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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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Hide
I shook my hands as I ran out of the room, trying to get as much of that bastard's blood off me as possible. I'd gotten the answers I was looking for, but I needed to put that issue aside. Kaneki required my full attention now. If Touka is here, then there should be others from Anteiku as well. I'll worry about meeting up with them later.
Suddenly, I heard a crowd of people coming towards me, and as I turned the corner, I was met by dozens of Ghouls in varying states of health.
"We're free! It doesn't matter why they let us out, keep fuckin' moving and get outside before they change their minds!" said one of the men that ran past me.
If they were all heading towards the exit, then I was going the right way to get to Kaneki. I fought through the sea of people until the hallway ended at a staircase and elevator corridor. I took the stairs down to the next level and started checking rooms again. From what that guy said, it sounded like this place was used for holding Ghouls captive. The rooms were filthy with heavy doors that locked from the outside, and little to no furniture within. I left one room and was about to walk through the doorway of the next when a voice broke the silence.
"I was wondering when you'd eventually get here, dear Hide."
I turned to see Tsukiyama Shuu watching me. "What the hell are you doing here, Tsukiyama?"
"Aogiri Tree approached me after I left the club the other night wanting to recruit me. When I told them no, they didn't take it very well and attacked me, en masse. I woke up here and was told to make myself comfortable while I rethink my options. I've no desire to work with their kind, so I've just been biding my time. Once I realized who else occupied this place, I knew it'd only be a matter of time before you showed up. Although I must say that I'm surprised. The last time we met, you were just an ordinary human, and yet now you have the scent of that gluttonous female Ghoul about you."
Tsukiyama was a Ghoul? I never had a reason to question who around me could be hiding as a Ghoul in plain sight. But to think someone like that was so close this whole time.
"My situation isn't your concern. Wait, does that mean you've seen Kaneki here?!" I remembered the times that Tsukiyama interfered with Kaneki and me and angrily pushed him against the wall, shoving my elbow against his throat. "Where is he?!"
"You should act more appreciative than this, Hide. He'd be in much worse shape if I didn't intervene when I found him. Do you know what they were doing to him before I got here? Some of the other prisoners didn't mind bragging about it when I showed interest in the boy. They told me that as long as he wasn't killed, they could do anything they wanted to him. I'll spare you the gruesome details they provided me, Hide, but rest assured, those so-called men are no longer drawing breath. A gentleman doesn't let filth like that continue living."
"Why should I believe any of this? You have just as much reason to hurt him to get to me, right?"
"That's true; I could have ignored the fact that they were abusing him in so many sickening ways, or even joined in myself. But I didn't. I'll go to great lengths to steal a lover from you or ruin your chance at happiness with someone. But I've never physically injured anyone you cared for to get back at you, and I won't lower myself to do that now. It's you I want to hurt, not Kaneki."
I dropped my elbow and backed away from him. My mind was a mess as I tried to avoid thinking of what they'd done to Kaneki in here over the last ten days. I kept hearing my inner voice say that I'd failed him again. My actual voice was deceptively calm. "Where can I find him?"
"If he didn't get moved or try to escape with the rest, he should be at the end of the next hallway to the left. I doubt that he'd try to leave in his... condition, however. With our past, Hide, it's no secret that I've wanted to hurt you and cause you pain. But what happened here has nothing to do with us. There's no way for me to get any enjoyment out of this situation. No point in it if he doesn't even know you."
"If who doesn't know me? What do you mean?"
Tsukiyama brushed the front of his clothes off with his hands and started walking towards the stairs. "You'll see for yourself. Good luck, Hide."
I felt even more confused than I did before I ran into him. But he sounded sincere enough for me to believe his directions to where Kaneki was, so I continued and made the left at the hallway. I saw the last door at the end of the corridor, but someone was standing in front of it.
"Nagachika, it's been a while since I've seen you. Even if you quit, you could still come by Mado's now and then. Kaneki misses you. At least I think he still misses you. It's a little hard to tell now."
"Mr. Mado?" The scent in the air wasn't human, the person standing between myself and Kaneki was undeniably a Ghoul. "Why are you here?"
"To teach you a lesson in respect and authority. Did you think I wouldn't notice someone like yourself coming into my group to spy on us?"
"Your group? So, you're a member of Aogiri Tree?"
"Not just a mere member, I'm its current leader. I suppose you didn't get very far in your investigation if you didn't learn that yet."
Putting aside the fact that he posed as a human and our boss, he was the reason Kaneki was here. I released my kagune and got prepared to fight. Mado laughed as he watched me get ready.
"Ahh, so you want to handle this with force then? I'll play for a little while, but I have prior engagements, so I'll only indulge you for a moment." He let out his kagune, which looked like a replica of my own.
"How is that possible?"
"You truly are a novice, aren't you? I can alter my kagune to take on the appearance of any that I've seen before. The only limit is my imagination! I consider myself a collector of kagune and only add the ones I find most impressive to my arsenal, so you'll really have to wow me with yours if you want me to keep this one for myself."
I charged ahead and lashed my tendrils out at Mado, who parried them easily with his own. I was letting my anger get the better of me and not putting any thought into my attacks. He picked up on it and countered everything I sent at him.
"This is going far worse than I expected. Did you learn anything from your Ghoul friends at Anteiku? Some of them are quite gifted, giving credit where it's due. I suppose they aren't the best teachers, however."
He knew how to feed my frustration, and with a sharp yell, I ran head-on towards him and body-checked him with enough force to break through the wall behind us. As we both stood up in the new room, I shook off the debris that had gathered on me and prepared to attack again.
"Careful, Nagachika. You wouldn't want to accidentally harm any innocent bystanders. That'd be a real tragedy for you. Killing the one you came here to save."
His words brought my attention to the room. I noticed something in the far corner, and as I got closer, it took on a human shape. Cowering in the corner, in a tattered black shirt and dirt-smeared white shorts, was Kaneki.
"Kaneki!" I ignored Mado entirely and fell to my knees by his side. He faced the wall with his arms over his head in a protective gesture. As I looked closer, his arms were riddled with bite marks, bruises, and filthy bandages. Several of the wounds had grown red with infection. They'd been taking small bites from him. Enough to get a taste but not enough to kill. I put my hand on his shoulder and felt him tremble under my touch. The most shocking change had to be his hair. It had gone from flat black to a stark white. When I was tortured by Yamori, my hair had streaks of white for a short time. I learned it was a reaction to the trauma I had endured. Tears filled my eyes as I realized that Kaneki was in much worse shape than I could imagine.
Mado approached and lingered over me as I looked at Kaneki. "We'll have to play again soon, Nagachika. I'd suggest you take him and go. It would seem that someone tipped off the local authorities about this place. Consider this your only warning, to you and your group of coffee drinking pacifists: Let every day you see this scarred, broken human remind you not to shake the Tree again."
I heard his footsteps fade as I turned Kaneki gently to face me. Aside from some bruising, his face was dirty but untouched. He avoided eye contact and shook uncontrollably when I touched him.
"Kaneki, I'm here! It's going to be okay! We have to leave, so I'm going to need you to stand up. Kaneki, did you hear me?"
A hushed and cracked voice answered, "I-I don't know who that is. I'm S-Sasaki Haise. Who are you?"
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