Isa didn't even try to resist him, knowing that she'd just get killed trying it. She was surprised that she wasn't as scared as she thought she would be. She was for some reason a lot more calmer than before when she was with Takatsuki. Maybe she was just numb from the mass of confusion.

Her mind kept on repeating the words the waiter told her, "you'll have to stay with me until that executive returns." Was she set up? She wondered. Then who would have set her up? Why did Takatsuki disappear all of a sudden? Was she...the one that was behind all of this? Isa's mind flickered back to how she just magically disappeared. Then, she realized that Takatsuki wrote the book about ghouls-and how everything was so detailed.

Is she…?

Fear slowly started to well up in her once again as she connected the dots together. She didn't want to believe it for a second.

The waiter stopped walking right then and now faced her, looking down at her. Frozen, Isa stood and stared back at him, images of bloody limbs and body parts detached from one another in her mind. She felt swollen of despair, knowing that she would definitely die tonight-mercilessly.

There was another explosion from the distance. She gazed at the blazing flames reaching the sky. From the corner of her eye, Isa saw the waiter slowly bring his face closer to her shoulder, which made her focus on him again. He sniffed at her and chuckled deeply, sending chills of fear down Isa's back. He took another big sniff, then licked his lips.

"You smell incredibly delicious," he whispered.

Isa jerked backwards, finally having enough courage for a little movement against him, but then he harshly grabbed both of her arms, keeping her in place. Bringing himself closer to her again, he went closer to her neck, too close that his lips brushed against her skin. Isa winced at the touch, feeling disgusted and angered. The waiter just chuckled under his breath in response. His mouth went to her ear and whispered, "why are you acting that way? I suppose you enjoy it as much as I do."

Isa was furious, but tried to suppress it as best she could. "I'm not a toy. If you're going to eat me, why don't you just do it?" She snapped.

"Ooo. Are you not afraid to die, human woman?"

Isa was silent. Of course she was afraid to die-but Takatsuki's words flew into her mind right then. "You can't let them know you're scared." She had no idea how to respond to make it seem that way.

"Oh, so you are," he said, his lips curving upwards into a smile. "Acting won't let you anywhere here."

Isa just found herself staring into his eyes.

Another explosion went off, and her attention shifted towards it once again. Clearly it wasn't some sort of accident, it had to be done on purpose. Was it terrorist attacks? She wondered.

"It's already begun," the watier said, his tone made it evident he was joyful.

"What has?" Isa asked.

The waiter looked at her, amazed. "What-you really don't even know?" He paused, then snorted. "Surely you must be joking...or were you the only one that didn't watch or listen to the news today?"

He laughed when Isa didn't answer. "The battle between the CCG and Aogiri," he finally said flatly. He took in a breath, looking towards the flames. "To be honest...I really don't care about them."

Isa wondered what he'd meant by that, but kept quiet. The memory of when Tatara and Isa were in the gym room of the abandoned building came into her mind-how the two ghoul investigators mentioned about the name Aogiri.

The raid.

"What is Aogiri?" She asked.

"A normal human wouldn't know, huh?" He looked at Isa. "Aogiri is an organization of strong ghouls that are wealthy and powerful. They're scattered everywhere in Japan, maybe even some other countries too. That's the gist."

"You're not a part of it?"

He shook his head. "No-heck-why am I talking to a human like this?"

Isa wondered why too. But then she wondered...what was so wrong about it? Besides that humans were their prey, but...weren't they still the same in a sense?

"Is...there a problem with that?" She asked.

"Are you stupid?" He replied, eyebrows raised. He then started to chuckle again. "Wow, you're some weird human."

"But, we're not too different from each other, except the fact that you eat us."

"That's a big difference, you know."

"Can't you...just hold it in?"

"You know nothing about us ghouls. Humans know nothing. You eat cows, pigs, chicken, it's like you mass produce your food and butcher them up and sell them. You eat them. All of it. But we can only eat humans-that's our only diet. It's how our bodies work. Yet...you guys can't seem to understand that, and you hunt every one of us down."

Isa thought for a moment. "We-I do understand… Our minds are equally complex than any other creature, and I guess because of that, we do anything to protect ourselves and others. Because we have feelings and strong bonds."

"But you humans also overdo it. You overkill to the point where some animals go extinct. That's what I don't like about you. You're the ones that are filthy, not us."

The words stung her.

He suddenly began to snicker. "I really, really, have no idea why we're even talking," he said, venom in his tone. In a swift movement, he jerked forwards and wrapped his arms about Isa tightly, so hard that it was hard for her to breathe. "I would eat you, but I guess I can pass on that. The money is more important to me right now, and I'm going to keep you until that executive arrives." The said. "However...I'm sure Aogiri wouldn't mind a bite," he said, tone amused. Isa struggled to free herself, but he hugged tighter every time she moved to the point where Isa thought her bones would be crushed.

She gave up despondently, and then felt a tongue slowly trail up her neck and stop. His teeth rested against her skin, as if he was trying to find the right spot to take his bite. Isa squeezed her eyes shut, in wait for the pain, but right at that moment a recognizable voice called out angrily.

"Don't you dare touch her with your disgusting hands." The voice growled.

I-na… Isa's mind told her.

Guest: Sorry for late reply. I described Tatara with yellow eyes because in the ending songs of the second season of TG anime, there was an illustration where Tatara had yellow eyes.