ON HOLD - The King and Queen - Tokyo Ghoul [Arima x OC]

Chapter 10 The Auction part 1

Misaki POV

Today was the day of the auction, I couldn't exactly sleep last night after the conversation I had with Eto, many thoughts roamed my mind and I just couldn't seem to stop thinking about it all, especially if I was really falling for Arima. Eventually I ended up passing out on the rooftop somewhere around the early morning and slept till last noon, I woke up because Ayato came to find me and just shouted to wake me up, which of course lead to me throwing the first brick I could find at him, but of course he dodged it. After that I went to eat, as I was going to need my strength tonight and since I hadn't eaten in a short while I was kind of hungry. It was an hour before the mission, I went through the plans with the team a last time as we were on our way to the Zeum Hall, the location where the auction was being held. "One last thing.. don't do anything stupid and don't get yourself killed. Thanks" I mumbled, and I could Ayato chuckle, he knew exactly what I was talking about as it wouldn't be the first time that I was saving everyone's ass. I rolled my eyes and pulled my hood over my head, I was now completely unrecognizable, I wore a full-face mask with a voice changer and kept my hair tied up and hidden in the hood of my black coat. We finally arrived and took our places, mine being inside and in the grand hall, I took a spot somewhere higher up and, in the back, allowing me to have a good and wide view over the room and it's attendants along with Big Madame. There was a small silly little show being performed on the stage and a small tower like made decor with large curtains in the doorway appeared on the stage. "Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you all for waiting. We will now... begin the auction." A voice suddenly spoke, but not in sight, I guessed whoever it was, was probably in that weird decor piece and it seemed I was right as the curtains opened and a tall man wearing a mask and suit stepped out of the decor. "Your hosts and auctioneers will be us, the Clowns." The Clowns huh.. "Please enjoy to your heart's content." the same man spoke again, and a loud applause came from the many attendants, However I couldn't help but feel as if I knew this man, his voice was too familiar. "Here's our first item for today." the curtains opened up once again, revealing a young man. "The former popular actor. Yoshiki Okura." I rolled my eyes and leaned back against the wall, watching the show. The poor guy was terrified, making several pleas in the hope to get out of the current situation he found himself in, not that it was any use obviously. Shortly after that the bidding started and I tuned out, not paying any attention to what was happening on the stage for now, seeing as nothing special or interesting was going on and I had zero interest in the actual auction. Eventually the man was sold to some rich ghoul and that's when something interesting happened, it was the next "item" that had come onto the stage, I recognized his face from the night I had fought against Kaneki and Arima, He was one of those half ghoul investigators that was at the scene as well. What in the world was a dove doing here? If a dove was here than there was a very good chance, there were more of them and that they knew about the auction. or perhaps the kid just screwed up and now found himself in this situation, but I doubted that that was the case here. "We'll start the bidding at one million.." I quickly spotted Ayato in the crowds and made my way over to him, everyone had to be informed that the CCG was most likely already here. "This one has an unusual scent.." the man on the stage spoke as he made his way over to the dove, removing the eye patch from his face, revealing that he was a one-eyed ghoul and many gasps and whispers could be heard coming from the crowds. "Well, well, this is indeed rare! That just means we'll have to start the bidding at 10 million!" and not much later people quickly started bidding one after the other, all wanting to buy the one-eyed ghoul and pretty soon I could actually hear a bid of one hundred million.. I shook my head and sighed. Finally, I made it over to where Ayato was standing along with Hinami and Saeki. "Ayato.. Bad news, that one-eyed ghoul over there, that's not just a regular ghoul, he's a dove, one of the one-eyed ghoul investigators that they made." Ayato turned to look at me, clearly shocked by what he just heard in the same moment Big Madame had apparently won the "battle" and bought the dove. "And I doubt that he just screwed up and ended up here by mistake.. so, chances are that the CCG is already here, be careful." He nodded, informing Hinami and Saeki and then left to inform the others. The dove had been taken off the stage and the auction continued. "Now then, let us move on to the next item while the excitement is still high. I have a feeling this one will also go at a high price because we have a very beautiful young lady here." And indeed, a beautiful young lady had stepped out on to the stage, but something was off, and I had a very bad feeling about this. The crowds were excited about the doll-like woman on the stage and the Auctioneer was about to start the bidding "No payment needed.." the woman spoke interrupting the man. In the next moment she took a jump, landing on a small wooden table and then suddenly pulled out several knives throwing them all at once at the auctioneer, landing every single one of them causing the man to fall onto the ground. "It's Suzuya.. I knew it, we've got doves in here" everyone started to scream and panic, trying to get out of the place as fast as they could as Juzo was throwing his knives around, taking down several other ghouls, realizing the same thing, the doves were here.