask. "Kaneki...he doesn't remember anything from before or during the battle." She says and I start to cry a little. "Hey...Are those for me?" I hear a voice say and I look to see Hide awake. "Hide!" I cry and hug him. After some tests, Hide is released from the hospital. "And that's why you couldn't get through to me." I say and Hide nods.
Time Skip almost 6 months
Song Choice: Baby Mine by Alison Krauss
Hikari's POV
I'm looking over the list of the potinetals for the new Quinx Squad the CCG is putting together and I rub my head. "Are you alright, Kari?" Akira Mado asks. "Yeah, just tired. I didn't sleep well last night. The baby kept kicking my stomach and bladder." I say and she nods. "Maybe you should get some rest now while it's resting." she suggests and I nod. "Perhaps you're right." I say and get up only to clutch onto the desk as a wave of pain hits me in my abdomen. "Hikari?" Akira asks worried. The pain finally passes and not only akira, but shinohara and Juuzou are there. "Shionhara...Juuzou...when did you guys get here?" I ask a little winded. "Just a minute ago. We're taking you to medical. You don't look good" Shinohara says as he comes over to me. Another wave of pain hits as I feel something wet go down my legs. "The baby's coming. Get her to medical, now!" Akira says and Shinohara gently picks me up and rushes as best as he can to the medical wing.
Juuzou follows using his phone. "Yeah, we're heading to medical now. We'll see you and Kureo there" Juuzou says and hangs up the phone, which I realise vagely is actually my phone. "Hide's on his way with Kureo Mado." Juuzou says and Shinohara nods. We reach the medical wing as another contraction hits me. I try not to scream in Shinohara's ears and manage until he puts me on the bed. The doctor for the ghouls rushes over and shoos the others out. After about ten minutes, they let Hide in with me. "Kari" Hide says and takes my hand. I glare at him and he flinches. I sigh and calm down. "Sorry...it just hurts so much." I say and he nods. "Kureo said I show be here. We lost a blood ghoul, but Kureo says it won't take long to find it again." Hide says and I nod silently thanking Kureo for getting Hide back.
"How's everything going with Kaneki?" I ask. "He still don't remember anything, but he's recovered. The higher ups want him in the Quinx Squad. They think it might help him remember if he's using his skills. You would have seen the name he's using on the list. It's Haise Sasaki." Hide says and I nod. Soon, its time to push and they send Hide out.
Hide's POV
I walk out to the waiting area to find almost everyone there. They look at me and I rub my head. "She just went into labor. They kicked me out" I say and sit down. "That's normal" Ryouko says and rubs my back. "During labor, a ghoul will feel the need for human flesh to counteract the pain. They probably didn't want to chance Hikari having that kind of reaction with you around." Ryouko says and I nod. Yomo is standing next to the window, his face is unexpressive as usual, but his eyes betray the worry he's probably feeling. I go over to him and pat his back. He looks at me and sighs. "She's strong...she'll be ok" I say and yomo nods. "That's what I keep telling myself. Doesn't keep me from worrying." Yomo says and I nod. "I feel the same. I want to be in there, but they won't let me. Not safe for a human like me, they say." I say and he nods. Over the next couple hours, friends and family come and go. I jump at a touch on my arm and see it's only Eto. "Get some rest, Hide. I'll wake you up if anything changes." She says and I nod. True to her word, Eto wakes me up when they say I can come in to see Hikari.
Hikari's POV
I look at Hide as he comes in feeling exhausted but manage to smile a little. "Hey" Hide says and sits beside me. "Hey" I say and he smiles a little. "We have a son, Hide" I say making hide smile more. "That's great. Not that I cared either way. I'm just glad you are both healthy" Hide says rubing his head. "Do you want to hold him?" I ask and Hide nods. I gently hand the small bundle over to him and Hide looks at him with a soft smile.
Hide's POV
I gently take my son feeling nervous all of a sudden. I gently move the blanket from his face so I can get a better look. He has a head of orange hair like me, which explains Hikari's heartburn, and Hikari's gold amber eyes. I smile softly at him as he looks at me. "What's his name?" I ask. "His name is Hineki" Hikari says and I smile.
To be continued...
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Notes: Yay! season two is passed and Hineki is here!
