Here comes the next chapter. Anyway, enjoy!
I don't own Naruto.
I don't own Tokyo Ghoul, too. ;)
Published: 28/1/2019
Chapter 18: Before the Raid
A Couple of Days Later
At Hospital
A bold man was sitting on his bed. Beside him was a young investigator.
"Thank goodness. So they're letting you go in a few days?" asked the young investigator.
"Yeah, sorry to worry you." replied the man on the bed.
"I thought you were already gone at that time."
The man gritted his teeth.
"That guy ... the Kitsune, he was just toying with me."
"..."
"He is fast. ... Really fast. And his strength ... it's even stronger than the strongest ghouls."
"Is ... is he a ghoul?"
"I don't know. He didn't even use his kagune in our fight. But he used something else."
"Something else?"
"Yeah, it's like a blue energy."
"What do you mean?"
"When he first came, he jumped towards me with two strange blue energy balls."
"Blue energy balls?" He then remembered their fight with Bin brothers. "He also used those during our fight."
"What?"
"Yes. It's quite powerful. It even killed a ghoul with a single hit."
The older man thought for a while. He then continued his talk. "And after that, he coated his knife with that blue energy and his knife started to cut my quinque."
"H-How is that possible?"
"I don't know, Amon. That guy is dangerous..."
With Naruto
He is walking towards his friend's room. He heard some noises from it and rushed into the room. His friend was rampaging in the room with his four tails and extra 2 centipede tails.
"Hey Kaneki, what's happening!?" asked Naruto.
Kaneki turned at him. His appearance has changed. He no longer looks like a human. There was a strange armor around his body and masking his face.
Kaneki swung his tails towards Naruto. He jumped up to avoid it. He ran on one of Kaneki's tails as a path towards Kaneki. He punched him in the face. But Kaneki blocked it with his other tail.
Two centipede tails struck Naruto. But he avoided those.
"Hey, what's wrong?"
Kaneki didn't say anything but he ran towards Naruto.
"If you don't say anything..." said Naruto. He then grabbed his kunai in both hands and coated it with wind chakra. "...I will have to stop you." He then rushed towards Kaneki. He blocked the three tails coming towards him with one of his kunai and sliced his tails with another one.
Kaneki screamed in pain.
He used three other tails to slam him. But Naruto cut them all. He then kneed him in the gut. Kaneki fell down to the ground clutching his stomach.
His tails then disappeared.
The bandaged girl in red cloak is watching them from somewhere. 'Zetsu is right. The Kitsune really is strong.'
The Next Day
At Anteiku
Nikshi was serving a customer. He then heard something broke. He turned around and saw that it was their new waitress. "Roma! How many times will you break the cups!?" asked angrily.
"S-Sorry." replied the girl.
He just sighed and said "Just clean that up."
A girl then came out from a room with a broom. She walked towards the woman and gave her the broom. "Oh, thanks Hinami." she said as she took the broom and started sweeping it.
"The 23rd Ward has been designated as a special security zone. Those who live in the 23rd Ward, and those who commute there, please be careful." said a woman from television.
"They are talking about one-eyed Kaneki and Naruto I've heard so much about huh?" whispered Roma in Hinami's ears.
"Yeah." replied the girl.
"Amazing! I wanna meet them Hinami-chan. you've met them before, right?"
The girl just nodded.
"I'm so so jealous! What're they like? Tell me! Tell me!" said the woman cheerfully.
Someone put his hand on Roma's shoulder. The girl turned around to look who it is. She saw that it was Nishiki. He was looking at him with an evil glare. "Go. Back. To. Work." he said.
The woman nodded shakily and started to work again.
"Thanks Nishiki nii-san."
"Yeah no problem. Anyway, where is Touka? I haven't seen her these days."
"Oh yeah, she is with Konohamaru."
"Huh? With Konohamaru? I wonder what they are doing ..."
With Konohamaru
He was now able to cut the waterfall. He managed to do that yesterday. When he had cut the waterfall, a scroll appeared with a poof of smoke. He opened it and saw that it was from Naruto.
Naruto left that scroll for Konohamaru. When he read that, it was the last stage of his training. He had to add his wind chakra to his Rasengan.
He has been trying it since yesterday. But the Rasengan kept exploding when he add his wind chakra.
Touka can also do some D and C rank jutsu now. She has been trying hard to be able to control chakra. She can now walk on the water and on the walls like Naruto and Konohamaru. But her chakra reserves were not as big as them ... yet.
Konohamaru was now lying on the ground. Resting after his tiring training. It's actually that he was almost out of chakra. He got up after resting for a while and walked towards Touka to see her progress.
He saw that she kept training. "Hey Touka nee-chan!"
"Konohamaru? Have you finished the last stage?"
"Nah ... not even close. It just kept exploding."
"Oh, so why do you come to me?"
"I just want to ask you something."
The girl kept listening to him.
"Why are you training so hard? What is the reason that is pushing you to learn these?"
"Huh? Um... well..." she said with a slight blush.
"Is that because Naruto nii-san?" he asked bluntly.
She was caught off guard by that question. "No, no, no, it's not like that."
"If you say so, ..."
With Kaneki
His was lying on his bed still unconscious. Naruto knocked him out because he was ramping.
His eyes then shot open.
"I am not the one who is eating the ghouls... I am the one who is being eaten." he muttered to himself.
His door opened and he looked at that. He saw that it was his friend, Naruto.
"Kaneki, you all right?"
"..."
"You are not going to try to kill me again, right?" asked Naruto.
"I'm sorry for what I have done." he said as he got down from his bed. He changed his clothes into white shirt.
"Where are you going?" asked Naruto.
"Somewhere important." replied Kaneki as he went pass him.
"Let me accompany you." he said as he followed Kaneki.
In the Evening
With Shinohara
He and his partner, Juuzou were walking towards the exit of the CCG to investigate something.
"Low-profile investigation is important, Juuzou." said the man.
"But it's super boring." replied the boy.
An old lady with green hair rushed towards Juuzou.
"Oh! Nice! How did you get those X's?" asked the old lady as he pointed the boy's hands. The boy ran behind Shinohara.
"H-Hey, you can't do that!" said another woman as she ran towards them.
She then saw the investigator. "Oh, Investigator Shinohara, this woman said she was waiting for an interview." she said as she pointed the green haired woman. The woman smiled at them.
"Ehh, doesn't CCG have a policy against giving and accepting interviews?" asked Shinohara.
"T-That's true. But she's somewhat famous, so ..."
The green haired woman kept waving at them.
Shinohara just sighed and the three of them went towards a table for interview.
"So, you are a novelist?"
"Yes. Wow, this is CCG, huh? Are pictures allowed? Probably not." she said cheerfully as she took out her camera and took that in again.
"Generally, we turn down interviews."
The boy was just sitting boringly.
"Oh, I understand. I just wanted to know about one little thing. I need it for my next book. I want to write about ghouls." She took out her notebook.
"Well, if it's something I can answer, ..."
"That's fine. Then I'll get right to the point." she prepared to write.
"Is it possible to artificially create a ghoul?"
"How do you mean?"
"Say, if you were to take a ghoul's genes, or blood, or organ, or somewhat you have, and transplant them into a human and make them a ghoul. I'm asking whether or not that's possible."
The man folded his arms. "I'm ... not sure about that."
"So, 'I'm not sure about that.'" She wrote down in her notebook.
"I'm a field agent, so that's something I wouldn't know about."
"'I wouldn't know'" She wrote down again.
"I don't think there's any point in making any more dangerous ghouls... in the first place" said he man.
The woman finished writing them down.
"I see."
"Any other questions?"
"Yes, one more. What's your name?" asked the woman as he pointed the boy.
The boy just stared away from her.
She stood up from her table. "Thank you very much. This has been informative."
She drank her coffee.
"My, it actually tastes good. Come to think of it, do you know a coffee shop in the 20th Ward? It serves the most delicious coffee."
"No."
"Actually, there's a rumor about that coffee shop.
At Anteiku
There was only the manager and Roma at Anteiku. Others had already gone home.
The manager was just standing at the bar while Roma was cleaning the table. She had already broken ten cups today. So, Nishiki told her not to touch the cups again. So she just kept cleaning the tables.
The bell rang and someone came in. The girl turned around and said "Wel-"
She then saw who the customers were and her body started to shake. The manager noticed this and looked who the customer were.
"Yo!" said the red-blond haired boy with a smile.
"Naruto, Kaneki welcome back." said manager.
A few minutes later with Hinami
She was walking towards Anteiku thinking about Naruto and Kaneki.
'I may not be of much help to Naruto Onii-chan and Kaneki Onii-chan. But there must be something even I can do.'
She then walked into the room. She saw that Roma is still freezing.
"Huh? What's the matter?" asked the girl.
She then snapped out of her stupor.
"Naruto-san and Kaneki-san are here now! They're in the manager's office!"
Her eyes widened and thought about her memories with Naruto and Kaneki. Thinking about having fun Naruto, reading books with Kaneki, their funny acts and their smiles. She then remembered something important.
She rushed outside the shop to search someone.
A few hours later, she arrived at the training ground. She saw that Konohamaru was lying on the ground again. Hinami then ran towards Touka. "Huh? Hinami-chan? What's it?" asked Touka.
"It's them. Both of them are here." said the panting girl.
Touka started to run towards the shop. About an hour later, she arrived the shop. "Where are they!?" she asked. She asked for both of them but the one she truly wanted to see was Naruto.
"You just missed them." answered Roma.
She then closed the door and started in search of Naruto in the city.
With Kaneki and Naruto
The two of them has been walking towards their base again. The two of them reached a bridge and went up to cross it. Naruto suddenly stopped walking. Kaneki noticed this and turned around.
"I will catch up with you later." said Naruto.
Kaneki just nodded and continued walking.
With Touka
She has been searching Naruto for about 10 minutes. While she was running around 20th Ward, she saw a blond and red haired boy standing on the bridge.
She noticed who he was even if she couldn't see who his face. She ran up towards the bridge. And the boy turned around to look at her.
She was right. It was ... Naruto. She stopped in front of him. Only a few meters were separated from each other. The two of them were facing each other.
"Hey Touka-chan, I have talked with the manager." said Naruto.
"And?"
"I will still be at Aogiri Tree."
Her body started to shake. He noticed that she was getting angry at him. So he tried to change the subject.
"You alright? You look a bit worn out."
She clenched her fists.
"Alright!?" she asked back. "You left me. You said you will never left me!" She then rushed towards Naruto.
Naruto started to sweat. He knew how dangerous angry women were. He knew that when he bumped fists with his father. He saw what his mother do to his father when she was really angry.
Naruto blocked her fist with his palm. "S-Sorry?"
"And why!? Why did you need to join Aogiri Tree!?" she said as she tried to kick him high in the head.
Naruto blocked it with his another of his hand. "Um um ... to protect all of you."
"How can you protect us if you keep hurting everyone's feelings at Anteiku!?"
This caught him off guard and her punch hit straight to his face. He fell back to the ground. She jumped onto him.
"Why!? Why!? Why!?" she continued to punched him again and again.
Her fist stopped in front of his face. "Why..." Tears welled up in her eyes.
She grabbed his collar and asked "Why did you have to end up like this?"
Her tears fell down from her eyes and soaked his shirt.
Naruto raised his hand and wiped out the tears from her cheeks. "Stop crying Touka-chan, or you won't be beautiful anymore."
He then got up and sat on the ground. Touka was now on his laps staring down to his shirt.
"I can't tell you why right now. I am sorry about that."
She just kept staring down to his shirt.
"But don't worry. I will come back to Anteiku and tell you everything after everything is over."
She looked at him.
"Really? Or is that another lie?"
"Of course not. I promise you that I will come back. And I will ne-"
"But, you broke the promise last time!"
"This time is not the same."
"And why is that?"
He then took out something from his back pouch. "Close your eyes."
"What? Why?"
"Trust me." She then closed her eyes.
She could feel that he was doing something to her neck.
"You can open now." said Naruto.
She then looked down at her neck. She saw that it was some kind of necklace. (A.N: It looks like the necklace that Tsunade gave him. But it's not that one. It just looks like it.) So she decided to ask him what it was.
"Naruto, what's that?"
"Well, it's a special necklace made of Crystal Gem. It will protect you when the time comes."
"Huh? How?"
"You will see one day. Touka-chan, there is something I want to tell you."
The girl kept looking at him. But Naruto told nothing just looking at her in silence for awhile.
At last he said "I-I ... um ... I ... I love you, Touka-chan." Her eyes widened in surprise.
"I loved you since the day I saw you. But I d-"
"I love you, too, Naruto."
Both of them stopped talking. Cerulean blue eyes staring into the pure purple eyes. They moved closer and closer until their lips met each other. Her hands started to travel to the back of his head and ruffled his soft hair. Naruto's hands also travel to her cheeks and cupped them.
After awhile later, the two of them separated from each other for air. They kept looking into each other's eyes. His hands were on her cheeks. Hers were still on the back of his hair. "Why did it take so long for you to tell me this?" said Touka softly.
"I was ... afraid."
Naruto pulled her face towards him again and kissed her passionately. The two of them enjoyed their little moment until something interrupted them.
"Ahem Ahem ..." said someone from the back of Naruto.
The two of them quickly separated from kissing each other and stood up immediately. The two of them looked who it was and saw it was no other than Konohamaru.
"Why are you two sucking each other's face in the middle of the bridge?" asked Konohamaru.
The two of them turned bright red.
Then another girl came running towards them. She stopped beside Konohamaru. She kept staring at Naruto. Finally she whispered something. "Naruto Onii-chan ..."
"Hey Hinami-chan, long time no see." he walked towards the girl.
The girl was frozen at her place. She kept staring at the place where Naruto was standing before. When he reached her, he put his hand on her shoulder. The girl looked up.
Naruto then kneeled down to her eye level. "I am sorry for leaving you..." he said softly.
The girl suddenly hugged him.
"Naruto Onii-chan, don't leave us again." said the crying girl.
He hugged the girl back. "Don't worry. I will come back after I have finished everything."
"You promise?" she asked while sobbing.
"Yeah ... I promise." he said as he released her. The two of them separated. Hinami wiped out the tears on her cheeks.
"Anyway, what were you and Touka Onee-chan doing?" asked Hinami.
The two of them turned tomato red.
"Just some weird thing." replied Konohamaru.
"Weird thing?" asked Hinami.
"Yeah, they two were sucking each other's faces."
A slight blush appeared on Hinami's cheeks.
Touka smacked the boy on the head.
"Hey! What's that for?"
"For not being quiet."
Naruto turned towards Konohamaru. "How is the training?"
"I was able to cut the waterfall. But still ... I can't add my wind nature to Rasengan."
"Nah, ... you will do it one day." he said with a thumb up.
Touka then asked "How did your hair turned half red?"
Naruto hair was no longer pure blond. Half of his hair turned red spiky one.
"I don't know too. About last week, when I woke up, I saw my hair turned red."
'You looks better with that red hair.' thought Touka.
Naruto stood up and said "Thanks. Man,... I hate to say this but I have to go back now. So see ya." Naruto then started to walk away from them.
He turned around towards them and waved at them. He then disappeared in a red flash.
'Be careful Naruto.'
The Next Day
It was early in the morning. There was no one but the manager at the coffee shop. Two people came in and sat at a table. The older man was a bulky man with a large nose and a wide chin. The other boy is white haired boy with stitching threads on his hands.
The two of them sat down and ordered a cup of coffee and sandwich.
When the manager came back and placed their orders, the older customer asked "Can I see the manager?"
"I am the manager." replied Yoshimura.
"Oh, sorry."
"That's fine. So you need a word with me?"
"O-Oh yes. Keneki... Ken and Naruto ... Uzu ... maki. Naruto Uzumaki. They used to work here, didn't he?"
"Yes."
"Do you know where they are?"
"We haven't seen or heard anything from then since we lost contact with them about 2 months ago." replied the manager. "I don't know if this will be of any help to you or not, but Kaneki-kun had recently undergone an organ transplantation. Apparently, he wasn't doing very well. And Naruto only worked here to earned some money. I think he had enough money."
"Um..."
The young boy kept eating his sandwich. The man thought for awhile and he finally asked "You seem familiar. Have we met before?"
"I am not sure. Have we ever met?" asked the manager again.
The man noticed something and smiled. He then said "I'm sorry. I mistook you for someone else."
He then stood up and drank his coffee. "We're grateful for the help. Let's go Juuzou."
He then took out a wallet and paid the bill. He then walked towards the door.
The boy cheerfully got up from his chair and said "Thanks! It's really delicious." as he followed the older man.
The man stopped in front of the door. "The coffee ... was quite good."
He then walked out of the room and closed the door.
"We'll be back."
With Touka
She was sitting at her class with her friend, Yoriko. Touka was gazing outside through the window.
"Moving?" asked the girl.
"They said they are renovating the whole building."
"Well, then, do you want to live with us until they're done?" asked Yoriko cheerfully.
"Thanks, but I'm going to my brother's place."
"Aw, I thought I was going to be able to cook for you everyday." said the girl disappointedly.
"Sorry." Touka said with a smile.
"Anyway, where did you get that?" asked the girl as she pointed the necklace.
Touka blushed slightly. "Oh,... this ... um..."
Yoriko noticed that. "Oh, I get it! Your boyfriend gave you that, didn't he?" teased Yoriko.
Touka became bright red and said nothing. Yoriko just giggled.
Unknown to them, two investigators were watching them from somewhere else.
At Anteiku
With Manager
He was standing in front of a window and gazing outside. Looking at the children who were playing at the playground.
'So, Naruto-kun was right. The investigators are going to take us out.'
With Others
"Geez, why there are so many people today?" asked Nishika.
"It's good, isn't it?" replied Roma.
"All right, until Touka comes back, we'll manage as best we can!" said Nishiki. He then walked towards the tables to serve customers. He then looked back at Roma. "Roma ... don't break any dishes!"
All the waiters and waitress there tried their best to serve their customers.
'Man ... I wish I could use my shadow clones.'
In the Evening
With Touka
She and Yoriko were standing on a bridge where she and Naruto had their first kiss. Both of them were in their school uniforms. It's was snowing above them.
"What are your dreams for the future?" asked Yoriko.
"Dreams for the future?"
She thought for awhile. "I haven't put much thought into it. What about you, Yoriko?"
"To become a chef!"
"That's nice. I'm sure you'll do great."
"Thanks! So what's your dream job?"
"My dream, huh?" she thought with a slight blush.
"HUH!? Don't tell me it's to marry your boyfriend!"
Touka blushed. "What!? It's not something like that. There are ... a few things I'd like to try."
"Like what? Tell me!"
"Being a school teacher or running a coffee shop."
"A coffee shop? You mean like Anteiku?"
"Yeah ..."
"I'd definitely work at your shop!"
"All right."
The two girls walked down to the bridge to return to their home.
With Marude
"I read over your report." he said as he sat on a couch in front of an investigator.
"Do you have any conclusive evidence?"
The investigator just looked at him.
"Your instincts?" asked the man with a deadpan look.
The investigator said nothing. Just kept staring at the Head.
The Head then sighed. "Man ... You're not Kureo, are you? It's possible that 20th Ward investigators had been fooled this whole time. I gathered new men there."
"I expected no less, Maru. You work fast." finally the investigator said.
"Say what you want."
At Night At Anteiku
"What!?" Touka, Nishiki and Roma shouted.
"Yomo-san once worked at Anteiku?" asked Touka.
"Never would've guessed." said Nishiki.
"He was really good at making coffee. His customer skill were on other the hand ..." said Irimi.
Touka and Nishiki nodded.
"Touka, are you finished packing?" asked Yomo.
"I still have a little left to do."
"We'll take things from here."
"Thank you very much. Let's go Hinami, Konohamaru."
The two of them nodded and followed the girl.
Yomo and the manager walked inside the office. The two of them sat down in front of each other.
"What about you, Yoshimura-san?"
"I need to tie up some loose ends. I'd like to ask you to watch over the others."
"Very well."
After awhile, Touka, Hinami and Konohamaru walked out of the shop. Yomo and the manager followed her.
The three just happily looked around the surrounding. It was snowing.
"Yomo-kun, it's up to you now."
"Right" he said as he walked to them.
"Let's go." said the man and started to walk towards the van. The three others followed him.
When the vans had left. The investigators surrounded the shop. Preparing to attack.
Shinohara walked towards the door and entered the shop.
"Wow .. I think we'll get some accumulation tonight." said the man.
"Welcome." greeted the manager.
The man sat down at the bar. And the manager started to make two cups of coffee.
"Mind if I join you?" asked the manager.
"Of course not."
The manager put the cup in front of the man. And he sat down beside him.
"Thank you." the customer said. He then tasted the coffee. "That's good."
"Thank you very much." said the manager as he enjoyed his coffee.
"Is this because you are using a different beans?"
"While that maybe true, it's more than just that."
The investigator looked at him.
"The way the beans are roasted, how they're brewed and even the water used can change the flavor."
"Really?"
"My own personal belief ... is that the way you approach each bean is what matters the most in bringing out its flavor."
"Approach?"
"Yes. Your approach must vary depending on the bean. Even if you use expensive beans, the coffee won't turn out well without the proper care."
The investigator looked down at his coffee.
"Give the right treatment, even cheap beans can be brewed to bring out their special qualities." continued the manager.
The investigator nodded. "Indeed. That's quite profound."
"Not at all."
The investigator drank his coffee. And stood up. "That's was delicious." He then took out his wallet.
"It's on the house."
"Oh, but I couldn't ..."
The two of them stared each other for a while. The investigator then smiled. "Well then, if you insist."
He walked towards the door. "Thanks for the treat." The investigator then left the room.
The investigator took one last look at the shop and started to walk away.
Koma and Irimi walked towards the manager.
"We have disposed all the documents." said Koma.
"Thanks."
"We'll be with you till the very end." said Irimi.
Somewhere with Marude
"I ask for your permission to terminate the Owl." said Marude.
"And the target location?" the other man asked.
"Yes, sir. A shop in the 20th Ward, by the name of Anteiku."
Author's Note:
At first I was planning to tell you guys about the plan of Naruto and Kurama. But I think I will tell you later. I changed my mind while I was writing me this chapter. So, you guys will have to wait more chapters to know what that plan is. But I told some hints here. I hope you guys noticed that. Oh and the next update will be a little late. Anyway, see ya in the next chapter.
Ja ne!