Disclaimer: I don't own any characters in this story.
This Chapter will take place between Chapters 14 through 17.
Hey guys i'm sorry for making you guys wait for this chapter.
I just don't seem to have the motivation to write new chapters at times. But I returned doing this because..I just have a bunch of free time now between classes and I didn't know what to do to use all that time. So I decided to continue writing this to kill the time between my classes.
I don't know when i'll continue to keep writing more chapters.
I just know this chapter was written out of boredom...but I put effort into writing this chapter.
Also I apologize for any stupid grammar mistakes.
So...please...ENJOY
Alex woke up, with the sun shining in his face. He softly growled and got up and closed the curtain, leaving the room slightly dark. Alex proceeded to walk towards his alarm clock and it read:
8:53 am
[I wonder if I have anything to do today?]
Alex then noticed his biomass slithering around his left arm, narrowing his eyes and trying to maintain it under control various times. After finally getting it under control, he then began twisting his arm around, while inspecting it.
"Weird, why is this beginning to happen, pssh, must be nothing."
Alex looked around and the only thing he saw was the teddy bear sitting on the counter, just bothering him. He was staring at it for a while, before finally sighing.
[What am I going to do with that thing, should of never picked it up from that poor guy.]
He just shook his head, got up lazily, rubbed the back of his head, and walked out the room and closed the door behind him.
Alex was walking down to the cafe when he heard screaming.
[Seems like it's from Kaneki.] Thought Alex.
He then turned back and went back up stairs quickly, reached the hallway and noticed Kaneki against a door with a scared expression on his face.
Then both of them looked at each other awkwardly for a moment, before Alex decided to speak out to Kaneki.
"Hey is everything ok?"
Kaneki remained quiet before finally replying back.
"Yeah everything is alright..I..Just..."
Alex had a confused expression, then he began walking up to Kaneki, as he walked beside Kaneki, Alex asked another question.
"You...uh...what? Is there something that's bothering you behind that door? Do I have to take a look?"
Alex began reaching for the door knob, but Kaneki blocked the door and replied quickly.
"No...No...I just walked in on Hinami, who was just eating, that's all.."
"That lady's daughter?" Replied Alex.
Kaneki nodded and began chuckling nervously, Alex just tilted his head in confusion and began thinking to himself.
[There's something wrong with this guy.]
Both of them walked in the cafe and saw Koma behind a counter. He greeted both of them.
"Morning fellas, hoped you slept well"?
Alex just lifted his hand to wave and slightly smiled.
"Hey, do you know where Yomo is?"
Komo just shook his head, while pouring a cup of coffee and replied.
"No I haven't seen him this morning but he should be here soon, why don't you wait for him Alex."
Alex just shrugged and walked by Kaneki. Before Alex could leave the cafe, he heard Koma call out to him.
"Hey Alex, if you don't have anything to do right now, you could formally introduce yourself to Hinami along with Kaneki, her mother is out and she could use the company."
Alex sighed.
"Fine...i'll meet you there Kaneki"
Kaneki just looked back.
"Um...sure thing...Alex."
Alex walked up stairs and walked down the hallway to Hinami's room and waited for Kaneki.
Alex then heard Kaneki's footsteps
[pff..finally.] Thought Alex.
Kaneki reached the door.
Alex looked at Kaneki, who had a cup of coffee in his hand.
"Um why do you have that?" asked Alex.
"Well...I rudely interrupted Hinami while she was eating...so I have to at least apologize."
"I guess." Replied Alex.
As they finished with their small talk. Kaneki began to knock on the door.
"Hinami we're coming in." Said Kaneki as he opened the door.
They both walked in Hinami's room.
Alex closed the door behind him and turned around to see the little girl's face, who had a depressed look.
"Sorry about earlier...please drink this as part of the service."
Kaneki placed the coffee on the table near Hinami.
Alex saw a sorrowful look on her face as she stared at the cup. He then saw Kaneki awkwardly staring back at him, he just shrugged in response. Kaneki then looked back at Hinami.
"Well then...take your time."
Kaneki then signaled Alex that it was time for both of them to leave. They turned around and headed towards the door. Then Alex thought to himself.
[Well there goes the formal introduction.]
But before both of them could take a step, they heard a umm behind them.
They looked behind them and saw Hinami quietly sitting down, staring at both of them.
Kaneki then spoke to Hinami.
"Is something wrong? What is it?"
She didn't say anything for a second until she finally said something softly.
"What are you?"
Alex had a confused look on his face, he saw Kaneki confused as well. He then noticed that Hinami wanted to say something, but she looked like she mentally took it back and just said "Never mind." She finally decided to talk without hesitation.
"I'm sorry...it's just that...you...you two smell completely different than other people."
Alex saw Kaneki looking at him with a worrying look on his face. Alex contained his normal look,and looked back at Hinami, who continued talking.
"If someone is the same as us...even if they are far away...I can tell immediately..." Finished Hinami.
Alex zoned out for a while. Kaneki's voice began to sound fuzzy in the background
[Shit...she can tell who's human or not...what do I tell her...There's going to be a point where I have to tell the truth, even if it sounds ridiculous.]
But Kaneki then said something with Alex's name that made snap out of his train of thought.
"Well...I was originally human...but Alex I..I don't know how he's any different than me?"
Alex was about to say something but Hinami spoke out first.
I just don't know how to describe it...but his smell..is something else..something special...in a way that I can't describe it...he's just different."
Alex squinted his eyes for a second and thought to himself.
[Okay...she doesn't completely know why i'm different...she just know i'm different...in a way.]
He looked at Hinami, who was staring at him and Kaneki.
"Sorry for asking something strange."
Kaneki replied back to Hinami's statement.
"That's okay..Sorry for being such a weird guy."
There was a moment of silence.
Alex then decided it was time for him to introduce himself to Hinami.
"Well now that's over with...I guess I should introduce myself...my name is Alex ME-"
Alex was interrupted by Kaneki, who sounded excited about something.
"THIS IS...THIS IS...MONOCHROME ISN'T IT?!"
Alex just gave Kaneki a "Are you fucking kidding me" look.
Hinami had a slight smile on her face as she saw his expression, but Kaneki continued on with his rant about novels.
As Hinami and Kaneki were having their discussion, Alex just looked around, until he heard something that triggered him.
"It's the Prototype of Black Goat's egg."
Alex had a flashback of New York City burning, the destruction and suffering that he caused. The flashback ended and he jolted back a little. Then he saw Kaneki and Hinami with worrying looks on their faces. Kaneki then asked Alex a question.
"Are you...alright Alex?"
"Yeah i'm fine...why don't you continue talking to Hinami.."
Alex then remembered something. He could give the teddy bear to Hinami, so that it won't bother him anymore. He then talked to Hinami.
"Hey..uh...Hinami, I have a little surprise for you. Can you give me a moment to go get it."
The happy look that Hinami gave when she heard that, made Alex a little happy himself.
"This won't take long."
Hinami shook her head and replied "Okay."
Alex walked out the door and closed the door behind him and he heard Kaneki and Hinami having a conversation about books.
[Well at least I don't have to get involved about Shakespeare.]
Alex took a few steps and began thinking to himself.
[Why did the word Prototype made me think all that shit for a moment...I don't know]
Alex reached his room and opened the door. He looked around the dark empty room, he then switched the lights on and saw the teddy bear sitting on the counter. He took a step and the vibration caused the teddy bear to tilt sideways and rest on its side.
[Well you're off to a better place.]
Alex grabbed the teddy bear, switched the lights off and walked out his quarters, closing the the door behind.
As he was walking down the hall towards the stair case, he met Yomo who was just walking up the stairs.
Alex saw Yomo staring at him then he noticed him staring down at the teddy bear.
There was silence between the two, before Yomo finally decided to question Alex.
"Um...Why do you have a teddy bear?"
"Well..I..uh..I was just going to hand it to Mrs. Fueguchi's Daughter."
Yomo just stared at Alex then at the bear.
"Well that seems understandable..considering it was going to be questionable about why a grown man would have a teddy bear with him."
Alex remained quiet before finally walking past Yomo.
Yomo stopped Alex in his tracks.
"Hey Alex...about the other day."
Alex just stared back
"Hmm?"
Yomo continued talking.
Well when we went out to look for bodies...you had your first encounter with those other ghouls, you struggled to beat them in hand to hand combat, until you used your Kagune to get an upper hand."
Alex interrupted Yomo before he could say anything else.
"Well I was trying not to cause any problems, I gave them a choice to leave or have my foot up their ass.
Yomo continued to talk ahead of Alex.
"You know you can't always give your opponents a chance, they will take advantage of even the smallest chance they get to kill you."
Alex remarked.
"I know that but you can't always kill every fucking person you have a confrontation with."
"It's called self-defense and protecting those you love Alex."
Alex softly face palmed.
"I was protecting a fucking car Yomo-"
"Look Alex, what I'm going for...is that you need to be taught how to fend off others properly without the use of your Kagune."
Alex sighed and thought to himself.
[If only this motherfucker knew...]
Yomo continued talking.
"All I am asking is that you meet me to train on your hand to hand combat and I was thinking that now would be the best time."
Alex just glanced at Yomo.
"Well I promised the little girl that I'd be back with this bear as her gift."
Yomo had a emotionless look on his face, he then looked at Alex and then the teddy bear and he finally stated something to Alex.
"That's fine, but I would like to see you in the afternoon, so that we can train...understood."
Alex softly scuffed and replied.
"Fine, just let me introduce myself to the little gi-"
"Hinami." interrupted Yomo.
"Hinami...let me introduce myself to her and get to know her for a bit." continued Alex.
That is fine Alex, but don't forget our training session." stated Yomo.
"Well do." said Alex in a sarcastic tone.
Yomo then went back down stairs. After hearing Yomo's footsteps fading away, Alex went downstairs towards Hinami's room.
[God why am I like this...I can't just show everyone who I am...the monster I am. Also...FUCK..I forgot to ask him where to meet...oh well.] Thought Alex.
Alex finally reached Hinami's door, he heard talking on the other side, he just took a deep breath.
He walked in on Kaneki and Hinami, who were discussing about words.
Kaneki and Hinami stopped their conversation and looked back to see Alex at the door, with the teddy bear in his hand. There was an awkward silence between the three.
A huge smile slowly appeared on Hinami. Kaneki just scratched his head, while awkwardly giggling.
Alex then walked up to Hinami and Kaneki. He then saw a book in Kaneki's hand and a notebook in front of Hinami. He proceeded to ask Kaneki a question.
"Hey Kaneki, what are you two up to?"
Kaneki replied calmly.
"Oh, i'm just teaching Hinami a couple of words."
Hinami happily spoke out.
"Yeah Kaneki has been teaching me some new words."
"Like what?" asked Alex.
"Well...I learned words like elegant swan and mystical flowers, see..."
Hinami showed a notebook filled with a bunch of different words that she wrote down.
"Ah I see, guess Kaneki taught you a mouth full haha."
Alex started to feel like Hinami was something like Dana in someway, always passionate and heartwarming.
Kaneki spoke to Alex.
"She seems to enjoy learning new words, she...she has a hunger for knowledge. But she can't go to school at...all."
Hearing that made Alex feel a little bad about Hinami.
"That kind of sucks"
"Yeah I know." replied Kaneki.
Alex finally remembered about the teddy bear.
"Oh..hey...Hinami...I have a gift for you."
Hinami's expression got extremely happy.
Alex handed the teddy bear to her.
"Wow..thanks, were did you get it.
"Ohhh..I..uh...it was mine as a kid, but I gotten to old for it." lied Alex.
"it looks new, you must of took good care of it"
"Yea..." mumbled Alex.
"Hey Alex? Um..where's your friend at?"
Alex froze for a moment but replied without any hesitation in a serious tone.
"Well he left...he said that he needed to take of personal things back in the 13th ward..he..never said when he would return."
"Oh...I never really got to know him well...besides...he's creepy and t-."
Alex just stared at her not acknowledging her statements towards Nagano. He looked at Kaneki and he had that look that acknowledged what Alex just did was the right thing to do to keep shut about Nagano's death.
"Hey Hinami"
Hinami looked up at Alex.
"Take good care of that bear."
Hinami smiled and replied.
"Oh I will."
She snuggled the teddy bear under her chin, but she frowned a little.
"Oh...I hope I get to see my daddy soon."
Alex didn't know much about Hinami, but it seemed like she missed her father alot. He kneeled in front on her and put his hand on her shoulder.
"Don't worry Hinami, he'll come soon and when he does, I would love to chat with him. Okay?"
"Okay" replied Hinami as she sniffled.
Alex turned to Kaneki, who was smiling, and told him a few things.
"Hey Kaneki, I have to go.. I have to meet up with Yomo, you just keep Hinami...entertained."
"Well do, i'll keep teaching her new things until her mother shows up."
"Alright I have to go...later Kaneki...Bye Hinami."
Both of them spoke at the same time.
"Bye"
"Be Safe"
Alex walked towards the door and stepped out the room and closed the door quietly behind him.
He went down to the cafe and saw Koma and Irimi, who were just attending a customer and giving his order to go. After the customer left, they both greeted Alex.
"Hey Alex how are you?"
"Good I guess." replied Alex.
"Hey Alex, sorry to hear about Nagano." stated Irimi.
Alex didn't say anything. Irimi continued talking.
"Look Alex, losing a close friend can hurt, but you have know that we are here for you if you need us.
"Thanks uh.."
"Kaya..Kaya Irimi..but just call me Irimi for now." corrected Irimi.
"Hey Alex, Yomo said that he was waiting for you down stairs..not sure if you know this but there's an entrance to the 24th ward...You don't have to go there directly you'll probably just meet in the underground passage only." advised Koma
"He wants you there...like now." stated Irimi
Alex looked at Koma and Irimi and replied
"Thanks I guess..i'll see you guys later."
"Sure thing"
"Hopefully Yomo goes easy on you."
Alex just raised any eyebrow.
Irimi just chuckled.
"Ignore him, he can be a dumb ass sometimes."
"Hey nobody calls the great devil ape a dumb ass."
Koma was continuing ranting in the background, Irimi and Alex looked at each other.
Irimi smiled and rolled her eyes and Alex just chuckled.
"I'll see you guys later." said Alex, as he walked to the basement.
As he got to the basement he saw a floor door.
[This must be it.] thought Alex.
He opened the door and began climbing down a ladder.
Alex climbed down the dark secret passage and after a while he saw nothing but darkness. He didn't see anything at all so he had to activate his Thermal Vision to see if Yomo was around here. The place was huge with multiple entrances and it was quiet, too quiet only the drops of water could be heard.
Alex reached the floor and looked around and didn't see Yomo anywhere, but he knew his presence was around here.
[Was I suppose to meet him here, fucking hell...if he made m-]
He saw a figure coming at him at an incredible speed, looking for a turning kick towards Alex's neck. Alex didn't hesitate to block the attack by raising his arm and using his forearm to parry the kick.
The foot made contact with Alex's forearm and the impact created a gust of wind that went in all direction.
Alex didn't budge, but it made the figure stumble back a bit.
"Impressive Alex, but you took your time to get here." said the figure.
"Huh..wait?"
Alex recognized Yomo's voice.
Alex slightly tilted his head and stared at Yomo before responding.
"I was just with Irimi and Koma, who told me where you were...Soo...next time at least tell me where you go."
"I thought you knew your way around here?" asked Yomo, as he went to turn the lights on.
Alex removed his thermal vision. At that moment Yomo switched the lights on, and at all at once the lights have lit the entire area.
The underground passageway, it had pillars all over the area and it was huge and Alex knew there was probably more than what he was seeing.
Yomo began speaking to Alex.
"This pathway is huge, if you end up going in yourself, you will probably end up getting lost, but if you're lucky you'll find your way around."
Yomo stayed silent for a moment.
"Okay I think I get the idea."
"You won't be getting lost, we're just training in this area only." stated Yomo.
"Duly noted." replied Alex.
Yomo continued explaining.
"These secret pathways were built by past ghouls who wanted to avoid interaction in the human world."
"Oh really..neat" replied Alex.
Alex and Yomo walked to the center of the huge empty space. Yomo made Alex stay in a certain place while he moved back a couple of feet.
There was silence between the two for a moment before Yomo spoke.
"Alright Alex...Show me what you got."
Alex hesitated for a bit, he didn't want to kill Yomo.
[I have to hold back..but i'm not a bitch.] thought Alex.
"Come on...what are you waiting for?" said Yomo in a emotionless tone.
Alex took a deep breath and took a moment. He moved his body side ways, spread his feet slightly apart by sliding them against the floor .
Put his left arm close to his chest and his right arm stretched out pointing towards Yomo, as his hand was in the form of a claw. Alex was in a tiger stance as he remembered the Kung Fu classes that he took at a younger age.
Alex's hood overshadowed his eyes and he exhaled deeply.
There was a dead silence between the two, the water drops were heard around them, as well as the breathing between Alex's and Yomo's.
Alex saw that Yomo was patiently waiting for him to attack.
There was no movement from any of the two.
Alex made the first attack.
Running at an immense speed, almost catching Yomo off guard. He tried a quick jab towards Yomo's jaw
But Yomo quickly dodged it and whirled around Alex and pushed him from behind to get space between them.
Alex stumbled forward, but he quickly turned around to face Yomo and regain his stance.
Both of them were going in circles waiting for one another to make a move.
This time Yomo made his move. moving quickly towards Alex.
He did a flying back kick, which Alex blocked, two quick side kicks towards Alex's torso and head, Alex blocked the first with his forearm and slapped the second kick away from his head.
Yomo proceeded with an Axe kick, which Alex quickly moved out the way, then proceeded with a butterfly kick towards Alex's neck.
Alex countered with his elbow hitting Yomo's calf, making his landing a little uneasy.
Alex took the chance to attack.
He did three quick jab punches. Two made contact with Yomo's chest and side, but the third was parried by Yomo's palm.
Alex continued with a couple of side swings, but Yomo bobbed and weaved under them. Alex attempted an uppercut, which hit Yomo, he grunted and slid back.
Yomo spit aside and looked at Alex.
Alex then switched to a defensive boxing stance with his fists close to his chin, waiting for a perfect moment to attack, Yomo rushed and performed quick straight punches, making Alex cross his arms to block them.
He lowered his guard a little expecting for some more punches, but instead he received an unexpected roundhouse kick to the face, making him spin around.
He regained his balance and rubbed his lips where the kick had more effect on.
Alex's biomass was spinning around his arm. Alex saw that Yomo noticed it, but it looked like he wanted to wait to see what would happen next. But Alex maintained it under control, making it slither back into his skin and jacket, then he proceeded to think to himself.
[Shit..this is really getting annoying and I don't want to use my biomass.]
Alex's train of thought was interrupted by Yomo's quick jabs.
He blocked them and Alex found a chance and proceeded to do a leg sweep, but Yomo barely dodged it. Alex stood up and saw Yomo throwing a punch at him, Alex grabbed Yomo's fist, Yomo proceeded to throw another punch, but Alex grabbed Yomo's second fist.
Both were grunting in effort to overpower one another.
But Alex had the upper hand and he used his unbelievable strength to make Yomo drop to one knee and Alex saw that he wincing, eyes were cringing and saw veins popping out from his body, He felt Yomo struggling to break free from his powerful grasp.
Alex made Yomo stand up and headbutted him in the face, making Yomo stumble back and roll over multiple times.
There was a silence once again and Alex saw Yomo get up and took a few steps back and then seeing him kneel on the ground and facing the ground, groaning in pain.
Alex chilled for a moment and went up to Yomo, asking him questions.
"Hey Yomo are you alright, did I take it too far?"
As Alex jogged beside Yomo. But then Yomo replied
"You let your guard down."
Yomo did a leg sweep, knocking him down. Alex angrily groaned and looked up to see Yomo overshadow him, waiting for him to attack. But Yomo didn't attack, he lend Alex a hand.
Alex extended his arm and let Yomo help him up.
"You sure are one hell of a fighter Alex, but you still forgot, that you can't let your guard down." commented Yomo.
"Yeah I think I got that already Yomo."
They took a short break and talked for a while. Alex leaned back against a rail, while Yomo stood in front of him with his arms crossed.
"You know how to fight and defend yourself pretty well Alex...who taught you?"
"Well...I...learned back at home when I was younger, learned a little bit of kung fu and boxing by teaching myself, I was going to learn something like Ninjutsu, but I felt like it wasn't relevant to me at some point, thought it be cool."
"Well I can say you taught yourself pretty well."
Alex took the compliment.
"Thanks."
"I kind of doubted you for a second, I thought you only relied on your Kagune, guess I should give you a chance next time."
"Hey it's alright..well then...soo..do you want to continue with our training?"
"I honestly want to see more from you, so yes, but we'll eventually we'll have to teach Kaneki how to fight, so I guess I can leave it up to you haha."
"You think you can leave it up to me to "train" Touka as well?" asked Alex, in a jokingly tone.
They both laughed for a while.
"So Yomo do we have anything to do tonight?"
"We have to go retrieve some food for Mrs. Fueguchi and her daughter later on in the day."
There was a sudden silence, Yomo then broke the silence.
"Enough talking lets continue with our training."
Alex nodded his head.
They both got back to the center and remained silent.
They both took their stances and for a moment they didn't say a single word.
After a while, the intensity between the two rose.
They both made a move, they ran at each other at a fast speed.
And at the very moment they began their clash.
Later on in the day
Alex and Yomo have been fighting for quite some time now.
Alex has been holding back the entire time. But he felt both unsatisfied and satisfied. He showed Yomo that he isn't a bitch. But at the same time he knew his power was a curse, he could of finished Yomo in seconds, but the emotions of the host, Alex Mercer wouldn't allow that, due to the promise to his sister, Dana.
"Damn Alex, you know how to fight well." commented Yomo, but his voice got serious for a moment.
"But I know you been holding back"
Alex just stared at Yomo confusingly.
"What are you talking about?" questioned Alex.
"What i'm going for is that...to be honest, you're not an ordinary ghoul or not a ghoul at all, both you and I know that." stated Yomo.
Alex was slightly shocked and remained silent.
"I saw you when you arrived."
Alex remained silent still.
I was roaming around the city when I saw a green gloomy light in a alley. I went to check it out and when I arrived at the spot-"
Alex began to think to himself.
[Does he know i'm not from here.]
Yomo continued.
"I saw you laying there...all confused...angry...worried.-"
Alex saw that Yomo was examining him.
"I was going to help you, but you were angry, you punched a hole in the wall..which in my mind was pretty stupid, that spot has been investigated by the doves, but luckily that didn't lead them here." continued Yomo.
He continued talking.
"This training session was to see what you were capable of, it showed me that you're something else. something I feared would come."
Alex decided to talk.
"Do you want the truth?"
Yomo gave him a serious look.
"I think that would be a good idea." stated Yomo.
But before Alex could say a word. They heard someone climbing down the ladder quickly.
Alex saw that it was Irimi who had a distressed look on her face.
"ALEX? YOMO?" shouted Irimi who was running towards them.
"What is it?" asked Yomo.
The manager wants us all to meet up, NOW."
"What's wrong?" asked Yomo.
Alex saw that Irimi didn't say a word and gave a very helpless look."
Yomo recognized that look and jumped to the conclusion.
"NO, WHO DID THE DOVES GET ?" asked Yomo.
"It was Mrs. Fueguchi, who was-"
"AND HINAMI?" interrupted Yomo.
"She's safe, but Touka isn't here..she doesn't know about it yet."
"Where is Hinami?" asked Alex.
"She's safe upstairs in her room, but it's best if we leave her alone, but we have to go now." exclaimed Irimi.
"Alex, we'll talk about this matter some other time, but we have to go." stated Yomo.
Alex just nodded.
The three of them quickly headed back to the Anteiku.
Everyone met in a small room, Yoshimura gave them instructions to not discuss anything at all about the incident if by any chance Touka were to walk in the room, Yoshimura would break the terrible news to her, himself.
After he left, Alex sat beside Kaneki and Yomo, who was standing beside him and a TV, Koma and Irimi sat across from him.
There was a very desperate silence between everyone in the room. Alex looked around and saw all the very sad looks on everyone's face.
Alex had bad feelings about the situation at hand. He wanted to check on Hinami, but she wanted to be left alone. He couldn't do anything else.
The clock was ticking and it was the only thing heard, besides the breathing of the others, in the silence.
It's been a while and Touka wasn't arriving at all. Alex was beginning to grow impatient. He began thinking to himself.
[Why aren't we comforting Hinami..she just fucking lost her MOM!]
Alex began making a very angry expression. Everyone around him began staring at him. He took a deep breath and changed his expression.
About some time has passed and suddenly the door to the room opened. Alex turns around and sees Touka and the manager walk in.
There was a sudden silence between everyone. Alex saw Touka looking at everyone.
"Even Yomo...and Alex are here? Did something happen?"
Touka was looking at Yoshimura who didn't respond immediately. He then decided to talk.
"Mrs. Fueguchi was killed by ghoul investigators...she tried protecting Hinami."
Alex waited for Touka to reply but she didn't say a word back. Alex just faced forward until he heard a bang behind him. Kaneki winced alittle.
"And Hinami?" asked Touka.
"She's asleep in her room." replied Yoshimura.
"Her face? Did they see her face?"
Yoshimura ignored Touka's question and discussed about the loss of Hinami's mother.
"Unfortunately she wasn't able to deal with it."
Alex saw Touka kneel down and slouch over and heard her curse angrily.
"What The Fuck...this is the worst"
"I decided to keep Hinami safe at Anteiku, but when the time is right, I am considering moving her to the 24th ward, where no harm can be done to her there." stated Yoshimura.
Alex didn't turn around, but he suddenly heard Touka screaming.
"IS THAT A FUCKING JOKE, THERE'S ABSOLUTE NO WAY HINAMI CAN LEAVE ALONE IN THAT SHIT HOLE. "
Alex had to do something, but he saw that Yomo signaled him to not do anything at the moment. Alex laid back on the chair.
Touka continued screaming.
"WE SHOULD JUST KILL THE DOVES BEFORE THOSE GUYS HAVE A CHANCE TO DIG UP HINAMI'S INFORMATION...WE SHOULD JUST KILL THEM ALL."
Touka didn't stop yelling. she just continued on.
"WITH YOMO AND ALEX HERE AND WITH EVERYONE'S COOPERATION WE-."
Yomo interrupted Touka.
"We can't."
Alex saw the look on Touka, her hopes look like they were shot down.
"If we decide to attack the doves here, the rest will begin targeting the 20th ward as if there were any "warlike" ghoul, and the nest will just send more and more, until we are all hunted down...Understand that Touka?" stated Yomo.
"But-"
Touka was interrupted by Yoshimura.
It's what Yomo says we can't get involved with the doves, for everyone's safety."
Alex saw Touka getting angry.
"The '"best" thing?" Touka growled.
Alex faced forward and looked at Kaneki and he just had a look of distress. Touka's rant was going on in the background. Alex turned to Yomo and he just shook his head.
Alex heard the manager reply to Touka's rant.
"The pathetic thing is not attacking the enemy, but to be consumed by the desire of revenge and not live one's life."
Alex could hear Touka grit her teeth and heard her replied to the manager's statement.
"ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT...ME?"
Alex didn't hear the manager respond, all he did hear was a moment of silence and then Touka leaving angrily out the room and slamming the door behind her.
There was dead silence in the room. Alex heard Kaneki trying to say something but he couldn't let it out.
But Yoshimura spoke before Kaneki could.
"Don't worry about it, she has alot of things to think about."
Yoshimura then turned to the rest.
"Koma, Irimi, did you get a look at the pictures of the investigators that you received from Yomo?"
"Oh...Yes." replied Koma.
"Alex did you get to look at the investigators."
Alex nodded and replied.
"Yes sir."
"Don't any of you even consider getting involved with them." warned Yoshimura.
Everyone nodded their head.
Alex was in his room, laying on the bed, it was late at night and Alex was thinking about how something terrible happen to a little girl. He was thinking to himself angrily.
[Why her, OUT OF ALL PEOPLE, WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE HER..]
Suddenly
Green appeared beside Alex on the bed.
"Oh Alex is this all worth it?"
Alex shot up from his bed and stayed far from Greene.
"What do you want Greene?"
"You could of stayed with that little girl and protected her and the mother, but you decided to train instead."
"None of that had to do with me it wasn't my fault."
"Oh really?"
Suddenly the entire room faded into darkness around Alex.
Alex wasn't sure if this was another hallucination.
"Wasn't the outbreak you're fault? Wasn't the death of all those people, you're fault?"
Greene began walking around Alex. Alex felt uneasy. She just continued talking.
"You have caused nothing but havoc, endless suffering...just by your mere presence..."
"SHUT UP!"
"Face it Alex, you're nothing but a lost soul stuck in the body of devastating demon."
Alex's hood overshadowed his eyes, he gritted his teeth, and lifted a finger at Greene.
"NO...I'm nothing like you, I might of been a monster during the outbreak, but since I cleared the infection, that wasn't enough for the government, so the fuckers decided to nuke the damn city...but I didn't allow that to happen..."
Greene just gave a smirk and began humming as she continued listening to Alex.
"I don't know if i'm dead or not and i'm in some sort of dream or something..but now, i'm making a new start for myself here and don't you think that bring me down will work...BECAUSE IT WON'T FUCKING WORK."
"And how long will that last before you lose control and let in?" asked Greene.
"What the fuck are you talking about." asked Alex.
Greene began laughing.
"Oh you still haven't figured it out?"
Alex didn't understand.
"Once you consumed me, you thought it was all over...oh how wrong you were...you may of consumed me but I am the mother of the infection my consciousness still lives on..but you are a strong one, so controlling you will be extremely difficult.."
"STOP IT" shouted Alex.
"I will never let that happen, as long as I am here in control."
"The time will come Alex dear."
Greene teleported in front of Alex and put her finger on his forehead. Alex's eyes turned blank and a light flashed.
Alex woke up frantically and panted for a bit. He looked around and saw a bit of light hitting his face
[It's morning already?!]
Alex breathed heavily wondering if it was still a dream or not. Then their was a knock on the door.
"W-Who is it?"
"It's Yomo, Alex I need to talk to you."
Alex got up from the bed and walked up to the door. His biomass began to act up.
[Not now.]
Alex maintained it under control and he opened the door. Yomo was waiting in the hallway, Alex walked out his room and closed the door beside him.
"I have to talk to you for a bit."
"Sure what is it?"
"I was here to tell you that the death of Hinami's mother has impacted her negatively and I have to tell you that...we're not going to be doing anything for a while."
"You think it be best if we go talk to Hinami?"
"No it wouldn't be such a good idea, Alex."
"Well we can't just let this slide, Yomo."
"Alex I know it's hard, but you just have to wait until all of this dies down, once that happens, we'll both send Hinami to the 24th ward if the manager gives us the order to."
"Fine."
Yomo walked past Alex and headed towards the stairs, but before he did, he warned Alex."
"Remember Alex, don't be heading out and resolving this one your own, you may be something powerful but you and I know you can't stop the doves."
[I beg to differ.] thought Alex.
"I would like to talk about your origins, but now, doesn't seem to be the time, I have to head out a take care of some things."
Yomo walked down the steps and Alex just stared into space, then he sighed and walked back into his room.
Afternoon
Alex was sitting on his head with his head looking at the ground and was in deep thought.
[What the fuck is happening...first this and now Greene is threatening, but what does she mean-]
Alex was still trying to comprehend what Greene was talking about.
[When the time comes?]
Alex began to whisper to himself.
"What the hell am I suppose to do? Most importantly i'm stuck in this fucking god-forsaken place...but-"
Alex was mentally taking back that statement.
[This place isn't that bad...there's somethings here for once that isn't just me being the center of all the problems.]
Alex held his head.
[I just got to get to know this place well and i'm sure everything will turn out well...i'll find a way to head back home.]
As Alex was thinking, he saw a glimpse of something in the corner of his eye.
"What the fuck?"
Alex got up and walked up to the window, as he looked out the window he saw something on a roof.
"Is that...Touka?"
Alex looked carefully and saw Touka putting on a mask..in the form of a bunny. She then proceeded to put a hood on her and she then leaped off the building getting out of Alex's sight.
"Ahhh shit don't tell me what I think she's going to do? Better go follow her and see if she doesn't get into trouble."
Alex quickly walked out the room, he closed the door behind it and then headed downstairs.
As he got there, he bumped into Irimi who knocked over some glass cups, they shattered on the floor.
"I'm so sorry."
"It's alright Alex, why are you in such a rush?"
Alex responded in a calm tone.
"Well I just have to take...a walk.
Alex tried quickly to help Irimi pick up the broken pieces, but Alex quickly touch Irimi's hand, he lifted his eyes up and saw Irimi blushing a little. Alex just continued picking up the broken glass.
As he finished he put the broken glass on the silver serving tray.
Irimi raised an eyebrow and looked at Alex.
"Alright..you don't seem like your going for a walk, but just don't get into some sort of trouble, the manager will not tolerate anyone disobedient."
Alex just replied in a calm voice. and stuck his arms out.
"Hey Irimi, it''s alright I won't. I'll see you later"
Alex walked to the kitchen, but he turned his head slightly and saw Irimi touching her hand and blushing, then she just went to pick up the tray with broken glass and walked into the cafe.
Alex finally headed out the back door.
He began to think to himself as he run into the streets.
[Where the hell could she be.]
Alex stopped and went into an alleyway, he took a deep breath and closed his eyes.
He concentrated and thought to himself.
[Where could she be..come on work.]
Alex sent a ping that went throughout the whole city.
He sensed Touka.
[There you are...but why did you have to be so far and...SHE'S IN TROUBLE.]
Alex quickly leaped on top of a roof top and went towards Touka's destination.
[Goddammit why did you go and do this on your own?]
Alex leaped building to building, rolling on each the rooftops he landed on.
For shits and giggles he decided to do a back flip mid air before he landed on to the next building
While jumping to one building he noticed a kid and her mother. Alex had a weird feeling when he landed on the roof, he was running as fast as possible.
After jumping on a couple of buildings, he reached the area where Touka was at. He landed on the street, but for some reason it was like a ghost town.
[Where could she be?]
Alex then heard fighting just around the corner where he was. Alex jumped onto a rooftop again and went towards the sound of conflict.
There was random ranting and the sound of Touka yelling in anger.
Alex reached the spot and saw two investigators carrying another investigator who looked dead. Something caught Alex's eye, it was -
Mado
the same investigator who killed Nagano the other night.
He was fighting Touka.
Touka went to attack the investigator. She was cursing at him.
"DUMB ASS!"
Suddenly
Alex saw the Mado's Kagune slice through a chunk of Touka's arm. She rolled over and screamed in pain. Alex turned towards the investigator angrily. He began speaking in a maniacal way.
"Erasing your existence isn't enough for me-"
[I had enough of this piece of shit, I have to end this.]
Alex powered up his biomass onto his leg and leaped into the air.
While in the air he saw Mado trying to give Touka the finishing blow.
He sped up his fall and fell in front of Mado's Kagune. There was a huge cloud of dust and debris.
When it cleared up, there was a crater where Alex landed.
Alex had half of Mado's Kagune in his grasp .
"What the hell..YOU?"
Alex's hood overshadowed his eyes.
Alex turned his head around and saw Touka, but he couldn't read her facial expression behind her mask.
"GO."
Alex Shouted at Touka, see did what she was told and fled with out hesitation.
Alex then felt Mado trying to break his quinque free from Alex's grasp.
"You done yet?" asked Alex.
"You pesky ghouls come out like cockroaches...but don't worry I will exterminate each and one of you."
Feeling half of the Kagune move, Alex quickly moved out of the way before the Kagune striked the spot where he was standing.
Alex skidded before avoiding another strike.
[Damn thing is quick.]
Alex was avoiding every strike. He began to think to himself.
[Hope you like my toys.]
Alex morphed his hand into a-
Whip fist
He whipped Mado's Kagune out of the way, Mado retracted it back to him, as Alex retracted his whip fist back to him.
Alex saw the crazy look on Mado's face.
"Oh my...this is spectacular. I can't wait to make you my Kagune."
Alex was disgusted by Mado's sick thinking.
Mado launched his Kagune at Alex, as he did the same with his whip fist.
Both of them made their weapons slither and tie up to one another's. They both quickly detached from one another.
Alex wanted to kill Mado, but he couldn't, he made a promise to Yoshimura. But he created a diversion for Touka to escape. that was all that mattered.
So he morphed his hand back to normal and striked the ground with his fist, causing a small ground spike to make Mado step back and leave a cloud of debris to block the vision of Mado and anyone else nearby.
Alex quickly fled and didn't look back. He headed back to Anteiku as fast as possible.
Alex was leaping on top of buildings, quickly heading back to Anteiku, he sensed Touka on a nearby building.
He glided towards her location and landed on the rooftop. He heard Touka around the corner.
"Touka...you here?"
All he heard was her groaning in pain.
"Y-Yea..AHH!"
Alex quickly ran towards her.
"Hey Hey take it easy, let me take a look at it."
Alex kneeled on one knee and looked at it and saw that Mado got her good, a clean cut.
"I'll definitely kill him..."
Touka held her arm and gritted her teeth in pain.
"Hey let me help you back to Anteiku."
He lifted Touka up and wrapped his arm around her. She had an embarrassed look on her face.
"Hey don't be embarrassed,, I had my ass saved a couple of times before."
Touka changed her expression to an angry one.
[Well that didn't work.]
Alex prepared himself to leap, but before he did he looked at Touka.
Touka looked at Alex confusingly.
"Ready for wha-"
Alex leaped at an insanely high distance and jumped quickly building to building, without causing any harm to Touka.
During mid-air, he looked at Touka, who had an amazed expression on her, but when she made eye contact with Alex, she just turned her head, as if she wasn't impressed, Alex turned his head forward and slightly chuckled.
During another time that they were in mid-air, they passed a flock of birds. For some reason Alex felt more tension on his arm, he turned around and saw Touka holding on to his arm tighter, as she was scared.
He just raised an eyebrow and shook his head and continued to the route.
When both of them arrived at Anteiku They walked through the back alley to go to the back door that led to the kitchen.
"Hey before we ...let me put you...there..now relax." Alex put laid Touka against the wall as he said all that.
Touka groaned in pain.
'It's going to take a while for this to heal..I can't let the manager or anyone else found out about this..." explained Touka.
Alex just stared at the wound. He took a deep breath and thought to himself.
[Damn I can't let Yoshimura find out about this..but I can't use my biomass to heal Touka...it might go into her bloodstream..but..I have no choice...I have to do this carefully.]
Alex looked at Touka in the eyes.
"Listen Touka, i'm going to do something, but don't tell anyone, okay!"
Touka gave Alex a questionable look.
Alex took a deep breath and touched Touka's injured arm, he concentrated his biomass, it slithered around his arm and then around his fingers to his finger tips.
Touka widened her eyes and was shocked by what Alex was doing.
The biomass slithered all over Touka's wound and began to heal it almost instantly.
Alex pulled back his biomass back and made sure that any of it didn't stay on Touka.
There was silence between the two.
Touka gasped and slightly panicked and looked at her arm, it was all better.
Alex didn't say a word at all.
Touka eyes were wide and she was still looking at her fully regenerated arm.
All Alex heard from Touka was-
"HOW?!"
Hey guys kind of left you on a cliffhanger..sort of.
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