wintercrazed | Is it the Man Come to Take Me Away?

[3rd rank investigator Juuzou Suzuya on duty! Well, he always considered himself on duty. Aside from official raids and investigations, the CCG appointed Shinohara with the task of keeping Juuzou out of trouble. Other than that, they don't care. Juuzou doesn't care either. Slipping away from his chaperone, Juuzou heads out into the 20th Ward. He got the memo about ghoul activity here. Nasty business there. Can't wait to get his hands on it.

Yes, this place was smack dab in the ward, right near some place called Antieku. The investigator relied on getting his delicious scent and investigator instincts to pull him towards the perpetrator. Yep, just him and his suitcase containing Scorpion.

As he passes by, there's one person that catches his attention: the eyepatched kid, Kaneki. He remembers him easily, how he bumped paths and took his wallet. Something special about that one, he just didn't know the specifics yet. But enough time with the boy and he would soon. Thank goodness he kept it. The investigator made it a game of flipping it in the wait and catching. He waved and yelled to get his attention. He looks blase about the fact he has someone else's wallet.]

Eyepatch! You dropped something!

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[Kaneki has little time to react, and before he can get away from Juuzou properly he feels the heavy weight of the investigator landing on his shoulders. It causes him to stagger badly and fall back against the wall, the narrow alley making it nearly impossible to continue dodging. His Kagune still has yet to make an appearance, even though that- in these close quarters- the use of it is likely the only chance he'll have of getting away. ]

[With his legs on the ghoul's shoulders, he bends backwards leaving his upper half hanging over Kaneki. All the while he puts he squeeze on the ghoul.]

Let's see...which one is the Kagune...

Iiiiiis iiiit....here?

[He prods the ghouls's shoulder with his blade.]

HHggkk-!

[Kaneki bites back a strangled noise in the back of his throat as the blade slices through his shoulder deeply, hot blood staining the back of his formerly white uniform. His Kagukan is visible in full force and only masked by the eyepatch somehow still on his face, and he can feel the intensity of its presence causing his entire head to throb.

With Juuzou still perched on his shoulders he tries to spin around and slam him against the wall to knock him off, or at least get him to lose his balance so he can grab him by the arm, or leg.]

[Juuzou's face twists into a smile as he sees the blood drip down his back. Shame the Kagune's not out yet. Maybe he should poke someplace else. The investigator raises his knife.]

Is it h--

[And Juuzou gets thrown off balance, open for any actions that Kaneki may want to take. Distractions sure mislead him.]

[Blood, so much blood. Blood paints the wall at Kaneki's back when he turns and brings Juuzou down hard, but the wound that the Investigator inflicted is already halfway healed. He tries to keep him pinned down as he reaches out and grabs Juuzou by both shoulders, holding him against the wall with his breath coming in ragged gasps.

He just has to be faster. This kid is fast, but not faster than Touka. He can get away, he just needs to hit hard and fast enough...

Desperately, Kaneki brings an elbow around as sharply as he can, aiming to strike Juuzou in the head, to either stun him or knock him out completely so he can have a chance to escape.]

[Juuzou seems entranced by the blood painting the walls to be disturbed. But as fast as the Dove is, Kaneki was a half-ghoul, blessed with the natural speed of most ghouls.

Pinned to the wall, Juuzou makes no reaction other than to lean into the blow to minimize the force of the offending elbow. His head still reacts with a hard smack, blood starting to seep from the impact point.

But the investigator doesn't feel the pain, though he teeters on the verge of unconsciousness. Why, he even chuckles.]

Ohhhh you're not like other ghouls. Yes, yes, you're special!

[With groggy moves only tamed by years of experience, he blindly brings his blade into the direction of Kaenki's upper body.]

I'm not- a GHOUL!

[Kaneki suddenly shouts, his voice punctuated by the blade sinking into him once again. As if to add insult to injury, all of a sudden the small of his back where the blade sunk in seems to explode as the RC cells finally react to all of the stress and injuries, far beyond his control. He's rocked back by the force of his Kagune ripping out of his body, tendrils reaching out on their own accord to push Juuzou away.]

[Oh man, this must be a special prey to so adamantly deny being a ghoul. Juuzou's eyes light up with satisfaction once he sees the Kagune come to life. Why not even getting a forceful shove breaks his delight.

Sure, he's getting woozy and blood now streaks half his face, but he's still got an unholy fascination in bringing down Kaneki.]

You're a bad liar, Kaneki. You're Kagune's right behind you!

[He staggers with his blades pointed to the half-ghoul.]

Ohhh you'd make a good Quinque....

[It's all Kaneki can do to take a few steps back himself as Juuzou starts to advance on him, his Kagune lifting threateningly behind him. He's panting heavily now, his body alive with energy that he didn't have before. All of his wounds are gone, but the fatigue still remains.]

L...leave me...alone...

[Even with the head injury and several small injuries marking him, Juuzou stubbornly wobbles to the ghoul.]

Nope!

[He's a swinging mess of knives and drowsiness, eager to cut down Kaenki.]

[Kaneki bites back a curse as he dodges and sidesteps out of the way, his shoulder hitting the far wall of the narrow alley. His Kagune presses against the ground and wall to keep him from toppling over, waving a moment before shooting out toward Juuzou, trying to knock him down or out of the way.]

[With reflexes slowed down and head trauma, it makes it hard to avoid the flying Kaneki coming at you. With the force of the ghoul knocking him to the ground, that's all it takes to finally knock Juuzou unconscious. Shame, really.]

[It's a good thing that Kaneki's not hungry right now- especially after forcing down that cake from before- or else this could have the potential to get ugly quick. Of course, that doesn't mean he can control the Kagune whipping angrily behind him as he quickly staggers back into the wall, away from Juuzou's body.

He doesn't know what else to do other than escape while he still can, leaving Juuzou prone in the alley. He'll be found eventually, especially after the commotion that was caused back at the cafe. He, meanwhile, rushes further into the alleyways to find somewhere to hide and calm down.

This was bad. This was so bad but he just had no other choice. He'd been seen.]

Is it the Man Come to Take Me Away?

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