A/N: Hey guys! been awhile, huh? I just graduated, so I can make more chapters! I also signed up for the Navy and am awaiting a shipping date. I think it'll be somewhere in september or december, but hopefully sometime in the fall. Anyway, here's another chapter of everyone's favourite story, and hopefully I can stick to a schedule of one every week. Maybe two weeks since I have ghoul and vampire to work on. Cheers!

Kaneki and Louise returned to her room, Louise tired and groggy while Kaneki looked like he was deep in thought. Louise stood in the middle of her room and lifted her arms while Kaneki moved to sit down in the hay on the floor. He didn't even notice the forced cough Louise gave him as he continued to stare off into space.

"Familiar!" She screamed, Kaneki lifted his head, Louise giving him an annoyed expression. "Undress me."

"Why?" He asked, raising an eyebrow at her. She huffed and turned to point a finger at him.

"It's the job of a familiar to do whatever its master says, I told you this already for Brimir's sake!"

"I may be your familiar, but doing something that you yourself can do is pointless. Why don't you stop being lazy and do it yourself?"

"A noble such as myself would never stoop so low as to change my clothes if there is a servant here to do it for me." She raised her chin and put her hands on her hips, as if to signal someone looking down on an unworthy being. Kaneki merely sighed, and did what he was demanded. He didn't feel like hearing her mouth. Kaneki dressed her in her gown and went back to his haystack, observing the mask again as he made himself a bit more comfortable. Louise went to sleep, leaving Kaneki alone with his thoughts.

'Why does this mask look so familiar? It gives me the sense of nostalgia, but also a slight pain.' He felt around the edges of the leather, tilting the mask here and there to see if there was anything inscribed somewhere. Finding nothing, he sighed. 'Might as well try it on.' He unzipped the nape of the mask, placing it over the form of his face. It fit perfectly, as if it was made specifically for him. The mask felt cold, yet refreshing. Even though part of his vision was shrouded in darkness, he felt he could see everything.

"It suits you." A hushed voice rang through the room, startling Kaneki and making him jump up. He looked around, finding no one in the room besides the unconscious body of Louise.

"Who's there?" He asked, readying himself for a fight. Nothing creaked or tried to take him by surprise, but he kept his stance for a little bit before sighing again and sitting back down on his makeshift bed. "Now I'm starting to hear things outside my dreams. Great~..." Kaneki laid his head on a part of the hay and closed his eyes. 'Hopefully I can get a piece of who I am tomorrow. Maybe keeping Siesta as a friend will help me regain some of my memories, hell, it doesn't hurt to have a few friends to keep you sane.' Kaneki thought as he drifted off into a dreamless sleep.

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The next morning wasn't very serene. Kaneki awoke to the sound of Louise getting changed and yelling at him for not waking her up on time. He groggily sat up, rubbing the sleep from his eyes. Louise was just pulling up her skirt before turning towards him.

"You are prohibited from eating breakfast or lunch!" She yelled, going back to dressing herself. 'Wait, when was the last time I ate?' Kaneki asked himself, trying to recall the last time he ate something. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't remember a time he ate in the last three days, but somehow he felt full and healthy. He shook his head and stood up.

"Familiar, hurry up and let's go! We're going to be late!" Louise grabbed his arm and dragged him down the corridor out onto the main field. Louise barely made it on time to her class, but Kaneki was forced to stay outside with the rest of the familiars. He was stuck sitting on the ground, a couple of the students quickly walking past him, too scared to look directly at him. Kaneki decided to look at some of the different types of familiars, many of whom didn't even look like animals. One was a floating eyeball, which unnerved Kaneki a lot. It kept staring at him, but not going anywhere near him which, for him, was a good thing.

"God those classes take so long! I wish I had a good book to read…" Kaneki thought aloud, pushing his fingers through his hair. He sighed, until the familiar sound of footsteps reach his ears. 'Finally!' He thought, standing up and waiting for the students to come through the double doors. A few seconds later, a crowd of second years came through, many of whom looked directly towards him and froze. They quickly walked towards their familiars and fast-walked away. He ignored them, and Louise came out arguing with a redhead. A small girl with glasses and blue hair walked through the doors with them, a book in her hands. He was very tempted to walk up to her and ask what she was reading, but Louise stopped him before he could move.

"Familiar, we're leaving!" She screamed at him, boiling with fury. He gave her a confused look, turning his head back to the redhead and the small girl. The redhead winked at him, puffing out her chest slightly while the small girl didn't even acknowledge his existence.

"Sweet Brimir, that woman makes me so mad!" She yelled at noone in particular, keeping her brisk pace as they headed somewhere only Louise knew. She stopped in the middle of the field, turning her furious gaze towards Kaneki. "You are forbidden to speak or go near that woman!" She poked her finger in his chest. Kaneki merely scoffed and raised an eyebrow at her.

"Since when were you in charge of who I can and can't talk to?" He asked rhetorically, Louise becoming even more infuriated.

"Since the time I became your master! Now you will listen to your master, or you won't get any food for the next two days!" By this time there was steam coming out her ears. Kaneki turned and walked away from her, leaving her in her own fumes.

"Just so you know, I became your familiar to find a way to regain my memories. I may be your familiar in title, but I will never listen to your meaningless orders." Kaneki said before going inside one of the many towers, leaving Louise in a stupor of pure fury.

"Fine! I didn't even want a useless familiar like you anyway!" She screamed back at him, turning on her heel and stomping away.

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Louise sat alone in part of the many fields the academy held, huffing as she calmed herself down. Looking back on what she said, she realized she was in the wrong for taking her anger out on her familiar. 'I know I shouldn't have yelled at him like that, but all he had to do was say "okay" or "yes". It's his fault for not agreeing with me!' she reasoned with herself, trying to find some excuse for her actions. She sighed again. "I shouldn't be making excuses and blaming others for my actions. It's unbecoming of a noble such as myself." She said to herself, standing up and dusting herself off. She turned to head back and apologize, when she saw the maid the familiar was so fond of walking out of one of the towers carrying laundry.

"Hey, servant!" She yelled, trying to gain Siesta's attention. She looked up, seeing the pinkette running towards her. She tensed up a bit, not fully understanding why she was calling to her.

"M-miss Valliere? How can I help you?" She said bowing her head.

"You're friends with that familiar, right? Why is he so fond of you?" She asked, Siesta giving her a confused look. Louise sighed again, putting her hands on her hips. "I said, why is he so fond of you? Why does he openly put himself in harm's way for someone as lowly as you when he already has someone as great as me around?" She huffed, shooting Siesta an annoyed expression. As soon as Louise finished her sentence, Siesta went from confused to downright infuriated.

"Well, for someone of your stature, one would think you would know something about your own familiar. Well, if you must know so badly, then maybe you should stop treating him like an animal and more like a human being. He isn't a slave!" She yelled, but just as soon as the words left her mouth, she dropped the laundry and put her hands up to her mouth, trying her best to apologize for speaking out against Louise. Louise stood there dumbstruck, Siesta's words barely being encoded in her brain. "Miss Valliere…?"

"So it's my fault then…" Louise mumbled, turning away from Siesta and walking off towards the main building.

"Miss Valliere!" Siesta called out, but was only greeted with silence as Louise left the courtyard they were in.

Louise was determined to find her familiar. She needed to apologize to him now before things took a turn for the worse. Only now did she realize her mistake. She had been treating him like a mindless animal, a slave with no will of its own. With a pump of her fist, he vowed to treat him like a normal person. She entered the main building and saw him standing there, eyes glossed over.

"K-Kaneki…" She hesitated, shaking her head a bit before renewing her resolve. "Kaneki, I'm sorry about what I did earlier. It was uncalled for and I shouldn't have yelled at you." She hung her head a bit, waiting for a reaction. her response came from a dull thud, and when she looked back at him, Kaneki was on the ground. She hurried to his side, cradling his head in her arms.

"Kaneki!" She yelled, her words falling on deaf ears as Kaneki's eyes closed.

A/N: Hey guys! finally done with this chapter! Just to let you know, I skipped Count Mott's arc because I don't believe there is any relevance to it for this story. I already got the needed relationship for Kaneki and Siesta, so everything should be good. We start Fouquet's scene next chapter with the familiar talent show thingy! Hurray!