I really have no idea what to do here. Plus Im not feeling a hundred percent due to some meds I'm on from an oral surgery. So all I could come up with was this halfbaked chapter. That really is nothing special. But its been like two months so I rushed this one out.

I got ideas for this story but I can't really find the time or the proper structure to put it together. Unlike my other story. So sorry that I was only able to put out something like this after such a long wait.

"A hound huh?" Kaneki was sitting at a table in Anteiku. Reading the brochure and paperwork that Shinohara had provided for him. He sat with Juuzo as the other boy ate and watched him read over everything. Ken was unsure what to think about the offer. The hounds after all were a combat unit and he wasn't the sort who liked to fight. Simply put the hounds were a unit of ghouls who added the CCG investigators when tracking and fighting rogue ghouls. Their name came from the idea that they were used in way similar to attack dogs. They were also used, with their sense of smell being superior, as bloodhounds to sniff out the hidden rogue ghouls. Though the scent part was difficult as there were laws about this needing a warrant and just the fact that said scents could easily get caught up in the background smells of the city.

Ken wondered why they wanted him to do this job in particular. Perhaps it was that rumor that he had heard about half ghouls being strong. But he didn't feel that strong. He began to worry if he could really do this. After all it was a dangerous job. He could die. Was he really ready for this?

He suddenly felt something prick his arm that brought him back out of his morbid thoughts. Ken turned to see Juuzo, with a quinque needle starting to sew red thread into his arm. "What are you doing," he asked as he tried to pull his arm away but Juuzo held onto it. "I'm bored," the other boy whined matter of factually. "And where did you get a quinque needle anyway?" Ken now asked. Juuzo grinned at him and told him, "I got it from one of the suture kits for ghouls that they have in the training center." Ken could only answer with an, "Oh."

They both fell into silence after that till Juuzo suddenly announced, "You should do it Ken." Ken replied, "You mean the hound program?" His human friend nodded. "I think you'd be great at it. Not to mention you could partner up with me and we could be the best evil ghoul killing duo to ever exist." Ken couldn't help but laugh at that. This boy just had a way to make anything, even heavy or dark issues, seem so simple and light. In a way he balanced out ken's shy and worried personality. Though he did say, "We don't have to kill them. Just capture them before they can hurt anyone."

"It's done!" Juuzo happily exclaimed and Ken looked down to see a red centipede on his arm. "Neat," he then heard from behind him. Both of the boys at the table turned to see Hide now coming over after ordering his coffee. Hide had become the optimist in their group. The bright spot that made Ken feel a bit more human and less of a human eating beast. He sat down next to Ken; looking over the centipede of red thread in his arm. "Man that looks cool," he said. Juuzo jumped up and excitedly asked if he would want one too. But Hide shook his head. "Nah. Looks painful. Not to mention my parents would kill me if they saw me with something like that." Ken couldn't help but laugh when Juuzo deflated at his refusal. "So what were you guys talking about?"

Juuzo was the one to answer. "Ken got scouted by Shinohara to join the hounds," he loudly shouted. After apologizing to the other patrons for the loud outburst, Kaneki explained, "You heard about my mom right? Well the CCG wants me to join the hounds training program and then work as one in return for the protection and costs of living for her they have been covering since the arrest and relocation." Hide nodded his understanding. Though he looked bothered by it. "I can't say I like too much. Feels like your being blackmailed into it."

Juuzo though just laughed this off. "Who cares. I think Ken would be great at it." Hide gave Ken a look over before saying, "Maybe." Ken sighed. "I just don't know. I mean it would fix everything if I do join but can I really do it? I mean I don't really like fighting." Juuzo was the one who came up with an answer. He pulled out a five-yen coin and simply said, "Why don't we flip a coin." Before Ken could object he had already thrown it. The three boys watched as it landed and decided Ken's future right there.

"Welcome to your first day of training, ya little brats," the older ghoul said to the group of young ghouls who stood before him. Ken was one of these new recruits and he was already regretting letting himself be talked into this by a coin toss. "The names Nishiki," the older boy said, "And I'll be your leader here." He had a grin that didn't look too friendly as he said, "I hope that we all get along."