Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters except for my OCs. Everything belongs to the original creator of Tokyo Ghoul.

Prologue:

The days went by as usual for the family, but today it appeared to be a special day for the three. A young man and woman smiled at one another as they held their beloved daughter's hands. Her smile was bright, but it wasn't nothing compared to the shine her eyes expressed. Those purple orbs that belonged to her father and her light lavender hair almost white was inherited by a combination of her mother and father.

To anyone they were viewed upon as a normal happy family, but few actually knew the truth behind the little vile that cloaked them. No one would have thought that such a loving and happy family can be connected to Ghouls. Yet people knew better than to let appearance fool them since most Ghouls blend right in. But who would point fingers on them?

They're well known within the 20th ward since both parents own a shop. A successful book store and a unique music shop a few stores down each other. Both always willing to lend out a helping hand to anyone, ghouls and humans alike, but they kept a watchful eye out for anyone threatening.

Now times are different when they gained a beautiful girl who was born within the times that the world is a danger to ghouls and humans. Their main goal now is protecting their child and hope that one day both worlds can come together instead of this meaningless war that was wedged between the two. A battle that divided the two, but few managed to entwine with one another in order to live a happy life together.

Today they were heading to Anteiku to see Yoshimura since they wanted to speak with the manager of the small shop about a few things regarding the 20th Ward, but it was much than that.

The small coffee shop always held a warm welcoming vibe that drew people in, no matter if they were ghouls or humans.

Entering the small shop, Yoshimura turn to greet the guests, but stopped when he realized that it was them who came by. He offered a smile while greeting the three, "Armand. Yuri. It's been far too long since you've come by."

Looking down at the small child who gave him a hesitate wave and this made him chuckle, "I've heard little stories about you, Yuzuki, but it's an honor to finally meet you."

Armand chuckled, "You're always aware of what happens around here, so I'm not surprise." His laughter died down, glancing over to his wife as he said, "Enjoy yourself here," Glancing over to the older man, "While I speak with Yoshimura about a few things, but it won't take long."

Facing Yoshimura, his dark violet eyes held a worried expression, "If you don't mind?"

"Not at all," Shaking his head while motioning towards the hall, "I also had a few important things to discuss with you, Armand."

Both men leaving, but before they reached the hall Yoshimura glanced over to one of his employees and gave him a slight nod while saying, "I'll be gone shortly."

The brown haired man nodded at his boss and returned to cleaning a few glasses. Yuri took a sit at the counter, helping her daughter up onto the chair beside her before the young woman can order something for the two of them.

Smiling over at the young man, "May I have two cups of black coffee and a sundae."

Meanwhile in the back, Yoshimura and Armand both sat across each other in silences. The scent of coffee coated the room, two cups placed on the table in front of the two men. His violet eyes staring into the cup, his own reflection staring right back to him as if his own thoughts were eating at him.

Finally facing the manager of the shop, he laced his fingers together, "I've notice a strange shift in ghoul activity here in the 20th Ward."

Yoshimura didn't look at him nor did a reaction show from the statement, but the man did give a slight nod. Reaching over for his cup, he remains stoic and this only made the other man more anxious for a lack of response.

"You're not wrong, Armand, but you have yet to realize that this shift in activity is connected to your family."

"My family? What have we-"

"You know very well what you did. The possibility of any of this ever occurring was large enough that you must've at least known. Your actions brought unwanted attention from them."His voice was stern, staring at the young man in front of him, who become more anxious at the thoughts.

Armand frowned, standing up as he threw his arm aside, "Why can't they just leave others to do as they wish with their lives?! I found a place to call home, and you're telling me that they're not happy with it. I'll make sure they regret ever coming near my family if they dare choose to touch them."

Sighing, the older man shook his head, "Then that would surely catch the CCG's attention. You have to be very careful, Armand. For the sake of your family."

The navy haired man clenched his hands, "Nothing will happen, I'll make sure of it."

Standing, Yoshimura gave the young man a concern looks, "Be careful, Armand, there are ghouls and humans alike out there that don't appreciate the actions you've made nor your opinion of humans and ghouls. They will, be any means destroy want you've created. It's how this world works within the cage that was placed upon us."

Armand nodded, crossing his arms, "I'll keep that in mind, but I won't back down or show them that I'm afraid of their little threats. I'm not running away... I'll make it out of this unjust world."

Walking beside him, Yoshimura faced his guest, but the man didn't notice that look he gave Armand. On the other hand, Armand saw the regret, the bitterness, and sorrow behind that look as if Yoshimura himself has been through a similar dark twisted path.

Yoshimura nodded to himself before turning away, "Sometimes it's best not to face danger but do remember that fearing something isn't weak, but a sign of true courage of knowing when to back down. You have a family to think of now, and certainly you are the only one capable of defending off an attack. So please, do keep in mind that they will be targeted too."

Existing the room, Yoshimura added, "Don't take this warning so lightly, Armand."

Back in front of the shop, Yuri finished her cup of coffee after Yuzuki did and she moved the two empty cups aside. She smiles at the little girl, who was staring at the sundae with aw, but Yuri was hesitate whether to allow her daughter to try or not. There were times that Yuzuki reject food, but there are times where she would crave it. Smiling down at her, she moved her dessert closer so the girl can reach it if she wished to.

Yuzuki smiled as she took a piece of her mother's little dessert and the girl's eyes widen at the strange taste of the sweet human food. It wasn't bad, but it was like a new flavor she never tasted before and it only made her want another piece. She didn't manage to steal another piece, her ears twitched when she heard her father emerged from the hall that he went down earlier.

Her purple eyes studied how he was in distress, but he still managed to keep up an act to cover his worries. But the little girl wanted to know what made her father so scared and why is there a sick unpleasant feeling building up within her.

Ears twitching at the sounds around her, voices, there seem to echo, but it left her confuse. Glancing over her shoulder, she saw a few people whispered to themselves and yet she felt like they were speaking about them. Turning around, she saw the manager of the little shop and he gave her a faint smile as if he was reassuring her that things will be fine. Still it didn't shake off the haunting feeling that her little world will be filled with twists and turns.

"Take care, Yuzuki-san, and don't forget that you're always welcome here," Yoshimura nodded and before heading away into the kitchen of the small cafe, he bid his farewell to her parents. The manager nodded his head at Yuzuki's mother, "Don't hesitate to come to Anteiku."

She smiled at the man, "I won't, Yoshimura, and thank you for everything. I wish you a good day."

"You too."

After leaving the shop, Yuzuki held onto her parents' hands as they made their way to their shops. Her violet eyes stared up at the clear blue sky, watching the clouds slowly move above them then her attention would turn to her surroundings. Everyone seem to mind their own business, walking pass each other while still maintaining their conversations. Everything seem normal, calm, but the only change was in her father's behavior.

Looking over to her father, she watched as he tried to calm himself or reassure himself of something. Losing interest, Yuzuki glanced over to a shop across the street and her eyes widen at the sight of bright flowers. Each flower remaining lively, with each petal shining underneath the sun that they bath in. Then there was something that caught her full attention, glancing over to an oddly familiar blue that gazed her sight.

Her eyes caught sight of a blue haired young man, she notices that he had a guitar case strapped onto his back. She remembered seeing him before, actually twice and each time it was in one of her parents' shops. He always kept a blank expression and his gray eyes that hid behind his glasses always looked the same as if he forgot how to feel anything.

Blinking, he disappeared from her sight and she looked over her shoulder to search for the stranger, but he was nowhere to be seen. He just vanished like a ghost and she shouldn't be surprise since he always seems to do that when she met him. But she couldn't seem to recall the man's name.

Shrugging, she looked back over to her parents who were in a serious conversation, but she couldn't hear most of it due to the fact they were whispering under their breathes.

They look scared...

Time went by until one day they weren't prepared for and it marked a day that burned into the girl's memories. It was a night to remember, a day that will continue to haunt her dreams, but it will be the start of her journey. A journey to see if Ghouls are actually the monsters or are the humans to be blamed for this wrong world.

A year went by since then, but she couldn't tell if it's more than just a year because she hasn't been able to see the light of day. A year that she hasn't heard her parents' soothing voice, a year without their arms to wrap around her to shield her from danger.

Or was it more than a year?

All she knew was the sensation of cold chains strapped around her ankles and wrists, the never ending screams, the unbearable pain and the uncontainable tears that stained her cheeks far too many times.

She's been trapped in some cage and only freed when they wanted her to fight against some other ghoul or another poor human. But today was different than any other day, it was the day that the CCG managed to discover the place and raided it. It was the day that her life would start a new, with a familiar stranger to save her from this nightmare.

Everything happened so fast that she couldn't comprehend what was going on around her. One moment she was forced to fight a ghoul and the next everyone began to panic. Still she remained inside the arena while the others tried to escape. She was trapped down there with the other ghoul who still wanted to end her life, but she wasn't going to give up.

All she can remember were the blinding lights that blurred her vision or whatever was left of it. The pain spreading across her face as it quickly numbed her body, but she heard a faint voice reaching out to her. It was like a life line pulling her back to reality, dragging her out of this never ending nightmare that managed to rob her out of everything.

Tears fell down onto the palms of her hands as she cried out, no words escaped her throat and it felt like she was gasping for air. A sharp pain shot through her right eye and down her back, she clenched the dirt ground. Then everything froze around her, the ground seems to vibrate underneath her fingers as if something was heading towards her and without a second thought she felt a sudden power overcome her broken body.

Throwing her hand forward, she released her RC cells and allowed them to flourish into a large Ukaku that appeared to be bright violet wings that flashed blue when it harden. She got to her knee before she created a shower of Ukaku shards down upon the Ghoul that was within the arena with her.

Screaming out, she stood up onto her feet and ignoring the great pain that shot through her body. This rage only made her want to fight, she wanted to live, to see the light of the moon again, to see the outside world once more.

To feel free.

"I don't want to die!" Tears fell down her cheeks as her Rinkaku appeared behind her and it's shining blue color shimmered under the light before it threw the ghoul across the arena.

Bringing her hands to her face, she began to cry louder as her eyes stung with pure agony. She shouted, "I want to go home!"

Collapsing onto the ground, her kagunes disappeared, but only her one kakgune remained visible. Clenching her hand over her right eye, tears continued to fall down her pale cheeks while her other hand trembled beside her.

"I-I wa...want to live...once more a-again..." Her lips trembled and she opened her eye, but only saw nothing as if the lights were turned off and yet she only recognized faint outlines.

Wiping her cheeks, she felt blood smearing against her hands as she only whimpered out, "...Please help me..."

Her eyes widen when she heard the ground crunching underneath someone's footsteps. Trying to bring herself up, but she didn't have the strength of getting up. Releasing a heavy breath as she faced the sound, "W-who's there?"

The scent was familiar as if she knew this person before, but she couldn't see anything and it made it more difficult to tell if they were an enemy. She coughed as the dust around the arena covered them, "Please... Please help me..." More tears fell down as she cried out, "I don't want to die... I just want to go home..."

His gray eyes fell upon the small child as he heard her pleads, the way she begged to live, but what made it different from any mission he took on was the fact the girl was someone he met. He recognized her as the girl whose parents own two shops in the 20th Ward, but last year both were burned down along with their home and the family was declared missing.

Walking closer to her, his eyes widen slightly when he saw a peak of her one kakugan that showed through her fingers that she tried to cover. He never thought that she would be a ghoul, but it made him question what happened to the rest of her family.

"Are... Are you here to kill me...?" Her lips twitched as a single tear fell down her cheek as she tried to stand once more while saying, "I... I can't die here... Not now..."

Her weak voice trembled as she whispered, "I want to see my mama... my papa-" More tears fell as she clenched her hand over her kakugan, "...I want to go h-home."

His eyes held pity to hear her pleads regarding her parents that are most certainly dead.

He watched her struggle to get to her feet, but she soon collapsed down onto her knees. There was still a strong will to fight within her and even facing the brick of death she still won't accept her fate so easily.

She clenched the dirt within her stained hands, "Y-you here to help me?"

Facing him, he saw the hope shown on her face as if he was her salvation, but was it the other way around. Their encounterments have always left him questioning things, so maybe she-this ghoul was his salvation in a way. Or will serve a bigger purpose.

Kneeling in front of the girl, keeping an arm length distance between the two before he finally spoke, "I'm here to help you."

"Really?" Her voice held her hopes as she finally smiled faintly, "Y-you promise?"

"Yes."

Fura glared at the blue haired Investigator as he shouted, "What the hell?! You can't be serious about asking rights over a Ghoul and plan on keeping her!"

Glancing over his shoulder, he watched the orange haired Investigator stiffen up at the new information. The glasses wearing Investigator tilted his head a bit before replying back so calmly, "To correct you, she's half ghoul and half human. I don't see her much as a threat, and soon you'll understand too."

"Like hell! I knew you were a crazy bastard, but I didn't know you were stupid too."

His cold emotionless eyes gaze away from his tempered comrade or friend if they are, but Arima wasn't one to keep any form of relations with anyone for long. Staring off for a bit as he came to a conclusion, "I've seen her before, in the 20th Ward." His eyes shifted over to the orange haired Investigator and the words felt empty as he pondered for a moment, "I wonder, what has become of her parents."

Fura frowned at the man's actions, snorting back as he crossed his arms across his chest, "So you gotten soft, Arima? I remember you saying that Ghouls can't live like humans-"

His cold gray eyes shifted away as he wondered about a few other things. What he said next held a weird tension that couldn't be explained nor did Fura believed any word of it. Arima simply replied back, "It appears I was wrong, but I could be wrong about this as well. I want to see if she could be capable of living as a human."

He held his chin for a moment before glancing over to the door that held the girl, "But I do wonder what will the CCG think of all this. How she'll react after knowing her current situation."

Fura raised a brow as he looked over at the blue haired Investigator, "...What are you planning to do?"

A/N: I'm back and yes, I'll be updating more on these stories since I've been working on them before hand. Tokyo Ghoul has been one hell of a series I swear, but it's still awesome. Anyways, I'll be posting my other story titled "Violet Flames" from Blue Exorcist and I would you guys to leave a vote on which story I should work on for now. Don't worry, I'll continue with the other story after I'm done with the first or when I have the time. So please feel free to leave a review and tell me your thoughts.

Hope you guys have a good day wherever you are :)