Chapter 6: Warning…

"The wishes I made are too vicious to tell

Everyone knows I am going to Hell"

-"The Wolf" by Phildel

Silence forbids you from using your tongue.

That had always been the first thing that every member of Aogiri Tree must always keep in mind.

[2] For fourteen years, all Aogiri caused was destruction, tyranny, and chaos. If there was refer any positive feedback from then, it would be the amount of connections the group had. They were always [3] near, far, wherever any being was. They would always stay silent, for it is the one thing that would bring them victory to the vendetta between ghoul's and humans.

When it came to Ayato, he had always been silent.

He looked down on the two ghouls in front of him, groaning on the floor, to which he put them there, with a disappointed expression. He wanted to scowl at them, to yell at the, kick their asses even more. Even so, he lets silence be the only thing intimidating for his comrades.

After a minute or so, Ayato sighed. "Okay, that's enough for today."

The green-haired ghoul with light skin and garnet eyes stopped groaning, but did not get up from the ground. "What? Kirishima-san, we can't stop now. I need to keep training."

"We've been training for five hours, Rishou," Ayato retorted angrily. "You're lucky that I'm giving you a break, and was that a whine? Because that is not the most necessary thing to do."

"But," Rishou said, raising his chest from the floor, his legs still straight on there, "I joined Aogiri months ago and I still can't beat you. I can only beat Miza-san and Miyabi."

"To be honest, I was going easy on you," said a blonde-haired ghoul near Rishou, who had her hands behind her head as she stared at the gothic ceiling of the room. She was no longer groaning and her gaze on the ceiling almost made people think that the scenery was the most interesting thing she had ever seen. "You looked like you really needed it. Even so, you're right. Beating two ghoul's won't get you anywhere."

"You're not remotely better, Miyabi," Ayato blurted, as well as lied.

Miyabi's Amber eyes widened better she shut them and screamed in disappointment. "Ahh, no!" she shouted sailing around her arms and legs. "Senpai, why would you even call me out like that?! I thought you were going to praise me again!"

"First of all, stop calling me Senpai," Ayato said, not raising his voice to match Miyabi's. "And second, I've been praising you for the two years that you've been here. You should've known by now that you don't need word to keep getting stronger. Has Aogiri taught you nothing, Siren?"

"It has!" Miyabi yelled. "But it still makes me happy to hear good things, Senpai!" Her hands were on her scalp as she still rambled on the floor.

Rishou quickly got himself up from the floor and angrily stomped to Ayato. "I can't believe you're following this when you got angry at my whining!"

Ayato let out a sly smile. "Six months with us won't fill you in I how things work. After all, the Siren is known for shouting whatever she wants, right, Lucent Devil?"

Rishou shifted his eyes towards Miyabi, who was still whining, before rolling his eyes back to Ayato. "Goddammit all. All this stupid special treatment."

Ayato copied the same eye movements as Rishou, but still has his smile as he looked at him. Even if he was silent, at least he's starting to open up more to his comrades. Rishou, Miyabi, and Hinami were proof of that.

Ayato heard a loud crash, making Miyabi halt in her tantrum and the three cracked their heads in surprise behind them. There was nothing but an ajar door, but after hearing a crescendoing sound of steps, the door sprung open and a man with dark hair popped into view, not being close to startling anybody, as he clutched a stack of pictures in his hand.

"I..." the man stifled. "I got them, Ayato-san."

With a sigh, Ayato stomped lightly towards the man. "Damn, Saeki. You don't even have to run to assure me of this."

Saeki didn't nod in approval as he usually did. "I can't help it," he said as he leaned closer to let Ayato see the tension in his eyes. "I saw the Ballerina on the way here."

Ayato's eyes went wide. He turned to look at his companions, feeling the same pressure as they heard the name.

The Ballerina is a Special Investigator of the CCG. She's known to be one of the best Investigator's over there, almost as close to Kishou Arima, the CCG's Shinigami. No ghoul has ever not shivered when they heard her name; that being dramatic and unusual because no one even knows her full name. The closet guess anyone could get to her name was Investigator Tomine. It's yet unsure of if that is real, fake, her first name, or her last name. While everyone did have an idea, both humans and ghoul's, the Ballerina is a much more suitable name for her, as she moves so swiftly that no one can go after her.

Ayato shifted his head back to Saeki, his hand on one of his shoulders. "Was she alone? Was she near here at all?"

Saeki spoke low and quickly. "The Ballerina was alone, and no, she wasn't close by headquarters. I just saw her by the 16th ward while I was driving back here."

His eyebrows furrowing as he frowned, Ayato let his hand drop to his side while letting the other go up to rub the middle of his eyes. "Saeki, I don't think saying you say the Investigator matter unless you saw one near here. If she does, we panic. If you just saw her in the 16th ward, then it doesn't.

"Oh," Saeki said, twisting his fingers awkwardly. "Sorry, I've been sorta cautious since the doves almost caught me." Noticing Miyabi and Rishou, he added, "Hey, Nayama, Tanaka."

"Hey, Torso," the two ghoul's said in unison.

Shrugging away Torso's comment, Ayato said, "Ballerina's the least of our problems, anyway. So did you get anything on Haise Sasaki?"

Torso didn't bother with nodding in agreement. Instead, he walked past Ayato to the nearest table and spread the photos. Everyone in the room hurried over to Torso and looked at the photographs.

"I did what you asked," Torso inquired, "and I watched Sasaki for two days. So far, I've taken pictures of him at the CCG, at his home, and around the wards.

"You didn't see him have any tracks on me right?" Ayato asked, lifting a photograph of Haise leaving a hospital with a female Investigator at his side.

"No, but then again, all of CCG realizes that it was you who killed one of their squads."

"I, for one, would be curious too after Rabbit makes his triumphant return," Miyabi, holding one of the photos, smirked at Ayato, who returned it with a nasty one.

"So we know where this Haise Sasaki lives, right?" Rishou added. "This is one of the rising Investigators, so why not just kill the bastard already and get it over with? The last thing we need is more Investigators."

"Forget it, Rishou," Ayato told him. "We can't kill an Investigator when a squad was already killed. Besides, I want to study him some more before we do anything."

His mood being boiled by Ayato's comments, Rishou growled softly with his arms crossed across his chest.

Miyabi watched his face almost become red with anger. "Don't be such a baby, Rishou."

Rishou stared back at Miyabi. "I'm sixteen, you bitch."

"Pipe down, you two," Ayato ordered. Rishou raised his hands as he took the order as an offense, but said nothing, and Miyabi kept smiling. "I need Haise so I can see what he is responsible for at the CCG. I don't care if he's almost becoming a top Investogator. All I need is information on what he is in…charge…of…"

Ayato's voice trailed off as his eyes landed on one of the photos on the edge of the table, as if it was almost about to fall. The photos all had bits of colors in each one, but the photo he paid attention to had a familiar shade of blue on it. Discarding the photo in his hand, he grabbed the photo and let himself see the blue shade coming from the hair of a young woman talking to Sasaki.

"Saeki," Ayato said, "where did you take this picture?"

Torse stiffened, but he tilted his head forward to see the picture. "Oh, at the 16th ward. Sasaki and his subordinates were over at a cafe, but they didn't seem to be doing much over there."

Without saying anything, Ayato continued his glancing at the photo. He didn't pay attention to the woman conversing with Sasaki. He already knew that the woman was his stupid older sister. He would be an idiot if he didn't realize that it was her. She did seem to look more mature and feminine the last time he saw her, but she's still the same.

What made him deep in thought (and possibly shock) was the small child that she held on her hip.

Watching his wide eyes on the picture, Torso detected curiosity in them. "That's nobody, Ayato-san," he said, assuming that it could be a threat. "I think that's the manager of the shop. And that little girl? I think that's her daughter."

That did it. Ayato wouldn't stop widening his eyes. His face had gone pale and he clenched his free hand in a fist. He was on the verge of shaking, but held himself back from doing so. No way, he thought. He was right to think that. There was no way that his sister had a…

"Do you know her, Senpai?" Miyabi interjected. She nudged closer to Ayato. He may have had seen gruesome sights in the past? But he didn't seem to take the sight in the photo very well.

"No, it's just somebody that I used to know," he replied harshly. "It's no one important." Before anyone else could ask him anything else, he started taking the photos into a pile. "I'll take these now."

"Kirishima-san!" Rishou called out as Ayato walked towards the door. "What about training?"

"Didn't I tell you?" Ayato replied angrily. "You've had enough training for today."

"But, Senapi," Miyabi's voice made him look behind his shoulder. "Where are you going?"

"Nowhere important," Ayato answered. Stop being nosy. He didn't say that thought, instead said, "I'm just going to see Hinami."

Ayato turned to the foot and let it shut behind him.

"Hinami?" Ayato called as he entered the room. Along the way, he had to ignore the number of radios, some silent and some blasting on full volume, as it started to ruin his sense of ears.

When he reached the center of the room, he saw Hinami on her knees, listening carefully to the radios as she analyzed the sounds. Her long skirt covered her delicate legs and her figure still remained skinny as her head and back bent over, her light brown hair poured in soft strands down her cheeks.

Lifting her head up and straightening her back, Hinami looked behind herself to see Ayato. "Hey, Ayato. Sorry about that."

She pulled herself up from the ground and stepped towards a small button that took away the sounds of the radio and made the room silent.

"No, it's fine," Ayato assured her, tightening his grip on the pictures.

Hinami glanced down at what he was holding. "Are those the pictures of Haise Sasaki?"

"Hm?" Ayato cast a distracted glance at the photos. "Oh, right, sorry, they are. Saeki finally got them for me."

Hiding her lips from pulling into a playful smile after hearing Ayato's lack of attention, Hinami turned away and walked to a couch to sit. "What have you got on the Investigator, so far?"

"Well," Ayato walked to the couch to do the same motion, "I wouldn't say that it's a lot, but it's a fair amount. torso managed to figure out where he lives, his ranking and whether he's interested in me or not. Rishou suggested that we kill him, but I told him no."

Hinami huffed as she looked at the photos. "Rishou-kun is trying too hard, especially for being newbie."

"Pisses melt for how temperamental that kid is," Ayato blew a strand of hair that fell by his face.

"Hey, don't be like that," Hinami added. "Just be glad that he's actually keeping this sudden interest in Haise Sasaki a secret.

Ayato smirked as he thought about the three ghouls he had just conversed with. He tucked the stray lock that he blew behind his ear.

Nobody at Aogiri Tree even knew about his curiosity towards Haise Sasaki. The only ones who know about this are him, Torso, Hinami, Miyabi, and Rishou. It's usually unnatural for a ghoul like him to keep secrets, considering that he's an Executive of Aogiri Tree, but he couldn't help himself. Something stirred inside him when he noticed Sasaki. Though the concern was sudden, he does plan on telling Tatara. But for now, he needs to keep these investigations to himself and his comrades.

Ayato clicked his tongue before remembering the other reason why he came to her.

"Hinami," Ayato said, "do you still remember Touka?"

Hinami looked up from the pictures, her eyes having a warming glance. She couldn't stop herself from blurting out, "I would never forget Onee-chan."

"Right," Ayato almost shook at Hinami's tone. "Torso said he saw her at a coffee shop."

"Wh-What?" Hinami stammered, setting the pictures lower to clear her view of Ayato. "Onee-chan…"

"Apparently, she's the manager at this new shop," Ayato said in a monotone voice, trying to hide his disbelief of the child being carried by Touka.

"Glad to see her doing well," Hinami said, trying to hide her enthusiasm. "Though didn't Torso say he was checking the 16th ward along with others? I can't believed we never noticed her there before."

"Yeah, you're right," Ayato agreed. "But there's also something we didn't know."

Taking the photos away from Hinami, he flipped through them until he found the same picture of Touka and the child. Without any hesitation, he presented the picture to her. Scanning the picture, Hinami's eyes widened after one second.

"Is that…?" Hinami didn't finish, almost having the same shock Ayato had.

Ayato nodded. "That's Touka's kid." The room was filled with nothing but the soft buzzing of the radios.

Hinami's eyes were getting misty. "Onii-chan," she whispered.

"Eyepatch?" Ayato asked, setting the picture down. "I though that half-breed was dead."

"He is," Hinami said disappointedly. "But he was with Onee-chan before he did. That girl doesn't look older than four or five years, so…" She was unable to continue, instead saying, "I never knew that they had a daughter."

Ayato didn't know what to say. Hell, he was too busy comprehending many things in his head before he could talk to her. He was thinking of how reckless his sister was; how he only figured this out now after four years; how he wished the half-breed was alive so he could kick his ass. So many thoughts ran through his head, but neither of them could fit through to being necessary to say. It wouldn't help the situation.

"Hinami," Ayato began, not noticing Hinami staring at him. "I don't think finding out about Touka having a kid should be something to worry about."

"Ayato?" Hinami said with a shudder.

"People move one with their lives, even when the most drastic things happen. Even so, we can't stop that from happening. Touka must seem to be happy living as a human, so that's that. And if her daughter is there, then that's fine too. She's just another piece of the world."

Hinami stared at him, numb with shock. Ayato knew that she was used to him speaking coldly about topics of any kind, but what he said was new. It seemed to be sympathetic, as it was mostly apathetic. Bittersweet, as one would say. Was that expected to happen at all?

Noticing the picture still in Ayato's hand, Hinami reached over to punch it from his fingers to her own. She studied the child in the picture. She had Touka's blue eyes, even the same smile, and her black locks reminded her of her "brother". Seeing the two happy made her think of how he would react if we was a part of that life.

"I want to see them," Hinami blurted out.

Ayato turned to her with surprise. "What?"

Hinami looked back to Ayato. "We know where she's at, so why don't we visit Onee-chan?"

"I don't know," Ayato tensed. Why are we going on a different subject now?

"Ayato," Hinami continued, "we haven't seen Touka for Hearst not knowing whether she was alive or not. A lot has changed since then. I don't think she even knows that I joined Aogiri. I want us to make up for those years. And it's not just me; you have to go talk to her too. Besides, you never met your niece before, so this could be your chance."

Ayato wanted to deny it, it Hinami was right: the last time he had seen his suffer was when he pussed off her boyfriend, 103 bones ago. He doesn't even know if she still hates him. She probably does, but that's not what he wanted. After all, his ways of "protecting" her weren't at all merciful.

Quirking his lip, Ayato leaned his back against the couch. "Now is not the time to think that, Hinami." He trailed his eyes towards her. "But we maybe can try, one day."

Hinami didn't say anything, but she smiled with a small amount of content she could spare. Changing his eyes back to staring at the ceiling, he only had one thought on his mind.

When did I get so soft?

1. "Are these the lyrics to a song or the thoughts of a ghoul?"

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That was legitimately what I asked myself when I listened to this song. But seriously, Phildel is a powerful artist and one of my favorite singers. "The Wolf" is my favorite song by her, as it has a very dark yet ardent tune. I figured it would set the tone for this chapter as it involves Ayato, Hinami, and the setting with Aogiri Tree.

2. Since I did change the year gap in this story, I actually have no idea if I'm right when Aogiri Tree was formed. Let's say that this is my best guess.

3. Okay, I swear, I had no idea I inserted the lyrics from "My Heart Will Go On" until after I edited the chapter. And I still put it in XD

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Whoa! This is a new record for updating! I think it's been four days! I should give myself a gold star! Lol just kidding. But still I'm glad I was able to give one more chapter before I go back to school. I mean, it's actually tomorrow and I'm freaking out over senior year. I'm just gonna do my best and work as hard as I can. Still, I won't be able to be as busy as before. Oh, I also got contact lenses and I couldn't even be more happier with them! Now I'm able to see more clearly! Anyway, it'll take a while until the next review since I need to work on my other story, but keep waiting you guys! I'd appre iate it if you wrote in the comments and more chapters will be coming your way!

Also, there you have it. Ayato and Hinami are now aware of Rui's existence. Though this chapter might be there for now reason, just wait a little more until I add more stuff with Touka and Haise!

Tokyo Ghoul does not belong to me and please excuse the grammatical errors.