Asaki

I was in a particularly foul mood for the rest of the day and I spent the afternoon in the training room to work off some built up stress. After checking the door and making sure it was bolted shut and chained, I took off my hoodie and activated my kagune. I saw the familiar sight of my left rinkaku tentacle turn a solid white while black veins wriggled underneath its scales while the right tentacle was the complete opposite. I had noticed that I had a third tentacle now, this one split between a solid black with white veins on the left side and white with black veins on the right side. A familiar black mist began to spread around me and take shape into the usual black cloak and now white skull mask under the hood that forms over my head.

I felt like I had more power than before, more than I could ever imagine and I was about to call for Mr. Yomo to come and spar but it looks like he was already one step ahead. I dodged a few spikes before swatting away the rest with my kagune. I faced Yomo and his raven like ukaku kagune before leaping toward him with such force that it cracked the ground. We collided with a loud boom and assaulted each other with a flurry of attacks, the battle leaning slightly in my favor. I was able to parry all of Mr. Yomo's projectiles and wear him out before going in for the final blow. I attacked with all three of my tentacles but was immediately knocked away by a heavy punch to my jaw.

I looked up to see Mr. Yomo unscathed and popping his neck with his usual blank expression. A wry smile crept across my face as I used my kagune to propel myself off of the ground and renew our battle. I kept getting up in Yomo's face so he couldn't use his spike as effectively and a large smile bloomed on my face as I attacked with my left tentacle clad in a purple lightning like substance, while my right was clad in a strange blue fire. My attack erupted and sent both of us flying back, a crater now stood in the middle of the floor. I was surprised at my own power, but not as much as Mr. Yomo was. His previously expressionless face was now warped into one of absolute shock and confusion.

"W-What the hell? That's pretty damn awesome! How the hell did you do it?" He stuttered as he walked toward me. I shrugged and activated it again to see if he could get a better understanding of it from close up, but he had no such results. We decided to tell Yoshimura on my newfound powers, and he even opened his eyes for what felt like the first time and eyes me with intrigue. Actually, come to think of it I haven't heard the usual voice in my head that tell me to murder and eat everything I come across when I activate my kagune. Maybe that's the reason for the sudden power-up?

I wished Mr. Yomo and Yoshimura a goodnight, as I had trained until late at night and it was now 10 at night after that short spar with Yomo. I was too tired to shower, even though I never sweat at all or even smell bad I still liked to take showers because they feel like absolute heaven, so I just settled for flopping down on to my futon. I felt another weight next to me and I turned my head to see Touka staring back at me.

"What the hell are you doing on my futon?" I asked.

"Because I decided to sleep in here with Emily, why?"

"Well then you can sleep in the bed with her..." I replied with a hint of annoyance.

"Why would I do that?" She asked with her brow raised.

"Because I'm pretty sure you don't want to sleep with me..."

"Just don't touch me and there'll be no problem" She rolled over and her breathing stabilized. That bastard just fell asleep didn't she...

I grumbled in annoyance as I myself soon drifted off into unconsciousness and awoke the next day feeling renewed and energetic. I got dressed in my uniform and walked into the shop area only to see that the shop was closed and Yoshimura had gathered a bunch of people with a few that I didn't recognize. There was Enji, Yoshimura, myself, a woman named Roma Hoito with long red hair that was styled in a spiky bun with bangs framing the side of her face and red eyes, another woman named Kaya Irimi with long dark hair and dark brown eyes, a man with bright blue hair and eyes who wore a bright red suit and kept eyeing me, and finally a woman with light brown hair that was tied over her left shoulder with a three flowered ornament and brown eyes. A little girl who looked a lot like her was holding her hand and hiding behind her, so I can only assume that its her daughter or relative, but why is everyone gathered for this?

Yami, just appeared in the shop while Yomo, Touka, and Emily walked in behind me and Yoshimura began to explain the situation. Apparently the woman's name is Ryouko Fueguchi and her daughter is Hinami Fueguchi, and they're seeking refuge here because a friend of Yoshimura, Ryouko's husband, is caught up in some kind of trouble with a certain unpleasant Ghoul. Yomo and I locked eyes for a moment and silently promised to help out when Yoshimura said in a stern voice "You two are not to cause anymore trouble! You've already caused the death of a human boy and Rize Kamishiro. I forbid you both from getting involved with this..."

The little girl began to tear up as she looked at me and begged "P-Please go and help my dad! I don't want him to die...!" I felt a pain in my heart as I realized that she would have to go through something I had as a child, and that just didn't sit well with me. I turned to Yoshimura and said "I'm sorry, Mr. Yoshimura, but I'm going. I can't just let her father die and leave her alone." before walking toward the door. I had no idea where I would be going but I could ask around town for a man with the last name of Fueguchi. The blue haired man stopped me and said "Ahh, bonjour young Ryu-kun. I advise you from going to find Mr. Asaki if you want to li-" I cut him off with a cold glare and said "I'd rather die then let this girl go through the pain of having her father taken away from her. So call me foolish but I'm going..."

I heard a sigh from behind me followed by a weary sounding voice saying "Damnit...Yomo, make sure he doesn't do anything reckless, ok?" I couldn't help but smile as I thanked Yoshimura and walked over to Hinami. I told her that everything would be fine and that I would bring her dad back alive. In return Ryouko told me where I could find Asaki and Yomo and I headed down to the 13th ward... (Couldn't remember nor find out if his clinic was in the 20th or 13th ward lmao so just let me know if you do find it guys.)

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We arrived at a small shack like building with a sheet metal roof in the middle of a rather large plot of land. Yomo donned his raven mask while I willed the black mist to form my cloak, hood, and mask before we walked into the building. It looked like a normal doctors office with a man with black hair that was pulled into a pony tail that came down just above the halfway mark on his back. He wore silver framed glasses and had sunken cheeks while working o something. He looked up and immediately had a battle ready expression on his face. I held my hand up and said "Greetings. I assume you are Asaki Fueguchi, yes? You wife and daughter Ryouko and Hinami have told us your whereabouts and we came to retrieve you and possible help you with your...circumstances." Damn, talking all big and smart like really is difficult.

Asaki's expression didn't change as he spat "Don't you dare speak my family's names ever again! You think I'll just believe anyone who comes in here and speaks the name of my wife and child? I-" He stopped talking when I pulled out the flowered hairpin that Ryouko gave me and a book that had a sticky note on it that said "You can trust these two dad, they're going to bring you back to us!"

Asaki's expression softened as he read the note and said "Fine. The Ghoul who geos by the alias of 'Jason' tasked me to make him a new torture tool, so I haven't been able to sleep let alone escape with my family...you'll have to kill him if you want to get me free..." Yomo just nodded and said "Alright..." before walking back to the door. I promised Asaki that we'll reunite him with his family again before joining Yomo and beginning the search for the Ghoul Jason.

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A tall, bulky man with slicked back blond hair and a gecko like face sneezed as he finished torturing a male Ghoul. His brows furrowed as he looked down to the streets below from atop a tall skyscraper. He shrugged and his face turned into a sadistic smile as he looked toward a human woman that was tied to a chair. Her face twisted in fear as tears flowed down her cheeks. The bulky man slowly walked toward her while holding what appeared to be a pair of bloody diagonal pliers and said "Now, make sure to scream nice and beautifully for me..."

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The screams of a female echoing through the night caught my and Yami's attention as we sped off toward a particularly large skyscraper. The screams got closer as we neared the building and the sounds of a man laughing with glee could be heard from high up atop the skyscraper. I looked to Yomo and he nodded, signaling our ascent. We used our kagune to scale the building as fast as possible, but we were too late. We saw a very gruesome scene with bodies all over and mass of blood and body parts strewn about. A large bulky man in a white suit, black shirt, and a white hockey mask faced us while casually flipping a pair of diagonal pliers around. The man chuckled and said "Ah, it looks like I have more willing subjects. Tell me, do you two prefer using your arms, or your legs more?"

I felt a rage that I had never felt before rise up within me and burst out in the form of a primal shout as I activated my kagune and rushed toward the sadistic bastard. I lashed out with my kagune only to get repelled by the man's very own rinkaku kagune. It was a sickly red and purple color with spikes that covered its entire length. I bat aside his kagune and tried to impale him with my third tentacle, but he simply stepped back to avoid my attack. I assaulted him with a flurry of attacks before I was swatted away like a bug, colliding against the floor.

I quickly recovered and Yomo appeared to my side. I took the lead while Yomo assisted from behind with his ukaku kagune. My left tentacle erupted in purple lightning while my right was engulfed by blue flames as I continued my assault on the sadistic masked man. He began to laugh and hum a strange tune as he easily dodged our joint attack. He sidestepped one of my attacks and impaled me with his kagune before burying his fist into my stomach. I was once again sent hurtling toward the floor, this time with a gaping hole in my chest, but this pain was nothing to me. I spit out a glob of blood and stood back up, the wound in my chest regenerated in an instant. The masked man let out an intrigued 'hohhh?' before waving at me and jumping off of the building, leaving me and Yomo to hurry back to Asaki's clinic.

We arrived shortly and found Asaki quietly sleeping and no signs of the masked man. I woke Asaki up and told him we had successfully killed 'Jason' and, with Yomo's help, we were able to convince him to come back with us to Anteiku to meet up with his family. It took us the rest of the night and a few hours after first light to get back, but it was worth it. The looks on Hinami and Ryouko's faces were heart warming as they hugged Asaki and cried as they thanked us over and over. It turns out that everyone was patiently waiting for us to come back and were still awake. The smiling faces of everyone made the moment much more impactful than usual as I shared a hug with the Fueguchi family.

(A/N: The torture tool that Asaki was creating for Yamori was something other than the replacement he had to make for him in the anime. So as you all know I'm not really going to be following the story arc or canon that much, but I'll try my best to keep things from getting too dumb and unreasonable :) So enjoy the second cahpter for today lads!)