This story is set after the episode where Kaneki was seen " eating " shinohara in Kanou's lab/the kanou raid also in this story I will be taking most of my information from the manga and not the anime so if you don't like it don't read it.
I do not and will never own Tokyo ghoul I only own this story.
Amon koutaro walked out of the hospital after visiting Shinohara who was injured in the raid against dr kanous house, Shinohara was injured by the ghoul who Amon dubbed eyepatch and Amon saw eyepatch taking a bite out of Shinohara luckily eyepatch was only eating Arata the quinque that Shinohara was wearing. "Ugh. I we didn't get any information from Dr kanou's house and now we are back at square one. At least eyepatch didn't kill Shinohara and was only eating the armour off but why would eyepatch just attack someone without provocation. ugh."
"Hey." Said a voice from behind Amon. "Talking to yourself again, don't beat yourself up about it."
"Akira." Amon stated without turning his head. "It's late go home we have to work in the morning." As he started to walk away Akira grabbed his arm and stopped him.
"Amon, Shinohara will be fine that ghoul didn't harm him too badly he will still be able to live and fight as normal in a few days just relax OK, you couldn't have done anything."
"Yeah maybe you're right. I'm gonna go home now you should get some sleep too we have a busy day ahead of us." Amon said.
"Sure goodnight Amon." Akira said.
"Bye." Amon replied with as he turned around and walked off.
"See ya." Akira mumbled with a sad expression. She looked at the full moon and instantly thought of her father. "I'm so stupid." she mumbled before letting out a small sigh.
She shrugged and turned around to start heading to the station to catch the train home. After a few streets she had to go through a small tunnel to reach the station which was just on the other side. She started to traverse the tunnel when a figure entered the tunnel from the other side. The person kept his head down and seemed to be staring intently at a phone. Akira didn't think that the person wasn't a threat so she continued to walk through the tunnel to the station when the figure came within arms reach of her it stopped and raised it's head.
Akira let our a gasp and muttered one word. "Ghoul." The figure was wearing a black one piece fighting suit and had a black wolf mask on with a blue flame insignia on the left and an orange one on the right, the figure was also wearing an orange and blue cloak. "Akira jumped back and reached into her jacket pocket and pulled out a quinque knife as she left her quinque at the CCG as she was off until the next day.
The figure regarded the knife in her hand and snorted, to which Akira said with a low but deadly whisper, "I only need this knife to take down scum like you."
"I know you can Mado Akira, however my goal is not to kill you it is merely to act as a messenger."
"The only message you will give will be from beyond the grave then." She roared as she lunged forwards to slit his throat the 'Ghoul' merely sidestepped the lunge plucked the blade from her hands and snapped it in front of her. Akira took a step back at the display of strength when he disappeared Akira turned around to come face to face with the masked face. However before she could move further a hand shot out and grabbed her around the neck and lifted her off the ground while she was kicking and clawing at the 'ghoul' it surveyed her before letting her go. She collapsed to the pavement and started coughing before the 'ghoul bent down and spoke calmly, "If you wish to know the truth about Dr Kanou come to this address tomorrow," it said as it tossed her a card. "However you will not decide who gets to come with you I have already chosen who should come and who shouldn't you have no say in the matter." As he stood up he regarded her with one last glance before turning around and walking away he stopped at the entrance and said over his shoulder "If it makes you feel any better your partner has been invited too and you are allowed to bring your Quinque's. After saying this the figure vanished from sight.
Akira shakily stood up and looked to where the figure was only to be greeted with and empty tunnel she shakily reached into her pocket for her phone and tried to call Amon to warn him about the 'Ghoul' only to receive no signal as she was about to leave she noticed the card and with some trepdation picked it up and looked over the black and red card. On the back it said abandoned Warehouse 44 in the 20th ward at 10 a.m. Akira stood up and walked to the other end of the tunnel to make the call.
15 minutes previously Amon Koutarou was walking towards his house he was considering to go and do a few thousand push-ups just to clear his mind from what happened the previous day. On the way he started to feel uneasy as if something bad was going to happen he hastily walked the last block to his house and unlocked the door.
He then proceded to go to the living room to deposit his phone and wallet as he was about to place the phone down he saw a note saying If you wish to know the truth about Dr Kanou then follow these instructions do not tell anyone except those who tell you about the card first those you can trust and come alone except for with those who have a card the location is on your card Koutaro Amon.
Amon glared at the note and scrunched it up before proceeding to throw it into a bin he then picked up the black and red card and was just about to throw it in a bin when his phone rang. he glared at the card and set it down before picking up the phone. "Hello this Amon Koutarou who is this speaking."
"Amon are you ok." A frantic voice appeared over the phone.
" Yeah, i'm fine why do you ask are you ok." He replied.
"yeah I'm fine now, though be careful there was a ghoul here he snapped my Quinque knife like it was nothing." Akira said with a sigh
"What are you okay, in fact tell me your location I'm coming there right now." Amon said as he grabbed his wallet and started to run to the door.
"Don't bother I'm fine now he didn't harm me he apparently just wanted to give me a message he dissapeared and left me a black and red card, I just wanted to warn you."
"Wait did you say a black and red card because I got one lying on my table."
"Wait, you did then how come he had to come and break my Quinque to give it to me. I'm so annoyed I couldn't do anything, he was so strong ugh."
"Uhm Akira"
"Hugh"
"You're drunk now aren't you." Amon stated to which he got no reply. "Akira" Amon only got snores in return. "She's asleep. Goodnight Akira." Amon cancelled the call and returned to the living room where he noticed the card laying innocently on the table. "10 a.m. then. I'll see what you have to offer. but now I need to sleep." Amon then proceeded to go to sleep.
It was the dead of night and the only sound was the wind blowing through the trees and all of a sudden a figure jumps and lands on the ground in front of a train station he kept his head down and walked the few blocks to the hospital where Shinohara was currently residing. The figure jumped up 3 stories and landed on the window sill where Shinohara was fast asleep and there was only one other person in the room with him Juuzou Suzuya who was currently slumped in his chair fast asleep as well.
The figure smiled behind his wolf shaped mask before proceeding to open the window and crawl into the room. Once inside he dusted off his cloak and walked over to the sleeping Shinohara, he then reached into his cloak and pulled up a needle which contained a white bone like substance. The figure turned and stabbed the needle into the arm that hosted Shinohara's injury. He pushed the plunger down and removed the needle. The figure smiled and then unwrapped the bandages that were stopping the injury get an infection, when the bandages were unravelled the man smiled at a job well done as the arm that had huge chunks ripped out of it was as clear and smooth as it once was before. The figure pocketed the needle and tossed two black and red cards on to the still sleeping Juuzou's lap and placed a slip of paper under the glass on Shinohara's bedside table. Afterwards he took one last glance at Shinohara and Juuzou before he crawled out the window balanced on the window ledge before jumping into the night.
It was nearing the midnight when a shadow flitted through a dark alley and into another alley the figure flitted quickly as if it had no time to waste, the figure then jumped and landed on a roof just opposite of his target; the ghoul sanctuary Anteiku. the figure jumped and landed in a crouch in front of the cafe the figure walked up to the cafe door and looked around before slipping something from his cloak and sliding it into the keyhole- after turning it carefully a small click could be heard before the figure eased the door open. The figure slowly walked into the cafe and and made his way to the counter before he was stopped by a an Ukaku blade pointing at the back of his neck.
"Who are you and what is your business here intruder." The stern voice of Yoshimura commanded respect and contained a tint of anger.
"Isn't it obvious I came here for a coffee and this is a really good coffee place." A cocky voice replied with as the figure turned around to look at Yoshimura.
"We closed over 4 hours ago so what are you really here for young man, since you don't smell human." Yoshimura replied with while reshaping his Kagune to a spear before levelling it to the figures eyes which flashed blue behind the wolf mask. "Blue eyes." Yoshimura stated surprised.
"I don't have time for this old man." The figure stated before he back flipped onto the counter and landed in a crouch. "Listen here and listen good I have things to do and places to be so let me do my job and it will benefit the both of us as you will gain information and I will complete what I need to do."
"What information are you going to provide to me that will make me forgive you for breaking into my shop." Yoshimura stated with a snarl after lowering his Kagune a few inches.
"I will give you information on Doctor Kanou and you will also be able to see Kaneki again." The figure stated as he hopped behind the counter and looked Yoshimura in the eye.
"Kaneki." Yoshimura whispered before he looked at the figure and raised his kagune again. "How do I know that I can trust you seeing as to how you broke into my shop." Yoshimura said while maintaining eye contact on the figure.
"Well you can't really this is just something that you will have to trust my word for it even though I did break into your shop I have made no move to harm you or steal anything all that I did was unlock the door and come in so just trust me. Also may you please lower your Kagune it is a bit distracting." The figure said.
"I will trust you however I do not wish to see you breaking into my cafe again do you understand young man." Yoshimura said with a frown on his face.
"In other words that means that you do not trust me to be here without someone else from Anteiku keeping an eye on me." the figure said with a smile to which Yoshimura raised an eyebrow surprised that the person in front of him was able to figure him out with surprisingly no effort. "Now listen here Yoshimura, there is a limited time that I can be here since I am working on a schedule so listen to this, tomorrow you and two others who has already been chosen will not come to work leave the keys to open up with the other three since you will be gone for a long time, probably a few hours." The figure stated before reaching into his orange cloak and removed a red and black card and placed it on the counter before stepping out from behind the counter. "Follow the instructions on the card and all will be fine." The figure said before he walked to the door and opened it before stepping out.
"Hold on what are you really." Yoshimura said quickly only to be met with silence and an open doorway. He sighed before walking over to the door and locked it, afterwards he walked to the counter and picked up the card. 11 a.m. then he wondered.
In a quiet street in the 20th ward a lone figure with purple hair was sitting at a table in a living room trying to study for a biology test, however it was quite late and the figure let out a yawn before rubbing her blue eyes and laying her pencil on the desk and sleepily let her head rest on the desk. As her eyes started drooping she heard a clatter and she snapped her head out and looked around. Touka sighed before reaching down to pick up the pencil which fell off her desk. Her eyes darted to the clock which read midnight before she decided it would be time to head to sleep as she had to work the next/same day. Touka sighed before closing her notebook and walked into the kitchen to get a glass of water, as she filled up her glass she heard a small creak from behind her, she immediately turned around and looked to where the sound came from but there was nothing just darkness. Touka just shook her head before drinking the water in her glass. and putting the glass in the sink to do in the morning. As she started to walk towards her room she saw a slip of paper on the notebook she was using earlier. 'I know I didn't use any loose paper for my work so what is this ' Touka wondered before she picked up the paper, when two red and black cards fell out. Touka picked up the cards and set them on the table before she began to read the note which said, Touka, it will probably be the morning when you read this however we need to talk about something don't bother coming to Anteiku instead make your way to the 44th abandoned warehouse in the 20th ward also bring Hinami it will be dangerous if you leave her behind. Make sure you arrive for 11 a.m. there is a small window make sure you don't miss it. Sorry for being too brash but be careful. With thanks Yoshimura. 'What is the old man thinking coming into my house and leaving this he could have just called,' Touka fumed while picking up the cards and burning the letter on the stove so there was no evidence she then slipped the cards in her pocket and went to her room to sleep next to a young girl probably no older than 13 whose name was Hinami.
In an apartment complex in the 20th ward a figure flitted through an open doorway and vanished into a room where he placed a black and red card and a note on the counter top before jumping out an open window.
In another district of the 20th ward a cloaked figure could be seen walking through different alleys before stopping in front of a an apartment complex, the figure slowly looked up to one of the windows before crouching on the ground, the figure then vanished with a gust of wind before landing and balancing precariously on the windowsill. The figure peered into the window before he reached into his cloak and pulled out a small blade which he then used to open the window he then carefully climbed in through the window and looked around the living room before heading to the bedroom. he opened the door slowly to see both Nishio and and his girlfriend Nishino both sleeping next to each other. He smiled under his mask and gently eased the door shut before walking into the living room where he placed 2 red and black cards with a slip of paper underneath them, the figure looked around before climbing out the window and disappearing into the night.
In a mask shop in the 20th word Uta was busy organising his masks when a the bell above the door rang signifying that someone had come in, he walked to the counter and said, "I'm terribly sorry to tell you this sir but we are closed do you mind coming back tomorrow." At this the cloaked figure removed his hood showing a wolf mask with a blue flame insignia on the left cheek and and an orange one on the right cheek. Uta slinked closer to the figure to look at the mask properly when the figure spoke.
"Romaji Uta it is a pleasure to meet you, forgive my rudeness but I have a request. I wish for you to come to the abandoned warehouse at 11 a.m and all will be clear." The figure placed a red and black card on the counter before turning and walking to the door and almost as an afterthought he said over his shoulder at the bewildered Uta who didn't show it. "Also if you come I will let you see how I make my mask it will be a big improvement to your trade." This perked Uta's interest but before he could say anything the figure disappeared and the door shut on it's own accord. Uta became extremely excited and started to pack a small bag of notebooks, pens, sewing materials and fabric before putting the card in his pocket and racing out the door towards the warehouse.
The cloaked figure walked through the back alleys of the 20th ward when suddenly he stopped in the middle of the alley as if he was waiting for somebody and life didn't disappoint because not even a minute later Renji Yomo came through the other side of the alley. Renji eyed the figure in front of him with a critical eye before pulling his hood further up. "May you please move out of my way." He said to the cloaked figure expecting the figure to deny it and try to fight him but what he wasn't expecting was the figure to disappear and reappear in front of his face.
Renji had no time to react before an axe kick landed on the top of his head slamming him into the ground immediately he quickly rolled out of the way before another kick landed in the place he was before. He quickly back flipped into a crouch to better study his opponent when his opponent vanished, Renji jumped forward just being able to dodge the axe kick which hit just where he was. Renji spun around on one hand and shot forward taking the opportunity from the dust cloud from the impact to reach his opponent and punch him when the figure grabbed his hand and retaliated by jumping up and spinning before disappearing. Renji expecting an attack from behind spun around and for his troubles received a hard punch to his back.
A loud snap echoed throughout the alleyway before the figure reached into his cloak and pulled out two things one of them being a red and black card and the other was a hand. The figure then spoke saying, "You are strong Renji it has been a while since anyone avoided my attacks when I was serious however now you can listen as you have respect for those who are stronger. At 11 a.m. go to the 44th abandoned warehouse in the 20th ward I hope we can spar again soon." The figure said as it tossed the card at Renji, "Oh, by the way eat up." He said as he threw the hand at Renji before disappearing into the night.
Renji just scoffed at the figures antics before he put the card in his pocket and ate the hand as the figure did manage to crack a few ribs at least, he sighed grateful for developing a high resistance to pain. He looked back at the alley before he turned on his heel and walked away.
It was nearing 3 a.m. and in a house in the sixth ward the only sounds that could be heard was the sound of flesh hitting flesh and the sound of blades, suddenly a figure swoops down from the night and lands on the opposite side of the street before sighing and reaching into his orange cloak to pull out a series of sheathed blades, swords, stun grenades and gas grenades. the figure spends the next few minutes attaching the blades to the inside of his forearms and around his calves before he attached the two swords to his back the one on the right looked like a rapier with a straight pommel and a very fine tip with a double edged blade and no guard while the other one was a double edged long sword with a thicker blade and orange flames designs running down the blade. The figure then stood up and strapped the belt of grenades around his waist with the stun grenades on the left and the gas grenades on the right.
The figure looked up at the building opposite him before running a hand down his masked face and sighed "I have to end this within two hours at the most otherwise I will never be able to get this done." The figure looks at the building one last time before shaking his head and vanishing only to reappear on the stairwell to the house.
"I'm going to die doing this," the figure said before unhooking one stun and one gas grenade before pulling the pins and chucking them inside the house. He unsheathed his blades and muttered "This isn't going to go down well." Right before he jumped through the broken window.
Around 30 minutes prior
"Come on Banjo if you want to be the tank you have to speed up to block attacks." A voice said as another figure was lying on the floor against the wall while the other person with white hair had his foot out in a side kick position, which is presumably because he kicked the figure known as banjo. The figure groaned and stood up albeit he was wobbling as if he was exhausted.
Banjo started panting a bit before he stood up straight and got into a boxing stance to prepare for the next attack, "Come at me again Kaneki, I will take your attacks for a lot longer this time." He said as he smiled.
Kaneki looked at him and noticed the determination om his face before he charged at Banjo delivering a large haymaker to Banjo's left temple which he blocked and countered with a push front kick, Kaneki jumped back and started to deliver rapid punches to banjo which Banjo either tanked or evaded. Banjo's eyes darted back and forth looking for the inconsistencies in Kaneki's guard. After a few more seconds of evading and blocking Kaneki's punches he noticed a small shift in his guard where there was a small gap between his left arm and stomach, he smirked and when Kaneki went in for a left jab banjo ducked down and to the outside of Kaneki's left side before delivering a hard uppercut to the underside of his shoulder in which an audible pop could be heard. He quickly jumped back to avoid the hook kick that was aimed for his face before making a x guard in front of him to block the right jabs and the different kicks.
'He's improving' Kaneki thought with a smile as his shoulder got dislocated 'however he still needs to improve' he thought as he delivered a hook kick at 50% of his total speed 'the only way for me to speed up is to use my kagune however I don't think he's ready for that just yet,' he thought as he delivered a barrage to Banjo to let his shoulder mend itself. Suddenly he smirked and jumped up before spinning around to deliver a turning kick to Banjo's head which he just managed to block with a rising elbow and counter with a hard uppercut. Kaneki smirked and used his palm to pivot of off Banjo's uppercut to deliver a two foot kick to Banjo's face consequently knocking him into the wall.
Kaneki looked at Banjo before letting out a rare smile before extending a hand to the grumbling Banjo to help him up, when Banjo was standing Kaneki spoke "Well done banjo you have certainly improved since the last time we thought I'm quite proud of you, however you should go rest now."
"Thanks, Kaneki." Banjo sighed before staggering into the living room and collapsed on the sofa next to Tsukiyama.
"OI get away from me you Barbarian." Tsukiyama said to Banjo.
"Shut up." Banjo replied with while making a shushing motion with his hand. Tsukiyama just glared at Banjo before getting up and going to the training room to hopefully spar with Kaneki.
As Tsukiyama walked to the sparring room he activated his Kagune to fight with both the Kagune and hand to hand combat. Banjo however just scoffed at Tsukiyama's retreating form before looking outside the window. He suddenly stood up startling the three others who were in the room with him, as he rushed to the window and looked outside.
"What is wrong Banjo-sama." One of the ghouls said however Banjo just dismissed them with a wave of his hand.
"It's nothing I just thought I saw something." He said to ease their worries.
They looked at him carefully before sitting back down to continue a card game however Banjo just decided to lie down and close his eyes until Kaneki would need them. Banjo let out a sigh and tried to relax. While listening to the sounds of kagunes and Flesh connecting. However his rest was short lived because not even ten minutes later something smashed through the window. Banjo quickly got up to see what it was with the rest of his men behind him when it a huge bang echoed throughout the building making the Ghouls cover their sensitive ears and closing their eyes due to the light. AT this Tsukiyama and Kaneki raced out of the room when gas started pouring out from a small canister which landed.
Kaneki started looking around for what happened to cause this to happen when he saw a flash of orange come through the broken window and he heard a grunt of pain from Banjo and his three sidekicks and a thud and slide from across the room as if he his friends were knocked out, his eye started to twitch and he turned his gaze to a figure standing in the midst of the smoke. The figure was wearing an orange cloak with a wolf mask on with an orange flame insignia on the right cheek with a blue one on the left he also had grenades strapped to his waist which is probably what caused the smoke and noise, he also had an orange longsword in his left hand with flame insignias running down the length of the blade and in his right hand he held a thin rapier with no guard. Kaneki glared at him as he prepared his Kagune while Tsukiyama prepared his into a sword type next to him the figure regarded them with a cold glare and shifted his hands a bit to quickly block any strikes if the situation demands it.
"Who are you and what do you want." Kaneki said to the figure as the figure looked up at him properly as if shocked Kaneki was asking him this question. "Tell me what you are doing here and maybe we won't kill you." After saying this Kaneki raised all four tentacles of his Kagune and levelling them at major vitals at his opponent, mainly the heart Jugular, brain and Aorta.
The figure then looked at us properly as if he was weighing his options before a calm almost aloof voice responded from the mask "I will speak however I will speak only when you put your Kagune away."
"Now why should I do that since you are the one being threatened." Kaneki countered with.
"I am strong I took down those four." he pointed at Banjo and his men "In barely three hits I didn't even use my blades. However if you kill me you shall never know the truth."
"What is the truth then." Kaneki replied with only for the figure to shake his head.
"Not here." The figure said "If you want to know the truth then come to 44th abandoned warehouse in the 20th ward. However You should arrive after 11, half past eleven would be ideal."
"Kaneki must I warn you how much this looks like a trap." Tsukiyama whispered, to which kaneki dismissed him with a wave of his hand.
"If this is a trap I will kill you." kaneki said with calm indifference.
"I know you will, in fact I'm surprised why you haven't tried to kill me already, if I knew you were this calculating I would have just knocked on the door instead of breaking in." The figure stated hanging his head down. "Before I forget there is a max of three people to come two however would be ideal. so please choose wisely." The figure stated while turning on his heel towards the door. However he rummaged into his cloak and pulled out two pairs of hands and chucked them at banjo. He then said "Give that to them when they wake up I did do a number on them." The figure then walked over to the door and opened it disappearing into the night.
Kaneki just stared at the space the figure was at before retracting his kagune and went to sit down at the table. Tsukiyama looked shell shocked at how the figure just came and left as if it was his house he then turned to look at Kaneki who shrugged, Kaneki went to get some coffee when he noticed something on the table it was 3 red and black cards to which kaneki remembered the three person rule he then pocketed the cards and having made up his mind he walked over to banjo and kicked him in the shins "Wake up." He said, before going to make a much needed cup of coffee.
The figure walked into a park before starting to strip off his gear and and stuff them in a duffel bag before placing the duffel bag in his cloak he then pulled out a wallet and let the contents fall to the floor, which was One black and red card "One last one eh" he let out a small chuckle before jumping up and vanishing into the night.
A few minutes later he drops in front of a house and remove the card from his cloak and removes his mask, stuffing it into his cloak before walking up to the door and he knocked. The door slowly opened and the figure looked up to his last guest before his lips curl up into a smirk. "Hello, you know what to do." He says and hands the guest the card before vanishing into the night.
The figure arrived at the warehouse when he sensed a presence he visibly tensed before relaxing and walking over to the entrance to see Uta sitting on a crate by the entrance. "I should have realised that you would be here Uta-San." At this Uta's head whips around to the figure and visibly smiles.
Uta regarded the figure for a bit more before saying "I was excited to see how you make your masks so I came early, your mask looks really interesting I was wondering what materials you use to make it." At this he started scratching his neck.
"Don't worry Uta San we can work on the masks later however right now I need to get the warehouse finished for 10 so if you can just wait about 3 hours then we can work on the mask."
At this Uta smiled, the figure went up to the door and opened it ushering Uta inside before closing the door. After this groans could be heard from inside as well as the sound of something scraping along the floor.
A few hours later the abandoned warehouse had a complete makeover there were red velvet sofas lining the middle of the room a snack bar on the left hand side, a crystal chandelier hanging over the middle of the room a 720 inch cinema screen a back room on the right side of the screen a bunch of toilets on the left side of the screen and the only door to get in was at the back on the right hand side of all the sofas.
Uta let out a sigh and wiped his head and sat in one of the sofa's while the figure flopped backwards on to the sofa and let out a contented sigh before looking over at Uta and smiled underneath his mask he then stood up, Uta seeing that the figure stood up followed and walked over to where the figure stood. when Uta got close enough the figure said, "I think it is time I show you how to make my masks."
At this Uta smiled and and followed the figure as he walked to the backroom where he took off the mask and slid it towards Uta.
The sun had finally risen and in the 20th ward and Akira mado was slowly waking up from a hangover which wasn't surprising since she drank almost 2 bottles of alcohol and also due to the fact she has a low alcohol intolerance. Akira slowly opened her eyes and cringed when the sun hurt her eyes because she was still under the effects of the alcohol, she let out a sigh and waited a few minutes before getting. As Akira gingerly walked to the kitchen to drink a coffee she noticed the card lying on the counter where she dumped it the night before. She picked it up and and examined it before slipping it into her pocket and grabbing her coffee she sat down at the table to get over her hangover.
It was ten minutes past seven when Yukinori Shinohara groggily woke to the sound of excited yelling by his bed as he slowly opened his eyes he saw his partner Juuzou Suzuya who was staring at his arm and torso in shock and happiness. Shinohara slowly turned his head due to the stiffness in his muscles to face Juuzou when he met Juuzou's eyes he smiled and spoke "Hey Juuzou, want a parfait." After saying this he chuckled as Juuzou's head whipped around to look into his mentors eyes but what shocked Shinohara was when Juuzou shook his head and launched himself onto his mentor. Shinohara looked as if someone had told them that humans and ghouls were the same species when Juuzou denied the chance for a parfait since every other time he was begging for more than one. Then he realised he didn't feel any pain from when Juuzou jumped on him. He started to sit up which dislodged Juuzou who got up and sat on the chair by the bed, Shinohara carefully lifted his arm and braced for the pain he knew was supposed to come but didn't he looked at his arm and saw the bandages were hanging on only by the clip at the top but his skin was as clear as it was before he got injured. He then looked down at his chest which had scraps of bandages all over it so he moved the bandages and looked down at his chest which was healed he was confused with this change of fate until the door opened.
The door opened to reveal a doctor in his early forties who walked in with a clipboard and 2 nurses. The doctor walked up to Shinohara and looked at his surprised face before he drew the curtains around him and Juuzou and Shinohara leaving the nurses outside. The doctor pulled up one of the chairs and sat down with a sigh. He looked at Shinohara before starting his conversation. "Good morning officer Shinohara."
"Morning doctor." Shinohara replied with a smile.
"How are you feeling this morning." The doctor said.
"I'm actually feeling quite good to be honest though I have to thank you for healing me in such short time." Shinohara said with a bow (well as much of a bow he could make while sitting up).
"About that." The doctor said with a serious expression on his face. "We bandaged you up to the best of our ability last night however even at a best case scenario you wouldn't have been healed for another month at least, but right now you are fully healed which should be impossible." The doctor ran his hand through his head before reaching into his coat and pulling out 2 red and black cards and a folded piece of paper before handing them to a bewildered Shinohara. "These were found here when we came to check on you, we can only assume that the person who healed you left them here."
Shinohara wordlessly took the cards and the paper he placed the cards on his lap and unfolded the piece of paper which said. If you are reading this then everything is ready and you shall know the truth about yesterdays target and also the truth about everything that has been happening if you wish to know then bring your student to the 44 abandoned warehouse in the 20th ward at 10 am also this message is encrypted so that only you will be able to read this sir Shinohara, please come as this was hard to get everyone together so if you can come please come there are many people from the CCG who will be there with you.
Thanks a friend.
p.s You are allowed to bring your Quinques.
p.p.s there will be free parfaits so that will keep your student calm for some time.
Shinohara looked up as the doctor cleared his throat "We have been unable to decrypt what it says but you are cleared for discharge seeing as you are fully healed." The doctor then stood up before opening the curtains and walking away, he halted at the doors and and looked over his shoulder and spoke Have a good day officer Shinohara." after saying this the doctor left.
Shinohara slowly got out of bed and pocketed the 2 cards and note, and he pulled on hi jacket, at Juuzo's questioning glance he smiled and said "I guess we have a train to catch Juuzou, come on lets go."
It was 9 a.m. when Amon Koutarou walked out of his apartment and headed down some side streets with a black and red card in his pocket and his Quinque case in his hand. He walked through more streets for 15 minutes before he reached another block of apartments where he climbed to the 2nd floor and knocked on one of the doors. The door slowly opened to reveal Akira Mado glaring out the door with a cup of coffee in her left hand and a Quinque case which Amon assumed to contain Amatsu the part bikaku and koukaku. Amon looked up at Akira and seeing the glare on her face he sighed.
"Akira, you okay." Amon said.
"Stop with the pleasantries and let's just go otherwise we will be late." Akira said this with a frown before she placed her cup on the counter before grabbing her phone, purse and keys and closing the door behind her. "Let's go." She said to Amon who was just looking at her.
"Ok" Amon replied with as he turned around and started walking down the stairs with Akira just a few steps behind him. They wordlessly walked to the station and took the train to a south east corner of the 20th ward which was looking quite neglected. They walked into the yard of warehouses and started to look for the 44th one which was quite hard seeing as the numbers were faded, however they didn't give up and eventually wandered even deeper into the maze of warehouses. It was currently 10 past ten when they bumped into 2 figure walking in the opposite direction.
"Oh Amon you're here too." Shinohara exclaimed with a smile. With a happy Juuzou bouncing on the balls of his feet next to him.
"Shinohara Sir what are you doing here you should be resting." Amon exclaimed with a worried face.
"Relax Amon I'm fine besides I should find out what this person wants with us since why would he go out oh his way to heal me." Shinohara replied offhandedly.
"What do you mean by healed Sir Shinohara." Akira replied with a frown.
"Exactly what I said Miss Mado my injury is gone so I decided to come here to see what he wants to say as a sign of good faith." Shinohara replied with a smile. Then he frowned before looking at the others "Although I think I know why he had us come to this place at 10 because it is a maze."
"Why do you say that we are late already." Akira said.
"We saw a sign back the way we came and it said the meeting won't start until midday but since this is a maze that is why we have to look for this place."
Amon facepalmed at this and Akira just sighed muttering something about headaches and alcohol. Amon then looked up with determination in his eyes "Well let's get there as soon as we can that way we can relax earlier and we can figure this out."
Shinohara gave a smile at that and they agreed to find the warehouse ASAP.
It was now quarter to 11 when they finally found the warehouse which had an Orange and blue flame painted on the door and a small 44 over the doorway. The group looked at each other before activating their Quinques and opening the door.
The door slowly creaked inwards and the group were awestruck they slowly looked around in amazement spotting the crystal chandelier and the 100 inch cinema screen and the red velvet couches, Amon rose an eyebrow at the display while Akira looked around with wide yet suspicious eyes and Shinohara and Juuzou looked around in amazement. The group was then broken out of their amazement by a cough coming from the front, at the sound the group turned around with their Quinques at the ready only to be met with the wolf mask 'Ghoul'.
The figure reached behind him with both hands and the group visibly tensed before he pulled 2 swords out from behind his back still in their scabbard, the figure looked at them before slowly reaching over to one of the sofas before he tossed them onto a sofa in the second row he then reached to the front of his orange cloak and undid the clasp at the neck and pulled it off. As he tossed the cloak at the sofa the groups eyes went wide at the amount of weapons that were sewn to the cloak that could be pulled out at any time, even Juuzou with his multitude of knives thought it was a bit excessive. When the group looked at the figure again he was wearing a black fighting suit with knife holsters in the crooks of his arms and around his calves. The figure looked at them before reaching up to his mask and he shocked them by breaking off the bottom of it where they could see his mouth. He then spoke and this time they were able to confirm it was a he since his build and voice gave it away.
The figure then spoke again a little louder when they didn't reply "Welcome dear guests I hope your trip was alright, though I have to admit being able to find this place in this amount of time is impressive." The group just glared at him for saying that. He visibly gulped at the glare directed at him before raising his hand and speaking again. "So how do you like the decorations of this room it took me a long time to make it."
They could easily see the nervous smile on his face so Shinohara decided to intervene "It looks quite impressive Mr..." Shinohara stopped since he didn't know his hosts name.
The figure then tensed up and started scratching the back of his head and giving out a nervous chuckle, "I forgot to give you guys my name didn't I?" The figure said.
Akira who was already annoyed just snapped back at him "Yes you did forgot to give us your name so just tell us what it is so we can finish this."
The figure just muttered something that sounded suspiciously like "women are so troublesome especially the feisty ones," before he raised his head and looked at them through the eyes of the mask, "Names are power miss Mado so I will give you my alias to use for now, though to be honest the majority of people I know only know me by my alias so it is as good as my name." The figure then threw his hands out to the sides and said "My name is kajinoshi."
At this Akira facepalmed "Fire death." She stated with a sigh as she realised what the flames were for.
At this the figure could be seen pouting before retorting "I thought it was a good idea for a long time."
"It's stupid." Akira said with a sigh.
Shinohara seeing that this was going to end badly decided to step in "So Kajinoshi-san what is the reason for you to call us here."
"That is a good question Shinohana san however before we get to that can we please move away from the door as the others will be here soon." Kajinoshi said.
Shinohara nodded and they started to move closer to the the sofas out of the way of the door. Shinohara then noticed that they all still had their Quinques out so he sealed his Yamada and his Arata. After doing this he nudged Amon to get him to do the same the others got the hint and sealed their Quinques however Akira did it reluctantly.
kajinoshi then smiled before speaking "Since there are more people coming I think it would be better if we all waited until everyone else is here and then we start. Please have a seat and help yourselves to refreshments by the way Shinohara, the magic item to calm Juuzou will be at the bottom of the fridge behind the bar." After saying this the figure walked over to the sofas and sprawled himself out against one of them and started to read a book.
Amon looked at Shinohara with a questioning glance which Shinohara replied to by mouthing the word Parfait at this Amon let a smirk ghost across his face before Akira elbowed him in the stomach.
Akira then spoke bringing up a question they were all thinking, "Our host doesn't seem that bad at the moment however I don't trust him, and he never did mention who the others were for all we know it could be a plot to kill us."
"Juuzou and Shinohara were both silently agreeing but Amon added his own input, "Actually if he really was here to kill us that would mean he would want to kill the best the CCG has to offer in one fell swoop however Arima isn't here so I think we are safe and he let us bring our Quinques which would be a waste if he wanted to kill us."
Shinohara hummed in agreement to this statement. "Anyway we won't know anything for quite a while now so we should just wait for the other people to come to hear what he has to say."
"Fine." Akira huffed before walking over to the coffee machine behind the bar and making a black coffee, while Amon went and got four seats at the back left, while Shinohara went to the fridge and took out a strawberry parfait which he gave to an excited Juuzou. They all sat down and eyed the doorway for the others while keeping a tight grip on their Quinques except for Juuzou because he was too busy eating his parfait.
The group of investigators were waiting for ten minutes for the other guests to arrive when their host stood up and walked across the room towards the right and the exit he stopped quite a bit before the entrance the group visibly tensed as the door slowly swung open to let in an old and wrinkled man in who looked like a kind grandfather.
As he stepped in the room his eyes widened as he took in the room before his eyes landed on the investigators as he looked at them he visibly tensed before before the Kajinoshi coughed to get his attention the man looked at the host but kept the investigators in his peripherals.
"Mister Yoshimura glad you could make it I wasn't sure you would come considering I broke into your shop to get you to come. Please sit down you can call me kajinoshi for now." The host then walked nearer to the front of the room.
The newly dubbed Yoshimura just glanced at the group with suspicion in his eyes before he followed the host to the front though he did through a few glances back at the group.
The group of investigators were looking at Yoshimura in suspicion as Kajinoshi was speaking to him in a hushed voice while he kept shooting glances at them out of the corner of his eyes. Amon then spoke softly but loud enough that they could hear. "That person seems to be suspicious of us but when his eyes glanced over our Quinques a glimmer of fear passed over his face, I believe he's a ghoul."
At this the other three stared at Amon wide eyed before glancing at Yoshimura who was staring at them out of the corner of his eyes. They turned back to Amon when he continued. "However I don't think that he knew we would be here either so our host probably wants us to get along."
Akira just lightly coughed at that before speaking. "What makes you say that, are you an expert on psychology and a first class investigator."
"First off psychologists listen to problems and helps people through trauma and I am NOT a people person, and to explain why I think that is because Yoshimura if that his face had a look of shock and fear when he saw us so that means he wasn't expecting investigators to be here." Amon finished with a small glance at the front where Kajinoshi was speaking intently to Yoshimura who was looking quite tense.
"I see then I guess we should just wait here for now and see if he really is a ghoul and if worst comes to worst we can always use our Quinques while Juuzo uses his hidden knives as a distraction." Shinohara said.
Amon then looked back to the front and looked at Yoshimura intently before coming to a conclusion. "What if he brought us here first so we could get adapted to the ghouls and he invited the calmest ghoul first."
The others just looked at him in surprise as he said that so Shinohara spoke. "Why do you think that is the calmest ghoul around here Amon."
Amon just hummed before replying. "Normally when Ghouls see investigators they either avoid us or attack us however this one just looked us in shock but instead of leaving or drawing his Kagune he just followed Kajinoshi inside past us, he also seemed more at ease with the host so that makes me believe that he isn't afraid of his strength and another hunch is that he fought Akira to get her to listen to him."
"What do you mean." Akira asked suspiciously.
"Well think of it this way Shinohara is the strongest of us but he didn't fight him instead he healed him and Shinohara listened because he did a good deed I would have listened since ... an incident sometime ago but I would still fight him however you Akira are the feistiest of us all and you wouldn't listen at all it was only when he beat you did you listen to him correct." Amon questioned.
"He did say before the battle that he is just a messenger but I guess I didn't listen." Akira said with an embarrassed tone.
"That is my reason seeing as Yoshimura doesn't seem at all scared of him." Amon said.
"I guess if you are right Amon then we just have to see what happens." Shinohara said.
"I guess I can agree with that." Akira said as Amon nodded.
Meanwhile with Yoshimura and Kajinoshi
As Yoshimura walked to the front of the room with Kajinoshi he kept an eye on the 'doves' at the back and was wondering what they were doing there. As he was walking past the rows of sofas he saw two blades in their sheaths on one of the sofas with holsters for hidden knives laying around them. 'Ah it seems as if he had to ease them into his presence so that means it wasn't a setup.' However he still didn't let his guard loosen that much but his guard was invisible to others except Kajinoshi who was using the screen to watch Yoshimura in case he tried something stupid.
'Interesting the old man is still quite perceptive as he was in his prime.' Kajinoshi thought as he stopped at the front and turned to Yoshimura who was looking at him with questioning eyes. "Yoshimura-Sama I apologise for not telling you about the doves being here but I feared you wouldn't come otherwise." Kajinoshi said while giving a deep bow to yoshimura with one arm over his chest and the other behind his back.
Yoshimura was surprised at this display of respect before he moulded his visage into one of impassiveness a few seconds later Kajinoshi righted himself and looked at Yoshimura with sorrow in his eyes which was all he could see since the rest of his face was covered behind a mask.
"Anyway the doves should not attack you seeing as you are a guest here but I will need your help trying to calm the other ghouls." kajinoshi said with a very serious tone.
"I understand but the things you told me at Anteiku..." Yoshimura began before Kajinoshi interrupted him.
"Don't worry everything I promised will happen, you just have to be patient for now." Yoshimura nodded and felt the doves staring at him.
"May I ask you something." He asked.
Kajinoshi chuckled before replying. "You just did but go ahead."
"Why did you bring the doves here and why so few." Yoshimura asked in a serious voice.
"I was wondering when you would ask me that." Kajinoshi said with a mischievous tone, before it became serious "I brought them here because they deserve to know the truth and they are the ones who would be more susceptible to change that is why i brought them here."
"I see." Yoshimura said with understanding.
"Please do what you can to calm the ghouls that come and make the doves feel welcome with you." Kajinoshi said with a small bow.
"I'll try my best." Yoshimura said with a small bow.
"Oh Uta San is in the back room working on masks, I had a hunch he would come early so I set up a room for him to do his work it will be the room on the right of the screen now do what you wish for now." Kajinoshi said before going over to the sofas and laying down on one of them and picked up a book and started reading.
Yoshimura stared at kajinoshi before turning around and looking at the investigators he pondered on whether it was possible to get both ghouls and investigators to both become accustomed to each other and if his dream of peace will ever become a reality. He had a look around him to see if there was anything he could do to fan the flames of peace before he saw the one thing they could all agree on.
The four investigators were carefully watching the ghoul and their host out of the corner of their eyes to see if they could discern why there was a ghoul here and why he wasn't trying to attack them, they visibly tensed when Kajinoshi went to lay down on the same couch he was on earlier before they turned their attention to Yoshimura who was looking around before his eyes lit up as he stared past them.
Akira was carefully looking at Yoshimura since she didn't trust him at all so when he looked near them she followed his glance to be able to see what got him interested and when she saw what it was she was surprised since he was staring at the bar at the back. "Coffee?" she whispered to which the rest just looked at her before following Yoshimura's gaze which was aimed at the coffee machine.
"I guess he would like coffee since it is one of the only human foods ghouls would be able to eat." Shinohara said with a slight frown on his face as he wasn't understanding why he looked so determined.
"No that's not it I know that expression in fact I've seen it before." Amon said.
At this the others looked at him before he sighed while running a hand through his head.
"Shinohara do you remember the ghoul that took you down the other day?" Amon asked.
"Of course we named him centipede didn't we because his koukaku Kagune looked like a centipede. He also had a Kakuja which was very strong." Shinohara said with a grim face.
"Well the night that your father died Akira I was held up by him and he thought me without his Kagune for a while he just took the beating without fighting back." Amon said while looking at the ghoul Yoshimura who went into the bar and was heating up some water in a kettle.
At this the investigators went wide eyed even Juuzo was surprised that a ghoul would take attacks without even fighting back, however they didn't have much time to ponder this as Amon continued.
"It was only when I started to walk away and he was laying on the floor since I thought he was a fraud that he got up and got into my guard. He then took a bite out of my right shoulder, after that he jumped back and activated his Rinkaku Kagune which he used to destroy my Quinque, and after that... he left." Amon finished with a cold tone.
"What just like that a ghoul just left you alone." Akira hissed at him while Shinohara just pondered this.
"Hold on did you just say his Rinkaku was his Kagune?" Shinohara asked.
"Yes I did and he is a weird ghoul." Amon said with a slight twitch of his lips.
"So he must have eaten a lot of ghouls to become that proficient like that." Akira surmised, "That would also add to his insanity level."
"I don't think he ever ate a person before unless it was to survive since he was really weak before taking a bit from me." Amon said.
"We should look into this when we get back don't you think Amon." Shinohara said to which Amon just nodded.
"Excuse me Investigators but I don't think we have been introduced before." Said a voice on their left.
At this they all whirled around while Juuzo quickly drew six knives from his cape and held them in between his fingers, while the others reached for their Quinques. However Yoshimura just stood there with a tray of six coffee's on it as if he wasn't just about to get his head chopped off by some jumpy veterans.
"I am sorry if I startled you however we are all here and our host didn't introduce us so I was wondering if we could get acquaintanced during our time here." Yoshimura said with a calm voice.
The investigators just looked at each other before Amon looked at him with suspicion in his eyes. "Why would you want to be acquaintanced with us since you are a ghoul aren't you."
Yoshimura let a flicker of shock and fear ghost over his face before masking his face into one of pleasantness. "I see you already figured out I am a ghoul. However I do not really want to have any more blood shed between our societies." He said with a solemn tone.
"Do you really think we will believe your trickery." Akira hissed. "You probably lured us here to kill us right."
"I do not wish to harm any of you however if you try to fight we will have no choice to retaliate." Yoshimura said with a serious voice as he opened his eyes a fraction.
"Are you threatening us." Amon said as he stood up with his finger hovering over the clasp of his Quinque case.
"I'm not threatening only stating facts because if you kill me the ghouls in the 20th ward will go on a rampage with no one to stop them." At this Yoshimura gave them a few seconds to digest this. "At least now the strongest ghouls in the 20th ward do not bother to rampage since they have some sense of order."
"Hold on Amon." Shinohara said before turning to Yoshimura. "You said that the strongest ghouls in the 20th ward have a sense of order that means that they have a leader and the way you are speaking it sounds as if you have authority so that would either make you a high officer but judging by your age, no offence I would guess that you are the leader and you are quite patient and strong to keep everyone united. Am I right."
At this Yoshimura's lips curved into a smile. "You are quite inquisitive aren't you I would guess you are of the highest rank here to be able to know this. Yes I will admit I am the leader of the tameable ghouls in the 20th ward however many of the s rank ghouls have either left or died so the highest rank ghouls are all under us." Yoshimura said.
"I see." Amon said as he sat down as his mind whirled around whether there are really ghouls who are good.
"Now that that is settled I wonder if you would like some coffee it is rather good considering these are the beans we normally use." Yoshimura offered with a smile.
At this the investigators slowly took a cup of coffee and the three adults were impressed at how good it was, they watched Yoshimura walk over to where Kajinoshi was reading a book and placed the cup in a holder on the armrest before walking back to the bar.
The investigators sat down to ponder this and as they were thinking Amon unconsciously reached for his coffee and slowly smiled as he drank it. 'Ghouls certainly know how to make coffee' he thought with a ghost of a smile on his features.
10 minutes later precisely quarter past 11
As the investigators were enjoying their coffee and contemplating about the Ghouls they have slayed before whether all of them deserved it, as Yoshimura was making some more coffee they heard some rustling from above them. They all snapped their heads up to see Kajinoshi walking upside down on thin air above their heads at this display all of their jaws dropped before they realised what they were doing and closed their mouths.
Amon looked at everyone and asked one question. "If he can walk on air does that mean he could have infiltrated all of our meetings." They just looked at Amon realising there is no way to keep information away from him if he can move like this.
Kajinoshi walked upside down to the door before flipping in the air and landing on his feet he then reached a cloaked a hand out to the door and opened it to reveal a purple haired girl barely out of high school and a small girl barely 14 years old just standing there when the purple haired girl pushed the younger girl behind her and got into a fighting stance.
"Who are you I was supposed to meet Yoshimura here." She growled out.
He just looked at her before turning his head over to the bar "Oi Yoshimura you think you can get Touka and Hinami settled in for now."
"Sure Kajinoshi." Yoshimura said as he walked out of the bar as Kajinoshi walked backwards before tripping over one of the sofas to which the little girl started chuckling at.
"So Yoshimura what did you call me here for." The girl asked.
At this the investigators could see that Yoshimura was confused and Kajinoshi was trying really hard to inch further away from the ghouls at the doorway.
"I didn't call you here."
"What but there was a note from you at my table saying to meet you here!" She said with a scowl.
"I didn't write that but I think I know who did." he said as he turned to Kajinoshi who had almost successfully inched out of their reach keyword almost.
"Kajinoshi why did you write a note to Touka pretending to be from me."
At this he visible tensed up before hunching down into his frame. "Well firstly I need the whole gang here so I had to send her the invite secondly she would not come here if it wasn't from you thirdly she is too protective of Hinami so she probably wouldn't bring her if you explained it to her and finally I am not dealing with her attitude so I just did that and moved to my other targets." He said with his arms crossed.
"I see well then come in Touka and Hinami oh and Touka don't try anything." Yoshimura said as he walked inside.
At this Touka gave a hard glare to Kajinoshi probably due to what he said. Then both the teen and child followed the others inside during this the investigators were able to see the figures more clearly the elder one had dark purple hair and purplish eyes. While the young girl had brownish hair and brownish eyes. As they walked in Touka's eyes were examining the splendour of the room while the younger girl was Awestruck as Touka was examining the room her eyes landed on the investigators in the corner of the room and her eyes widened before an expression of rage came over her features.
The investigators blinked and Touka was gone as they quickly searched for her they heard a sound above them they snapped their heads upwards to see Touka in the air with her Kagune out which was sharpening to prepare to be thrown, at this the investigators started reaching for their weapons as Yoshimura and Kajinoshi turned around. "Touka stand down." Yoshimura ordered to which Touka ignored letting out a yell and throwing her wing forward spewing out hundreds of sharp kagune shards at the investigators. Amon was drawing his Kagune and realised that they wouldn't have time to open their Quinques before they would be impaled so he reached his arm out to push Akira out of harms way.
Akira felt a hand on her side and she turned to see Amon pushing her out of the area where the shards were her eyes widened in horror as Amon's back was turned to the shards to get her out of harm and that he would be stabbed, she let out a gasp as she saw the shards coming inches from them when they heard something.
"Horizontal 81 splitting void." After saying Kajinoshi said this a translucent horizontal barrier appeared over their heads catching all of the shards before dispersing, almost immediately he spoke again "63 locking bondage stripes." Before a yellow chain of energy came from his hand and wrapped around Touka's Kagune and and then her arms and torso as it wrapped around her she fell from the sky and landed on the ground with a thud.
"What is this let me go." She yelled while thrashing on the ground.
The investigators looked at each other before putting their Quinques away and looked at kajinoshi who was pinching his nose over his mask he looked up at Touka before sighing.
"Are you going to calm down now Touka" he said calmly.
"Like hell I am they're Doves there is no way I'll calm down." She yelled while thrashing around.
"Touka" Yoshimura started "All will be revealed in due time so please refrain from harming them for now."
"Fine" she grumbled with a murderous glare to the investigators.
Kajinoshi just looked at her before turning around and looked at the young girl who was hiding behind Yoshimura's legs. "Hello Hinami, we haven't been introduced yet but my name is Kajinoshi and I'm here to show you something." He said before reaching into his pocket and pulled out a tissue. "Do you want to see a magic trick" he said.
"Yes please." She said with stars in her eyes.
"OK keep your eyes on this tissue." He said to which she nodded. "OK" he took the tissue in his right hand and wrapped it around his forefinger and middle finger on his right hand before wrapping his left hand over those fingers. "OK so where is the tissue" he said.
Hinami looked at him "It's in your hand isn't it." She said. to which he shook his head and opened his hands to reveal two empty hands. "How" She said confused before he reached behind her ear and took it from behind her ear. "Wow" she said. That face of hers caused the everyone's spirits rise.
After this kajinoshi put his hand in his pocket and pulled out a flower that he put in Hinami's hair. "This is for you" he said.
"Thank you." she said with a smile.
At this the investigators were shocked that someone powerful enough to take down a ghoul without touching them was showing such kindness to a child.
"Go and choose a place to sit Hinami-chan I need to speak to Touka for a moment." Kajinoshi said.
"OK" she said before walking to a row of sofas at the front and sitting down.
Kajinoshi then walked over to Touka who was thrashing on the ground before grabbing the chain and throwing it up, Touka went flying up with the chain before the chain stopped in midair and Touka was hovering an inch off the ground.
"Let me go." She yelled as she thrashed in midair.
"Quiet" Kajinoshi hissed out at Touka before he swung his hand and the chain dispersed letting her land on he feet. "Are you stupid you specifically saw Yoshimura here with the investigators and instead of thinking you attacked what if your actions got Hinami hurt or worst killed." He whispered out to her. "Listen if you do not follow the rules here I will have no choice but to remove you, from existence. He hissed out loud enough so that only the two of them can hear. At this Touka gained a frightened expression as he no doubt could and would follow out on his threat. "GO and sit down until the others get down now I have to deal with your mess" he said.
As Touka walked away Kajinoshi turned to the investigators and gave a ninety degree bow to them before straightening "I am sorry to put you through this she is normally smarter she is just annoyed today please accept my apologies" he said with a solemn expression.
"OK I guess." Amon said with a frown on his face. "Although I have to know whether all the other guests you keep mentioning are all going to be ghouls."
"I will tell you this not all of the people coming are real ghouls." he said with a bland tone.
"I see." Amon replied before Kajinoshi turned and walked back to the second row and picked up his book.
Amon and the other investigators looked at each other before sighing.
'I need to write my thoughts down before I forget' as soon as he thought that a pen fell from the ceiling onto his lap followed by a notebook. Amon's jaw just dropped while the investigators looked at him. After a few seconds he decided not to tell the others about how he got the notebook seeing as none of them saw it fall. Amon then flipped the notebook open and started writing about what he remembers from his first fight with Eye-patch and what he said and writing everything that happened from the day before till now. After a good few minutes he stopped writing and put the notebook down.
"I think we should put any ideas we have in this notebook so we don't forget" Amon said to the other investigators to which Akira pulled the notebook away from him and started writing herself.
After a solid two pages Akira shoved the notebook back to Amon who looked at the last sentence that was written. What does he mean by real ghouls? After reading this Amon passed the notebook to Shinohara so he can put his ideas in and started pondering on that question.
Meanwhile with the ghouls.
Touka was glaring daggers at Kajinoshi who was reading to Hinami The Host and they were both engrossed in it although she couldn't help but be happy that Hinami was enjoying herself. She then faced Yoshimura who was sitting next to her. "Yoshimura why are we staying with investigators here they could easily betray us and they could also attack us afterwards as they know our faces."
"I know Touka but apparently these are the ones who are more susceptible to change and they will be able to bring our races to peace. It is something I have hoped for a long time so I will take any risk to bring our races to peace." Yoshimura said "But for now we just have to wait and see what happens."
"Yeah we do." She replied quietly.
After this they both continued looking at Hinami on Kajinoshi's lap enjoying the book when all of a sudden he closed the book and looked up to Yoshimura and spoke "You might want to be the one to greet the next set of people." That was all he said before reopening the book and continued where he left off.
Yoshimura looked at them before he walked over to the door. The investigators were wondering who was going to show up since Yoshimura went to the door and not kajinoshi. As Yoshimura got to the door they all heard a tentative knock before the door was opened to reveal a brown haired male university student and a red haired university girl clinging to his arm.
"Ah Nishio I'm glad to see you here and this must be your girlfriend Nishino isn't it." Yoshimura said.
"It's a pleasure to meet you sir." Said the girl called Nishino with a timid voice.
"No need for the formalities Miss Nishino please call me Yoshimura." He replied with a smile.
"OK then please call me Kimi then." She said with a small bow.
"Yoshimura what is it you needed us here for." Nishio asked.
"I wasn't the one who called you here but we will be here for awhile so take a seat inside." Yoshimura replied.
"Then who told us to come here then." Nishio said with a snarl.
"That would be me Nishio." Kajinoshi said from behind Yoshimura. "Please take a seat Nishio, Nishino. I hope you will enjoy it here."
"There is no way I am going in there with you." Nishio roared.
"I mean you no harm Nishio and I do not wish to harm your girlfriend either. Past these doors you will not be harmed that's a promise." Kajinoshi said with a sigh.
"Nishio let's go in I can tell he doesn't wish us harm." Nishino said to him.
"Fine but if any harm comes to Nishino I will kill you." He threatened.
"Noted now come in." he said in exasperation.
As they walked in they surveyed the room around them and couldn't help but be amazed at the splendour and decor around them. However when Nishio spotted the investigators his face turned to a frown before he charged at them.
"Oh forget this." Kajinoshi yelled before vanishing and reappearing in front of the investigators "73 inverse mountain crystal." He said before the investigators were encased in a blue translucent upside down pyramid. He then appeared before Nishio who released his blue tail Bikaku to get away but before he could kajinoshi put his forefinger and middle finger in front of Nishio's eyes and a white flash erupted from his fingers before Nishio fell to his knees.
"What is this I can't move." Nishio yelled as he struggled to move.
"Numbing finger, I'm surprised many people can't speak after being subjected to it and you can yell." Kajinoshi said with serious tone.
"Don't hurt him please." Nishino yelled as she stood in front of Nishio in a protective stance.
"Nishino." Nishio groaned out.
"I swear I will not harm him or you Nishino. I wish for peace between humans and ghouls and you two are a perfect example of that. rest assured inside these doors he will not be harmed physically." kajinoshi said with a solemn tone. "Kai (release) now go and get a place to sit and don't pick fights or you will fight me. Got it."
"Yes." Nishio said as he stood up.
"Nishio listen to him lets sit down." Nishino said to which nishio huffed but followed her to the sofas at the front.
"Oh well that's sorted." Kajinoshi said as he reached into a pocket and pulled out some juice before feeding the straw through the teeth of his mask and drank it. He then walked over to the inverted pyramid and placed his hand on it making it disintegrate. "Sorry for this again but at least no one got hurt this time."
"Yes at least." Shinohara said.
"Oh well if you need anything just ..." Kajinoshi stopped before turning around to the shadows by the doorway. "Hello Renji glad to see you could join us."
At this everyone looked to the shadows and after a second a man with white hair and a black coat going all the way from his chin to his feet stepped out of the shadows and surveyed the room in less than three seconds.
"Take a seat anywhere you like." Kajinoshi said before Renji walked to the third row and sat down. After he sat down all the everyone went back to what they were doing apart from the investigators.
"Did you see him enter." Amon whispered to Shinohara.
"No I didn't even notice him." he whispered back.
"We should be more aware here." Amon said to his team. To which all of them but Juuzo nodded to as he was eating a parfait he took from the bar while everyone was distracted.
A few minutes later.
Amon was busy thinking about why they were forced to sit with ghouls and was thinking about what happened earlier and was mulling over why a human would willingly live with and protect a ghoul, before he sighed and looked around him to the other investigators doing the same and the ghouls acting like a human would normally if they grouped up as friends but he noticed they still sent glances to where they sat.
Amon sighed before a slow creaking met their ears and everyone turned to look at the door and everyone had different expressions on their faces, for the investigators everyone but Juuzo blanched and mouthed one word EYEPATCH. As a black mask with an eyepatch over the right eye and a toothy grin on the face stepped in.
Whereas the ghouls looked at him and almost immediately Touka jumped from her chair and rushed with tremendous speed towards him "BakaNeki." She yelled before delivering a punch to his face which he grabbed at this she flipped herself and brought her foot up to his chin and kicked him making him stumble back and before he could recover she closed the distance and punched him in the face hard enough to make him skid back before she grabbed him by his shirt and pulled him into her.
"I missed you." She whispered just loud enough for Kaneki to hear to this he gained a blush under his mask before he returned the hug.
"Me too Touka, me too." He said before stepping out of the embrace and looking up he saw everyone before his eyes landed on the investigators before he gained a look of fear in his eyes. He pushed Touka behind him and stared at the investigators but before he could move Kajinoshi walked up to him.
"Ah Eyepatch good to see you please take a seat we will start soon." Kajinoshi said before turning his palm to face eyepatch.
Kaneki looked at him before his eyes were drawn to Kajinoshi's hand which had writing on it. 'Do NOT make a scene they will not harm anyone just sit Down. Kaneki just looked at Kajinoshi before nodding his head and gestured outside to which a heavyset man walked in and a person with purple hair and wearing a red formal suit. (Banjo and Tsukiyama respectively.)
As they walked in Eyepatch grabbed Kaneki grabbed Touka's hand and pulled her with him as the four of them walked to the front and sat down.
Amon and the others looked at each other and brought their Quinques closer to them, they stared at Eyepatch and noticed that everyone who came before was giving distrustful looks to the person in the red suit who they assumed to be a ghoul. All of a sudden Kajinoshi walked to the front and everyone's eyes followed him before he stopped in front of a door at the back and opened it before proceding to go in and drag someone by the scruff of his neck and threw him in the air where he landed next to Renji.
"Now that we are here I would just like to say that if you ever need to take out any frustrations you can attack me as I have a very fast regeneration factor." kajinoshi said with a carefree tone, before it became serious. "However please attempt to keep calm for what happens next both humans and ghouls alike."
After he said this the door creaked open and two figures were shown one boy and one girl. As the boy walked into the room a mop of messy brown hair was revealed before he lifted his head up and said one sentence that shocked everyone.
"Hey Kaneki long time no see."
I know I am evil leaving you on a cliffhanger after you have all waited for me so patiently. However I am sorry I havent updated my naruto and bleach fanfiction in a while I was really busy and had not motivation to write it. I will write this story for now so expect the naruto and bleach one to be put on hold for now.
p.s don't mind my OC.
Peace Kajinoshi