"Red-Headed Centipede"

Panic!

Issei POV:
It had been a month since Rias went missing. I couldn't help but thinking everything was my fault. I was the one who made her go against Riser, I was the one who lost the fight, and I was the one who forced her to surrender. Why was I so foolish? I was snapped out of my thoughts as Grayfiya and Sirzechs appeared in my room. I was surprised as both of them had distributed faces like I had never seen. They both sat next to me and handed me a CD. "Please watch this Issei. We were able to capture footage of Riser's mansion and I'm sure that you need to see this." Sirzechs said with cracks in his voice. It's almost as if I got a sense he had lost all of his pride. Grayfiya was no better, she was shaking like crazy. I got up, went over to my computer, and inserted the CD. I was not prepared for what I was about to see. At first I saw Rias lying on a table with Riser standing over her. I didn't think of it much at first, but what came next drove me over my limits. Riser began to pull limbs off one by one and twist them in weird ways. After that was a scene where he held up an man and a woman and killed them in front of her. I almost threw up seeing him put on her make up, but then I saw a gleam off hope. Rias' hair turned Snow White randomly and she began to attack Riser with orange tentacles. I gasped as she took a piece of clothing and tied her hair into a pony tail. I knew it. I knew that Red wasn't some random girl, I was right all along! I stood up and turned to Sirzechs. "I KNOW WHO SHE'S WITH!! SHE'S WITH THE KHOAS BRIGADE!!" I screamed at them. They both stared at me and stood up as well. "We must go inform the others." Sirzechs said grabbing Grayfiya's hand and teleporting. "Wait!!", I screamed, but was too late. They vanished and left me crying on the floor. I curled up into a ball and cried myself into sleep. In a few minutes, I appeared in a new place. Everything looked as if it had been sketched by a mad man and disturbed me highly. I began to walk around and looked at the bodies pulled up at the sides. Did Rias do this? I kept walking and bumped into someone. I smiled as Akeno turned around. "Akeno-", before I could finish my sentence she began to choke me. "You bastard! You let her suffer! You're the reason she's like this!!", she screamed at me. "Why did she choose you!! Why are you so special!?", she continued questioning me as she choked me out of breath. When she finally let go, she turned into a scrambled mess. Next thing I knew, both of my feet were nailed to the floor. I looked around to see everyone I knew and care about holding stones. I couldn't bend down and pull the nails out, and even if I did these guys were much stronger than I was. I had to hold still as they threw the stones at me and yelled out my darkest secrets and obsessions. When they stopped I felt hands wrap around me from behind. "R-Rias?", I asked while turning around. I stared at the horror of her drenched in blood covered in shitty makeup. "What's wrong Issei?? I thought you missed me!? Am I not good enough for you anymore!?" She questioned me. "No that's not-" she put her hand over my mouth. "You have no right to dare defend yourself! You're the reason I'm like this! You're an insecure child trying to play hero. Why don't you just go ahead and kill yourself you scum?", she asked me. I began to cry at what she said. The woman I admired and respected so much was telling me to end it. She grabbed a pair of pliers and started pulling off my fingers. "This is for letting me get kidnapped, this is for using me as a sex toy, this is for making me deal with that bitch of an ex, and this is for making me go through such torture!!" She screamed at me while pulling them off one by one. I didn't scream or squirm, I just sat back and let her tear me apart. She dropped the pliers and started to choke me like Akeno. "Seriously brat, I don't need you. End it all for us. You aren't wanted by anyone. Wake up. Wake up!" She screamed at me, forcing me to reality. I looked up at my alarm and wiped my eyes. I stood up and threw it out the window. Sitting on my bed I took a sharper apart, took out the razor, and started to cut myself wherever I could. I deserved much more pain though, to Rias this was nothing.

Rias POV:
I walked into the coffee shop and looked over at Kaneki. Like always, he was reading the same book, smiling brightly like the sun. I went over and sat down next to him. "Oh, hey Rias.", he greeted. "Hello Kaneki", I greeted back. "Where's everyone else? I miss Tsukiyama.", I asked him. "Well-", but before he could even speak, the devil showed up. "GREAT BEYOND!!", Tsukyiama screamed at the top of his lungs. Me and Kaneki just stared at him, too scared to say anything. "RIAS-SAN!!", he screamed while running towards me. Kaneki stood up and spin kicked him into the wall. I found it strange how protective Kaneki was of me, yet it made me even more infatuated with him. He's such a sexy badass I would ride for hours. Kaneki sat back down and closed his book. "Alright you guys, put on your mask. We're supposed to meet the other three at an old book store. From there, we'll see what the Aogiri is up to and plan.", he told us. Tsukiyama smiled and said, "Whatever you say Kaneki." I looked at Kaneki and smiled. "Hey Kaneki.", I caught his attention. "Yes?", he responded. "Do you think that ghouls will ever be accepted?", I asked. "Let me think about it.", he replied while putting his hand on his chin.