Note: So, I've been in a slump, but since so many people seem to like this I decided to go ahead and finish this. I've had this chapter just sitting on my computer for weeks, but like I said I've been in a slump. I owe two people stories and I plan on writing those out as soon as I'm out of this writing slump.

Uta paused for a moment when Yuri gently grabbed his hand and pulled him back. "Give me a moment with him Kakeru," she said watching her partner sighed lightly, but nod his head at her order either way. He stepped away from the two of them but, was still close enough to them to make sure that either of them could respond quickly to any sign of danger if need be. "Uta, will you please find Chiho and get her out of here. Kakeru and I will take care of the Ghoul," she spoke softly, eyes cast downward because she was sure he was frowning at her, she could just feel it. "Why not send him? He's the injured one after all," he said gesturing toward her partner who was staring over at the two of them, a look of aggravation easily read on his face as if he could hear what the two were discussing. "Chiho isn't fully capable of controlling her eyes yet whenever she's terribly afraid or threatened they appear. If I send Kakeru to retrieve her, he'll know for sure about her being a Ghoul," Yuri spoke softly before raising her head to meet Uta's gaze. The dark haired Ghoul gave a small sigh before nodding his agreement with her. "Alright, I'll get Chiho to safety," he muttered, still a bit annoyed about the whole situation, but he more than understood the situation. Yuri smiled softly up toward him before turning away and walking back toward Kakeru to inform him about what she had just told Uta. It wasn't long after that the three of them finally ascended the stairs to the third floor and the first thing they saw? Well it was a dead dove, laid out nicely in at the top of the staircase and had Uta not been parading as a human right now he would have admired the beauty of the bloody scene before him.

Chiho took a small breath and attempted to fan herself with her free hand, the closest had grown so hot over the time she had been in here. She grimaced wondering how much longer it would take her mother to get her, but that thought was soon shut down the moment she heard footsteps outside of the closest door. She paused, trying to be as quiet as possible even going so far as to hold her breath, but none of that mattered the person walking stopped right in front of her door. She could make out their shadow from the crack at the bottom of the door, barely see the white of their shoes...they had little feet she realized, not much bigger than her own. She might be able to take them on if she needed too, but she really hoped that she wouldn't have to fight someone her age or even be forced to kill someone her age. The door to her closet soon swung open and Chiho was left looking over a Ghoul child just around the same age as herself, the only difference was that this child was coved in blood. Chiho starred at the black haired child who only seemed to smirk at her before pointing at her eyes which she was sure had already changed. "Why are you hiding? We're not here to hurt any Ghouls," he said tipping his head to one side, his messy black locks falling over his left shoulder as he eyed her down with a look of mild interest. Chiho slowly pulled herself from her trance and slowly stood up from the floor, pressing her back against the wall to put as much distance between herself and this Ghoul. "There are agents crawling around and I don't want to get caught. I can't control my eyes," she said slowly trying to watch him but, slowly turned her gaze away from him when he turned a curious one to her. For some reason, saying that out loud to another Ghoul made her feel somewhat ashamed, this boy was obviously her age and had probably already long since mastered controlling his eyes...while she...she could not.

The boy made a strange kind of laugh before looking down each side of the hallway. "Well, I suppose I have a minute to help a cute Ghoul," he said grinning toward Chiho whom only raised a brow curiously at his words. "Okay, so first off you should learn to control your heart beat," he said frowning lightly when Chiho gave him an annoyed 'hmph'. "Hey, I'm trying to teach you something here," he said frown only deepening when she stuck her tongue out toward him. "Well then teach me something I don't know, like how exactly am I supposed to control my heart rate," she said crossings her arms over her chest, a bit of annoyance easily found in her voice, annoyance only growing when the boy laughed at her once more. "Easy, just don't feel any fear. What do you have to be afraid of? You're a Ghoul. You could easily tear the wings of any little dove," he said grin widening to a point where Chiho thought he looked kind of scary, but then again she should have been afraid from the beginning of this blood covered Ghoul. "Ah, there we go. See, your eyes are back to normal," he said pointing to her eyes once more with a proud smirk on his lips. So, why wasn't she afraid of him? "So, what's your name little Ghoul?" he asked, laughing when Chiho puffed out her cheeks and quickly remarked that she wasn't much shorter than him. "Chiho," she soon answered softly, blushing faintly when the boy gave her smile that made him look as if he just found the coolest thing since toilet paper.

Yuri cringed at the sight of the dead body, while Kakeru moved forward passed the man, no need to check his pulse, the gaping hole in his chest where his heart should have been was more than enough proof of death. "No doubt the other agents fared much better," Kakeru spoke heaving a sigh as Yuri nodded her head in agreement. Uta remained quiet, it wasn't as if the death of some random Dove affected him in any kind of way, if anything it was probably a good thing, one less Dove in the world he would have to worry about. Yuri slowly turned her attention over toward Uta and made a small option for him to turn down another hall opposite of them. "Chiho should be down that way," she said softly, turning her attention slowly away from him and missing the nod of his head. The three of them easily parted ways, Yuri moving with her partner and Uta moving to find her daughter Chiho.

It didn't take Uta long to find Chiho, but he wasn't expecting another Ghoul to be with her. She stood in the door frame of the closest eyes cast toward him now slightly widened, the boy also starred at him. A smirk twisted on his lips as he waved rather nonchalantly, but to be quite honest something seemed off about the boy and it wasn't just the fact that he was covered in blood or had human flesh stuck between his teeth. "That's quite a surprise I never thought that man would come to your rescue, too think he was hiding such a cute daughter all along," the boy said, but before Chiho could protest his words he was silencing her with a quick kiss to the cheek. He grinned at her face before putting on a mask she hadn't realized he was carrying. The black and white thing was plain and reminded her of a ying yang symbol, she knew he was grinning from under that mask as he ran off down the hall away from herself and Uta. "Where is mom?" Chiho asked as soon as Uta made it next to her, glaring at the spot where the boy once stood. He wasn't going to chase after the boy and leave Chiho to fend for herself, but that didn't change the fact that he defiantly knew something was off about that boy. "She's with her partner hunting the Ghoul. Was that him?" he asked watching as Chiho shrugged her shoulders, a somewhat confused look on her face. "I think so but, he did say 'we' though and also...he knew who you were too," she said looking toward the older male, confusion still clear on her face. He was also slightly confused because though he had made that mask he did not recognize the child. That mask was made for a different Ghoul entirely, he had never seen that kid in his life. "That mask was my handiwork," he said as if that answered all of her questions, but Chiho wasn't falling for any of it and simply shook her head vigorously at him. "But he talked as if he knew you," she said but, quickly shut her mouth tight when she saw the angered look Uta shot toward her. He asked her to drop the topic to which she quickly obeyed, but that was mainly due to the fact that an ear piercing scream could soon be heard from her mother. Chiho could feel her blood freeze from within her veins and she wondered if the strange Ghoul beside her had the same dreadful feeling as herself.

It had been a few minutes since they had parted from Uta and so far the pair had yet to speak a word to each other. Kakeru was still completely convinced that Yuri was hiding something important about herself, but on the same note he knew he couldn't worry about that right now. He would simply have to investigate her on his own time...same with her strange lover. Yuri stopped in her tracks holding out her arm and Kakeru whom had been so engrossed in his own thoughts actually bumped into her arm. Yuri gave her partner a strange look for a moment, the man having never been so careless before, but she didn't have the time to ask him what was wrong for in the next moment the two of them where jumping out of the way of a Ghoul's Kagune coming right from the wall beside them. The target was obviously in the room beside them and had hoped to finish the two of rather quickly with the simple sneak attack. Kakeru groaned aloud rigght hand quickly grasping his lower abdomen in pain, Yuri was quickly reminded that her partner was not I full health and that she was probably going to have to do most of the fighting here on her own...not to mention protecting her partner. Yuri quickly opened her suitcase grasping the handle to her Quinqu which pulled around her feet much like a whip. The white weapon was actually taken from a previous fight with a Ghoul Kakeru knew all too well after all it was the Kagune of the Ghoul that had landed him in the hospital in the first place. He was rather surprised to see his partner using it as her weapon. "Oh, you lived?" a male voice came from the other side of the broken down wall as he stepped through the rubble, his hair was dark in color and his mask reminded Yuri of a ying yang sign, only his was white and red. Yuri starred at him moving slowly in front of Kakeru who was still hunched over holding tight to his wounded ribs.

The injured man looked up toward his partner, starring at her back as she took the forward position in an attempt to protect him. His fingers lightly moved across his wound before he brought his hand up, inspecting the warm fluid that now stained his hand…he had reopened an injury and in such a crucial moment. "Kakeru, I need you to get out of here," Yuri quickly suggested to her partner, not turning around to face him though, keeping her eyes glued to her opponent. The human male only grimaced before he stood straight and despite having not turned to look at her partner she knew he had a defiant look in his eyes. She said his name again this time with more desperation, she wasn't fully confident in her ability to defend her partner at this moment. The ghoul before her made a move to attack, his strange and colorful kagune quickly shooting forward through the air, the attack was too direct and too easy to read, Yuri knew something was up. She quickly made to block the attack, but before if even made contact with her weapon it jutted off to the side aiming for the easy kill behind her. Yuri's eyes shot open, but thanks to her quick feet she was easily able to turn toward Kakeru and tackle him to the floor. The Ghoul's Kagune shred through her shirt and the flesh of her back. Yuri did the only she could do at the moment and that was scream in pain at the feeling of her sensitive flesh slicing open.