"Anteiku."
A place for ghouls that need help.
The smell of coffee brewing in the air has been what assaulted Kaneki's senses. He sighed, and closed his eyes thinking of what happened last night. The hunger of a ghoul has attached to him like a leech to its prey. The only way he would be able to satisfy such pains is through eating...people. That thought, the thought of eating people had made him sick over the course of the last few days.
Would he really be able to eat people on his own? To kill a human being, then proceed to cannibalize them no matter if they are man, woman, or even a child. These thoughts haunted Kaneki, as he laid in the bed. However , he did not get too long to ponder as Touka and a old man has entered the room.
"My name is Yoshimura, and I am the store manager of Anteiku." The man stated. "Touka brought you here out of concern for your well being. Furthermore, she told me that you only had one kakugan Mr. Kaneki." He mentioned.
Kaneki looked at the man taking in his appearance. He wore a uniform that was similar to everyone else that worked at the cafe, his hair is slicked back, and his eyes are closed with a content smile on his face.
"Yes." Kankei managed to say. "I have Rize's vital organs inside me, and now I'm a ghoul, a monster. My life is truly a tragedy."
" Mr. Kaneki, you are no monster. Nonetheless, I have a solution to your problem but only if you accept my offer." Yoshimura stated.
"What is the solution Mr. Yoshimura?" Kaneki inquired. Yoshimura pulled out a small jar, and it revealed sugar cubes. " These cubes will starve off your hunger for a time being, but eventually you will need to eat people. However, we do have fresh flesh from corpses when the time comes for such a notion." Yoshimura stated.
The pains of hunger only reminded Kaneki that he was now a ghoul, no half ghoul. He smile softly, as he might be ghoul but he is not a full ghoul at the least.
"Now my proposition is that you work here at Anteiku, and I can keep you a supply of sugar cubes to starve your hunger off for the time being. If you choose not to work here it's okay, and I can give you supply and you will have to survive on your own Kaneki." Yoshimura stated in a grandfatherly, but serious tone.
"I will work here, and be apart of Anteiku." Kankei said feeling little better about himself.
"Well it's all settled. Touka will teach you all need to know about how to brew coffee and how to close up shop." Yoshimura stated, as he gave Kaneki his new uniform.
Touka groaned in annoyance having to teach the bookwork, Kaneki. "Be ready in three minutes bookworm, or else I am going to beat the ghoul out of you!" Touka walked off, but was a bit happy on the inside getting to have someone new to work with. Of course she was not going to let Kaneki know that little secret.
Kaneki finish changing his uniform, as he made his way down stairs hoping not to face Touka's tsundere wrath. This marked the first day of many, as he learned how to brew coffee, and all the other essentials that he was required to do.
Times skip: 2 weeks later
The time Kaneki spent at Anteiku was fun to him. It was the family that he never had, which was a grim contrast to his childhood with his mother then aunt. He looked at his phone seeing a steady stream of text messages from his Hide, mostly regarding the fact why he has not been to school. Kaneki sighed, knowing that he would have to go back soon.
Touka looked over at Kaneki observing the fragility of his innocent smile. She had noted that the boy has not been to school, and appeared to be handling the ghoul life better than when she had first saw him. Consequently, making him less reliant on her which made her slightly sad but happy all the same.
Hide stared at his phone. Contemplating whether or not he should even text Kaneki again. " Fuck it!' Hide thought to himself, as he texted Kaneki for the 1millionth time telling him to come school or he will kick his ass. He put his back into his pocket satisfied with the angry text.
Kaneki, feeling his phone buzz decided that he will answer while he was on break. He opened the cellular device, and saw the message that Hide has sent. " Come to school, or I'm gonna kick your ass Kankei." He read aloud to himself.
Kaneki decided that he would go back to school tomorrow, but he still held onto the fear that he would devour his classmates, teacher, or even worse...Hide. After closing up the shop for the night, Kaneki began his trek home. The night and cold air always brought him some closure.
CRUNCH! SNAP! CRUNCH!
These sounded invaded Kaneki's ears, making him wince but slightly curious of what the noise was or more like what was causing it. He turned the corner, and what he saw shocked him. Two ghouls, with white hair were eating at a corpse visibility ripping it apart. He walked closer stepping on a can that alerted them to him.
The ghouls stopped, as they looked upon the new comer. " Who are you!?" They asked simultaneously. Kaneki could only looked upon them with fear, as he knew that he could not beat the both of them. "He's shaking in fear dear brother, we should kill him he smells so...DELICIOUS." The sister said in a sadistic tone, as she brought her kagune to life.
The kagune was an ukaku type. The same as Touka's kaneki noted, except the wings were a blazing white with hidden streams of blood like red dwelling inside of it.
The brother's kagune shot forth was a giant rinkaku that was cold, nightmarish black that held many eyes with scarlet irises over it and a mouth at the end that was is ready devour anyone.
Kaneki could feel their desire to kill, but his chances of outrunning them were slim to zero. Therefore, the only choice he had was to fight. He willed his tentacle massed kagune to life as he shot it towards the twins.
The sister shot forth crystals that were as cold as ice towards kaneki, a few managed to make their way into his arm. Meanwhile, the two rinkakau users battled. Kaneki has the advantage with the amount of tentacles he has, but the twin brother has the mass and strength along with extra sight and mouth that his kagune.
"This isn't gonna end well for me if it keeps up like this. I have to immobilize the weaker one out of the two, but which one." Kaneki thought to looked between the sadistic twins, and ran towards the brother. Using his kagune to propel himself over the brother, as he shot the tentacles towards the brother leg while the last two at the sister.
"Apollyon!" The sister had cried, as she let guard down for second looking at her injured brother. Kaneki wasted no time in stabbing her through the abdomen piercing her to the wall, as she coughed up blood.
"I did it." I actually did it." Kaneki thought to himself. Consequently, he forgot the fact that the brother was still able to move and therefore the giant kagune snatched kaneki by his arm and slammed him into the abandoned house.
"Ugh!" Kankei winced in pain as he had been too caught up in his achievements to realize the fact that the brother was still able body.
Apollyon walked over to his sister looking at her bleeding abdomen. "Eat Aurora." He stated, as he let her cannibalize his left arm regaining some of her strength. "I'll kill him you just rest now." He said.
"N-No Apollyon let me help you." Aurora stated, as she got from the wall unable to use her kagune for the blood loss.
Kaneki groaned in pain, but was slightly happy that even as a half ghoul his body was highly resilient. He did not get much of a chance to think however, as the vicious mouth kagune broke the wall and eyes shot all over it looking for its prey. "It's almost like it has mind of its own." Kaneki thought.
Trying to avoid the monster the monster view, as he used his kagune to wrap around the brother's. Kaneki, using the momentum to swing the brother into the building breaking hoping to stomp the man's rampage.
Not wanting to ease up, kaneki aimed the into the man's stomach piercing through like a hot knife through butter causing a bloodcurdling scream to erupt from Apollyon.
"Is he dead?" Kaneki didn't want to kill, but he had to do what he had to do to survive this assault. Apollyon, looked at Kaneki. Blood dripping from his mouth, and white hair now partially red from the blood of his previous prey and his own.
"I will kill you, and I am going to make you watch as we DEVOUR YOU ALIVE!" Apollyon screamed with rage. He brought to life two more kagunes their looks matched the original, as they appeared to glare at Kaneki.
The three kagune shot forth like a pack of hungry hyenas all wanting a piece of Kaneki. Kaneki managed to avoid the first one, but the other two bit into both his arms and held him against the wall. I'm gonna fuck you up first. Then I'm gonna eat you piece by piece, devouring you slow as we torture you in our lair.
The kagunes squeeze tighter causing Kaneki to scream, feeling the pain intensify as they dig their teeth into his arms. "You feel all that pain. Enjoy every inch of despair, and let it overcome you." Apollyon said. Using his right hand to pumch kaneki in the stomach, while sadistic laughter erupts from him
Kaneki could only half hear the man, as his consciousness was fading. He looked around the new place, as he was in his regular Anteiku uniform. "Do you want to live?" A voice had stated. " Yes..." Kankei answered. " Eat Kankei! Kill them Kaneki! Devour them Kaneki!" "Yes! Yes!" Kaneki uncontrolled psyche spoke. Two pale arms wrapped around him covering his eyes, and a voice silently whispered, " Kill them."
Kaneki has awakened from consciousness , as his kagune charged into the man in front of him with anger stabbing multiple holes into the man over and over. " Kill! Kill!" Kaneki states like a personal mantra.
Apollyon could feel true agony spread across his body, as this boy was murdering him his kagunes disappeared from lack of focus and blood to maintain them. He stared at kaneki, and used his bloody hand to punch the boy one last time as he fell slid off the glowing red kagune.
Aurora seeing her brother fall limp, screamed in range as she activated her kagune knowing it was exerting her limits but she most retrieve her brother. She charged back and shot forth like a speeding hummingbird snatching her brother from the ground and flew off into the night sky.
Kaneki, looked at himself seeing most of wounds had healed beside the more serious ones. He did not have any strength left, but he had to make it home. He limped slowly to his destination, but a voice cause him to freeze.
"Where are you going Kaneki?" A voice said with pure sadistic humor.
And done! The end of another chapter. Who could be the person behind that voice? Will Kaneki ever have better life? Find that out on the next chapter. I hope you all enjoy the first fight scene of this book, and many more to come. I will try to keep updates around Tokyo ghoul Re: episode airings. Well that's all I have to say till next time. TheDarkAurora out!
A/N: While the main pairing of this story is KanekiXEto. I will hold a poll for suggestions of HideX? and ToukaX? if wanted in this story.
A/N: I do not own Tokyo Ghoul. Only the Oc that I develop.
