Wow I was not expecting that many people to get on board with this in just one chapter. Actually makes me scared that I'll screw up. Especially since, unlike Trials, I have no set storyline to follow yet. I only have another couple chapters clearly planned. I need to figure that out eventually.

And here is the first exposition chapter with only one line of dialogue. Hopefully this helps you guys get an idea of how this version of the TG universe works. And if you find a problem in this this be free to tell me. Like I said so far I am winging it.

well enjoy.

Ken was saddened but not surprised when they forced him to separate from his father. They had entered the processing center for new arrivals into the twenty fifth ward. Unlike what he had feared though, the place did not look like some medieval torture dungeon. Instead it appeared as a very sterile lab or medical center. They went through several doors and locked gates passing by other workers. Some looked at with neutral indifference. A couple even seemed sorry for the young boy. Though a great many of them looked at him as no more than as another beast being locked in this zoo for the safety of the public. He held onto his father's pants leg; still scared stiff at the new and still rather unfriendly environment.

Sadly though, eventually they reached a point where the hallway branched into two paths. They said his father would have to go one way, while he went the other. Since his dad had decided to stay rogue and not surrender to the CCG of his own free will, he was considered a criminal and possible hostile ghoul and therefore was being sent to the ghoul prison. He tried to look strong as they led his dad away, but tears still leaked out of his young eyes. He was now all alone without either of his doting parents who had almost never left the boy by himself; even at their small home. He also feared for his father because of all the horrible stories he had heard of about Cochlea. He was very much afraid that this would be the last he saw of either his mom or dad.

Eventually a doctor and a couple CCG guards were able to get the young half-ghoul to follow them down the other path. Since he was deemed too young to be at any fault for the decision of remaining out of the assigned ward for ghouls. So he would go through with the formal processing and acclimation period before being allowed to freely travel in the newest ward of Tokyo. Technically this was not the twenty fifth but the twenty fourth Tokyo ward. When the idea had first been proposed, a few decades ago, they had tried to find a place in the city itself but the public and the officials of every ward adamantly refused to house any ghouls in their respective wards. Even if they were so called tamed ghouls.

In the end, after a large legal battle both in several sectors of the government, courts, and the CCG itself, the decision was made to just build an entirely new ward for the project just outside the city proper. The project was rushed into completion, with a majority of the funds coming from private donations from around the world, before it could be challenged again by opponents. The first version of the ward was completed in an amazingly short five years. And the Prime minister of Japan himself, with several other high level diplomats and leaders from around the world spectating, officially opened and christened the new twenty fourth ward. However because of the stigma of the term twenty fourth ward, most CCG officials and ghouls called it the twenty fifth ward unofficially.

The ward turned out to be a success. While and many ghouls were apprehensive about trusting the CCG at first, the peaceful ones or just weak ones begin to register and enter the ward. Within the first year of operation, the amount of ghoul related crimes and attacks, dropped by a significant amount. The CCG also saw the positive effects of less resources and time wasted hunting otherwise non aggressive ghouls as well as investigators not being killed or wounded in pointless battles.

The ward proved to be even a financial gain. The ghouls provided both a workforce and a market that many companies and stores could take advantage of. For example many hospitals found that through the Tsukiyama Corporation, they could sell some of their biological medical wastes for a profit instead of just destroying it. Some people would also sell the ward a donation of their blood. It was also easier to research on or with ghouls when said ghouls were complacent; one corporation already working on how to copy the ghoul's remarkable strength into newer forms of body armor. And the biggest financial boom from the ward coming from the CCG being able to open it up as a tourist attraction. Like Disney land if it was filled with mascots that could literally eat you.

Over time, the ward continued to grow and gain growing support. Many other nations, especially Western and Asian ones, opened up their own ghoul reservations. Still there were some who still opposed the system and you could usually see some sort of protesters around the walls or trying to antagonize one of the ghouls who had been sent out on a mission for the CCG or a job for someone they had a contract with. And of course there were still villainous ghouls who refused to cooperate with the humans or ones like his father, who didn't trust or like the ward for one reason or another. That was why there was almost a yearly vote on whether to keep the ward operational or how much freedom the ghouls living there were truly guaranteed.

Ken found himself first forced to answer some questions and take some tests. The tests and questions were a mix of both mundane things and more investigational ones. Like intelligence or psychological tests, and questions about his age, what he liked to play, what he thought of humans, how nice were his parents, how many people they had killed, why had they killed them, and in what way. Ken also felt slightly more relaxed. The weapon wielding guards had remained outside the room and the lady asking these questions and giving him the tests was nice and patient with him. But he was still on guard. He still remembered the scary stories his dad had told him about what the CCG did to ghouls and what had happened to his grandparents.

Finally they had finished and Ken was now lead to a medical room where they began to take his physical measurements and readings; including a bite test and molding of his teeth. It felt weird for Ken while the medical personal scanned him, shinned lights in his eyes and ears, and tested his reflexes. They also took samples of his spit and urine for more tests. Once they were finished with these, they asked him to eat a small square cube of meat. He popped it in his mouth and immediately noted the strange taste; wondering if what his dad said, about them altering the meat in the ward for some reason was true. Within seconds afterward, though, he began to feel sedated.

The square had been filled with some ghoul sedatives and RC suppressants. The medics laid Ken face down and used this time to safely do more invasive tests without the upsetting the ghoul pup. They took a blood sample. They felt along his back to locate his kakuhou before cutting his lower back open, which Ken barely felt, and taking notes on its size and health; also taking some samples of both his tissue and kakahou and what would eventually be his kagune. Finally the medics closed the incisions and wheeled Ken into a rather formal looking meeting room before leaving and locking the door behind them. Slowly the young half ghoul awoke. His back felt sore but his advanced healing soon cleared that up. Once he was able to get his legs to work well enough, Ken got out of the chair they had left him in and began to explore the room. He did finally find a bookcase and, deciding that it would be boring just sitting there waiting, grabbed the first book he found that looked interesting before returning to his chair. Ken read nearly a fourth of the book before the door opened and a large man came in. The man left his scary silver briefcase by the door and draped his coat over it before coming over and smiling at Ken. He reached out his hand for the young boy to shake.

"Good evening Ken. My name is Shinohara Yukinori. I'll be your CCG liaison and caretaker for the foreseeable future. A pleasure to meet you."

And there you have it Shinohara is Ken's CCG guardian. I felt that he was one of the nicest CCG officials and decided to give Ken a break of sorts. Plus it fits into the psychological manipulations the CCG uses that I'll cover next chapter. As for why I a special class investigator is doing this, I felt that both the CCG would like someone of importance to take care of their only half-ghoul sample and I feel that any investigator could be a caretaker and I could see some of the high class ones that are in support of the ward deciding to do for some reason.

I am still going to keep open the name for Ken's parents for a couple more chapters before I make a decision based on those suggested but if no one else offers, I'll just go with 00s suggestions by default. I am also somewhat thinking of making some more OCs though that is questionable. So you can suggest some if you'd like.

The next part will take a bit more work since I want to put in some things about how the CCG tries to make young ghouls like them despite the fact that their job is basically jailing or killing them all. So that may be a bit slow. I do know how I'll bring Hide in but Touka is still in early planning stages.

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