Well here is chapter 2 of Emerald Ghoul. I am honored that so many of you have followed and favored my story thus far. Thank you for the support and I hope you continue to enjoy this story. I currently edit my work without any beta so I ask forgiveness for any mistakes, however if you spot any major problems do not hesitate to inform me.I do enjoy your criticism so I ask that you review if you like.

I do not own any Tokyo Ghoul or Harry Potter characters, the story however is mine.

Read and enjoy, Raiba.


'You know, waking up in a strange place is rather frightening. What augments this fear is when the last thing you remember is steel beams falling on top of you. Because of the white light and pale walls I thought I was awaiting judgment as I believed myself to have died. But no, I live on.'

Rei Karasu sat up within a sterile room of Kanou General Hospital. Looking around he notices the scent of the room that smells of anesthetic and antibiotics. Almost gagging on the scent he pushes down the urge to vomit. Second he observes the overly bright white light of the hospital, almost blinding he covers his eyes. Once his eyes began to adjust he begins to feel the bed-sheets rubbing against his skin, the sheets feel like sandpaper and itchy thread.

"Oh dear, you're awake. Let me get you some food, I'll alert Dr. Kanou to you state." A young nurse flees the room leaving behind the heavy scent of cheap perfume.

Rei looks at the door, 'When did she come in…I guess I'm in a state of sensory overload…I can't think straight, these sheets are to uncomfortable.'

The door to the hospital room opens and the nurse walks back in with a plate of standard hospital food, she sets it down and walks out. To Rei each piece looks disgusting but he knows as a student of the medical world, though not yet a pre-med student, that a person should have at least a small amount of nutrition after waking up from a small coma. He picks up a red apple on the plate and takes a bite. The second the red flesh of the apple touches his tongue Rei vomits bile as his body rejects the repulsive piss flavored cardboard.

'Well that was…terrible, utterly disgusting…repugnant really. Well at least I tried. I'll probably get my apatite back soon enough.' Rei sat there and pushed that plate of food and sheets covering his body back. He crossed his legs and sat up. Sitting there he thinks over his predicament of how he is going to pay for the stay in the hospital.

The door opens and an elderly man with greying hair that is neatly trimmed, a white shirt and black tie, along with a standard doctor's coat walks in. "Ah, good to see you up" his face revels a kind grandfatherly smile, "My name is Dr. Kanou Akihiro. I preformed the operations on you that saved your life."

A truly shocked expression passes over Rei's face. "I'm sorry…Did you just say; saved my life?"

"Oh yes dear boy, you were pulled out from under six beams of steel…your liver, spleen, pancreas, and both kidneys had to be replaced due to extreme trauma and irreparable damage. Lucky for you the girl who was also recovered was a close enough match to save your life. She had the same blood type as you and your body readily accepted and assimilated her organs. Sadly, however she did not make it as her heart, lungs, and skull were pierced by the steel beams." Dr. Kanou's grandfatherly look turned slightly sad at the loss of life. "Her tragic and accidental death saved your life young man." His frown receded and he look at Rei.

"Dr. Kanou, I thank you sincerely for saving my life, but I haven't any money to pay you with." I looked apprehensively at the good doctor.

"Oh no dear boy your expenses have already been paid for and you owe me nothing."

Despite being cross-legged Rei bows down, "Thank you so much. I hope one day to repay your kindness." He raises back up and looks at the food solemnly.

"If you can't eat, don't force yourself. It sometimes happens to trauma patients. You should be able to regain your appetite sooner rather than later."

"How did you know that I couldn't eat?" Rei asks this in shock.

The doctor chuckles good-naturedly, "Mr. Karasu, I have been a doctor for so many years I have tend to pick up on the subtle signs that patients exhibit when they are uncomfortable." He looks over Rei once more and smiles, "Well despite your current inability to eat, you are adjusting rather well and recuperating just fine. By this time tomorrow you will be on your way home."

Rei looks up, his emerald eyes shining. "Really? Thank you again Doctor." Dr. Kanou nods his head in slight before quickly leaving the room behind.

The room begins to darken and become colored in a pale rust color as the sun sets. Rei lays upon the bed listlessly thinking of the day's events. The one thought that would never leave his head is that he now possessed the organs of a Ghoul. 'Great, I have the organs of a Ghoul. Lovey, bloody lovely. Well my abnormal RC count is already going to go up; God, I hope nothing else happens. Well once it stabilizes I should be able to eat again. Humph, I guess the Academy did teach me something…oh well at least I get to leave tomorrow.' Rei stares of into the fading sunset losing himself into thought. He did not realize how easily he drifted off into the realm of Morpheus.

"Let's just leave the freak here!" A shrill voice of a woman shrieked.

"Really, in the middle of Berlin?" A gruff baritone man responded.

"What about a cathedral, they might be able to exorcise the freak of his demonic influence." She cried.

"What a great idea! I'll bring that worthless piece of flesh to the Berliner Dom tonight, it's not like one more freak is going to hurt the populace." He announced.

"If we are lucky it'll freeze." She said cheerily.

"One less freak to worry about I say." He praised.

"Good riddance!" She cawed.

"It is not our problem anymore." He celebrated.

"Our wonderful Dudders won't have to be around it." She cheered.

In the dark a car roars into the night leaving a crying babe on the steps of the Evangelical Supreme Parish and Collegiate Church: The Berlin Cathedral.


The evening of the next day came slowly to Rei as he waited to be released proper. The evening of the next day came slowly to Rei as he waited to be released proper. As he was released he walked to his apartment, thankfully no less than three kilometers away from the hospital. He walks up the stairs and in his distracted state he collides with the black haired collage freshman from the café.

"Oomph…I'm so sorry I was not watching where I was walking." Rei spoke sheepishly.

"Oh no, it's fine…wait aren't you the guy who was in the accident at the construction site. Karasu Rei, right?" The black haired teen asked incredulously.

"You heard about that, did you." Rei stated uncomfortably.

"Who didn't hear about it. It was on the news and in the morning papers the next day." The black haired teen rambled. "I'm sorry I should go I am meeting with a friend."

Rei just looked at him blankly. The teen moved past him and ran down the street. Looking down Rei picks up a book that the shy boy dropped.

'Monochrome Rainbow by Takatsuki Sen huh, I guess I'll return it to that guy later; though I may read it first.' Rei walks to his apartment; up the stairs he enters room 207. He sighs at the taste of dust in the air before sneezing. "Well first things first, I might as well clean up a bit." He says to the empty room.

An hour later after Rei has clean the apartment he sits down and turns on the T.V. he flips through a few channels before he stops on a medical documentary. 'Hmm well it looks like I can listen to what Dr. Kanou has to say.' Irony has a sick sense of humor as Dr. Kanou speaks of theoretical artificial ghouls and their theoretical creation along with the physiological changes that could occur. That train of conversation started when the interviewer asked about ghoulish physiology compared to humans.

"Dr. Kanou what would you say are the major differences in ghoul and human physiology?" The interviewer asked.

"First of all both humans and Ghouls have a certain type of cell called Red Child Cells or RC Cells, an average human has between two-hundred to five-hundred, while ghouls have on average one-thousand to eight-thousand. There are rare cases of humans that develop Red Child Cell Over-Secretion disease also known as ROS. A rare disease that affects only one in three-million people. This occurs when a human has an abundance of RC Cells, this occurs because humans do not possess an organ that ghouls have, a kakuhou, to store and regulate the RC cells. However, in the rarest of the rare cases, only one in seven-billion people, there are humans that have RC counts that are borderline ghoulish, eight-hundred to one-thousand. Any higher and they are no longer human but ghouls. Though that would be impossible because they would need a kakuhou to keep the RC Cells in cheek without harming themselves."

"Dr. you said they would need kakuhou. Would it be possible if the RC Cell and Blood types matched, to create an artificial ghoul?" The interviewer inquired.

Dr. Kanou raised a single eyebrow and smiled. "Theoretically I suppose you could, but then you get into an ethical question of what would be the point of an artificial ghoul: to help combat the threat of natural ghouls, a social experiment, or even the philosophical question of man-made monsters. The idea is preposterous let alone non-ethical and should never occur, it is bad enough we have those ghouls roaming the streets but for man-made ghouls to join that would be disastrous. I would be curious to see what would happen, as you know chaos breeds chaos, and from chaos comes unity."

The interviewer turns to the camera and smiles, "Thank you Dr. but we are out of time, I wish every person at home a good evening."

With the end of the program Rei turns the T.V. off. "Damn it, damn it, damn it!" Rei shouts out, realization hitting him. "That doctor turned me into an Artificial Ghoul." Rei slams his hand onto a table smashing easily through the glass. The glass shatters, shards rip through his shirt and pants, hitting his face. He picks up a larger glass shard with his left hand and slashes it across his right palm. The glass breaks and his palm remains unscathed and smooth. Dropping the remaining glass, he walks to the bathroom and gazes into the mirror. Staring back, his right eye is a dull jade pupil upon a snow white sclera; his left eye, a blazing crimson pupil laying on a colorless black sclera.

"I am a freak."


I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I have a decent idea where this will end up going. Anyway no need to keep you longer, good bye and please let me know your thoughts.

Raiba