Tᴏᴋʏᴏ Gʜᴏᴜʟ Rᴇ:Cᴏᴅᴇᴅ

Awakening

They arrived at the estate in a matter of hours and were currently approaching the entrance to the mansion.

The fountain had been covered with vines and overgrowth while the structure of the house seemed to be decaying by the second. Place had definitely seen better days.

As they walked inside, they were greeted by the sight of some familiar faces. Familiar twin faces.

"Look sister, he came."

"Welcome home big brother."

Kaneki growled and ran past his teammates, kagune at the ready to strike down the twins with one swipe.

They easily evaded his basic attack and  watched as Shachi came from around a corner and grabbed him by his throat before slamming him through the floor.

Kaneki landed in an area that was definitely different from the rest of the estate. Instead of ruined interior and structure, there were brand new steel walls surrounding the giant open area. It was almost as if this was a new state of the art lab. Kanou's lab.

Shachi landed in front of him only to be followed by the twins, Kaneki's group and surprisingly, Ayato who was looking slightly less irritated than the last time they'd seen each other.

"Well well, here we were expecting the Doves but it turned out to be the half assed idiot and his band of fangirls."

"Ayato. If you stay out of our way then I'll have no reason to hurt you or anyone else. I just want Kanou."

"Your wants are none of my concern. We have a job to do and we'll do just that. Besides, he's almost finished."

"Finished?"

"Wait and see."

"Sorry, but I'm a tad impatient."

Kaneki raced towards Ayato only for Shachi to get in his way once more. However this was what he wanted since he had many questions for the old man about his daughter and relationship to Yomo and Yoshimura.

"Tsukiyama!! You and Banjou handle the rest!!"

"Oui!!"

Ayato sighed as he snapped his fingers and watched as a group of ghouls clad in white suits landed beside him.

"Naki, you lot hold them off. I'll head towards Kanou. Come on girls."

The leader of the new group stepped forward and gave Kaneki's team a vicious smile before cracking his finger in a familiar way.

"You heard em boys!! Let's show that one eyed bastard who's boss and take revenge for Boss Yamori!!"

Being a koukaku type like Tsukiyama, he immediately found himself crossing blades with the eccentric ghoul while his followers engaged Banjou's group. And so the battle truly began.

Kaneki soon found himself and Shachi in a secluded area where they both stared at one another with eyes filled with deep rooted anger.

"Shachi, I ask you what your connection is to Yoshimura."

"Why is it any of your concern boy?"

"You seem to be an ally of Yoshimura but you side with his enemies and fight his allies."

"And are you his ally Ken Kaneki?"

"Of course I am, why even ask?"

"I just find that hard to believe considering how many times he and his allies have saved you but you still turn your back on them."

"I've never done that."

"No? So you didn't form your own little band of ghouls for your own selfish purposes and never ask him what he wanted to do or how you should proceed? You think yourself alone but everything you do has an effect on them and it's time you realized that."

"Enough!!"

Kaneki's kagune emerged and lashed out in all directions wildly as he desperately tried to land at least one hit on Shachi.

Shachi however, was more composed and merely dodged his attacks before using his own kagune to obliterate Kaneki's.

"You use my daughter so recklessly yet the doctor claims you're his perfect creation. I've yet to see what made you earn this title."

Kaneki growled as he raced toward Shachi again but this time found the older man's fist thrust deeply into his stomach before the used the other to uppercut him.

He coughed up blood as he flew through the air; his vision becoming blurry.

He'd trained so hard. Killed Yamori. Formed his own group. And for what? A grudge? What was the point of all this? His selfish desire to keep everyone safe?

As Shachi repeatedly pummeled him into a bloody pulp, he reflected on his past decisions.

He'd embraced his ghoul side because of the mental construct of Rize, formed his own little band of misfits hellbent on destroying his enemies, fucked Touka so roughly that she didn't even see him the same way anymore and last but not least, blindly stormed the home of the enemy team without any kind of plan. He was 9 for 10 and going for the gold.

Shachi wrapped his tail around Kaneki's waist and hurled him through a wall, causing him to end up in a chamber that housed multiple pods. But there was one in particular that caught his eye, the biggest one in the middle.

There looking perfectly healed but unconscious was none other than Rize Kamishiro.

"R-Rize?"

"That's right Kaneki. She's the perfect base for all my little half ghoul experiments. But still, none compare to you."

Kaneki knew that voice. It was the first one he'd heard after Rize's attack.

"Kanou."

The doctor emerged from behind her pod and gave him a casual wave.

"That's right, how've you been Ken? I hope you're taking your vitamins."

"The only thing I'm taking is you..."

"See about that, I kind of already have my own company."

At that moment, Yomo emerged from behind the pod and smashed its glass window with one backhand punch.

As Rize fell out of the pod and into his arms, he pushed Kanou towards Shachi who grabbed him and started to lead him away.

Kaneki was at a loss for words so he just chased after Shachi who kicked him in the chest and sent him flying.

Kanou laughed as he pulled a remote out his pocket and pressed a button before continuing on his merry way.

"I'm sure we'll meet again soon Ken but until that time comes, why don't you play with your little brothers?"

Kaneki crawled to his feet and watched as not only Shachi and Kanou left but also Yomo with Rize.

What the hell was going on?!

He had no time to wonder as the pods began to open and out came a small army of male half ghouls who seemed devoid on consciousness but filled with anger.

They attacked one by one and soon became too much for Kaneki and overwhelmed him.

As he was beaten and bitten, he thought back to Touka and the others and finally snapped.

He tore through them with his teeth, hands, and kagune, all the while changing into something monstrous.

As his kagune seemed to change and start to cover his face, he let out a giggle and snapped his around to be greeted by the sight of an investigator.

"One thousand....minus seven....do...YOU KNOW?!?!"