AN: Sorry, I've been busy at school and personal life, hectic as hell at the moment, might die down soon.

Chapter Three
The Failure Escape

They're nervous.
Anxiety, rolling off them in waves. I internally groan, before standing up, and going behind the privacy curtain. We've arranged everything. We'll be okay. We just need to wait.

"Ame-san! 5 people, 1 is different from the the rest, outside the door." Tsubasa mumbles, only loud enough for me to hear. "You sure?" I take out the lenses again, and slip them on. When I walk out to the main room again, Tsubasa nods once. I hear the scratching and the muffled mutters outside, as they try to get in. Naoki takes a deep breath, Tsubasa fiddles with her hands, I stand with my arms crossed over my chest. Waiting.

After a minute, the door swings open violently. I raise my eyebrows. Dramatic entrance much?

Three people walk in, two in robes like the underling I saw before, one, just dressed normally. That means there's two outside. The normally dressed one is about sixteen, he's taller than me, with a bored face. He looks around, Tsubasa and Naoki retreat behind me, I tut, "Jeese, who the hell are you, and what the hell are you doing here?"

Bored face looks up at me, "So, this is the legendary 'Kitsune'?" he walks closer until he's standing only inches away, looking down on me, "Forgive me if I'm underwhelmed by the brat in front of me."

"Forgive me for thinking that Aoigiri tree didn't look like some weird heavy metal band." I mutter, looking over his shoulder. Where the hell are the other two?

Bored face smirks, "Funny."

I smile insincerely, "Yes, funny like the way a gang of people bust into my hideout without any introduction. So, forgive me if I sound rude when I say, 'Get the hell out'"

One robes moves forward, bored face pushes him away, "We've been sent to give you with the wondrous news that, Aoigiri Tree is offering to take you among our ranks, instead of just killing you instantly for being around humans and such."

Taking a moment, I sigh, "May we have a moment to consider?"

"Of course." he turns on his heel and walks off, Tsubasa rushes over and whispers in my ear, "What the hell are we going to do?"

"Let me think." I hiss, waving her away, now is not the time for her panicky antics. I take a deep breath. Come on, think, what would mom do?. A sudden idea comes to me, I spin around, "What does joining Aoigiri mean?"

Bored face sighs turning around, "It means showing stupid humans that Ghouls are the superior race, and that their time is up. It means being loyal to the One Eyed King, and killing anyone or anything that gets in our way or goes against our values."

"So we kill humans, and CCG alike. Can't we just be loyal to Aoigiri and stay here as we are?" I cross my arms, trying to look steady, bored face smirks, "No not for you I'm afraid. You join, or you die."

I roll my eyes, "Forgive me for being a little unenthusiastic, but your threats are crap, and I'm not sure if you're really all bite as you seem."

"Oh?"

"Prove that Aoigiri is as bad and tough as you're making it sound. Kill one of your subordinates."

"Ame-san!" Tsubasa and Naoki cry out, I bite the inside of my mouth. Come on. Bored face approaches me and stands right in front of me, staring me down, "Are you playing a trick? Your subordinates seem a little nervous."

"Are you really so tough? Your minions seem scared."

A moment of tense silence passes. Without warning, Bored face spins on his heel and lands a punch into the stomach of one of the robed guys, they gasp, the other robed guy jumps back, the other two begin running in, I jump back to Tsubasa and Naoki, "Move."

Naoki grabs the light bulb, throwing it at the Aoigiri group, a loud crash follows, and a grey gas rises, Tsubasa moves opens the cupboard and we slip through, I go last, glancing back at the group. I see briefly bored face, eyes red, mouth set in a snarl, I smile, and give a salute before going through the passage.

We run through the sewer system, not daring to slow or look back. "What the hell was that Ame?! It was certainly not part of the plan!" Tsubasa snaps, I roll my eyes, "Shit didn't play out as I thought, so plans changed slightly, just go with it."

"But-" she begins, I turn and slap her, "Tsubasa, deal with it for now and confront me later when we're not running for our lives!" I feel my anger growing, my kakugan developing, my fists shaking. Naoki's hiss breaks me out of my distraction, "Can we get moving?!"

I start running again, taking the turns necessary to reach the sewers under Shibuya. We find the a sewer hole, and climb out, entering the streets and blending in with the crowd. We walk quickly, heads down, and senses tuned for the smells of the group. Tsubasa rubs her face, "Sorry, Ame-san." she mumbles, I growl slightly, "Just don't complain to me when we're running from someone okay?" She mumbles an agreeing sound, Naoki clears his throat, "Where do you go to now?"

"South," I respond, "to the edge of Tokyo, I have business to attend to there, and a few favors to call in."

Within an hour, we're sitting on the train heading south, the carriage is crowded despite being late at night. I keep my eyes on the floor, trying to think ahead. When we get to the South, I can meet with Mont, he can fix us some fake passports, enough to get us into the mainland, from there we can-

"Ame-san, their in the train." Tsubasa whispers. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. I look up, we're about two hours away from our destination, but another platform is coming up. I stand "Okay, we get off here, and go on foot."

The two get up, and follow me onto the platform, we walk up the steps up onto the street, I can hear them coming after us. I lead us through the most crowded streets, trying to stay in too large areas where it would be stupid to attack. They keep on our tails, walking on rooftops, or underground, avoiding being seen in the public. Bored face follows our route, keeping 20 ft behind. I feel butterflies in my stomach. Today has been the worst of days.

We stop briefly at the edge of a side alley to catch our breath on Tsubasa's request. When we step out, bored face stands by the door, "Think you could outrun me?"

"No, just thought we could limit your choices." I respond, "Even for a reckless Ghoul, it's stupid to kill in the public like this," I indicate to the crowds around us, "people and cameras everywhere, CCG just a few steps away. Continue this fight us another day." I turn to walk away, he chuckles, "Your plan won't work, we have your associate, well, had."

I snap my head around, disbelief very apparent on me, "What did you do to him?"

"Isn't it obvious?" he stands directly in front of me, "We tortured him for information on the Kitsune, until we found you. Then we killed him. You know for feared Ghoul you were far too easy to find once we were given a direction."

I clench my fists to stop them from shaking, "You are getting on my last nerve."

"As you are mine."

"Come near us again, and I will tear you apart." I growl, he raises an eyebrow, before leaning in, "Look around you, use your senses a little, how many Ghouls are around right now?"

I frown, focusing my senses. Oh God. "Ame-san?" Tsubasa's voice quivers, I turn to see three men standing behind Naoki and Tsubasa, both are standing stiff, I mentally hit myself, how could I be so careless? "Come quietly, and you'll live to see the end of the night."

"Ame-san, don't accept, just escape yourself." Naoki urges. Thunder rumbles above, rain begins to pour down. I look up and take a deep breath. Turning my head, I glare at bored face, "You harm one hair on them-"

He holds up his hands in mock surrender, smirking, "I won't they're like ants to me, not worth it, but I can't guarantee that from everyone else. You know how some ghouls get hungry more than most."

I bite my lip to stop screaming and shouting in frustration. Instead, I turn to face bored face, "Lead the way."

Canon characters are a bit OOC, but the circumstances are different than canon story line of Tokyo Ghoul, hopefully they'll be more recognizable next chapter. See ya!