After a… brief altercation with Kakuma (seriously, who knew he way boy with hair that long?), Touka eventually explained the situation. Not that there was much to explain, she and him just got into a fight after he took out the remaining punks Touka fought off. Of course, the kid interrupted to say how easy it was to beat her, but his master just gave a glare to silence him.

"So yeah, that's what happened,"

The man stared at Touka, then at Kakuma, then back at Touka before speaking. "What do you hope gain from this, Avenger?"

Touka shrugged. "The kid looked like he could fight, and I wanted a good warm-up, so…"

"Hah, guess you got more than a warm-up, huh?" Kakuma teased.

"Can it, brat," Touka shot him a look. "Why are you asking?"

The man looked over Touka, examining her. "You've had training," It was less an observation and more a statement.

"Yeah…" She said. "Someone taught me the basics,"

"Hmm…" The man was silent, looking from Touka, to Kakuma, to the rest of the dojo. "I'll ask again Avenger, what do you hope to gain from your action?"

The hell? She couldn't help but give the man a look. What, was this a philosophy course? "Revenge," She said with another shrug. "The Doves took my home, and Aogiri are just punks that want to bully others, almost worse than the Doves really."

The man's expression didn't change, it seemed he held nothing against her words toward the organization. "Join us,"

"No way," An instant answer. "Didn't you hear me? I'll never join Aogiri,"

"Not Aogiri," The man explained. "Join this dojo,"

Touka stared at the man, silent. "What?"

The man gestured to Kakuma. "This boy and his sister lost their parents to the Doves, they joined this place to seek strength to protect themselves and others against them," He narrowed his eyes toward the boy as he placed his hand on the kid's shoulder. "Do you understand, Kakuma?" Kakuma shrank back, lowing his head to the man.

"Yes master… sorry…" The man let Kakuma go and he stepped back from the man, looking away. He then gestured to a girl with dark red hair. "Kuro's family died when her brother left to join a gang of ghouls, he sacrificed them to save himself show his loyalty to them, and now she trains to take her life back." He continued to show each student in the dojo, giving a small bit of their story. One lost their family to Doves, another to other ghouls, another to bad luck, and they all found their way here to train themselves and take what little of their lives back as they could. A lot were like her in a way. Some of these kids even had something against Aogiri, bullied into being slaves before being put under this man's protection after finding the dojo. Kakuma was right, this man was cool.

"Join us," He said again.

"… … …" She thought it over now. In all honesty, it wouldn't be a bad idea. She'd be under solid protection, able to train herself in a more efficient way, have a decent place live in that wouldn't be a threat to anyone else's safety. It wasn't a bad idea, but…

"Sorry… I can't," It'd be a good deal, but not a deal that would help her in the end. The last thing she wanted to protection. She didn't come to the 11th Ward for safety, she came to take out the Doves and Aogiri. Stupid as it was, she was going to get revenge. Until enough Doves were dead, until Aogiri was wiped out, she wasn't going to dare join a group like this, no matter the good intentions.

"Very well," The man walked away. "Stay until tomorrow then,"

It seemed the man was at least willing to let her stay for the night. With her arm and body in the condition they were, she wasn't in a state to move around. With all that said, Touka head to a small corner of the dojo, watching several kids start to surround her, all with wide, excited eyes as they all spoke.

"So this is the Avenger?"

"She's kind of short,"

"She's kind of pretty too,"

"I didn't think she'd be a girl,"

"Did Kakuma really beat her? She looks strong?"

One of the kids tugged at her sleeve. "Did you really kill 20 Doves?"

"Only 6 so far since I came to the 11th Ward," She admitted.

"Did you take on ten ghouls at once?" Other asked.

"There were ten, but the rest fled after I took out five of them."

"Do you really wear a cute bunny mask when hunting?"

"Hey, rabbits are cool, shut up,"

"You dress like a playboy bunny, don't you?" Kakuma said.

"Can it, brat,"

The kids laughed at that one, asking a few more questions before going back to their training, leaving only her and Kakuma sitting next to each other. Now that she got a chance to look around, this dojo was pretty active all things considered, several kids and teenagers training and sparring together. A little odd to see such a tightknit group for a place that was ran by Aogiri. Most of the Aogiri punks Touka dealt with were just that, punks that wanted a bit of power. This group felt more ragtag and familial, almost like Anteiku.

"You know we'll be enemies next time, right?" Touka said after a while.

"Yeah,"

"Huh…" Touka leaned back, looking at Kakuma. "How many?"

"Huh?" Kakuma turned to her.

"How many people have you killed?"

"… … …"

Yep, thought so. No wonder you didn't kill me at first. "Okay, how old are you?"

"Thirteen,"

"Huh…" Touka turned her head to him, sitting up. "Alright kid, I wanted to be teacher before doing the avenging thing, so let me teach you something about being a ghoul." She looked him in the eyes. "If someone's in your territory, kill them. Ghoul, Dove, normal human, doesn't matter." She flicked his forehead. "I'm gonna' get better after this, get a meal in, then I'll be back to hunting down Aogiri, the Doves, and anyone else, even your friends and sister if they get in my way,"

"I'll stop you."

"You gonna' kill me?"

"… … … … …"

"Yeah…" She flicked his forehead again. "Well, I won't kill a softie like you, it'd live a bad taste in my mouth." She gave a cheeky grin.

"Shut up, I'll kill you next time."

"Uh-huh, sure kid," She looked around the dojo.

It's a nice place, shame it belongs to Aogiri. For all the tough talk she gave, she knew how hard it was to take your first life. Hers was on instinct to protect Ayato, but it showed that some things were worth killing for, especially for safety. "Well, just don't hold back if someone's in your way, alright kid?"

"Yeah…"

"My, I didn't think you'd be here Touka,"

Touka's eyes narrowed from the voice alone. Her head snapped at the dojo's entrance to find the bandaged brat. She giggled the moment the two's eyes met. All the students stood at attention, greeting the girl. This girl must be one of the higher ups in Aogiri with a reaction like that. She paid them no mind though, casually walking toward Touka.

"Did that muscle-bound softie get you to see our side of things?" She said with a playful tone that grated at Touka.

"Not on your damn life, brat,"

The girl shrugged, followed by an almost theatrical sigh. "What a shame." A sudden pain at Touka's side that had her sprawling on the floor. It was another insanely kick. "I was hoping we could play a bit since we're in a dojo, but… oh well~" She turned to Kakuma. "You, boy, let Sachi know I'm here."

"Yes ma'am," Kakuma gave a glance at Touka before running off. The brat then crouched toward her, rubbing her hand against Touka's cheek. "As much as I'd love to torture you some more, I still want a toy to play with." She said, the sadistic edge in her voice clear. "But since I'm about to talk business with everyone, I can't our little Avenger know our plans, so…" She gave a solid punch to Touka's neck, slowly making her lose consciousness. "Sweet dreams Touka~ Hope you come to our side soon,"