After the incident with the doves, the members of Anteiku are all under relaxation for once. Nishiki and Touka are chatting about the daily affairs of school, while Kaya and Enji are brewing coffee for the current cliental, and Kaneki is teaching Hinami how to read more advanced books. All in all, it was a peaceful day for the gang of ghouls.
Ring
The sound of the cafe's bell resonates, as Enji welcomes the new guest. "Hi, welcome to Anteiku. We will be with you in just a moment." The green hair customer observes the room before finding her target of interest, Ken Kaneki.
She walks to his booth and smile. "Do you mind if I sit here with you...Kaneki-kun?" The voice sounded gentle to Kaneki and oddly familiar as well. He turns his head to see Eto smiling at him, with a look of untainted innocence. "Hinami, will you excuse me as I talk to my friend here?"
Hinami nods, as she goes to Touka with her new book. "You haven't texted or called me once Kaneki. I am starting to think you hate little old me." The pouting of her face could put any thoughts of her, malicious nature, to the side. "No. No. It is not like that Eto. I have just been busy with all type of incidents." She giggles softly at his erratic response.
"How is your hand doing my dear, Kaneki? Has it healed well, or has your ghoul regeneration replaced your entire arm?" The angelic voice changed to that of a seductive succubus, as she questions Kaneki about their previous encounter.
He looks at his bandaged hand, then Eto. "It's healing slowly." "Well, I'm let you on a little secret." She leans across the table and place her lips next to Kaneki's ear, "cannibalism if the fastest way to repair."
Touka looks at the scene with a small hint of jealousy, as she sees Eto being so close to Kaneki. While making him blush so easily as well. She wonders why these feelings naw at her, but she pushes them down as she goes back to helping Hinami.
"Now Kaneki, we are going out today whether you like it or not." Kaneki appears to be shocked that he was going anywhere, but only nods in agreement. Knowing that Eto is not one to be trifled with, or disappointed.
Eto stands up and drags Kaneki along with her considerable strength, as she make haste with him out of the cafe and into the streets of Tokyo. "Why did you really come to talk to me?" Kaneki questions, as they walk, enjoying the fall air.
"I wanted to talk you again because of my interest in you. You have something about you that makes me feel attracted, something that I alone want to posses." Eto clarifies, as they enter their first destination an empty park.
"Why bring me here?" Kaneki inquires from his ghoul campion.
Eto ignores his question before sitting on a swing. "This swing will not move without a push. Just as the balance between ghouls and humans will never change without this push." She beckons Kaneki to stand behind her.
He listens to her words, as he stands behind Eto wondering what she could possibly mean with her cryptic words. Seeing his confusion, "Push me." Eto whispers with her eyes closed waiting to feel the action put into motion.
Kaneki pushes the awaiting Eto causing the swing to go in an infinite motion of back and forth.
"You, my dear Kaneki, can be apart of the push that is needed to change this tragic world."
"Why me? Why do you believe that I can change anything in this world? I'm only a gho-." "A half-ghoul." Eto interjects. "You do have the potential to change the balance between ghouls and humans. Now, whether you want to take the action to change is all up to you."
"How can I even change the world? When I can hardly change myself." Kaneki thinks to himself, as he pushes Eto. The words of Eto ringing in his head like a never ending alarm.
"Kaneki. Stop pushing the swing for a moment." He heeds her words and stops, as he wonders about her hidden motives. Eto opens her eyes and reels her head back to look at Kaneki. "You see when your force of action stop, the swing reverted to its former state, stagnant, and unmoving. If you want change you must bring...chaos."
She giggles, which send shivers up Kaneki's spine knowing these exact giggles have led him to a few mishaps with Eto. Time for us to continue our date Kaneki. His cheek gains a tinge of red because he has never been on such a thing beside the one with Rize.
Before he could react Eto gets up, then jumps on Kaneki back. "You shall carry me to our next destination. Onward!"
"I don't know where we are going. So, I'm waiting on my majesty's lead." Kaneki says sarcastically to Eto.
Eto not appreciating his sarcasm decides to torture Kaneki. She lick his ear slowly before whispering, " Take me wherever you desire." If Kaneki's face was just ping earlier, it's now a full on tomato as the sexual suggestiveness makes him blush in embarrassment.
"W-Where are we going." He stutters out trying to reclaim his calmness and standing, but Eto's laugher is of no help. "To our favorite place, the bookstore ." She managed to spill out, as she calms down from her laughter.
Kaneki sighs, as he carries Eto to the library. Strangers walk by with hush whispers commenting on the duo. "People are going to think we are in a relationship, Eto."
"So what? You don't like the sound of that Kaneki? Me and you, together as one. Half-ghoul plus half-ghoul together foreverrr." She says in a sing song voice.
Kaneki getting used to her antics doesn't respond. "That wouldn't be such a bad thing." He thinks to himself, as they approach the bookstore allowing him to change the topic of conversation.
He opens the door, entering as the smell of old and new books invade his senses. "This store is like a second home to me." Kaneki thinks out-loud, exploring the different sections of books.
"Why did you want to come to the library?" He curiously asks Eto. She gets off his back and explores the books herself. " I just want to learn more about you, Kaneki. Your interest; your aspirations; your love life. All the basic things." She says quietly.
The atmosphere being quite, but subtle as the two don't speak for moments. "Maybe, if you didn't try to terrorize me every moment you see me we could talk. Just as we are doing now." Kankei says to Eto, as he looks through one of her published books.
Eto stays quite for a moment not saying a word. The empty silence between the two continues between the two, neither wanting to spark a conversation. "I'll think about it Kaneki, but now I must go. Business to attend to and all." Eto says, as she walks out of the library but not before singing the book Kaneki is holding.
Watching her walk away, Kaneki sighs not understanding why he has such troubles with women. He looks at the book she signed noticing a small note on it. " See you soon Kaneki-kun." He reads aloud.
"What a peculiar women." Kaneki thinks to himself before purchasing the signed novel. "I should probably be getting to Anteiku now." He looks at the halfway set sun, then begins his departure to the cafe.
Touka and Nishiki are cleaning up the shop preparing for any last minute customers, before they close.
"I wonder when that bastard, Kaneki, will be back." Nishiki says to Touka.
"Who knows with him." She says while drying off one of the antique cups.
Nishiki seeing that Touka appears to be out of her usual state decides to question it. "Why do you seem so down after Kaneki left with that women?"
Touka ignores his question and continues to clean. "You must be very jealous to be acting so stuck up." Nishiki comments before changing his voice to a more sincere one. "But, you shouldn't be so worried that he will forget you. You were the one that brought him here. Hell. Somedays I wonder if my own girlfriend will forget me."
Touka looks at him, then offers a small smile. "You are an asshole majority of the time, but thanks."
"Yeah. Yeah. I am ready to go home, so hopefully we do not get anymore customers." Nishiki says stretching out, as they hear the bell ring.
"Welcome to Anteiku." Touka says to the figure before looking up to see the newcomer. "Banjou? Why are you here?"
Banjou looks at Touka, " I'm here for Rize. Have you seen her? I have heard that she migrated to this ward, and I need to warn her about Aogiri Tree."
Before he could get an answer, however, Ayato smashes through the window with a kick breaking Banjou's arms and knocking him unconscious.
"Ayato..." Activating her Ukaku in anger.
"Well if it isn't my big sister, Touka Kirishima, how have you been little bird?" He activates his kagune in retaliation then shoots her with a payload of crystals piercing her body making her drop to the floor. He walks over to her body before stomping on her back, as she gasp in pain.
"I will break all your wings little bird. Just like our useless father...And this must be your boyfriend?" Noticing Nishiki in the background with his own bikaku active and ready for a confrontation. Before it could escalate into another fight Yamori and Nico entered the shop.
"That should be enough Ayato." The feminine voice of Nico says, as he observes the cafe.
"How did you guys find this place?" Ayato asks.
"We simply followed our friend, Banjou, here. Now for our target, Rize. Where is she? Or what information did you collect about her whereabouts?" Nico questions.
Before he could get an answer, Nishiki kagune stabs his through his abdomen. "I had enough of your chitter chatter bullshit."
"Go and teach him a lesson, Yamori." Nico says not minding the wound.
"Gladly." The hulking Yamori walks over to Nishiki and before he could react grabs him by the face smashing him into the counter. Gaining a painful grunt from Nishiki.
"Did I hear you want more?Well don't mind if I do." Yamori repeatedly smashes him into the tables splattering blood across the wall, then drags him across the glass covered floor slicing his face and exposed skin. Throwing him into the nearest wall as Nishiki passes out from the pain.
Kaneki finally makes it to Anteiku, but is dumbfounded when he sees its condition. The main window is broken, and there are numerous figures inside. He rushes inside only to see a bloody, beaten Nishiki and a hurt Touka with multiple puncture wounds.
Yamori smells the air. "This scent. It smells just like Rize."
"He will have to do then. Take him Yamori." Nico says, as he observes the new comer.
Kaneki tries to punch Yamori, but is met with fist to the face sending him across the room as his coughs up blood.
"This one can take a hit." Yamori says outloud before he aims his foot down to stomp Kaneki. However, he manages to raise the foot up as his kakugan activates shocking the audience.
"Oh, a one eye." Nico says seductively. Break him, Yamori. And I will give you a good reward later on, when we return home.
Yamori proceeds to beat the living hell out of Kaneki. Merciless in his effort. Dragging Kaneki among the walls, as he then repeatedly slams him on the stairs. Using his foot to break every bone in his hands and back. Picking him up to smash the sturdy body Kaneki, as the walls of Anteiku are filled with the screams of Pain and blood covered walls.
Nico rubs his back, " That is enough Yamori. We can go home now." Yamori pierces Nico body with his hand before calming down. "Thank you Nico."
"Ayato, wake Banjou up and his associates. We are taking him and the boy to Aogiri Tree." Nico says, as they leave the broken cafe.
Yoshimura, Kaya, Enji arrive back to the cafe a few hours later.
"Anteiku will be closed for a while."
