A/N: Here's another chapter to make up for the wait!
Chapter 14—Fast Food
"Wait, wait, wait, he is WHAT? Shit, I didn't know, I swear, I-"
As Ayato paced anxiously, Aelin let out a harsh snort.
"Chill idiot, you help me get him outta there, you get off scot free, got it?"
At the teen's frantic nodding, Aelin rolled her eyes and stretched, unfolding herself from the sofa. She turned to walk out the door, Ayato on her heels, only for Touka-chan to shout out.
"How do you two even know each other?"
The ghouls looked at each other and said, in perfect sync, "I/He freeloaded off of her/me."
"Where did you think I crashed whenever I stormed off? I… kinda owe her, seeing as she's the only reason I got into Aogiri in the first place, since she taught me how to fight…"
Aelin sighed, tired of the idle chit chat, and strode away without a second thought, Ayato hastily following. Slipping into a run, the two ghouls raced through the shadows until they reached a rundown apartment building, silently slipping in through the window. Flopping on the bed, Ayato quickly fell into an uneasy slumber, unlike Aelin, who kept watch of the surrounding areas, her kagugan glowing eerily in the darkness.
Aelin grumbled as the sun rose, making her wince at its brightness. With a groan, she trudged over to her squatter, shoving Ayato off the bed with a huff, but smirked at the whining shriek he emitted at the intrusion. Still chuckling under her breath, the ghoul began dragging the boy out of the apartment complex, her eyes filled with humor at Ayato's predicament as she wrestled the blanket from his hands and tossed him over the railing. Feeling far more awake, Aelin brought the blanket inside once more, making her bed neatly until the sound of an angry Rabbit rang out, attempting to enter through her window. Aelin grinned as her investment in bulletproof glass payed off, childishly sticking her tongue out at Ayato as he gave her his best glare. With a grin, she opened the patio door, and leapt off, catching herself above the ground with her kagune. Giving a passing glance at her resident Ukaku as she sped by, she quickly disappeared into the urban jungle.
Casting furtive looks around, she removed her mask and withdrew her kagune once more, walking down the shifty alleys without a care in the world. Soon enough, a man snagged her wrist, and she beamed at the imbecile who fell for her trap, laughter bubbling up in her chest as her assaulter did her job for her, dragging her into an abandoned flat, his knife pressed to her throat. She let the charade carry on for another few seconds, listening for any passersby as she did, then quickly twisted her head, her teeth sinking into the would-be-rapist's larynx. With a viscous grin, Kitsune tore into her prey, reveling in the flavor. Finally finished, she straightened, using his shirt to clean the blood on her, then stalked off, a feral snarl on her face, only to freeze as her ears picked up the faint echo of footsteps. Her smirk widening, the ghoul prepared for a fight as the two investigators approached, one a tall man with a solid build, and dark hair, the other young and childlike in appearance, with white hair and red stitching crisscrossing his skin in brutal patterns. Skipping towards her opposition, she eased herself against a wall, all nine of her bikaku fully extended behind her.
"Love the stitches shortstack! Did 'em yourself?"
The Doves blinked at her in surprise, but the shorty smiled as he drew out his knives, accenting his next statement with a quinque knife lodging itself in Kitsune's previous position.
"Yep! You really like them?"
The ghoul sidestepped the weapon with ease, an easy grin resting on her face. She tensed, then leapt towards the doves as she responded.
"Definitely, I gotta admit they're pretty ghoul! Knife to meet ya, your looking sharp! Steel yourself though, cause I think you got the tail end of this situation."
Her kagune stabbed, one piercing the older man's side as the younger got a slash on his cheek. With a giggle, amusement evident in the ghoul's face, Kitsune leapt over the Doves and quickly lost the tailing investigators.
A/N: The puns were all knife puns, besides the first, (ghoul sounds like cool) and the last (kagune joke, she is a Bikaku, which means "Shining Tail", and her kagune resembles elongated fox tails.)