I don't own Tokyo Ghoul or Akame ga Kill

Kaneki wakes up in his bed but stayed where he was and just looked up at the ceiling. Nothing ran through his head and he wondered why he wasn't moving. Was it because he wanted something to change? Or was it he wanted to do something new? He allowed himself to lie there for a little over a minute before he dragged himself out of bed. His room wasn't much to be desired, a simple bed stuffed into the corner with the majority of the space filled up by a writing desk and a dresser. His desk was covered with unorganized notes and ideas from various things he liked to write about, he quickly put everything back to the way it was before he stared working and then started his day the way he always did. He did his normal routine of putting on his work suit, washing his face, making sure his hair was still dyed black and finally putting his white eyepatch over his left eye. There was nothing wrong with his eye per say but if anyone knew what happened with his left eye, they would kill him without mercy. The people here were more tense and violent then the Aogiri Tree are and Kaneki didn't want to be on any more hit lists.

He left his room witch was located on the second floor of his home. He went down the only staircase in the house that lead to the shop. It was before opening so no one other then him was in the shop and that was the way it always was. Kaneki walked through the coffee house and went straight for the door and he exited the shop out into the streets. Again as he always did he looked up at the sign above the door Anteiku Local Café. He smiled at the memories that the old Anteiku brought him, but the moment didn't last as the name also brought the memories of all of his mistakes. He banished the thoughts and made his way down the streets of the Capitol of the Empire.

Kaneki had been walking this same road for nearly three years but he still couldn't get over the size of the city around him. His home town of Tokyo was a lot like the Capitol but the buildings were skyscrapers and the only building here that could match them was the castle were the emperor lived with his advisers. The streets were already packed with people and as Kaneki looked around he felt as out of place as he always did. The people around him reminded him of European or american decent while his own ethnicity stuck out like a sour thumb. At first the people here didn't respect him or give him much thought so it was easy to ignore and forget. At the time the people tried to beat him down or kill him out right, but Kaneki beat the crap out of them for even trying.

Kaneki shook his head to stop himself thinking about that as he got to his destination. It was a simple farmers market that sold everything he needed to run Anteiku. He always went to the same shop and when he came close the owner, a old man by the name of Gensei waved to him from behind his counter "Oh morning Kaneki!"

Kaneki put a grateful smile on his face "Morning Gensei. I'll have-"

"I already have you covered" Gensei said cutting him off. From behind his desk the old man struggled to take out a huge bag that was labeled Coffee "You always have the same order, so I thought I might as well prepare todays order"

Kaneki laughed softly "Thank you sir" he reached into his suit pocket but Gensei help up his hand "If you pay me I will order the army to burn that café of yours to the ground. You pay me more then any one that ever comes for my goods, these are on the house"

Kaneki bowed "Thank you very much"

Gensei laughed a big laugh "If I didn't know you would call you crazy. No one bows to anyone anymore, unless your meeting the emperor. Your to kind of a boy Kaneki"

"Says the man giving my order for free. Your a bit of a hypocrite sir"

Gensei nearly busted a gut with his next laugh "Well I can't argue with that. Have a good day boy, keep a pot hot for me would you?"

"Always" Kaneki said leaving. He swung the bag of beans over his shoulder, the hundred pound bag feeling like nothing in his arms. He walked back to his shop stopping only to look at the wanted posters. They were filled with the posters of the criminal organization known as Night Raid. As of now there were four posters up one of the assassin Akame, the soldier Bulat, the killer Sheele and the leader of Night Raid, the former general Najenda. The posters were drawn well like they always were but Kaneki could tell that they needed to be updated to the times. Akame was 18 by know and Bulat, Sheele and Najenda would've done the smart thing and changed their appearance to make themselves harder to find. Kaneki looked over the posters for another few minutes before continuing back to Anteiku. As soon as he got back he turned on the lights and moved the closed sign to open. He moved behind the counter and heated the first pot of water and he set the beans under the counter and grounded up the spare he had into a nice dust before readying the pot over lay.

The first of his costumers came in and he welcomed them. They ordered there cups and Kaneki was more then happy to oblige. Everything seemed to be going normally until the bell on the door rang "Welcome" Kaneki said and then he stopped himself from saying any more when he realized who just walked in. She was tall with beautiful features and a body that most woman would kill for. Her blue sapphire hair was down to her hips and at her side a rapier was at her side "General Esdeath" Kaneki said greeting the general with his best bow "I thought you had a campaign in the north?"

Esdeath walked up and took a seat at the counter. Kaneki poured her his best cup of coffee that he could manage and after taking a sip Esdeath sighed "I did have a mission but it was so boring. The campion of the north barley put up a fight, but at least the north won't be a problem"

Kaneki sent up a silent prayer to the people that had stood in Esdeath's way, he knew that they probably died painfully. Esdeath drank from her cup as Kaneki wiped the table absent mindedly "So" she said "What interesting things have happened since I've been gone?"

"Well, Night Raid killed a noble at the edge of town and his entire family" Kaneki said. he had heard the news that Night Ride had gone in at night and killed every one on the grounds, the nobles daughter wasn't spared, they found her body with a huge slash through her chest laying in her own blood.

"Other then that a few captains haven't been found, so they are more then likely dead" Kaneki continued "Other then that the city has been nothing to exciting"

Esdeath nodded as she finishes her cup. She sets it down and Kaneki fills it up again as fast as he could, Esdeath liked her coffee hot and Kaneki didn't want to disappoint her. She took another sip and smiled "Your coffee is one of the things I miss the most about the capitol Kaneki. No one makes it like you do"

Kaneki smiles "I thank you for your compliments but I left my home before I could learn how to make it properly so it can still get better"

Esdeath returns the smile and gets up "Thank you for the coffee but I need to get to a meeting"

"With who?"

"The Emperor" Esdeath said blankly

Kaneki did a double take "You came for a cup of coffee before reporting to the emperor?"

"Yes. Whats wrong with that?"

"Well you are a general so shouldn't you do your duty before chatting up a friend?"

Esdeath smiles her smile, the smile that was happy but for reasons that you couldn't place or didn't want to "I did my duty, honoring an old friend that shouldn't be to bad"

"Esdeath you've known me for three years I wouldn't call us old friends" Kaneki said "But thanks anyway"

"That short amount of time shouldn't be that much. In my line of work anyone that survived longer then a month is an old friend. Speaking of surviving-"

"The answer is still no Esdeath" Kaneki said "I will fight if this city is under attack but to fight against people like Night Raid and the revolutionary army is out of the question"

Esdeath sighed "It was worth a shot. Well good bye Kaneki, I read your book by the way, very nice"

"Thank you genera, please come again" he said as she walked out the door. Kaneki sighed as he filled the pot back up with the black liquid that made his life run. Esdeath had been trying to get him to join her personal guard since they first met. Kaneki let the memory wash over him again, looking back it was probably the second weirdest meeting he had in his life.

Three Years ago

He had failed. He could get to Anteiku on time, and the manager had died because he was to slow. He was in the ruins of the café that had once been his salvation but now it was little more then a destroyed pile of rubble. Kaneki made his way through the rubble as best he could with the wound at his side. he had fought a special investigator a few moments ago and he had left a huge gash in the left side of his waist. He forced his way through and found himself surrounded by the bodies of a hundred Ghouls. The place he was in was supposed to be their secret escape route, but standing at the exit was a man with white hair, a white trench coat and glasses. In his hands was a atchee case trimmed with black and gold designs and a rapier "How did you?" Kaneki thought looking at the bodies around him.

Kaneki forced himself to look at his opponent. This man was an investigator but that didn't matter, he had to survive and keep fighting. He owed Hide, Yoshimura and Touka to much do die here. He fought with everything he had but in the end it didn't matter, Kaneki was on the ground next to the bodies with both of his eyes stabbed by the man's sword. He felt his life end and in his final moments he apologized to everyone he had wronged after becoming a beast known as a Ghoul.

Everything went black but Kaneki was able to ope his eyes. "I'm alive?" he thought instantly sitting up. His clothes were in perfect condition and his eyes were perfectly fine as well, intact he felt as if he had just had a nice nap and was fully rejuvenated. He looked around him and found that he wasn't underground anymore. He was in a dense forest with trees as far as he could see. He loped up to see the moon, and it was blood red "Where am I?" he thought getting up.

He started walking through the forest till he saw lights and his sprits lifted, he was close to Tokyo. Kaneki ran as fast as he could through the trees and after the first steps he realized that he was moving faster then he ever could. In fact, the speed he was going now made the rest of the world look like a blur. It took him one minute to cover the mile distance between him and the lights out of the forest. When he finally got there his heart sank, the city before him wasn't Tokyo, hell he didn't know any city in the world where a castle the size of a skyscraper dominated the majority of the huge space. The people were also clearly not Japanese but instead a mix of every ethnicity on the planet and he could only see in the city from the side lines.

Unknowing what to do Kaneki decided to sneak into the city. Soon he stole some clothes and found a place where he could dye his hair back to its natural black. He walked through the streets trying not to draw attention to himself, but it didn't work people began to turn their heads just to get a good look at him. Kaneki shot them all hard glances and they looked away "Hopefully I dyed my hair correctly and its just how I look thats turning heads" He thought.

He passed a bar and out of it came a few drunken soldiers. They wore what looked like standard body armor to Kaneki with a chest plate that surrounded the entire body except the lower body and that was protected by a similar piece of armor. They seemed like they were having a good time so Kaneki left them to their drinking but one noticed him looking at them "He-*Hick* What you looking at?" he asked

"Damn" Kaneki thought but he still tried to get away by walking slowly away "HEY I'M TALKING TO YOU!"

Kaneki looked back at the voice. Now the whole bar had come out and looked like they wanted to kill Kaneki "What?" Kaneki asked "Go back to your drinking" he said walking away again.

"Hey you can't talk back to me boy" The soldier said pulling out a sword from his waist "DO you know who I am? I'm a captain ranked officer in the empires army do you know what that means? I can kill you right here, fuck your mother and not a single thing will come back to haunt me!" he boasted

Kaneki looked at the man with dead eyes that held no emotion "Good for you, leave me be" he said

The Captain took offense to this apparently "Ok killing time boys!" he shouted as the members of the unit rushed at Kaneki with swords drawn. Kaneki tried his best to look like he was somewhat scared but he couldn't get the emotions on his face. After all the battles he had gone through, these guys were for lack of a better word, boring. For one there was only about twenty of them and they were slower then most humans that he fought in the past. The first one to attack came down with his blade with an overhead strike. Kaneki reached out with his hand catching the blade between his middle and pointer finger stopping the blade dead in ties tracks. The soldiers eyes widened a split second before Kaneki turned on his heel and kicks him a crossed the face sending him into the middle of the street. He skidded on the ground before hitting a store and going straight through the wall. Kaneki blinked and he looked down at his hand. It seems that his speed wasn't the only thing that had gotten an upgrade.

He looked back at the unit of soldiers. They were shaking in their boots after what they just saw, and Kaneki briefly wondered how they would react if he brought out his kagune? The thought made Kaneki smile and the soldiers move back "What?" Kaneki asked "Weren't you going to kill me?"

Those with any sense chose that moment to run away in a drunken frenzy. But to most of there credit they stood by their captain. He stood behind the majority of his men shaking and Kaneki guessed that this didn't happen to him too much "Attack!" he ordered.

The rest of them men, about thirteen, rushed Kaneki. They were so slow so Kaneki easily dodged their attacks and took them down one by one. He jumped, flipped and slid around the soldiers making it look like he was dancing more then fighting. After a few quick movements the soldiers were down with injuries ranging from broken ribs, to arms, to legs and Kaneki thought he went a little far because on man was on the ground and a human back was not meant to bend that way.

Kaneki walked away from the battle, ignoring the people now staring and gawking at him. He left the captain standing in front of the bar, he would need a change of leggings. Kaneki stopped when he heard a clapping sound and he turned to see the source. It was a tall blue haired beautiful woman with a excellent body and a bust that could be use for more then one thing. She had what looked like a commanders cap and a rapier at her side "That fight was excellent" she said

Kaneki said nothing turning his back and walking along. The woman laughed a soft laugh that made Kaneki stop. It was the kind of laugh of someone who was about to kill something, and enjoy the act of doing it. Kaneki turned around and saw the woman had drawn her rapier "You have courage man, lets see how much shall we?"

Before Kaneki could mouth a question the woman shot forward like a bullet making Kaneki react on instinct. As the tip of her sword came close he ducked and rolled over his shoulder to avoid the attack. Who ever she was, she was smart enough to press her advantage and kept attacking. Kaneki jumped back again and again to keep the point from hitting him. Kaneki wondered where the hell he was for the second time that night. Who fights in the middle of a crowded street for Christ's sake!?

He ducked once more and saw an opening on the woman's attacks. He curled his hand into a fist and attacked the woman in the side. Suddenly ice formed out of no where, blocking his strike "What?" he asked before the woman attacked with a punch of her own. The blow was full of power making Kaneki slide back a few paces. Once he gathered himself he looked back at his opponent. The ice at her side was starting to melt but what Kaneki wondered is where the hell it had come from. Never the less he got into a stance readying himself for the next attack.

But instead of attacking the woman sheathed her blade and chuckled "Not bad"

Kaneki raised an eyebrow "What?"

"You can't be more then what? 19? But you hold so much potential"

Kaneki straightened "Who are you?"

The woman smiled "I am Esdeath, General of the Empire. And you?"

"Kaneki" he responded

"Well then I would like to make you an offer Kaneki. Will you hear me out?" Esdeath asked

Kaneki hesitated for a few moments before agreeing. The two then went to the castle and they talked. With Esdeath's insight Kaneki learned that he wasn't on his earth anymore and a lot more. He learned of the Empire, the Revolutionary Army and Night Raid, the group of Assassins. In exchange for all of this information Esdeath made Kaneki tell her who he was and where he came from. To her face he lied by saying that he was from a place far from here, it was almost the truth. Out of respect for his fighting skills Esdeath gave Kaneki a home in the capitol witch he turned into the café Anteiku. The café quickly became a hit with almost everyone in the city and Kaneki resined himself to a quiet life as penance for the sins he committed in his world. He took to writing stories to relieve some boredom. His first novel was a book name Tokyo Ghoul, it was a best seller and made Kaneki's name spread far and wide as a writer would could match a general. But this was never proven and it faded into simple rumor.

Present

Now three years later Kaneki continued his lifestyle of letting the world pass him by. Although he hated the way the capitol functioned with its corrupt nature he didn't want any part of fighting against it. At first this way of thinking was fine with him, but slowly it became intolerable to the point that he wanted to ripped the minister apart with his bare hands. But he had tried to change things on his own in the past and that had ended with to much unneeded death. His train of thought was broken when he realized that it was closing time already. As the last of the costumers left him he began the long process of cleaning the place up. By the time he was done he looked at the clock and found that it was ten at night. Kaneki stretched and he went up stairs to put away his clothes away and he changed into something more casual. Dressed in a simple shirt and jeans he headed out. He locked the door behind him as he walked out on the now quiet streets. He walked through the streets that lead to the main gate that headed out into the forest.

Kaneki lost track of time as he walked through the familiar trees and landscape. He always found walking through these trees to be relaxing and it became a part of his daily routine to come out hereHe loved walking through these woods, they reminded him of a scene in one of his favorite books. With business booming and everything staying the same as it always did, Kaneki's day couldn't get any better. That was, until he felt killing intent rushing at him from behind. He jumped high into the branches and a blast of energy shot passed under him.

A few hundred yards away a girl with pink hair looking through a sniper scope whistled her approval "He's good" she admitted "But he's surrounded now"

All around Kaneki figures came from the shadows. A huge armored figure, a purple haired woman, a animistic looking blond a brown haired swordsmen and finally a young girl with black hair and red eyes wielding a katana. In a manor of seconds they surrounded Kaneki and he said two words "Night Raid"

"Thats right" The swordsmen said

The girl with the katana looked at him with emotionless eyes "Ken Kaneki, Night Raid has orders to eliminate you"

Authors Note:

Well here's an idea that has been sitting in my head for a while. If it is any conciliation I intend to do a near full series run with this story (Mostly because my friends won't shut up about either anime and I haven't watched either of them to completion despite what my profile picture is. I just like the art)

So if its a good idea give me a review and tell me anything you want implemented in the story.

So if you found this, Thanks for reading :)