Author's Note: The first part is a bit of an extra, but it'll still be important in the future of the story (as in, a really long time). Also, I feel like this chapter is a bit more of little stories or plots all over the place.

"Target has been located."

"Prepare to kill the target. Ready," the Investigators took out their quinques, "Go!" and ran towards the target. She/he gracefully leaped from building to building without even using a kagune.

The ghoul was wearing a white mask that covered it's entire face. It had pink stitches that formed an eerie smirk and the right part of the mask where it's eye should be was covered by a green button with three, black lines that represented eyelashes. The left side had a hole in the shape of a parallelogram with 'eyelashes' at the bottom of it. A section of the left side also had a splash-like design with small, green and pink rhombuses inside.

Eto smiled. Although the Investigators tried their best, they weren't able to land a single hit on the ghoul. She was amused at the sheer power of their leader, the One-Eyed King. It truly was the strongest of all ghouls. She watched him destroy the precious quinques the Investigators needed so dearly if they wanted to stand a chance against ghouls. Eto respected the King's decisions, but sometimes she would be confused. Instead of slaughtering all the humans that got in his way, he decided to stay neutral.

Eto hadn't talked to him much, except for a few conversations. To say the truth, she was practically the one in charge. Eto knew that if she didn't keep the members of Aogiri Tree busy, they would start to question the King. But he didn't care, instead he stayed in his own bubble, acting as naive as a toddler. The King disagreed with most of Eto's actions, but he didn't do anything about it.

She honestly believed that the King really wanted to be a human. He tried to interact with them, sympathize with them, and protect them. But Eto knew that this wouldn't last very long. It was time to burst that little bubble of his and bring him back to reality.

"Lith!" Ayato ran after the ghoul. They just happened to be walking down the same street but the moment Lith saw him she ran. "Come back!"

Lith ran through the busy streets of Tokyo, her path illuminated by the bright street lights. She pushed through the small crowds, ignoring the annoyed stares she was getting. She suddenly began to feel exhausted and stopped. Why was she so tired? Was it because she was nervous about confronting him? Lith stood in the middle of the street and try to sort out her thoughts. She couldn't just ignore him forever. Distracted by her clashing thoughts, she didn't notice Ayato in front of her until he ruffled her hair.

"Hey, what was that for!?" screamed Lith. Ayato jumped back slightly at her angry reaction before bowing his head.

"Sumimasen." mumbled Ayato. Lith was taken aback. Since when did 'Prince Charming' ever apologize?

"For what?" asked Lith, pretending not to know what he was talking about. Ayato was glad she wasn't able to see the expression on his face. He had turned bright red in embarrassment. He stood up properly and coughed awkwardly without looking directly at her.

"Nothing." he said. They began to walk together, pretending as though nothing had ever happened.

"I got a new subordinate."

"Mmm. And how is he like?" asked Lith.

"She's a wimp. She can't handle seeing a single speck of blood." replied Ayato, clearly frustrated.

"She? Well then you should treat her nicely. I think it would be better if she trusted you."

"Really? She said that I looked like Touka."

"Shouldn't you take that as a compliment? I mean, she's really pretty and you don't look too bad yourself." said Lith without thinking of how that could be interpreted.

"…"

"I mean, not that you look good." implied Lith quickly.

"What?" asked Ayato, feeling slightly offended.

"Nothing! Pretend I didn't say anything!" said Lith as she picked up her pace and began heading towards her apartment.

Ayato walked towards his own 'home' (in the Aogiri Tree Base) before suddenly looking towards a tree. "Don't ruin my fun~" Ayato looked quite annoyed when he recognized who it was. Eto jumped off the tree and skipped away, leaving Ayato to wonder why she was always watching him. Was there something he didn't know?

"Yosh!" said a cheerful, black-haired girl as she began to approach the unapproachable. A teenager was leaning against a shop's wall with a scowl of his face. He kept eyeing the poor people who passed by him. When he would notice that they were staring at him, he would scare them away. His head suddenly jerked in the girl's direction.

She jumped back in surprise when her eyes locked with his glaring ones. When he recognized her, his expression quickly melted into a more caring look. "Ne, can I talk to you for a second?" asked Lith quickly. She decided that she couldn't keep avoiding the question forever.

"Is this about the other day?" asked Ayato carefully.

"Y-yes. I was wondering, did you-" Lith was suddenly interrupted.

"I really did mean what I said." Lith looked at him with glassy eyes before he pulled her into a hug.

"I didn't mean what I said back there…"

"What do you mean?" asked Ayato as he looked down at Lith's pink face.

"I mean, I don't hate you. I really consider you a friend. And…"

"And…?"

"I love you.." mumbled Lith as she dug her face into his chest in embarrassment. Ayato stared at the top of her head, looking a bit puzzled.

"What did you say?"

Lith let go of him and walked back a bit. "I said I love you!" she burst out. Lith could feel her heart racing. When she saw that Ayato wasn't doing anything, she began to doubt herself. Should she have said that? Would they still be friends? Or would this ruin everything she had tried to recover when she lost her memory?

"You know," Ayato said quietly. "I've been waiting to hear that for a while now."

"And I've been waiting to say that for a while." Lith said as grabbed his hand and lead him to the entrance of a coffee shop. "Your sister works here now."

"Why are you telling me that?" asked Ayato uncomfortably. Lith gave him sympathetic look before opening the door and walking in with Ayato.

"Welcome." grumbled a young man with glasses.

"Is Touka here?" asked Lith. She noticed the ghoul didn't really seem to like his job. He was putting minimum effort into it and he didn't even try to put a little enthusiasm in his voice or look at the customers.

"No."

"Do you know when she'll be back?"

"No."

"Could you tell her that I want to talk to her?" wondered Lith.

"Do it yourself, that isn't my job." he said harshly before walking away.

"So much for customer service…" mumbled Lith, slightly frustrated at his sour attitude.

"Don't be rude to her, you scumbag!" called Ayato angrily. The man ignored us and began to have a conversation with another waiter. "Tch. Does that imbecile really think he can just ignore me?" growled Ayato as he stormed towards the counter and banged his fist on it. "Don't just leave her hanging, you moron!"

Lith quickly walked towards the counter and tried to calm him down. "Stop it, it's fine. I'll just come back another time." said Lith nervously. It seemed as though Ayato's rage had attracted some attention, as people began to look in their direction, expecting to see a fight. Ayato turned his head to look at her before continuing to yell at the man. Lith noticed that his eyes had changed. It seemed as though the other waiter with white hair noticed too, because he began to close the shop and rushed people out of the store.

Once everyone was out, all hell broke loose. The guy with glasses had taken out his kagune and was ready to fight Ayato. "You're the guy from Aogiri! The one who fucked up Kaneki!" he yelled angrily.

"So what if I am?" said Ayato as his own kagune had appeared.

"Yomo, help me out here!" said the man as he turned to the white haired man. Ayato took this as an opportunity and pushed the waiter to the ground. His glasses fell off and Ayato purposefully crushed them under his foot.

"Ayato, calm down!" squeaked Lith, afraid that either of them would get hurt, or even worse, attract enough attention for the CCG to be contacted.

"Stay out of this, human!" yelled the man as he stood up and rubbed the back of his head. Yomo took this as a signal and tried to get Lith out of the coffee shop, but she refused. Ayato charged at Yomo, but he moved to the side and didn't get hurt.

"That's enough, Ayato!" screamed Lith as she kicked him hard enough to send him crashing into a wall. Luckily, it didn't really damage the concrete. Lith had had enough with his terrible attitude.

"The fuck was that for!?" Ayato yelled as he got up.

"You need to stop acting like that. It's just plain stupid. You can't just start attacking people out of no where, especially when it wasn't your business. It was my problem, and I could solve it on my own!" she hollered angrily. She knew it wasn't the smartest idea to say that, since it didn't seem like he was himself. Was it just the rush of adrenalin that was making him escalate things? Out of nowhere, Ayato punched her. She stumbled slightly, but she wasn't really hurt.

For a moment Lith didn't really move, but the waiters noticed that something was wrong when she suddenly began to laugh. Ayato's eyes widened when he realized what he had done and he began to profusely apologize. "Lith! I'm sorry! I'm so so sorry! I don't know what I was doing, I'm an idiot, I'm sorry!" he began saying. When he noticed that she didn't respond, he began to panic. As she continued laughing, Ayato decided to place his hands on her shoulders to try to calm her down.

Immediately she stopped laughing and slapped him. "You know, for a moment back there I really believed you." She said with a crazy smile as a tear slid down her cheek before walking out of the shop.