I do not own Tokyo Ghoul, this is a fan fiction only.
Rize tried to sound all sweet and loving but she was having a really hard time doing that. "Ken, now that I am your wife I can ask you anything right? You wouldn't hold secrets from me now would you? You know trust is very important for a healthy marriage."
Ken took her by surprise by kissing her on her lips in such a tender and romantic way it caught the guests by surprise. The wedding party had been quite the ordeal to prepare since they had to include food that the couple could eat and rhe guests too.
"Sure thing my beloved wife. You can ask me anything. " Rize smiled tenderly before she grabbed him by he neck of his suit and glared at him with her eyes changing color to their blood red irises and the white part of her eyes turning black.
" Good, then tell me husband what made you invite the chief ghoul investigator to our wedding? You do remember that he is a member of an organization dedicated to our extermination. You do remember that don't you! "
He cleared his throat and said that he didn't invite him. He invited his childhood friend Amon." I am only guessing but Amon couldn't make it somehow and Kishou is actually filling in for him. Isn't that right Arima? "
The man placed his drink down and looked at Ken with a smile." In part it is true that he could not attend. The other part was to remind you my offer still stands. You can join CCG any time you decide to take my offer. "
Ken looked at his frequent sparring partner and began shaking his head. " I didn't accept that offer for several reasons. One I am a ghoul you do remember that right? Second and probably more important I already have a job. I am a city coroner, I can't possibly join since I am already so busy with my work."
Arima asked what kind of arrangement did he make with the city. "It was nothing really that difficult. I conduct autopsies and write a report for the local law enforcement agencies. If the family of the deceased does not claim the body of the dead in my custody. I can take it for my nourishment. I get a nice salary to secure a dealing and basic needs also. How can I possibly leave such a great job? "
The guy had to agree it was a rather nice job for him. He had a wife and eventually God forbid a few kids. He wouldn't quite that job in his situation.
That is when Rise told him she wanted to work also." Look Ken, I get that most guys want to be the providers of the family but I don't feel like not contributing to our family. I want to work too. Maybe that will help improve my reputation among our kind while I do so. "
Yoshimura felt that it was a wonderful idea and even though he was listening in on a private conversation he told himself that he did it for a good reason.
" Excuse me I don't mean to be rude. I happen to hear what this young lady said. I happen to have an opening here at Anteiku. You two would work in relative short distance from each other. I also would like to talk with you, Mr. Kaneki about something else. This in private. It can wait if you so deem it necessary. "
Ken knew what he wanted to talk about. Anteiku was a very well known ghoul support organization after all. He was more than likely going to ask what he planned to do with Jason and if he could send a few of those corpses to them. They would need them to provide food for ghouls that couldn't take care of their own needs.
"The private talk as long as it is not long I can meet with you tomorrow morning. The job is something my beloved wife would have to decide. I do think it is a good chance to repair the damage done in the past. "
Touka didn't like the idea one bit, and tom wouldn't mind having someone help around the shop. It would give him more time to take care of the suicide Hill clean up.
The next morning he was there, ready to talk with him." Very well Yoshimura, I need to know what do you need to talk with me about? I know that you want to ask me about a few things but I got autopsies to do so make it quick if you be so kind?"
Yoshimura sat down and indeed he had things to discuss. "Well Ken, I would like to ask you to tell me if you could spare some of those unclaimed corpses. You know we provide for ghouls that can't provide for themselves or their families. If possible could you help us with this?"
Ken was expecting this and he came prepared with his documentation. "As it stands there is a murder every twelve seconds in this city. Those are not ghoul related. On average I get forty to fifty unclaimed corpses per month. So of course I can help. The only thing is this, those corpses come with a condition. I don't want to hear that the ghouls that eat them go on a hunt for a little snack. No touching kids you understand why don't you? "
Yoshimura was glad to hear that Ken was also very much into protecting the innocent." The other thing I need to talk about is Yamori. Do you still plan to have a fight with him? It has been quite a few years since he did anything to you. Could you possibly forgive him? I just don't want the doves to come and cause trouble in my ward. "
Ken tried very hard to control himself. His cup was showing plenty of cracks as he was trying to contain his rage." Listen Owl, I am a very patient and honorable person. That sick bastard is a member of the group that killed my father, and he killed and devoured my mother which they promised to never touch in writing. Can you forgive the man that killed your parents? That broke his own vow? "
Yoshimura knew that Ken was angry and rightly so, he would never call him by the CCG designation otherwise." Why must you get revenge Knight? You know that it never leads to anything good. Why must you be so obsessed with revenge. The community is at peace here. If you cause a commotion there are families of innocent ghouls that would suffer like you did. "
Ken got up and gave him a schedule and an address as to where to pick up the groceries as they called them." I am not looking for him, but if he comes to where I am that is a different matter. I am not doing this for revenge however I am only doing this to prevent him from doing the same thing he did to me to someone else. "
Ken walked up to the counter and paid for the cup and the coffee." CCG calls me Knight because I am honorable Yoshimura. I must protect the innocent, and sometimes to protect the innocent you must deal with the beasts that would do them hard. "
In the end Rize accepted his offer and the coffee shop was a lot more popular because of it. Ken continued to work his job and the city prosecutor could not be happier. The level of detail and even his testimony in some cases made his work a lot easier.
The next time he had an unexpected visitor was from Amon. He always treated each other as what they were, long friends and sometimes sparring partners when they had the time. "Amon what a pleasant surprise. I didn't expect to see you here so soon."
Mado came shorty after Amon entered the room. "As much as I love to hear you two chat. This is not a social visit. I never thought that it was true. A monster, a ghoul of all things working as a city coroner." Mado still had a deep hatred of ghouls it seems.
He placed a pair of pliers but the sound was a bit off. "Can you tell me what these thing is?"
Ken went over after covering the body he was working on. "Let me see, they look like a pair of pliers that we use here." He picked them up and from the weight he knew what he was holding.
"Indeed they are pliers that we sometimes use to cut free fingers and toes to free evidence post mortem. This is specially made of quiquey metal which is what your weapons are usually made from. This makes the pliers very strong and durable."
He opened the jaws and saw what he was expecting. "Indeed this is used by a none Profesional and it has been used many times. The scratches in the inside pretty much tell this person has a rather clumsy grip."
"This is clearly a tool for torture. Anything else you need Amon, cause I got some new bodies to autopsy and catalogue. It never surprises me the degree humans will go to do harm unto each other and you call us monsters. I would say this is yet another example of the pot calling the kettle black. "
Mado didn't like the implications of that but he kept quiet till he finished. Manners are important after all."It seems Jason lost his favorite tool. I would think you of all people would be interested to know that Jason is in your ward. Doesn't he have a history with your wife and your own family? "
Amon apologize for Mado's comments as he saw the man laughing like an absolute maniac.
The coroner in the table next to him was having trouble so he decided to help. In the time since he began his work as coroner people that worked there began to call him chief as a sign of respect.
"Chief, do you mind me asking you a question?"
Ken smiled at her and told her she could ask him anything at all.
"Why are you always kind with ghouls? You treat them as people rather that what we hear mindless, heartless monsters. I could never figure this out. It is almost as if you think of them as people. "
Ken continued to examine the body before him as he talked." Ghouls are people Mirata. They don't normally eat human flesh out of a morbid pleasure or sick impulse. It is in fact the only thing they can eat at all. I hope if my examples are kind of graphic but it does help people understand. "
He cracked open the rib cage to check the condition of the heart and lungs.
" I will describe to you the same meal but first as a human and then what a ghoul would see. A large burger, well cooked meat, crisp lettuce, tomato, pickles all in a sesame seed bun. On the side French fries and large glass of soda. Doesn't that sound good? "
Mirata had to agree it sounded wonderful.
" Now what the ghoul feels he is eating were he to eat this meal. The meat taste like leather from an old shoe that had been dipped in raw sewage, the lettuce taste like used toilet paper, the tomatoes feels like he is eating a tea coaster made of rubber. The pickles have the flavor of rancid bird droppings. "
" The French fries taste like lead pencils and the soda might as well be urine that has been taken from a truck stop toilet. Now tell me that sounds wonderful? "
Mirata was having a hard time not throwing up it seems." You would die if you eat that garbage wouldn't you? Well that is exactly what happens to a ghoul if he was to digest human food. He dies in excruciating pain. Not unlike our poor woman before us who should really have buckled her seat belt. "
" So ghouls eat humans because that it is the only thing they can eat. I have to admit I never thought of that. "
He finished writing the report and looked at her with a smile." Just like not all humans are saints not all ghouls are Devils. There are good people on both sides some humans can make the ordinary ghoul seem decent and some ghouls can make the most psychotic human seem only little eccentric. "
The young woman saw Ken continue to work on another body. It was until the shift was over that she asked him how did he know so much about Ghouls in the first place.
" That is simple Mirata, the reason I know ghouls so well and how they feel is that I am a ghoul. I been one since the day I was born. "
Mirata then in an impulse asked him a question she would always regret asking." Then why don't you eat the bodies as you examine them or try to kill me for a mid day snack or any of the people that work his office?"
Ken decided to prove he was a ghoul by activating his eye. "Mirata I am a law adding ghoul. I don't require to eat more than a single human corpse in a month. The city actually gives me the corpses of the unclaimed victims to help feed myself and my wife. I even provide for a local charity. You and the people that work with me here have absolutely nothing to fear from me. I on the other hand could have plenty of reason to fear you. "
" You could make up a false report to CCG causing them to send investigators like Mado and Amon to come and kill me. So trust me Mirata I will never harm you. I only wish the same can be said about you and our fellow coroners. "
Ken deactivated his eye and saw that his message was understood loud and clear." Don't you worry about me Chief. I will never betray you. Just as I know I can always trust you. Have a good night, sir. Do send my best wishes to your wife Rize from me. "
" Will do Mirata, just going to check to see if my wife needs anything. I will be back later. Don't forget to file your report as usual. We don't want to suffer the wrath of the district attorney's office now do we?"
