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(Never) Let Him Know	By : Fullmetal_Masochist Category: -Misc Anime > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1808 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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"Aogiri Tree? That's what they're calling themselves?" Kimi Nishino asked.
Yoshimura nodded his head before continuing. "Yes, they're an organization that's been around for quite a few years, but recently managed to gain a following in many of the surrounding wards. According to the information we collected over the last three weeks, they're taking Ghouls into their group either by free will or by force. Those who refuse tend to disappear, but we don't know whether they're killed or simply run off."
"Just why are they gathering all these Ghouls together? It's rare to see a group this size, it attracts too much attention," said Nishiki Nishio, Kimi Nishino's boyfriend. He's human like me, even though Kimi is a Ghoul. His attitude could use some work, but he's loyal to Kimi and Anteiku and is a strong fighter. For some reason, he doesn't care much for Hide and I.
"Their current goal is to organize against humans and show that Ghouls are the superior species. They are a terrorist group, plain and simple. If their plans succeed, it will incite the humans' fear and lead to us being targeted once again. We've had nearly two decades of peace between us, with compromises made on each side. Aogiri intends to disrupt that peace, and I won't stand for it. I've seen too much bloodshed on both sides to allow it to happen again." Yoshimura took a moment to collect his thoughts and then sat down.
The door to the room opened, and a small woman entered cautiously. Her green hair was hastily tied up in a messy bun as she bowed before the group. "Apologies for being late, I lost track of time. Although I'm not quite sure why you bothered contacting me for a meeting."
"No apologies needed, Eto. I asked you to come here because I know you don't involve yourself in our matters. But this can cause problems for you if left unaware. Please take a seat, and I'll catch you up on what we've already discussed," said Yoshimura as he gestured toward an open seat. She nodded and sat down quickly. As he ran through the information we'd just talked about, I couldn't help but watch her. She seemed familiar, but I couldn't place where I'd seen her before. I nudged Yomo, who had been silently observing the meeting as he always did.
"Yomo, I haven't seen her at the meetings before, who is she?" Hide leaned over me to catch Yomo's reply, eager to hear the answer as well.
"That's Yoshimura's daughter, Eto. Their relationship is rather... strained, so they tend to keep their distance from each other. To be honest, I'm surprised she showed up here today, myself. She's a strange one, usually doesn't get involved with Ghoul matters and prefers to stick to her human identity. She does some writing or something like that. I think he's almost done catching her up."
Writing? If she's a writer, that must be the connection to where I've seen her!
"Y-You're Takatsuki Sen, aren't you? The writer?" I blurted out louder than I had intended, interrupting them. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to distract you, I just—"
"Yes, that's me! Are you a fan of my work? I can't imagine any other reason for you to get so excited about my identity. And who might you be?"
"Me? I'm Kaneki, I-I am a fan of you. Of your work! Oh man, why am I so nervous, I'm sorry! I must look like such an idiot."
Hide draped his arm over my shoulder and laughed, "Don't mind him, he's a little star-struck at the moment. My name is Hideyoshi Nagachika, but you can call me Hide. And this ball of nerves is Kaneki Ken."
She smiled at me as she nodded towards us. "Pleasure meeting both of you. You can just call me Eto here."
I felt like such a tool for fanboying out in front of her. She's written many of my favorite novels, I would have never expected to meet her like this. Hide helped to calm me down at least.
"Well, if we're done playing celebrity jerk-off here, how about we get back to this meeting? Kimi and I don't have as much free time as some of you, ya know," said Nishiki, his tone flat and uncaring.
"Sorry for the interruption. Please continue," Eto said as she brought her attention back to her father.
"We need to learn more about them and what their plans are. To do this, we'll need to infiltrate them. Hide, since you're a relatively new face around here, I think this job would be best suited to you. They haven't done much recruiting in our ward, and not many people here are aware of your affiliation with Anteiku. You would need to stay undercover for an indiscriminate amount of time to gather the information we need. If you accept, we'll discuss the rest of the details after we're done here."
"Yes sir, I'll do it."
"Wait, what?" I asked. "Hide just spent three weeks following these guys around, shouldn't someone else go instead?"
"Sounds like your wife doesn't want you taking off again so soon, pretty boy. Maybe you should teach him to show more respect for those of us who have an active role in Anteiku rather than an observer."
"How about you blow it out your ass, Nishiki? He has just as much of a right to express his opinion here as you do. As any of us here do," answered Touka, who regularly has it out with Nishiki. It would have surprised me more if she hadn't had anything to say to him.
Kimi spoke up next, "Okay, let's all calm down here. That was uncalled for, Nishio, let it go so we can focus on what's important here. It worries me that this many Ghouls are gathering to cause a disturbance with humanity. And when we're so close to working out a solution to the biggest problem keeping us apart."
Kimi Nishino was referring to her lab's research on creating an alternative source of food for Ghouls. She believed that it could be possible to engineer meat that could be eaten by Ghouls without any humans being harmed in the process. Most of the science to it was beyond me, but she was confident that they were close to a breakthrough.
"I'll get myself into their group, sir, and get whatever you need to bring them down," Hide said, purposely avoiding my eyes as I stared at him.
"Good, then we can focus on making sure that Kimi's research continues without any setbacks. I know you two are busy with that, so if you need to get back to it, you're free to leave."
"Yes sir, thank you for getting us all together for this meeting. Come on Nishio, let's get back to the lab," Kimi bowed to the rest of us and waved for Nishiki to hurry up. He gave Hide and I a dirty look before walking out of the room.
"I should be leaving as well, I have some meetings with my publishers I should get prepared for. It's true that I don't like getting involved with the Ghoul world. My life as the human author Takatsuki Sen has made me happier than any time I spent as a Ghoul. But I agree that if Aogiri Tree succeeds, it will lead to humans persecuting Ghouls like myself who are only trying to live peacefully in their society. I'll help in any way that I can. Good day to you all, and nice meeting you Hide and Kaneki. I'll send over a copy of my next book for you, Kaneki dear. Bye!" She left the room with as much energy as she had when she arrived.
"Ugh, there's something about that woman that just irritates me," said Touka quietly as she approached me. "Like she's trying too hard to be friendly with everyone. People like that tend to be two-faced."
"I don't know, she seemed nice to me."
"Your opinion is biased, Mr. 'I'm a Fan of You!'" Touka replied in a mocking tone.
My face felt hot as I recalled that embarrassing moment from earlier. "Ugh, can we not bring that up? I already feel like enough of a meathead for spazzing out like that. She just caught me off guard showing up suddenly."
Touka briefly laughed along with me, "Yeah, it was strange for her to show up after avoiding Anteiku all this time. You don't know their story, right?" When I nodded my head to confirm, she continued.
"Yoshimura wasn't kidding when he said that things were bad for Ghouls in the past. He had met a woman, and they fell in love, you know, the typical love story. But she was human, and he was a Ghoul. It didn't stop them though, despite the world being against them being together. And of course, from that love came a little bundle of joy, Eto. A natural born half-Ghoul is a very rare thing, and eventually, they were targeted. Yoshimura saw the woman he loved get killed while he could do nothing but escape with their child. Heartbroken and paranoid that staying with him would get her killed too, he decided the best thing to do was to leave Eto in the care of another ward, so he brought her to the 24th and then disappeared. Fast forward a few decades, Yoshimura finds his daughter, but she's mad at him for abandoning her. Their interaction today was probably the most civil I've seen them. He does care for her tremendously, which is likely why he wanted to warn her about the danger we were facing."
"Wow, I had no idea. I feel bad for them both, having the past weigh them down even in the present," I said in reply. It was a lot to take in. Hide was talking to Yoshimura, getting the details for his next mission worked out. I would go over and listen, but I just didn't want to hear them talk about him being gone again so soon. Nishiki wasn't wrong earlier, I didn't want him to leave again. He hasn't even been back 24 hours, and they're already making plans to send him away again.
Hide finished and walked back over to me. "I don't leave until Friday, what do you want to do with me until then, Kaneki?"
"Let's go home, Hide. We'll figure out the rest later."
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