It's Not The Other Half of My Mind, It's You, The Other Half of Me (Kaneki x Touka)

Four

Kaneki's kagune flashed out, the red tendrils showing bright in the semi-darkness. Kaneki's eye glowed black and red and the few Doves that were a little closer to him backed up and raised their weapons.

"Fire!" a voice said, and Kaneki's head whipped around just in time to see something dark flashed toward his face. It hit his forehead and he stumbled backwards, something warm running down his face as the thing that had hit him fell to the ground.

Kaneki felt lightheaded for a moment, his vision spinning. The attack had caught him off-guard, and he couldn't get a hold of himself, random things spinning around in his head; the way coffee tasted when Touka made it, the smell of Anteiku. He fell to the floor and he could faintly hear Hinami calling to him.

'What is this... feeling?' he asked himself, the world looking odd from the angle he was at. He saw his hands in front of him, covered in... blood? Was it his blood? 'This feeling...' he thought to himself, feeling someone lifting him from the ground. 'Is it pain?'

The person who had lifted him was not gentle, the way it would've been if Tsukiyama or Banjou had picked him up. It was a Dove, carrying Kaneki in one arm as he held his long, menacing, quinque out, pressing it into Kaneki's neck. "Don't move!" the Dove yelled, and Kaneki recognized his voice. Amon.

Kaneki looked around with his eyes, seeing everyone, all the other Doves and his friends, frozen. Kaneki couldn't feel his body, he could only be still. He found Tsukiyama's eyes and nodded to him ever so slightly.

Tsukiyama lifted Hinami off the ground and whispered something to Banjou as Hinami started to protest. Banjou looked at Kaneki, then turned. Tsukiyama smashed his kagune into the ground, causing dust to fly up, leaving a cloud that they could escape in the cover of. Kaneki smiled, glad that his friends would be safe.

"Nous allons vous faire économiser, Kaneki-san. (We will save you, Kaneki-san)" Tsukiyama's voice said, far off.

Kaneki slumped, pain tearing through his body. "Good... you're safe..." he said.

"What are you waiting for?!" Amon's voice said. "Go after them!" he said, pointing in the direction that Tsukiyama's voice had come from. Doves began to run in the direction, Amon turning and bringing Kaneki to a few CCG vans that were parked in a dark area under a bridge.

"Hmm... the neutralizers seemed to have worked well, just like in my tests." A man with a long white coat and a pair of glasses. He smiled, Kaneki seeing his clean white teeth. "He should be experiencing extraordinary pain at the moment. And he won't be able to move for some time, so there is no need to worry about him breaking free, Investigator Amon." The man said.

Amon pulled Kaneki to one of the vans, the one that was heavily armored and had no windows except for the front. One investigator opened the doors and Amon threw Kaneki inside, his body hitting the wall. His eyes grew wide as more pain rushed over him. The doors shut and he was plunged into utter darkness.

'So this is pain?' he thought as the car started up and his eyes slowly closed. 'I had almost forgotten.' Then, he fell unconscious.

Kaneki was in the dark, the shadows seeming to seep into his skin as he fell, his face hitting the ground with a soft thump. He took in a heavy breath and tried to remember where he was, his vision beginning to go dark.

"Please..." he whispered. "Not the darkness again..."

Everything was black.

* * *

Kaneki woke, in the cold darkness again. He moved slightly and pain rushed through his head. He felt himself begin to slip off into unconsciousness again, but a voice stopped him.

"Kaneki." The person said, then was quiet.

Kaneki opened his eyes and saw a harsh light coming from somewhere. He moved and felt cold straps around his body. He looked down and saw the red quinque spikes digging past his shirt into his body. His eyes widened and he began to panic.

"Don't struggle." the voice said, footsteps accompanying it this time. "The bindings will only get tighter."

As the male voice said this, the bindings grew tighter and pain shot into Kaneki's form. His eyes widened and he clenched his teeth, a scream at the edge of his mouth. The person who was speaking came into view and Kaneki looked up at the uniform of a CCG Investigator. The Dove smiled down at him and Kaneki felt his ice-cold stare dig into him, almost more painful than the bindings. "Amon..." Kaneki said, his voice thick with mixed emotions. The pain had disappeared, his body no longer able to feel anything. Kaneki shook his head, the heat of the kagune piercing his skin like it was fire. "Why... Why am I here?" he asked.

Amon took a few steps to the side of him, the older man's face savage and angry. "Bait." he said. "For the Rabbit."

Kaneki jerked, the thought of Touka in his place horrifying. "Don't." he said, beginning to struggle against the restraints. "Kill me instead... just don't hurt her..." Kaneki said.

Amon looked at him sadly, an evil light behind the sadness. "It's sad, two ghouls in love." He turned, his eyes dark. "It's ugly." He said.

Kaneki gasped as the kagune dug deeper into him. "Please..." he said, tears beginning to fall down his cheeks, the images of Toula bleeding out under all of the Doves attacks.

Amon disappeared into the darkness. "Why the hell do you think that I would bargain with a ghoul, especially one like you." He was gone.

Kaneki felt the light leave with the man, and he closed his eyes. "I'm sorry, Touka..." he said. He began to count then, his mind unable to stay sane under the thoughts of his friends dead bodies, their efforts to save him futile and expected.

"One thousand..." he whispered. "Nine Hundred ninety-three... nine hundred eighty-four... nine hundred... seventy-five..."

'Darkness... that's all that's left for you.' Rize's sweet voice whispered, the feeling of her hands soft on Kaneki's cheeks. 'You...' she said. 'Would be a tragedy.'

Darkness.

Hey everyone! Sorry I took so long making this part! I just wanted to say thank you for over 600 reads already! It makes me so happy! And I'll keep writing as much as I can, but I need ideas~ I think I'm going to do some fluffy fluff after the feels.

Luv all of you~~