Tᴏᴋʏᴏ Gʜᴏᴜʟ Rᴇ:Cᴏᴅᴇᴅ

Tainted

It had started off great you know, just a boy and a girl going out to have some fun. He'd always dreamed of the day where he'd get the courage to ask her out and finally it had happened.

Rize Kamishiro was everything Ken Kaneki had ever wanted in a woman. Slender with an hourglass figure, unrivaled beauty, and a love for books matched only by his.

Match made in heaven right? Wrong. It was all a lie. Rize was actually a ghoul the entire time. And one that hungered for his flesh in particular.

She'd had her eye on him for awhile and even did certain things that she knew he'd see just to keep him interested and make him want her more.

Now the opportunity had presented itself and she was ready to go in for the kill but was stopped by a freak accident. A stack of steel girders had broke free from a construction site nearby and landed on top of her before she could deal a killing blow.

She'd messed him up bad by taking a bite out of his shoulder and impaling him with her predatory organ that ghouls had; the kagune; and slammed him into the ground. Ken was a small guy for a 19 year old so naturally this did a lot of damage.

Both were immediately rushed into surgery where it was announced that Rize had died and that the doctor was going to use her organs to save Kaneki's life.

The surgery was a success and within a month, Kaneki was free to go back to his everyday life. Or so he thought, something was wrong.

His sense of taste had changed and it seemed like everything he once loved to eat made him sick. Coffee was okay but it seemed like all food tasted horrific to him and if that wasn't bad enough, he was starving.

He eventually found out why this was happening, whatever the doctor had done had caused his body to undergo a change that had him slowly becoming more like a ghoul. Like Rize.

A ghoul is a predatory humanoid being that survives off devouring the flesh of humans. They look and sound like us but their bodies are more durable and agile and possess an organ known as a kakuhou that's responsible for them having kagunes.

A kagune is created by red child cells or 'RC cells' for short, binding together to form a structure that's fluid in motion, sharper than a scalpel, and as durable as steel. It is the ghoul's main form of attack and defense.

Thinking about all of this was making him crazy so he decided it was time to get out of his apartment and head to his university.

As he walked he kept thinking of what was happening to him and tried to dismiss it as him just needing more time to recover but as he crossed the street, his mouth began to water.

He'd caught a whiff of something sweet  but when he turned to see what it was, he found himself staring at some men doing some road work.

It was so weird, they were all sweaty and grimy but for some reason his nose was registering it as a good scent on par with that of a piping hot pork cutlet bowl.

He knew this wrong but for some crazy reason he began to gnaw on his fingers while he thought of ripping them apart and devouring their flesh. Quickly he turned away and ran down the street towards an old alley and didn't stop until he tripped and fell.

As he got up, he saw his face in a puddle and gasped. His left eye had turned completely black with his iris and veins turning into a pulsating red color.

He was at a loss for words, what did this mean? There was no way right? There was no way he was a ghoul? That would be impossible, he was a human. Right?

His thoughts were interrupted as he heard footsteps approach him from behind. He slowly stood up and faced the person who he'd seen around his campus and best friend before.

"You're Nishiki right? Hide's friend."

He was immediately struck and sent flying into a wall. He gasped for the air that was knocked out of his lungs and found himself pinned against the wall by his throat.

"Well well, I thought I smelled a ghoul  trespassing on my territory and what do I find here? Nagachika's little friend sporting a kakugan. So tell me Cunt-neki, why did you think it was okay to come here?"

"I-I didn't know this area was yours!! Just let me go and I swear I'll never come back!!"

Nishiki's grip loosened a little as he let Kaneki stand on his feet but he had no intention of letting him go. He punched a hole straight through he and twisted his face into a sick grin as the former choked on his own blood and let out a scream.

Kaneki fell to his knees and held onto the wound as he tried to muster the strength to get away but found that he had none. This was it, this was how he'd die.

Nishiki approached him slowly and held his head up by his hair as his kagune erupted from his back and positioned itself near his throat. It seemed to glow pulsate just like Kaneki's eye but the difference was that it was a number of blues.

"Don't worry, I'll send Nagachika to you on the other side shortly!!"

"That's quite enough Nishiki Nishio, you've done more than what was necessary. "

Both Kaneki and Nishiki turned towards the voice of the newcomer with the former growling at the sight of him.

"Fucking 'Gourmet'."

"Heh, bonjour."