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Touka sat at one of the tables in :Re. Business had been unbelievably slow today. They had had all of two customers and she was bored. Just then the door chime dinged. Touka stood up to greet the customer, but stopped short when she came face to face with a young kid who looked like he wasn't even in his teens.

"Are you Miss Kirishima?" He ask grimmly. Touka was taken aback by his abrupt question and stuttered to answer. But she quickly regained her composure.

"Yeah, that's me, who wants to know?" Touka ask. She could tell he was a ghoul based off the smell but something was off about the kid. He walked over to Touka and sat down opposite where she had been sitting. Taking the hint she followed suit.

"I need to get in contact with a member of the Aogiri known as Hinami Fueguchi, I was told you might have information regarding how to do that," The kid said. Touka's eyes widened and she raised her hands then slammed them down in protest.

"Damn kid, you sure are direct," She grumbled. The kid smiled and Touka couldn't help but notice the many scars that criss crossed his body. "Why do you want to know where Hina- er, Fueguchi is?"

"That's for me to know and you to find out, but I can promise you she won't die," He Said. Touka stared at him, wondering just how a kid so young got off talking like that.

"I don't have to tell you anything kid so why don't you piss off!" Touka said, pointing to the door. He smiled and nodded.

"Very well, it was a pleasure meeting you Miss Kirishima, I will look elsewhere for my information." The kid got up and left. Touka sighed and put her head in her hands.

The door chimed again and two regular ghoul customers walked in. Touka knew she would have to get up and service them but she didn't want to move just yet. The two were gossiping about something, normally she wouldn't have been interested but something caught her ears.

"...Yeah, word is, that new guy 'Zombie' stopped a quinque with his bare hands, without using his kagune, even though he's just a kid…" Touka's head perked up. Just a kid… Could he have been this Zombie ghoul?

Urie stalked down the side streets of the fifth ward looking for leads on the zombie. He was wearing plain clothes as to not attract attention. He hated the fact that Sasaki always had to come to the rescue and this time he was going to make sure he didn't need saving.

"Hey, what the hell are you doing here?" Ask a gruff voice. Urie turned to see a tall ghoul in ragged clothing stalking up to him, a bikaku trailing around his ankles. "You look lost, little boy," Urie, sneered and with a flick of his wrist his kagune came out. The ghoul was taken aback. "Hey… wait don't tell me you're one of them quinx bastards!" Urie charged the ghoul and knocked him to the ground aiming his kagune at the its head.

"I'm going to ask you a few questions, and if you know what's good for you, you'll answer them," Urie spat in the ghoul's face.

"What, the hell?! What is it with you kids and questions, first that one scarred shit and now this guy?! Why can't I get a fucking break?!" The ghoul cried, tears coming to his eyes as he struggled and spasmed on the ground.

"Wait, what did you just say? Tell me everything you know about this scarred kid. Now!" Urie demanded. The ghoul sighed, and conceded.

"He was wandering around so, I thought he was intruding on my territory, so I went to kill him but then he started askin' all sorts of questions about Aogiri and stuff," The ghoul babbled. So he's gunning for The Tree, Thought Urie. But does he want to join them or fight them?

"Did you see anything else?" Urie demanded. The ghoul didn't answer, but simply stared at him his eyes wide in numb submission. "Fine then, thank you for your cooperation," With that Urie put the nameless ghoul out of his misery.

Victor strolled through the courtyard of an abandoned Aogiri outpost in the 11th. There were traces of battle and the smell of blood was thick in the air. He headed for the back through the shambles of the first two buildings. He was aiming for the partially standing building that had what looked to be a bird cage sticking out the top. Based off his information, it was the only building the CCG hadn't cleaned out. If he was going to find anything regarding the current whereabouts of the Tree's members, it would be there. Then again with his luck, there wouldn't be anything, especially considering that the place had been abandoned for 4 years.

"You have to start somewhere…" He grumbled to himself.

It took a good few hours to search the place. Yet, all Victor had to show for it was a few old piece of paper regarding deals and treaties. Victor grumbled to himself, going over what he knew.

"So the Aogiri Tree's leader is Eto, they change their bases location every few months, and they have been working to bring in all of the smaller ghoul groups to increase their numbers. This just gets more complicated," Victor opened the small backpack he carried and pulled out a map with several locations marked on it. "On to the next place, their has to be a clue at one of them," Victor passed through the birdcage room on his way out and couldn't help but feel uneasy. Something gruesome had happened here.

Sasaki sat in his room looking over the quinx reports. Shirazu had inspected the location where they had first encountered Zombie, but he had found nothing. Mutsuki had spent his time searching the surrounding areas, but had also turned up only the bare minimum of results.

Saiko had been looking on the internet for any rumors that may have started spreading. She had found nothing but info they already new and superstition. He reached for where Urie's report should have been but came up with nothing. Probably out on his 'solo investigation' again, thought Sasak. He cracked his knuckles one at a time as he thought about the fight with Zombie. He just couldn't figure out how the child ghoul could be so powerful.

"Sassan!" Called Shirazu, causing Sasaki to fall backwards out of his chair. "Urie came back!" Sasaki looked up from his position on the floor. "S-sorry Sassan, are you okay?" Stuttered Shirazu.

"Oh, don't worry about me Ginshi, I'm just fine! Do me a favor and tell Urie I want to see him," Shirazu stood there for a second before he nodded and raced off to get Urie. Sasaki lay on the floor with a sweat drop and grumbled under his breath, "You could knock next time."

Victor closed a file cabinet with a heaving sigh of frustration. What was it? Like, the fifth abandoned place he had checked, and still he only had minimal information on the Aogiri Tree. He picked up the documents and headed for the exit. The Aogiri were really good at hiding their tracks, but Victor was going to keep looking.

The place he was currently at was only of their more recent hideouts. It was in the warehouse district of the 15th ward. The place that had been used by Aogiri was a set of five warehouses that were fenced in, with a guard tower at the entrance. The building he had just been in was at the end of the little subcomplex. Aside from some miscellaneous files and empty boxes the place had been stripped clean, just like the others.

"Hey kid, didn't your mommy ever tell you it was a bad idea to snoop around these sorts of places?" Called a man's voice. Victor looked up to see two figures perched on the roof of the central warehouse. A tall man with a black rabbit mask and a teenage girl wearing a visor of sorts. "Word is that you've been looking for Aogiri... " From the man's back sprouted flaming wing-like things. That must be his kagune. He leaped down from the roof, gliding on his kagune to land a miger ten feet from Victor. "What you need to learn, kid, is that you don't go looking for Aogiri, we come looking for you…"